Feilanz glanced at the crowd in the venue and silently followed her out into an empty corridor.
Then he abruptly spun around and threw a punch, hitting nothing but air.
Where did they go? Did they teleport?
"What are you doing?" a young voice asked. Feilanz looked down at Shi Yao, who did not even reach his chest, and fell silent.
He crouched down and earnestly lectured her. "Little girl, let me tell you something. Don't go around using bananas as guns. You could get hit."
Shi Yao grabbed him as he turned to leave and got straight to the point:
"There's a bomb on this ship, Mr. Feilanz the mercenary."
Feilanz's first reaction was to look down in shock.
"What, don't tell me you're in the same line of work? Holy shit, has the competition gotten this bad? You're taking jobs at your age, and you're trying to get rid of me?"
Feilanz did not take it seriously. "But your daddy here doesn't scare that easily."
Prepared for this, Shi Yao showed him the photos Ye Xunzhi had taken. This time, once Feilanz determined they were not photoshopped, his composure cracked.
"We need your help defusing the bomb." Shi Yao tilted her head.
Feilanz fell silent for two seconds, then turned to leave. "Nice pitch, kid. Don't try it again. If you call me your dear big brother, I might even feel like taking you along when I escape."
Shi Yao did not follow him, only calling from a distance, "If you're thinking of the speedboat, I've already taken it apart."
As she spoke, tiny parts fell from her hand with a clatter, and she kicked them all into the sea right in front of Feilanz.
"...Even so, there's still the hovercraft."
"Someone poked holes in that. As for