"Bai Ying? You've got to be kidding!"
Sato Yu had only just walked into the first-floor lobby with the two girls when Bai Ying spotted two faces she knew all too well.
"Well, look at that. I was just wondering where to find you. Seems I won't have to go to all that trouble after all." Sato Yu turned slightly, making room for Bai Ying as if introducing a guest. "Is this a case of 'old friends meeting and shedding tears'?"
"Why did they send you, of all people, you half-baked rookie? Where are Brother Bing and the others?" Meng Changqing couldn't believe he was seeing Bai Ying here. "Did Brother Bing come too? No way. That would leave Xuanse Cangqiong without a mech to defend it..."
"Watch your manners, Changqing." His older brother, Meng Changkong, promptly took over. "Bai Ying, did Brother Liu and Brother Zhang come with you this time?"
"No. Just like your brother said, they had to stay behind to defend Xuanse Cangqiong. Our legion only sent Xingtian and me to provide support this time." Bai Ying was still clearly at odds with Meng Changqing, but they got along much better than before, when every meeting ended in an argument.
"What do you mean, you and Xingtian? You're the one piloting Xingtian." Meng Changqing retorted irritably. "You make it sound like two mechs came. What, can you transform into a mech, and Xingtian move on its own?"
"You really are a little prophet. Reminds me of the fortune-tellers I ran into in your Gan Kingdom!" Sato Yu couldn't help laughing. "But you only got half of it right."
"Huh?" Meng Changqing clearly didn't understand what Sato Yu meant. He also noticed that even Bean was laughing along.
"I can't transform, but I do have a new