Chapter 255

Himeko shrugged and smiled.

【Let's go, everyone— it's time for us to uphold the Path of Exploration.】

Furina: "The train crew is together again!"

Furina: "This time, we even have Miss Huang Quan!"

Furina: "I can't help but feel this group gives off a very comforting vibe!"

Furina: "It's like being beside them means you have nothing to fear!"

Hu Tao: "Mm-hmm, it really is a reassuring group."

Ying: "All reliable companions!"

Ying: "I feel Shajin is going to take a huge loss this time!"

Miss Qingque: "Not necessarily!"

Miss Qingque: "If Shajin is putting on a show, wouldn't he have some preparation?"

Miss Qingque: "After all, he still has Shajin Stone in his hands!"

Miss Qingque: "Even if it's in shattered form… it probably wouldn't affect things too much, right?"

Stelle: "I admit, Shajin's Shajin Stone is impressive."

Stelle: "But suppose— I mean, suppose!"

Stelle: "Suppose we had a true Envoy on our side!"

Stelle: "How would Shajin respond then?"

Gui Naifen: "Exactly!!"

Gui Naifen: "I almost forgot!"

Gui Naifen: "Miss Huang Quan is a true Envoy!!"

Miss Sushang: "I just wonder… whose Envoy is Miss Huang Quan exactly?"

March 7th: "Who cares whose Envoy she is— she's definitely strong!"

March 7th: "After all, Envoys are never weak!"

Yanfei: "Will Shajin get beaten up?"

Yanfei: "After all, Shajin's foundation only draws a portion of an Envoy's power…"

Yanfei: "And now, Shajin's foundation is already shattered."

Yanfei: "Its effectiveness must be greatly diminished, right?"

Doctor Truth: "Will it?"

Doctor Truth: "It's not a question of 'will it'— it's a certainty!"

Doctor Truth: "Logically, even if Shajin's foundation were intact, he still wouldn't have the qualifications to clash head-on with an Envoy!"

Doctor Truth: "Meaning, no matter which Envoy shows up, he'll get beaten up."

Doctor Truth: "There's no doubt about it!"

Navia: "Then why does he keep provoking Miss Huang Quan?"

Navia: "What's his intention?"

Navia: "Looking for a beating?"

Doctor Truth: "You're right—he really is looking for a beating!"

Doctor Truth: "Oh, more accurately—he's looking for a slash!"

Welt: "Envoy… looking for a slash…"

Welt: "So that's Shajin's plan…"

Welt: "No wonder he acted this way."

Welt: "But does he truly believe he can survive that slash?"

Silver Wolf: "He's a gambler— why would he need certainty?"

Silver Wolf: "Just gamble and be done with it."

Herta: "I'm laughing so hard—he actually dares to gamble!"

Herta: "Another Envoy slashing him might not do much."

Herta: "After all, his foundation stems from the power of Preservation— it's tough enough to save his life."

Herta: "But Miss Huang Quan's slash? That one will kill him!"

Herta: "So Shajin had better hope Miss Huang Quan doesn't slash him."

Herta: "Otherwise, even if he doesn't want to die, he won't get a choice!"

Stelle: "Wow!"

Stelle: "The consequences are that serious?!"

Stelle: "So just who is Miss Huang Quan as an Envoy, to be this powerful?!"

Furina: "I really want to know too!"

Paimon: "Me too, me too!!"

Herta: "Don't rush— unless something unexpected happens, you'll find out soon enough."

Shajin: "Tch, now you've made me feel insecure."

Shajin: "Am I really about to be done for?"

Topaz: "Sigh… if you have any last words, say them now—we're colleagues. I'll help if I can; if I can't… then I won't."

Huang Quan: "There's no need to be so pessimistic."

Huang Quan: "Relax—I generally don't take anyone's life."

Silver Wolf: "Duke of the Netherflame: You're right!"

Seele: "But isn't that still different?"

Seele: "That Duke of the Netherflame was asking for death himself; you can't blame anyone else."

Silver Wolf: "Who knows, maybe Topaz also wants to seek death?"

Silver Wolf: "After all, isn't that exactly what he's doing right now?"

Seele: "Then... there's nothing we can do about it."

Seele: "Good luck to him...."

【Mmm..... I have a premonition that something terrible is about to happen.】

【Stelle, are you ready?】

Before setting out,

March 7th turned and asked Stelle a question.

【I'm ready!】

Stelle nodded.

【Then there's no time to waste — let's head to the Film and Television Park!】

Seeing that Stelle was ready,

the group set off for Clock Studios Film and Television Park.

【..... Mr. Welt.】

After walking for a while,

Huang Quan, at the very back of the group,

couldn't help calling out to Welt.

【....】

Welt turned his head and looked at Huang Quan.

【Why didn't you tell your companions my "true identity"?】

Huang Quan asked with a focused expression.

【Just as you said — it's not that I was unwilling, but that I couldn't.】

【That long story....】

【It's also hard for me to convey to others in just a few words.】

【But I'm willing to trust you — my trust in you comes more from..... my own personal subjective judgment.】

【I also believe — even if it were them instead, they would have made the same decision.】

Welt glanced at the three of them — Himeko and the others — waiting in the distance,