"The weather is a little strange. It feels like the sun came out in no time at all." Long Aotian took off his shirt too, revealing his undershirt and the black number on his back. He didn't care in the slightest if anyone saw his number, and even made a point of showing off the tattoo he'd customized.
"You can't get a tattoo over the number, but you can get one next to it. What do you think of my beast breaking out of its cage?"
Most people weren't interested in his tattoo. Only Xie Ling looked at it curiously a couple of times, then said, "I wanted a tattoo before too, but my boyfriend was strongly against it, so I never got one."
"Girl, that's no good. How can you give up something you want to do for a partner?" Long Aotian took a drink of water. "If my girlfriend didn't let me, I'd definitely break up with her."
"Whether we broke up or not, it wouldn't make a difference. He's dead anyway," Xie Ling said, unconcerned.
"That's a little harsh," Long Aotian said meaningfully.
"It wasn't me," Xie Ling quickly explained. "Who'd kill someone over a tattoo? I'm not a psychopath. He evolved, then went out to show off and got himself killed."
"Smooth!" Long Aotian gave her a thumbs-up.
Xie Ling smiled shyly, then glanced at the time. "It's already noon?"
That was right. They'd left the Wax Figure Museum at dawn, when it was only six in the morning. Getting to the others, resting, and then coming to the Mannequin Building couldn't possibly have taken six hours.
"Could our perception be off?" The middle-aged man hurriedly checked his game panel. "The time on my watch matches the instance time shown by the game."
After they arrived