Wailing Wastes.
When Tide Sis and Ling An arrived at the coordinates Aalto had left them, the Jiting Ruins came into view.
Along with Aalto and Encore, who stood at the edge of the hillside.
"The mighty river's waters come from heaven..." Aalto sighed in admiration as he gazed at the scenery below.
Encore immediately picked up where he left off, reciting, "Encore's belly has room for a boat."
"What a poem! A truly splendid poem!" Ling An praised from behind them.
"You're finally here. We've been waiting forever." Aalto sounded as flippant as ever.
"Nonsense! We could've stayed with Kitty, but Aalto insisted on leaving first!" Encore expertly undercut him.
"Hehe, never mind that. How much do you know about Jiting?"
Ling An and Tide Sis exchanged a glance, then both shook their heads.
"All right, looks like I'll have to explain."
Aalto pushed up his sunglasses with a finger.
"Jiting was an extremely mysterious research organization. They were famous for their mechanical arts, but what really deserved attention was their assortment of bizarre experiments."
Ling An nodded thoughtfully.
Back in the Flaming Sea, they had relied on a product of Jiting's past research-the Explosive Lance.
Only then had they broken through the Glacio Rider's Flamebloom shield.
This organization's capabilities were not to be underestimated.
"The most mysterious part was that one day, every member of Jiting vanished, just like that!"
"Oh? Where did they go?" Tide Sis asked curiously.
Aalto gave a mysterious smile. "According to the last words left behind by that mysterious Jiting professor, it went like this-"
Several pairs of eyes turned toward Aalto.
He spread his arms with an ostentatious flourish and raised his chin. "Want the fruits of my experiments? Go to the Jiting Ruins. I left all my riches there..."
Ling An