Rhodes Island, it is said that because its mobile city-state looked like a snail from afar, it was named Rhodes Island.
Alright, the above is pure nonsense.
In the car, Fujino could already see Rhodes Island in the distance.
Fujino really still wanted to complain about the technology of this world; it was simply too strange.
The destination was near, and soon everyone arrived in front of Rhodes Island.
Fujino had already restored her original body size as she got out of the car.
"Can you control your body's age at will?" Kaltsit finally couldn't help but ask curiously.
"That's right." Fujino nodded.
"That really is amazing." Kaltsit couldn't help but exclaim, and then she didn't say anything more.
Following Kaltsit and Amiya, everyone boarded Rhodes Island without any obstruction.
On the way, Fujino saw several quite familiar operators.
"390" did not know Fujino; the so-called familiarity was only from seeing them in the game.
Yato, Steward, Rangers, and so on.
There was also someone she was truly familiar with.
Not Silence, but a Sarkaz female who shrouded herself in a black robe.
Shining!
"I didn't expect her to appear here now. If that's the case, then Liz must be here too."
The name Liz might not be very familiar, but the nickname Nightingale was quite famous.
Looking at Shining's back, Fujino thought about it and decided not to disturb her; it would be better to find an opportunity to sneak in and see Liz.
If she met Shining now, Fujino couldn't guarantee whether this person would break the vow made in the past out of excitement and draw the black sword she carried in her arms.
Although Fujino was not afraid of Shining drawing her sword, Rhodes Island, which they were standing on, was a different story.
Shining's swordsmanship had reached a realm capable of severing night and day. It might be unlikely to cut Rhodes Island in half with a single powerful strike, but causing unimaginable destruction would not be difficult.
According to the standards of Fujino's original world, One Piece, she was definitely a Great Swordsman, and her strength was not weaker than Hawkeye.
Of course, this is a comparison of pure swordsmanship. If Shining used Originium Arts, it wouldn't be impossible for her to defeat Hawkeye. In Fujino's view, Shining's Originium Arts were truly interesting.
Quietly masking her aura—Shining was quite familiar with her aura, and Fujino did not want to be exposed.
However, things did not go as Fujino had imagined.
Shining indeed did not discover her, but another person walking from the front couldn't help but make Fujino's expression change slightly.
Nearl.
The Knight of Kazimierz, but that was in the past. In the past, Nearl was even titled the Radiant Knight in Kazimierz because of her unique Originium Arts.
However, all of this was in the past; the current Nearl was already an operator of Rhodes Island.
But this was not the most important thing.
The important thing was that Nearl knew her, and was very familiar with Shining!
"Are you Lilith?! Lilith, why are you here?!"
Hearing Nearl's surprised words, Fujino's expression was truly not very good.
The name Lilith referred to her. Not many people knew this name because it appeared in the second year after Fujino and the others arrived on the Terra Continent. At that time, Umbrella had already firmly established its foothold on the Terra Continent, and Fujino had taken some time to run around the Terra Continent by herself.
With the intention of hiding her identity, Fujino did not use the name Fujino outside at that time, but instead gave herself another name, which was the name Lilith. The people who knew this name were those who had interacted with Fujino when she used this name, and Shining and Nearl were among them.
At that time, Fujino had also changed her body size, to about ten years old, just to prevent people from recognizing her. However, now Fujino was in her 18-year-old form, but she didn't expect Nearl to still discover her.
But thinking about it, the difference between ten and eighteen years old in appearance for this body was not really that big, so it was understandable that she could be recognized.
If she had known, she would have changed her hair color.
Then, pretending to be an older sister or something would have been easy.
Unlike Fujino who knew the details, Amiya and Kaltsit were a bit confused.
Who is Lilith?
At this moment, Nearl had already run to the front of the group, still wearing that unchanging armor, and in the surprised gazes of everyone, she hugged Fujino with a face full of smiles.
"Lilith, why have you come to Rhodes Island? It's been a year, and you've changed so much!" Releasing Fujino, Nearl said very excitedly.
"Shining and Nightingale will definitely be very happy to see you, Lilith!"
No, no, no! Nightingale would indeed be very happy to see me, but that guy Shining would only want to hack me to pieces!
Hearing the footsteps coming from behind, Fujino already knew—it was Shining!
"Long time no see, Lilith."
A pair of hands, slightly calloused, rested on Fujino's shoulders. Fujino had already felt it; a faint, almost imperceptible sword intent was gathering behind her, with the possibility of being drawn at any moment.
"Long time no see, Shining."
With a slightly guilty smile, Fujino turned back and greeted Shining, who wore a faint smile.
"It has been a long time. After doing that sort of thing back then, you actually ran away from me. Now, Lilith, aren't you going to give me an explanation?"
Clang!
A small section of the silver-white blade of the sword in Shining's hand had already been exposed. The previously faint sword intent was now exceptionally obvious, and invisible wind swirled around.
The people around them subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Nearl, do you know her?" Kaltsit asked Nearl, who was smiling bitterly on the side.
"You mean Lilith? Of course I know her. When Shining, Nightingale, and I formed the Followers, Lilith was also a member. Because Lilith's medical Originium Arts were extremely powerful, and she was only ten years old, she was the youngest of the three of us back then. Because of her outstanding medical abilities, Lilith had the best relationship with Shining and Nightingale, but later, some things happened, and Lilith left."
"So that's how it is." Kaltsit understood something and looked at the two people in front of her with interest.
Having suffered so much at Fujino's hands before, it seemed she could finally see this person make a fool of herself now.
"Miss Nearl, didn't you say they had a great relationship? Why has it become like this now? What happened back then?" Amiya asked curiously, her eyes sparkling with the light of gossip.
This little donkey's mind also became sharp at this moment, instantly realizing that there must be something between the two that shouldn't be told to outsiders.
Beside Amiya, Saria also became interested.
After all, gossiping is a woman's nature; even she was very interested in it, not to mention this gossip came from Fujino.
As for why she didn't step in to help, Saria admitted that this Sarkaz woman named Shining was very strong, even giving her a bit of pressure now. However, knowing some of Fujino's strength, Saria didn't think Shining could cause any harm to Fujino.
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