Bad news comes one after another.

On the third day after Proto arrived in the port secretly, all kinds of rumors flew towards Bilgewater like snowflakes.

Some people say that Bilgewater has been defeated, and Ionia is now the Noxusian world, and soon they will bend to the south.

Some people also say that Chen Senran has surrendered to the Noxus and he is going to become king in Ionia.

The most exaggerated thing is that a businessman from Valorland said with confidence that he saw with his own eyes that the Sea King Trident had already hung the Noxus Navy flag and was very close to Bilgewater.

Planck's approach to these shaken statements was very direct. He sent out his most elite law enforcement team and patrolled the streets and alleys of Bilgewater all day. Anyone who heard a rumor was executed on the spot, and the bodies were hung in the port for public display.

Bilgewater was in a panic for a moment, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"Did you think of anything else?" Planck asked in a gentle voice.

This is a beautifully furnished room in Planck's private house, and Proto sat in front of Planck.

Although Planck was furious about him that day, he did not really kill Proto in the end.

Instead, he was placed in order to cultivate his body well.

But the three-day cultivation did not improve Proto's complexion, and he still looked haggard.

Sometimes when your heart dies, it means you really die.

"Sorry, Captain, I really don't know." Proto had told Planck everything he knew that day. He really didn't know and didn't want to recall those things anymore.

"Okay, can we do it again?" Planck frowned with some anxiety. The person he sent to investigate the news had not come back yet. After all, it was separated by the vast ocean. The message was too slow.

What's even more terrible is that none of the people he had previously planted in the Northern Expedition Army came back.

Such abnormal situation reveals a strong smell of anxiety.

"Yes, my captain." Despite the great pain, Proto had to agree to Planck's request.

"First of all, in the day before that day, you had lost contact with the Sea King Trident?" Sure enough, what Planck cares most about was the invincible fleet at sea.

"Yes, I was going to switch defense zones with Commander Denitz, but..." Proto recalled, and frowned deeply, "Maybe I lost contact for more than two days..."

Because the switch to the defense zone had to be contacted two days in advance, but until the day when it was supposed to be replaced, they welcomed the terrible Noxus.

Now think about it. The conspiracy in it is so strong. Why can the Noxus find their place so deeply and accurately?

Could it be that Denitz has really...

"And then you were attacked that night?" Planck interrupted his contemplation.

"Yeah, yes, very suddenly, it was definitely the Noxus Navy headquarters." Proto continued to retell the memories he tried hard to forget.

"But at that time you only had people from the Pirates. Although the Noxus Navy has always been weak, it is not too difficult to deal with those dogs and bastards. Your chances of winning should not be high..." Planck asked with a frown.

"Well. You are right. You were already defeated and you were going to lose completely, but Fitz and Nortilus came to help... I forgot to say this before." Proto paused for a moment and said again. "Because they disappeared afterwards."

"Fiz and Nortilus..." Planck suddenly became a little erratic when he heard these two names.

And Proto suddenly thought that they were all Chen Senran's people, so...

What exactly does Chen Senran know?

"Do you think... Chen Senran is dead or alive now?" Planck asked a long time later.

"He won't die." Proto answered very sure this time.

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at night.

The sea was foggy again.

The huge fog flow also enveloped the coastal streets inexplicably gloomy.

Due to martial law in recent days, no pedestrians wandered on the streets at night.

All the stores closed early.

On the long coastal street, only one noodle restaurant on the street is still on.

In the misty mist, the dim light was a bit like the only beacon in the dark that guided home.

Another law enforcement team walked past the long street.

A man suddenly strode out of the fog and walked into the noodle shop.

As if it was a regular customer, the man took a few coins and said loudly: "Boss, come a bowl of seafood noodles. This damn ghost weather is really unbearable."

He complained casually, looking like an ordinary passerby.

The seafood noodles came up quickly and were steaming with a fresh fragrance.

The man was not polite, and he picked up the noodles and started eating. He ate with a rustling sound, so happy.

"Didn't you have dinner? So hungry?" At this time, someone suddenly asked behind the bamboo curtain next to him, it was a woman's voice.

"I'm busy rushing to the road, how can I have time to eat?" The man answered in a vague voice while eating hard.

"Did you win or lose?" the woman behind the bamboo curtain continued to ask.

"If I say I lost, do you believe me?" The man paused, took a sip of the soup, and sighed with satisfaction.

"I don't believe you, you will not lose." The woman said with some confidence.

"Will I lose..." The man laughed softly, put the bowl on the table, and said, "How are you doing?"

"It's still going well, he..." The woman said here for some reason and was silent for a while, then she said in a somewhat complicated tone, "Good to me."

"You won't...really fall in love with him?" The man laughed again, his tone a little joking.

The woman did not answer and was silent.

After a long time, she asked, “When will you be back?”

This is a very strange question, but the man said: "In a few days."

"Really... Is it still alive?" the woman asked in a low voice.

"Ha..." the man laughed in silence, "It seems that you really fell in love with him."

"I..." the woman hesitated and finally said, "No."

"It's okay, if you really fall in love with him." The man stood up and started walking out, "Then help him, after all, love... is right." This sentence he was inexplicably touched.

And until the man disappeared completely.

The woman behind the bamboo curtain slowly said to herself: "Do you love...?" (To be continued...)

ps: First update.
Chapter completed!