Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 251 Star (Yamcha.jpg)

"Thank you for your help," Xing said.

"It's nothing. I just saw you being harassed by that person and instinctively came to your rescue. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Huang Quan left. Just as Xing turned around and was still sighing that there were still many good people in the world, Huang Quan's voice came from behind her again.

Why are you in my room?

"Your room?"

Xing tilted her head in confusion, not understanding why Huang Quan, who had just left, would ask such a question.

"Isn't this my room? Have you forgotten that you just got me out of that predicament?"

"Is that so?" Huang Quan replied woodenly. "I'm sorry, I'm prone to forgetting things because of my own reasons. Maybe I got lost and went to the wrong room. I'll go to the lobby and ask the staff."

After saying that, Huang Quan left the room again. Although it was a bit inexplicable, it did not affect Xing's good mood. Just as she finished packing her luggage and was preparing to officially enter Pinocone through the Dream Pool, Huang Quan's voice came again.

"Excuse me, how do I get to the front desk?"

"Turn left after you go out and walk straight, and you'll arrive." Although Xing wanted to say this, she held back. She patiently led Huang Quan to the front desk, and dragging her slightly tired body, Xing lay down in the Dream Pool to begin her dream.

After a shimmering, glass-like scene, Xing arrived in a somewhat eerie corridor. Standing in front of her was a hotel waiter she had met once before; if she remembered correctly, the waiter's name was Misha.

Misha explained that Xing finally understood that the Daydream Hotel in the dream was under renovation, and in order to avoid giving guests an unnecessary bad experience, the hotel decided to let guests go directly through this corridor to Pinocchio's Golden Moment Dream.

Xing vaguely felt that things were not so simple, but there was only one way forward. So, led by Misha, Xing passed through the mirror at the end of the corridor and successfully arrived at the real Pinocchio.

A large-scale synesthetic dream world composed of the dreams of everyone in Pinocchio, this is the golden moment symbolizing prosperity.

However, after stepping out of the mirror, Xing felt a sense of weightlessness surrounding her. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in the air above the golden hour.

Could it be that this is a dream? It can even fly! Star spreads its arms and soars through the sky, but unfortunately, the next second it falls straight down into the square in front of the Daydream Hotel.

With a loud bang, as the smoke and dust dissipated, Xing lay abruptly on the ground in the center of the square.

When Xing regained consciousness and opened her eyes, she saw a pair of white feet in her field of vision. One foot was wearing a dark red high-top shoe, while the other foot had the high top removed, leaving only the toe area of ​​the shoe folded up to reveal the white lining inside.

Looking up from those feet, one could see Kiana standing in front of her, dressed in what appeared to be a fairy boat-style outfit with a high ponytail. However, Kiana was accompanied by a snake-like creature that could float in the air.

The creature stared at Xing with its large red eyes, curiously examining him, before revealing a hint of disdain.

"Is this the person you were talking about? He seems even less reliable than you."

"Okay, Nian Gao, I know it was wrong of me to wait so long to release you, but you don't have to be so disgusted with Xing, do you?"

"What do you mean by that? Are you saying I'm petty?!"

The magical creature that Kiana called "mochi" suddenly raised its body, its slender body swaying from side to side in the air, and the snake's tongue in its wide-open mouth was vibrating up and down.

Although Xing couldn't see any expression, she could clearly sense that the being called "Nian Gao" was indeed a little angry. However, this anger looked quite cute, so much so that in Xing's eyes it looked more like she was being coquettish.

But does the name "rice cake" mean it's edible?

Thinking of this, Xing couldn't help but shed tears. After wiping away her drool, Xing asked Kiana.

Why are you the only one here? Where is everyone else?

"To be honest, we got separated from Seele after entering Pinocchio. It seems that something unexpected happened when she entered the dream, which prevented her from reaching the Golden Hour. So the captain is searching for Seele with the others. As for Mr. Welt and your companions, they are currently at Clockwork Boy Plaza not far away. Since you're here, I'll go with you to find Mr. Welt and the others first."

"Is this alright? Isn't Seele one of your companions?" Xing asked.

"It's precisely because she's my comrade that I trust her and the captain who's searching for her. Don't worry, Seele has gone missing more than once or twice, and she always manages to escape unscathed each time. Besides, this isn't a dangerous place at all, so you can rest assured!"

"Too."

After thinking for a moment, Xing agreed to Kiana's suggestion and went with her to Clockwork Boy Plaza, which was not far away. However, although Pinocchio was a safe place, the things that March 7 had said to her before getting off the train, such as siblings killing each other and bloodshed, made her feel a little uneasy.

However, all of that vanished after meeting Welt, Himeko, and March 7th. Anyway, with Himeko and Welt around, even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Not to mention, there's also Kiana, a strong person, who can handle any situation. If anything unexpected happens, she can knock it away with one blow.

But was she using the idiom correctly? Xing carefully recalled the knowledge she had learned on the Immortal Boat.

"Now that everyone's here, let me briefly explain the situation," Himeko said. "First, I need to apologize to Hoshino. There's something I did choose to hide from you."

"The watchmaker's legacy?" Xing asked.

Himeko nodded.

"Am I the only one who's still in the dark?"

As Xing spoke, she showed a sad expression, and upon seeing this, March 7 quickly stepped forward to apologize.

"We're sorry, it's not that we intentionally hid it from you, it's just that we haven't had the chance to tell you the truth. Besides, we couldn't find you in the hotel in reality, so we decided to wait until we entered the dream world to tell you the truth."

Thinking about it now, it seems that's true. Ever since Xing entered the Daydream Hotel, she first met the hotel waiter who called himself Misha in the lobby, and then she was caught up in all sorts of unexpected events.

First, because she wasn't on the invitation list, the check-in process took a lot of time. After successfully checking in, she unexpectedly saw Silver Wolf and another Star Core Hunter in the VIP lounge. Out of curiosity, after watching the dialogue projected on the screen, Xing hurriedly took her luggage back to her room.

She then encountered Sand Gold in the room. If it weren't for Huang Quan's help, she probably would have been entangled with Sand Gold for a while longer.

Later, Xing helped Huang Quan find her room, and it did take quite a while before she finally entered the dream.

Seeing that Hoshino had no objections, Himeko began to introduce the so-called watchmaker's legacy.

In short, the train received a strange music box along with Pinocchio's invitation. Because some of the hidden dissonant sounds inside seemed familiar to Himeko, she began to work on deciphering those dissonant sounds.

The result of the decryption was somewhat unexpected; those discordant sounds turned out to be the roar of the Star Train's engine.

These roaring sounds, emitted at a specific frequency, were a unique distress signal among the nameless individuals.

After translating it, we get a sentence: The original founder of Pinocchio, the dreamland, is a watchmaker whose legacy is hidden there. If you can find it, you can inherit the watchmaker's legacy.

"Does that mean the clockmaker is dead? Or could he have been an unknown person?" March 7th asked.

“I don’t know, but what I do know is that the person who sent that music box must be related to the nameless guest,” Himeko said. “However, given that Mr. Sand Gold also knows about the watchmaker’s inheritance, this matter is probably not a secret among certain people.”

"So what should we do now?" Kiana asked. "Should I find out who else knows about this and then cooperate with them?"

"No need. Our main objective right now is to find out who sent this invitation. We can consider other things later. If there are no other issues, let's call it a day."

Himeko said, and the others looked at each other and said they had no objections, so they each found their companions and left.

"Can you tell me what happened after you left the Immortal Ship?"

After parting ways with the others, Welt asked Kiana in a secluded corner.

"Oh dear, we've been found out," Kiana said, scratching her head.

"I understand your and the captain's personalities. Since you've both said you're going to separate, you'll naturally go and carry out His mission, won't you?"

"Indeed."

Kiana then began to tell Welt about her experiences during this time.

"I see. It seems you've experienced quite a few exciting and interesting things. A world that manipulates elemental power? It seems to be a very interesting world."

“That’s what they say, but aren’t there people from that world in the group chat? Why are you still sighing here…” Kiana said with half-closed eyes, “Mr. Welt, you seem to have a pretty youthful mindset.”

"Well, you know how people are, you should always keep a more relaxed mindset."

"Come on, don't we all know you're an old boy? To be honest, wasn't your decision not to use group chats to go back because you wanted to have more fun outside?"

"Cough cough!"

Walter coughed a few times, signaling Kiana to stop talking.

"Let's get down to business. Can you tell me who He sent to help this time?"

Kiana saw a hint of prayer in Welt's eyes, as if he was afraid of someone coming, to which Kiana simply smiled.

"Well, you guess!"

"Uh, okay."

After saying that, Walter didn't bring it up again: "So where should we go next? To be honest, I probably know less about Pinocone than you do."

"If you don't mind, please come with me."

Kiana then led Welt to a rooftop.

"here it is…?"

Walter looked around and found that it was just an ordinary rooftop observation deck with nothing special about it. If there was anything strange about it, it was the manhole cover under their feet that shouldn't be there.

However, considering that this is a dream world and may just be the personal design of a dream architect, Walter didn't find anything strange about it.

But I never expected to see rice cakes here. Come to think of it, it's almost New Year's. Walter thought to himself as he looked at the rice cakes beside him.

“It’s obvious this is just an ordinary rooftop observation deck,” Kiana said, hands on her hips.

“But this isn’t our destination,” Nian Gao continued Kiana’s words. “Do you see the manhole cover we’re standing on?”

So our destination is under this manhole cover?

"That's right!"

Rice Cake turned around and said, "As long as we go through this manhole cover, we'll reach our destination."

"What is that place?"

"Well, to put it simply, it's the border of dreams."

"border?"

"Yes, that's the Dream Frontier, the place where those dream architects work every day."

"Will there be any important clues there?"

"I wouldn't call it an important clue, but I felt like there were some things that needed to be dealt with there."

"Alright, let's go then."

So the group followed the passage under the manhole cover to another rooftop, and surprisingly, they emerged from a ventilation duct.

Walter looked around and asked, "Is this the Dream Frontier? It definitely feels like it's under construction."

Walter was referring, of course, to the houses in the distance that were still under construction.

"So where should we begin our investigation?"

"Don't rush. Since this place is called the Dream-Building Border, it's naturally not open to normal tourists," Kiana said. "The passage we just went through was a back door secretly left by the Dream Builders. We'll need to make some preparations before we can freely move around here. Mr. Walter wouldn't want us to be chased by a pack of Hound Clan members later, would he?"

"You sound very experienced. Have you been here before?"

"To be honest, although He sent Seele here, we don't know her exact location, so we can only search everywhere. That's when we discovered the previous passage."

"So how do we evade the eyes and ears of those hunting dogs? Or rather, where do we get legitimate status to move freely here?"

"There's no need for all that trouble. With me here, dealing with these guards is a piece of cake!"

"You mean you want to use the powers of dreams that you developed before?"

"After all, this is a dream world, and to move freely, one naturally needs certain means, and I just happen to have that power."

"That's really convenient. So where should we begin our investigation?"

"Do you see that building in the distance? That's our destination."

Walter looked in the direction Kiana was pointing and found that it was a rooftop quite close to the Pinocchio Grand Theatre, from which the entire Pinocchio Grand Theatre could be clearly seen.

Walter simply didn't understand that if the goal was simply to observe the Grand Theatre up close, there were telescopes available for tourists during Golden Hour, making it unnecessary to come all the way here.

“Mr. Walter must be wondering why I came here,” Kiana asked. “Actually, I came here to meet someone. That’s her secret base. We can wait for her there and find her.”

"I wonder who you're looking for, Kiana?"

“Star Core Hunter, Sam,” Kiana said.