Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep...
A huge red alarm clock with arms and legs appeared in the sky above the city.
The alarm clock vibrated incessantly.
In the early morning, it reminded everyone in Uto City.
Today.
Was the day of execution.
All the Train Conductors were woken by the alarm.
They had already made a fuss, but leaving really was impossible.
Most had already resigned themselves to their fate.
Some among them even naively believed that perhaps once Fan Huo died, they would be able to leave.
But that was clearly impossible.
Uto City had not sealed off the Train Conductors' contact with the outside world.
Over the past few days, they had already spread word of everything that had happened in Uto City.
The Train Conductors who had joined various guilds received reprimands from their seniors.
Ten Train Coins might not be much, but if someone was willing to give them to you for free, they would certainly demand more afterward.
This was the voice of experience, and a tacitly understood fact among Train Conductors who managed to survive for a long time.
Quite a few people actually knew this.
But getting ten Train Coins for free was simply too tempting for low-level Train Conductors.
Besides, logically speaking, there should not have been any problems.
Free entertainment, free money-all they had to do was watch the execution in the war against the Imperial Sequence, as Uto City had advertised.
They were merely spectators.
What reason did Uto City have to target spectators like them?
And so, those who hoped they might get lucky came here.
And so, they became birds in a cage, losing the wings of freedom.
Heinz.
The mayor of Uto City.
This Homecomer's goal had already spread throughout the Wasteland.
He wanted to become