Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Layton did not know what to say. “What’s our mission today, Mr. Macneil?”

Blake said, “We’re going to lure someone out. They’ve seen Lilly and I before, so we can’t show ourselves. You’re going to lure it out.”

“I remember you’re pretty good at swimming, aren’t you? You’ve done an underwater battle before.”

Layton nodded his head. This was all not a problem.

But…

“Has that person seen me before? He asked solemnly.

Which enemy was this? Was it a prisoner on the loose?

Mr. Macneil was clearly so concerned!

Yet Blake stopped short, before saying. “No, they haven’t seen you.”

Layton was speechless.

So what was the point of him dressing up like this!

As if he could guess what Layton was thinking, Blake rattled off some nonsense off the top of his head at once. “This outfit’s to protect you. It’ll ward off evil spirits.”

Layton thought to himself, Thanks, so so much.

The ferry puttered off onto the river, spinning around slowly on the water.

“What are we going to do now?” Layton covered his face.

Blake was comfortably reclined on the couch, his arms spread out and his legs crossed.

“See that window?” he said. “Open it, and stick your head out.”

The ferry had been designed for the river tour. The second floor was the dock, with comfortable sofas. In the cabin was a minibar, with a window made of glass that could be opened.

Layton opened the window, and stuck his head out.

Lilly took off her shoes and climbed onto the sofa, copying the way Blake was sitting with her limbs stretched out. “Then you need to stick your arms out, and play with the water.”

Layton was baffled by it.

Crossdressing, sticking his head out of a window, and now playing with the water.

Why did something feel strangely off?

Whatever. A mission was a mission, and Layton was on one.

and he had no choice but to lean out

long hands, for how tall

taking picture after picture of Layton before saying, “Say,

on TV

Anthony smirked.

twitched in amusement. “Don’t

their coffees as Layton toiled away by the window. The wind had messed up his silky hair, and his hand patted

a beautiful sight

then, Layton felt

He frowned. Water weeds?

was very thin and slippery, and felt more like

next second, he felt as if his wrist was being grabbed

Layton was elated.

The bait had worked?

this? They were pretty good with

enough that they could hold their breath for so long, and they

and was just about to yank the force dragging him down

behind him, “It’s

about to say that he had this in the bag, he was experienced

the next second, he saw a pale white hand sticking out of the water to grab his other

fell into the water with

wearing a red dress as he fell, and a piercing cry rang

sharp eye, and

the person’s hands instead, yanking harshly to see who

face drained of all color

to it was a young girl, staring

thought, What the f*ck, these were some big water

calm of a person as Blake was. The shock made him swallow a mouthful of water, and before he could

last second, the necklace he was wearing emitted a faint glow as Blake’s voice rang

her, Layton! Don’t let

feet were

both wrists at once,

were dragged out of the water,

react, his vision darkened at the corners

the amulet, crying out

amulet flew out, nailing the two corpses who

gesture scared the living lights

thought they were dealing with ‘spirits’ here. Which meant that they wouldn’t be able to

were clearly not spirits,

strong enough yet, and

very thin and

amulet wasn’t going to last long enough to nail them to the both. Her

Her red bracelet was

would be enough, Lilly thought