"Aiyo aiyo. Is this the only attitude you have toward me now? I'm quite hurt." Kafka sighed.
Zeig remained shocked. How exactly did this woman know his bank card password?
"Ugh!" March 7th frowned:
"They have a hacker. What bank card number and password can't they find? Zeig, why are you reacting so strongly?"
"No, this isn't about whether she's a hacker or not!"
Zeig pointed at Kafka and shouted loudly:
"The one she just recited was my bank card number and password from my previous life!"
"Ah?!"
As soon as these words came out, the entire parlor car froze.
March 7th reacted first and asked Zeig:
"No way, how could anyone still remember their previous life's bank card number and password! Did you forget to drink Meng Po Soup?"
"Hehe, are you very surprised?" Kafka leaned her body slightly forward and whispered to Zeig in front of her:
"I heard all of this directly from your own mouth. You were even kneeling at the time~!"
"Wow, Zeig! You got tricked by a bad woman and even handed over your bank card password!" March 7th scolded indignantly.
Zeig stood there blankly, seemingly recalling in his mind.
When exactly did this happen?
Did this humble one lose his memory?
"How about it? Can we have a proper conversation now?"
Seeing Zeig fall into confusion, Kafka's mood seemed to improve somewhat.
Dan Heng frowned:
"Stellaron Hunter, what exactly is your goal?"
"I have no goal, but I do have a request. That is…"
"She definitely wants our money!" March 7th shouted loudly.
Kafka: "…"
Zeig slapped his forehead, even more agitated:
"Damn cosmic pirates. Sure enough, they're after money. She even memorized my bank card password. If not for money, then what?!"
Kafka's mouth twitched slightly.
It was as if she were looking at two fools.
"Kafka, on the IPC's wanted list, you have an astronomical bounty." Himeko said slowly:
"The IPC has stated that as long as you are caught, dead or alive is fine."
"The IPC's wanted list? Sorry, I don't really pay attention to that."
Kafka slowly walked to Himeko's side and smiled:
"Rather than calling it infamy, it might as well be high praise. The bigger the number, the greater the praise."
Zeig chimed in:
"Right, that's how it is in One Piece!"
Himeko: "…"
"So, please stop interrupting me, okay?"
Kafka strolled leisurely over to Zeig's side again and said in a deep voice:
"You're currently using some strange thing to try and locate my position, right?"
"Fuck, I've been discovered!"
Zeig clenched one fist, put it to his mouth and coughed lightly, then awkwardly took out the phone hidden in his pocket while smiling.
At some point, Zeig had directly dialed Herta's number, and the latter had been silently listening in.
"Hang up the phone. Isn't it just that you want to know where I am in person? I'll just tell you."
"?"
Kafka spread her hands and smiled at everyone:
"Have you all heard of the Xianzhou Luofu?"
Upon hearing this, Welt beside them pushed up his reflective glasses and said in a deep voice:
"One of the six giant ships of the Xianzhou Alliance, the Xianzhou Luofu. We know it."
"Mm." Kafka nodded in satisfaction:
"But what you don't know is that a Stellaron erupted on the Luofu. An unexpected disaster… don't you think?"
Welt's voice gradually grew lower:
"Stellaron Hunters, what exactly are you planning… The Xianzhou Alliance is not as easy to talk to as we are. Once targeted by the Hunt, you will no longer be hunters, but prey. The Alliance will pursue you to the ends of the universe."
"No no no, this Stellaron has nothing to do with us."
Kafka smiled:
"But the Xianzhou has already pinned the blame on the Stellaron Hunters."
"My companion… Blade, was taken away by the Cloud Knights. I want to bring him back, resolve this Stellaron crisis, and clear our suspicion."
After listening, Zeig interrupted:
"What's there to clear about the charges? As the saying goes, too many debts won't crush a person!"
"…"
"As long as you're bold enough, fight a group battle with Aeons! As a qualified Stellaron Hunter, you must turn a deaf ear to outside matters and focus solely on reading the sages' books! A mere stain on our name is nothing worth mentioning."
Kafka slowly turned around and revealed a dangerous smile toward Zeig behind her:
"But I also have to save my companion, don't I?"
As she spoke, she spread her hands.
Beside her appeared the image projection of another man — it was clearly her companion named Blade.
This scene caused Dan Heng, who had been silent all along, to have his pupils shrink.
"? Companion? What's there to save?"
Zeig pointed righteously at the projection of Blade beside Kafka, full of confidence:
"He looks so wild. At first glance, he's very badass! Those Cloud Knights or whatever are probably just small fries. He got caught? It must be intentional!"
"?"
Kafka looked at Zeig in disbelief and said with amusement:
"How can you judge people by appearance? Maybe this companion of mine has no combat ability at all and is just a logistics handyman or cook?"
"Tch, I don't believe it."
Zeig walked to Blade's projection, pointing here and there:
"Look at his chest and hands, still wrapped in bandages. At first glance, he's someone who fights all the time, a real madman! That little look in his eyes, like he wants to stab me to death — he's clearly a battle wolf!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Blade's projection.
Although Zeig's brain had issues, what he said made a lot of sense.
With such an exaggerated appearance, if he wasn't very capable in a fight, would he be embroidering flowers instead?
"Zeig is right. This must be a Stellaron Hunter conspiracy."
Dan Heng glanced at Blade's projection, slowly stepped forward, and questioned Kafka:
"What exactly do you want to do?"
"Aiyo… You're making this quite difficult for me."
Kafka smiled bitterly while holding her forehead:
"You should think carefully. If you stay out of it and, while this Stellaron has not yet polluted that airspace, activate the train's jump, of course you can just head to the next world like this."
"But given time, that section of the rail will be blocked again, and you will still have to deal with it. The only difference is… by then, about half of the original residents on the ship will have lost their lives."
"Brave and fearless Trailblazers, anonymous guests who do good in the name of Heaven, will you really sit by and do nothing?"
Kafka smiled again:
"The coordinates of the Xianzhou Luofu are here. Everything… is up to you to decide."
"Although our pursued goals are completely different, the orbits of the stars will eventually intersect. See you later."
After speaking, Kafka did not linger. Her projection instantly turned into light spots and disappeared without a trace.
Leaving only the group on the train in prolonged silence.
In the end, it was Himeko who spoke:
"What does everyone think?"
Welt pushed up his glasses and said in a deep voice:
"Clearly, this is a trap. They must have other goals."