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On Tuesday morning, Klein personally disguised Danitz, turning him into a man of mixed ancestry wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
Although he could not use his Faceless powers for this, it was still at least ten times better than Danitz's previous disguise.
They boarded the ship without incident, preparing to head south to Dilinus Harbor, a journey of roughly ten hours.
Whooo!
The passenger ship left the harbor and sailed out to sea.
Amid warm sunshine, thin clouds, blue skies, and a decidedly chilly breeze, the hybrid-powered vessel sailed quietly over gently rising waves, traveling steadily into the afternoon.
At the time, Klein was in the cabin, pondering something in the Book of Secrets, while Danitz paced back and forth, imagining how he would boast to his companions.
Suddenly, their vision darkened at the same time, as though clouds had drifted over and blocked the sun.
Klein instinctively looked outside and saw that an enormous black sailing ship had appeared in the distance at some point. It was nearly a hundred meters long, with its sails raised high and rows of cannons along its sides.
It had yet to approach them, and its course did not quite intersect theirs, but it still seemed to give the surrounding waters a black sun.
Danitz wore a complicated expression of admiration and fear, longing and disgust. He drew a sharp breath and murmured as if in a dream:
"The Black Emperor..."
When Klein saw the enormous sailing ship, his first thought was of the Black Emperor Card of Blasphemy in his possession.
But he soon became certain that this was merely a coincidence, or that the Law of Beyonder Characteristic Convergence was taking effect. Apart from using the Black Emperor card in Backlund, he had never brought it into the real world since setting