261 – Smuggling (1)
Even if you watch the sky from high up and watch the land by spreading a net of people on the ground, there is no place where people can never watch. There is.
Right under the water.
It may be possible if it is a shallow river, but unless the water in the sea is very clear and transparent, people cannot observe the bottom of the sea.
So, the Chester family first hid under the sea and boarded a ship that was a little away from the target ship.
“Shh. I’ll go first, so follow me.”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Rex can even spread his palms wide and put his hands close to the side of the boat, holding onto the boat in that state and moving away, so he doesn’t have to worry too much about people’s eyes.
Therefore, Rex carried all the burdens of the Chester family, leaving only the amount he needed before stowing away on his back.
Then, when Rex started moving, Chester also started to climb the boat carefully.
Using two vibrating knives, the knives are turned sideways to pierce the stomach.
If you drive it vertically, the knife will split the stomach, so if you don’t turn it sideways and drive it, you can’t fix it and go up.
Chester climbed up, carefully driving his knife into the boat. Immediately after getting on top of the boat, he hid behind a pile of luggage nearby, tied a rope to the railing, and lowered himself down.
The two sailors, who were spending a cold night eating late-night snacks on the deck, were cursing the senior sailors who had entrusted the job to them.
As Chester carefully gestures, Monia and Senna, who were only looking at the railing where the rope came down, hold on to the rope and climb the boat.
Monia came up first, followed by Sena.
Chester gave the direction to the sailors, and Monia and Senna also hid behind the luggage while keeping an eye on it.
“What are you going to do? Climb right up to the sail?”
“Hmm. Wait for a sec.”
You will have to hold on to the rope and climb up to the top of the sail, but it will inevitably take a long time. So Chester preferred to move after all the crew had gone below deck.
You can’t kill and go up unless you know when the crew will come for shift.
Checking to see if anyone had found them on the ship on the opposite side of the direction they were going to, Chester carefully moved to a position close to the target sail after checking that way to prevent any unexpected situations.
If the answer doesn’t seem to come out even if he stays still, he has to move.
Sometimes the answer might be to just stand still and not move forward, but Chester knew that out of the many problems one faces in life, there are very few situations that can be resolved on their own if one stays still like that.
‘Subdue.’
Whether to subdue or wait, Chester chose the former where he could actively do something rather than the latter where he couldn’t do anything.
To do that, first.
“Rex. Rex!”
As Chester called out, Rex, who had been attached to the side of his boat, cautiously climbed aboard and poked his face out over the railing.
“Dad, why?”
“Give me a drink.”
“Okay. What drink?”
They need some fun to survive the boring life of stowaways, so they bought some kinds of alcohol in advance. To drink when you can’t stand it.
Chester wondered what kind of liquor the sailors who had been handed over to their senior crewmen could drink in their rage.
“…… No. Rex. I’ll save you from this side.”
“Yes. Okay.”
Rex went back down, and Chester crawled flat on the boat, hoping that the darkness of night would hide him, feeling like a mop sweeping the deck every day.
After crawling quickly and hiding behind the mast, checking to see if the crew had spotted him and making sure there was no response, Chester started moving again.
Climb the mast. He wasn’t grabbing the rope. As for knives, at such close range, the sound of a knife being driven into a tree or the sound of a knife vibrating can be noticed.
So, Chester, trusting only his grip strength, grabbed onto the mast with his own grip and started climbing.
“… ….”
Seeing that scene, Senna felt like her mind went blank for a moment.
What is that doing?
“Ai, that’s dangerous again!”
Monia seemed familiar.
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In fact, at least from Chester’s and Monia’s point of view, this was not something to be particularly concerned about.
At least, when climbing a waterfall to make a waterway, it was much more comfortable than the reckless act of climbing a sharp cliff like a blade that could not be grasped by hand, using an animal’s claws as hooks and a string wrapped around one’s hand as a handle.
At that time, the environment was harsh, the tools used were too inconvenient, and there was no grace from the top.
As soon as he had climbed the mast, Chester crouched down holding onto the mast, then jumped straight up toward his upper deck.
“!”
Surprised, Monyana and Senna all shook her mouth, but Chester threw her body and made full use of her falling technique to minimize the sound of her landing.
Still, there was no choice but to make the sound of something heavy falling.
“What!”
“What are you talking about?”
Unsurprisingly, the crew heard the commotion and wanted to move to find the cause of the commotion.
Seeing those sailors, Chester moved quickly and entered the upper deck, where he entered a room used by a powerful and good sailor.
‘New recruits do reckless things in a fit of anger. Especially if it’s a tough job like a sailor.’
Finding a suitable drink in the room, Chester went straight outside, approached the sailors searching the deck, and struck one over the head with a bottle.
“Evil!”
The body of the sailor who was hit by the bottle was poured with alcohol, and Chester, who confirmed the terrible smell of alcohol, strangled the sailor who had been hit by the head while shaking his head saying that it would be okay.
It takes more skill than you think to suffocate or stun a person. You must know how to tighten well.
Of course, Chester learned the art of tightening in the desert.
After knocking down one of the sailors with a quick stranglehold, approach the other crew member who was panicking and knock him out as well.
After knocking out both sailors, Chester beat the fallen sailors appropriately to make them bruise and called Monia and Senna.
“…… Did you make it look like you got drunk and got into a fight?”
“Yes.”
“… Will I be deceived?”
“It’s good if you’re tricked, or not. But you will be deceived.”
“Why?”
“Wouldn’t there be few people who would look favorably on the stupid underlings and juniors who stole and ate expensive alcohol they cherished and ate and fought over alcohol?”
Chester scattered the shards of the bottle appropriately and looked around the boats.
There must have been a loud sound as the bottle broke. Because of the commotion, a nearby ship seemed to be paying attention to it.
However, when the fuss did not last long, interest quickly began to cool.
After confirming that, Chester, Monia, and Senna grabbed the rope and started climbing up the mast.
“Be careful.”
“Yes.”
Monia, who had just recklessly climbed up the mast following Chester, suddenly looked down at her and saw her at a far-off height….
“I miss you a little.”
She felt longing.
“I miss you?”
“There was a lot of climbing on the island.”
Climb trees, climb cliffs, climb the top of an island…….
Monia said this and that and went up without a hint of her fright.
Rather, Senna was more frightened.
I’m used to climbing a high mountain and looking at the magnificent view below, but I rather like it… It was difficult to look down from such an unstable platform.
Having barely climbed the rope, the Chesters climbed onto the bow of the mast, walked across the bow, and moved themselves into the watchtower.
After sitting huddled together in a small space and recovering from fatigue from climbing up the mast for a while, climb onto the pole again and look at the pole protruding from the ship right across.
“… ….”
Because it is a ship floating on the rocky sea, it did not stay still and continued to sway even though it was settled in the port.
Chester watched the boat shake, then started running.
After sprinting on the pole and going as far as possible, take advantage of the momentum of running and the elasticity of the whole body to move smoothly into the posture for long jumps.
Kick off the ground, jump up as if you’re about to fly into the sky, and fly forward…… It fell slightly to the side of the swinging pole.
“Ah!”
“Chester!”
Monia and Senna screamed that Chester was about to fall, and the moment she took off, she realized that she couldn’t land properly. Stretched out
Koo!
The moment he put his arm on the rod and hit his body, which was shaken by the recoil, Chester clenched his teeth at the impact and gave strength to fix his body on the rod.
“Heuk!”
After holding on to the pole, when he felt he was feeling better, Chester climbed onto the pole, connected himself with the pole with a rope, and looked down.
I see people watching over the harbor and ships. However, none of them noticed Chester.
When I turned around and looked at the watchtower, I didn’t see a single person on the watchtower, probably because it was dark and I thought it wouldn’t be necessary anyway.
After making sure it was safe, Chester held out her hand towards Monia.
“Jump at the timing I say. Got it?”
Monia nodded her head, and Chester, who was timing her as he watched the swaying boat, exclaimed.
“Jump!”
With Chester’s cry, Monia started running.