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Nathan.

"Yes."

"Changes ownership every few years."

Nathan again.

"Yes."

Ward frowned.

"Ghost company?"

Nathan looked surprised.

"You've done this before."

Ward shrugged.

"I've chased enough bad people."

Nathan gave a grim smile.

"Then you already know..."

"...ships can disappear."

I stared through the bridge windows.

The horizon looked empty.

Beautiful.

Peaceful.

Exactly the way Grandpa always loved it.

It didn't look like a place where evil belonged.

But Grandpa had also taught me something else.

The sea hides everything.

Ivy quietly raised her camera.

"There."

Everyone followed her gaze.

At first...

I saw only sunlight dancing across the waves.

Then...

A shape.

Gray.