After learning how to deal with the Sessho-seki, Fang Cheng and Kamikawa Takumi agreed to divide the work and cooperate.
Fang Cheng would stay by Kanzaki Rin's side while searching for a way to help her harness the Sessho-seki's power.
Kamikawa Takumi, meanwhile, would go out and look for Tamamo-no-Mae. He would search Area 11 first, then go abroad if he couldn't find her.
However, they wouldn't act until two months later. The main reason was to wait for Kanzaki Rin to seize control of Machine City. He would also be a major force in the fighting while he stayed.
Besides, the aftereffects of Kanzaki Rin's Level 4 Enhancement would appear in two months. Although Fang Cheng had said the problem was already solved, Kamikawa Takumi wasn't reassured. He needed to see with his own eyes that his little sister was all right.
Everyone except the Resistance Organization had arrived, so Fang Cheng decided they would enter Machine City and settle in first. There was no need to go around in public with the Resistance Organization.
Using the Yuguang Family's influence, Yuguang Qingxue found a spacious ferry and took the group across the strait in the middle of the night.
On the boat, everyone looked back at Honshu Island. They would be settling in Machine City from now on, and no one knew when they would be able to return to Tokyo.
"Hey, there are people over there."
Sato Mai's surprised voice sounded especially clear in the pitch-black night.
Everyone looked in the direction she pointed and saw shadowy figures all along the shore, lining up to board the small boats moored there.
The smuggling ringleader heard them and glared over with a menacing look.
But when he saw that Sato Mai and the others were riding a large boat,