"They... don't seem to be chasing anymore?"
Ran on the yacht slowly lowered the Type 20 rifle after seeing the other yachts stop chasing.
"Mm-hmm, we definitely scared them away!" Yukiko nodded happily, then placed the launcher on the boat and plopped down onto the deck.
She let out a long sigh of relief, began rotating her shoulders, and said, "Phew, I'm exhausted... It's finally over. We should be safe now, right?"
"Temporarily safe," Baishi Hui replied to them.
Upon hearing this, Ran said in disbelief, "Huh? Why only temporarily? Didn't we scare them away?"
Baishi Hui explained unhurriedly, "They aren't fools; wouldn't they call for backup if they can't win?"
"But... it was clearly their ill intentions first!" Ran felt quite indignant. It was their fault, so how could they still have a reason to cause them trouble?
Yukiko was an adult, after all, and wasn't surprised by this at all; instead, she took it in stride.
She was so tired she lay down on the deck, unbuttoned the top two buttons of her shirt collar, and finally felt she could breathe easily. She said, "There's nothing for it. Sometimes, being beautiful is a crime!"
"I've gotten used to suffering because of my beauty... Ran, you'll have to get used to it too in the future."
"..." These words left Ran speechless for a moment.
Baishi Hui comforted them, "Don't be so pessimistic. There are always good people and bad people in the world... We just had a bit of bad luck this time and Ran into some bad people."
"That's some good soul-soothing... I'll drink it up." Yukiko chuckled lightly, then said, "But what should we do next?"
"According to what you said, their backup will arrive soon... Maybe they'll even come in fighter jets."
Baishi Hui chuckled and said, "If they want to fly fighter jets, the U.S. military won't agree; they won't even give them a verification code!"
Yukiko smiled faintly, but soon the smile faded, and her face showed worry. She said, "Sigh... I'm sorry, I caused trouble. If I weren't so famous, if I hadn't become their idol... maybe we would have been sent back to shore by now."
After so many days, Baishi Hui and Ran had already gotten used to Yukiko's habitual narcissism, so they didn't say anything.
Baishi Hui said, "The top priority is to teach you how to drive a yacht."
"Huh?" Ran and Yukiko both exclaimed in surprise simultaneously.
Baishi Hui briefly explained, "Prepare for the worst... If they catch up, you probably won't be able to fight in your current state."
"Once you learn how to drive the yacht, I can take action."
These words left Ran and Yukiko unable to argue.
They didn't have many choices.
"Let me learn first!" Ran mustered her spirits and went over to learn how to drive the yacht.
"Sigh, I'm so old, why do I have to learn this... How about we just surrender?" Yukiko reluctantly crawled up from the deck and grumbled.
Baishi Hui chuckled lightly and said, "If you don't mind being captured and locked in a dungeon, enduring humiliation there for the next ten-plus years... you can surrender."
"Uh... then I'll pass." The moment Yukiko thought about ending up like that, she immediately abandoned the idea of surrendering!
Regarding this, Ran asked suspiciously, "Is it really as scary as you say?"
Yukiko rubbed Ran's cheek and said earnestly, "Beautiful women always receive special treatment... not just in good ways, but in bad ways too."
Baishi Hui deeply agreed with these words... It had to be someone like Mother, who saw through this aspect clearly!
He spent some time teaching the two how to drive the yacht.
But learning and being able to drive are two different things.
Baishi Hui didn't expect them to master driving the yacht immediately, moving freely on the sea.
He only hoped they knew how to drive the yacht and wouldn't capsize it; that would be enough for him.
After a simple lesson, he immediately had them start practical training.
Yukiko already loved speeding, so she had some experience in driving. After getting a feel for the controls, she quickly learned how to drive the yacht.
However, Ran had never even touched a car, so learning was more difficult for her.
Thus, the task of driving the yacht fell to Yukiko.
"Everyone, let's rest for a bit---- Here they come!! Looks like there's no time to rest." Baishi Hui had only spoken half his sentence when he spotted a small black dot in the distance!
He was just about to lift the Stinger anti-aircraft missile, but the next second, his expression suddenly changed drastically!
The feeling of death was rapidly approaching!
"This is bad, jump off the boat quickly!" Baishi Hui shouted, throwing down the Stinger, then turned and pulled Ran and Yukiko's hands, jumping into the sea!
Although Ran and Yukiko didn't understand why they had to do this, after so much hardship together, they had long since placed their complete trust in Baishi Hui!
The moment they were pulled off the boat, they immediately held their breath.
Ran and Yukiko were just about to start swimming when they suddenly saw Baishi Hui hand each of them an underwater breathing device!!
Wait... when did he bring these down?
He was clearly holding both of their hands when they jumped into the sea, wasn't he?
This question only existed in Ran and Yukiko's minds for an instant. The next second, they quickly took the underwater breathing devices, bit down on the respirators, opened the air valve, and took a breath.
Phew~~~ I can breathe now, no need to worry about suffocating.
This thought emerged simultaneously in both their minds.
The next second, Ran and Yukiko suddenly shot forward with a whoosh!
The speed was very fast!
Only then did they realize that Baishi Hui had an underwater propulsion device on his back.
The two exchanged confused glances. Neither of them knew when Baishi Hui had put on an underwater propulsion device... Also, did their yacht even have something like this?
Just as they were wondering about this, the armed helicopter approaching them on the sea surface had already locked onto the yacht!
"Target locked."
"Commencing launch!"
As the pilot spoke, he pressed the button.
A 70mm rocket shot out with a whoosh, directly covering the distance of five kilometers and accurately hitting the yacht!
Boom————
The yacht was instantly blown apart, turning into a dazzling fireball!
The force of the explosion transferred from the surface of the sea down into the seabed.
Baishi Hui and the other two who were escaping were suddenly struck hard by an invisible force.
Yukiko felt her body was like a fragile leaf, instantly tossed up and then heavily thrown down.
She only felt a powerful force drill into her every pore, her internal organs felt as if they were being violently stirred, her ears buzzed, her vision was a blurry darkness, and her consciousness began to uncontrollably drift away.
Ran felt countless merciless large hands tearing at her body wantonly. She was like a helpless ragdoll, being arbitrarily kneaded. Under the immense impact force, she gradually began to lose consciousness.
Baishi Hui quickly held them, letting their bodies be washed away by the violent, surging seawater!