The urgent rain battered the windshield in a dense barrage, then was slowly swept away by the soft wipers.
The driver in the front seat carefully steered the vehicle along the congested narrow road in the Rain Curtain. He raised his head and glanced at the girl seated in the back through the rearview mirror.
At that moment, the girl was leaning against the rear window, staring at the Rain Curtain outside as though lost in thought.
The ancient city revealed a faintly old-fashioned atmosphere beneath the hazy Rain Curtain, but the mist drifting among the traffic was like invisible tentacles, hanging over everyone's heads.
After what felt like an unusually long ordeal, the black car slowly approached an intersection, turned on its signal, and made a left turn onto the road to the left.
Traffic on this road was much lighter, allowing the driver to speed up.
The rapidly spinning rubber tires cut through puddles on the ground, spraying water everywhere.
Lin Chichi slowly withdrew her gaze from the window and lifted her head to look at the rearview mirror ahead.
The narrow mirror reflected the light passing through the rear window. In the hazy Rain Curtain behind them, a taxi was slowly following them.
Seeing this, the girl fell silent for a moment. She raised a hand and reached into the inner pocket of her coat. Then she looked at the driver quietly driving ahead and spoke softly in halting Tlock Language. "Hello, could you pull over?"
"Hm?"
The driver seemed somewhat confused. He turned his head to glance at the girl behind him and slowed his speech slightly. "We're still a long way from the destination, and it's raining so heavily outside."
"It's fine. Pull over first."
Lin Chichi answered firmly.
Hearing the girl's answer, the driver