Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 270 Walter: I feel like I'm home now.

"So who exactly is the mastermind behind this?" Walter asked, frowning, after breaking free from Tesla's restraints. "They even tried to pull me away from the others, who are all my companions in this world. There's no need to avoid them, is there?"

"Come on, tell them now, besides Himeko, do you think the other two are capable of keeping their mouths shut?"

"So next we'll be facing that mastermind head-on?" Gallagher asked.

“Yes,” May nodded. “And he was personally brought here by you, Mr. Gallagher.”

Upon hearing this, Gallagher subconsciously frowned, then he realized what he meant.

"You mean... the mastermind behind it all is Sunday?"

Mei nodded: "To be precise, he was just the executor. The real mastermind is the remnants of the Order lurking within the family, that is, the entire Oak family."

"This is really..."

Gallagher shook his head with a wry smile. Ever since he heard that Sunday was actually a follower of Order, he had also harbored doubts about the Oak family. Initially, he had only wondered if only the higher-ups were remnants of Order, but he hadn't expected the entire Oak family to be!

"And the robin? Is she one too?"

It's no wonder Gallagher asked such a question, after all, it's a well-known fact that the robin is a staunch advocate of a harmonious life.

He also found it hard to imagine that such a believer in harmony could be a remnant of the Order, but fortunately Kiana refuted his conjecture.

"No, Miss Robin is not. It is because she travels around for many years to promote the idea of ​​harmony that she has a disagreement with Sunday, who is always at home."

Gallagher took a deep breath and looked at Kiana, asking, "Can you tell me in detail what happened? After all, I'm going to take him to find that Galactic Diva, and I want to know the whole truth before we take action."

Normally, the process of transporting people to the dead is very fast, but Kiana deliberately slowed it down. In any case, the person being transported is unaware of the process and has no way of perceiving the passage of time.

Kiana did this for a simple reason: she needed Gallagher's help later.

"It would be too long to explain in detail, so relax and I will tell you the answer in the form of a dream."

So Sunday's life was shown to everyone in the form of a dream by Kiana. After seeing Sunday's experiences and the changes in his mindset, everyone fell silent.

There is no doubt that Sunday was a noble man, but his limited perspective restricted his thinking. Yet the dream he sought to realize was so grand, so grand that even Walter had to admit it was a beautiful and ideal dream, but ultimately, it could only remain a dream of dreams.

After all, human desires are endless. Even if you satisfy your current desires, new desires will arise in the future. But desires are not all bad.

Even human progress and technological development are, in a sense, driven by desire. It is impossible to completely eliminate human desires, so we can only rely on the power of the Star God to forcefully achieve this.

However, this would be no different from the Stigmata Project that Kevin had implemented back then, and as someone who had been through it, Welt would naturally not agree with this plan.

"I see." Now Walter fully understood what he needed to do. "What do we, the Star Train, need to do?"

“Your Star Train?” Tesla said abruptly, and Walter shuddered instantly. “But never mind, what you have to do is very simple: follow the original plan, first negotiate with Sunday, then take over the clockmaker’s legacy, and finally return to the Golden Hour with Sunday to prepare for the final battle.”

“I understand, what about you?” Walter asked.

"We? According to the plan, the moment of your final battle will be the moment we execute the last step of the plan. Remember, no matter what happens at that time, you must remain conscious. We will meet again in the outermost layer of the dream."

Walter nodded: "Should I tell them?"

“My advice is that it’s best not to,” Mei advised.

"why?"

“Mr. Walter…may I call you that? You are special, after all, you came here from our world and experienced that great war, so your will is the most steadfast and mature. Our plan needs anchors like you to execute it for it to succeed.”

Besides the need to keep the plan secret, the other three were also bound by the bet. When Ms. Kiana made the bet with Sunday, she specifically set three restrictions for herself in order to get Sunday to agree to the bet.

Firstly, she cannot personally intervene; she can only guide the process. Secondly, she cannot reveal the truth to too many people, especially those on the Star Train—she can only inform one person at most. Thirdly, and finally, before a winner is decided, Miss Kiana must help Mr. Sunday maintain the stability of Taiyi's Dream.

Walter frowned after listening: "Is it necessary to do this?"

"Because we believe, we believe that even without our help, you will ultimately be able to stop Sunday's plans," the captain said.

"Actually?"

"...The mission objective is for you to be the main force in resolving this incident," the captain shrugged.

Yes, it was all just His mission. Otherwise, given Kiana and the captain's personalities, they would have personally stepped in to help resolve the situation the moment they learned the full details of Sunday's plan.

This is one of the prices that the Consciousness Integration had to pay to help them find Seele. According to Him, it's too boring for you to just take action directly. If you can just take Him out in one go, why bother watching the show? Wouldn't it be better to just watch the commentary?

"The price of finding Seele? Is it related to your loss of contact in the group chat?"

"Hmm." The captain nodded. "At that time, we were preparing to go to the second world, and then for some reason, a 'traffic accident' occurred in the tunnel that connects the worlds, which caused me, the Herrscher of Knowledge, Seele, and Kiana to get separated. Fortunately, the Herrscher of Knowledge subconsciously possessed me the moment we were separated, but Seele was not so lucky."

Later, just as Kiana, the Herrscher of Knowledge, and I were reuniting to search for Seele, He approached us and offered to let us return to this world as a reward for finding Seele.

"So that's what happened. What about Seele?"

"She's also at Dream Reef, but this time, because Seele brought along some hostages and there wasn't really a need for her power, we didn't let her come. Right now, she's probably showing the others around."

"Have you finished your discussion? The plan can begin."

Kiana's voice came from the side, and at the same time, Gallagher had disappeared without a trace. It seemed that Kiana had taken him away while they were discussing things, since Gallagher needed to complete his final scenes.

"Has it really been that long?"

Walter then realized that several tens of minutes had passed since he left Xing and the others. At first, Walter had only told them that he had been gone for a few minutes, but in reality, the so-called few minutes had long passed.

"Judging by the time, it really is time for me to meet up with them. See you all later!"

After Walter finished speaking, he prepared to leave. Just then, Tesla called him back and said that he would go with him. Anyway, the plan was already prepared, and it would be just as easy to leave the rest to May.

Tesla also wanted to take this opportunity to get to know the people from the Star Train. He had been chatting in the group chat, but Tesla only knew the general personalities of the people from the Star Train. To be honest, apart from Himeko and that Pam, they were all quite abstract.

Thinking of this, Tesla glanced at Walter, who was inexplicably nervous beside him, and could only sigh helplessly in the end.

She knew Walter's personality well; because of the Collapse, he had to suppress his personality and try to become a qualified leader.

Now that the Honkai has been defeated, Welt's suppressed nature is gradually being revealed.

On Earth, Tesla and Joe could keep him somewhat in check, but after leaving Earth, Walter gradually let go of himself. As for the younger generation on the Star Train, Walter, as an elder, had to pretend to be mature and set an example.

Otherwise, given Walter's childlike personality, Tesla couldn't even imagine how much more unrestrained he would become.

A short while later, Walter and Tesla arrived near Xing and the others, and then they overheard their conversation.

"I never thought Uncle Yang would get a lesson in this day," March 7th remarked.

"After all, there's always someone who can subdue another. It's only natural that Uncle Yang was scolded by his family for being away from his hometown for too long." Xing rarely spoke seriously.

"But speaking of which, Uncle Yang has been gone for a while. Didn't we agree that he would only be gone for a few minutes?"

"They must have done that around this time," Xing speculated.

"That?" March 7th tilted her head and looked at Xing with a puzzled expression.

"Whichever it could be, it's that one, of course." Xing revealed a mysterious smile.

"Waaah!" March 7th's face turned bright red.

"Uncle Yang must be pinned down on the bed now and forced into becoming a sex slave!"

"Hey!"

Compared to March 7's excitement, Himeko helplessly covered her head. She should have known better; Hoshi wouldn't say anything normal.

To prevent Xing from spreading even more shocking rumors, Walter quickly brought Tesla to the front of the group.

"Tesla and I were just catching up, and I didn't notice the time for a moment. There's no need for Xing to let his thoughts wander so far."

"Alright." Since the person in question had said so, Hoshino could only scratch his head and stop going along with what he had said before.

“Let me introduce you again,” Walter said. “This is my wife, and also Tesla, whom you’ve chatted with in the group chat.”

"Hello."

“It’s that grumpy, weird auntie!” Xing said.

"Strange…!"

"Star!" March 7th whispered a reminder, "How can you speak ill of someone in front of them! Sorry, this child is like that, please don't mind. My name is March 7th, and her name is Star. As for that one, that's our navigator, Sister Himeko!"

"Hello, I'm Himeko, nice to meet you."

As she spoke, Himeko extended her hand, but Tesla did not choose to shake hands but instead carefully observed Himeko's appearance.

"Looking at it this way, it does indeed resemble... Ah, sorry, I am Tesla, and as you can see, I am Joachim, also known as your Uncle Yang's... cough cough! wife."

Tesla, blushing, took Himeko's hand as he realized what was happening.

After a long while, the two parted ways, and Himeko finally had the chance to ask the question that had been bothering her.

"Speaking of which, do I really resemble... Himeko Murata from your world that much?"

"Oh right! I'd only heard Kiana mention this before, but now that I think about it, I'm quite curious too." March Seven also realized, "Does that Himeko-san really look a lot like our Himeko-neechan?"

Walter and Tesla exchanged glances, and in the end, it was Walter who stepped forward.

“They look very similar, almost identical. You should have seen them in Beloborg, Star and March 7. Bronya and Seele there are my counterparts of Bronya and Seele from my world, and they look almost exactly alike.”

Before I boarded the train, the last major event I experienced in my hometown was the invasion by extraterrestrial enemies. It was during that time that Void Manzang and I discovered information about Himeko's world at the enemy's outpost. According to the report, the next target of those beings who claimed to be extraterrestrials was there. So Void Manzang and I went to the outpost there through the Star Gate and destroyed it.

That was the first time I met your Himeko-nee, but she didn't know I existed at the time. It was probably around that time that the seed of going to space was planted deep in my heart. Even after returning to Earth, I never let go of this idea, until…”

"Until one day that guy Void Treasury suddenly came looking for you, right?" Tesla asked in a resentful tone.

“…Yes.” Walter guiltily pushed up his slightly drooping glasses and continued, “Anyway, for various reasons, Void Manzou and I embarked on another space exploration journey through the Stargate. However, due to some accidents, we lost the coordinates of the Stargate. Just when we were in distress, Himeko and Train happened to arrive nearby and rescued Void Manzou and me.”

Having lost our coordinates for returning home, Void Repository and I had no choice but to temporarily travel with the train in search of a way back. We never imagined that the other end of the stargate would connect to another universe; no wonder the messages we entrusted to Miss Estelle to send couldn't reach my homeland.

"No wonder I felt like I'd met you before when I first saw you. It turns out you saved my hometown without my knowledge!" Himeko exclaimed. "Thinking about it now, we're quite destined to meet."

Just then, March 7th raised his hand like a studious student.

"Uncle Yang, I have a question to ask."

"What's the problem?" Walter gestured for March 7 to continue.

What is that stargate?

“I know that, it’s just a teleportation portal!” Xing answered quickly.

"Is...that so?" It was obvious that March Seven didn't believe Xing's statement. After all, didn't she know what kind of personality Xing had?

In situations like this, Xing's words are mostly just for fun. I really don't understand how abstract Xing must have been before she lost her memory, so that she can still maintain such an abstract appearance after losing her memory.

“From a simple and easy-to-understand perspective, Xing is right,” Tesla said.

"Is that really true?!"

“Stargate…” Walter thought for a moment and decided to explain it in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

Simply put, some distorted 'points' or holes are created in the universe from time to time, and those 'points' are stargates. If you know how to pass through a stargate, you can teleport to the corresponding coordinates through the stargate. To use a game analogy, it's like a randomly generated portal that appears in the game.

At first, Void Treasury only knew about the existence of Stargate and how to pass through it. He also thought that Stargate was just a 'gate' for traveling freely in the universe. At that time, neither he nor I realized that Stargate could not only be used to travel within the universe, but also to travel across universes.

For some reason, my home solar system is surrounded by a ring of imaginary energy tidal zones, preventing those inside from leaving. Therefore, the only way to escape the solar system is through stargates. Looking back, I realize my preparations were insufficient; otherwise, I wouldn't be stuck like this, unable to find my way home.

"Uncle Yang..."

"Alright, now is not the time to be sentimental," Walter comforted. "Besides, now that I have group chat and Kiana's help, I can talk to people from my hometown anytime. It feels like I've never left my hometown."

"More than that, we seem to have met quite a few counterparts from Uncle Yang's hometown along the way. It's not surprising that Uncle Yang would have such thoughts after seeing these people," Xing joked.

"Forehead…"