"It feels like... Nero just casually said something really incredible..." March blinked.
"The Luofu is actually coming. Not the Luofu's fleet, but the Xianzhou Luofu..." July followed with a sigh. "Isn't the Xianzhou Alliance spoiling Nero a little too much? That's a full one-sixth of the Alliance!"
"Are we even qualified to say that?" Stelle looked at July. "Although there aren't many of us, didn't basically everyone come out when we were looking for Nero?"
"That is true..." July tugged at the corner of her mouth. "But it's precisely because the difference in numbers is so huge that it's shocking. An entire Xianzhou has so many people, while the shock given by a few of us Nameless is on a completely different level."
"That's not enough. Mr. Yang going alone is still a little dangerous. How about letting Argenti go with him too?" Nero suggested.
Mr. Yang looked at Nero, then at the three knights behind him, and finally shook his head, "No. The Knights of Beauty are rare and valuable helpers. It would be better for them to stay by your side."
"Besides, didn't some other knights already set out just now? Since their target is the Dreammaster, they should run into each other."
Mr. Yang's fingers gently rubbed against Star of Eden before he finally said, "You don't need to worry about me."
"...Good luck, Welt." Himeko did not try to persuade him anymore.
Nero watched this scene and lightly scratched his cheek with his finger. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he now felt like Mr. Yang had flags sticking out all over his back, like an old general on a stage.
"...Mm, you all take care too." Mr. Yang nodded. "If anything goes wrong... don't worry about me. You must seal the Stellaron."
Hearing Mr. Yang say this, he felt like another flag had appeared.
At the same time, he felt strange inside. Although he knew very well that Mr. Yang was not saying this because he was overconfident or had some confident trump card, he still inexplicably thought of the meme "Yang sits up."
Once he associated it with that meme, Mr. Yang's heroic line suddenly became rather strange.
'It's fine, it's fine. You don't need to worry about me, because I'll "Yang sits up"...'
However, Nero obviously couldn't share this "meme" with everyone else, because it would completely ruin the atmosphere, and the others might not even understand it.
Gallagher was still praising Mr. Yang at this moment, "Facing death without fear. That man really is a hero."
Nero could only watch Mr. Yang's back and wish him luck, while secretly having his little companions keep an eye on him.
Thus, the only Knights of Beauty left here were Argenti and Tiriandes.
Nero's little move went unnoticed. Although he was a greatly doted-on child, because of this, most people would not pay too much attention to what he was doing.
Gallagher watched Mr. Yang's departing figure and once again spoke to the people who remained, "Even if the Dreammaster is innocent, the family's corruption has already taken deep root. I won't make the same mistake Mikhail made a second time. Let's wish him luck..."
After Mr. Yang's figure disappeared, Himeko turned to Gallagher and asked, "Mr. Gallagher, you should still have something to tell us, right?"
"Why do you think that?"
"Before we left, the conductor asked us to inquire about the three Nameless on Penacony," Himeko explained. "Now we already know the deeds of Ms. Razalina and Mr. Tiernan. Only the last one, Legwork, remains."
At this point, Himeko narrowed her eyes slightly. "If I'm not mistaken... we've already met him, haven't we?"
"Hmph... Saying we've met is still a stretch, but the answer is indeed easy to guess. My hints before were obvious enough."
Gallagher seemed to have no intention of continuing to speak in riddles. He spoke very directly to everyone who remained here, "Ever since I received the Astral Express's reply, I've been paying attention to your news, including the tremendous efforts you have made to connect the various worlds."
"And now, you have arrived here safely once again, which has already proven your strength."
At this point, Gallagher's gaze swept across everyone. "Miss Himeko, you were the one who repaired the Express and allowed it to once again begin its journey through the galaxy?"
"Yes."
"And these three young Nameless... Mm... It should be four now. Their backgrounds are strange, and they each possess remarkable abilities."
"Then do you know my other titles, the Baseball Bat Man's?" Stelle suddenly became smug.
"You... There aren't any weird titles like that!" March complained speechlessly.
"Speaking of titles, perhaps we don't have many, but Nero has quite a few," July said. "Almost everywhere we've been, Nero has fans, even here in Penacony."
"This kid's reputation at Herta Space Station can suppress Herta's, in Belobog his brilliance can overshadow the Supreme Guardian, and on the Xianzhou Luofu he can go up against Jing Yuan, Bailu, and Yanqing. Now Penacony is starting to grow Fish fans too."
"He's practically more memetic than a memetic virus. That kind of infectiousness is just like the shadow cast down by the Aeon of Nihility..."
Gallagher also looked toward Nero as he listened to July's complaints.
The white-haired girl blinked her eyes, looking quiet and well-behaved.
Right now, the child who surprised him the most about the Astral Express was this one.
Earlier, he had still been somewhat doubtful about this plan. He had simply continued because of his feelings and trust.
But now, after learning a little more information, he could only say that with a "thing" like this among the Nameless, everything was settled.
Not to mention anything else, the Knights of Beauty alone could give Penacony's Family a serious blow. What's more, this child had just said that the entire Xianzhou Luofu was coming over too.
He could not even imagine how they could lose.
As for the conductor, Pom-Pom, Gallagher knew a little about them as well. Someone would always tell him about the old days on the train after getting drunk.
And now...
Gallagher had already developed this thought, 'This child nicknamed Nero is the strongest "weapon of war" on the Astral Express right now. We promise the enemy that we won't send out such-and-such first, so we won't send out Nero or something...'
Gallagher sighed, and a nostalgic look appeared on his face. "That final Nameless set out, stopped, and then set out again... After going around in a great circle, he ultimately returned to the starting point."
"On the verge of death, he instructed me to find the Astral Express and send that invitation to the Nameless of the future. For this, he prepared a gift, a true legacy... belonging only to the descendants of Trailblaze."
"Come with me. Now... it is time for it to see the light of day again."
Then Gallagher led everyone back to the place where the three gravestones stood.
Standing on this platform, Gallagher looked at the blank gravestone. "Old friend, sometimes I forget that you're already dead. It feels like you still have so much to say, and there are still so many roads you haven't finished walking."
"Now, I have kept my promise and brought the person you've thought about your whole life here. I don't know why you could never forget that train, but I still remember the last words you said before leaving this world..."
Gallagher's dejected gaze became gentle at this moment. As he looked at the blank gravestone and murmured to his old friend, everyone standing behind him remained silent.
In this quiet illusion, beneath the dim sky of Dreamflux Reef, Gallagher's voice slowly flowed, like bitter, salty sea wind wrapped in grains of sand.
This tear-like taste spread through the surrounding air and Memory Zone, while nostalgia piled up into a special drink that belonged only to him.
Gallagher smiled and softly spoke the words, "Don't let us down, old man."