Human legs hurried past her. Someone nearly stepped on her, but instinctively sidestepped at the very moment of contact.
—It was a reverence born of biological instinct, an unconscious wariness toward higher life forms.
Even though Xiaoye had not broken through to the third rank.
She raised her head.
Two faint glimmers lit up in her amber eyes beneath the night sky.
Blurred images surfaced in her mind as well:
Intertwined pipes, a Metal Gate gleaming with Cold Light, strange patterns carved into the corners of the walls.
They were fragments left behind by the man whose memories had been implanted in her. The "Array Entrance" Rhine Mr. had told her to find was somewhere deep within this panic-stricken Tokyo.
As for why she had to go there?
Rhine Mr. had only explained that it was a necessary step to save Tokyo.
But that chain of logic was indeed a little difficult for Xiaoye to understand.
So,
She only needed to know that she had to carry it out.
The Little Kitten arched her back and shot out like a black bolt of lightning.
As she passed through the crowded mass of people, she always found the gaps with perfect precision:
She darted between adults' legs, glided along the shadows of guardrails, leaped over abandoned strollers, and even briefly used other people's shoulders for leverage amid the chaotic shoving.
Whenever human eyes swept over her, they only saw a frightened stray cat fleeing for its life. In the next instant, their attention was swallowed by more immediate fears.
And as she made her way through the streets, for some reason, the rain curtain from Deep Tokyo gradually came to a halt.
Layer after layer of clouds parted, revealing a polluted Pale Purple night sky.
The sight really did resemble the