(Once you got used to it, Dark Souls in New Game Plus wasn't that hard... about the same as Sekiro, really. The map was just a huge pain.)
On the night of Soul-Calming Night, Bai Ye and the others sat inside the car.
Texas sat in the driver's seat, while Bai Ye occupied the passenger seat, with Exusiai in the back.
The car was parked on the emergency shoulder of the Lungmen Ring Road with its hazard lights on.
"We're just waiting for them here?" Exusiai leaned over the back of Texas's seat, looking rather bored.
"Exusiai, stop moving around..." Texas said helplessly. The halo above Exusiai's head was far too bright, and as it swayed back and forth, the lighting inside the car constantly shifted, making it genuinely dazzling.
"Judging by the time, they should be here soon... which means the other group should be arriving too." Bai Ye checked the time. It was not yet seven.
The person Bai Ye and the others were here to pick up was the son of O'El, the current CEO and chairman of Summit Rush Logistics.
As a courier, he had come to Penguin Logistics for an exchange and study program.
Naturally, this was also the beginning of the plan they had discussed.
"Playing along with everyone is really exhausting... Bai Ye could obviously settle this in an instant..." Exusiai pouted.
"Then let's wrap this up quickly. Once we're done, we can go have fun at the Soul-Calming Night celebration." Bai Ye smiled as he reassured her.
"I knew Bai Ye understood me!" Exusiai gave him a thumbs-up.
"Because I want to attend the celebration too..." Bai Ye muttered to himself. "I heard there'll be a fireworks show afterward. I should definitely go watch it with Texas..."
The Soul-Calming Night carnival was