"The snow fell on top of the train and didn't go through it... there was substance."
Jenkins, who was standing at the window, judged that he stared at the dark green steam locomotive opposite for a long time before closing the window and curtains, looking for relevant clues in his memory.
In the city of Nolan in the Kingdom of Fidgetly, there are stories such as the "ghost ship" in the legends of the sailors. The original owner also heard similar legends from his father Robert when he was a child. But Jenkins didn't expect that he would encounter a "ghost train" this time, but thinking about it carefully, B-type transcendence that fits this description does exist.
"B-11-03-7391, [Dawn Steam Train]!"
This is an extraordinary that was only officially confirmed and numbered ten years ago. As the railroad tracks were laid across the entire continent, it appeared more and more frequently.
According to the records, this train will only appear next to the rails, running parallel to the real train, and the track it uses is an illusory dark green rail that is the same color as the car body. Any obstacles, including the side walls of caves, lampposts, and station buildings, cannot stop the progress of Akatsuki.
At the position of the dark green front, there is a word like "Dawn", which is the source of this car's name. Characters are the common language of the material world in this era, and the characteristics of letters and writing methods cannot be identified.
B-11-03-7391 has three characteristics. First, it only appears at night, and disappears as soon as dawn appears. During its appearance, its existence could not be proved by any means other than human sensory organs, and neither steam technology nor the bestower's spells could record its image.
Second, when the Akatsuki appears, only those passengers on the train running parallel to the Akatsuki can enter the Akatsuki by jumping off the train. As for the creatures outside the train and the crew members on the train, touching the Dawn is equivalent to touching the Phantom. It will neither be affected nor affect the other party.
Third, whenever the Akatsuki appears, someone must enter the car before it disappears in the first glimpse of dawn, and find the "train conductor" who may be anywhere in the car, and sign the "Akatsuki Witnessing Verification Record", etc. series of documents.
The significance of this is unclear, but if it is not possible, when the Akatsuki disappears, one-third of the passengers on the parallel train will die from causes such as heart disease, asthma, and acute organ failure. This data is quite accurate, if one-third of the calculation result is a decimal, then the rounding method will be strictly followed.
Of course, if the real train tries to stop running during this period, trying to avoid passing with the Akatsuki, then the entire train will disappear together with the "Akatsuki" when it decelerates to one-third of its original speed. And if someone wants to jump off the car, he will disappear before landing.
There have been 49 recorded appearances of "Dawn" in the past ten years, and there have never been any mistakes in the above characteristics.
Although it sounds weird, the danger level of [Dawn Steam Train] is only 3. With an insight into the rules, even ordinary people who are prepared can successfully prevent the characteristics of this car from killing people.
Therefore, in Jenkins' view, it is not a bad thing to encounter the Akatsuki. After all, because of the principle of cannibalism, these special extraordinary creations usually do not appear in the same place together. Now that we have the Daybreaker, we should be able to relax for a while after solving our troubles.
After appeasing the agitated maids, Jenkins explained to Mr. Butler, and then wanted to climb on the roof of the car.
"How can you do this in person? Since Her Royal Highness arranged for us..."
"I can come, please remember, Dolores asked you to come to serve me, not to protect me, this is very important."
After finishing speaking, he ignored the housekeeper, but went straight back to the bedroom to change out of his pajamas. Although he planned to let the cat wait in the car, the cat refused, so Jenkins had to take it with him.
For Jenkins now, climbing onto the roof is not difficult. There are only three steps in the actual operation: first find a large enough window and open it; then stand on the window sill and reach out to grab the firm protrusions that can be grasped above; finally jump up to the roof of the car .
Before doing this, you need to check your pockets for any odds and ends, otherwise you will lose them forever if you are not careful.
The moonlight tonight is very faint, hidden behind the clouds. The speed of the train was very fast, and the wind and snow on the top of the carriage were also very heavy, so Jenkins was not interested in admiring the night view.
After he maintained his balance, he began to observe whether there was a place on the roof of [Dawn] that could be grabbed. After determining the distance between each other, they stood up on the roof of the car against the wind, and jumped up after two steps of run-up.
The body crossed the gap between the two cars, and the figure left a shadow on the ground that passed quickly. With a bang, Jenkins precisely fell on the roof of the opposite car. Before he had time to observe what was going on around him, he swiped his hand forward to the left, and smoothly touched the raised ring.
"very good."
The ring that only appeared on the top of the "Dawn" steam train is not an ornament, but a pull ring for the trap door on the top of the carriage. Jenkins didn't know why a trapdoor was set up in such a place, but he could only guess that it was for the convenience of maintenance.
He looked at the normal train on the side, looked worriedly at the window and nodded at the housekeeper here, then opened the trap door, and jumped down with his cat.
Like the recorded information, the interior and exterior of the car are the same faint green color, which makes Jenkins look like he has been splashed with green fluorescent paint.
Looking around, this is an ordinary box car, very similar to the one the church ordered for Jenkins. It's just that the patterns on the carriages and the styles of gas lamps are all types that have never been seen before, but because of some heraldic foundations, Jenkins can see that this is similar to the three contemporary kingdoms, especially the Kingdom of Fidiktli and Harbin. The decorative style of the Kingdom of Mpawo is somewhat similar.
He looked back and forth, and originally planned to go to the closer rear of the train first, and then start searching for the conductor a little bit from there. After all, it was still one o'clock in the morning. According to the travel guidebook, the sunrise time of this season in Hampawa Kingdom was around 7 o'clock, so he was not in a hurry.
Looking around, Jenkins knew that there was a uniform aura around him, so he planned to start planning now, knowing that there was no chance. But just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly wondered what was going on inside the box. He saw that no one had ever mentioned this in the materials, so he turned the handle and opened the door next to him.