Why the Investigation Mission?

Kiana's behavior left Himeko somewhat puzzled, but overall, everyone had spent the ride in peace.

At some point, Theresa had fallen asleep against Himeko.

At some point, Kiana's attention had been drawn to the scenery outside the window, and she was now pulling Mei along to look at it.

Bronya and An had more or less finished talking as well. They had not argued much; An had merely promised Bronya that she would go back after this trip to the seaside.

Fortunately, An had not told anyone that Nu Ba was Xu Yanwu's clone. Xu Yanwu had been monitoring everything on the bus the whole time, and keeping his nerves constantly taut was exhausting.

As for Chaos, it was even more exhausted.

It had to maintain its current not-too-big, not-too-small form at all times, while a female version of its creator sat beside it, keeping watch over it. Chaos felt like it could lose two pounds after getting off the bus this time.

Yae Sakura, on the other hand, sat quietly in her seat, as though nothing around her could possibly interest her.

For a moment, Yae Sakura looked like one of those enlightened monks from legend...

Of course, that might have been more convincing if not for the King Humo comic book in her hands.

"Phew..." After confirming that there were no problems between An and Bronya, Xu Yanwu finally relaxed his taut nerves and let out a long breath.

That breath caught Fu Hua's attention.

Fu Hua asked with concern, "Xu Yanwu, what's wrong?"

Fu Hua thought for a moment, then asked Xu Yanwu, "Is it because we're almost at the beach?"

"No, I was just letting out a breath."

Xu Yanwu waved his hand.

"Come to think of it, a long time ago, back then, we went