Six. Whale's Farewell

Time dragged on, and Tesla still hadn't come back.

In the meantime, the waiter entered the carriage to relay Tesla's message: there had been some changes; he had to get off with the "madman's" corpse at the station up ahead.

Half an hour later, the steam train slowly came to a stop at the small town station named "Wheat Town."

Hisss—

After the vibrations, the carriage settled into calmness. Lu Li looked out the window towards the platform, where a crowd carrying hefty luggage displayed a flurry of bewildered, panic-stricken emotions, moving aside to clear the way.

Several silhouettes wearing bird beak masks appeared at the edge of the window, carrying a simple stretcher covered with a white cloth, walking away.

The weight of the stretcher and the outline under the white cloth silently testified to the existence of a lifeless corpse within.