No one objected to Old Yang's suggestion.
They would leave Pom-Pom to Himeko, then.
"So... Pom-Pom said we were about to run out of fuel..." Stelle said worriedly.
"Although Pom-Pom was mostly venting at the time... what the Conductor said was true."
Old Yang looked at Stelle and Jiang Yu. "Ever since you two joined us, the Express has spent longer than expected at every stop.
"To make sure everyone was aboard, Pom-Pom had to keep postponing the warp schedule."
"I see... no wonder I often heard Pom-Pom pacing anxiously in the corridor," Dan Heng said.
"So the Conductor has been quietly doing so much for us, too." March 7th was a little touched.
"That's why I suggested a major overhaul of the Express ages ago. What's wrong with burning Fragmentum creatures directly as fuel...?" Jiang Yu said. "Or how about letting Black Cleave bring the Express to life? That would make things much simpler."
"For the sake of Pom-Pom's mental stability, please rein in your powers, Little Fish..." Stelle said.
A light appeared in Old Yang's eyes as he looked at Jiang Yu.
To be honest, deep down, he supported Jiang Yu's suggestion. But Pom-Pom would certainly never agree, given how many times Jiang Yu's proposals to modify the Express had already been rejected.
The main reason was that Jiang Yu's ideas were nothing like ordinary modifications.
Still, Old Yang thought turning it into something like a Galactic Express Machine God would be incredibly cool and stylish!
Unfortunately, Pom-Pom would never let him and Jiang Yu put their little schemes into practice.
That brought them right back to square one-since Jiang Yu was incapable of making ordinary modifications to the Express, Pom-Pom would never let him work on it... no, as long as Jiang Yu was around, Pom-Pom probably