Late into the night, Xiao Ban and Mo Bai secretly snuck into the captain's ship and hid.
However, Xiao Ban's movements still attracted the captain's attention. The captain walked forward, pulled back the cloth, and said, "Hey, I don't take stowaways. Even if you're a smelly rat, I won't carry you."
When he pulled it back, it was indeed Xiao Ban, curled up in the corner, awkwardly waving his hand and saying, "Uh, uh... First Mate Tian Xiao Ban reporting to the captain."
Just as the captain thought there was only one person, another sleeping dragon and crouching phoenix accidentally fell asleep and landed directly on the ground.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
After the two were discovered, the captain put on his diving suit and said, "The Water Monster might have been driven to the bottom by the smelly Yu You Association."
"There's only one way to draw it out."
"Use live, jumping bait."
After he finished speaking, Mo Bai and Tian Xiao Ban stood foolishly in place. Tian Xiao Ban didn't speak, and Mo Bai was completely stunned. He remembered that Xiao Ban should have said he'd go along with it in the past. Had he been influenced by himself?
Seeing that the two didn't speak, the captain, to himself, put on his fishing gear and jumped into the sea.
Mo Bai and Xiao Ban, on the other hand, looked at the two remaining diving suits in the corner and reached an unspoken consensus.
Soon, after the captain went underwater, he saw a spherical, strange object, not knowing what it was.
Suddenly, the captain felt something following him from behind and immediately raised his fishing gun and shot.
However, it was Xiao Ban and the other person.
After getting closer to look, Mo Bai recognized that this was the Water Monster's child and remembered some of the plot.
After the captain realized there was no Water Monster, he swam towards the surface.
As soon as he came up, he was caught by personnel wearing professional equipment.
"Don't you know night diving is dangerous, you stinky old man?"
"Unless you have a friend to dive with you."
However, the captain did not betray the two but continued, "No, I just don't have friends."
At this moment, the other two grabbed the captain's wrist, and a person who seemed to be their leader said to the captain, "You misunderstood, I just want to collect information."
"Excuse me, what did you see?"
However, the captain did not want to obey them and stubbornly said, "Nothing found, still the same."
As soon as he finished speaking, what greeted the captain was a heavy punch that knocked him to the ground. He took off his helmet, and it was indeed the Yu You Association personnel from earlier in the day.
"Yes, I have to confirm it myself."
After speaking, the Yu You Association member escorted the captain into the boat, preparing to go back and force a confession from him, and incidentally threw a bomb to destroy his boat.
"We'll come back later with a small submarine to get the remaining eggs."
Xiao Ban and Mo Bai, who had been observing for a long time, were anxiously waiting for the Omnitrix's CD. Fortunately, their efforts paid off, and Xiao Ban's Omnitrix was ready first.
After the Omnitrix popped up, Xiao Ban looked at the Omnitrix on Mo Bai's wrist, which was still charging, and hesitated with some concern.
"Xiao Ban, hurry and save him. I should be ready soon... right?"
Finally, at Mo Bai's urging, Xiao Ban still pressed the Omnitrix and transformed into Gliding King Kong to give chase, while Mo Bai lay in the middle of the sea, drifting with the wind.
"I hope I don't drift to some strange place."
On the ship, the Yu You Association members discovered Xiao Ban, pointed at the Gliding King Kong in the sky, and said, "That's a giant bug! Get the harpoon!"
Soon, the two sides began to fight. Seeing that the machine gun turret had no effect, the leader quickly dropped the dynamite barrels.
Coincidentally, this action blew Gliding King Kong into the water. Gliding King Kong's wings stuck to the water and he couldn't fly.
"Annoying, my wings are wet, I can't fly."
As the saying goes, bad things come one after another. The leader of the Yu You Association quickly drove the boat, preparing to ram Xiao Ban to eliminate future troubles.
Just as Xiao Ban was about to be hit, Mo Bai transformed into Quick Flash Star and quickly brought Xiao Ban to shore, hiding behind a tree.
"What was that, a speedster?"
Because the few people had also received help from Quick Flash Star during the day, although at that time it was Xiao Ban who transformed, now it was Mo Bai. The only difference in their transformations was that one was a bit more slender.
Seeing that the two were gone, the Yu You Association members shone their flashlights for a long time but didn't find the two hiding behind the tree, so they decided to throw the captain off the ship.
"It seems we should throw some trash off our ship."
Soon, the captain was thrown off the ship by several people. Gliding King Kong's wings could fly again at this point, so he quickly flew over and rescued the captain.
After rescuing him, Xiao Ban saw that the Yu You Association members had left, so he took the captain and flew towards the old break car.
However, the omnitrix was not cooperative. Just as they were about to arrive, it ran out of power and changed back.
"Oh, here we go again."
Fortunately, Mo Bai quickly caught the two, holding the captain with one hand and Xiao Ban with the other, and ran towards the old break car.
It was originally just a normal hug, but Mo Bai didn't notice that the position he was holding was exactly Xiao Ban's chest.
It could also be because it was too flat, or it could be because he became a male, Mo Bai never felt that anything was wrong.
Xiao Ban, on the other hand, couldn't speak because the wind was too strong, and he didn't dare to move recklessly at high speed, so he just had to be held like that, blushing all the way.
At the same time, it also made Xiao Ban remember what Xiao Wen had said to her before boarding the ship.
【Memory】
"Da Dai Tou, didn't you notice that he doesn't treat you like a girl?"
"Huh? So what? I am who I am!"
Seeing Xiao Ban's carefree reply like that, Xiao Wen knew she would regret it later, so she could only put her arm around Xiao Ban's shoulder and say, "Sigh, I find you truly foolish. You don't care at all about how others see you, do you?"
Hearing this, Xiao Ban scratched his head and thought about the sentence, muttering softly, "See me..."
Xiao Ban originally wanted to say that she didn't care about others' opinions, but for some reason, she was very curious about Mo Bai's opinion of her. She paused for a long time, speechless.
Seeing Xiao Ban not speaking and her face slightly flushed, Xiao Wen could guess what this Da Dai Tou was thinking and quickly said meaningfully to Xiao Ban, "Xiao Ban, if you really care, remember to act early, Da Dai Tou."
【End of Memory】
With Quick Flash Star's speed, Mo Bai quickly brought Xiao Ban and the captain back to the old break car. Tian Mark and Xiao Wen were also there to meet them.
"Perfect landing."
After handing the two over to Tian Mark, Mo Bai put on Quick Flash Star's mask again, preparing to go sightseeing during the remaining transformation time.
Actually, the main reason was that he wanted to go back and see his parents.
An hour later, Mo Bai's transformation ended, and he returned to the old break car, chatting with everyone.
You ask why Xiao Ban wasn't rambling on and on? Because as soon as Xiao Ban came back, he looked like he was doubting life, staring at the moon outside the car as if deep in thought.
There was no other way. To move the plot forward, Mo Bai had to explain the whole situation to the others on behalf of Xiao Ban.
Soon, Xiao Wen found out that the leader of the Yu You Association was named Yue Na Mei Er, and he was not a good friend of animals but a bad person who often trafficked animals.
Speaking of this, the few people also understood why the Water Monster would attack humans for no reason. It was precisely because Yue Na Mei Er and others stole its eggs that it became so irritable.
Hearing this, the captain stood up and wanted to go open his spare boat, saying, "No matter what you say, it's useless. The Water Monster became a mother, and I'll still catch it!"
And so, the few people followed the captain, preparing to board the ship. Tian Mark and Xiao Wen followed behind the captain, while Mo Bai looked at Xiao Ban, who was sitting motionless by the old break car's door.
Seeing this, Mo Bai walked forward with some concern and said to Xiao Ban, "What's wrong, Xiao Ban? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
Seeing that Xiao Wen and the others had already walked quite far, Xiao Ban raised his head to look at Mo Bai, then lowered his head and whispered, "Mo Bai... do you think I'm like a boy?"
"??? Huh?"
Hearing this, Mo Bai tilted his head, somewhat not understanding, because in his impression, wasn't Xiao Ban a boy?
But upon closer inspection, Xiao Ban's fair skin, green eyes, and long ponytail indeed made him look a bit like a girl.
After a while, Mo Bai twitched the corner of his eye and awkwardly said, "Um... were you a girl originally?" (High emotional intelligence)
"QAQ"
Hearing this answer, Xiao Ban's heart sank halfway. It turned out that in Mo Bai's eyes, she didn't have any feminine feeling at all, which was somewhat hurtful to her self-esteem.
If it were someone else who said it, Xiao Ban definitely wouldn't care. If she cared, she wouldn't have delayed until now.
"It seems I need to ask Xiao Wen what to do when I have time."
【Next episode: Resolving the Water Monster incident!】
【Episode after next: A strange town, Xiao Wen's suggestion is... buy... buy buy... a skirt??】
【Holiday tutoring, absolutely fantastic】