Ryza said over the phone that the manufacturing and modifications were successful. They were currently finishing up, and it would be ready for pickup in two hours.
After calling Shiro and learning that she seemed to be repairing something and couldn't spare the time, Jean set off alone toward Meruru's Alchemists Workshop.
With teleportation devices available, no location was considered far; you could say it was just a few steps away.
However, since the agreed-upon time was two hours later, Jean still walked slowly and aimlessly down the street.
The entire complex zone remained as bustling as ever. Aside from a few caution tapes in the plaza and a sign prohibiting singing, it was packed with people everywhere.
Fortunately, the public security was quite good. After all, with perfect surveillance and the fact that abilities exchanged with Reincarnation Points couldn't be used in public areas, things were generally peaceful.
"Of course, even that didn't stop Lady Nero from singing," Jean remarked offhandedly.
"Umu, indeed. Those people actually banned me from performing songs in front of the public; it is their loss!" A very pleasant voice suddenly popped up.
"Uh, Lady Nero?" Jean was extremely grateful right now that she hadn't let the words 'Umu Monster' slip out.
"Mm, precisely. I am the embodiment of art, the Flower of Olympia, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. To be able to recognize the Emperor's true form, you are quite a rare talent indeed." She spoke the tongue-twister of a name as crisply as a bird's song.
"Aha, I am truly honored, Your Majesty."
"Just call me Nero. By the way, I still don't know your name."
"I am Jean. Nice to meet you."
"Jean, is it?" She then stared with her large, emerald-green eyes for a moment. "Aren't you that sonic skateboard girl?"
"What the heck is that? It sounds like the protagonist of a ghost story."
"No need to be shy. Being able to physically exceed the speed of sound is a great achievement in itself. Hmm, since you don't seem familiar with this place, let me guide you through this exotic scenery." Nero realized her slip of the tongue and offered compensation.
Looking at the time and seeing there was still over an hour left, Jean readily agreed.
Thus, the two began strolling around the commercial street. However, since Jean didn't have any clothes she wanted to buy and their tastes didn't align, they gradually narrowed their focus to snacks.
Milk tea, crepes, takoyaki, fried yogurt, grilled skewers—they tried various snacks, both familiar and unfamiliar, as they moved from the commercial street toward the snack street.
"Although this city has become quite strange, it is indeed much more convenient than the Roman style I designed."
"The previous Roman style? You were the previous one, Nero?"
"That's right. After lifting the curse of the gods, the Emperor is invincible. It's just a pity that the person named V was too abnormal. I was taken out before I could even see through her. She must have been cheating!" Nero took a bite of a grilled chicken skewer and complained to Jean beside her.
"It couldn't have been the legendary Cybernetic Feng Ling Yue Ying, could it?"
"Who knows? Anyway, I don't use those things when I play games."
At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses, dressed in tatters, and with a hand drill stuck in his waistband sat down in the seat next to them.
"Boss, one serving of grilled chicken skewers and a glass of shochu." "Coming right up, please wait a moment."
Not long after, once the food and drink arrived and just as he was about to pick it up, a petite girl suddenly appeared behind him.
"Yo, old man, after all these years, you've finally decided to have a second spring and start picking up girls?"
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