Fist of Imagination

Hotaka Haruya pretended to look at his phone, and secretly glanced at the side face of Haruna Kanade next to him.

There were only two of them in the carriage, and it was so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing.

The girl wearing a raccoon scarf next to Hotaka Haruya looked a little anxious. She was so scared that her pale cheeks almost pressed against the glass window, and her hands were nervously grasping the tassels hanging from the end of the scarf.

The train had been stopped at this unheard-of Kunjin Station for more than half an hour. During this period, no crew members came to explain the situation, and no one was seen in the station outside the window.

The two had felt something was wrong more than ten minutes ago and wanted to go to other carriages to ask someone, but found that the doors at both ends of the carriage had been locked. They shouted hard against the door for several minutes but no one paid attention.

Hotaka Haruya tried to smash the window with a metal-shelled thermos cup, but the thin glass did not move at all.

Obviously, the mobile phone signals of both people were full, but they could not successfully call anyone.

I tried to go online to ask for help, but the browser kept showing that the webpage was loading and I couldn't send emails.

After struggling for a while, the two of them sat back in their seats exhausted to rest.

This was the first time I was alone with her like this... Damn it, why did this happen today?

Hodaka Haruya stared at the loading webpage on his mobile phone, trying to muster up the courage to comfort the girl next to him, but he couldn't think of what to say.

Even if he thought of it, he couldn't say it properly.

Because... I'm scared too.

Hodaka Haruya unconsciously held the phone tightly.

"Haruya-kun, can you open the webpage?"

In order to extend the use time of the mobile phone as much as possible, the two of them only turned on one mobile phone, and took turns every fifteen minutes to see if they could make or receive calls from their families.

Now it was Hodaka Haruya who kept the phone turned on. He showed the screen of the mobile phone to Haruna Kanade, and the circular arrow representing the loading was still spinning.

Haruna Kanade pursed her lips and said:

"Harumi-kun, I'm so sorry. If you hadn't accompanied me to Iwashima Town to find Mr. A, you wouldn't have..."

She tried to keep her voice from trembling, but she couldn't hide the slight breath.

Hotaka Harumi tried to squeeze out a smile that she didn't know if it was appropriate, and said to Haruna Kanade:

"Haruna-kun, it's not your fault. I decided to accompany you.

We have already told our family about taking the Ryoma Line to Tochigi Prefecture tonight. When they found that they couldn't contact us, they would definitely come to rescue us.

Haruna-kun, don't worry too much, it will be fine.

You should take a rest first. I will wake you up after the network is connected."

"Thank you, Harumi-kun."

Haruna Kanade seemed to feel relieved after hearing what Hotaka Harumi said. She stopped looking out the window, closed her eyes and leaned back on the seat.

Hotaka Harumi didn't know what he should do or think about now. He emptied his mind and stared at the web page loading on the screen of his mobile phone. Only the breathing of two people was left in the empty carriage.

Time passed by little by little, the light outside the car window seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the closed car seemed to be a little colder.

It was 12:00 in the middle of the night.

Hodaka Haruya closed his eyes tightly, and in order not to wake up the girl next to him, he raised his head and yawned silently.

His cold fingertips groped and pressed the fingerprint recognition area on the back of the phone.

This was the nth time that Hodaka Haruya looked down to check, and he had given up hope, but found that the loading circular arrow had disappeared, and a forum page he had never seen before was displayed on the mobile browser.

"Haruna-san!"

Hodaka Haruya immediately woke up his companion, and the two of them gathered in front of the mobile phone screen.

"Hurry up and make a video call."

Hodaka Haruya's somewhat stiff fingers clicked several times before switching to Line, found his father's account and pressed the video call icon.

No one answered.

Mother, brother, teacher, classmate... The two tried every friend, but no one answered.

Emails could not be sent out. No matter which website address was entered, it would eventually jump to the page of the nameless forum.

With no other options, Hodaka Haruya could only post a message for help in that suspicious forum with an empty page.

Thank God, it was finally sent.

He and Haruna Kanade stared at the forum page, refreshing it every few dozen seconds, and soon their post received a reply.

"The neighbor's Poodle Dragon: Starting from Tokyo Station to Tochigi, but stopped at a station I've never heard of? Is this an urban legend? (laughs)

"Dokushi-kun's Mayonnaise: I seem to have heard of something similar before, so scary."

"Fallen Angel Samurai: Gunma Station? I've never heard of this station. Don't waste time in the car. Get off the car and ask for help from adults!"

"Natural Reason Flow Gorilla: Yes, there must be staff on duty at the station. Get off the car and ask them for help."

Did these people read what I posted seriously?

Didn't I say that the door was locked and couldn't be opened?

Hotaka Haruya was about to reply to the netizens who gave suggestions, when a mechanical turning sound suddenly came from the head of the car.

A gust of cold wind blew into the car from outside.

The door opened automatically.

Hotaka Haruya and Haruna Kanade turned pale, huddled in the seats and looked at each other silently.

After a while, Haruna Kanade mustered up the courage to speak:

"Haruya-kun, do you want to go out..."

…

On this side of Kukai, the boundary gate that turned into a rockery finally reached its destination.

A transparent walnut-like sphere slowly rotates in the sky. Under the uneven boundary film, there are countless stars.

Liang De looked at the cost of crossing the boundary gate.

4396 crystal clusters.

Judging from the consumption, this random crossing did not go too far into this shore, so naturally it cannot be the oldest blue star.

Although he didn't expect to return to his hometown for the first time through random travel, Liang De was still a little disappointed.

Just like although I don’t really expect to win the first prize of the Lotto, I always feel a little disappointed every time I compare the numbers on the lottery tickets and find that I have paid another IQ tax.

Failure is the mother of success, Ade, Ade, don't be discouraged, show your national football spirit, life is alive, it doesn't matter how many more mothers there are, Oli is here!

Liang De encouraged himself and began to focus on collecting materials for Teacher Fengxian.

The more than 4,000 crystal clusters consumed in this boundary crossing were advanced by Thunder Evil Sect's company account and recorded in Liang De's account.

The fixed task quota for April has been used up, this time it is a free task.

According to the agreement between him and Teacher Fengxian, if the materials brought back from this mission receive an evaluation of three stars or above, the travel expenses can be fully reimbursed.

If the rating of the material is lower than three stars, he will have to foot the bill himself. This is something Mr. Liang absolutely cannot accept.

If you cannot make ends meet for a long time, you will be forced to borrow money. If you borrow too much money, you will become an eel head who listens to inspirational songs every day.

Terrible, terrible, terrible... I must do my main job of Utopian Fist in a down-to-earth manner.

If you want to make money and maintain high-frequency travel, you must focus on the main business of collecting materials and the side business of escorting.

Liang De glanced at Bai Hekong with evil intentions.

The salary and benefits at Mo's Heavy Industries were so good, so they had to find a way to get more out of her.

"How is it!"

Bai Hekong's warrior spiritual sense sensed Liang De's sneaky eyes and gave him a very unhappy look.

"Not at all, not at all...Classmate Bai Hekong, can you, the old man, enter the world?"

Liang De pointed to the transparent walnut-like world on the other side and asked cautiously.

"What else can I do? I'm here now!"

The white crane flew towards the transparent walnut with bulging air, and Liang De closed up the floating rockery that changed through the boundary gate and followed closely behind.