Boarding the Ship

"Mr. Joseph, Ms. Shiozaki, welcome." The woman at the reception desk looked at the man in the white suit in front of her with undisguised admiration in her eyes.

With his dazzling, neat blond hair, a sophisticated white suit, handsome features, and impeccable manners, every move he made gave people a comfortable feeling, making those who talked to him feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.

Although she felt the person in front of her was somewhat familiar, his mature appearance and the name "Joseph" made it impossible for her to associate this man with the name U.A. High School.

"Miss, do you know you have very beautiful hands?" Jilan smiled at the woman at the front desk and extended her hand to the girl behind her. "Miss Shiozaki, let's go."

Shiozaki's Quirk allows her to change the size of Vines, and naturally, she can also change the thickness of her hair. Although somewhat unwilling, she eventually chose to have her hair reduced to the thickness of an ordinary person's hair under the coercion and enticement of Jilan with the "novel plant".

At this moment, Ibara Shiozaki was wearing a plain white dress and staring blankly at Jilan, looking exactly like Enkidu.

Even at the nationally renowned U.A. High School Sports Festival, only the top three are truly memorable. Another month has passed in a flash; who can still remember the remaining eliminated contestants?

Although Shiozaki's surname is uncommon, the well-informed receptionist had seen several people with it. In Jilan had changed the thickness of Ibara Shiozaki's hair, and the smooth green hair did not make her associate it with U.A. High School.

So, Jilan and Shiozaki boarded the ship without anyone recognizing them.

As soon as they boarded the ship, a neatly dressed waiter approached Jilan and Ibara Shiozaki: "Sir, may I see your room number?"

Jilan showed him her boarding pass; the number was 1206.

The waiter glanced at it without revealing any emotion, then handed it back to Jilan and politely walked ahead, saying, "Sir and Madam, this way please."

After Jilan and Ibara Shiozaki entered the elevator, the attendant pressed the button for the 12th floor and said, "Sir, your room is on the 12th floor of the Voyager. Your luggage has been placed in your room. There is a telephone in your room to call room service. Once we enter international waters, there will be no signal on the entire ship. If you want to download anything, please do so as soon as possible. Although internet service is available on board, it is too expensive and we do not recommend that you use it."

The waiter explained in great detail, "In addition, a list of performances for the next day is distributed every evening. If you are interested, you can attend; there is no extra charge."

Looking at Ibara Shiozaki, who was tugging at her clothes like a completely naive young lady, Jilan didn't expect her to say anything. She nodded at the door and said, "Thank you for your help."

The waiter smiled and said, "It's my pleasure."

After saying that, he went back to the elevator and left to greet another guest.

Jilan did not tip the other party. On a cruise ship, it is not necessary to tip the staff who serve you. The boarding pass is your identification for boarding and disembarking, and it is also a receipt for your expenses, recording each person's spending. A dozen or so dollars are automatically deducted from your account every day as a tip. Of course, if you are very satisfied with the staff, you can also give them another dozen or so dollars.

The Voyager luxury cruise ship has 16 decks, offering interior cabins, ocean view cabins, balcony cabins, and deluxe suites. The higher the deck, the more comfortable the cabins, and also the more expensive they are. The 12th deck should have ocean view cabins with balconies, which are considered quite nice.

Jilan opened the door, and sure enough, it was a balcony room.

Opening the French windows, a comfortable sea breeze greeted her, Jilan couldn't help but squint at the dazzling sunlight.

After entering the room, Ibara Shiozaki looked around and saw the large bed in the center. After a moment of silence, he finally spoke up, "Jilan, are we going to share a room and sleep in the same bed?"

Normally, each room needs to accommodate two to four people. If you want a private room, you have to pay for two people. The two tickets that Dark Shadow gives to customers are naturally for the same room, and it even has a double bed.

In Dark Shadow's view, most of the guests they invited were dangerous thugs, and what else could they bring besides playmates? Of course, a double bed would be the most suitable.

Jilan also thought of this and nodded to Ibara Shiozaki: "Ah, that's right, we need to sleep in the same bed. If you don't want to, I can sleep on the sofa."

"No, that's fine."

Ibara Shiozaki shook his head, carefully took out a flowerpot wrapped in plastic from his suitcase, placed it on the TV cabinet, looked at it for a while and felt something was wrong, picked up the flowerpot, pushed Jilan aside, and placed the flowerpot on the small table on the balcony to fully absorb photosynthesis.

Ibara Shiozaki felt the sunlight, sat down in a chair, closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and remained motionless as if in prayer.

"..." What was she trying to say? Did it have nothing to do with sharing a bed with him?

Jilan sighed helplessly, picked up the booklet the waiter had given her earlier, which contained some precautions, a floor plan of the cruise ship, and some suggestions.

"This voyage will take three days and four nights, departing from Tokyo Bay and arriving at iisland near Hawaii. Although there's no cell phone signal, the ship offers plenty of recreational facilities, enough to keep everyone entertained." Jilan turned to the last page of the booklet, paused for a moment, "There's also a small note: this voyage includes a vendor providing extremely high-quality bedding in the second drawer of the bedside table in each room, so everyone can experience ultimate bliss without even leaving their room..."

Jilan stepped forward and opened the drawer, and sure enough, she saw whips, toy eggs, and other unopened sex toys.

Jilan glanced at Ibara Shiozaki, who still had her eyes closed and wasn't paying attention to what was happening. So he reached out and picked up an egg-shaped toy, looked at the label, and sure enough, as he thought, it had a familiar wolf pattern on it— the Dark Shadow's trademark.

"No wonder Dark Shadow was so generous this time, they're the big spender on this ship..." Jilan muttered to herself. "But a press conference probably won't bring them much profit, so do they have other motives?"

For example, could they hijack the ship, tie up all the wealthy passengers, and demand a huge ransom for their lives? Or perhaps they want to conduct a large transaction on board? Or... secretly plan to smuggle something from Island?

Although Dark Shadow was seen as a useful sex shop by Jilan, they were actually also involved in the arms smuggling business. While the quality was guaranteed, it was hard to guarantee they wouldn't engage in kidnapping.

It is said that the wolf head pattern they used is very similar to that of the mercenary organization "Fenrir".

Jilan shook her head, trying to clear these emotions from her mind. Maybe she was overthinking it; perhaps Dark Shadow was just planning a new product launch?

Jilan put the toy egg back in its place and smiled at the figure on the balcony, saying, "Shiozaki, let's go eat. You must be hungry too."