Fortress Falls (Part One)

The Main Story of Starting from the Mechanical Hunter, Volume One, Chapter Thirty-One: Fortress Falls. "Let me think, let me think. Where should I start?"

The young Huang Juan rubbed his face vigorously.

"Right, I should start with Huang Juan's death. Of course, I mean his real death, not that fake death riddled with loopholes."

"Don't you want to know how he died?"

Yagami Motoko took a deep breath and looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar face. Her emotions were filled with absurdity.

"Of course he was killed by the Cloud Nobles. Do you know what he wanted to do? He wanted to collect the Cloud Nobles' keys. He wanted to join forces with the Fortress and borrow the planetary mainframe's power to completely destroy those twelve keys."

"Once the keys were destroyed, do you know what would happen? The envoys of the Civilization Council, the organization that ruled the entire universe, would descend. At that point, he would apply to the Civilization Council's envoys for 'civilization asylum,' using the Civilization Council's power to protect this damned planet!"

"And then he died—killed by the Cloud Nobles, killed by the monsters in the starry sky he talked about!"

The young Huang Juan chuckled.

"I know you have a lot of questions right now. Come, come, I'll answer them for you one by one."

Yagami Motoko opened her mouth, only to find that her throat seemed blocked. She could not utter a single word.

Agent J was silent for a while before saying:

"What is your relationship with Huang Juan? And what is the relationship between the Fortress and the 'Fortress'?"

"Good question!"

The young Huang Juan put an arm around Zero's shoulder, only to be pushed away expressionlessly.

The clown Huang Juan did not mind. Grinning, he said:

"Have all kinds