The World Is Just That Small

Alvin glanced at Stark beside him in bewilderment. "Where did this guy come from?"

Fox covered her mouth and chuckled. She looked toward the setting sun, where a massive ship was cutting through the waves and heading their way.

Seeing the strange expressions on Alvin and Stark's faces, Fox couldn't help laughing. "Finnegan's the captain of that whaling ship. You were the one who pulled him back from the brink of death.

"He went and found this ship, too. I bet the story behind it is a good one!"

Alvin glanced at the huge cargo ship loaded with shipping containers and grinned. "See? Good deeds always get rewarded!

"Even God wouldn't dare overlook our efforts..."

Fox chuckled and nodded. Then she rested her head on Alvin's shoulder and gazed toward the sunset. "That's right. No one overlooks your efforts. Not even God..."

Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe something else, but just after Fox finished speaking, the rain gradually stopped.

The survivors who had been battered by the storm didn't care how bedraggled they looked. Sitting in their rocking inflatable boats, they waved their arms frantically and cheered excitedly at the cargo ship that had arrived just in time...

The old men and women around Alvin began applauding and celebrating, too. The balding old man who'd been joking around with Nick earlier was probably so happy that he tried to embrace the elegant old lady beside him. She promptly stepped on his foot, despite her kind appearance, and he hopped around in pain!

Just as everyone was caught up in the celebration, Frank, Russell, and Carter Black, the Shark Expert, slid over from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Fishing boat along a rope.

In high spirits, Frank went straight to Nick. The taciturn man ruffled his son's hair and smiled as he