Chapter 620 "Cargo"
"Uh..."
But this was originally just a question that Lin Lan asked casually, but it made Luo Yuande hesitate for a moment.
Just as Lin Lan frowned in confusion, not understanding why Luo Yuande suddenly stuttered, the old captain actually knelt in front of him again and confessed loudly:
"Please forgive me, Lord Stalker! I, I just followed orders to set off from Yuze Island, and my destination is Zhuren Island."
"The cargo on the ship, in fact, is..."
"Boom!"
Before Luo Yuande finished speaking, suddenly, an explosion from the cabin interrupted his unfinished words.
Black billowing smoke also emerged from the entrance of the cabin, along with the angry curses of many crew members.
Lin Lan never expected that even after he had introduced himself, someone dared to make trouble on this freighter.
Isn't this a slap in his face?
And Noshiro and Sakunio had already drawn the sharp sabers at their waists, and everyone focused their eyes on the entrance of the cabin.
Then, Lin Lan saw the Liaozhou adventurers on the deck just now rushing out with weapons in hand in the thick smoke.
After seeing Lin Lan, they all paused, shocked by the cold eyes of Noshiro and Jiu Nio.
But the expressions on their faces were still full of anger and hostility.
Then rushed out a group of Tianou Group crew members holding guns, and they all pointed their guns at these adventurers.
They also saw Lin Lan and Luo Yuande kneeling on the ground, and did not act rashly for a while, and all maintained a vigilant posture.
Lin Lan raised his hand to let Noshiro and Jiu Nio beside him not rush to attack.
He keenly noticed that something was wrong. Didn’t these adventurers fight side by side with the Tianou Group crew members against the Siren just now?
What’s going on?
Before he could ask, a tall and thin Liaozhou man with a long green tail and a sharp spear in his hand roared at Lin Lan:
"You bunch of Orlan bastards! The missing children on the island were actually captured by you! What do you want to do!!!"
Hearing this, Luo Yuande, who was kneeling in front of Lin Lan, trembled even more.
And Lin Lan reacted instantly. Could it be that the cargo on this Tianou Group freighter was...
Liaozhou people? !
He lowered his head and looked at Luo Yuande, his tone had become several points colder:
"Okay, okay, very good, it's only been ten years, and you have actually fallen to the point of engaging in human trafficking?"
"Stand up! Take me to your warehouse."
His words made Luo Yuande's face sweat continuously, and his voice also reached the ears of those adventurers and Tianou Group crew members.
After saying that, Lin Lan turned his head to look at the adventurers who were looking at him with hostility, and said loudly:
"There is something fishy about this matter. Leave it to me to handle, and I will give you an explanation."
The tall and thin Liaozhou man holding a sharp spear wanted to say something angrily, but was pulled by the cat-eared female adventurer behind him:
"That Oran man is very powerful, and the two ghost guards beside him are not something we can deal with. Let's see what he plans to do first."
After hearing his companion's words, the adventurer calmed down.
Just now, they did see how powerful Lin Lan was, and they all saw Captain Luo Yuande kneeling in front of him. Obviously, this man's identity was extraordinary.
The most important thing was the murderous intent emanating from the two ghost girls.
It's not that no one among them has fought with the ghosts, but it was the first time they felt such a terrifying aura.
It seemed that if they took one more step just now, they would be cut in half by the knife in the next second.
Now that the other party has given them a way out and they have saved them before, they can only suppress their anger.
After Lin Lan stabilized the group of adventurers, he did not waste any more time and grabbed Luo Yuande's arm, who was still kneeling on the ground, and pulled him up.
Seeing this, the crew members of the Tianou Group also put down their guns.
In fact, they have been suffering from the condemnation of their conscience during this period, but they have to obey orders.
At present, they have seen from the captain's attitude that this man is likely to be a senior executive of the Tianou Group, so naturally they can't raise any hostility.
A few minutes later, Lin Lan and the three Sakura warship girls followed Luo Yuande to the cargo hold of the freighter.
And when the automatic door of the cargo hold was opened, the scene in front of him made him gasp.
In this large sealed space shrouded in dim light, there were actually a group of Liaozhou Asian children sitting on the ground, with shackles on their hands and feet, ragged clothes, dusty faces, and thin bodies!
Among them were men and women, of all races.
But the only thing in common was that their young faces were numb, and many children had red and swollen eyes due to long-term crying.
After seeing them coming, these children looked up in confusion, and such pitiful appearances even made Lin Lan feel a little trembling in his heart.
Lin Lan had seen many scenes of sub-humans being used as slaves in the comics he had seen on Blue Star. At this moment, what was presented in front of him was almost exactly the same as those scenes.
The miserable appearance of these children not only made him angry, but also Taiho, Noshiro and Sakuno also had their eyes flickering and remained silent.
The Liaozhou adventurers following behind them clenched their fists in anger, and even the crew members of the Tianou Group lowered their heads and remained silent.
"Sir, Mr. Lu ordered the general agent of the four islands to send these children to Zhuren Island."
"The day before departure, I didn't know that the cargo we were transporting was these children."
Luo Yuande stood behind Lin Lan bitterly. After feeling Lin Lan's suppressed anger, he broke the dead silence and explained:
"We have never abused these children in the past few days, and we have provided them with enough food. The surveillance in the warehouse can prove it."
Lin Lan glanced around the warehouse and found that it was indeed as Luo Yuande said, there were no bruises on the bodies of these Liaozhou children.
Moreover, not only was the ground here clean, but there were also special fans for ventilation, which showed that the crew had cleaned regularly in the past few days.
"Lu Feng... Very good."
Lin Lan had found the culprit from Luo Yuande's words, and he also understood that there were far more than one cargo ship escorting Liaozhou children like this.
The four islands of Liaozhou under the control of the Tianou Group are all doing this kind of despicable thing.
He could not imagine that the Tianou Group, which could once cooperate with various countries, had fallen to such a level in just ten years!
After coldly reading the name of the director of the Tianou Group branch, Lin Lan turned around, suppressed his anger, and said to Luo Yuande in a shocking voice:
"Now, you turn around immediately and return to Yuze Island by the same route."
"Tell Guo Qingyun, the general agent of Yuze Island, for me, and let him tell Lu Feng."
"If you still want to return to Oran, send all the children back to where they were captured, and apologize and compensate door to door!"
At this point, Lin Lan took a deep breath and threatened coldly:
"If I see a Tianou Group cargo ship carrying children in Liaozhou again in a month, you will stay in Liaozhou for the rest of your life!"