23:59
The clock hands nearly overlap.
Worm Station platform, the only true area of Midnight City Main Station.
They appeared after the surface became dangerous, accommodating the surging passenger flow in Midnight City.
In front of Platform 224, several silhouettes dressed like wizards with round pointy hats and dark robes quietly wait. In old sewers full of oddly shaped outlines, they don't seem strange or unusual.
Patient waiting will always yield results.
The worm of Platform 224 suddenly wriggles, pushing out a figure landing on the ground.
He is spotless, the white shirt under his black coat remains clean and neat, unlike other passengers who are covered in slime and desperate to reach the waterside.
"Lu Li."
The only one not wearing a wizard's hat and robe, Professor Caesar, excitedly greets Lu Li. After the academy merged, he still serves as a linguistics professor, though he became one of many.
Lu Li observes the figures dressed as wizards behind him.
