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Uh-huh, yeah yeah yeah, okay, yeah. Fine, I got it. Why do I have to sit here and listen to you reprimand me again?

I left the L.G.D. in your hands, and you...

Oh, I know what I'm doing.

Besides, what about you? I thought you jumped ship to Rhodes Island to be an operator there, but here you are on a holiday!

I'm... Fine, you're right.

Hmph.

Come on, keep going. Why did you stop? I don't even remember the last time you two had an argument.

We had one last time I went to Rhodes Island.

Eh, anyway, we're all here, and we got everything wrapped up. We should put all the unpleasant things behind us and have some fun instead.

Right, Ch'en?

*Sigh*... right.

What's wrong? Are you still thinking about yesterday?

Yeah. I might've received the one honor that I don't ever want to receive in my entire life.

Haha, true. To be honest with you, even I thought that was pretty nasty.

But it happened nonetheless.

Ch'en, there's not a whole lot in the world that goes exactly as you want but can still be called an absolute win for all parties concerned.

I know.

Okay, enough. If we're just gonna sit here and talk, we might as well go get some shopping done and stuff our faces with food to cheer ourselves up.

Let's go. I'm paying for lunch.

Now where's that stupid rat?

I think I saw her heading out early in the morning. Not sure where, though.

I have an inkling where she might be. I'll go find her.

Let me know when you do.

Hmph, she's been hiding from me since last night. She's dead as soon as I find her, I'm telling you.

I'm leaving you in charge of the place once I'm gone.

You remember everything I taught you, right?

Of course. You can rest assured it's in good hands.

What are you two chatting about?

Oh, Miss Ch'en. The boss is lecturing us right now.

Don't tell her that. She might arrest you.

I'm not a cop anymore.

I've never seen such a big busybody of a tourist.

Hmph.

Leave us.

Of course.

Do you need something?

I doubt you looked everywhere just to have a drink with me.

What if I tell you that's what I'm doing?

Then... let's have a drink.

I know the President of the Lungmen Young Entrepreneurs' Association to be a decisive, resolute person, strict on both herself and others.

And now I've finally seen her decisiveness for myself.

And the L.G.D. Special Inspection Unit Chief I know is an impartial person who shows criminals absolutely no mercy.

I finally had the pleasure to meet her.

Did Wei Yenwu send you here?

Lady Fumizuki sent me here as his representative.

At first, I didn't understand why, but I figured it out when I saw you.

You aren't mad?

Not at all. This is an opportunity for me.

The Rat King's daughter won't necessarily become the Rat King. But that also means she could be.

So that's why you helped him?

I won't answer that, Hui-chieh.

Why not?

Because I'm not like you.

You want to say I abandoned Lungmen.

The thought did cross my mind at first, but not anymore.

This is a simple declarative sentence. I am not like you.

That kind of grates on my ears.

That's your problem.

Hoh.

Hey, did you find that stinking rat yet?

She's right here.

Where are you?

In a bar on Coastal Highway 26.

The 26? Perfect. I see a decent place there. I'll send you the address. You two head on over and get us a table.

And drag that ngong gau lou syu there if you have to. Don't let her get away.

You heard her.

*Sigh*... Will that woman ever be less of a pain?

Shall we go?

Let's go.

That's quite a lot of people on the beach.

The ship's one of the city's symbols. Now that it's sunk, people here are bound to be curious.

The cruise ship, huh?

It doesn't matter what you think about it. We are the ones who blew it up. That's the truth.

We should be thankful that Lady Candela wrote it off in exchange for our prize money.

To be precise, you blew it up.

You had a better idea?

No.

Hmm? Who's that over there...?

Ernesto?

Miss Ch'en, Miss Lin.

What are you doing here?

Ms. Candela spared everyone except my father. Most of us are being exiled.

She's only letting me stay because of my service in the past few years. Of course, I'm most definitely losing my job.

You're thinking of staying?

No, I'm planning to leave.

Rafaela and I are trying to figure out where to go. I spent the whole night thinking and still don't have anything. That's why I'm sitting here, gazing out at the sea to see if it gives me any ideas.

Rafaela is the little girl?

That's right. She's the daughter of my father's old war friend, tío Pugh. He died rescuing my father from prison and entrusted her to him before he died.

Have you two given killing me here on the spot any thought?

I don't have the right to pass judgment on you, yet.

Had you succeeded, I'd kill you the moment we saw each other again. As for right now... I'll pass.

Haha, it's just like you two to say stuff like that.

Miss Ch'en, Miss Lin, I suppose, in Yan, they'd call me an unfilial son?

Yes.

We could also say you betrayed your father in the name of righteousness, but you aren't there yet.

Hahaha, you're right. There wasn't anything righteous about what I did.

The thought of betraying my father never crossed my mind during this operation, though.

Do you remember what I told you on the ship, Miss Ch'en? That wasn't a lie.

I'm not sure if this has crossed your mind during your time here.

I know very well what this city was built on top of.