Ring City Train
Two men and one woman sat in a row of seats. Though there were still empty spots, no one dared sit near them.
First, each of them wore a gold-rimmed badge representing the Inner City Investigation Team on their chest.
Second, they all exuded an unsettling aura.
Black Goat Sally, who usually liked to stick close to Han Dong, deliberately kept some distance from him now. Sitting at the edge of the row, she wrapped one arm around the vertical pole and remained silent throughout.
Even the pole she held had begun to show signs of black corrosion.
Green sat in the middle. Having barely rested, she was catching up on sleep in the carriage with her arms spread wide.
An eerie snoring that surpassed the frequency of musical notes continuously seeped from every opening in her body... That was precisely why there were hardly any passengers in the carriage.
As for Han Dong, whose external wounds had healed and whose sleep had been replenished, he was adjusting the blood inside his body to ensure that the holy sword attribute had been fully activated.
No problem. The holy sword attribute has completely awakened... If I run into Those Guys from Takama-ga-hara again, I'll be the one to suppress Dongye.
When Han Dong slowly opened his eyes, he noticed that Sally was sitting far away from him and that her expression seemed somewhat off.
"Sally, are you having trouble adapting to the bloodline?"
"No... The bloodline is perfectly compatible with my body. There are no rejection symptoms at all."
"Oh, that's good."
Seeing that Han Dong had no intention of continuing the conversation, Sally had no choice but to ask:
"Nicholas, do you not like the opposite sex?"
"Hm? Why are you suddenly asking that?"
"You just seem