Passersby couldn't help but smile as they watched the young couple parting ways, their farewell devoid of any sorrow.

Lu Kang also said:

See you next time.

"Ah."

Yu-joo nodded slightly: "See you next time."

"Lu Kangjun".

...

I boarded a private train carriage.

Aoko placed her luggage next to her seat and, feeling the train slowly begin to move, looked at the witch sitting opposite her, still with that unchanging expressionless face and elegant posture, and couldn't help but click her tongue a few times.

Although it may not look like anything has changed, Aoko can clearly sense the changes in Arisu.

It was a vitality she had never experienced before.

It's like a goddess who has lived deep in the mountains for a long time stepping into the mortal world and getting tainted by worldly affairs.

But Lu Kang, that guy... is also like a 'god'.

That kind of magic that can be done at will, that kind of effortless gesture—

"This is incredible, Lu Kang!"

Aoko couldn't help but murmur to herself.

Yuzhu looked over at the sound and couldn't help but show a hint of confusion.

Aoko suddenly remembered what she had learned in history class not long ago, and she used it to explain to Arisu:

"He is like a saint, yet also like an ordinary person."

Upon hearing this, Youzhu paused slightly, then nodded solemnly.

Only by being both divine and mortal can one truly achieve such freedom of action and control, truly transcending the ordinary and even surpassing the sacred.

"I wonder when we'll meet again..." Aoko murmured to herself again.

She really envied Lu Kang's free and unrestrained state of being.

Go wherever you want.

You can see whomever you want.

"It won't be long," Yuzhu said calmly, without any envy or reluctance.

She had already received Lu Kang's promise.

After making a wish the night before.

No matter how far apart they are, they can sense each other's presence.

They will surely be able to meet again.

Until 'forever'.

"Um...?"

Aoko, bewildered, looked at the witch with a serious expression.

Then I heard her speak again, saying:

"so..."

"We must strive to become people who can carry on that legacy."

Us...

"Of course!" Aoko grinned to herself, her face beaming with joy.

...

Before she finished, Aoko seemed to remember something else.

"Oh, right, speaking of which, there's a pearl..."

"Ok?"

"I've been wanting to ask this before, how old is Lu Kang exactly? He seems both very old and very young..."

"Seventeen years and nine months old".

"Seventeen and nine months? That's several months younger than me... Wait, how did you know that? And in such detail?"

"..."

...

"Then I should set off as well."

Watching Aoko and Aoko walk into the carriage and disappear from sight, Lu Kang lingered for a while, making sure they were safe before feeling a little relieved. However, he did not turn around and leave the station, but instead turned and walked towards another standalone train carriage that was already parked there.

That was a train heading in a completely different direction from Misaki City, towards Kyoto Prefecture.

This is also the train that Lu Kang will be taking next.

There were also people waiting in front of that train.

“Ye Jie Xuexin, I’ve been nagging you these past few days,” Lu Kang said.

A young woman in a crisp Western-style uniform answered respectfully:

“Serving the ‘Common Lord’ is the duty of us, the Night Raiders.”

"But I've heard that things have been quite lively in Kyoto Prefecture lately." Lu Kang simply smiled and said, "I hope I don't get blown up halfway through my train journey."

It's more than just lively.

It is said that a fierce and mysterious 'war' has already begun in Kichijoin Kihara over there!

To stand against the six great divine societies with the strength of one family is far too reckless, even for a 'Heavenly Demon'.

Of course, Lu Kang himself was certainly not afraid.

Whether it's a mysterious war or an attack on the road.

However, when he came to the Far East, he never intended to provide the Yamato Kingdom with a unified, stable, and mysterious environment.

Although he believed in Kichijouin Kihara's strength, unless a true god descended, it was impossible for him to fight against this otherworldly counterpart of 'human evil' with his remaining incomplete divine body.

Lu Kang even felt that when he arrived, he would be greeted by a peaceful scene that had been cleaned up.

However, ultimately, he did like some people in this country.

However, the country as a whole still lacks goodwill.

He went to Kyoto only to retrieve some things and to attend a gathering that had been arranged a thousand years ago.

Incidentally, help Hiel deal with that infinitely reincarnating 'snake' lurking within.

—The target pursued by 'Bow' Hiel, who was dispatched to the Far East by the Church's burial agency, is the reincarnation of 'Roa,' who happens to be in Kyoto.

He certainly didn't want to see a highly integrated and mysterious world within the country.

But then again.

If it were unified under one's own control, that would be a different story.

As long as no one interferes.

That's barely acceptable!

Hearing Lu Kang's seemingly joking words, Ye Jiexue Xin felt a cold sweat pour down her back and her whole body trembled instinctively. The Lu Kang in front of her seemed to be smiling, but just a moment ago he was saying goodbye to the other two girls like a gentle boy next door. This change in demeanor made the woman named Xue Xin realize that there was an abyss-like terror hidden under his gentle surface.

That was the gaze cast by a colossal being, a god, who was absolutely superior to all living beings.

She quickly added, "'Night Calamity' will certainly not let down 'Common Lord'!"

"That's good."

Lu Kang nodded slightly: "Then let's set off."

"Oh, by the way, go to the Tohsaka family now and personally take that little girl from the Tohsaka family to Misaki City."

"Note that you will go there personally—"

"Yes!"

Ye Jiexuexin dared not disobey any of Lu Kang's orders.

Lu Kang put his hands in the pockets of his trench coat, yawned lazily, and walked against the current onto the open train door.

He boarded a train bound for Kyoto Prefecture.

Simultaneously.

They also embarked on a new simulated journey.

Fifteen days in Misaki City.

Five days in Fuyuki City.

The twenty-day wait has now come to an end.

"Time tracking, it's time to put it to real use!"

Chapter 184 The Train Hijacker and the Son of the Huns

The vast plains and crisscrossing fields stretch endlessly under the sky. The trains that pass through them are stretched out like giant white serpents under the sunlight, their white metal shells gleaming brilliantly from afar.

On a hilltop in the shadows baked by the sun, before the train was about to pass, pairs of scarlet eyes slowly opened on the backlit mountainside.

"A private carriage, without much disturbance from other people..."

"The direction is towards Kyoto Prefecture."

“Perfect, it’s the perfect vehicle for ‘Princess’ to travel on her journey to fulfill her thousand-year promise.”

The chilling sounds rose and fell, accompanied by the violent flapping of bat wings and hissing cries.

Just as the train was about to reach the foot of the hill, it happened.

A figure then fell down—with a thud, right in the middle of the train tracks, facing the extremely moving object rushing towards them at a speed of over 250 kilometers per hour.

jingle!

Although they were still some distance apart and the figure in the shadows was not clearly visible, the driver in the train cab, responsible for safe driving, quickly sounded a long alarm to warn those ahead to give way.

At such a high speed and over such a distance, he simply didn't have time to slow down—to alert the man, the driver even turned on the track lights.

But the next second, he froze.

Under the glare of the car headlights, only a tall figure could be seen standing there, with scarlet eyes and a pair of dark, deep, bat-like wings that had originally blended into the shadows.

What is that?

In that split second, the driver didn't even have time to react.

Then the train roared and crashed into it.

Then, the figure raised its hand and 'collided' it violently with the front of the car!

The scene resembled a mantis trying to stop a chariot or a mayfly trying to shake a tree. However, strangely, the person was not directly blown away or crushed. His feet retreated, yet he remained firmly on the ground in the shadows. His legs were deeply embedded in the gaps between the rails, and as he dragged backward, he also lifted up countless rails. But he only retreated; there was no sign of shifting his position or making any attempt to avoid it.

Even his backward speed was getting slower and slower.

The train's speed is also slowing down!

Until it came to a complete stop in the shadow of the North Mountain.

Until, they completely lost their motivation.

It was stopped by a single figure!

At this moment, the driver was incredibly close to the eerie figure.

Through the glass in front of him, he could see the outside scene even better.

You can see those terrifying scarlet eyes.

And the sharp, fanged teeth exposed between their bared teeth!

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