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Chapter 212 Bergen, Three Rules (Seeking monthly votes at the end of the month)

When Xia Pingzhou opened his eyes, he saw the girl in the white dress still leaning on his head, fast asleep with her eyes lowered.

The two slept with their heads resting against each other, causing their hair to become a little messy.

The two-hour flight wasn't particularly long or short. Ji Minghuan kept his eyes closed for almost the entire time, using the No. 1 unit to keep Su Zimai and Gu Qiye company while they played games in their living room. When the perspective shifted to the No. 2 unit, the plane had already reached Bergen, Norway, and was slowly descending.

He couldn't help but sigh, Su Zimai was truly a master of scheming.

What was supposed to be a fun three-way battle between the siblings turned into a 2v2 due to their father being dragged into it. Whoever was on the father's team was doomed; Ji Minghuan felt like those two hours of playing had dragged on forever, practically prolonging his life.

He must record this in his autobiography, "The Black Chrysalis," that he should never try to play games with Ghost Bell. The most overpowered character in the entire game, "Blue Arc," was turned into a cripple who could only sway left and right and generate electricity in place by Gu Zhuo'an, which was extremely exaggerated.

After thinking about it, Ji Minghuan suddenly realized that this might be a case of karma coming full circle. Back when he was playing Dou Dizhu with his teammates at Oda Takikage's coffee shop, he had tricked Anluns several times, not only using bombs to blow up his teammates, but also using the two Jokers to blow up his teammates.

And now it's being returned immediately.

"Sigh... Is this what it feels like to have a terrible teammate?"

Xia Pingzhou moved his head away, causing Ayase Origami's forehead to bump against his hard shoulder.

She woke up in pain on the spot, silently raised her pale face, and belatedly stared at him without moving.

"arrive."

As Xia Pingzhou spoke, ignoring Ayase Origami's gaze, he lowered his head, picked up his phone, and adjusted it to the local time.

It's around 5:50 PM in Norway. As the sun sets, it's getting dark, and looking out the window, this fjord city on the west coast is slowly fading into darkness.

After the two got off the plane, they still didn't see the Ripper; it seemed she had left first.

They didn't know where the group members would meet, because the hacker hadn't said, and the Ripper had disappeared without a trace.

"Where should we meet them?" Xia Pingzhou asked.

“Ask the child,” Origami Ayase said.

Her phone was out of battery. She didn't seem to have the habit of charging it before bed, so she took Xia Pingzhou's phone and opened the chat interface with the hacker.

The first words that entered her eyes made her freeze on the spot.

Xia Pingzhou: I love you.

[Hacker: Are you sick?]

Origami Ayase rested her chin on her hand, raised her head, and silently observed Xia Pingzhou.

Xia Pingzhou fell silent.

After a while, he changed the subject: "Bergen, the second largest city in Norway and the largest city in western Norway. It is located on the steep fjord line of the west coast of Norway, nestled against the harbor and seven mountains. The city is near the azure bay and has direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. It is a beautiful harbor city."

This is a text description that Ji Minghuan wrote down while reading a travel magazine. His memory was already quite good, but ever since Kong Youling brought him into the mental space, he has been able to turn every memory of his into a book and collect it into the library.

In other words, he will not forget anything.

When needed, one can enter the library in their mind, open the bookshelf, and retrieve past memories.

Origami Ayase remained motionless, staring at him without saying a word.

A moment later, she typed on Xia Pingzhou's phone.

[Xia Pingzhou: Where shall we meet?]

[Hacker: At Bryggen dock, some group members haven't arrived yet. I've arranged for someone already in Norway to pick you up.]

Xia Pingzhou: Who?

[Hacker: Huh?]

Xia Pingzhou: Yes, who?

[Hacker: Huh?]

[Xia Pingzhou: Who are the members of the group?]

[Hacker: Are you not very good at typing on a phone? Switch to human operator.]

Origami Ayase typed clumsily and slowly, and when she saw this message halfway through, her fingers paused in mid-air.

She silently lowered her head, her bangs obscuring her eyes.

Xia Pingzhou coughed lightly twice: "That's just how he is. He's quite blunt and sarcastic when he talks to me, so don't take it to heart."

Origami Ayase remained silent, handing the phone back to Xia Pingzhou, seemingly already planning to give that child prodigy a good beating when she saw him.

After leaving the airport, the two set off from the lakeside park in the center of Bergen, turning their heads to admire the scenery as they walked towards Bergen Port.

The lake shimmered in the setting sun, and the church bells tinkled in the salty sea breeze. As they drove along a coastal road, a tri-colored bus marked "4 Hesjaholtet" passed by, the wind gently lifting the hem of Ayase Origami's white skirt.

Soon after, they arrived at the Bryggen dock.

This is the meeting place chosen by Anron, a historic dock dating back to the Middle Ages that was once listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Everywhere you look, there are brightly colored wooden boat houses, and white seagulls soaring in the sunset.

At the harbor, the masts of small yachts cast long shadows in the afterglow, while cream-white sightseeing boats slowly moored at the shore, and the colorful wooden rooftops were a feast for the eyes.

Xia Pingzhou accompanied Ayase Origami to a convenience store at the dock to buy a power bank, taught her how to use it, charged her phone, and then the two sat on an oak chair at the dock.

They watched the sea under the setting sun for a while, the sound of the waves continuous. Before they knew it, Origami Ayase had become lost in thought, her gaze fixed on Mount Floyd in the distance. The afterglow of the setting sun gilded the cable car's ropeway onto the majestic mountain.

“I want to ride that.” Origami Ayase gently raised her hand and pointed to the swaying cable car in the distance.

"Let's go after this operation is over," Xia Pingzhou said.

As the sun dipped below the horizon into the North Atlantic, the entire fjord dimmed: the vibrant colors of the wooden houses, the verdant green of the distant mountains, and the greyish-blue of the sea blended together in the hazy twilight into a fiery oil painting. Seagulls soared in the sunset, skimming past the sails and masts of fishing boats.

Before the last rays of sunlight faded, Origami Ayase suddenly put her arm around Xia Pingzhou's shoulder, picked up her phone, turned on the camera, and took a picture from above.

With a "click," the girl's fair face was captured on the screen. Behind her was a huge sun on the horizon and a shimmering sea, with white seagulls flying in the sky.

In the photo, Xia Pingzhou's face is expressionless, and Ayase Origami is equally expressionless, like a robot and a doll taking a group photo.

"Your photos are terrible," Xia Pingzhou said seriously. "I'm a photography expert, you should take them."

Origami Ayase lowered her eyes and looked at the photos she had taken.

"Is it bad?"

Xia Pingzhou nodded.

"It's breathing on it."

After waiting for a while and seeing that the group members hadn't arrived yet, Origami Ayase pulled Xia Pingzhou to sit down at a small restaurant at the Bryggen dock. Neither of them had much of an appetite since getting off the plane, so they only ordered a reindeer sausage to try.

After finishing our meal, we left the restaurant and took a walk in the harbor. The sky had already darkened, and the black waves crashed against the shore, breaking into white sprays.

Just then, two figures rushed straight toward them. One of them was blond and blue-eyed, wearing an English suit, with a smile that never faded from the corner of his mouth; the other was wearing a baseball cap, had his hair tied in a ponytail, and was dressed in a casual T-shirt and jeans.

They were clearly the 11th member of the White Raven Brigade, Anlens (Slot Machine Boy), and the 4th member, Tongzizhu (Fake-Faced Demon).

Tong Zizhu looked at Xia Pingzhou and silently took two steps back.

She always maintained a sense of awe towards the young man who called her "Mom" the moment he saw her.

Xia Pingzhou looked at Tong Zizhu, about to speak, when Tong Zizhu raised his hand to interrupt him:
"I am not your mother."

She paused, then said, "Although my Sky Chaser is good at disguise, I am actually only 19 years old, understand?" In fact, she lied about her age.

“I don’t consider you my mother,” Xia Pingzhou said.

“That’s great, I don’t like being someone else’s mother either,” Tong Zizhu said.

The two shook hands and made peace, reaching a consensus.

Xia Pingzhou silently raised his head, met Tong Zizhu's gaze with a blank expression, and thought to himself that after a couple of days when they enter the Whale Garden, a shark will suddenly appear and call him "Mom." This is the price he should pay for pretending to be his mother.

Origami Ayase turned her head and glanced at them indifferently. Her relationship with Anron in the troupe was so-so, and she was even less familiar with Tong Zizhu, who had only joined a few days ago.

Anlens leaned closer and, as always, put his arm around Xia Pingzhou's shoulder, asking enthusiastically, "Oh...long time no see, how was your trip with Miss?"

"It was alright, just wandering around aimlessly, nothing special."

“Really? You two seem quite happy…” Anlens said, turning to Ayase Origami, “Miss, could you lend him to me for a while? I’d like to take him to the nearby casino for a bit, and maybe have a chat.”

Origami Ayase looked up, glanced silently at Anron, and then a piece of paper flew out of her sleeve. She then took out a pencil from her sleeve, scribbled on the paper, and handed it to Anron.

Anrons raised an eyebrow, reached into his suit jacket pocket with his other hand, and took the paper.

Looking down, I saw that it read: "Cat Borrowing Agreement, Three Rules, Time and Place".

Anlens paused for a moment, then smiled helplessly, took the pencil, wrote the time, place, and his name on the paper, and promised to return Xia Pingzhou in about two hours.

Ayase Origami retracted the paper and nodded at him as if to give permission.

"Then have number 4 take you to meet the other members. I'm going with the newcomer first."

After saying that, Anlens led Xia Pingzhou away, heading towards the hidden underground casino in Bergen.

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