A moment later.
"Consider yourselves lucky."
The old man waved his robe, looking down from on high at March 7th and Yan Huan, who was back in his wheelchair.
"Others would break their heads trying to get this errand, yet you happened to run into me today."
"Tell me first, why are you here?"
He scrutinized the two members of the Express Crew.
"So why am I here?" Yan Huan also cast a quizzical look at March 7th.
In his memory, his body should have been standing by on the Star Rail Express, which would ensure his safety and serve as a line of defense for the train.
Yet now... how had he ended up in this middle-of-nowhere place again?
Faced with their questioning, March 7th put her hands behind her back and smiled awkwardly:
"This thing... well, it's a bit complicated to explain, so let's skip it for now."
"Anyway, Peipei's probably been waiting a while, so I'll go fetch her first, heh."
As her voice trailed off, March 7th sprinted toward the withered yellow grass in the distance.
Immediately afterward, the old man and Yan Huan watched with their own eyes as she ran back empty-handed.
"N-no, it's bad, Peipei is gone!"
March 7th began to panic.
"I told her to wait for me over there just now, so how could she be gone?"
"You're crazy enough to leave me on the side, why couldn't you let General Peipei stay on the side?" Yan Huan demanded.
"I already told you I was afraid of awakening her primal instincts!" March 7th pressed her hands against her head, crying out at the top of her lungs:
"Just think about it, she ate that thing, and then laughed as she gave you a lick..."
"I think we'd better go find Peipei