I explained the current crisis to the women, but Mina thought I was being overly pessimistic. Mina said to me, "A mercenary group usually has around two hundred members, including non-combat personnel. If the Trident didn't have any hidden secrets, then when Alice came over in the seaplane, there definitely wouldn't have been so few people. I think they're hiding the truth from the regular mercenaries!" Hearing Mina's words, I felt a glimmer of hope spark in my heart. A week ago, Alice landed a seaplane near the outskirts of the deserted island, and there were only four combat personnel onboard. A seaplane with a fifty-ton capacity carried only four combat personnel, along with a pilot and a doctor. There were obviously too few people. This time, the rescue ship had a displacement of

