Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 356 Lycahn: I will perform an aerial wolf

"Enemy attack! Everyone be careful!"

After speaking, Lycaon quickly moved to the front and assumed a fighting stance, while Lina led Ies to the center of the group and was protected by everyone. Then the battle began.

Lycaon and Seth were responsible for suppression, while the offense was handled by Corinne and the Sharkish named Ellen.

However, the opponent's movements were unpredictable and difficult to catch. Although they could still defeat her with time, it was now confirmed that Ryan was here, and might have even been in the cave for a long time. There simply wasn't much time left for them to waste.

Just as everyone was debating whether to split up, and Seth was even prepared to stay and entangle with the other party for a long time, Zhe remembered Ryan's bag and the music player inside.

Without saying a word, he started the music player inside. The next second, the attention of the skeleton was drawn to the music player, and then Zhe controlled Ies to throw Ryan's bag off the platform.

The skeleton also fell down the building along with the bag. Seeing that the skeleton had been attracted away, everyone gathered together again.

"I never expected that the skeleton would be attracted by music. Could you tell me how you discovered that, Mr. Rope Craftsman?"

"It's nothing. I was just thinking about why Ryan's bag was here. If she had encountered Yi Hai here before, could she have dropped her bag and escaped? Plus, with the music player inside, I wondered if Yi Hai would be attracted by the music. I didn't expect it to actually work."

"I see. That is indeed a logically sound deduction. Now that the danger has passed, let's continue our journey."

So the group continued moving towards the top floor, and soon they arrived near the middle section to rest.

However, before they could rest for long, they noticed that there seemed to be someone nearby. Before Lycahn could give any orders, Ellen rushed out. By the time they arrived, Ellen was already leaning against the wall, resting with her eyes closed.

Upon seeing everyone approach, she immediately relaxed and fell asleep. From Lina, Zhe and the others learned that Ellen usually didn't explore the cave for very long because of her high energy consumption. Today, for various reasons, she had already exceeded her exploration time and probably fell asleep because she couldn't hold on any longer.

Considering Elaine's situation and the need to extract information from the people dressed as rebels, Lycahn decided to temporarily evacuate from the cavern. There was no other way; even with the time constraint, given the amount of time they had spent exploring the cavern, continuing would risk them being corrupted.

With the appearance of a suspected rebel group, Lycahn deduced that the enemy had likely already occupied the exposed rooftop, and that continuing to advance without thorough preparation was not the best option.

Besides, judging by the time, Zhu Yuan and the others should have finished by now, and Seth also needs to spend some time contacting them to report the situation.

And so the group led the suspected rebels away from the cave, and in the square outside the Balai Building, Lycahn began the torture.

Without much effort, Lycahn extracted a lot of information from them. In short, they were indeed from the rebels, and their infiltration of the Balai Building was on someone's behalf.

The other party hoped to hijack an airship passing by the Balai Building that was heading to the Supreme Court that day, in order to rescue Perlman, who was being transported inside, and bring him to the outer ring. To ensure the success of the mission, they went to great lengths, kidnapping a person with superb hacking skills and forcing her to develop a program for close-range airship hijacking.

Once they've finished what they need to do here, they'll kill him and throw him into the hollow below, thus erasing all clues.

As for how they obtained the airship's route map, the captured rebels said it was given to them by their employer. As for their appearance, since the other party contacted them by phone, they only knew that the other party should be a woman.

The above is the version that Lycahn recounted to everyone after the interrogation. Considering that Sheriff Seth was present, Lycahn made some deletions and alterations to the clues related to Ryan.

For example, the other party actually posted a high-value commission on the rope net to lure Ryan out. Of course, the subsequent kidnapping and murder to silence her are indeed true.

After all, why not take advantage of a freebie? This brings both good and bad news to everyone.

The good news is that Ryan is still alive, so at least until the enemy carries out their plan to hijack the airship, things will be peaceful. The bad news is that these rebels were sent down to investigate because the enemy noticed a conflict in the cave below. If they lose contact for too long, no one can guarantee that the rebels won't abandon the mission and start killing the hostage.

So Lycaon immediately threatened the men to contact the rebels above and tell them that everything was normal. Seth then reported the situation to the Security Bureau. Considering the importance of the matter, the Security Bureau decided to send the highest level of support.

Soon a police car arrived at the designated location, and the person who stepped out of the car was—

"Director Durandal, and Deputy Director Rita?!"

“Yes, Seth, thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to us.” Durandal nodded in response, then looked at Lycan beside him, “Lycan, could you explain the specifics to me?”

"It is my pleasure, Miss Yorlanddale."

After bowing, Lycahn explained the situation to Durandal and Rita...

"In short, that's roughly the situation right now."

Durandal rested his chin on his hand, thought for a moment, and asked, "Leicarn, could you ask Uncle Mefraul if we could be a little rougher?"

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think Mr. Mefrau will agree,” Lykan replied. “After all, when he commissioned me, he specifically instructed me not to cause any irreparable damage to the building itself.”

"Oh, this is troublesome." Durandal scratched his head.

"Please be gentle, Miss Yulandal. The gentleman wants this building to be used for banquets after it's been renovated."

"Ok."

Just after Durandal and the other finished discussing the specific actions, Zhe spoke up.

"Wait! From what you're saying, the Mayfrau family bought this house?"

“Yes, this isn’t exactly a secret among the higher-ups,” Durandal said. “By the way, Victoria Housekeeping is actually part of the mayor’s private organization, but this has been well protected.”

“But, Miss Durandal, you just revealed this to others,” Lycahn said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter. I trust everyone here. I believe they will help keep this a secret, and even if they don't, Rita will take care of the aftermath."

After saying that, Rita also revealed a dangerous smile in order to match Durandal's words.

“That is Lady Nature's Yulandal. I have investigated the backgrounds of everyone present, and if necessary, I will use all legal means to silence them forever.”

“This…this isn’t right,” Seth said. “We’re sheriffs, after all. How can we just arrest people like this?”

"Lord Seth, please relax. Rita would never falsely accuse an innocent person. We are sheriffs and naturally need sufficient evidence to support our arrest operation. After all, I am a sheriff and would not violate the sheriff's code of conduct."

Of course, that's only how it appears on the surface.

It's important to know that Rita was originally one of the spies working for Otto in their original world. On the surface, Rita was always directly under Durandal's Undying Blade, but in secret, she often helped Otto with his shady dealings.

Assassination and erasure of evidence are things that come easily to her, but Rita has rarely done such work since Otto abdicated and Theresa took over.

After Ellen finished resting, the group began their final sprint. With the help of Durandal and Rita, they quickly arrived at their target location. The rebels inside were defeated in just a few moves by Durandal and Rita.

Ryan was also rescued safely, but the captured rebels were not giving up. After they blew up the path leading to the rooftop, the rebels who were not tied up began to scatter and escape using the aftershocks of the explosion.

Meanwhile, the program designed by Ryan had already begun to run. To make matters worse, Billy called to inform everyone of the situation inside the airship.

Just moments before, Perlman had asked to open his suitcase to check the suit he would be wearing for court. The security guard agreed, and then an anesthetic gas was released from the suitcase after Perlman opened it.

In no time, everyone inside the airship, including the pilot, fell asleep. Billy escaped because his scent-sensing device was broken and he hadn't had it repaired yet.

Judging from Billy's tone on the phone, the situation inside the airship was not optimistic. The only good news was that the airship was in autopilot mode, so there was no need to worry about it crashing for the time being.

However, the airship's predicted flight path has been altered, and it is now flying straight into the cavity where the Balai Building is located.

Zhe first told Billy that they had rescued Ryan, then briefly explained the situation on his end, and finally said that Ryan could solve the problem on the airship, but they needed to take her to the rooftop.

Unfortunately, the shortest path to the rooftop has been destroyed by the rebels. Although Fairy has calculated that another route would take about 7 minutes, it would take at least 10 minutes due to the highly corroded areas and the time wasted encountering the skeletons protecting Ryan along the way. Meanwhile, the airship is expected to pass within 15 meters of the Balley Building in about 25 minutes, and then crash into the hole in about 30 seconds.

It was clear that there wasn't much time left for everyone to hesitate, so without saying a word, they began to move towards the route that Fairy had marked out.

Soon, the group arrived at the interior of a large hall. Judging from the decorations, it could be inferred that this was the banquet hall that was originally used to hold banquets. The huge stage in the center was the place where the twins were said to perform their dance.

Suddenly, music started playing over the loudspeaker on stage, and the next second, the same creature that everyone had encountered before appeared in the center of the stage.

But the next second, the skeleton stretched out four hands, then fell to the side in a ballet-like motion. At the same time, another skeleton appeared behind it, identical except for its color.

One is pure black, and the other is pure white, just like a pair of black and white swans.

Two skeletons, dancing to the music, launched an attack on the group. If they could, they would not want to fight them at this time, but the two skeletons blocked their way.

With no other option, after obtaining Lycaon's consent, Durandal resorted to a slightly more forceful method. Durandal flashed behind Black Skeleton and then threw a punch.

The loud noise drowned out the music playing on the radio, and the black skeleton flew at an astonishing speed toward the white skeleton.

By the time White Skeleton caught him, Yulandal had already arrived behind White Skeleton.

With another kick, the two skeletons were instantly sent flying, slamming heavily into the ceiling. A large crack immediately appeared in the ceiling, which was the fastest path Fairy had calculated – to create a hole in the stage ceiling upon arrival.

This step should have been handled by Victoria Housekeeping, since they represented the Mayflower family here, and naturally only they could carry out a certain degree of demolition work on-site without notifying the Mayflower family.

However, he would inevitably be punished by the other party afterward. But the situation is urgent now, and Lekahn believes that the mayor will not mind. Moreover, he can also get in touch with Fahrenheit through this matter. The price he has to pay is just a considerable amount of renovation fees.

Returning to Durandal's perspective, before the two skeletons could even fall, she hurled a lance. It pierced through both skeletons and widened the gap behind them, allowing them to pass through.

As the two skeletons dissipated into etheric energy, the music on the broadcast also came to an end. Then, everyone followed the hole opened by Durandal to the rooftop of the Balai Building. Of course, Ies and Ryan were brought up by Lycan and the others.

Upon reaching the rooftop, the group discovered that the airship was almost within reach. Looking towards the airship, they could vaguely see a robot wearing a red leather jacket waving from the railing. Fairy also began counting down the time it would take for the airship to make contact with the Balai Building.

Seeing this, no one dared to delay. Ryan quickly took out the computer and signal booster he had taken from the rebels and began to write the contact program, but as the airship got closer and closer, Ryan's progress was very slow.

Seeing this, Lycahn began to look around to determine the route to approach the airship, and then took a step and began to run across the rooftop.

The moment the airship reached the top of the Balai Building, Lykan leaped high into the air, but unfortunately, his explosive power was just a little lacking. No matter how straight Lykan stretched his arms, he couldn't grab the railing outside the airship. In the end, Billy managed to grab Lykan's hand at the last second and pull him up.

Once pulled up there, Lykan went straight to the driver's seat without saying a word and switched the autopilot to manual control.

In the end, the airship was safely returned to the helipad of the Balai Building, thus averting a tragedy.