Thud—
With a dull metallic clang, Kafka dropped her dual pistols and replaced them with a longsword with a dark red blade and a black and white hilt, blocking Zhou Xiao's slash.
Who is this guy...?
Kafka felt the power transmitted from the blade; the immense force made her hands go numb. After only a second of confrontation, she realized that she had no advantage in a contest of strength.
Seeing her retreat and dodge Zhou Xiao's slashes with her agility, she then unleashed a barrage of longsword strikes at Zhou Xiao like a rain of pear blossoms. With her incredibly fast slashing speed, she managed to suppress Zhou Xiao's attack.
"Kafka, I've found the location of the star core... Aren't you done yet?" Silver Wolf's voice came through the communicator, and at the same time, Kafka slashed the longsword in Zhou Xiao's hand.
"Shh~"
Kafka glanced at the broken blade and hilt in Zhou Xiao's hand and whistled casually: "Looks like... little brother, your knife is of very poor quality. Fine, I won't play with you anymore."
From the confrontation just now, Kafka knew that she couldn't defeat Zhou Xiao in a short time. Since Silver Wolf had already confirmed the location of the Star Core, she didn't want to get entangled in this matter anymore.
...
He stared at the broken longsword in his hand.
Zhou Xiao fell silent.
Money is hard to earn, and food is hard to eat.
He knew his longsword was of mediocre quality, but it was indeed a longsword that had cost a lot of money...
That's good.
This is another expense.
Zhou Xiao's calm eyes looked at Kafka as she left, along with the long sword in her hand. Suddenly, an invisible current of energy echoed through the passage.
"Wait..."
Zhou Xiao's deep voice slowly rang out, accompanied by an invisible blade of energy slashing towards Kafka.
The extreme airflow transformed into the sharpest blade in the world, slicing through Kafka's side and splitting the metal door of the monitoring room in two.
Kafka froze, her hair flying in the air currents towards Zhou Xiao's direction. Looking back, she saw only a tangible yet intangible "wind" surrounding Zhou Xiao.
The next second.
Zhou Xiao, who had been in sight, vanished from his spot in an instant. At the same moment, Kafka also felt a strong sense of crisis, which made her subconsciously draw her sword to defend herself.
clang--
A tremendous force caused her long sword to fly out of her hand, circling twice and a half in mid-air before embedding itself directly in the ground.
She also had more than ten blade wounds of varying sizes on her body, and she crashed straight into the monitoring room like a kite with a broken string before coming to a stop.
...
"Kafka..."
Silver Wolf, who was waiting, saw Kafka's disheveled state and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.
"Never fought before?"
This was truly unexpected for her; in her experience, she rarely saw Kafka make a mistake.
"He launched a sneak attack, and I was careless and didn't dodge."
Kafka licked the blood from the corner of her mouth. The taste of blood made her reflect on herself. She had been using her Word of Power too much, and her skills had become somewhat rusty.
"Let's finish the mission first... According to Elio's script, we don't have much time left." Silver Wolf reminded her, seemingly sensing Kafka's excitement.
"I know, I know."
...
Led by Silver Wolf, Kafka passed through the monitoring room and arrived at the place where the star core was stored. Zhou Xiao, who entered the monitoring room, was randomly teleported to the coordinates of a space station by Silver Wolf's magical method of "modifying reality data".
Holding Kafka's longsword, Zhou Xiao stared into thought as he looked at the several soldiers of the Antimatter Legion in front of him.
Where am I now?
...
On the other side.
Kafka placed the star core into a body as a vessel, and looking at the girl who slowly opened her eyes, even though she was somewhat disheveled, a hint of surprise appeared on her face.
She said a lot, but before she could finish, Silver Wolf urged her to leave.
...
The bottom layer of the space station.
Silver Wolf glanced at Kafka, whose shirt was torn, and said calmly:
"I'll teleport that kid back...and she'll go with the Star Train."
"Hmm..." Kafka responded, then asked, "The person I fought..."
“I found out. He is indeed from the Starry Sky Train. His name is Zhou Xiao. According to the file... he is a logistics officer.” Silver Wolf answered as if he knew what questions Kafka would ask.
"???"
Kafka was somewhat surprised to hear this answer.
She seemed to have no idea that she had spent so much time talking to a train maintenance worker, almost delaying her important business.
"Your injury..." Silver Wolf asked again.
"It's alright..." Kafka brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, then seemed to remember something: "But my knife... it seems that person took it..."
"Should we take it back?"
"No rush... Since he's on the train, let's talk about it at the next stop. Let him borrow it for a while first."
Kafka stretched out her waist, her mind replaying the scene of her battle with Zhou Xiao.
Manipulating airflow as an attack method... does indeed make it difficult for others to detect the attack location.
only...
If this were to be fought in space or in a place without air circulation... how effective would his method be?
...
Inside the space station.
Zhou Xiao was once again forced to change locations.
The whole process was like a spatial displacement, instantly appearing in a new scene. He remembered that he was just preparing to reply to Himeko's message, and the next second he was here.
Um...
Who is this girl?
Looking around, Zhou Xiao's gaze finally settled on the woman who was unconscious not far away.
Hmm...does this look familiar?
Upon closer inspection, Zhou Xiao raised an eyebrow.
Goodness...
star.
How did I end up bumping into her again by sheer coincidence?
Zhou Xiao felt that this day was truly a dream.
He just came to the space station to hand in a form and replenish supplies on the train, and then... he ran into the antimatter legion, then the star core hunters, and now he's encountered the star...
Not only that.
The daily necessities I bought are gone, and the knife is broken.
This is a day of financial loss.
Zhou Xiao sighed. He bent down and looked at Xing Mei, who was unconscious in front of him.
Um.
Xingmei is still quite attractive.
Zhou Xiao thought to himself.
According to the plot, it seems that the silly girl will come with Danheng on March 7th.
How about... while it's hot?
wrong.
Why don't we wait here for a while?
Zhou Xiao thought it was feasible.
Compared to randomly jumping around the space station at unpredictable times and not being able to find the platform, it's much easier to get back to the train by following Xingmei.
And so... Zhou Xiao waited for a while, and during that time he replied to Ji Zi's message, and Ji Zi told him not to move around any further.
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