A Familiar Stranger

It was a very strange feeling. Though it was clearly their first meeting, she felt as if she knew him very well.

That was why, after waking up, Li Luo had not questioned the person before her and had instead immediately cooperated with Martin—because of that sense of familiarity.

It feels like... I've seen him somewhere before...

She had an instinct that the person before her had come to help them.

And just as she had thought, this strange-looking "Canned Man" had led them out of the robots' restraints, even defeated those robots, and brought them here in pursuit.

Could he really resolve Dream City's crisis?

Li Luo was still somewhat dazed. Watching Martin occasionally converse with the Dream Qilin atop the Cube, she could not quite make sense of the situation.

The Cube knows that guy?

And what exactly is that Dream Qilin? Why can it talk?

Why did he come to help us?

Li Luo was filled with questions, but she knew this was not the time to get to the bottom of things. He looked anxious, and if they did not find those robots quickly, they might cause more trouble.

But at that moment, Old Ping, who had failed to learn the Canned Man's identity from Li Luo, had already walked ahead.

"Hello, could you tell me your identity? My name is Li Ping, and I'm a security officer at the Dream City Research Institute..."

Before Old Ping could finish, Martin raised a hand and interrupted him.

"Just call me Martin. I'm a... Wanted criminal. I used to be, anyway."

That introduction immediately left Old Ping stunned, standing there at a loss.

"A wanted criminal?"

"Yep." Martin answered indifferently.

"Why were you wanted?"

"Don't ask. Even if I told you, you'd forget soon enough... You don't need