Chapter 391: Pros and cons × staff × outside the station
Joey and the others were using Beyond entirely as a scout to test the way ahead.
They were in no hurry to get off. Along the way, they had noticed certain patterns: the train stopped at larger stations for three to five minutes.
Only at small stations did the train leave after a brief stop of just over a minute.
The station the train was entering now was clearly one where it would stop for at least three minutes.
Besides, they could wait until the warning sounded at the doors before getting off.
The platform was not deserted, either. A group of uniformed staff stood in the station, waiting for the train to stop. Once the many carts began getting off alongside Beyond and his companions, the staff began boarding.
Beyond and the others, who held tickets, were ignored outright.
Beyond and his companions merely glanced at the staff before following the carts toward the station exit.
Joey and the others aboard the train, on the other hand, were targeted the moment the staff boarded.
There were thirteen staff members, roughly one for each carriage.
The staff member in Joey's carriage took out a special machine!
Its function was apparent at a glance: a Ticket-Checking Machine. What made it special, however, was the strange God Script incorporated into it.
After just one look and a little thought, Ging and Joey understood roughly how the Ticket-Checking Machine worked. They also understood why Beyond and the others had avoided attacks simply by holding tickets.
They even had a guess as to why Beyond had been unable to detect them.
The Ticket-Checking Machine left a mark on the person whose ticket it checked.
Without understanding such a God Script mark, Joey and