(Since the author has almost forgotten the plot, the plot will be breezed through quickly.
If you don’t like this, it will be changed later.) After sending Corin out of the Hollow, Phaethon and Nekomata were about to board the Astral Express.
Amidst the wacky and lively atmosphere created by Fairy, the Bangboo’s petite body crawled into the carriage.
However, Belle discovered that inside the carriage there wasn’t the ethereal bomb planned by Vision Corporation, but rather a whole train of Public Security Bureau officers.
Of course, the officers also discovered Eous, and the commander at the front of the train sent a message asking whether to directly destroy this accidentally intruding Bangboo.
Upon receiving the affirmative command, the officers were about to launch an attack, but Nekomata timely smashed through the window to launch a surprise attack, thereby saving Eous from its predicament.
Nekomata picked up Eous and tossed it out, shouting loudly, “You go back first!
I have luobo, we’ll meet up at the Video Store later!” As the Astral Express moved away, the Bangboo controlled its petite body, and Wise asked with concern, “Little sister, can you hear me?
What on earth happened just now?” “Something isn’t right!
Wait until I get back to the shop to talk.” Belle’s voice was urgent yet revealed a sense of helplessness, and she decided to return to the Video Store to wait for Nekomata before discussing further.
After picking up Eous near the Hollow, Belle evacuated immediately and briefly greeted her concerned older brother.
Belle expressed her worry for Nekomata, but Nekomata had said she had luobo.
Wise figured that her Hollow exit was relatively far away, so she should rest for a bit.
However, Wise, who was left guarding the Video Store, shared a useful piece of news: the news reported that due to technical reasons, Vision Corporation’s demolition was postponed to tomorrow night.
Regarding this suspicious-looking excuse, Belle expressed her doubt.
Wise analyzed this, concluding that Vision Corporation had already discovered someone meddling to cause the Astral Express to deviate from its route.
However, Vision Corporation chose to conceal it.
More importantly, Vision Corporation claimed that this train was an unmanned train transporting explosives, but it was filled with heavily armed soldiers.
Wise felt that Nekomata must have hidden something from them and would definitely interrogate her when she returned, but he told Belle not to dwell on these things too much and instead go rest to recover her energy to face tomorrow’s operation.
…
The time came when Firefly received the message from HQ stating that the client had arrived.
Firefly’s shop usually stayed open until nine in the evening—meaning twelve hours of business—yet she closed up shop just as night fell.
Upon seeing the client’s location sent by HQ, Firefly couldn’t help frowning.
If she wasn’t mistaken, the client’s location was right inside the companion Hollow of Lemnian.
“Dead-End Hollow?
Why would they be there?” Firefly couldn’t help asking.
“I am sorry, due to force majeure, the client’s landing location is completely random.
However, New Eridu’s Hollow disasters are far more numerous than safe zones, so the probability of landing in a Hollow is higher.” HQ replied emotionlessly.
Never mind all that, Firefly remembered that when she landed, she was right in a Hollow, so it was completely normal for others to land in a Hollow when coming over.
SAM was rather conspicuous, and the people of Sixth Street were more numerous than imagined, so Firefly directly hailed a cab to head near the Dead-End Hollow.
Upon hearing the destination, the driver familiarly asked, “Little girl, are you also going to watch Vision Corporation’s demolition engineering press conference?” Although it was a question, the driver was quite certain.
Firefly didn’t see any need to deny it, directly saying, “Yes, how long will it take to get there?” The driver didn’t answer the question, instead talking to himself, “Then you’re going a bit late now.
I heard from other friends that something seems to have gone wrong over there.
Vision Corporation’s rivals, Belobog Heavy Industries, and the Public Security Bureau have all headed that way.
It seems to be…
Forget it, let’s just listen to the news directly!” Having said that, the driver turned on the radio in the car.
[Breaking news broadcast!
Vision Corporation disregards human life, exposing a shocking scandal!] Hearing this, the driver was overjoyed, “It’s juicy gossip!
Rest assured, little girl, I’ll definitely get you to the scene at top speed!” Hearing the irate reporter’s words, the driver seemed to instantly transform from a decadent middle-aged man into an energetic old man, stepping on the gas pedal and rushing out.
The tremendous inertia pinned Firefly against the back seat.
…
Time rewound to one hour ago.
After Nekomata returned to the Video Store, she spilled everything that happened between her and the Cunning Hares in the Hollow.
In order to compress the engineering schedule, Vision Corporation planned to use an ethereal bomb to blow up Canvas Alley and the hundreds of residents within it.
Against such a heinous act, the righteous Phaethon could certainly not sit idly by.
Afterward, they rendezvoused with the rest of the Cunning Hares who stayed behind in Canvas Alley to collect commission letters.
Everyone discussed a method to evacuate the masses by hijacking the Astral Express and utilizing this ethereal-insulated train.
Subsequently, following the plan, several people intercepted the Astral Express on its mandatory route and smoothly captured Vision Corporation’s representative, Perlman.
However, plans couldn’t keep up with changes; a genius blew up the railway set along the evacuation route, directly declaring the Cunning Hares’ plan a failure.
But Nekomata chuckled at this moment.
It turned out that during the recent battle, she had found her family heirloom—a pocket watch.
The photograph inside the pocket watch was precisely of Nekomata and Baolao of the Red Fang Gang.
Afterwards, she confessed her identity as Baolao’s adopted daughter, stating that her commission to the Cunning Hares was intended to lure them into the Hollow for revenge.
However, she learned from the residents of Canvas Alley that Baolao had accidentally fallen into the Hollow during a pursuit by the Public Security Bureau, and the Cunning Hares had taken this grudge upon themselves out of a desire to show off, thereby creating the misunderstanding.
However, now that the misunderstanding was resolved, Nekomata took it upon herself to take Perlman away, intending to go to the press conference venue alone to buy time.
Meanwhile, Phaethon and the Cunning Hares reformulated their plan.
If one route was blown up, they could find a new one, but the new route would take a huge detour.
At this time, Fairy suggested that they could shrink the Hollow, so that there would be an effective and fast evacuation route.
But to make the Hollow shrink, there was only one method: kill at least three thousand Ethereals, or slay the king of the Dead-End Hollow, the Dead End Butcher!
With the strength of the three Cunning Hares, even at their optimal state, they might not necessarily be able to kill the Dead End Butcher.
Therefore, Wise proposed a shocking method: use the explosives transported on the Astral Express to blow up the Dead End Butcher.
This proposal was accepted by everyone.
The Cunning Hares decided to go ahead first to meet the Dead End Butcher, while the Proxy would evacuate the citizens of Canvas Alley, and afterwards rely on Fairy to control the unmanned train to drive to the Dead End Butcher’s location and detonate the explosives.
…
When the Cunning Hares arrived at the target location, the three of them noticed that nearby Ethereals were intentionally retreating.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”