The Game Can Be Lost, But The Mouth Must Be Foul

The three continued along the light rail tracks. Unlike the morning, Mei Raiden was preoccupied. Even when Kiana repeatedly pestered her, she merely brushed her off absentmindedly. Yu Luo's mind was also filled with thoughts of Bronya, her black thigh-highs and the pure white skin of her absolute territory. No, it was her emotionless words and cold expression that kept replaying in his mind.

"Fine, fine, I'll go with you to chase that girl!" Kiana finally exclaimed, unable to stand the heavy atmosphere any longer, and threw her hands up in resignation.

"Really?" Mei Raiden's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Kiana with anticipation. Yu Luo also turned to look at Kiana.

"Sigh..." Kiana let out a deep sigh, unusually serious. "There's an abandoned train over there. Let's see if we can use it. Walking is too slow."

"Thank you, Kiana!" Mei Raiden excitedly hugged Kiana. Kiana's serious expression vanished instantly, replaced by a perverted grin. Yu Luo saw it and was certain that this idiot's obsession with Mei was, just like his own obsession with good looks, already in the late stages and completely hopeless.

The three of them crammed into the train parked nearby. The carriages were filled with boxes, none of which had any markings. They had no idea what was inside.

"It seems these robots were transporting these things, and they just happened to run into us, so we eliminated them all," Yu Luo mused, stroking his chin. Kiana rolled her eyes. "Can you say something more meaningful?"

The door to the front of the train was locked. Mei Raiden cleanly sliced the lock in half with a single strike. The three of them took turns entering. Kiana took the lead, sitting down at the control console and operating it with a serious expression. Yu Luo's head hurt just looking at the complex buttons and levers, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe towards Kiana.

"I didn't expect you to know how to drive a light rail. Did your dad teach you in Hawaii?"

"I don't know how to drive it!" Kiana said matter-of-factly.

"What the heck? If you don't know how to drive it, what are you even doing?"

"Relax, relax! This stuff is easy!" Kiana waved her hand dismissively. "Anyway, as long as I press all the buttons, one of them has to be the start button!" With that, she began pressing buttons on the console with a speed that would make men fall silent and women weep.

Whether Mei Raiden shed tears was unknown, but Yu Luo certainly fell silent. He raised his right hand and delivered a sharp chop to Kiana's head. "Ouch!" Kiana, tears welling in her eyes, clutched her head and glared at Yu Luo. "What was that for!"

"Get out of the way, I'll do it!" Yu Luo had transformed into his Billy the Kid state. He pulled Kiana from the driver's seat, sat down himself, closed his eyes, and placed his hands on the control console, activating Billy the Kid's Inherent Skill: Riding C+.

According to the system, the Riding Inherent Skill could control all mounts, and vehicles like airplanes and trains were included. However, Yu Luo wasn't sure if Billy the Kid's C+ level Riding skill could pilot a light rail. Still, he figured it would be at least better than Kiana's random button-mashing.

"Hmph, putting on a show!" Kiana grumbled from the side. Yu Luo opened his eyes. The knowledge of how to operate a light rail had somehow been completely downloaded into his mind. Facing Kiana's muttering, Yu Luo grinned. "Let me show you the skills of the Akina Mountain driver!"

With that, Yu Luo pressed the start button. The light rail train slowly began to move, gradually picking up speed until it was speeding along the tracks. Yu Luo proudly said to Mei Raiden, "What do you think, Mei? Am I more reliable than this white-haired girl!"

"Do you have a license to drive a light rail? You're driving without a license!" Kiana picked a fight.

"Huh? You need a license to drive a light rail?" Yu Luo was dumbfounded.

"If you're hungry, you eat. If you're killed, you die. So, of course, you need a license to drive!"

"..."

The light rail showed no signs of stopping despite Yu Luo and Kiana's bickering. It sped along the tracks towards an unknown destination. After nearly two hours of travel, Kiana, bored, fiddled with the twin pistols in her hands and impatiently said, "Where are we even going? We've been driving for so long, we could have crossed the entire Changkong City by now. Are we heading into the enemy's lair?"

"Alright Kiana, we should be there soon," Mei Raiden comforted Kiana, but her uncertain tone sounded more like she was trying to convince herself.

"Screech!" The entire train car suddenly let out a piercing screech as its speed rapidly decreased. Kiana and Mei Raiden jolted, nearly falling to the ground.

"There's no road ahead. We've arrived!" Yu Luo stated concisely. He drew the revolver holstered at his waist. Kiana and Mei Raiden exchanged glances and gripped their weapons. The three of them stood together behind the closing train doors.

"Ching!" The light rail doors slowly opened. Yu Luo, with his B-rank Agility, squeezed through the half-open door and was the first to see a massive hangar. As far as the eye could see, it was filled with the Titans they had fought earlier, lined up row after row. There was no telling how many there were.

"Hiss!" Kiana and Mei Raiden gasped in unison at the scene before them. Meanwhile, the electronic eyes of two patrolling robot squads turned red, and they aimed their machine guns at the three. A soulless electronic voice sounded, "Intruder detected. According to Directive Three, eliminate on sight!"

"Kiana, you jinx!" Yu Luo leaned forward, sprinting forward at a ground-hugging angle, dodging the machine-gun fire from the two robot squads. He then took a moment in the blind spot of their firepower to fire two shots, destroying the electronic eyes of two robots.

"Why don't you blame yourself for driving us here? Did you take money from that girl!" Kiana retorted verbally, but her movements remained agile as she took out another robot in a quick strike.

"Yeah, she said she'd give me a good hug if we succeeded. I thought that sounded pretty good," Yu Luo continued his actions without missing a beat, still bickering with Kiana.

Mei Raiden was finally fed up with their endless bickering. Her sword flashed, and she tore a robot to pieces. "Can you two please be serious for once and act appropriately during a fight?!" she yelled in exasperation.

Yu Luo and Kiana exchanged a look. Their eyes met, and they instantly reached a consensus: "We might lose the fight, but we can't stop the trash talk. This is our battle!"

"Ahhh! I'm done with you two!" Mei Raiden charged into the robots in despair. With a flash of her blade, the sword net woven by Hokushin Itto-ryu sliced all the robots into pieces.

After what was, for Yu Luo and Kiana, a rather intense battle, the three-person squad had completely cleared out the robots in the hangar. Yu Luo felt fortunate that perhaps these Titans in the hangar were unfinished products, as none of them had been activated during the engagement.

"Clang... clang..." Kiana curiously tapped the motionless steel monsters twice, walking around them. "Huh, why is there no cockpit on this thing? I wanted to try driving it!"

"What are you thinking..." Yu Luo was despairing of Kiana's intelligence. "There's a Honkai outbreak happening in Changkong City right now. All living beings will be infected by the Honkai. It's obvious these things are designed for unmanned operation, controlled by AI!"

"Perhaps these things haven't moved because the AI hasn't been installed yet," Mei Raiden added, building on Yu Luo's words.

"Tch!" Kiana instantly lost interest in these things that couldn't be driven and urged the other two, "Let's find a way out of here quickly! We have to teach that self-willed brat a lesson!"

"Aren't you the self-willed one?" Yu Luo thought to himself, but he didn't say it out loud. Just then, Mei Raiden let out a surprised cry, drawing both their attention.

"What is it, Mei?"

"Here..." Mei pointed to the ground in the center of the hangar. A horizontal S-shaped logo was printed on it, with the words "ME Corp" next to it. It was the same logo as on the [Imouto Juice] drink Yu Luo had found at Senba Academy.

"This is the ME Corp building!" Mei Raiden said in disbelief.