" Is that really necessary? I mean do we really have to risk our lives to resolve this matter ? I know that you are powerful and maybe you don't care if this airship goes down, but I will definitely die. "

The old man laid back into his couch and closed his eyes as if he seemed to be asleep. Caid who was waiting for an answer from the old man was surprised.

' Is he thinking about what to do?'

"Have...

"Are you still here? I thought I already told you what were doing so why are still waiting ? "

"But...

"Enough! You seem to have forgotten one important thing; you have no choice.

You do as I say!"

At that moment reality hit Caid, hard. He gave a forced smile and left the room without saying a word leaving the old man alone in total silence.

.........

"Hahahaha....

After a minute the silence was broken as the old man broke into a uncontrollable laughter. It seemed like he had heard the most funny joke in the world.

"Messing with that kid is so funny and refreshing. The look in his face was priceless that I regret not taking a photo. Haah~

Also...

He raised his right hand that was now holding a normal looking gourd in front of his face, and looked at it intently. He seemed to have been mesmerized by the green gourd as he slowly reached with his other hand and uncorked it. As soon as he did that a white vapor started to disperse throughout the room making it look like a morning mist had enveloped everything.

"I guess this is a good time to make a toast. Who would have thought that after so many years the cycle has been broken, and by a child at that.

Cheers...

He took a big gulp out of the gourd before he closed his eyes once again. The mist still lingering on the room and the slushing sound made when the old man shaked the gourd made it look like a drunk man's dream.

......

Caid was walking with big strides towards his room , like he really needed to take a shit , but his problem was much greater.

' Shit, that old man is completely crazy. He is saying that I have to resolve this shit by myself, but I don't even know who I am looking for. I didn't even manage to learn anything from eavesdropping on the two men from before.'

"Shit!"

*Bang*

He arrived at his room, entered while cussing and closed as hard as he could waking up some of the other passengers.

"Haah...

This is providing more difficult than I had initially expected. I thought that I would be able to strengthen myself before I got into any dangerous situation, but here I am, neck deep in my own shit.

Guess uncle J was really right. I have sold my soul to the devil or so he thinks, but beeing under his watchful eye I can't make any moves. "

' How can I resolve this situation without leaving the airship? Could I cause a malfunction so that we are forced to change airship? Yeah, that's possible , but I'm sure if that happens the old man will know it was my doing so that is out of the question.

Can I find out who were the two men I eavesdropped on? That is possible , but how do I do that?'

Caid paced his room trying to look for an answer, but he just got angrier and angrier.

"F*ck, f*ck....

If I want to know who the two of them are there are two possibilities. I could comb through every passenger on this airship and maybe I will be able to recognize the voice of one of the men, or I could get my hands of the security footage from the cameras monitoring the halls of the airship. The first option is dangerous as I may be able to find one or maybe even both of the men, but by doing that I would have alerted the other possible accomplices . The second option is harder as I would have to somehow get the footage of the cameras, but how can I do that. Maybe.....no that won't work.

Gaaaaa...f*ck! I need to find those bastards before they use what they have smuggled into the airship. If they do... wait? They have smuggled something , but how did they get past the security? Could they have.... yeah that's possible.

Heh, I guess I still have a third option."

Caid reached into his pocket and brought out a black smartphone. It was a slick phone that was custom made for him and had costed around 500000 Jenny. The phone was very special because it didn't have a sim card in it , but you could do with it all the things a normal smartphone could do and more. The phone was something that the Stellar business group created especially for it's backer which was the Yalan family and friends. With it, Caid could speak to any number on the world for an unlimited time and he also had unlimited data , but the most important thing was that he could use it in any corner of the world. The phone also had a translation function for all the current most spoken languages , but also some ancient and dead ones.

"I hope this works out."

He dialed a number in the phone and not ten seconds later someone answered.

"Hello?"

"Uncle J , it's me Caid."

"Caid?

You little....why didn't you call earlier? Your mother was so worried about you that I had to spend most of the day reassuring her you would be fine."

"I'm sorry about that, I'll call her right after."

"What? You still haven't spoken to her and you call me first? "

Caid took a deep breath.

"I have to ask you something, it's important. Also, don't tell anyone else about this."

"Did you get in trouble? Is that why you called me with the other phone?"

"I'm not in trouble, but I need you to find someone. I need you to find a man, someone who is a part of the crew of this airship. I don't know what he looks like, but he should be someone who owes money to the wrong people, someone who is broke and would do anything for money."

"Caid, what the hell is going on with you? Why are you asking this of me? "

"I can't explain it to you right now , but I am not in any kind of danger so you don't have to worry.

So, can you do it?"

" *Sigh*

I'll do what I can so don't do anything stupid, you hear me?"

"Yeah...

......

The next morning the old man and Caid were eating breakfast. Caid was eating some toast with butter and the old man was eating some eggs.

"Kid, what's the matter with you? You haven't touched your breakfast yet and what's with the creepy smile on your face?

You finally snapped?"

Caid who hadn't touched he breakfast yet was just smiling.

"Old man, I figured it out."

"Figured what out?"

"I figured out who one of the men I heard last night was."

"Oh... really?"