Shrouded Seascape

Chapter 821: Fear

"Boss, look at those legs. Tsk, tsk, and that waist… the women on Hope Island really are beautiful." The bald man's neck stretched out long. His eyes were fixed on the young woman, and he looked like he was about to start drooling.

The family in the distance cast their gazes on them, prompting Johnson to pick up the soup spoon in the broth and smack it into the bald man's face. "Pull yourself together! We're not in a brothel in the harbor district!"

That family were residents of Hope Island, while they were outsiders. If they were to cause trouble here, the police would obviously side with Hope Island's residents.

"That's all. Thank you," Lily said and returned the menu back to the waitress. She then turned to look at the warships in the distance. Her eyes were filled with longing as she gazed at those ships.

"Lily, stop looking at them. I still haven't heard your thoughts about the matter I mentioned to you a few days ago. What do you think?" Doctor Oliver sporting a small mustache, asked his daughter.

Lily's face instantly turned sour. "Daddy, give me a break, please? I really have no plans of getting married for now."

"Daughter, I'm not asking you to get married right away. You can think of it as getting to know each other. What if it works out? He's a lieutenant commander in the navy."

"Is being a lieutenant commander really that impressive?" Lily questioned. Then, she turned to her younger brother and made faces at him.

Lily's mother next to her revealed a hint of helplessness. She reached out to hold her daughter's hand and patted it before patiently explaining, "Sweetie, Hope Island has many upper-class social circles, but members of the Navy will always be a part of the upper class. If you marry him, our family will be able to squeeze into Hope Island's high society."

"If you really want to squeeze into Hope Island's high society, how about you just make me marry the Governor of Hope Island? Wouldn't that be better?"

Oliver shook his head and chimed in, "The Governor's position is too high. People of our status cannot hope to compare to him. Besides, the Governor is already married."

"Wait, did you actually consider marrying me to him?!" Lily asked, eyes widening in surprise.

"I don't think you should worry too much about it," Lily's mother said, "I've had a few interactions with that young man, and he's an excellent young man. If his personality and appearance don't meet my standards, do you really think I can stomach allowing him to get in touch with you?"

In the face of her mother's earnest persuasion, Lily rested her chin on her hand, looking a bit listless as she nodded and replied, "Alright then. I'll go and meet him, then."

Just then, something shattered from the side. Lily instinctively looked over and saw a bald man standing up in shock, staring out of the window next to him. "Boss, did you see that?! Those ships have just disappeared into thin air!"

The others on the third floor turned toward the distant docks and were surprised to find that the docked ships had truly disappeared.

"So what? If the ships are no longer there, then they must have sailed away."

"No, boss, that's impossible! The bigger the ship, the harder it is to turn it around. How can such massive ships just turn around and leave? And they disappeared so quickly as well!"

Realizing that they had attracted the attention of the other customers, Johnson frowned and pulled the bald man down back to his seat. He also wanted to know what had happened, but he did not have to ask any questions.

The people nearby would soon tell him the answer to his burning question.

Johnson's attention landed on the family of the beautiful young woman nearby. Judging from their decent clothes, they had to be a wealthy family from the central district. Perhaps they might give him the answer to his burning question.

"Lily, don't sit like that. Sit properly. Do you really think that it's appropriate for a lady to kneel on a chair just to look at the docks?"

Lily sat up properly and stared at her father before saying, "Dad, I heard some people saying that the navy fleet was teleported back to the island from their previous expedition by Goddess Sparkle. I think She's the reason behind the ships' disappearance just now.

Lily's mother shook her head lightly, signaling at her to remain silent. Goddess Sparkle had amassed quite a few followers on Hope Island, and if Her believers were to find out that they were talking about Her, they'd surely get in trouble.

"I also heard them say that Goddess Sparkle calls the Governor 'Daddy.' Daddy, what do you think? Is it true? Since Goddess Sparkle is a Divinity, what would you call the father of a Divinity?"

Oliver's brows were knitted tightly as he shook his head and replied, "You should not believe in those rumors, and we shouldn't casually discuss the Governor. I met the Governor a long time ago, and he's a human being."

"But so many ships disappeared in an instant! Who else can do something like that except for a Divinity?!" Lily exclaimed, sounding thrilled as if she had just discovered something taboo.

Oliver remained silent, but the truth was that he had long heard about the rumors that had been circulating throughout Hope Island for quite a while now, and he actually believed them. Those rumors were the reason he wanted his daughter to become a part of Hope Island's upper echelons.

Meanwhile, Johnson next to them had heard everything they said, and a tinge of fear flashed in his eyes. The Governor of Hope Island was a Divinity? That had to be a lie, right?

He instinctively believed that it had to be a lie, but the inexplicable disappearance of the warships in the docks left him with no choice but to believe it.

Johnson lost all of his appetite and couldn't continue with his meal. His mind was occupied with many different thoughts about the idea that Governor Charles of Hope Island could be a Divinity.

The idea made him feel extremely nervous, and his previous calm and composed demeanor was nowhere to be found.

There was something Johnson hadn't told his henchmen, and it was the fact that he had survived an encounter with a Divinity. His survival was an incredibly rare feat, even throughout the Subterranean Sea, but it did not make the ordeal less terrifying.

Johnson was aware—painfully aware of just how terrifying Divinities were.

"Let's go! We're going to the docks!" Johnson exclaimed with pale lips, and his eyes were filled with a deep sense of fear as he rushed to the docks.

Johnson rushed down the bustling Second Street, and he only had one thought in mind—leave Hope Island. Regardless of whether the rumor was true or not, he had to leave Hope Island as soon as possible!

A piercing car horn echoed, interrupting Johnson's train of thought. He looked up and saw a pure white limousine with gold rims driving toward them. The car looked like something that even the rich couldn't easily afford.

The people nearby took off their hats and bowed to the car. The sight startled Johnson, and his expression turned grim.

Just then, a little girl Nene walked past him.

"Little girl," Johnson called out to her. "Can you tell me whose car is that?"

Nene turned to look at Johnson and replied, "That's the Governor's car."

Johnson felt a shiver down his spine at the oncoming car, and scenes that were buried in the deepest recesses of his mind flashed before him, throwing him into a panic.

When the car finally drove past him, Johnson could not hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground. He curled up into a ball and quivered in fear, refusing to even look up.

Johnson's mouth was wide open, and his saliva dripped down freely from his lips. He was so terrified that he looked like he was about to die from fear.

Johnson's henchmen were terrified upon seeing their boss' reaction, and they cast a horrified gaze at the distant car.

Just then, Nene added, "But Sparkle said that her father doesn't really like riding in a car. I think the Governor isn't in that car."