Star Railway: The Pioneer's Journey

Chapter 297 Aha: How about some Chinese style?

Ten minutes—not too long, not too short.

Although Xing is usually carefree and irresponsible, he is quite reliable when something big happens.

After Hanabi whispered a threat in her ear, she quickly added Pinocchio's friends to a group chat and shared Hanabi's bomb threat with them.

The friends were so startled that a row of question marks appeared one after another.

Fortunately, Xing's explanation was simple and easy to understand, and they quickly grasped the cause of the incident.

Of course, the main reason is...

The culprit infiltrated the group. Although no one could hear her, she announced her actions in a cheerful tone. Even though she was just typing, you could feel Ms. Hanabi's pleasure.

She even pressed the bomb buttons she had distributed one by one.

—No, there are so many other things you could do with that time.

Hanabi said she placed a bomb on one of the 999 dolls on the Huyanagi.

Tell them to go find it.

Everyone in the group: ......

After cheerfully declaring her war declaration, Hanabi left the group and disappeared.

Xing felt as if she was hearing a strange whistling sound.

But no one dared to gamble on the moral standards of the Masked Fool, so they quickly set to work, searching for the legendary 999 firework dolls on the relatively large airship.

So the group of people just drifted aimlessly on the ship, not daring to alarm too many people and cause panic, and for a time, the progress was not very ideal.

The phone kept transmitting signals.

The black swan found 131 toys that were not bombs, thus eliminating 131 incorrect answers.

After a while, Potio found another 217, but still none of them contained bombs.

After a while, Silver Branch said that she had found 145, but they were still not bombs.

...Does Hanabi find this interesting?

Xing felt like her head was on fire.

So why aren't you in the group?

Xing thought with little hope: Had she been having so much fun on the date that she completely forgot about the child?

I need you!!!

However, Xing's sorrowful words went unanswered, and Zhi's father still did not speak in the group chat—even though Dan Heng sent three @ messages.

Toppa, who came to discuss business, had his company help him find 329 animals.

Finally, the train crew found the last 172.

Xing also encountered a few on the Huichangshi ship. Although she didn't quite understand, she had only heard a few dolls say a few words, yet her companions had found hundreds of dolls.

But the truth is, all 999 dolls were found—none of them were bombs.

Everyone was puzzled by this.

But at that moment, Hanabi suddenly barged in and announced that there were actually 1000 dolls on the airship!

However, she posted the coordinates of the last doll.

Following the coordinates, Xing quickly arrived at the pool at the bow of the ship.

She saw fireflies, and... a doll lying sprawled out in the pool, looking utterly pathetic.

star:???

Why does this bomb look like it was thrown in very roughly?

Finally, Firefly put on her armor and flew into the sky with the bomb.

The moment the fireworks exploded, the night sky seemed to be painted with brilliant colors.

Xing, however, had no heart to appreciate it; she was worried about Liu Ying's safety.

"If you're that worried..."

The sound of fireworks rang out once again.

She skipped and hopped up behind Xing, a strange laugh that seemed to carry a sinister undertone.

Why don't you take a closer look?

The next second, a large hammer appeared in her hand, which she swung lightly—

Xing immediately flew off the Huichangshi.

But halfway there, it was caught by a firefly.

In the air, Firefly removed her armor and smiled at the star.

Xing smiled and intertwined her fingers with hers.

—In Elio's script, Firefly will "die" three times in Pinocchio.

But in this land of dreams, anything is possible, right?

Fireworks filled the sky.

In this beautiful starry sky, fireworks formed a sentence—

"A huge celebration for the official establishment of a romantic relationship between [Hunting] Star God and the Swift Wind White Feather True Lord!!!"

"Aha—"

The clown mask fireworks vanished in an instant, and the arrogant laughter faded into the distance.

That one second...

Everyone watching the fireworks suddenly froze.

Fireflies and stars still fluttering in mid-air: ? ? ? ヾ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ

The train crew, who were quite worried just now, brightened up when they saw that Xing and Liuying were alright: =͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞(●⁰ꈊ⁰● |||).

A group of familiar faces from the train crew: ⊙▽⊙

For viewers currently watching the live broadcast of the Harmonious Music Festival: ? ? ? What? Weren't they already together?

The person who orchestrated the fireworks: ??? I didn't prepare this! Could it be... Oh~ Awesome!

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Let's rewind to when everyone was still frantically searching for their dolls—

Lan knew that the children in the train crew were also in trouble, but he didn't care.

There was no other reason than that the masked fool's doll was in the pool. The piggy bank in the pool had picked it up, but it wasn't a particularly powerful weapon, so Yun didn't care, and Lan casually tossed it away.

The most urgent task now is to find it.

I simply can't believe Aha's bottom line.

Fortunately, Lan's intuition, being a fellow Star God, was still able to break through Aha's blockade.

He quickly pinpointed the exact location and rushed over there.

Meanwhile, over there in the clouds—

Ah, that's really something...

It's pointless.

Yun was dragged away by Aha, and after a dizzying moment, she appeared in a room on the Huichangshi.

Yunzhi also knew about this room because it was right across from "Ciyu Pawnshop," run by Ms. Emerald.

But Yunzhi clearly remembers... the original decoration of this room was definitely not this... uh... Chinese horror atmosphere.

He was forced to sit in a chair in the middle of the room by an unseen hand. He tried to stand up, but he couldn't move at all.

My wrist tightened, as if I were being tied up with a rope.

Yunzhi: ? ? ?

"Lord Changletian, are you sure this is a joke?"

This is a kidnapping!

"Aha."

Aha laughed heartily. His face was hidden, but one could sense that this [Joyful] Star God was very happy—his laughter was absolutely arrogant.

Suddenly, a red robe was draped over his body.

Yun looked down.

—Bright red, a wedding robe.

The material seems nice... Wait, now is not the time to think about these things.

"Huh??? What do you want?"

Yun suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

"Remember Xiaozhi's dream at the Dream Shop? Aha played it too, and thought it was super fun!"

Aha wandered around the small room, and one by one, the red candles around him lit up.

In the dim light, Aha's shadow writhed and thrashed on the wall, like a chaotic dance of demons.

In the Dream Shop... isn't that the Paper Wedding Dress series game that I just casually tossed in?

Why did Ah Ha go off to play?

Yunzhi didn't quite understand why Aha would go and play that game, but he suddenly felt the chair beneath him become soft.

Looking down, I saw that the chair had somehow transformed into a wooden bed surrounded by red gauze curtains, the festive color almost too bright.

Yunzhi's expression gradually turned horrified.

"Aha, the ancient precepts of the Immortal Boat Alliance forbid lewd behavior in broad daylight."

If you still can't guess what Aha is trying to do, then you're really wasting your time!

Are you a star god? Why are you staring at this?

They've only been dating for a short time, stop playing around like this!!!

"Hahaha, originally Xiaozhi was supposed to ride in a bridal sedan chair—but this is a dream."

Aha didn't care at all: "But it seems more interesting this way, hehehe."

Yunzhi: What are you laughing about??

"That's enough, Lanlan will be here soon. The kidnapped princess should patiently wait for the prince to rescue her!"

A sudden red flashed before my eyes.

Aha covered Yunzhi's head with a red veil and carefully tidied it up.

Then, humming a cheerful tune, they walked away into the distance.

Yunzhi: ......

Aha!

(Aha: The Star Gods are all so boring, they'll definitely take advantage of anything fun they can find, hehe~)

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The final mission is over.

Don't worry, everyone!

I! Can! Still! Round!