"So tired…"
"Where is this?" Luo En rubbed his head, looking at the boundless void around him.
"You're awake?"
A slightly playful voice suddenly came from behind him. Luo En spun around sharply, seeing a blurry, grayish-white figure floating in the void.
"You… who are you?"
"Uh…"
"…" Luo En rubbed his chin, feeling a bit awkward for a moment.
"Wait, I'm almost remembering."
…
"Uh~"
"How about this?" The figure reached forward, pulling a monocle from the void and putting it on his face.
"Oh…" Luo En suddenly understood.
"You, you're that scheming cheat!"
"…"
"Why have you come to find me? I remember our card game was paused."
"No, no, no." The scheming cheat shook his shimmering finger, "I'm here to inform you that the game continues."
"Theoretically, I can refuse."
"But practically, you can't," the scheming cheat continued, "You don't have many chips left. Do you need me to lend you some?"
"Lend me…" Luo En's expression turned strange, "You don't have many chips yourself, do you? What are you going to lend me?"
"You underestimate me."
A cold light flashed from the monocle, "My chips are much more abundant than you imagine…"
"You're creating cards in the void…" Luo En shook his head, not believing his words, "Your chips were long ago used up by the narcissist…"
In card games, those two always undermined each other.
"Believe it or not, but you do need help, don't you?"
"Come on!"
"How do I know this isn't a trap you've set… What if you and the narcissist teamed up, plus that old Witch… What if the three of you conspire to trick me?!"
"Heh~"
The figure suddenly let out an exaggerated laugh: "Ah~ Me, teaming up with the 'narcissist'? Hahaha!" His laughter contained genuine mockery, "Do you think that's possible?"
"Trust me," his tone suddenly became unusually serious, "Unless everything ends, I will never cooperate with him."
Luo En actually felt a hint of sincerity in his tone:
"You're not a good person either."
"Alas… you misunderstand me deeply!" The scheming cheat's tone became despondent.
"I can tell you."
"That old Witch can be considered the narcissist's mistress. If they succeed, none of us will have a good outcome." The scheming cheat's face suddenly leaned closer.
"You and I both know this."
"As for whether to cooperate with me, you can think about it carefully."
…
"…" Luo En, clutching the Ripper in his hand, slowly opened his eyes.
Waves, a life raft… Right, I'm still drifting at sea.
"I must have dozed off."
"Meow~" Lachi, squatting beside him, rubbed against Luo En's leg.
"You were protecting me, thanks." He rubbed the Orange Cat's head.
"Damn it, I seem to have had a very strange dream, but I can't remember it." Luo En pressed his forehead, wincing.
"I shouldn't have slept for too long." He looked up at the Sun.
"Hey… you're awake." Tracy's voice came from nearby.
"You can even sleep in this situation; you're really relaxed."
Luo En turned to look, seeing her still wrapped in his coat. Her pale complexion was much better than last night, but there was still fatigue in her eyes.
"That…" Tracy caressed the coat, her fingertips brushing against the fabric underneath, "Last night, thank you."
Luo En nodded.
Although she had psychological issues, at least she didn't seem like the ungrateful type.
"By the way, last night…" Tracy hesitated, choosing her words, "Was it you who bandaged me?"
Ever since she advanced to Sequence Seven "Witch," her body had never been seen by a male, which made her inexplicably concerned…
"The Cat bandaged you," Luo En said seriously, pointing to Lachi.
"You're joking, right? How is that even possible?" Tracy said sharply:
"No matter how smart a Cat is, it couldn't perform such delicate movements."
"Then why did you ask me?" Luo En shrugged.
"I… You lifted my clothes, so I can't ask?"
"Do people at sea care so much about these things?"
"You…" Tracy choked. She knew the atmosphere at sea was very open; Sailors were regular customers of brothels.
Taking herself as an example, when she was going through the Pleasure stage, she also liked to digest by being with various beautiful women.
So she wasn't exactly innocent herself.
"Hmph!"
Tracy was clearly stumped by Luo En's words. She abruptly turned her face away and said nothing more.
How strange… Luo En was momentarily bewildered by Tracy's reaction.
"Honestly, we're still very lucky not to have encountered another storm."
"But, I don't have much food left, and fresh water is almost gone." Luo En looked out at the vast sea, changing the subject.
"Do you have any ideas?"
Tracy pursed her lips. Honestly, she didn't have any ideas either.
She had nothing on her, and Mother hadn't come to find her yet. She also had no spiritual materials to actively contact her. She even suspected if she was truly abandoned.
"I… I don't know."
"Never mind, there will always be a way…" Seeing her spirits low, Luo En instead comforted her.
How could a transmigrator just perish so easily?
…
After some more time passed.
"Why haven't we seen land yet…?"
Am I not a Lucky One…? Looking at the endless sea, Luo En also grew melancholic.
"Hey, your canned food." Seeing the half-eaten can Tracy handed over, Luo En turned away.
"You eat it. Your injuries haven't healed, and you need nutrition."
"Hey! Aren't you underestimating me? I'm a disease…"
"Less nonsense." Tracy was interrupted by Luo En halfway through her sentence.
"If you starve to death, how will you repay the life you owe me?"
"I…" Tracy covered her mouth. Although Luo En's tone was a bit impatient, she wasn't angry at all. Instead, a strange feeling welled up in her heart.
Strange! What's with this feeling? Didn't I finish digesting my Pleasure potion a long time ago…? Tracy crossed her legs, an unnatural blush appearing on her face.
'What's wrong with her? Why is she smiling like a mandrill? Is she delirious from hunger?'
Luo En completely failed to understand Tracy's reaction as she stood there, lost in thought. He turned his head away, pondering another matter.
Speaking of which, I went through that storm completely unharmed. Is this the ability of a "Lucky One"?
But if I'm truly lucky, why would I encounter a disaster in the first place?
This was something Luo En had always struggled to understand. In his perception, true luck wasn't about escaping a disaster unscathed, but about not encountering a disaster at all.
Just then, an unusual sound simultaneously startled both of them.
"A ship?"
"A pirate ship!"
In the distance, a small pirate ship slowly sailed into this sea area.
…
"Boss, there's a raft over there." A Sailor pirate pointed with his telescope.
"There are two people."
"A life raft?" The pirate captain waved his hand indifferently.
"No profit, ignore them."
"But, there's a woman on the raft!"
"Quite pretty."
"What?" The pirate captain snatched the telescope.
Because of the distance, he couldn't make out Tracy's exact appearance, but from her outline, he could tell she was a very beautiful woman.
"It's like hitting the jackpot." He licked his lips, revealing a sinister grin.
"Haha!"
"Quick, turn the rudder! We're going to 'rescue' them."
…
"They're coming straight for us."
"What are your thoughts?" Luo En turned his head to look at Tracy.
"I guess the same as mine."
Tracy and Luo En exchanged glances, the glint of a predator flashing in both their eyes.