The Sea Train bound for Spring Queen Island's Saint Poplar City roared across the sea.
Inside the luxurious VIP carriage-
Flashlight and Kalifa sat facing each other on a wraparound sofa.
An entire carriage had been converted into an inn-style suite, complete with a small bar, private bathroom, bedroom, and other facilities.
It was one of the changes brought about after Titans acquired a stake in the Galley-La Company.
"Lord Flashlight... we should be almost there..."
Dressed in a maid outfit, Kalifa gave a light cough and adjusted her glasses. She withdrew her chocolate ice cream, intending to put it back in the lunch box.
The collisions produced by the rigid magnetic field of Flashlight's elemental body were highly realistic.
But since it lacked biological properties, Kalifa did not need to clean the chocolate ice cream and could put it straight back into its packaging.
"Really? Time went by pretty fast."
Tiny arcs flickered over Flashlight's ball lightning head.
Previously, Flashlight had held back during their sparring because Kalifa was an "ordinary person." Now he no longer needed to.
Ever since Kalifa revealed her identity a few days earlier, she had used her Six Powers techniques without restraint, displaying a physique rated at 630 doriki.
Two hundred doriki was already the threshold for being "superhuman."
Kalifa's resilience and fighting spirit were anything but ordinary, too.
And Kami-e, the defensive technique of the Six Powers, allowed her to adapt to an opponent's attacks and control her body with effortless ease, even to the point of changing its shape.
...If she learned Life Return too, wouldn't that mean...
As the Sea Train slowed, the scenery outside changed from blue ocean to a vibrant island. Spring Queen Island lived up to its name: spring lasted all year round here.
"Lord Flashlight, I'm going