Ignoring Gin's unreasonable tantrum, Jiang Xia put away his phone and continued devoting himself to the righteous cause of evacuating passengers.
Before long, the train reached the nearest station.
One door after another opened, and the train attendants announced over the speakers in slightly trembling voices, "We're here! Please line up, stay calm, and leave the cars in an orderly manner!"
Officer Sato: ...But you yourselves don't look very calm... Well, Hokkaido probably didn't have a high crime rate, so the attendants rarely dealt with emergencies like this.
In any case, since the train had stopped early, there was plenty of time to evacuate the passengers.
The passengers hurried off the train. In one of the cars, the members of the Phantom Magic Troupe also packed up their belongings and prepared to get off.
In her haste, the Apprentice Magician with the round face trembled, and her little wooden puppet fell to the floor with a clatter.
She stopped and bent down to pick it up. Behind her, Yumi, the "Mermaid Princess," hurriedly hit the brakes. Seeing the apprentice magician's flustered state, the Mermaid Princess snorted coldly. "You're so clumsy. You can make a mistake even while running for your life—why are you blocking the way? Are you trying to get us killed?"
The Apprentice Magician snatched up the puppet and quickly apologized. "Sorry, I'm leaving right now."
The Prop Master behind them laughed and tried to mediate. "All right, all right. Picking up a puppet won't delay us more than a few seconds. But you, Mermaid Princess, do you know that getting angry all the time makes you age early and turn into an old woman?"
As he said "old woman," he flipped his palm, and a magic card depicting an old witch suddenly appeared between his fingers.
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