The Forgotten One

"Jilan!"

As soon as Jilan Jiyu stepped off the ship, he heard someone calling his name. He turned around and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw Kaminari Denki Kaminari running towards him excitedly, waving his hand.

"Good morning, Kaminari," Jilan greeted him with a smile.

"Good morning," Kaminari replied reflexively, then immediately exclaimed in frustration, "Wait, this isn't the time to say good morning! Jilan, I'm so glad you survived!"

Short-legged Minoru Mineta ran over, saying smugly, "I told you, Jilan would be fine. You're just worrying unnecessarily!"

Behind the two, several girls walked towards them. Jilan noticed they were carrying several small suitcases, while Kaminari and Mineta were empty-handed.

Ueno was the first to approach Jilan, poking Jilan stomach with his palm and glaring at Ibara Shiozaki before impatiently saying, "Where's my button-shaped heart rate monitor? Give it to me now!"

"Uh..." Jilan looked at the little rascal with some surprise. Not only did he not give her a hug or comfort, but he was only thinking about his props.

Jilan shrugged helplessly. "Sorry, I lost your prop. I guess I won't be able to find it again."

The coin-sized device was attached to the heart to monitor the heartbeat, but inside the sperm whale Jilan's entire body was compressed, and the small device fell off his body and ended up in the sperm whale's abdomen.

"Hmm, maybe in the future I can use a detector to search for Isana's whereabouts, "Jilan suddenly thought.

"Hey, that's the culmination of my hard work! You just threw it away like that?! You want me to bite you?!" Ueno bared her fangs and brandished them for a moment, then suddenly lowered her head, her hair standing on end, and her face flushed. "Um, you have to make it up to me! I want you to come with me to this expo."

Before Ueno could finish speaking, her hair was suddenly lifted up by a slender hand and tossed aside like trash.

"If you're interested in the exhibition, I'll find a guide to show you around. But more importantly, we should have something else to tell Jilan, right?" Nakiri said calmly, his expression turning somewhat serious as he looked at Jilan. "Jilan, thanks to you, Little Red Riding Hood passed the test safely. I had the head steward temporarily verify her identity using his position as a kitchen helper. However, there's one thing I think you need to know."

Jilan somewhat anticipated what Nakiri was going to say, but pretended not to know. "What's wrong?"

Nakiri composed himself and said, "Little Red Riding Hood doesn't seem to be a normal person."

Jilan looked at Little Red Riding Hood, who was being supported by Ibara Shiozaki and Tsukimi Machi, and said softly, "Not a normal person, what does that mean?"

"There are some things that aren't convenient to say here. Let's wait until we're inside Island," Nakiri said, looking at the bustling crowd around him.

All search and rescue vessels have entered the port. After the identities of the victims were confirmed, the flow of people split into two groups. Those without Iisald invitations were to be taken to the nearby Hawaii Island for resettlement and to await the outcome of the incident in order to receive compensation. The other group, who had invitations, were offered a hotel free of charge by the official spokesperson of I-Island as compensation, allowing the victims to rest while waiting for the opening of the expo the following day.

The woman at the front desk confirmed Jilan's identity through fingerprint and iris scans, and politely inquired, "Mr. Jilan, your identity has been confirmed. Do you have an invitation?"

"Shiozaki, the invitation." Jilan extended his hand to the green-haired girl who had been standing obediently behind him.

While on the ship, Jilan had instructed Ibara Shiozaki to remember to retrieve the invitation and room ID card from her suitcase when she returned to her room. The ID card was needed for compensation and identity verification, while the invitation was required for entering the island. Besides these two items, Jilan's suitcase only contained some clothes, which she didn't need to bring. Kaminari and Mineta did the same, boarding the lifeboat without taking anything.

Leaving aside the other girls, Ibara Shiozaki was carrying only a potted plant and no luggage, which made Jilan a little worried about whether she had followed her instructions and taken the invitation.

Fortunately, Ibara Shiozaki remembered that she was going to the botanical garden. She paused for a second, then lowered her head and pulled a waterproof envelope from her chest. There was no blush on her face. She calmly handed it to Jilan as if she had done something very ordinary.

Hey, why did you put it there? Why put it there of all places?

Under the strange gazes of those waiting to complete the island entry ceremony, and amidst Minoru Mineta's jealous, almost fiery stare, Jilan reluctantly accepted the still-warm envelope. In front of the receptionist, she opened the envelope and took out the invitation. "My companion is this Ms. Ibara Shiozaki. Thank you for your help."

"Okay." The receptionist, who had seen it all, smiled and accepted the invitation as if she hadn't seen anything. She pressed a button on the table, and a beam of light shone on Ibara Shiozaki. Soon, Ibara Shiozaki's information was entered into the database.

"Mr. Jilan, Ms. Shiozaki, your message has been successfully logged in. You are welcome to visit the island at any time. Have a pleasant journey."

"Thanks."

To avoid interfering with the search, Jilan pulled Ibara Shiozaki to a rest area where Nakiri and Ueno were waiting.

"Jilan, Grape and I need to go to the work location to familiarize ourselves with the environment beforehand, so we can't come with you! Be sure to contact us after you arrive on the island!" Kaminari Jilan somewhat unwillingly, following behind his supervisor with several glances back. Minoru Mineta was also beside him.

The three of them used the employee entrance and could not linger there for an extended period.

Jilan waved to them, then turned to Nakiri and asked, "Shiozaki and I have already completed the formalities. What about you? When are you going to do it?"

Jilan asked, shifting her gaze to Little Red Riding Hood, "Also, what about Little Red Riding Hood? She doesn't have an invitation, does she?"

Nakiri is still keeping it a secret, not revealing Little Red Riding Hood's identity to Jilan, and for reasons unknown, she hasn't told Kaminari or the other two anything.

Nakiri stood up and smiled, "I was actually waiting for someone here, and she's already here."

Jilan raised an eyebrow, guessing who she was waiting for. Actually, he had wanted to ask her about this for a long time.

"Young lady, I've finally found you!" Not far away, Hisako Arato saw Erina Nakiri and ran over like a loyal dog seeing its long-lost master, throwing herself into Nakiri arms with teary eyes. "Do you know how worried I was when I heard about the terrorist attack and the shipwreck on the ship? I thought I'd never see you again!"

She wiped away her tears and glared at Jilan with a horrified look. "Why can you, a man, be with the young lady, while I'm stuck pitifully crammed onto a boat with a smelly old woman?!"

"Who is this? A new character?" Jilan asked deliberately.

Hisako Arato, Erina Nakiri's secretary, whom Jilan had seen at dinner yesterday, suddenly disappeared for some reason. She didn't appear at all in the following dozens of chapters, and Jilan almost forgot that such a character existed.

Nakiri, with a tolerant smile, patted Hisako's hair. "It's so good to see you still so energetic. Now that you're back, let's prepare to land on the island."

"Young Miss, you asked me to investigate."

Hisako, her face flushed, pulled her head away from Nakiri's embrace. Just as she was about to speak, Nakiri covered her lips with his index finger. "Shh, don't say it here."

"Mmm!" Hisako nodded obediently and covered her mouth with her hands folded together.

Jilan silently observed Nakiri's sudden surge of boyfriend-like protectiveness and asked, "Have you decided what to do with Little Red Riding Hood?"

She doesn't even have any identification...

"Don't worry about that, I've already thought of a way, and I'll need your help." After saying this to Jilan, Nakiri whispered something to Hisako.

Then, Hisako looked at Jilan with a malicious gaze.