"The train is about to warp—the train is about to warp—please remain seated and hold on."
Now that the serious business was over, it was time to talk about personal matters.
There were still around ten minutes of preparation time before the train initiated its warp.
On the two rows of soft sofas in the observation car, Bai Heng sat alone on one side, while Firefly and Yomi sat opposite him.
The two girls sat at opposite ends of the sofa, naturally looking in their respective directions or occasionally glancing at Bai Heng.
Mr. Bai could not look either way, so he could only raise his head to stare at the elegantly decorated ceiling of the car, or lower it and pretend to inspect the neatly folded newspaper on his lap.
The newspaper reported on a football match, with the score of 7:0 enlarged to an especially eye-catching degree.
In roughly one minute, Bai Heng explained the basic underlying logic.
That was, he had most likely reincarnated many times and thus accumulated several romantic debts, large and small.
Then, he spent a minute each explaining his past with Firefly and his past with Yomi.
Coincidentally, the experiences of these two seemed somewhat similar.
After all, both Firefly and Yomi had essentially lost their homelands.
After hearing each other's stories, Firefly and Yomi both lowered their heads slightly, seemingly able to understand the hardships the other had endured over the years.
But that was sympathy between girls and had nothing to do with that bastard Bai Heng.
And the more they could understand each other's feelings, the more Bai Heng seemed deserving of death.
Mr. Bai stated that, facing a love-rival showdown for the first time, he was a little nervous.
He merely held a freshly reheated cup of coffee, maintaining