Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 335 Kiana: Phaethon, this is real life offline.

Startled by the sudden appearance of the circular saw blade, the cat quickly hid behind Kiana. The saw blade was then retracted and reappeared from another location to continue cutting.

After repeating this process several times, a large opening was cut open in the carriage in front of them, and out emerged a green-haired girl with twin tails wearing a maid outfit and carrying a teddy bear backpack.

The girl Kiana called Corinne stepped out of the carriage, put down her chainsaw, and began to examine her apron. Seeing that the apron was not damaged, she happily patted it twice and then bowed to Kiana.

"It's been a long time, Miss Kiana. I didn't expect to meet you here. And who is this cat-like person behind you?"

“Her name is Nekomiya Matana, you can call her Nekomatsumaru.” Kiana pulled Nekomatsumaru to her side and introduced her. “As for her identity, she is a Void Investigator whom I applied for.”

"I see, it's a pleasure to meet you, Investigator! My name is Colleen." Colleen bowed again, the speed and force of which made Kiana break out in a cold sweat for her.

"Hello," the cat greeted again, still feeling a bit shaken.

She was clearly still reeling from the shock she had just experienced.

"This is wonderful! Since this Miss Nekomata is an investigator, she must have the latest radish!"

"Yes, there is, but... are you really okay on your own?" the cat asked again.

"No problem, um, it'll definitely be fine!" Then Corinne deflated, "It still won't work. Miss Kiana, could you let me follow you for a while? As long as we can find Mr. Lycan!"

"No problem," Kiana said with a smile. "In fact, it's more worrying to let Colleen act alone."

"Really? That's wonderful! As a token of my gratitude, I have some food here that I could give to Miss Kiana and the others."

"Just in case, Colleen, I'd like to ask about these foods... they shouldn't be Lina's, right?"

"Huh? While it's true that part of the reason for this operation was to secretly put Lina's food into the cave to dispose of it, all that food is with Mr. Lykan. What I have here are just some cookies that I baked in my spare time, so there's absolutely no problem with them!"

"That's good, then we'll accept it without hesitation!"

After accepting the cookies baked by Corinne as a thank you gift, the group set off. With Corinne joining them, Kiana and Mei no longer had to deal with Mukuro.

Of course, because the route needed to be checked frequently, the fact that Bomb made a human voice could not be kept secret. Although Corinne was curious about who was behind Bomb, it was their secret after all, and Kiana was also there, so Corinne didn't care too much.

Over the next few days, the group continued moving forward while trying to change the train's trajectory. They eventually succeeded in altering the train's path and also found an exit nearby, allowing Corinne to safely leave the cave.

Before leaving, Kelin wanted to ask Zhe and the others for their address so she could visit them to express her gratitude later, but Zhe declined. Seeing that they hadn't given her an address, Kelin bowed solemnly to the others once more before leaving.

"What's going on with this Kelin? How can a maid have such powerful combat abilities?" Zhe complained.

"Of course, Colleen belongs to a housekeeping company called Victoria Housekeeping. Because its business is extensive and involves many areas, it naturally needs its employees to have a certain level of combat effectiveness."

"Victorian Housekeeping?"

Tetsuya and the cat looked at Kiana with confusion. It has to be said that even though it was Tetsuya who was speaking, Ies's tilted head was still very cute. Kiana was struck by Ies's cute appearance and continued to explain after she came back to her senses.

“It’s normal that you don’t know. Victoria Housekeeping is a company that provides services to the upper class and people with high-quality assets. It’s really difficult to get in touch with them without a certain amount of wealth and power.”

"That's right, I almost forgot you were the second young lady of the Kaslana family if you hadn't mentioned it."

"I'm truly sorry that I lack any aristocratic air."

"This, hahaha!"

"Well, there's still some time before the train arrives. If there's anything else you want to know, I can continue."

"Can you tell us why the Sixth Anti-Air Division hasn't completely resolved the Dead End Void? Logically speaking, since the Dead End Void contains the infamous Yi Hai, the Sixth Anti-Air Division should have taken action long ago."

"Are you asking this question right off the bat?"

"What, is there something you can't say? If so, you don't have to say it."

"Actually, it's nothing. If you want to know, I can tell you." Kiana sighed and continued, "It's really because of Vision Industries. With the rise of Vision Industries, Perlman, as the company president, has also increased his influence. Then, in order to join the TOPS Group and build momentum for himself, Perlman spent a lot of money not only to win the bid for the subsequent construction project of Dead End Void, but also to put pressure on the HAND executives to the Anti-Air Section Six to make us end the suppression work on Dead End Void ahead of schedule."

"No wonder the mission of the Sixth Anti-Air Division was cut short halfway through; there were internal reasons behind it all," Zhe mused. "But aren't you solely funded by ME Corporation? Why are you under pressure from the higher-ups at HA and ND?"

“Because TOPS is involved behind the scenes,” Mei replied.

"TOPS?"

"Hmm, they probably want to suppress ME. If possible, there are quite a few people within TOPS who want ME to leave the TOPS Group. So after learning about Perlman's plan, many people in the TPOS Group secretly colluded with Perlman to put pressure on them."

"I see. Then..."

"Master, although I'd love to hear these inside tidbits, the train is about to arrive at its destination."

"I understand, Nekomata!"

"I know, I know."

As the cat spoke, it got up and started doing warm-up exercises, then looked at the two people leisurely sitting to the side.

"Aren't you two going to lend a hand?" the cat asked earnestly.

"Don't worry, we'll help. You go up first, we'll be there shortly."

"Okay, okay."

So, after waiting for the right moment, the cat threw Ies onto the roof of the car and then ran wildly towards the front of the car, ready to rush in and help Ies at any time.

After landing on his buttocks, IAS stood there stunned for a moment before Zhe recovered and continued to control IAS's body to open the exit on the roof of the car.

However, because Bomb's size was too large for the exit, Zhe twisted his body a few times before he was able to squeeze through it.

But to everyone's surprise, as soon as they went down there, they were forced into a corner with guns pointed at their heads by a group of people in police uniforms. From their conversation, it was clear that these people were employed by Perlman, but the police department, as an official organization responsible for law enforcement, would certainly not have such a business.

In other words, the people on the train were just a group of mercenaries dressed in police uniforms. It is clear that Perlman may have bribed the police, who not only provided him with a large number of uniforms but also gave him the green light to get his plan approved.

No wonder the plan was implemented so quickly; it turns out there was some kind of connection involved!

However, now is not the time to lament the presence of corrupt individuals within the police department. The other side has already planned to completely destroy Ies and then throw it into the hollow to fend for itself.

In this extremely urgent situation, the windows on both sides of the train were suddenly broken, and Kiana and the others rushed in through the windows on both sides.

The commotion instantly drew everyone's attention, but upon seeing Kiana and Mei among the newcomers, everyone instantly lost their will to fight, and the leader stepped forward.

"Sir! I didn't expect to see you here!"

"Are you the leader?" Kiana asked.

"That's right, we are the security team from the Public Security Bureau responsible for the safety of this transport mission. May I ask why Commander Kiana is here?"

"It's nothing. I just received intelligence that there are still people in the blast zone who haven't been evacuated yet, so I came here specifically to investigate."

Upon hearing this, the leader's eyes sharpened instantly, but because of the helmet between them, they didn't notice anything unusual.

"This...this is impossible! We've already investigated everything beforehand; there shouldn't be any oversights. Besides, the train's route isn't the original one; we don't know what's going on here..."

"I changed the route, so why would you have a problem with that?" Kiana admitted without hesitation.

"H-How could this be! But this means the detonation will have to be delayed. Commander Kiana should know the consequences, right?"

"Alright, alright," Kiana waved her hand impatiently. "You don't need to keep acting like this. You're the rebels, aren't you?"

The atmosphere fell silent instantly upon hearing this. Then, the leader spoke up, "Even if you're trying to shirk responsibility, you don't have to accuse us of being rebels, do you? You should know that we have official identification numbers in the police department. If you don't believe me, you can always check our numbers at the police department after you leave, can't you?"

"Then who do you think the Bangbu behind us is? My Bangbu recorded every word you just said. What? Do you want me to pull up the recording?"

Seeing that he could no longer hide the truth, the leader simply stopped pretending and ordered his men to point their guns at the crowd.

"Since that's the case, then we'll stop pretending. Kiana, although you and your companions are indeed strong, facing so many guns at close range must be enough to give you trouble, right? If you know what's good for you, just surrender obediently. We'll let you go after we finish this job. Of course, your Bomb won't be so lucky!"

"I mean, are you guys really that brave?" Kiana frowned and sighed.

"What are you talking about? You didn't even bring any weapons with you. Where do you get the confidence to take us all down with your bare hands?!"

"Who said we need weapons to deal with you?"

As she spoke, Kiana slowly raised her right hand, a movement that instantly triggered a reaction from the enemy.

"Fire! Fire!"

In an instant, everyone pulled the trigger, and a barrage of bullets rained down on Kiana. The muzzle flashes illuminated Nekomata's worried face, but the next second, a crisp snap of fingers rang out and all the bullets vanished into thin air, while the rebel members in police uniforms all collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"W-What happened, meow!" the surprised cat couldn't help but ask again.

"These are not your concerns. Let's stop the train first."

“Yes, that’s right!”

The cat then went to the control room and pressed the emergency stop button. After doing all this, everyone left the dead end.

As agreed, Kiana and the others let Nekomata and Ies leave. Later, when Nekomata brought Ies back to the video store, the TV was showing a news report about the Dead End Hollow.

The news reports that due to some technical reasons, the train deviated from its original route, and Vision Industries is now urgently adjusting its blasting plan, which was originally scheduled for today, and has had to be postponed to tomorrow night.

In other words, Vision Industries must have sent another group of people in after they left, found the train, and drove it away. As for how they knew the train had left its original track, it was probably because of the emergency stop button.

However, considering the ability to pinpoint the train's location so quickly, it's more likely that a tracking device was installed on the train. If the other side could react quickly by conducting real-time detection near the tunnel exit, they would indeed be able to react just as fast.

In other words, Nicole and the others' crisis is not over yet. Although Tetsuya really wants to go back and bring Nicole and the other survivors out as soon as possible, Ies needs to recharge and adjust his condition, so he can only give up for now and wait until tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Kiana and the others, who had returned to the Anti-Air Section 6, reported what they had seen to Hoshimi Miyabi, or rather, to Tsukishiro Ryu, who was standing next to Hoshimi Miyabi at that moment supervising her in fulfilling her duties as section chief.

"I see. So, there were rebels posing as sheriffs on that train loaded with explosives. It seems there's definitely something fishy going on. But didn't you notice that the survivors also let a pair of rope makers and tunnel raiders escape? How do you plan to explain that?"

“Isn’t it thanks to them that we were able to find these things? And according to them, their companions are currently in the survivors’ settlement. So I think it would be better to let them lead the way rather than arresting them directly. Consider it as them redeeming themselves.”

Hearing Kiana's answer, Tsukishiro Ryu sighed wearily and said, "Kiana, you're still too naive. How do you know they'll keep their promise? What if they're just lying to escape your pursuit? How do you plan to take responsibility then?"

"Don't worry, absolutely not. I can tell from their eyes that they are not the kind of people who would do anything to survive."

Tsukishiro Ryu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Hoshimi Miyabi, who put down her pen.

"Liu, let Kiana go. Kiana must have her reasons for doing this. As her comrades, we should trust her judgment. Even if something goes wrong, I will take responsibility afterwards."

Hearing this, Yuecheng Liu didn't say anything more, but just waved his hand wearily, telling Kiana to handle it herself.

"However, there's one thing I must remind you of: Vision Industries just held a press conference saying they'll restart the demolition plan tomorrow night. If that's true, Kiana, you need to find concrete evidence by tomorrow night."

"Of course I understand." With that, Kiana left.

The following day, Kiana appeared in front of a video store called Random Play.