After all the fireworks had ended, the crowd began to disperse in groups, their voices filled with a sense of emotion and satisfaction.
Fang Ran kept watching as the lights on the fairy-tale castle went out.
Then he noticed that the young girl sitting beside him had somehow fallen asleep against him. He gave a helpless little laugh.
Then he carefully picked her up.
He lightly jumped down from the wall of light, but did not blend into the crowd. Since the girl was asleep, there was no need to put her through the exhausting trip back by plane.
Holding Ling in his arms, Fang Ran streaked through the night sky in the direction he remembered.
Concealing himself, blocking the rushing air, and releasing tiny sparks so that the figure in his arms would not feel cold, Fang Ran finally arrived at Yota's residence, which he had visited before.
He figured that young man was probably sweating away in the underground Training Ground right now. Almost a month had passed; he wondered how Yota was doing.
Activating that simplified Leap-Space Hub, Fang Ran heard Ai Ma's clone speak.
"Participant—Fang Ran. Identity confirmed. Spatial transit authorization granted."
"Spatial transit has been configured."
Then, carrying the sleeping Ling, he returned from Magic City to Beijing in an instant. After the spatial beacon transfer, he used the 'Night Roam' teleportation device deeper underground.
It took only a few minutes for Fang Ran to get from Disneyland back to The Cabin at Jing University.
It was already nearly nine at night. The girls had all gone downstairs to their rooms, so Fang Ran hooked open the door with the fingers of his right hand, which was still holding Ling.
He saw Meng Lang, who had somehow found a desk lamp and placed it on