Star Railway, starting as Kiana

"Hey, why are you running so fast? I came here to help."

Hanabi watched the two figures disappear into the distance without giving chase.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the star during the golden hour, they were having a great time.

Completely forgetting the series of trivial matters that happened not long ago, they are now using clockwork tricks to "punish evil and promote good."

Initially, she wanted to help Misha, the junior who seemed to be an unknown person, who was surrounded by a group of vicious thugs.

However, without breaking the rules, she saw the Clock Boy appear beside her.

And so she gained the ability to use clockwork tricks to achieve her goals in Pinocchio.

She just didn't understand why only she could see Watch Boy, while others couldn't.

Is it because I am still young, and the Clockwork Boy, like the fairy in the story, can only be seen by children who are innocent and young?

Within the dream world, there are many characters and items that can be collected as emotional gears to help people with emotional flaws repair their hearts and restore them to normalcy.

This is why Xing's collecting obsession suddenly awakened.

Just like Belloberg's collection of trash cans, Xing has embarked on a journey of collecting emotional gears.

Although the number is too large, there are simply not that many people whose minds have made mistakes.

But she is becoming more and more skilled at using clock tricks. The Clock Boy, who has been following her all along and cannot be seen by outsiders, watched Xing use clock tricks to prank the family members and for a moment began to doubt whether he had done something wrong.

Was she not an unknown passenger on the train?

Pioneers who embarked on explorations across the world?

Why does this action make it seem like the Fool in the tavern, or the believer in Aha?

"If you don't leave!"

"What if I don't leave!"

"Then I'll kneel down before you, please, don't make things difficult for me! Waaah!"

Looking at the hound member in front of her, who was about the same age as her uncle, Blade: Achoo, and who had become like this because of the clock trick.

She felt both embarrassed and pleased.

When the other person is calm and composed, they ignore you but don't let you pass by.

Now, I thought that using the clock trick would make him depressed and that he would be devastated, but I never expected it to turn out like this.

Now, only resentment and joy remain.

But Xing felt that neither of these two options was right. Would he let himself in if he was happy, or would he turn his mood into resentment?

Xing looked at the baseball bat in his hand and felt that he had found the right approach.

Just as she decided to use the clock trick again, to emulate the sages who persuaded people with virtue and to break the rules.

She suddenly noticed that Kiana and March 7th happened to be passing by, each holding an ice cream and chatting happily.

Although Kiana wore a baseball cap, changed her hairstyle, and even changed her clothes to a neutral hoodie and shorts.

But Xing recognized the two of them immediately.

He ignored the member of the hounds in front of him who seemed to be saying, "Don't push me, or I'll cry."

Instead, he waved directly at the two of them and called out to them loudly, trying to attract their attention.

"Kiana, March 7th, here! Here!"

Faced with Xing's call, the two stopped in their tracks, somewhat helplessly.

Since Xing had seen the two of them, it was only natural that the two of them had also seen Xing.

However, I was thinking of doing my own thing, and there was something off about that hound member in front of Star.

The two of them then left Xing alone.

And now, sigh...

Xing looked at the two of them and completely ignored what was in front of him, because he had used the clock trick, and the hound members who were in a state of emo walked straight in front of the two of them.

Xing didn't hide anything and directly told everyone about how she wanted to go but was stopped, how she encountered the Clock Boy who was invisible to others, and her Clock Trick ability.

To prove he wasn't joking, Xing took out the emotional gears he had collected, spread them out in his palm, and showed them to the two of them.

However, to the two of them, Xing simply opened her arms, but there was nothing in them.

Kiana sensed that Hoshino actually held something in her hand, but she couldn't detect it just by looking.

Seeing the confused expressions on their faces, Xing understood. Like the Clock Boy, the Emotion Gear was imperceptible to others.

So far, it seems that only Misha, besides her, can detect the presence of the Clockwork Boy.

Although Kiana and March 7th don't believe Hoshi is lying, Hoshi wants to prove herself.

As a result, one of the hounds was unlucky.

He was just moments ago acting like he was about to kneel down and beg the stars not to make things difficult for him, he was totally emotional.

After Xing used the clock trick again to calm himself down, he stood at the door as if nothing had happened, his mind blank, like a statue.

He was just wondering why his mood had changed so drastically and why he was so depressed. He assumed it was because of too much pressure.

"Sigh, I should take some time off. I've been under a lot of pressure lately."

However, this was only the beginning of his nightmare.

On March 7th, I suddenly felt a pang beside me, and the hand that I had been holding with Kiana suddenly felt empty.

When I looked again, Kiana had already come up to Hoshino, and the two of them were whispering to each other.

"So so, so so."

After they finished whispering to each other, the corners of their mouths turned up in a wide smile as they looked at the only victim and experimental subject on the field.

The hound member felt a chill run down his spine.

But could these two in front of me knock him unconscious and then get past them?

He was prepared to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead if the two of them started fighting.

LOL, with only two salaries, do you expect him to work his life away?

Suddenly, his emotions fluctuated violently, and a surge of anger rose within him, as if his sore spot had been touched, and he was unable to vent his boundless rage.

His gaze fell on the two of them, and he concluded that it must be because of the pressure he was under, coupled with Xing's constant harassment, that he became angry.

"What are you looking at? You want to hit me...?"

He was about to ask if he wanted to fight when he felt emotionally overwhelmed again.

Not understanding why he was there, a sense of sadness welled up within him. This shift between anger and sorrow almost brought tears to his eyes.

"Waaah, why are you making things difficult for me? I already said I can't go in. If you keep doing this, I'll kneel down and beg you! Don't force me!"

However, his ordeal had only just begun.

Clock trick, start!

"What are you looking at! Want to fight?"

"Waaaah! I'm kneeling down before you."

"..."

"Hey, ladies, what can I do for you?"

March 7th was not far away, watching the Hound member whose emotions had shifted due to Xing's clock tricks, appearing somewhat erratic, and fell into deep thought.

Chapter 231 Let's go, let's create a purgatory... (laughs)

Originally, Xing thought that the real purpose of the clock trick was to regulate the right emotions, smoothly enter the situation, and achieve her goal.

Now it seems that this skill, at all, is not a support skill, but a powerful weapon.

Even now, though Xing has stopped using the clock trick, the other party is still deeply mired in self-doubt.

"Am I really too tired? Why am I losing control of my emotions? Am I going crazy?"

Xing suddenly remembered what the clock boy had told him when he taught him the clock trick: never use the clock trick for bad things.

emmm...

This shouldn't be considered doing something wrong, right?

After all, she wanted to come back to this place, hoping to find that person again.

This member of the hound family left alone, filled with self-doubt.

He had even forgotten his mission and hadn't considered whether anyone else would trespass on this path after he left.

Suddenly, I felt a little sorry for him.

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

"No, I just don't know why he looks familiar, like I've seen him before, except he's gotten a lot rounder."

If Firefly were here, she would definitely remind Star that this was the person who blocked the road and gave Star a good scolding when Firefly led Star to her secret base.

However, just as Xing was about to return to the old place in an attempt to find the fireflies.

An uninvited guest arrived in front of her.

"Oh, I thought it was someone else, but it's you again, the nameless passenger on the train. Please, can you stop playing these weird tricks on my subordinate? He's almost withdrawn."

Gallagher, holding a half-finished soda can, led the departing member of the Hounds to Xing.

The first time Xing broke into this place, he received a report.

But after all, they are guests of the family, the renowned star core carriers, and nameless passengers on the train.

Gallagher chose to turn a blind eye and suppress the matter.

I just didn't expect that it would happen again so soon...

And this time it was even worse. If he hadn't been patrolling nearby, his subordinate might have really suspected that he had mental problems and then been "removed" from the family.

Thinking of this, Gallagher suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. He gulped down the drink in his hand and looked at Xing with his somewhat weathered face, trying to get a response.

But upon closer inspection, he realized there were other people present.

Moreover, one of them was also an unnamed passenger on the train.

And the last one...

Although the outfit and style have changed, and even a baseball cap has been worn to cover part of the face.

But Gallagher recognized her at a glance, after all, this was the third time they had met.

The memory of those family members who turned into real hunting dogs almost made him give up on treatment.

"..."

Xing knew he was in the wrong, after all, it was really too much to have tricked the same person twice in a row.

Therefore, after Gallagher arrived, she immediately chose to apologize.

However, Gallagher's visit to Star was not solely due to this one thing.

However, out of consideration for Kiana, Galah was extremely conflicted, unsure whether to reveal the truth at this moment.

Finally, under pressure from behind, he bowed slightly in the direction of Kiana and began to list a series of evidence of Xing's crimes in Pinocchio.

This includes, but is not limited to, carelessly breaking beverage bottles that are used for street decorations.

It affects the appearance of the city.

The attack targeted a nearby billboard.

Walking carelessly on the road nearly caused a traffic accident.

They were using a pinball machine, but were illegally carrying passengers.

Etc., etc.

Although none of the problems were very serious, there were so many of them that it took Galah more than ten minutes to recount all the things Xing had recently gotten into.

"Waaaa! Kiana, help me!"