Curtain Call

After hearing Lin Qiye's plan, An Qingyu could not help asking:

"This plan really is a little crazy... Do we really need to go this far?"

"We do." Lin Qiye glanced at Baili Pangpang, who was still asleep, and spoke calmly. "I'm not so bad off, but you've spent two years in this country—lurking, hiding, scheming... We've been rats for too long, lying low for too long. Now that we're about to leave, of course we have to collect everything they owe us.

And Baili Pangpang's slumber, Cao Yuan's imprisonment—those debts... we haven't settled them with them yet.

Since we've decided to do this, then let's make it big!

Let this country remember Nightfall's existence forever.

The Oracle Envoys dared to hurt members of our team...

Then we'll

turn everything they have upside down!"

Lin Qiye stood there, gazing at the city beyond the window, a chilling gleam flashing in his eyes.

"...Understood. I'll get moving right away."

An Qingyu hung up the phone.

He stood beside the floor-to-ceiling window at the edge of the Pure Land, looking at his reflection in the glass as his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Qingyu, what happened?" Jiang Er drifted to his side. "All the data has been uploaded, and all the equipment has been shut down. We can activate the Pure Land's self-destruct sequence at any time..."

"No need to self-destruct, at least not yet." An Qingyu pushed up his glasses. Looking down at the supercity below, the corners of his lips rose slightly.

"Our curtain call in this country is about to begin..."

Inside a private room at the club.

Amamiya Haruki sat cross-legged on the floor, Rain Collapse laid across his knees. His eyes were shut, as if he were meditating.

Two knocks sounded at the door. A moment later, it