"Oh, right, I also beat up a monkey that disguised itself as a teacher and snuck into the school..."
"That sounded... pleasant and full of vitality." Kryudera curled her lips into an unreadable smile, her fingertips lightly tapping against the side of her glass with a crisp, faint sound. "Perhaps after Amphoreus is rebuilt, it too may have peaceful days like this, far from war and troubled only by the restlessness of youth."
Before long, Dan Heng entered from the connection between the cars.
He was still dressed in those simple clothes, his expression calm.
His gaze swept across the car before settling first on Yan Huan, who sat by the bar with utter boredom written across his back.
"Yan Huan, does your phone have internet?" Dan Heng walked over and asked directly.
"No." Without turning around, Yan Huan kept staring out the window, drawing circles on the bar with one finger while his body swayed faintly to the jazz music from atop his stool. "You found a way? Where were you earlier?"
"Anaxa and Hysilens wanted to consult the train's historical records in Datank, so I accompanied them."
Dan Heng explained, but did not stop walking.
He passed Yan Huan and headed straight for an inconspicuous spot in the corner of the car, close to the wall.
Several data cables of different colors lay scattered across the floor there, connected to a multi-outlet power strip. At some point, the power strip's plug had come halfway loose, hanging precariously from the wall socket.
Dan Heng crouched slightly, avoiding the cables at his feet. He reached out and pressed the loose plug firmly back into the wall outlet with his fingertips, producing a soft click.
At once, the screen of the phone Yan Huan had casually tossed onto the bar lit