Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Peter, I'm sorry, I'm afraid the Buffalo cannot take you to the waters where the Dolmasa Islands are located."

"What's wrong?" Peter asked in confusion, and Bragg looked at Rick in surprise.

"The Bison has a mechanical failure. Maintenance personnel have carried out emergency repairs, but several of its parts have been seriously damaged. Now we can only wait for the tugboat to arrive and cannot continue moving forward."

"Then what should we do? I paid the money, and my father gives you 20 million US dollars a year. Are you so irresponsible?" Peter is a rich man, and his tone and attitude are quite arrogant.

There is no respect for Rick at all. For him, not only Rick, but the entire fleet and the entire expedition team belong to his family, and these expedition members, including Rick, are all employees of his family.

"Twenty million dollars? Do you know that to maintain the expedition and fleet, it costs at least fifty million dollars every year? Twenty million dollars? Do you think twenty million dollars can solve all problems?" Rick was not at all interested. Peter is not used to it: "And do you know how much wealth I bring to your father every year? Young man, you'd better be more respectful. Your father is not a philanthropist, and I am not your father's subordinate. We are collaborators."

Peter's face suddenly became extremely ugly, especially in front of his girlfriend.

"This is what you said. When I go back, I will tell my father to stop cooperating with you."

A cold light flashed in Rick's eyes, but his eyes only flashed briefly and then he hid it.

The Pete in front of him was still too young.

Or maybe his father was too protective of him in the past, so that he simply didn't understand how much trouble his words and deeds would cause him.

"Okay, send them to the Seagull." Rick said calmly, while glancing at his crew from the corner of his eye.

"Master Peter, please."

"Just wait for me. I'll talk to my father on the satellite phone later." Peter said unwillingly.

Then Pete and Bragg took the kayak to the Seagull.

"Mr. Rick, what are we going to do?"

"That troublesome little guy." Rick looked at the Seagull not far away: "Inform the people on the Seagull that if he really wants a satellite phone, kill him. His father's money and our funds are still there. There is a big gap, and we must not let that kid destroy it."

Pete's father knew the origin of Rick's expedition, but Pete did not.

Pete really thought that Rick's expedition was just an ordinary expedition.

Pete's father is a pure businessman. He cooperated with Rick because Rick's expedition could bring him benefits.

He is not a philanthropist, but a greedy capitalist.

Rick said he was an explorer, but it was better to say he was a robber.

His men are a gang of robbers.

Although they also conduct some exploration and archeology.

But in fact, their main source of income is not from exploring archaeology, but from robbing expedition teams and archaeological teams.

Of course, they are not ordinary robbers, because once they take action, they often kill everyone.

There will be absolutely no one left alive.

It is precisely because of his ruthless methods that Rick has been able to cover up so well. So far, no one in the exploration and archeology circle knows his true identity. He can also rely on his identity as an explorer to obtain some things that can only be obtained in the circle. information.

For example, where did a certain team go and what good things were there.

Once a team is targeted by Rick, he will make deliberate arrangements.

Every time Rick grabs something, he sells it to Pete's father at a lower price.

Rick knew the true value of those things, but he was just a robber, not a businessman.

He couldn't sell things for top dollar, but Pete's father could.

Compared to his father's insidiousness, Pete seemed stupid.

Rick wouldn't want to kill Pete if he could help it.

After all, his father is also not good at quarrels, and Rick is not willing to be his father's enemy.

But if Peter insists on seeking his own death, Rick will not be merciful.

Their business is closed for half a year, and only open for half a year.

So most of the time, they are short of money.

And even if he had money, he would not spend it on maintaining the team.

Peter's father is his team's biggest sponsor.

Pete's idea is actually correct.

In terms of the amount of funding, his father is indeed the big boss of the expedition team.

But Rick will not just be someone else's little brother.

But as soon as Pete got on the Seagull, he started to act arrogantly again.

"What a broken ship." Peter said dissatisfied: "Also, why are Bragg and I's cabin so small?"

The Seagull has only a displacement of 4,000 tons, and its natural conditions are not as good as the Bison, which has a displacement of 9,000 tons.

"Pete, forget it, we are not traveling." Bragg persuaded. She was quite speechless about Peter's young man's temper, especially his previous attitude towards Rick, which even she felt was very inappropriate. .

"It's all your fault that you still have the nerve to speak. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have to suffer this kind of torture." At this moment, even Bragg was blamed by Peter.

Bragg's expression froze and he looked at Peter with a livid face.

"I want to go back to Los Angeles and call your captain over. I really don't understand what I thought before, that I would come to the sea and be tortured."

Bragg gritted his teeth and looked at Peter. He said at first that there was an expedition team and he was the one who could follow them out to relax.

Now he was the one to blame himself. It was as if Bragg was meeting Pete for the first time.

Prague was also too young. She thought that when Peter pursued her, he was so enthusiastic and pledged so much that she thought that Peter really liked her.

But he didn't expect that after just two days of sea breeze, Pete would show such a face.

"We will not return." The crew member said in a cold tone.

Rick had informed Pete and Bragg before they came to the Seagull.

If Pete wants to return home or ask for a satellite phone, just kill them all and throw them into the sea.

Now that their faces have been broken, the crew members simply don’t need to pretend anymore.

"What kind of attitude do you have? How dare you speak to me like this? Do you know who my father is? Believe it or not, I will let you die without knowing how to die?"

The crewman pulls a gun from his back and points it at Bragg and Pete.

"What are you going to do? Don't shoot. If you have anything to say, say it." Peter was so frightened that he grabbed Bragg's arms and hid behind her.

Bragg was first frightened by the crew's actions, but she was even more shocked by Pete's cowardly behavior.

"Don't kill them yet. This kid's father is very rich. Get some money from his father first."