Chapter 102
Chapter 102 Grand Judge
As the saying goes, don’t let fertile water flow to outsiders; whoever earns these 8 Train Coins makes no difference.
That invitation card to Solomon City wasn’t restricted to a single use anyway.
Upholding the principle of helping others all the way, Ye Qiyan even made a trip to the entrance station of the city.
Along the way, he distinctly felt that the atmosphere in the city had become exceptionally solemn.
Everywhere in the streets and alleys, people were discussing the upcoming arrival of the Emperor Sequence Organization, and those uniformed, fully armed Inspector moved about everywhere, forcibly conducting inspections under all sorts of messy pretexts from time to time.
It was the same for both Train Captain and the indigenous people living here.
“Brother Qiyan, I… I’m right here…”
Standing on the entrance Platform, Zhao Lin had just wanted to greet Ye Qiyan when she suddenly noticed the dangerous gazes of the Inspector around her and hurriedly shrank back.
“Let’s go.”
Pulling her hand, he walked away quickly, and until they entered a small alley, Ye Qiyan reached out his hand toward her.
“Hand it over.”
“Oh…”
The invitation card was placed reluctantly into his palm by Zhao Lin.
“Brother Qiyan, where did you get this card? Can you still buy one?”
“Do I earn money by answering your question?”
“No.”
“Then don’t ask. Right, remember you owe me another five Train Coins; remember to pay me back when you have money.”
“?”
Zhao Lin pointed at herself, then looked around.
Aside from her, there was no one else.
“Me?”
“Who else?”
Ye Qiyan looked at Zhao Lin with a smile.
“Who knows if you’re carrying Bad Luck? Bringing you into the city carries quite a bit of risk. What if I rubbed off on your Bad Luck? Wouldn’t I lose big time?”
“But didn’t I just give you money?”
“That was for entering the city. What I’m collecting now is the fee for your misfortune.”
Ye Qiyan’s matter-of-fact tone made Zhao Lin puff out her cheeks in anger.
“You, you’re going too far.”
“How about you leave?”
“I’m not leaving… But I don’t have any money now. Paying with items should be fine, right?”
“Whatever.”
Taking Zhao Lin with him, Ye Qiyan originally intended to lead her back to the area where the elves lived.
But before the two of them could walk far,
they heard a loud explosion echoing from the sky.
Looking toward the sound,
they saw a twelve-car dark blue-painted Train appear high in the sky.
A masked woman holding a Staff-Sword sat upright on the roof of the Train.
Around her body, several cards floated slowly.
Mysterious radiance swirled around her.
“That is…”
Monroe Gina.
Has it already started at this time?
It was much earlier than he had imagined.
The people of Solomon City quickly discovered the situation.
Hundreds of aerial motorcycles flying into mid-air surrounded the Train.
The person in the lead picked up a loudspeaker and shouted loudly at Monroe Gina on the Train:
“Person ahead! You have violated the laws of Solomon City! Leave the Train and surrender immediately!”
However, just as his voice fell,
Monroe Gina waved her Staff-Sword, and a huge array of light expanded outward centered around her Train.
“The ritual has begun~”
In the sky, an inverted city descended from the heavens, about to land in Solomon City.
——
“B-Brother Qiyan, what is happening?”
Zhao Lin hid fearfully behind him.
“It looks like your Bad Luck has been triggered. Let’s go, don’t stay here, or it will turn out like before in the City of a Thousand Stars where things kept getting smashed over.”
“I’m sorry…”
Zhao Lin lowered her head.
“I guessed wrong. I thought it would turn into good luck…”
She blamed everything happening now on herself.
The battle in the sky began. In the inverted city, soldiers resembling chess pieces from a game of chess fell from the sky and clashed with the Inspector.
“No need to apologize. Just earn a couple more Train Coins for me later.”
With or without her, a riot was bound to happen here anyway.
Monroe Gina spreading the news about the organization must have been intended to throw this city into chaos, thereby concealing certain things happening in the shadows.
Making multiple turns, Ye Qiyan brought Zhao Lin back to those ruins.
Unlike the blood-and-fire-filled scene outside,
rows of tables and chairs were neatly arranged, and hundreds of cyan-skinned elves sat together in circles, including old folks and children.
That child who had brought him here initially and little Annie were also among them.
“It’s Big Brother.”
Little Annie wiped the rice grains from the corner of her mouth and trotted over.
“Big Brother, Sister Gina left a note for you.”
He took the note that Annie pulled out from her pocket.
On it was a line of text in black font.
“The Platform in the room can directly leave this city. Leave or stay, as you like. Don’t mind what that Charlatan says; I’ve planned this for a long time, and there won’t be any accidents at all. There’s no need for a newcomer to help with anything.”
Putting away the note, Ye Qiyan brought Zhao Lin into the station inside that room.
Using the previous method, he teleported her Train over as well.
“Brother Qiyan, what on earth is going to happen here?”
“A terrorist attack.”
“Ah? Th-th-then I’m leaving right now!”
He grabbed the back collar of Zhao Lin, who was trying to run away.
“What are you running for? You’re not the one being attacked. Stay here obediently, you won’t die.”
Even so, Zhao Lin was still scared to death.
She crawled directly into her own Train and curled up in a corner piled high with Metal and wood, resembling a building-block fortress.
“I won’t go out…”
So every single Bad Luck Platform she encountered before was spent like this?
Stepping out of the station, the scenery outside had undergone drastic changes.
In the sky, a woman covered all over in thunder armor stood coldly at a high vantage point. Around her, those summoned chess piece soldiers would be smashed to pieces whenever they came within a certain range.
“Member of the Emperor Sequence Organization, what on earth are you trying to accomplish by sneaking into Solomon City?”
Monroe Gina turned her Staff-Sword, and the Three-Question Ritual Card appeared above her head.
“As a terrorist organization, of course it’s just as your propaganda claims—to destroy order.”
One-third of her back profile lit up.
“Just by you?”
The thunder armor erupted, and the woman instantly rushed above Monroe Gina’s head, smashing down with a punch. Her figure disappeared like a reflection in a mirror or the moon in the water.
“Don’t be so irritable. Hehe, the dignified Grand Judge, Ms. Zhao Xi of Solomon City, you used to be someone who kept moving forward too. Now, having become a lackey of the Sloth ones, you’re a lot weaker than before.”
Zhao Xi’s expression did not change because of Monroe Gina’s taunt.
She clenched both fists tightly, and the martial arts uniform on her body fluttered without any wind.
“Do you think you can provoke me with just these few words? A lackey? Sloth? That Lord built the city to leave a sliver of life for the losers, yet you termites who only know how to gnaw away in the gutter, what qualifications do you have to criticize us?”
