String Bean needed some time to move the plan forward.
As it happened, Dan Heng had not rested in a long time, and Himeko had also begun to feel a little tired since entering the National Destiny Instance. They could easily use this time to return to the Express and get some proper rest.
Through Yamada's maneuvering, almost all the Contestants had become Wanted Criminals, but with String Bean's maneuvering, none of that was a problem. A little trickery was all it took for the wanted notices to turn to ash in an instant.
Using a few mysterious privileges, String Bean prepared several premium rooms for the Contestants at a company-owned hotel and settled them in.
Weir lay in bed, marveling at the day's extraordinary experiences.
He had been inexplicably dragged into the National Destiny Instance, shouldered the future of countless people across an entire nation, met Himeko at the Amusement Park, then followed her and earned some rewards for nothing, before heading to Los Angeles and experiencing a bit of life-threatening danger and the like.
In just over twenty hours, he had experienced more excitement than in the previous twenty-odd years.
His life had been worth it.
Though he had seen and gained a great deal, his exhaustion was real too.
Before entering the instance, the Contestants had all been ordinary people, exhausted by just eight hours of work a day, let alone working for this long.
The moment he touched the bed, sleepiness swept over him.
Logically speaking, inside the National Destiny Instance, especially in a hellhole full of dangers like Los Angeles, they absolutely could not let their guard down completely.
But there were simply too many powerful backers in Himeko's camp, giving Weir and the others an inexplicable sense of security.
Leaving Himeko and Dan Heng