The corners of Shaya's mouth twitched a few times.
She looked at Zhu Xingshu, who was laden with bags and bundles, took a deep breath, smiled, and raised her hand.
With a sudden "thump,"
her fist landed "gently" on Zhu Xingshu's head.
Zhu Xingshu crouched down in pain, clutching her head.
"Oww~ That hurts, what did you do that for?"
"Nothing. I suddenly felt annoyed just looking at you."
Seeing Zhu Xingshu in that state, Shaya's mood suddenly improved greatly.
She crossed her legs, gave a light snort, and asked,
Zhu Xingshu blinked, then shifted her gaze toward Menrojina, who was sitting nearby.
"Mmm... There is one this time, actually, but it has nothing to do with me. I'm just here to rest, okay? I swear to Fate, this time I'm genuinely only here to rest! I haven't cooked up any plans at all!"
She raised three fingers toward the sky,
as if to say, if you don't believe me, I'll jump from this building.
"My stamina recovery has always been slower than normal people's anyway, and these past few stops have been a bit troublesome. Plus... hehe, I got into a fight with some old man and accidentally crippled him. But I did get a little cursed myself~"
Zhu Xingshu lifted her clothes, exposing her chest to the air.
Right over her heart, a piercing purple scar looked rather grotesque.
"Well~ Even so, I did figure out what those guys are up to. Hehe, I'll take my revenge nice and slow."
She smiled, put her clothes back on, rubbed her chest, then suddenly thought of something amusing. She stuck her tongue out at Menrojina and said mischievously,
"Hehe, oh right, I almost forgot to tell you—Mmph mmph mmph!"
Menrojina spun her Staff-Sword, looking at Zhu Xingshu as if she were a bug she was about to crush.
"Don't listen to her nonsense. She really did come here just to recover from her injuries.
It's only because I'm here that I called her over. Now I can't get rid of her.
As for the card sequence matter, don't worry about it. It has nothing to do with your Angel. It's not your Angel Card."
Shaya furrowed her brow slightly. She looked at Zhu Xingshu, whose mouth had been sealed shut, but didn't plan to press further. She shook her head and walked toward the back of the fortune-telling shop.
Her puppet sister, Tina, was back there cosplaying as a chef, preparing lunch for the three of them.
"Well, well~ hehe, I'm off too."
Zhu Xingshu's mouth was unsealed. Seeing Menrojina's gaze growing colder, she gave an awkward smile, grabbed her bags and bundles, and also headed to the back.
"If you go blabbing about that Demon Card thing... I really will kill you."
"Got it! I absolutely won't say a word! I've got the tightest lips!"
"Tch. Maybe I'll just kill you now."
Zhu Xingshu bolted.
Only Menrojina remained in the fortune-telling shop.
She let out an irritated snort.
A Ritual Card fell from her Staff-Sword into her palm.
[Ritual Card·Human Past]
[Past: Exchange a cost for another's past]
[Ritual: Exchange the past for your gaze]
She fed thirty Train Coins into the card.
Staring at the petite figure that appeared before her, Menrojina muttered to herself,
"What a pain... How is that little runt of a Grand Judge in this city too? Ten days... I'll have to get that card after the Guild Tournament is over. Hope nothing unexpected happens.
And..."
She fed another thirty Train Coins into the card.
On the light screen summoned by the card sequence, an image appeared of a blond man wearing a top hat, with rings on every finger, holding a scepter.
"Someone from the Ancient Council? Why are they here too?"
—
The biggest difference in entertainment on the Nation on Ships compared to other cities was the ability to directly rent small spacecrafts or even mechas and go out into the space outside the starship for games.
For example, piloting a mecha and using only Low-Grade Bullets for a real mecha battle in an asteroid belt.
This kind of battle was accessible even to ordinary native humans. As long as they familiarized themselves with the mecha's control procedures and spent some money, they could join in and play.
In fact, this had spawned various kinds of popular competitive events on the Nation on Ships.
Some Train Conductors who chose to stay in the city, and even some ordinary humans, could participate, becoming professional players and enjoying treatment like celebrities.
Ye Qiyan gave it a try too.
Although he wasn't very familiar with mecha operation, with just a little practice, thanks to his understanding and mastery of machinery, he could easily learn the specific control methods.
Driving a mecha and freely drifting through space—this was the childhood dream of many men.
Unexpectedly, it was so easily realized today.
And indeed, it was a lot of fun.
Aside from him, Lisette and Eve had each rented one as well, going all out in battle within the asteroid belt.
Other ordinary players couldn't keep up with their speed at all.
That was because, as soon as Lisette boarded the mecha, she immediately obtained the [Mecha Piloting] basic module.
As for Eve, she cheated a little by secretly stowing the mecha in her weapon slots and operating it as a temporary weapon.
Neither of them would concede to the other, using the rented mechas to attack each other fiercely, every move aimed at vital points.
Ye Qiyan didn't stop them.
Because these mechas were far weaker than their own physical bodies.
It was just a game. Even without Ye Qiyan activating his Wandering Star Holy Sigil, all the firepower of these low-level mechas combined couldn't harm him.
So he let them have their fun.
After three days of fighting, they were almost at a conclusion.
Actually, Eve's eagerness to defeat Lisette wasn't because their relationship was truly bad.
Rather, it was because not long ago, in the train's Training Firing Range,
when the two had fought at full strength, Lisette had defeated Eve without taking a single bit of damage.
But Eve was not convinced by that outcome.
The method Lisette had used was, to her, nothing short of an insult.
[Time Acceleration]
An ability of the hour hand in Lisette's Chrono-Mechanical Armament.
What she accelerated wasn't just herself.
Instead, whenever Lisette changed direction or was about to attack, she would apply a short burst of acceleration to herself, using this seemingly beneficial ability to make it impossible for Eve to control her own movements against the sudden change in speed.
In the end, Eve lost.
This was extremely frustrating for Eve, who saw herself as her master's future top mecha, now relegated to second place after that dragon.
It was so upsetting that she had to sneak into her master's bed at night to feel at ease.
Mm... The next day, it was Lisette who was upset instead.
After Ye Qiyan had defeated seven opponents in a row, he returned to the hangar of this mecha game.
As the cabin opened, WALL-E, who had been following him all along, jumped down first in the low-gravity space.
Ye Qiyan followed, taking WALL-E to a decent fried chicken shop and finding a corner to sit.
"Looks like it's almost over."
Watching the two mechas on the TV screen—barely holding together but still fighting—Ye Qiyan drank his cola and placed a cup of the Nation on Ships' exclusive plasma cola on top of WALL-E.
"Speaking of which, we've been playing here for three days. I heard this city produces some really nice limited-edition dolls, right? Mm... Let's find a shop and take a look. After all, I promised that Grand Judge. And it'll be a good chance to earn some Train Coins from her."
He smiled, opened the tablet that Poppet had given him, and searched for shop information related to [Limited Edition], [Dolls], and [Entertainment Luxury Goods].
"Huh? The nearest one... isn't too far, it's right around here. Mm... Let's go, WALL-E. We'll check it out over there, drinking on the way."
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