Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Little Elysia: We Should Try to Lure This Stellaron Hunter Onto the Train
Chapter 77 Little Elysia: We Should Try to Lure This Stellaron Hunter Onto the Train
Impossible! Such a thing is absolutely impossible! Mei must have mentioned her name to quite a few other people!
Either this uncle isn't very close to Mei, or he's completely lying to her. There's no third possibility!
After only a moment's hesitation, Little Elysia reaffirmed her own thoughts. The reason is simple: when Little Elysia is out and about, her main focus is being cute and confident.
Click—
Before Little Elysia could try to ask anything further, the door on the other side of the carriage suddenly opened. March 7th and Stelle, who were originally responsible for waking Dan Heng up, walked out alone.
"I told you Dan Heng was definitely still sleeping in, right? A bet's a bet, you're on coffee cup washing duty for the week." When she said this, the smile on March 7th's face couldn't have been brighter.
Stelle placed her palm on her forehead and shook her head, saying, "I'm just really surprised. Someone like Dan Heng doesn't seem like the type to sleep in at all."
"Huh? That's nothing. If you ask me, you're new here. Once you've been around longer, you'll find everyone on the train is pretty weird... Don't look at me like that. Am I not weird? I've forgotten my entire past. Have you ever seen someone with amnesia who doesn't have some kind of magical backstory? I've made up dozens for myself already. I suggest you make one up for yourself too."
Like saving the world only to be accidentally turned into an ice cube by the final attack of a great demon lord and sent into outer space, or maybe March 7th herself was the great demon lord, which is why she was frozen into an ice cube by a hero and sent into outer space.
As she spoke, to prove the credibility of her words, March 7th even pointed at Little Elysia not far away: "See, even the newest little one has already learned to make up stories for herself. Like some fairy kingdom or something."
"No way, it's clearly real!" Little Elysia, who had overheard the bad things being said about her, immediately retorted.
"Eh-heh?"
If left unchecked, just Little Elysia and March 7th alone could probably bicker on the train all day. I believe others including Welt have already witnessed this ability.
Fortunately, just a few seconds before the two of them were about to start bickering, Pom-Pom, as the conductor, promptly stood in the very center and raised a small hand to draw everyone's attention.
"All passengers! The warp route meeting officially begins now!"
"First of all, Pom-Pom wants to thank all Nameless for successfully resolving this station's problem, allowing the train to continue running on the star rails!"
"And next, this conductor will announce the name of the next stop—"
Just as Pom-Pom took a deep breath and was finally about to utter that unknown name, a strange yet melodious voice suddenly intruded into everyone's ears: "Long time no see, everyone on the Astral Express. I am Kafka."
This woman who inexplicably appeared on the Astral Express seemed to be merely a simulated projection linked to the train in some way. Although an intruder, she unhurriedly held up a long umbrella and walked with elegant steps right into the center of the group.
Seeing the other party gradually walking towards him, Pom-Pom quickly looked left and right at the others beside him. Upon finding them all staring seriously at the intruder, he panicked and hid behind Welt.
Seeing this scene, Little Elysia nearby also imitated Pom-Pom's actions and hid behind Himeko, even wriggling her little body to burrow further in.
"Ah, perfect timing. Looks like everyone's here—and there's an extra cute little friend."
This abrupt external intruder not only walked to the center on her own accord but also swept her gaze over each person present, even including Little Elysia who had only stowed away on the train less than two days ago.
"Charming self-introductions are quite unnecessary... Stellaron Hunter!"
From Himeko's tone, it's not hard to tell she does not welcome this uninvited 'guest,' even temporarily ignoring Elysia who was sneakily clinging to her calf.
Faced with this rather obvious hostility, this Stellaron Hunter named Kafka merely smiled slightly, spread her palms, and pointed towards Himeko: "Himeko, right?"
"I'm sorry for interrupting your gathering, but I believe after hearing my request, you will understand my presumption. I would like to ask you—to change your destination." After walking all the way to the end, this Stellaron Hunter finally turned around again to look at the people behind her.
But Himeko clearly wasn't very willing to cooperate with her; instead, she directly exposed her background: "'Stellaron Hunter,' I've seen you before—but on the Interastral Peace Corporation's bounty list. That bounty is an astronomical figure—and it's dead or alive. Do you know how much your bounty is?"
'Stellaron Hunter'—just from this name alone, it's probably not hard to guess that they are like so-called bounty hunters, rushing about the universe for something. Only what they want isn't treasure, but Stellarons like the one on Jarilo-VI that bring endless disaster.
However, combined with their status as being bountied by the 'Corporation,' it seems their methods of obtaining Stellarons aren't very friendly either; they might even have stolen things from the 'Corporation.'
If Himeko remembers correctly, this woman named Kafka before her has a full ten billion on the Corporation's bounty list... Just from this terrifying bounty amount, one can easily imagine how dangerous she is.
"To be honest, I don't really care." Kafka spread her hands indifferently and said: "The Corporation's bounty list? Rather than infamy, it's more like high praise. The bigger the number, the greater the praise."
"You wanted criminals sure think optimistically..."
I believe any normal person would keep their distance from so-called wanted criminals like March 7th does. But there just happens to be someone who seems very interested in this sort of thing—
Little Elysia, huddled by Himeko's feet, leaned towards Pom-Pom—the only one she could reach at the moment—and whispered: "This bad woman looks so cool. Can you figure out a way to lure her onto the train too?"
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"Ah well, if we don't learn to be flexible, how can our train possibly develop? Listen to me..."
Little Elysia brought her mouth close to Pom-Pom's ear and stealthily began brainwashing him. Compared to the overt invasion of the Astral Express, this is probably the most terrifying thing.
And just as the two little ones were communicating with each other, the conversation in the room gradually moved towards its main point, with Kafka personally stating her true purpose for coming—
"I wonder if any of you have heard of... 'The Luofu'?"
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