"...So, are we arresting them or not..."
"...Disturbing public order. Issue a warning and—"
"Ring ring ring—"
Just as Ch'en was about to continue, her communicator suddenly rang.
She looked at the caller... Wei Yenwu.
After a moment of silence, she accepted the call...
"Old Ch'en?"
Hoshiguma looked at Ch'en's dazed expression after she finished the call.
"So, are we arresting them or not? Or just warn them and disperse them—"
"...Leave them alone. Wait until they leave."
"Huh?"
"Wei Yenwu said it would be best if the Lungmen Guard Department didn't get involved. It could easily cause diplomatic issues."
"Diplomatic... diplomatic issues? Wait, diplomatic issues?!!! Yan's diplomacy?"
"What else could it be?"
The wings belonging to a certain... enormous flesh-and-blood butterfly slowly unfolded at last.
The Butterfly's Wings, Fluttering and Fluttering (Part 2)
Doctor.
Evil spirit.
Medic.
Commander.
Leader.
Unfamiliar titles surfaced in her mind from time to time, crashing against her thoughts.
It felt as though her head were about to explode.
Scrape... scrape...
The black-haired woman hiding in Chernobog's garbage dump curled up and clutched her aching head.
Damn it... I'm hungry again...
She stood and rummaged through the nearby piled-up trash bins... The clothes she had grabbed had eased the cold, but they could not solve her food problem.
She had spent part of her money on that Terra guidebook, and used the rest to buy quite a few large, dry, hard loaves of Ursus leba bread.
But she did not intend to eat them right away. According to the guide... this city was actually a giant transport ship moving across the wilderness. If she truly escaped from it, what awaited her next—
Would be an even harsher wilderness.
The leba bread she had on hand was dry and hard, but it was undoubtedly proper