Ian looked at Xiao Ran with an I-know-all-about-it expression. "Don't underestimate me. Did you think I didn't know your little girlfriend is only seventeen? I really didn't expect you to be into that."
"Is that so?" Xiao Ran gave Ian a faint glance, his eyes conveying that he knew more than Ian thought. "I've read all of Celestial Being's personnel files."
Xiao Ran's look and words immediately made Ian laugh awkwardly. "Heh heh, kindred spirits. Kindred spirits."
"Heh heh." Xiao Ran gave a faint smile. Feeling as though something had appeared above him, he looked up into the sky. Two units, like meteors trailing long streaks of light, were rapidly descending toward the island beneath their feet.
"They're here."
Meanwhile, in the Japanese Special Economic Zone, the sun had already set in this part of the world, and crimson clouds filled the sky. Inside a bar on the top floor of a building in Tokyo, Miss Huang, dressed in a skirt, sat with a glass full of red wine in hand, watching the news playing on a portable projection screen.
"As expected, you were keeping an eye on this too. It was such a major exercise, after all." When a voice filled with delight reached her ears, Miss Huang reflexively turned off the projection and turned to look at the newcomer.
Miss Huang froze for a moment, then offered the newcomer a faint smile. "You came."
"Mm." The newcomer nodded and sat directly beside Miss Huang. Only after ordering his drink from the bartender did he look at her and ask, "What do you think Moralia's next move will be?"
"Heh heh." Miss Huang shook her head with a smile. "Billy, don't talk about that. We finally get to meet again."
The person who had come to see Miss