At Kid's request, all the passengers had been moved to economy class, and the flight attendants had gone along to maintain order. First class was suddenly empty.
In the other cabins, a train attendant's sweet voice flowed from the speakers: "Dear passengers, the aircraft just experienced noticeable turbulence due to airflow. We have promptly changed our route and are now heading for New Chitose Airport. Please remain seated and fasten your seat belts."
Okiya Subaru: "..." Airflow? Was that airflow named Uzo?
By now, with the plane pitching and jolting, his heart had already weathered enough storms. His eyes were vacant, and he seemed utterly calm.
Before Uzo, his strength was still far too insignificant. Give up and wait to hear fate's arrangements.
Amid everyone's differing emotions, the plane descended lower and lower, gradually approaching the pier.
Hashimoto Maya looked out the window and compared the view with the images in the book. "That's right, this is Sakimori Pier at Muroran Port! The landing site we found earlier... is a little farther to the left, on the other side of Hakucho Bridge."
As he spoke, he tried to point out the conspicuous Hakucho Bridge to Jiang Xia so he could confirm their bearings.
However, once Hashimoto Maya got a clear look at the night scene outside, his heart suddenly skipped a beat—the brightly lit bridge was indeed easy to locate, but the "runway" they needed on the other side was surrounded by almost no lighting at all.
In other words, everything below was pitch-black. Unlike the clearly visible terrain on the map, they could not tell where the sea was, where the mountains were, or where they could land. And that planned "runway" was only barely long enough to stop the plane in the first place. Under these circumstances,