Journey (Finale)

Year 2305 CE.

North Capital.

It was midsummer. White clouds drifted across the deep blue sky when, suddenly, a black speck rose into view. Then more and more black specks began appearing overhead.

"Hey, isn't flying prohibited over North Capital? And where did all those Mountains and Seas come from?"

At the North Capital flagship branch of Qianjiang Martial Arts Hall, a young man in a trainee uniform saw the black specks through the window and stared in astonishment.

"Those are obviously kites. Don't spout nonsense just because you can't see clearly!"

The coach guiding him through physical training rapped him on the head.

"Kites?"

"I never saw these things when I was a child either. There used to be weather control systems, after all, so toys like these weren't allowed to be manufactured."

The coach sounded somewhat nostalgic. "But I hear they're pretty popular now... Hmm, maybe for the martial arts hall's next team-building event, we could go on an outing and fly kites together!"

"Hey, Coach, speaking of team-building, didn't you always say our chairwoman would attend too? But she's never shown up, no matter how many times we've had one..."

The young man spoke with both complaint and longing. "I saw a photo of the chairwoman. She looks about my age... Ow!"

"You brat, is Chairwoman Jiang Xuan someone you can think about?"

The coach's expression darkened, and he rapped the young man on the head again. "Not just you. The last time the North Martial University Principal came to inspect the place, even he was extremely polite to the chairwoman."

"Huh, the North Martial University Principal is Wang Hou, right? How could he... Gasp, could that rumor be true?" The young man's face suddenly changed.

"What rumor?"

"I once heard an older trainee say that Qianjiang