On March 17, the second day of Operation Bronze, Caesar and Zero of Team B went into the water first to find an entrance to the Bronze City, while Lu Mingfei and Nono of Team A waited aboard the ship for their turn.
"We're not going to spend all our time looking for the way in, are we? You suspect the Dragon King Norton is incubating a body inside. We should blast an opening, even if we have to use bombs," Lu Mingfei said.
"It takes a Dragon King more than half a year to grow a usable giant body," Manstein said. "If we still haven't found an entrance today, we'll try using bombs."
"They're coming up." Nono poked Lu Mingfei.
The two ropes reeled in rapidly. Lu Mingfei waited by the ship's rail, and before long, a white figure surfaced, rising slowly with the rope.
Lu Mingfei reached out and caught the person in the white diving suit. "Thanks for the hard work, Zero."
The deck was so slippery that Zero stumbled and fell into Lu Mingfei's arms. He hurriedly caught her, retreating two steps under the force of her impact.
Lu Mingfei lowered his head, looked at the girl against his chest, and said, "Are you all right?"
Zero took off her helmet. "I felt the vibrations in your chest. Were you talking to me just now?"
"I said this white diving suit really suits you. It looks great." Only then did Lu Mingfei remember that Zero couldn't clearly hear what people outside were saying with her helmet on.
"Why isn't anyone here to welcome me?" Caesar said regretfully. "I think this gold diving suit suits me very well too."
"Oh, please. Sparkling gold like that, you'd practically be a magnet for enemy fire on a battlefield," Nono