Because the television corresponding to William and the others had encountered a playback problem, a burst of footsteps soon came from between the passageways.
A repairman whose entire head had been replaced with a large video-recording device hurried over.
Multiple parts of his body had been modified with metal—not advanced cables or chips,
but crude metal pipes, copper wires, and instrument panels, giving him a nostalgic metal-punk feel.
The repairman's spine extended outward, connecting to a retractable metal hose that led beyond the corner at the end of the current passageway.
When he reached the television,
the repairman's seemingly normal arm split open, revealing Swiss-army-knife-like components inside. After a round of rapid repairs, the television returned to normal.
The footage playing on the television once again returned to the airplane,
where the half-goat girl, the silent young man, and the fat otaku were sitting in Row Thirteen.
After watching the video tape for a while and confirming that there were no problems, the repairman directly welded with his fingers, sealing the skin of his arm back together. It seemed he still had other work orders to handle, and he soon left.
William and the others emerged once again from an inconspicuous corner, holding up Smiling Black Hole umbrellas.
Yi Chen looked at the repaired television and at "himself" endlessly repeating a death loop inside it.
"Is this the 'student' you prepared in advance?"
"Yep! They've been following us ever since we got off the plane. Once we came in here, they disguised themselves as us, picked up the cameras from the ground again, and waited for a new round of the loop.
"I even implanted brain cells from the three of us into their little brains. It couldn't be more perfect!"
William suddenly changed topics. "That repairman's 'stance' just now