【"The script this time was completed with too much danger. Thanks to Stelle's quick thinking, we escaped alive." Sam looked down at Kafka, "If we're always dancing on the edge of a blade, accidents will catch up to us sooner or later... Kafka."】

【"I accept your criticism, Sam. Indeed... with the script, we never considered the possibility of failure." Kafka paused, "I think even the Stellaron Hunters need a retreat signal to deal with crisis situations."】

【"There's no time like the present, why don't we come up with one now?"】

【Sam: "I'll leave it to you guys."】

【Kafka naturally pushed the task forward: "Blade?"】

【"..." Blade lowered his head in thought and said: "Observe a corner to infer the other three... No two names for the monarch... Rely on the city as one."】

【Kafka was stunned for a moment: "Ah... quite the Xianzhou-flavored slogans. Aren't you afraid of being bound by the past?"】

【Blade shook his head indifferently: "It's just an old secret code... it doesn't matter. We won't have many chances to use it."】

——

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

"Ah... these High-Cloud Quintet members are still haunting me."

Kobayashi felt like she was being hit hard again by the memories of the Xianzhou from before.

"Kobayashi, it's a bit strange. If these are memories of Stelle and the Stellaron Hunters, why hasn't Silver Wolf appeared here?" Tohru looked at her curiously, her eyes full of confusion.

"Hmm, maybe Silver Wolf hadn't joined yet?" Kobayashi put down the beer in her hand and guessed, "In that memory at the bar at the very beginning, Sam didn't appear either—which means this is a fairly ancient memory of the Stellaron Hunters. At the very beginning, besides Elio, the Stellaron Hunters consisted of Kafka, Blade, and Stelle. Firefly and Silver Wolf joined later."

"Wait...! In that case, Stelle wasn't just a member of the Stellaron Hunters before, she was part of the founding team!"

No wonder Kafka's attitude toward her was so good; it was equivalent to being the co-founder of a company, partners who walked together from nothing to something. Their relationship would indeed be more intimate.

"I didn't expect Stelle to have such an identity..." Tohru tilted her head, constantly observing the scenes in the party carriage, trying to find other "non-existent" memories. "Eh... then are there any even earlier memories? For example, where did Stelle come from? Her childhood experiences? And what's the deal with her constitution that can accommodate a Stellaron? Can't we see those more critical memories?"

"I'm afraid only Kafka knows those memories?" Kobayashi tried hard to recall the experience of helping Kafka escape Yanqing's pursuit back on the Xianzhou Luofu. At that time, Kafka had briefly mentioned Stelle's past.

Stelle was either a life form accidentally created by an Aeon, or an artificial body specifically born to house a Stellaron. Between these two choices—one true, one false—now combined with Stelle's experience in the Stellaron Hunters and Oronis's reaction to calling her mother... Kobayashi still thought the former might be more reliable.

——

【Looking at these "non-existent" memories, Stelle felt even more confused.】

【"These memories clearly don't exist in my mind... yet they are so real and undeniable."】

【She came to the Parlor Car and saw Firefly sitting on a chair. Firefly turned to look at her, her expression slightly different from what she remembered—more melancholy, more profound.】

【"Stelle... is something the matter?"】

【"Why are you here..."】

【Firefly looked at her strangely: "What's wrong? You look... very nervous. Don't be afraid, everything will be settled. Let's read through the script once more..."】

【"Firefly?"】

【Stelle wanted to continue questioning, but these "non-existent" memories began to cool down, frost... and freeze.】

【Firefly turned her head away, no longer paying attention to her calls.】

【Stelle then went to Silver Wolf's side. The hacker's eyes were full of impatience. She had never spoken to her in a form other than a hologram—the experience of making eye contact with this genius hacker was quite novel.】

【"...Is something up? I'm running a dungeon, no time for small talk."】

【"How did I join you guys?"】

【Silver Wolf sighed in annoyance: "Sigh... I've only just joined. If you have questions, can't you go ask Kafka? Online games can't be paused, excuse me."】

【After speaking, the memory regarding Silver Wolf began to frost over and freeze.】

【Stelle found Blade again—he was as taciturn as ever in her impression. But when asked why she was with them, he spoke more than the other two.】

【"We are gathered together guided by the 【Script】, temporarily completing a common goal... nothing more. I don't care about anything else." Blade paused and continued, "I only advise you one thing—don't let Kafka down. To keep you here... she paid a great price. And..."】

【His words stopped abruptly, and the memory fell into freezing again.】

——

jackie chan adventures.

"Kafka really hasn't had it easy for the Stellaron Hunters. As expected, even a top interstellar wanted criminal who roams the universe has to worry about partners and life..."

Late at night, in front of his workbench, Jackie Chan sighed softly. He held a Ming Dynasty blue-and-white interlocking lotus pattern plate in his hands, repeatedly observing and assessing the damage under the desk lamp. Compared to secretly assisting the police in fighting crime on weekdays, assisting his Uncle with antique-related work was obviously much more monotonous and tedious.

But precisely because of this, his attention was frequently drawn to the Celestial Screen. He had turned off his phone, forcing himself to concentrate on the work at hand. However, he couldn't turn off the Celestial Screen... As a result, while he worked, his mind followed Stelle's adventure in Amphoreus on the Celestial Screen, causing work that clearly could have been finished in two hours to be dragged out by him from the afternoon until the early morning.

"Uncle Jackie, what are you doing?"

Jackie turned around abruptly. Jade was actually standing at the door at some point; her pajamas were crumpled, but her expression was very excited.

"Jade! You should be sleeping." Jackie lowered his voice, but his tone was full of helplessness.

"I can't sleep! Uncle Jackie, I feel like if I just close my eyes, I'll miss a lot of big scoops! Like right now—Stelle was actually a member of the Stellaron Hunters before! No wonder Firefly had that kind of attitude toward her?" Jade became more excited as she spoke, almost jumping up. "Uncle Jackie, you say since Stelle is so important to Kafka, why did she appear on Herta Space Station?"

"I don't know, but their goal is easy to guess, and that's the final War of the Aeons." Jackie's expression became unusually serious. "This is a great war concerning countless living beings in the universe. If they lose, our Earth might also be affected and destroyed."