Night Journey

Chapter 151 The Final Threat
After thanking Maefuni profusely, Bruce plunged into the warehouse and began building the vehicle.

"We must first establish the power frame as a foundation, and then gradually connect other components. Once the basic functions are largely complete, we can then proceed with the design of the internal components..."

Bruce rattled off a whole bunch of design concepts, but unfortunately, Cillian's rudimentary mechanical engineering skills made it impossible for him to understand what he was saying.

He doesn't need to understand; he can leave everything to Bruce.

"Here, I would like to thank once again Mr. Lake Wells, the first Master of the Ten Thousand Bones Reconstruction Court."

Bruce knelt down and prayed to the components.

"You rediscovered the modular technology of the golden age and further optimized it, which allows us to easily customize vehicles in a modular fashion and adapt to the harsh environment of the wilderness more quickly..."

Bruce estimates that the entire vehicle assembly process will take about two weeks to complete. However, given their extremely rudimentary and completely non-compliant operating environment, as well as extremely limited resource support, this timeline is actually full of uncertainty.

Another point is that with Bruce's technical support, even if the vehicle breaks down in the middle of the wilderness, there is no need to worry about it being completely paralyzed and unable to move. However, no one wants to spend a lot of time and energy on emergency repairs in such a harsh environment.

Therefore, Bruce emphasized that even if the assembly is completed smoothly, at least an additional week is needed for comprehensive performance testing and intensive environmental adaptability testing to ensure everything goes perfectly.

"In short, it will take at least three weeks?"

That's all Cillian understood.

"..."

Bruce remained silent for a moment, then bared his teeth and chased Cillian and Maefoni out of the warehouse.

As the sliding door closed completely, a glowing light emanating from behind it rose.

Cillian and Mefuni stood in the open space, looking at each other in bewilderment.

After a moment, he said obsequiously, "Then, I would like to thank Miss Love again for her beauty and kindness."

"That's so perfunctory."

Meifuni rolled her eyes at him and left without looking back.

Even if Cillian is ungrateful, he knows what he should do at this moment.

He followed after them like a lackey.

In the days that followed, Cillian was almost inseparable from Maefoni.

Every day, he would arrive at the city sanitation department early to prepare hot coffee for Mayfuni. In the afternoon, he would run two blocks to buy her the freshest desserts. When it was time to leave work, he would personally see Mayfuni off.

In fact, Cillian even changed his habit of sleeping in late and started getting up early to go for a morning run, deliberately bumping into Maefuni on the route she often ran.

His sudden change naturally attracted the attention of the city guards.

Some believe that Cillian, such a cold guy, has finally realized Maefuni's feelings and started pursuing this sweet love.

Some people think that Cillian's attempt to play hard to get back back back back back failed, and that Meghanie had completely lost interest in him, while he was trying to salvage the relationship.

Some people say that Cillian was probably corrupted by Daelin after spending too much time with him, and willingly became a woman's plaything.

After looking at Cillian and Daelin, everyone began to acknowledge the latter's possibility.

"Ah."

Inside the office, Dai Lin sneezed loudly, rubbed his nose, and looked suspiciously out the blinds.

Is it just his imagination? He felt that his colleagues were looking at him strangely lately.

Forget it, I don't have the energy to waste on something like that.

Dai Lin flipped through the thick stack of documents, his brows furrowed with exhaustion and stress.

After obtaining the intelligence from the Golden Partner, Dai Lin first confirmed the time period of the document report, and then secretly began to review the relevant report records.

Over the course of several days, he reviewed almost all of the city garrison's records, but still found no clues.

At first, he thought the document had been destroyed, but then he considered the nature of the path to oblivion and thought that the invisible beings must have kept it to ensure the continuity of memory.

While the search for clues encountered resistance, Dailin made rapid progress in setting traps.

He opened the drawer and carefully took out a document.

The document details the information about the Reverse Falcon that Daelin knew. Of course, its authenticity is a mix of truth and falsehood, or rather, part of it comes from the imposter Cillian and part of it comes from the genuine information described by Cillian.

“We can set a trap, a… code word.”

Anya once gave Dallin an inspiration while he was racking his brains.

"Whoever utters that code word is the Invisible One."

Dailin stared at the document; only the final coded message was needed to perfect the trap.

Suddenly, a short knock sounded on the door, and before Dai Lin could give permission, the other person pushed the door open and entered.

Anya poked her head in to let everyone know.

"Wake up! The director wants all the team leaders to assemble; there's something important to announce soon." Something important?
Dai Lin guessed what was important almost without thinking.

The operation to eliminate the Claws was very successful and thorough. Although the devastation after the war caused some panic among the citizens, the real blood and corpses also made them feel a great sense of security.

In an instant, the citizens once again rallied behind the City Council. In order to unite the people and showcase its achievements, the City Council planned to hold a victory speech in the near future.

Dai Lin found such nonsense—honor and glory—utterly irritating.

After easing his fatigue a little, Dalin stuffed the documents back into the drawer. As soon as he left the office, he saw Cillian being intimate with Maefoni.

Oh... it's less about intimacy and more about Cillian harassing Mefone one-sidedly.

"Try this, it's a new dessert from the dessert shop, and also this, and that..."

Cillian presented each dessert with great enthusiasm, allowing Maefuni to choose.

Meifuni tilted her head and sighed helplessly.

It's strange. I used to want Cillian to be more proactive and enthusiastic, but now that he's actually doing it, I find it annoying.

Cillian knew perfectly well that she must be incredibly annoyed with him.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

The components are all gathered, and the vehicle is almost assembled, but what about the large amount of supplies needed for it to be able to move?

Will it be powered by its own energy source again, like last time? But last time it was just a motorcycle, this time it's a fully equipped vehicle. I estimate that it won't be able to travel more than a few kilometers before Cillian's energy source is drained.

After much deliberation, I decided I still had to rely on Meifuni.

And beneath this enthusiasm, Cillian also harbors his own selfishness.

"Hmm...this tastes good...this is a bit too rich."

Meifuni sampled the desserts one by one, and Cillian took care of the ones she couldn't finish.

Those who witnessed this scene changed their initial mockery and incomprehension of Cillian to genuine admiration.

“Cillian really wants to improve.”

As long as he gets involved with the Lof family, his future is incredibly bright. Compared to that promising future, what is his current humble posture?

If Dai Lin knew what everyone was thinking, he would be furious. Why are the two men's reputations so different when they are both pursuing women?

Ding--

The clear ringing of the bell echoed throughout the city guard bureau, and the staff all stopped talking and looked toward the source of the sound.

Dekar slowly descended the spiral staircase leading to the second floor, surveyed the crowd, and spoke in a steady and powerful voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after a hard-fought and arduous purge, the threat of the Claws has been completely eradicated. Their blood and corpses prove the value of the City Guard Bureau and have also won back the support of the citizens."

The serious, official tone caught Cillian's attention; he knew that the next step should be a new directive from the city-state council.

Dekar paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over each of the team leaders present.

"In order to consolidate our victory and completely dispel the gloom, the city council will hold a grand victory speech in the near future to unite people's hearts and highlight our achievements."

Cillian hated this kind of formalism and, if possible, he would like to take a day off and stay home.

"but……"

Dekar then changed the subject, asking in return, "Have we truly eliminated all destabilizing factors within the city of Hel?"

These words made the employees think deeply, and soon a terrible suspicion arose in everyone's minds.

Cillian had the same thought and instinctively held his breath.

Then, Dekar continued.

"Although the Claw of Evil has been destroyed, the city of Hel still harbors its last enemy, the Reverse Falcon, which is outside the law, unrestrained by the city council, and lurking in the shadows."

Before he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room had already plummeted to freezing point. Cillian had anticipated this possibility. After eliminating the threat of the Claws, the City Council's next target would be the Reverse Falcon. But he did not expect that everything would happen so quickly.

"I now announce that the City Guard Bureau will launch an investigation into the Reverse Falcon."

"Decal announced indifferently."

"I hope that before the day of the victory speech, you will bring the Rebel Falcon to justice and present a gift to the new life of Hull City."

First came a deathly silence, then the ice shattered and the seawater boiled and surged.

Although the staff kept their voices down, the rustling sounds mingled together, creating an uncontrollable commotion.

Cillian abandoned Mefuni, who was still waiting for him to appease her, and as soon as he got up, he was met by Dalin, who was walking towards him.

The two looked solemn and subdued, yet also with an irrepressible...joy.

(End of this chapter)