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"You didn't come here specifically to watch the fireworks to relax after get off work, did you?"

Bai Ze countered with a question.

For Rhea, there was no reason for him to know that the Bureau of the Spirit Disasters intended to seal away the anomalies.

However, if you happen to run into her, it would be much more reasonable to ask her about unusual topics.

The girl, toying with the fox mask, tilted her head: "Can't I enjoy my free time?"

"That's not what I meant."

"I was just kidding, it really is a job."

She resumed her serious expression and said, "It's just that Bai Ze seems to associate me with strange events, so I'm a little annoyed."

It's because every time we meet, it's related to unusual phenomena.

"Could there be danger here?"

Bai Ze deliberately glanced towards the Sky Train line. "Strange, why didn't the Spirit Disaster Bureau send Lin Tingwan to work?"

Rhea exclaimed in sudden realization, "Ah! You came with the Witch? Oh, I see. No wonder she insisted on having two tickets..."

"So the Bureau of Disaster Management really has an operation planned here?"

Bai Ze asked jokingly, "Should I run away now?"

"No need for that."

Rhea honestly explained, "Actually, the department was very confident in the success of this plan, otherwise they wouldn't have chosen a place where people gather."

"But there are still risks, wouldn't it be better to choose a place far away from people?"

Bai Ze asked the question that had been troubling him.

Rhea hesitated for a moment: "Although the core content is classified, I can reveal some unimportant parts—we need to seal away a highly dangerous anomaly, and the [location where human civilization flourishes] is the necessary condition for this."

Crowds immersed in a positive atmosphere, fireworks displays prepared for the celebration, and swarms of drones representing modern industrial civilization.

These three elements are arranged to meet the location requirements.

"Another advantage is that it's not far from the train station."

She sipped her apple juice and added vaguely, "Because this anomaly is also somewhat related to the concept of the railway network."

So far, Bai Ze has also discovered some common characteristics that are unusual.

They exist, to varying degrees, based on human legends, cognition, and even cultural concepts.

Whether it's witches, the labyrinth of the Minotaur, ghost stories, or even reincarnation-related infectious diseases associated with subcultures.

It's related to the railway network... Could it be that Kenji Miyazawa's novel "Galaxy Express" has come to life?

Bai Ze came up with an absurd guess.

"Don't worry too much."

Perhaps mistaking his thoughtful expression for a shock, Rhea reached across the table and patted him on the shoulder.

"If anything unexpected happens, I will protect Bai Ze-kun—although the witch is by your side, I probably won't be of much use."

She gave a slightly self-deprecating smile.

Bai Ze then asked, "You just mentioned requesting tickets, does that mean the Spirit Disaster Bureau originally wanted Ting Wan to be there?"

"Yes, just staying on site is enough. Because this anomaly has the property of absorbing magic power, the presence of a powerful magic source like a witch will both attract and restrain it—if it confronts it head-on, the witch will actually be at a disadvantage."

Rhea reluctantly admitted, "After all, it is a powerful anomaly with both mythological and modern human history characteristics."

Does it possess both mythological and human historical characteristics?

"But it's alright. The ritual experts from the Bureau of Spirit Disasters have tested it repeatedly, and unless there is an excess of magic, the sealing measures are foolproof."

The succubus girl confidently raised her head. "We will win."

Bai Ze's expression suddenly froze: "What do you mean by 'excessive magic power'?"

"For example, if more than one witch happens to sneak in, it could trigger an abnormal rampage or something like that."

Rhea put down her apple juice and casually gave an example, waving her hand, "But witches aren't like stray dogs on the street—ah, that's not very respectful to witches, it means witches are rare—anyway, how could it be such a coincidence that a wild witch who's not under our control suddenly appears in the same city and happens to be at the fireworks festival? The probability is almost zero."

Yes! Wild witches exist!

You even went to the bathroom with your witch!

There is a concept called a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This refers to actions taken by humans to avoid the fulfillment of a prophecy, which in turn lead to the fulfillment of the prophecy.

Lu Xingyao foresaw the abnormally out-of-control accident, actively planned to stop it, searched for a way to gain combat abilities, and insisted on coming to the scene to intervene.

Then, her arrival will become the fuse that ignites an abnormally out-of-control situation.

Bai Ze immediately dialed the other party's number, demanding that she leave as soon as possible!

But the bell rang from behind.

"Senior, I'm back—but I can't find Senior Sister. It seems she got lost in the crowd. You won't scold me, will you?"

Lu Xingyao, who reappeared, was cautious and felt quite guilty about losing Lin Tingwan.

She didn't have the tarot cards she used for divination with her, otherwise she would have used her ability to find the other person first.

"Hey, who's that?"

She then looked at Rhea, who had quickly put the fox mask back on.

"Senior, you were actually flirting with a new girl while we were away... Haven't I seen you somewhere before?"

Like Bai Ze before her, she had a strange feeling that her cognition was being interfered with.

"Never mind all that, listen to me now—is it too late?"

It was probably too late to stop it from the moment Lin Tingwan disappeared.

Bai Ze heard a long, drawn-out whistle from the sky, like the sound of an old-fashioned train spewing steam.

Just as daylight dawned, the night sky suddenly lit up with a radiant glow.

Only upon closer inspection can one discover that the glowing light is not from the sky, but from the distant Fuyumi Railway elevated line.

The entire railway track resembled a field of fireflies, shimmering with an eerie green light.

A train appeared out of nowhere and sped across it, even derailing from the tracks.

But it did not fall; instead, it soared through the air, gracefully plunging into the thin clouds like a dragon.

Then came the second one, the third one...

As if they came from another world, trains sounded their whistles one after another, slowly heading towards Ninghai Bay along invisible tracks laid in the sky.

The mercury-like moonlight flowed across the car body, casting long shadows on the ground like a pod of whales.

"It's out of control."

Rhea stared blankly at the spectacular sight of hundreds of trains speeding through the sky.

Then she took off her mask and slammed it onto the table in a fit of rage.

"This is really out of control! What do we do? What do we do... Should we notify the otherworld to evacuate the people first, or should we notify the Witch—no, she's probably already there... Why did I have to encounter such bad luck!"

When the unexpected situation arose, she was clearly flustered and didn't even care about Lu Xingyao's presence.

"Right, now's the time to find the time machine!"

Rhea, as if giving up on reality, clutched her head and pounded the table.

Bai Ze glanced at Lu Xingyao, who was also somewhat flustered, and quickly made up his mind.

He summoned the Blade of Judgment and completed the transformation of human-weapon fusion in front of Rhea.

"I am the person you have been looking for all along."

He pressed down on the girl's shoulders, forcing her to lift her head. "Now tell me this unusual information."

"Let's go together and stop it."