Robin Hood

The man descending the stairs was a man in a Hawaii shirt with messy blond hair. He turned his head and saw the group of people looking at him. He paused for a moment, then immediately greeted them with a smile, "Hello everyone, the loudspeaker is telling passengers to go back to their rooms and wait. Why are you all standing here?"

The man, with a frivolous demeanor, walked casually towards the group. Halfway there, he craned his neck, his eyes shining as he looked at Toga: "Oh my, there are two beauties here who look exactly alike. Are they twins, or androids? Is this a reward from the Dark Shadow for me, the one who completed the mission? That's wonderful! I'm just missing two maids to warm my bed."

The man's undisguised lust in his eyes Toga Clones frown, glancing at Adams and saying directly, "Hey, can I teach this guy a lesson? His eyes are disgusting."

"Humans don't hide their desires for toys, you know." Toga had already been tied up with ropes by Alain's men when the blond man came down, and she obediently didn't resist. Now, she said with a grin, "It's normal for a cute girl like me to be treated like a doll, isn't it?"

"Hmph, you don't even realize your death is imminent. I just hate your personality." Toga snorted, ignoring Toga's tongue-out gesture, and stood behind Alain.

Alain seemed oblivious to the conversation between the two Toga, and frowned as he watched the blond man walk towards him alone. "Where's Little Red Riding Hood?"

"Please, your men have sealed off this area and won't let my men come over. That guy is too heavy for me to carry," the man shrugged.

Little Red Riding Hood's weight was set to only 35kg, a weight that even an average middle school student could carry, let alone this seemingly adult-looking guy. However, it's true that Alain had this path blocked to Himiko Toga escaping.

"Since he can't carry it, why don't you take Little Red Riding Hood from him?" Alain said this to the messenger, his voice tinged with displeasure.

"Don't get angry at your men. After all, they're just loyal followers of your orders." The man, acting as if he knew Alain well, hooked his arm around his hairy neck and chuckled. "Look, Little Red Riding Hood was brought back by my men. If I asked your men for help, what if you went back on your word and insisted that Little Red Riding Hood surrendered herself?"

Alain said in a deep voice, "Dark Shadow is a businessman; he would never be dishonest!"

Alain felt a bit frustrated. He didn't know how many times he'd said this today. Was the reputation Dark Shadow had built up over the years just so useless...?

"Well, don't be angry, I understand, I understand..." The man smiled as if comforting a child, stroking Alain's wolf head, "But business is still business, we still have to be careful. We can only see the goods after we've agreed on the terms, right?"

Although Alain was very dissatisfied, he knew that his caution was well-founded and there was no reason to blame him. As a businessman, one must never act impulsively.

Alain tossed the man's hand aside, looked at his face calmly, and asked, "Then, let's begin the transaction. By the way, who are you, and what do you want?"

"My name..." The man scratched his head. "A name is just a name, there's no need to take it so seriously. If you really want to know, just call me 'Robin Hood,' he's a famous hero from my hometown."

"I need your real name; I'll need it when signing the contract."

The man smiled and waved his hand, "No need. I trust Dark Shadow. Contracts and such are completely unnecessary."

Who was it that just now said they were worried that Dark Shadow wouldn't keep their word!?

Alain had lost his patience. He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Since you don't want to reveal your real name, just tell us your online name. We'll need your address when we ship the goods, and we'll contact you online then!"

"Oh... I thought you Dark Shadow were going to dox me because I wasted your time." "Robin Hood" breathed a sigh of relief and immediately gave his online name.

At that moment, Alain had a real urge to dox him, but he didn't forget his most important task and immediately said, "Since we've reached an agreement, let's hand Little Red Riding Hood over to us."

"No problem, of course!" The man bowed and said solicitously, "Brother Werewolf, this way please, I'll show you the way!"

After saying that, he immediately turned and walked towards the stairs, his impatient demeanor a stark contrast to his earlier frivolous manner.

Toga chuckled, blinking at "Robin Hood" with a curious look: This guy in front of him was quite interesting, keeping Alain, who had tricked him, in a state of limbo, unable to vent his anger, as if he were toying with his feelings...

"Follow up." Alain said calmly, leading the group to follow behind "Robin Hood." Except for two people who stayed behind to guard the unconscious Twice, even Toga was taken along.

As the man walked ahead, he explained like a tour guide, "Because of your Dark Shadow's summons, many people are even willing to attack us to get Little Red Riding Hood. To avoid those people, I ordered my men to hide in a room... Hmm, we're here!"

As he spoke, "Robin Hood" stopped in front of a room, which was a game room on the cruise ship, equipped with board games and a pool table for passengers to relax and have fun.

"Is it here?" Alain slightly raised his chin. One of his men stepped forward and opened the door. Instantly, a strong, unpleasant smell of smoke wafted out, causing almost everyone to hold their breath and cough violently, with Alain, whose sense of smell was the most acute.

Of all these people, only Adams not only didn't cough, but also took a deep breath. "I smell it, this is—"

"What's wrong with you guys? I told you not to smoke before I got back! You bunch of tuberculosis-ridden bastards!" Robin Hood complained loudly, fanning his face with his hand as he walked into the room. "Isn't Miss Little Red Riding Hood in there? Letting a lady inhale secondhand smoke is hardly gentlemanly behavior."

The last two sentences of "Robin Hood" sounded a little strange. Alain sensed something was wrong, stopped coughing, covered his mouth and nose, and rushed into the room.

Seeing their leader take action, the remaining team members also sprang into action, rushing into the room right after Alain. "Toga" also dragged the reluctant Toga into the room, leaving only Adams, the so-called detective, at the door.

"This is... the smell of a case." Adams produced a pipe from somewhere and put it in his mouth.