"What?" Jiu Ming shook his head in confusion. "Forget it. No matter what it is, if there's no chance to use it, it's just trash."
The entire Imperial Capital had now become an empty city. The only area showing any signs of activity was the quarantine zone, but there were basically no living people left there. Jiu Ming went over to take a look, found nothing, and did not waste any more time.
"A grand fireworks display? What is that?" Sitting atop a mountain, Haruhi used binoculars to watch the tranquil Imperial Capital in the distance. Well, outside the Imperial Capital, it was anything but tranquil. With such a huge crowd gathered there out of nowhere, how could it possibly be peaceful?
Jiu Ming had been fairly conscientious about this. He had sent everyone left in the Imperial Capital to one place. Otherwise, if he had casually dropped them somewhere else, they might have ended up as dinner for some dangerous beast.
"Is it starting?" Haruhi was not the only one watching. The members of Night Raid were there too. They all wanted to see what would become of this thousand-year-old capital.
The drastic change came just as they watched intently. Thick, heavy storm clouds suddenly blanketed the clear sky. Strangely, the clouds covered only the Imperial Capital.
[Be careful. Something unexpected may happen.]
Jiu Ming silently watched as the skies darkened beneath the clouds. Something unexpected... Thinking of how Ninth Sister had urged him earlier, he felt that this was completely for show. Panel-kun had said it before: the greater the change wrought upon a world, the more benefits could be gained from the Mysterious Shop. In other words, she had done this deliberately!
Jiu Ming even suddenly felt that Ninth Sister might stage a completely insane, world-scale disaster,