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Chapter 626 Stowaway 1
"Presumptuous, what nonsense are you talking about in broad daylight, where are the ghosts, there are only foreign devils outside." Gu Qi saw that it was an old man from the intelligence department who came in to report, and hurriedly reprimanded him, but he was a little muttered in his heart.

Being able to scare a well-trained professional intelligence officer like this is certainly not groundless. Could it be that the ship is not clean? Thinking about it, he swallowed, his palms sweating crazily.

The others wanted to laugh when they saw this, who didn't know that Lao Gu believed in these ghosts and gods more. It is said that there are five elements and eight trigrams arrays under the bed at home, and they don't know who to suppress.

Zuo Zhong frowned, and signaled the little spy to speak clearly. He didn't believe in ghosts, but their trip was of great importance, and they had to be more vigilant on the way back, so that nothing could go wrong.

Seeing the little spy's teeth chattering again, he talked about the situation with a horrified expression. Since they left Germany, they found that the food in the kitchen was often turned over, especially the portion was much less.

The secret agents suspected that the crew did it, so they left the food in the restaurant many times and sent people to monitor it outside. During this period, no one went in, but the food was still messed up.

Today, the other party and several other people were responsible for monitoring the crew. Before leaving, they locked the dining room with a padlock and carried the key with them. They had just taken over to eat, and the well-placed dishes were overturned again.

Speaking of this, the spy revealed a trace of panic in his eyes, and managed to stabilize his mind and continued: "The restaurant has only one exit, and we have searched the house carefully to make sure that there are no Tibetans inside.

The keyhole of the padlock is very clean, no trace of technical unlocking was found, and the safety mark left in the crack of the door is also there. A hair I deliberately placed at the door did not even change its direction. "

hiss!It is indeed a bit weird.

Gu Qi and the others gasped. They still trusted the professional skills of their subordinates. With so many secret service elites staring at one exit, it was impossible for someone to go in without being noticed.

But Zuo Zhong smiled coldly: "There is no ghost who needs to eat, eating ingot candles is not bad, someone must be playing tricks, let's go, let's go to see the real face of this starving ghost.

After speaking, he took He Yijun and Gu Qi to the restaurant. On the way, they met Mao Yike and Captain Jansen who turned back halfway. Obviously, they also received news that the Dresden was haunted.

In this regard, Mao Yike, a top student at the Technical University of Berlin, swore that as soon as he got on the ship, he felt cold, felt like being watched, and sometimes had nightmares.

Jansen even made the sign of the cross on his chest devoutly, muttering something in his mouth, it seems that he has done something wrong, the long-distance ships these days are a lawless place, and anything can happen.

As Zuo Zhong walked, he looked at a certain weapons expert with contempt: "Director Mao, we are on the sea surface, and of course we will feel chilly if there is enough water vapor, so just go back to sleep and cover yourself with two more quilts."

Mao Yike blushed, and then retorted a little unconvinced: "Then why didn't we feel this way when we went to Germany, Mr. Wang, I am a educated person, you can't fool me."

"When we came here, we were in the first-class cabin of the cruise ship. Now your cabin is under the sea. Can it be the same? Don't talk about it. Today I will be a ghost hunter and catch this little ghost alive."

Zuo Zhong said something, and immediately pushed open the hatch of the restaurant in front of him. Inside, several agents were searching the ground and walls inch by inch, trying to find evidence of someone entering and leaving.

Although they were quite frightened, they did not forget their professional instincts. They were going to rule out other factors first, such as someone secretly hiding on the boat. If this is the case, they must be found as soon as possible.

Seeing that the deputy director personally led the people here, with a not-so-pretty look on their faces, several people hurriedly bowed their heads to greet them, scolding the ghost who stole the food or some bastard in their hearts.

Zuo Zhong waved his hand to let them go out first. After checking for so long without any results, it is very unlikely that there is a hidden door in the dining room. The other party must have entered the cabin in a way that ordinary people cannot detect.

He walked around the room with his hands behind his back, looked left and right from time to time, and finally set his sights on the round porthole on the cabin wall, then walked slowly and stopped in front of the porthole, lost in thought.

This is a very ordinary porthole. In order to prevent the glass from being broken by huge waves in high sea conditions, it has a diameter of about 20 centimeters. Not to mention people, even fatter animals can't get in.

Just to dissipate all kinds of complicated smells in the restaurant, and the freighter passed the Dardanelles and sailed on the Aegean Sea with reduced wind and waves, the cook in Dresden opened the porthole.

Zuo Zhong raised his hand out of the window and groped around carefully. He touched two long protrusions about 2~3 cm wide on the top and bottom of the window. He took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands, then turned his head and asked.

"Mr. Captain, I don't know the purpose of those protrusions outside and how they are distributed. Is it possible for people to transfer from other cabins to the porthole of the dining room through these places."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. Those are the iron bars used to strengthen the hull structure. They are arranged staggered up and down the portholes. The widest part is 3 centimeters, and the narrowest part is only 1 centimeter. It cannot be used at all."

Jansen shook his head quickly, his tone was very firm: "Besides, the nearest porthole is 3 to 4 meters away from here. I can't imagine that someone can jump such a long distance and land on the iron bar accurately."

Zuo Zhong thought for a while, and now he knew what the iron bars were for. After the portholes were opened on the ship’s wall, the overall strength would decrease. Welding the iron bars around could prevent the hull from being deformed when it was hit by huge waves.

The problem was that there was only one usable entry and exit route inside and outside the restaurant. He looked at the big bald head and wanted to ask the other party's opinion. Among the people present, this guy had the strongest mobility.

Gui Youguang didn't rush to answer, but went to the porthole with his head held high, touched the outside again, then shook his head decisively and gave a negative answer, at least he couldn't do it.

Interesting, there must be no real ghosts.

Zuo Zhong crossed his hands in front of his chest, tapped his arms lightly with his fingers, and after a long time looked at the messy food on the table and the neatly placed knives and forks next to the food.

All this indicated that what appeared to be an extremely hungry person entered the restaurant, abandoned the cutlery that was close at hand, frantically stuffed food into his mouth with his hands, and finally left without making a fuss.

He closed his eyes and reconstructed the scene in his mind, and soon realized that there was something that didn't make sense. The little spy who reported the message said that suspicious people had turned over the food after the freighter left Germany.

Then the other party shouldn't be so hungry after such a long time, and there's no need to make the food look like a beast, because it won't do any good except attract their attention.

Messy food.

Neat cutlery.

Zuo Zhong suddenly thought of something, and suddenly opened his eyes to stare at Jenson, asking how many cabins with portholes around the restaurant, preferably cabins that are usually unoccupied or not used for a long time.

Jansen is a competent captain, upon hearing this, he immediately said that only 4 cabins met the requirements, namely the galley on the left, the warehouse on the right, the engine room below, and the storage room above.

After hearing this, Zuo Zhong didn't say anything, he drew his gun and walked out of the dining room and climbed up the stairs to the upper floor. The others hurriedly followed suit, armed with weapons and followed behind him vigilantly.

When they arrived outside the storage room, Wu Chunyang and Gui Youguang took the lead and stood on both sides of the cabin door. The two nodded at each other.

"Gada~"

The door of the storage room was opened a crack, and a strong smell of paint rushed towards them. The two stepped in one after another, keeping vigilance in a back-to-back position, checking all suspicious locations.

There are several buckets of paint on the two shelves placed against the wall, and a pile of worn oilcloths in the corner. From this point of view, the thief who turned over the food does not seem to be here.

Wu Chunyang did not relax his vigilance, and pointed the gun in a certain direction. Gui Youguang moved lightly to form a cross-shooting circle with him. The two slowly moved to the corner and pulled the tarpaulin away.

"what!"

"Don't move!"

Under the lifted tarpaulin, a Caucasian girl about 8 or 9 years old was lying on the ground, covering her eyes and yelling sharply. Beside her was a big white cat bent over and growling.

The onlookers looked at each other in blank dismay, where did the little girl and the cat come from, only Wu Chunyang and Gui Youguang remained vigilant, their guns pointed at each other motionless.

Zuo Zhong, who had already made some guesses, walked into the room with a smile. The big white cat became more and more fierce, its fur stood up in tufts, showing its mouth full of fangs and protecting the little girl behind it.

"Hehe, the little thing is quite loyal."

Zuo Zhong put his hands in his trouser pocket and muttered to himself, the ones who turn over the food are indeed animals that don't know how to use knives and forks, and only animals can use that impossible route to enter the restaurant.

And this cat is very smart, not only knows how to find food, but also knows how to bring things back, otherwise the little girl would have died of starvation and thirst. He looked at the residue and fruit stones on the ground thoughtfully.

But who is the other party? Judging by the clothes and jewelry she is wearing, her family background is absolutely unusual. Could it be that she is a runaway princess? This is reality, not a fairy tale.

"Yi Jun, go and check if there is any weapon on her body, and then check if there are any marks or patterns on the jewelry, pay attention to that cat, Gui Youguang, you get this little thing aside first."

Zuo Zhong didn't want to be scratched until his face was covered with blood, so he decisively dispatched a thick-skinned big bald head, and Gui Youguang muttered a few words to retract the pistol, and with a tiptoe, covered the white cat with an oilcloth, easily controlling the cat.

Over there, He Yijun quickly checked the frightened little girl, but found no weapon, only a small package from his bosom, which contained a seal and several documents full of words.

These things were handed over to Zuo Zhong. He first glanced at them casually, then his whole body shook, and he stared at the little girl with wide eyes, and then at the priceless hot potato in his hand.

(End of this chapter)