Survival
IIsland is a mobile academic research city built on the sea, spearheaded by the United Nations and funded by major corporations worldwide. It brings together over ten thousand researchers to study Quirk and support the development of equipment.
It possesses the world's most cutting-edge technology and the most advanced scientific research achievements. Normally, it is in a closed state and is guarded by the United Nations peacekeeping fleet. Apart from the weekly supply ships, no other ships are allowed to enter. Without the permission of the United Nations Standing Committee, no country can arbitrarily access or utilize the achievements here.
This is a true sea fortress.
However, IIsland hosts the "IEXPO" expo every year, showcasing various research findings to the world. This is the only opportunity to visit IIsland throughout the year. Currently, IIsland is located near the Hawaii Island, awaiting the arrival of ticketed visitors.
As the sun rose, a steel warship led a fleet of ships of varying sizes to the front of IIsalnd and, guided by robots, sailed into the dock.
Last night, the ship "Voyager," destined for I-Island, suddenly lost its signal on Radar for unknown reasons. I-Island immediately contacted the peacekeeping fleet and ships in the nearby waters to search for the "Voyager." Finally, just as the "Voyager" was about to sink, the search and rescue team, led by the superhero "Homelander," found the ship and successfully rescued all the passengers.
After sailing for half a night, their ships finally arrived at Island.
"Hey, buddy, sign here." A burly man in a yellow worker's uniform handed a record sheet to the victim sitting at the bow of the ship. "This is a statistics sheet distributed by that big ship. We're about to reach I-Island, and we need to record the identities and nationalities of you victims to confirm your identities. You're the last one."
The man was somewhat interested in the victim. Everyone else was carrying their most important belongings, or at least a briefcase, and was dressed appropriately when they boarded the ship. Only this person in front of him was not only completely soaked, but also had nothing with him, which was a stark contrast to the other passengers.
After boarding, he explained that he had actually been on another lifeboat, but his luggage had accidentally fallen off, so he jumped into the water to retrieve it. However, not only did he fail to retrieve his belongings, but when he resurfaced, the boat was also gone. He had no choice but to swim to the nearest boat...
A young and beautiful female passenger took pity on his plight and bought him a spare set of clothes from someone else. She then invited him to her room for a pleasant night in a suggestive tone. However, after accepting the clothes, the victim only politely thanked the woman for her kindness and refused the invitation to sleep. He spent the entire night alone at the bow of the ship, enjoying the sea breeze.
The workers were incredulous; if it were them, they would never have refused such an invitation!
"Okay, thank you." The blond young victim turned around, took the record board, thought for a moment, and quickly filled in his information.
The worker took the record board and read it aloud with some curiosity, "Jilan... Kiba? Is her nationality Japan?"
He was somewhat surprised. "Judging from your appearance and your fluent American English, I thought you were United States..."
"Ah, you might have some United States ancestry; that blond hair is hereditary..." Jilan replied with a smile, then politely asked, "By the way, brother, have you been to I-Island before? You seem very familiar with the rules here."
"No, that's not it..." The worker scratched his head, looked at the ships entering the port in order, roughly estimated that it would be another ten minutes or so before it was his turn, and simply plopped down next to Jilan, took out a cigarette from his pocket, rubbed it on the back of his hand and a spark appeared.
The worker lit a cigarette and, noticing Jilan's gaze, said smugly, "Hehe, that's my Quirk, 'Flint Skin.' It ignites easily with friction, so I don't have to carry a lighter all the time."
Nobody wants to hear what you're saying... Jilan thought to herself, but on the surface, she still had a smile on her face, seemingly listening attentively.
"Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually a high-level dockworker. I just sit in the office all day and don't have to lift a finger!" The worker exhaled a puff of smoke, squinting his eyes. "You've met the captain of this ship, haven't you? He seems really neurotic, right? He paid a hefty price to poach me and a few of my buddies from the docks to transport this cargo, and all he does is repeat the rules of I-Island, completely ignoring our area of expertise...!"
The worker continued rambling on and on, but Jilan's thoughts had already drifted elsewhere.
Isana... Ambergris... Alain's obsession with Ambergris... Little Red Riding Hood... what is the connection between all of these?
Jilan's escape was not complicated in theory. In fact, he voluntarily allowed himself to be swallowed by the sperm whale so that he could detonate Little Red Riding Hood, who had become a human bomb, in its belly. This would make the sperm whale think that its Ambergris, on which it depended for survival, was threatened, thus enraging it. Just as Jilan had expected, the sperm whale used its powerful tail to sweep away the Dark Shadow members like autumn leaves in the wind.
One thing surprised Jilan: he had expected that when the sperm whale went berserk, Alain would wisely choose to retreat. Instead, he chose to send his men in a frontal assault, all to seize the Ambergris?!
But in the end, the sperm whale proved to be more powerful. After rendering Alain and the others immobile, it concealed its achievements and took Jilan with it, jumping into the sea and escaping the sinking ship.
Afterwards, Jilan stayed inside the sperm whale's body for a while. He originally wanted to take the Ambergris or blow it up so that Isana could return to her human state. However, the sperm whale sensed the threat within its body and controlled the muscles inside to continuously squeeze Jilan. Before Jilan could touch the Ambergris, it squeezed it to his brain and then exhaled a large amount of water and carbon dioxide from its head like flushing a toilet, directly spraying Jilan out of its body!
With a large amount of carbon dioxide, Jilan was unable to breathe for several seconds and could not use his Hamon. When he flew high into the sky, breathed in oxygen again, and maintained his balance, the sperm whale had also breathed enough oxygen and dived like a submarine, sinking to the bottom of the sea and disappearing without a trace...
Jilan turned her gaze to the skull watch on her wrist. Hidden among the skull's tightly clenched teeth was a piece of ambergris the size of which would absolutely drive Alain Ambergris with jealousy.
"Hey, buddy, did you hear me...? You didn't hear me, did you...?" The worker finished his cigarette and stared at Jilan speechlessly.
"Sorry, I was daydreaming. What did you say?" Jilan gave an apologetic smile.
"... Oh well, never mind, nobody listens to someone like me rambling on anyway." Seeing Jilan's honest apology, the worker felt bad about blaming him further, gave a self-deprecating laugh, and pointed ahead, "I just wanted to say, the ship has entered the harbor."