Old Geezer, Time to Cough Up Some Coins

[Real World, Station 13]

Is this the value of having connections up top? The trial hadn't even been officially announced, yet Liuli and the others had already gotten insider information!

To be fair, this is a little unfair. Other people don't even know where the trial site is, while they're already looking through the materials.

Unfair +1, but Tiandao and Caroline are my favorites! Double standards it is—I admit it!

Isn't Longevity Island the real point? The previous materials only mentioned it in passing. Is it finally about to lift its veil?

Amid the barrage of comments, Caroline revealed some of the information she currently had.

"Although Master and I don't keep in touch much, with my level of access in the Association, I can still obtain plenty of information ordinary people can't reach."

Against the noisy backdrop of the coffee shop, Caroline lightly tapped her wristwatch terminal with a fingertip.

The next second, several top-secret files concerning "Fallen Zone: Longevity Island" were transmitted to Caroline's and Jeremiah's information terminals.

As a star-patterned encryption lock flickered twice over the file icons, the files opened at once.

"These are the core intelligence files on the location of this trial, Fallen Zone: Longevity Island. Take a look."

After saying that, Caroline lifted the latte in front of her and took a sip, leaving a pale brown trace of warm milk foam at the corner of her lips.

Tiandao, who had already read these materials, paid them no mind. He lounged against the back of his chair, absentmindedly spinning a coffee spoon between his fingers.

With the scent of caramel and roasted beans drifting through the café, along with the warm glow cast by star-shaped pendant lamps hanging from the ceiling, Tiandao looked indescribably relaxed—as though he had truly come out to meet