Chapter 104
Chapter 104: The Chief Judge Is 1.5 Meters Tall
“…”
Zhao Lin opened her mouth, her gaze subconsciously falling on Ye Qiyan’s Train.
She bit her lip, as if struggling internally. A moment later, she closed her eyes as if accepting her fate and shook her head repeatedly.
“I don’t know them, I don’t know anything!”
This answer caught Zhao Xi slightly off guard. She reached out and patted Zhao Lin’s cheek, then pinched it again like a female pervert.
“Yo, your guts are so small, yet you’re still helping that person? Could it be that he’s your lover? Or perhaps—”
Bang——!
Zhao Xi raised her hand, and a shield of lightning intercepted a black bullet.
She straightened her body, slightly narrowing her eyes as she looked at the partially penetrated shield.
“Interesting.”
“I don’t know if it’s interesting, but bullying an unlucky guy doesn’t seem very interesting to me.”
Ye Qiyan’s figure appeared not far away, wearing a cowboy hat he had acquired from who knows where.
Looking at the Ebony in his hand, Zhao Xi was slightly surprised.
“This gun is not bad. Want to sell it?”
“Sorry, this is not for sale.”
“Then that’s quite a pity.”
Zhao Xi jumped onto the roof of Ye Qiyan’s Train. Beneath her body-hugging miniskirt, her slender legs were crossed. Leaning her upper body forward, she rested her cheek on one hand and sized up Ye Qiyan.
“Is that dragon yours?”
“What dragon? I didn’t see any, Big Sister. You’ve got the wrong person; I haven’t seen any dragon.”
Ye Qiyan still wanted to stall for time.
But as Zhao Xi snapped her fingers and a blue-and-white Hunting Mechadragon appeared, he knew he couldn’t pretend anymore.
“Don’t play dumb, I saw it. A Hunting Mechadragon, that’s the one. I can even smell it—you have the aura of the mechadragon on your body.”
“A Hunting Mechadragon can only be crafted using a blueprint, and that blueprint can only be used twice. So, do you understand? Tell me, where did you find that blueprint?”
Is this woman a hound?
No, even a hound’s nose probably wouldn’t be as sensitive as hers. She could smell that out? How come he didn’t know the Hunting Mechadragon had any special scent?
“Actually, I really don’t…”
Stare——
“Alright, I found it in a Treasure Chest on a Platform.”
Zhao Xi sniffed with her nose again.
“A Treasure Chest? How could this thing appear inside a Treasure Chest?”
Without waiting for Ye Qiyan to answer, she stroked the blue-and-white Hunting Mechadragon, reminiscing about the past as she began to talk to herself.
“Back then, after I crafted this one, someone stole the blueprint. By the time I reacted, that fellow had already started running away. I wasn’t strong enough back then, so I could only tear out his heart without being able to completely kill him, watching helplessly as he escaped. So, is that person already dead?”
“Yeah, dead.”
Ye Qiyan simplified and recounted the story of how he found the blueprint in a grave at Howling Manor.
“The description of the blueprint said that that person was already in a dying state when he reached the station. To prevent others from getting this blueprint, he hid it in that place.”
“Serves him right, he deserved it. Right, where is your dragon? It’s not on this Train, where did you hide it?”
“It costs money to activate it.”
A bag was tossed over.
“Is this enough?”
Ye Qiyan opened it to take a look, silently putting away the twenty Train Coins inside, and then snapped his fingers with a smile.
How generous.
As expected of a city’s Chief Judge, taking out twenty Train Coins just like that.
“Come out, come out, take a look at your own kind.”
The Hunting Mechadragon flew out from the Armament Space. Compared to Zhao Xi’s, other than the color, there was no difference between the two.
“Hmm? Your luck is pretty good! Was that just now an Armament Space Module? What level is your Train? Five carriages, Level Train Coins”
This Chief Judge wasn’t as cold as imagined; in fact, she inexplicably seemed somewhat easy to get along with.
However, couldn’t she tell?
Come to think of it, aside from Shaya back then who could tell his Train level at a glance, it seemed everyone else, no matter who they were, couldn’t figure it out immediately.
It seemed that even high-level Train Captains were not all-powerful.
Their Modules, abilities, and items each had their own strengths.
“Pretty much.”
“Pretty much? Hmm… Whatever.”
Zhao Xi jumped down from the roof of the Train, walked over to Ye Qiyan, stood on tiptoe, and touched his Hunting Mechadragon.
“Just like mine, it’s indeed a Hunting Mechadragon. It’s truly surprising; I didn’t expect I’d be able to see it again.”
She sighed with emotion, failing to notice just how weird Ye Qiyan’s gaze was.
This Chief Judge seemed… a bit short?
Ye Qiyan’s height was quite normal, around 1.8 meters or so. Standing in front of this Chief Judge, he was actually taller by more than a full head.
She was 1.5 meters tall?
Zhao Xi withdrew her hand and jumped back up to the roof of the Train.
She didn’t seem to like talking to others while standing on the same flat ground.
Hmm… If she was 1.5 meters tall, that was understandable.
“Put it away. Well done. What is your name?”
“Ye Qiyan.”
“Oh, my name is Zhao Xi, the Chief Judge of this city. You should know me.”
“I only got to know you just now.”
“Tch, then you must be coming to Solomon City for the first time. If you came often, it’d be impossible not to know me.”
Zhao Xi crossed her arms, tilting her head up with quite a bit of confidence.
If she hadn’t jumped down just now, Ye Qiyan might have thought this was arrogance, but after realizing this Chief Judge’s height, Ye Qiyan just found it somewhat amusing.
“However, if it’s your first time, why is your Train appearing here instead of at the city-entry station?”
Zhao Xi’s tone shifted abruptly, becoming a lot stiffer.
Her azure-blue eyes fell on Ye Qiyan’s face, as if trying to see right through everything about him.
“I just heard that there was someone here who could do cheaper Train maintenance, so I brought a friend I know along. However, it seems I was scammed; that person ran off.”
“Hmm? There are actually people doing such things in Solomon City? Oh well, live and learn. Hmm… Which city’s Guild are you currently in?”
“City of a Thousand Stars. I just randomly joined one, purely to trade for resources to level up.”
“Hmm, then would you like to join the Solomon City Inquisition?”
“?”
Ye Qiyan blinked and pointed at himself.
“Me?”
“Otherwise who? Could it be your frail little girlfriend? You have a Hunting Mechadragon; join the Inquisition and become my subordinate. I won’t treat you poorly.”
Remembering something, Zhao Xi continued to add:
“Rest assured, joining the Inquisition doesn’t mean giving up your Train. These things are all optional, just like me—I’m merely a Chief Judge who is seen by others as having given up her Train, but that doesn’t mean I actually gave it up.”
She clapped her hands.
“It’s settled then. Go back to your Train and add me as a friend.”
A friend message was sent over.
[Zhao Xi has sent you a friend request]
[Zhao Xi has sent you a faction invitation: Solomon City Inquisition]
[Accept or not: Yes / No]
