To get to the captain’s room, they had to bypass heavy guards.

Gu Rong used the same trick again, switching to the Little Prince outfit, instantly transforming into the Little Prince.

The Little Prince’s identity was indeed much more convenient. Those upper-class people who had seen him, although they might wonder why he was running around outside, didn’t dare to do anything to him and were all extremely respectful.

Looking at the freshly minted Little Prince before them, Shen Hanxiao and Zhuang Yu, after a moment of surprise, were utterly charmed.

Zaizai was also cute, but the Little Prince’s outfit wasn’t commonly seen. It was like a dress-up game, a one-click costume change, and before them stood a brand-new doll.

Zhuang Yu picked Gu Rong up under the arms, looking him over and over, saying: “Rongrong is too cute!”

Gu Rong said: “Zaizai is cute!”

He meant that Zaizai was also cute, and the current one was Zaizai, not Rongrong.

Shen Hanxiao touched his pale gold wig, which had excellent texture, and couldn’t help but find it amusing: “Even a two-year-old baby has to wear a wig? Hilarious.”

Among the upper class of the Starsea Continent, any man with status had to wear a wig, while noble ladies and wives had to wear hats.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao exchanged a knowing glance.

If Zaizai could pretend to be Rongrong, why couldn’t they pretend to be upper-class nobles?

–

Gu Rong was led along, one hand held by each, walking in the middle. For a moment, his little head turned left, looking at this one; the next moment, it turned right, looking at that one.

His expression was dazed, as if he didn’t recognize the transformed Big Brother and Little Brother, finding them very unfamiliar.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao were each dressed in a Duke’s uniform. Zhuang Yu wore a silver wig, Shen Hanxiao wore a golden wig, and both had stuck little mustaches under their noses. They looked quite the part.

For some reason, this outfit inexplicably made one feel like putting on airs.

Shen Hanxiao said, “Clothes really do make the man. Wearing this, even I feel like showing off. No wonder those pretentious nobles are so keen on investing in their attire.”

Zhuang Yu pressed his mustache and said: “The two of us are His Highness the Little Prince’s personal attendants. The Little Prince rarely shows his face, so it’s understandable if we look unfamiliar. Just say that since arriving in the Ghost Realm of the Deep Sea, the King was worried about the Little Prince’s safety and just promoted us to protect him. Don’t blow our cover. My name is now Plato, and you are Thomas…”

Gu Rong’s eyes lit up: “Thomas the Tank Engine?”

Zhuang Yu: “…”

Shen Hanxiao: “…”

Wait, where were they?

At this moment, the two adults and one cub had arrived at the upper-class cabin area.

Very unfortunately, they encountered the same Earl Gu Rong had met yesterday when pretending to be the Little Prince.

It seemed the other party had been lying in wait here beforehand. As soon as he saw Gu Rong, his eyes instantly flashed with cunning light, staring intently.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao stiffened slightly but quickly returned to normal.

“Your Highness Little Prince, why are you out again? Does His Majesty the King know?” The Earl approached with an exaggerated smile plastered on his face. His gaze met Zhuang Yu’s and Shen Hanxiao’s, and his eyebrows shot up high. “Hmm? And who might these two gentlemen be?”

Gu Rong, following their instructions, spoke clearly: “They are Rongrong’s personal attendants, Thomas Plato.”

The Earl’s eyebrows rose even higher, suspiciously sizing up Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao: “Thomas Plato? How come I haven’t heard that His Highness the Little Prince gained two attendants?”

Gu Rong said, “Big Brother King knows, why don’t you know?”

Earl: “…”

Zhuang Yu: “…”

Shen Hanxiao: “…”

Livestream Chat: […]

Big Brother King?

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao almost burst out laughing. Before they could, the wind blew their mustaches up.

The Earl spotted it with sharp eyes, widened his eyes, snatched Gu Rong over, and took two steps back: “You… Who exactly are you people? If you don’t confess truthfully, don’t blame this Earl for having you tied up and hanged on the gallows!”

006 said: [Little host, let’s quickly knock him out. A karate chop to his neck, he’ll definitely faint!]

Being held in the Earl’s arms, Gu Rong could conveniently see the Earl’s neck.

Gu Rong said “Okay,” and his little hand immediately started fiddling with the Earl’s wig, then went to pull at his collar. Noble clothing was complicated; after fiddling for a long time, he couldn’t find the neck.

006: …Something’s wrong?

The Earl looked at the little dumpling in his arms: “…Your Highness Little Prince, what are you doing?”

Gu Rong asked very sincerely: “Where’s your necky?”

The Earl paused, but cooperated, helping him find his own neck: “Your Highness Little Prince, what’s wrong? My neck is here.”

Gu Rong formed his little hand into a knife-hand shape, hand up, knife down, heh, chopped him on the neck. After chopping, he even imitated the sound: “A-da.”

It was the fake move Zhao Minghai had used earlier; Gu Rong had somehow learned it.

Earl: “…”

Zhuang Yu: “…”

Shen Hanxiao: “…”

006: […]

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[Hahahahaha, I’m dying, Zaizai, you can’t learn things like that.]

[A-da hahaha, the key is the guy didn’t even faint haha]

[Help me, who karate chops someone on the neck after asking them to reveal it themselves? That ‘A-da,’ Zaizai, are you trying to kill me with laughter? [laughing cry emoji]]

Gu Rong tilted his head, meeting the Earl’s bewildered gaze.

The Earl’s eyes were wide like saucers, not the least bit faint. He looked at Gu Rong’s chubby face, then at his soft little hand, incredulous.

Gu Rong blinked his big eyes: [Why isn’t he fainting?]

006: …Anyone who didn’t know better would think the little host was giving him a shoulder massage!

When Gu Rong transformed into Little Zombie Zaizai, he had immense strength. But he didn’t use that strength, otherwise, he would have knocked the Earl’s head off. Without using that strength, Gu Rong, as a child, didn’t have much force and couldn’t possibly knock him out.

Just as the Earl was about to ask why His Highness the Little Prince had attacked him, Shen Hanxiao delivered a follow-up karate chop from the side, knocking him unconscious.

Zhuang Yu caught Gu Rong in time as the Earl rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Gu Rong let out a “Wow,” clapping his little hands, very supportive: “Little Brother is amazing!”

Shen Hanxiao lifted his chin, smugly accepting the little cub’s rainbow fart (compliment).

The closer they got to the captain’s room, the smoother the passage became.

Because this area was already filled with the Captain’s and Xiao Lin’s men.

What the group didn’t know was that after Xiao Lin rescued Zaizai from Mu Xingye yesterday, he had already ordered an investigation. The people who checked passes in the lower-class cabins last night were all Xiao Lin’s subordinates.

Xiao Lin already knew Zaizai had been adopted by Old John and had reported it to the Captain.

They had given orders early on: anyone encountering the Little Prince, or a small child dressed differently but looking similar to the Little Prince, was to be allowed passage and strictly protected.

Therefore, after the initial obstacle, the two adults and one cub arrived smoothly at the captain’s room.

Xiao Lin was waiting outside the captain’s room. As soon as he saw them approach, his gaze first fell on Gu Rong. He said in a deep voice, “Please follow me.”

It was as if he already knew they would come.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao looked at each other, but still led Gu Rong and followed him.

Captain Alpha was indeed in the captain’s room. Not only him, but Jameson and Lin-dalao were also there.

Seeing Lin-dalao, Gu Rong’s eyes lit up. Due to the presence of others, he didn’t call out “Doctor Uncle.”

Lin-dalao looked at Gu Rong, the corner of his lip twitching slightly upwards.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao were stunned to see Lin-dalao there as well.

The Big Boss also entered the instance?

Good, good, good, the Big Boss really couldn’t let go of the cub after all!

The class system on the Pharaoh was strict. Players were distributed across different cabins, making it difficult to run into each other.

The group only met Lin-dalao at this moment.

Lin-dalao still had that noble appearance, like snow on a high mountain, cold and distant. A faint smile played on his lips as he nonchalantly swept his eyes over Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao’s outfits. A hint of amusement seemed to flash in his eyes.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao also looked down at their attire, suspecting they might have been mocked, but they had no proof.

As soon as Gu Rong appeared, almost everyone in the captain’s room turned their gaze towards him.

The Captain looked Gu Rong up and down and said, “You are not His Highness the Little Prince. You are Zaizai.”

His tone was absolutely certain.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao’s expressions changed slightly, but seeing Lin-dalao nod at them with a slight smile, they slowly relaxed.

Although Lin-dalao wasn’t easy to approach, he seemed quite good to this little cub. Things should be fine.

Gu Rong’s identity was exposed, but he wasn’t afraid. In a milky voice, he asked, “How did Captain Grandpa know I’m Zaizai?”

His Highness the Little Prince knew to call him “Captain Grandpa” at first sight, and now Zaizai also knew to call him “Captain Grandpa” at first sight.

The old captain was so moved he nearly burst into tears on the spot. Truly worthy of being a cub from the Nicholas family.

The Captain choked up: “Good, good child!”

Jameson, sitting in his wheelchair, had been watching Gu Rong. Now he clapped his hands and laughed loudly: “This Zaizai is quite something. It was Zaizai who spread the code phrase yesterday, right? Today, he actually dared to come alone from the lower-class cabin to the captain’s room. Such courage and boldness far surpass the pampered Little Prince.”

“I think His Highness the Little Prince has been deliberately raised to be useless by His Majesty the King, lacking wolfishness and ambition. It would be better to abandon the Little Prince and support Zaizai.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the praised Zaizai became unhappy.

Gu Rong harrumphed, stomped his little foot, and rolled his eyes slightly.

Jameson: “…?”

Gu Rong said, “Zaizai is good, Rongrong is good too!”

Jameson laughed: “You little cub, you’ve never even met His Highness Rongrong. How do you know the Little Prince is good?”

Gu Rong said, “Zaizai just knows!”

He started counting his own virtues on his little fingers, “Rongrong is cute, brave, doesn’t cry, is polite, not picky about food…”

006 added: [Also strong and kind!]

Gu Rong: “Strong, kind!”

Everyone: “…”

Why does this sound like self-praise?

The Captain looked at Gu Rong and asked, “Was it really Zaizai who said those three code phrases yesterday?”

He paused, then directly used the code phrase: “Ya, Yamete, Hehehe?”

Gu Rong: “Ga ga ga~”

The Captain’s cloudy eyes lit up, and his white beard even bristled a little.

It really was Zaizai.

Lin-dalao: “.”

Zhuang Yu: “…”

Shen Hanxiao: “…”

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Faceless Ghost, look what you’ve done! What kind of nonsense did you teach Zaizai!

The Captain even recited the three “code phrases” so seriously, which made it even funnier.

Captain: “These code phrases are slightly different. Do you know what they mean?”

Gu Rong’s little milky voice: “Don’t know!”

Captain: “…”

Jameson laughed heartily again: “Good, good! This Zaizai has both courage and cunning. Just saying three meaningless phrases made the entire upper class rack their brains trying to decipher their meaning. I saw several other ministers working overnight, preparing to present it as intelligence to King Louis XIII. Ridiculous, ridiculous.”

The Captain sighed: “This is the last time I command the helm in my life. Apparently, we are going to welcome Zaizai, but in reality, we are using Zaizai’s banner to reclaim the Soul Ring. They never even investigated whether Zaizai was actually in the Ghost Realm, little knowing that Zaizai was already on the Pharaoh.”

Jameson sneered coldly: “Pharaoh? The Black Goat of the Woods has no second name!”

“The world only knows that the Nicholas family died fighting to protect the Starsea Continent, but the Nicholas family never knew defeat. They only ever fought victorious battles.”

“However, they wouldn’t guard against the Kingdom’s own warriors, which is why they suffered a tragic betrayal, their entire clan annihilated.”

Old Captain: “The Nicholas family’s merits overshadowed their master, and they were exterminated by the Louis Kingdom. But to gain a good reputation, they deliberately left behind two posthumous heirs.”

They gave the Little Prince the highest honors precisely to cover up their evil deeds.

Beneath the Ghost Realm of the Deep Sea lay the buried spirits of the Nicholas family.

The old captain patted Zaizai’s head: “If it weren’t for me and several other ministers jointly pleading, you and your brother would not have been spared.”

Gu Rong took a moment to react before realizing this “brother” referred to Rongrong.

He kept looking at the Captain, his little face serious, listening intently.

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao tried their best to minimize their presence.

Wait, is this something third-class citizens like them are allowed to hear?

Xiao Lin seemed to read their thoughts, glancing at them: “Between becoming Deathsworn and being silenced, you should know how to choose.”

Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao were very pragmatic: “We swear to follow His Little Highness Zaizai to the death!”

Xiao Lin averted his gaze from them.

The two breathed a sigh of relief.

006: [Ding, congratulations little host for completing the task. Gained 50,000 points, Captain Alpha’s favorability +50%.]

[Congratulations little host, instance points exceed 100,000. Personal livestream room unlocked.]

As soon as the livestream room was unlocked, the aunties flooded in. Previously, they could only piggyback on players’ livestreams. Now, everyone celebrated as if it were a universal holiday, showering donations without restraint.

At this moment, Captain Alpha found a football somewhere and gave it to Gu Rong: “Zaizai, this is the football left by your father. Your father used to love playing football. Now, this football is passed down to you.”

Originally, it was prepared for His Little Highness Rongrong, but now that he saw Zaizai, he gave it to Zaizai first.

This football was left by General Nicholas and held special significance. But Captain Alpha felt he owed Zaizai too much, felt this wasn’t enough, and wished he could pass the Pharaoh itself to him.

The added 50% favorability really made a difference. The once-renowned old captain was now coaxing his little grandson with a toy.

Gu Rong took the football. He was small, so the football looked particularly large, but his small hands managed to grip it.

Gu Rong: “Thank you, Captain Grandpa!”

The captain said, “Child, you don’t need to say anything. Captain Grandpa understands everything. Go back first, and wait for Captain Grandpa’s good news.”

Gu Rong didn’t know what Captain Grandpa understood, but his task was completed, and it was time to go back. He nodded his little head, very obedient: “Okay!”

Meanwhile, the Earl they had knocked out had already woken up. Rubbing his sore neck, he hurried off to seek an audience with His Majesty the King.