Chapter 7 part three sea people

On the dimly lit deck lay the crew of the fishing boat.They were all unconscious, and they were hugged and shook but did not move.Their faces were all frozen in distressed expressions.Naidi reported the situation to the salvage ship through the walkie-talkie. "There are seven people on deck, all unconscious, what should we do?" Without waiting for an answer from the radio, Hariku patted Naidi. "The first thing to solve is the high-frequency sound waves. Go inside." The three put down the crew first and walked into the cabin. Inside, too, lay the crew staggering.While praying that they would survive, Billy and the others moved forward.The three walked down the stairs, and the glass on the mask in the water vibrated slightly from time to time.

"This is resonance. Because the high-frequency sound waves here are several times higher than those on the deck." Yuriku said. Billy felt a slight echo in his voice and listened carefully. "Here... Soundwave... on the deck..." "Sometimes there is an echo." Haluku said, "because the components of the voice are not lost." "what's going on?" "Because it is close to the sound source, the transmission of the sound is better. The so-called 'bubbling'...It means that it can be heard clearly. There are also various components mixed in the high-frequency sound waves, and there may be quite dangerous things in it. This Evidence that the target is close."

The three of them finally groped their way to the door leading to the bottom cabin.There was water coming out from under the door.Seawater poured in through the holes dug by rescuers. As soon as he touched the doorknob, Neddy jumped up. "What's wrong?" "Oh... oh, it looks like there is static electricity..." At first glance, the door hinge was loose and was beating, making a ticking sound. "Fantastic. High-frequency sound waves make it vibrate like a tuning fork." Open that door, it's empty inside, it doesn't look like there are people.Fragments of burst balloons were strewn everywhere.

Naidi said with a worried face: "Is there anything in here?" Listening to him, Billy couldn't help laughing out loud.Neddy's voice became like Donald Duck's.The door is filled with helium.Naidi, who had no prior knowledge, was surprised, and he kept "ah, ah" to confirm his voice. "...What's going on? This sound!" There is a large square fish tank in the middle of the room.The three peeked into it tremblingly.There, is a pool of dark water. "In there?" Billy said.Hajiri nodded, pointing to the surface of the water.If you take a closer look, the geometric ripples on the water surface float like reliefs.

"This kind of ripple is often seen in experiments. I think this kind of wave... that guy is inside!" Billy and the others stared at the water surface of the fish tank.Can't see anything in the murky water. "Anything?" Neddy's voice was tense. "I don't know. However, it can't be a dolphin." Hajiri said, "There should be something." Neddy tried to turn on the flashlight. "No light. It's dangerous to stimulate it." "It must be scared," Billy said. "It would be nice to find a way to make it relax," said Hanuriku, "but it's useless to say, 'Calm down!' to a frightened animal. Since you can't see it, and you can't use the tranquilizer gun... Really. Oops."

"Since you can't see it, and you can't use the tranquilizer gun... that sucks." Hazaru's voice repeated.The three were startled and looked at each other. "Since you can't see it, you can't use the tranquilizer gun...that's bad. If you can't see it, you can't use the tranquilizer gun...that's terrible. If you can't see it, you can't use the tranquilizer gun...that's terrible." Not only did the repetition not stop, but the volume gradually increased.Not only that, but the repeated voices also began to trace the previous speeches of the three people.

"However, it is useless to say, 'Calm!' to an animal driven by fear. It would be nice to find a way to relax it. It must be frightened. No light. It is dangerous to stimulate it. There should be What. I don’t know. But, it can’t be a dolphin. Is there anything? That guy is in it! I think this kind of wave... I often see this kind of ripple in experiments.” It doesn't look like an echo in physics.Clearly, this is an intentional phenomenon. "It's the mermaid singing!" Naidi screamed and fell into a panic. Haluku was also baffled. "The helium isn't working! What the hell is going on?"

"What's wrong? Haruku?" "It's the 'magic sound phenomenon'! Helium is no longer effective!" Their words were repeated one after another. "It changes the frequency of the sound?" Yuriku said. "Uh?" "The guy raised his voice, changed the tune, sure." "Is it that smart?" "However, if it can even learn to control helium, it means..." "There is no other way!" Hajiri reloaded the tranquilizer gun angrily. "I have to do it!" Hajiri fired a shot into the water. "Did you hit it?" Neddy asked.

"Who knows." Haluku said unsurely. Immediately after that, there was a violent splash on the surface of the water, and something jumped up at the same time.The guy jumped up close to the ceiling, then sank back into the fish tank.The three of them didn't make a sound because they were too excited, Harei looked at Billy. "... just now... was it a human?" Although it was a split second, the three people witnessed the creature's figure.Indeed, as Hanauri said, that creature was very human-like. "It's a merman!" Neddy called. "The legend is true!"

Neddy went to see the fish tank.The water splashed again, and Billy and the others were poured down by the fishy water.When he opened his eyes, Naidi was gone. "not good!" Hanuri fired the tranquilizer gun at the surface of the water again, this time firing three shots in a row. "Damn it! I don't know if I hit it or not!" Hanuri smacked his lips. "Not yet," Billy said. "how do you know?" "That guy's consciousness has come here." "Come here?" "Give me the gun and I'll shoot." Borrowing a gun from Hajiri, Billy aimed it at the water.He aimed and shouted:

"What is that? Are you trying to kill me with that?" Billy suddenly said something inexplicable. "Uh?" Hanuri looked at Billy's face. "Not killing you, just sleeping for a while." Billy said to the fish tank. "Who are you talking to?" "I don't want to sleep!" Billy screamed.Then he said: "It's ok. No! I don't want to die! Don't worry, I'll save you from your fear. No!" Billy seemed to be playing two roles in one person. "Almost like a witch." Haruku said in a low voice. Billy took aim and fired only one shot. "Did you hit it?" Hearing Haluri's question, Billy nodded, and then he staggered and leaned on Halulu's shoulder. "Are you OK?" "It worked. Quite powerfully... this..." Suddenly, Billy fell to the floor.Turned over to see, he fell asleep snoring. "What happened to you?" Hanuriku looked at the fish tank.Neddy floated on his back. "Neddie!" Haruku called him, but he didn't respond.Neddy was unconscious, but he was breathing and snoring lightly. "Lyan...can you hear me?" Hajiri talked to Ryan on the salvage ship by radio. "Is everything going well with you?" Ryan said. "The high-frequency sound waves have stopped. Call for reinforcements." "Where are Billy and the others?" "They're all asleep." Ryan and the others arrived here soon.The high-frequency sound waves have completely stopped.Sieber's men moved the crew to the salvage ship.All were unconscious, but alive. In the underground fish tank, Neddy was still floating on his back.Billy was still fast asleep on the floor.Jack slapped his face, but he didn't open his eyes. "What happened?" Ryan asked Haluku. "I know too well... Maybe he was anesthetized too." "You shot Billy too?" Gordon said. "No. How should I put it... He seems to be possessed by a soul. I can't express it well.... It seems that his soul has been transferred... No, I can't think of another way to express it. In short, he is possessed by a soul." Hajiri explained in fragments.Jack stroked the back of his head. "What's the matter with you? Have you let the helium blow your brain out?" "I'll talk about the details later." Ryan said, "Is it facing it here?" "Yes. I saw with my own eyes . . . that fellow resembled a man." "A mermaid?" Sieber asked. "No... If you want to say that, it's not that you can't say that... No, I can't express it clearly in words. Instead of asking me to explain, it's better for you to see it yourself, so you can understand it faster." After saying that, Hanuri stood up and picked up the scuba tank. "Haruku, you should rest first." Ryan took Haruku's scuba tank and lifted it up by himself. "Gordon, Jack, come dive." "Ah? Am I going into the water too?" Jack agreed without much enthusiasm, but excitedly prepared quickly.According to the drawings left by Naidi, the depth of the fish tank is five meters, and there are mysterious creatures there.This keeps you from being nervous and excited. After Ryan and the others entered the fish tank, they tied Naddy up with a rope, and Xibo and Hanuluku pulled him up from above.Neddy was still asleep.After rescuing Naidi, Ryan and the others turned on the switch of the searchlight in the water and looked at each other. "The soles of my feet were itching with excitement," Jack said. The three dived into the water. The water in the fish tank was very cloudy.They turned on the lights and looked for the mysterious creature. "Is that it?" Following the direction of Gordon's finger, he could vaguely see something that looked like a human figure.It was the one that hit Ryan and Billy, drifted the fishing boat out of control, and lost the rescue plane.The owner of this mysterious high-frequency sound wave easily succumbed to an anesthetic bomb at this time, and was leaning against the wall of the fish tank and fell asleep.In front of the three of them, its whole body was exposed defenselessly. If it is called a mermaid, it is indeed a mermaid.This kind of creature lives in the sea and has physical characteristics adapted to life in the sea. Our ancestors called them mermaids in the past.But the legendary mermaid we know has the lower body of a fish.And this mermaid is a little different.The creature in front of him had two legs.If ghosts with feet are not called ghosts, then this kind of mermaid is not a mermaid either.So it should be called a half-mermaid, right?Or people in the water?Or fin people, sea people... whatever you call it is possible.Anyway, that name will be the first word we humans use for them, even if it is called mermaid. Ryan thought about this in his chaotic mind.And, if it were named a Mermaid, then the fact that it was named by Ryan Knowles would be remembered in history.No matter how hard she tried to get this vanity out of her mind, Ryan couldn't stop himself from grinning.Just like a child with a sweet tooth can't help salivating when he sees a cream cake, Lean's brain is constantly bursting with joyful hormones in the face of an unheard of creature.Even knowing how naive and thoughtless that was, he still couldn't control it.Ryan tried his best to suppress it, not to let himself get carried away with joy, and not become like a scientific worker.This, he told himself desperately, was not the same as catching a giant tuna while fishing. "It's a very close species to humans." This is what he finally said.Since there is no point, Jack immediately catches up with a sharp sentence: "You can tell just by looking at it." "It's male." "You can tell it at a glance." Between the crotch of the creature was a genital that was no different from that of a human being. Due to the refraction of light, the correct height cannot be seen in the water, but even compared with himself, the mermaid is more than two meters tall.Its skin is white and transparent, with long brown hair growing on its head.At the front of the arm that hangs weakly, there are fingers that are longer than a human being, and the gaps between the fingers are covered with translucent webs.Look at its feet, the shape is even more peculiar.The length of the toes is much longer than that of the fingers, and there is a certain thickness of webs covering the toes.That size was enough to match the flippers that Ryan and the others were equipped with, shaped like a frog's foot.Leanne parted its seaweed-like hair that floated on the water, and jerked its drooping chin up. "Oh--!" Jack and Gordon cried out simultaneously. Its face was indeed a human face. "Really a mermaid? Isn't it a human?" Jack said. "It's more comfortable calling it a 'human'." "Maybe it is indeed a human. Maybe it is a mermaid." Ryan said, "If you don't study it, you can't say anything now. In short, take it back first." The three floated up holding the creature. The islanders applaud the mermaid being carried onto the deck on a dolphin stretcher.No one could hide their excitement for seeing the mermaid for the first time.Ryan and the others separated from the crowd and tried to transport the mermaid to their boat when a rescue team grabbed Ryan by the shoulder. "Hey, where are you taking it?" "Our research institute." From Ryan's point of view, this is a matter of course.However, the rescue team strongly opposed it. "No. What are you thinking?" "Put it back in the ocean." This is their opinion.Ryan was speechless at the islanders' strong reaction.As for Jack, he opened his mouth so dumb that his jaw was about to drop. Sieber and the team agree. "These people are now dressed as rescuers, and they are usually fishermen. Understand? People who are blessed by the sea have corresponding rules." Sieber said. "Hey, are you all so strange? Are you saying that you want to let go of such a big discovery?" Jack said. The oldest man spoke. "Once upon a time, a fisherman stabbed a mermaid to death with a harpoon. The fisherman was innocent, but the sea god got angry and made it impossible for humans to catch fish. It is said that the god's punishment lasted for a hundred years." "If we don't catch fish for a hundred years, we won't be able to live on this island." "Yeah. Let it go." They talked to each other, clamoring to put the mermaid back into the sea. "That's just superstition! How did your ancestors survive a hundred years if no fish were caught?" Jack yelled. "We know it's a superstition," Sieber said, "but we've been believing in it for hundreds of years. You believe in science, but how long have you had it?" "Uh?" "What science, what is said changes after a decade or so, doesn't it?" "No, that's..." Ryan wanted to refute, but was at a loss for words. "The so-called science is that kind of thing anyway." Ryan couldn't argue. "If you dare to do anything outrageous, you will be kicked out of this island." one said. "You can't even go to sea without our permission." said another. "Hey, what permission do you have?" Jack retorted. "Jack, stop talking." Ryan stopped Jack. "What if it gets messy?" Ryan suppressed his emotions and nodded to the team members. "Understood." Ryan said. "Just as Xibo said, let it go here on the spot." "You finally understand?" Sieber patted Ryan on the shoulder. "However, it is now falling asleep due to anesthesia, and it may take another two hours to wake up. If it is put back into the sea, it will drown. Can you please wait another two hours?" "Understood." "Then... Regardless of others, we are scientists after all. The so-called scientists... are people who are extremely curious. At least, during the period before it wakes up, can we check it?" "Anatomy or something?" "How come. We just want to get some evidence to see what this guy is." Siber and the others looked at Ryan in surprise.Ryan negotiated carefully, as difficult as walking a tightrope. "That... 100cc." "Blood?" "Isn't it good? Is there anything to say about superstition?" "...Not really." "The amount of blood collected when donating blood is 200cc or 300cc. This is only half the amount, and it has no effect on the body. Then, there is the skin tissue,... this... the place that doesn't matter on it..." "Skinning?" "No, just a little bit. One centimeter square... less than one millimeter thick." "..." "And then there are the teeth. The teeth are an important clue in the classification of species." The islanders conferred for a while in the local dialect, and one declared: "It still doesn't work. If you do this, even the bones will be broken into pieces and brought back." "Why do you think so! It's not like that. Well, the teeth are fine." "Its body is not allowed to move at all, and blood collection is not allowed." "Didn't you just say yes!" Ryan lost his cool and yelled. "We have no right to say whether it is possible or not. Everything depends on the Sea God's will." said the older man. "Isn't it God's will to meet this guy?" "That's God testing us, testing us humans." Leon suddenly felt powerless.If you put this guy back into the sea, you might as well die. Is there really no other way? "Lian, what about X-rays? X-rays won't hurt it," said Hanuriku. "Good idea," Ryan said. "How about this? Please go to the research institute together, don't you feel relieved?" "That's good!" Gordon said. Siber was astonished to the extreme. "Why do you scientists have to do that?" "Uh?" "Do you really want to know this guy's real body?" "That... don't you want to know?" Ryan said. "You don't need to do that if you want to know, this is a mermaid!" "That can't be concluded. Without various inspections, we can't figure it out." "Whatever you say, on this island we call it a mermaid." "... Isn't it strange?" "It's strange, so it must be let go." "..." "A little bit of checking and more wanting to check. There's no end to it." "Sieber, I understand your position. But we have an obligation to find out this guy....that..." Ryan seemed incoherent.He hasn't sorted out the mess of thoughts himself, but if he doesn't say something, he will lose the big discovery before his eyes. "You are outsiders after all, so you don't care if we catch fish, do you?" Someone said. "Things like that..." "Anyway, you only think about your own results." "What are you talking about investigating dolphins? I heard that it's not leisurely fishing at sea? It's just white people doing research with the attitude of recuperating!" Gordon looked at Ryan in panic. "Those have nothing to do with this matter, right? What about you? How many dolphins have been killed by abusing the seine net?!" Jack was on fire and couldn't maintain his self-control. "According to the observation results, a large number of dolphins disappear from this area every year. You know why, right? Because you trap the dolphins, kill them and throw them away." "We didn't kill the dolphins! They were dead when they entered the net!" one person said. "Look! It was you who killed them! It was your selfish seine that slaughtered the lovely dolphins!" "Stop talking about Jack!" Ryan persuaded him. But Jack, who was already boiling, couldn't stop. "They all pretended to be naturalists. Who knew that it was you who made this sea dripping with blood?" "We're here to live," said one. "You can't live without that." The plain-looking man was distressed by Jack's criticism.But Jack's words were merciless. "Oh, you eat all the fish you caught? Isn't that right? Throw all the fish you don't want into the sea! You can't survive, but you are living extravagantly by accident. Is this also God's will? Your God Say: 'Want to waste food'?" "It's the people of your country who made us do that!" Another man's eyes were bloodshot with rage. "Most of the fish is shipped to your country!" "Yes, my grandparents love to eat fish, but they can only eat two pieces at a time, because they care about cholesterol. Humans kill hundreds of fish just for two pieces of fried fish in butter. My grandfather is not good, but Even you. How about kicking your bosses off the island before complaining about us? Get rid of the foreigners who taught you how to use devil fish!" "Enough is enough, Jack!" Gordon hits Jack.The blow was so hard that Jack fell on the deck. "What are you doing, Gordon!" "Calm down, idiot!" "You bastard, do you want to vent your usual grievances in such a place?" "What did you say?" "Pretend to mingle with the people on the island, so you are the bastard! If you are a scholar, why can't you think of a way to bring that guy back to the research institute? You are not worthy of being a scholar!" Gordon blushed and kicked Jack in the side several times.To subdue this explosive giant Gordon, the strength of Ryan and Haruku is not enough.Xibo and his subordinates also pounced on Gordon, restraining the bear-like Gordon. "God is watching all of this." The elder makes the sign of the cross to the sky. Jack clutched his side, stood up slowly, and then went back to the cruise ship without saying anything.Hajiri looked at the mermaid on the deck and tried to think hard.Is there really no way to leave this evidence behind? ——Yes! Thinking of this, Haluku couldn't help shivering.If you don't think of this easiest way, you will regret it for the rest of your life.A chill ran down his spine. Hajiri said to the islanders: "Well, it's okay to take pictures!" Without waiting for the returning islanders to answer, Hajiri ran towards the cruise ship.On the tour boat, Jack was smoking a cigarette. "What are you doing, Jack! Take a picture! Take a picture!" But Jack's reaction was slow.He snorted, turned his face away and continued smoking. When Hajiri came back with the camera in his arms, those people turned back to their usual friendly fishermen.And, surrounded by mermen waiting for the camera. "Quick, little brother, take a picture!" Hare was astonished. "I didn't intend to take a group photo so I brought it here..." Facing the line of fishermen, Hajiri stared at the viewfinder dawdly.I've seen pictures of this composition before. It was a black-and-white photo of a Martian and a human holding hands suspiciously. "Anyone who sees a photo like this will think it's fake." Hanuri reluctantly pressed the shutter. "I'll take the next picture, little brother, you go in." One tried to take the camera from Hajiri.But he slipped his hand and the camera fell to the deck, shattering the lens. "what!" The film was fine, but the shutter was broken and couldn't take any more pictures. "The Sea God is angry." The man who dropped the camera had to say. Shortly thereafter, the mermaid began to move.The anesthesia was starting to wear off.Under Ryan's command, the mermaid was released into the sea.Hajiri and Gordon went down into the sea, supporting the mermaid from below who hadn't fully woken up from its deep sleep. "I'm here to help too." Looking back, Jack emerged from the tour boat. "Because of anger, I didn't see the mermaid's last appearance. If I say it, the shame will be left to future generations." After speaking, Jack jumped into the sea. The mermaid gradually regained consciousness and recovered to the point where she could maintain her balance in the water even if she let go, but it still didn't seem to realize that she was being held by someone.Jack looked at it like this, and said: "Hey, how long are you going to be coquettish?" He slapped the mermaid's butt.The mermaid jumped up in surprise.Jack and the others were kicked away with astonishing force. The mermaid disappeared into the sea with one leap. As if echoing the mermaid, Neddy and Billy lying on the deck opened their eyes at the same time.The first thing that caught Billy's eyes was the incomparably beautiful morning glow.Billy didn't know why he was lying there, just staring blankly at the morning glow.