Nangong Saya rubbed her hands around the cup as she explained to Fang Cheng why she had come here.
It had started two days ago. Early that morning, she had just opened the door of her auto repair shop to get ready for business when she saw someone covered in blood collapsed outside.
She had been about to call the police when she realized it was an old friend she had lost contact with years ago. She never expected they would meet again under these circumstances.
Her friend was on the brink of death. With their last breath, they gave Nangong Saya an item and a string of numbers, asking her to take the item to Machine City.
Just after Nangong Saya had finished dealing with her friend's body, enemies who had come out of nowhere began attacking her auto repair shop.
Nangong Saya defeated them, hurriedly packed her things, and left Tokyo. She made it all the way to Aomori Prefecture without incident.
She had thought she would be in the clear once she crossed the strait, but the enemies had already dug a trap on the coast and were waiting for her.
If Fang Cheng hadn't descended like a Celestial God, she would have been in for it tonight.
After hearing her story, Fang Cheng asked, puzzled, "What's so unlucky about that?"
Nangong Saya sighed. "I was living my life just fine, and then this suddenly happened. My auto repair shop's a complete mess, and it'll cost a fortune to renovate when I get back. Tell me, is that unlucky or not?"
That really was pretty unlucky. The whole thing had been a losing proposition.
"That Baldy was probably from Machine City. Why didn't you just hand the item over to him and be done with it?"
Fang