"Hey, crazy woman! Do you have to come after me!? I wasn't the only one who sealed you back then!"
"So I'll take you all down, one by one!"
Beneath the simulated sky of the Alphart.
People looked up.
Pointing at the figures chasing each other through the air.
"Dude, am I dreaming? Since when did angels actually exist in this world?"
"You don't recognize her? That's the Angel from Emperor's Order. Who pissed her off this time?"
"Didn't you know? She was sealed before. Hey, who's that woman in front? Looks kinda familiar."
The crowd buzzed with chatter.
Before the Guard on the Alphart could leisurely arrive.
The woman being hunted by Shaya let out a bloodcurdling scream as her chest was pierced through by a holy cross-shaped iron fist.
Killing intent blazed in Shaya's eyes.
Blood stained the sacred cross crimson.
"No, don't kill me, I beg you!"
Shaya lifted her up slowly.
Blood from the pierced chest dripped steadily downward.
Flames of Holy Light burned in Shaya's hand.
"Back when you wanted to seal me, I don't recall any of you showing mercy."
Shaya stood in midair, a staircase of holy radiance forming beneath her feet.
She threw the woman onto the steps.
Dragging her upward.
Crimson blood stained the path beneath her feet.
Angelic hymns resounded through the air.
When she reached the highest point.
An Angel Card transformed into a cross of thorns.
That woman was pinned upon it.
"Stop! Your Holiness the Angel! Please show mercy!"
The master of the Nation on Ships, the Homeward-bound Soul Joel, arrived too late.
Because the moment the woman was nailed to the cross, she was engulfed by flames and vanished without a trace.
Not even a scream escaped her lips.
"Joel... oh, I suppose that's your name. My memory's a bit fuzzy, but I remember clearly who surrounded me back then. Be glad you weren't part of it."
Joel's expression darkened.
Poppet, standing beside him, leaned in and whispered a few words into his ear. He frowned, but his face gradually calmed down.
"Your Holiness the Angel, even if this is revenge, killing someone without cause on the Nation on Ships still violates this city's rules."
"Oh? You want to fight?"
Shaya cracked her knuckles.
"You did break the rules, so... Your Holiness the Angel, about tomorrow's Guild Tournament, would you be willing to attend as a special guest?"
Joel's words made Shaya pause.
"Are you out of your mind? Why would I join some..."
"That Demon gentleman from your organization will be there tomorrow too."
"I'll come."
Shaya accepted the invitation instantly.
In truth, she had no idea Ye Qiyan was in this city. Neither Zhu Xingshu nor Menrojina.
No one had told her, who spent all her time praying in the church, anything about Ye Qiyan.
Her expression soured slightly. The urge to fight faded from her mind. Her gauntlets vanished, and with a single flap of her wings, she left the area.
Poppet beside Joel let out a sigh of relief.
"City Lord, that lady Menrojina was right. As long as we tell Shaya about Altos, she won't keep rampaging. But... just letting her go like this, is that really okay?"
"Poppet, do you remember the founding ideal of the Nation on Ships?"
Poppet froze. After a long pause, she answered:
"Freedom..."
"Remember those two words."
"...Yes..."
Joel turned and left.
Riding alone on a flying vehicle, a shadow of gloom returned to his face.
He called up the system interface.
Staring at a name on his Friends List, a hint of exhaustion surfaced in Joel's eyes.
He tapped on the interface and sent a message to that name.
["That Angel has completed her revenge. Menrojina, where exactly is the key to Miatira?"]
Inside the One Style Fortune-Telling Shop.
Menrojina watched the images in her crystal ball, leisurely applying pale purple nail polish to her fingers.
A system chime sounded in her ear, and a light screen appeared.
Reading the text on the screen.
She smirked.
The Ritual Card called Karmic Retribution spun gently before her.
Bound upon it were the eleven chains she owed to Ye Qiyan.
But the moment Joel sent that message from the other side of the screen.
A chain belonging to Joel snapped.
"So impatient... Well, he's been studying how to get that key for years. Hehe~"
She waved her Staff-Sword, and a pair of virtual hands tapped out her reply on the light screen.
["I told you, the key to Miatira is on the Nation on Ships."]
["Of course I know it's on the Nation on Ships! Where exactly is it?!"]
["Search carefully. Look through every Capsule Tunnel. The key... is hidden right where I left it."]
["You... hid it in the Capsule Tunnel? Why?"]
["Hehe... When I left the Nation on Ships back then, I was fleeing. The Capsule Tunnel was something I designed. Don't you think it makes perfect sense for me to leave something there?
Joel, make your choice. Once you touch the Capsule Tunnel, every Train Conductor will resent the Nation on Ships.
Your so-called 'freedom' lie will be exposed in an instant.
Do you do it for your own desire? Or for the Nation on Ships? Or... do me one more favor—a very simple one."]
A new chain was slowly being born.
Even if Joel hadn't answered immediately.
His inner thoughts were already laid bare before Menrojina.
But just before the chain could form.
Joel sent his response.
["Miatira belongs to me. I will find that key."]
The chain's formation was interrupted.
Menrojina pondered.
"Looks like someone offered him help."
——
[Beep beep—]
["Ye Qiyan? You're on the Nation on Ships too? A special guest for the Guild Tournament?"]
Inside the Pearl Light Arena.
Ye Qiyan's gaze remained fixed with interest on that demon man, whose movements were stiff like a cheap, low-grade robot.
Hearing the chime, he wasn't surprised that Shaya had messaged him.
["Yeah, here to rest. Congratulations on another successful revenge."]
["Hmph, of course! Your big sis here is amazing. By the way, where are you sitting tomorrow? I want to be a guest too. I'm still curious about those Train Conductors from your batch."]
["Tomorrow, I..."]
Before Ye Qiyan could finish typing, the Alphart's ship-wide broadcast blared a sharp alarm!
[Crackle—]
[Warning! Warning!]
[Attention all Train Conductors! Attention all Train Conductors!]
[The Nation on Ships fleet group—]
[Second Frigate Lois, Third Battleship Sander, Fourth Shuttle Heka—disengaging fleet chains!]
[Fleet group dissolved!]
[Second, Third, and Fourth ships—REBELLION!!!]
[First mothership, Alphart, under attack!]
[Capsule Tunnel damaged! All Train Conductors, please evacuate your trains from the Capsule Tunnel to avoid property damage!]
[Outside Train Conductors, do not interfere in the Nation on Ships' internal conflict!]
[All civilians, please proceed to designated safe zones!]
[All Train Conductors, use the Capsule Tunnel to enter designated large subspace platforms!]
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