Chapter 133: The companion mission triggers memories and sparks an attack! There's something strange on the train!
Within a space that looked like a fortune-teller's booth.
Black Swan, wearing a purple veil over her head, smiled faintly.
Her slender fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop.
However.
All the cards on the table had been pushed aside by her.
In the center.
A mobile phone was placed on a stand.
What was playing on it was precisely Fu Xuan and March 7th's Companion Mission - [ A Lingering Grudge ].
" Trying to find her memories...~..."
" What a pity, Miss March 7th, you don't know what that memory of yours means."
" The people of the Garden of Recollection will not allow that memory to be made public."
" But..."
" If Feather Spirit insists on making it public, even the Garden of Recollection might not be able to stop it."
A card in front of her suddenly emitted a faint blue light.
Black Swan flipped it over and looked.
" Hmm, as expected, it's not time yet..."
......
Astral Express Train, Observation Car.
Facing the mirror that had suddenly appeared, Stelle licked her lips and placed her hand on the mirror's surface.
The next second.
A girl wearing a hood and a mask walked out from the mirror.
" You're the [ Messenger ], right?" Stelle asked proactively.
After all, in the game, she had to go through her every time to enter the [ Forgotten Hall ].
She was already quite familiar with her.
Stelle originally thought this was just a setting added in the game to challenge high-difficulty dungeons, but she didn't expect the same thing to appear on the train in reality.
However.
The girl was not as lively and mischievous as she was in the game.
She didn't say things like " Do you want to enter the Forgotten Hall?" to her.
Instead, she said in a cold voice, " Sorry, I need you to temporarily [ disappear ]."
Stelle was stunned.
" What?"
" You're not playing by the rules!?"
However.
As soon as the words fell.
A strong light suddenly lit up the surroundings, and the light quickly engulfed everything...
The other side of the Observation Car.
Pom-Pom, who was sweeping the floor, suddenly looked up.
A panicked expression appeared on its face.
" Something strange has entered the train, Pom!"
Pom-pom didn't even have time to do anything else, and ran towards March 7th and the others who were watching the story, holding the broom.
However.
After running two steps.
Pom-Pom suddenly froze in place.
" W-what was I going to do just now...?"
It looked at the broom on the ground.
" Oh right, I should be cleaning the dead corners of the train."
The three people who were going through the story seemed to have not noticed anything unusual.
Only Old Yang looked up at the conductor.
Seeing Pom-Pom start sweeping again with the broom, he didn't think about it anymore and continued to watch the story with March 7th.
The scene had now changed to the Goethe Hotel in Belobog.
Fu Xuan suddenly asked, " Oh right, Miss March, there's one more thing I need to ask clearly... Is it possible that you have experienced some great pain?"
" Sometimes people deliberately forget certain extreme memories to escape pain..."
" I don't know if you've noticed, but in the memories about the Xianzhou Luofu, everyone you met was overtly or covertly advising you not to continue recalling."
" This is more like your subconscious talking to yourself. Of course, it's also possible that your memory has been interfered with by external forces, and someone left a suggestion in your brain to prevent you from recalling something."
" So I need to confirm with you again here - do you still want to continue exploring your memories?"
March 7th replied, " Since you said that external forces might have interfered with my memory... then shouldn't I explore it even more! I can't let the bad guys who sealed my memory get away with it! Let's go, this girl will take you around the Goethe Hotel!"
Seeing herself in the story so confident, March 7th felt that she, outside the game couldn't lose either!
She silently cheered herself on!
Anyway, this was just a game story!
There were Himeko and Old Yang beside her, and... and what was it?
Huh?
Why am I thinking about so many useless things? Finding the source of interference in this scene is what I should be doing!
Heading to the hotel lobby.
In this scene, Gepard had become a security guard, which meant that the source of the distortion of this experience was nearby.
Gepard in the memory said, " May I ask if Miss March has anything? If not, please do not disturb the security guard on duty."
" Also, please allow me to remind you - what is past is past, recalling the past is meaningless, you can only grasp the future."
March 7th pouted.
Continuing forward.
The manager at the front desk had become Sampo with a fawning smile.
" Long time no see, Sister March, welcome to Sampo Hotel!"
" It used to be the Goethe Hotel, now it's the Sampo Hotel! Old Goethe was old and frail, unable to manage such a large business, so he entrusted it to the young man he trusted the most - Sampo!"
" Don't misunderstand, there is absolutely no trickery or forceful seizure involved; it's completely a continuation of the dreams between two gentlemen."
" Look, both I and Old Goethe have chosen to face the future instead of clinging to past memories. You should do the same, Sister March."
March 7th shook her head.
Aside from the last sentence being a bit deliberate, the act of trickily seizing the Goethe Hotel really did sound like something Sampo would do.
It was quite reasonable!
However.
Sampo was not the source of interference in this scene.
They arrived in front of Bronya and Seele, who were communicating.
Talking to Seele.
" Long time no see, Seele~ "
Seele in the memory replied, " Isn't this March 7th? Long time no see... After you left Belobog, was everything going smoothly?"
" The train did not turn back, the train sailed to the other end of the stars... because this is its destiny. Just like us moving forward in time, unable to go back to the past."
" March 7th, don't recall the past, it is harmful and not beneficial to you. Please believe me."
Fu Xuan's voice couldn't help but say, " Why is everyone in your memory stopping you from recalling... things are getting stranger and stranger..."
" Sigh... I also think it's strange, but let's take it one step at a time!"
Clear the interference.
[ Battle Start ]
Fu Xuan's energy was full, and March 7th eagerly clicked on Fu Xuan's ultimate.
At this moment, Himeko stood up from her seat.
" My coffee seems to be ready, March, wait for me, I'll go get it."
" Sister Himeko, come back quickly, I'll be able to clear these monsters soon and go to the next scene!"
" Don't worry."
However.
Himeko never came back after going.
Now only March 7th and Old Yang were left to continue the story.
And the two of them seemed to have not noticed the abnormality in the carriage.
They also didn't notice... that the people going through the story together were getting fewer and fewer, and the atmosphere was getting colder and colder.
March 7th scratched her hair.
" Uncle Yang, it should be the Herta Space Station next."
Old Yang nodded: " According to the time reversal, it should indeed be the space station."
March 7th was a little excited and a little nervous: " I think this should be the last scene."
" Going further, I should be able to trace back to the memory I lost, right?"
Touching the display screen of the Herta Space Station.
Entering the cutscene interface.
[ Don't look back ]
[ March 7th, don't look back, keep moving forward. ]
" Annoying! It's this prompt again!"
" Huh!?"
March 7th suddenly covered her mouth in surprise.
" Why did I say [ again ]?"
" Uncle Yang, did we forget something?"
Old Yang pushed his glasses with one hand.
His sharp gaze scanned the carriage.
Pom-Pom had finished cleaning and picked up a pair of scissors, seemingly intending to prune the potted plants.
No abnormality was found.
Old Yang slightly breathed a sigh of relief.
But suddenly looked up again.
" Where are Himeko and Stelle?"
March 7th thought for a moment and replied, " Didn't they say they were tired and went to their rooms to rest?"
" Oh right."
" Uncle Yang, don't get distracted, we're almost at the space station, I still need you to help me analyze which one is the source of interference next!"
" Hmm..."
What March 7th and Old Yang didn't know was.
At this moment.
In the passenger car on the other side.
Every window pane began to emit blue light, and a number of Memoria Keepers dressed similarly to the [ Messenger ] walked out from them.
In the blink of an eye.
A group of Memoria Keepers had gathered here!
The [ Messenger ] leading them spoke, " Everyone, the situation is very serious now!"
" Once her past is revealed in the game, it will be an unimaginable [ disaster ]..."
" Before things develop to the point of no return, we, the Garden of Recollection, can only resort to strong measures."