"ha!?"

"There's actually such a secret?!"

Xu Kun's face darkened at first because of [Shattered Star]'s arrogant words, but when he heard what came next, his ears immediately perked up.

What?

What other plot points are there in this story where a virtuous woman is afraid of a persistent suitor?

"【Shipcraft Master】! 【Shattered Star】, is what he said true?!"

Xu Kun's eyes lit up as he stared intently at Zheng Hao.

Zheng Hao raised an eyebrow and looked at [Shattered Star]. The other party was looking at him with his chin held high, teasing him.

What do you mean by 'it has to be her'?

I did say those words of confession!

But that was said to Mo Yurou!

Good grief, you inherited Mo Yurou's memories, and you even consider these as your own?

but...

If you really think about it carefully, Mo Yurou is [Shattered Star], and [Shattered Star] is Mo Yurou. She said she begged her relentlessly back then, and it seems like that's really true...

"......"

With a dark expression, he didn't answer Xu Kun, who became even more agitated!

"Hahaha--"

"He didn't deny it, he admitted it!"

"Wow! So these two actually have these kinds of things going on in private... I'm totally shipping them!"

"Cough cough cough..."

"How about we... try drawing a map instead?"

Zheng Hao interrupted Xu Kun and walked towards the circular water tank. Xu Kun immediately changed his attitude and quickly followed: "Um... excuse me, let's get to the proper procedures!"

"[Newcomer King], as you can see, hidden within this reservoir are slips of paper on every model ship! Each slip contains a large map of the respective area..."

"They are completely random and completely misassigned!"

"Today, you will personally select the final competition venue for the region!"

"please--"

Xu Kun bowed slightly and slowly opened the opening of the device. Zheng Hao hesitated for a moment, then reached out and grabbed at a black ship model.

"Thud—"

Immediately!

A note popped out from the top of the ship, bearing five large characters: 【Black Hole Vortex Race】!!

"【Black Hole Vortex Race】?!"

"It's the [Black Hole Vortex Race]?!"

"How is this possible? This is the map for the finals!!"

"Isn't this the place where the [Shattered Star] had its accident?"

Is it really such a coincidence?

"Holy crap! Isn't this the [Adventure Race Map]? How did it get selected?"

"......"

The moment the map appeared, the spectators below the airship erupted in an uproar!

[Shattered Star]'s expression was extremely strange!

Only on the [Ship Alliance Cruise Ship], Mo Qingyuan grinned.

actually...

There are no random maps!

Inside that device, each of the ship models contained only a single slip of paper, all bearing the words "Black Hole Vortex Race"! These procedures were merely a formality, a way to gain public acceptance and let the powerful families know... the final judgment is coming!!!