"Tonight's performance has finally reached its climax."
Sifa sighed as he rowed, keeping up with the enemy boat ahead.
He would follow this boat carrying a warning back, find the Black Death, and complete his mission!
As he shadowed it, Sifa recalled every word that Edwina, the Iceberg Admiral, had said in the captain's cabin that morning.
"The Vice Admiral of Ailment is certainly no easy opponent. She won't be defeated so easily, even if I used a secret art to control the pawn she planted aboard our ship, even if I used that pawn to send her some false information."
"Even so, to defeat Tracy-or even hunt her down-we still need to make some preparations."
"This afternoon, we'll visit a private harbor. We need to send a message that says, 'We're weak. Come and rob us.' Tracy won't act solely on the word of a single inside agent."
"So today, we need to give the ship some necessary 'disguises' to make it look as though it has just been through a brutal battle."
"Our crew must be disguised as well, to make our casualties look severe. We'll apply similar disguises to the supplies we secretly purchase on the island."
"When the time comes, I'll send a group of sailors ashore disguised as adventurers. They'll buy medicine in bulk, using those quantities to 'persuade' Tracy to attack us."
"But even if Tracy attacks, I'm almost certain she won't take part in the initial fighting. She's cautious and careful. She'll stay somewhere secret, waiting and watching. Unless she's already certain of victory, she won't readily put herself at risk."
"So once we strike back, once the Vice Admiral of Ailment's forces suffer heavy losses, they'll find a way to send someone back with a report. That's when we'll need someone to