Danger Approaches

Baisha City had been getting livelier and livelier lately. Police cars often sped through streets and alleys, and within just a few days, news of fugitives being caught was everywhere.

The locals of Baisha City all knew that Flying Cameras were gradually being installed in places with heavy foot traffic.

Some passersby familiar with GD Racers noticed that these Flying Cameras were the same model used during the tournament.

This inevitably made people wonder whether Liang Xing Toys Factory had some kind of partnership with the police.

Although linking toys to the police sounded rather ridiculous, quite a few people connected it to A Lie's livestream accident—the time Goblinmon appeared and he claimed it was a special effect.

There had indeed been police questioning at the end of that incident. The irresponsible speculation of netizens had actually hit the mark!

A Lie had not streamed these past few days because he was afraid netizens would press him for answers.

On October 18, the thirteenth day of the ninth lunar month and Liang Xing's twenty-second birthday, the teaser trailer was uploaded across the internet simultaneously.

A Lie could finally stream openly and confidently again.

In truth, there had been no need for him to stop streaming. Liang Xing had not asked him to keep it secret either.

But he felt that before this relatively official promotional video was released, mere verbal descriptions might not have been enough to convey the shock he had felt at the time.

Although the video still could not compare to experiencing it in person, the trailer was mainly meant to give Baisha City residents a warning in advance.

Don't make a fuss. As long as you didn't court death yourself, Digimon generally would not actively attack strangers.

Liang Xing had that much moral integrity.

If it had not been A Lie at the scene, he definitely would not have let Goblinmon greet him with its finishing move.

???A Lie, get out here! Didn't you say it was a special effect? Since when did your special effects play live in sync?

The highest-liked comment under the trailer called A Lie out by name.

If they had not seen the trailer today, they really would not have thought much of it.

After all, they had only seen Goblinmon appear. Once A Lie explained it, viewers who were there for fun joined in the cheering. The people who genuinely questioned it were basically drowned out by a flood of gawking bullet comments, leaving them with no choice but to send private messages or investigate on their own.

But ultimately, the incident had happened too suddenly, and the livestream had cut off directly. They had no other way of learning the truth.

Given Parallel World's crackdown on rumors, no one really dared discuss it openly for fear of being labeled as spreading rumors.

At most, it became a Baisha City urban legend, but even three-year-olds in Parallel World knew such things were fake.

For all those reasons, they did not learn the truth until the trailer was released.

There was only one line in everyone's mind—That bastard A Lie had fooled them!

Did this count as payback for all the mockery they had thrown at him in his livestream room?

In any case, when A Lie started streaming again, his popularity nearly matched the peak from when he won the tournament not long ago.

At the same time, three foreigners emerged from Baisha City Airport.

"What's that flying in the sky?" (Liberty Federation language. Unless otherwise specified, all future conversations are in the official language.)

"I don't know. Let's find an agent first."

"Hey~ hey! We should relax first! This is Huaxia!"

All three had dark skin and were tall, muscular men.

Standing at the airport entrance, they made passersby walk around them.

"Look! Huaxian men are afraid of us. Hey—! That Huaxian girl is looking at me. She likes me!"

"Keep your lower half under control." One of them—codenamed Black Demon—ignored him and hailed a taxi with his duffel bag in hand.

"Colorful International Hotel." His Huaxian was extremely fluent, making the taxi driver glance at them a few more times.

"Your Huaxian is really good. What do you do?"

"Teachers! We're all teachers!" Another man—codenamed Teacher—also had a basic grasp of Huaxian.

He took the initiative to chat with the driver and casually found out what those little things flying in the sky were.

"Those things are freaking awesome! They've caught damn near every fugitive these past few days!" The driver was definitely exaggerating, but Baisha City's public security had indeed seemed rather unstable lately.

The police were out arresting people every day, and every arrest was a fugitive. Unless someone had completely altered their appearance, hardly anyone slipped through the net.

"Get out!"

"Pull over ahead!" (Huaxian)

"What's going on?" The driver was still confused. Why were they suddenly getting out in the middle of such a pleasant conversation?

"Thanks, driver!" (Huaxian)

Black Demon paid the fare and got out without saying anything else.

The three looked around, and only after confirming there were no small flying devices nearby did they pull down their hat brims and hurry away.

"Weirdos." The taxi driver grumbled, but he did not think much of it.

Professional drivers like him had seen countless strange people.

He had even heard of people jumping out of moving cars!

Passengers getting out halfway through a ride were far too common.

But not long afterward, the driver was stopped by traffic police.

"Sorry, sir. Could you please identify whether these three men were your passengers just now?"

The traffic officer showed his credentials and footage. The driver had cooperated with the police before, and after briefly freezing, he quickly understood.

"I could tell those people were no good! They got out near Baisha University Jinhu Campus, at the Jinhu Road intersection. Oh no! My son goes to school there!" The driver panicked and reached for his phone to make a call.

"Sir, sir! Don't panic!" The traffic officer hurriedly stopped him. He absolutely could not be allowed to make that call.

The three were only suspicious for now. Whether they were actually dangerous had not yet been determined.

If he anxiously notified his son like this, his good intentions might end up causing trouble instead.

"Think again, please. Was Baisha University their destination?"

"No! They wanted to go to Colorful International Hotel, but suddenly said they wanted to get out."

The traffic officer gestured that he understood and hurriedly contacted the officers responsible for the investigation.

"Sir, don't worry! My colleagues have already rushed over. It's not the terrorist attack you're imagining, so please don't frighten your child."

After soothing the driver, the traffic officer watched him agree verbally, only for him to secretly contact his son the moment he turned away.

"Take leave right now! Get off campus immediately!"

He did not care whether it was really a terrorist attack. He simply felt it was unsafe.

At most, he would help keep it confidential. He only wanted his son to leave campus as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, officers had also arrived at Baisha University Jinhu Campus, while plainclothes personnel near Colorful International Hotel monitored every entrance and exit.

By then, half an hour had passed since the three foreigners got out of the taxi. On the way to Jinhu Campus, the officers received a car theft report as well.

If nothing unexpected had happened, it was most likely the work of those three foreigners too.

That basically confirmed that there was definitely something wrong with them!

They were deliberately avoiding Huaxian police!

At the same time, the stolen car was already carrying the three men close to their destination.

"Stop here! Thanks, kid. I hope you won't make things difficult for us either. Keep driving forward." (Huaxian)

The three got out, leaving behind only a university student who had been coerced.

He had just been beaten up and was truly terrified.

So he did not call the police immediately. He obediently drove forward along the road, only breaking down in tears and asking for help after being stopped by traffic police.

He swore!

From now on, he would go straight home like a good boy and never take a detour to an internet café again!