Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 307 Captain: Having a teleportation device but not sharing it with others, that's just

After discussing it, everyone unanimously decided to go to the Echo Child first, while Qimupu and Koya were asked by Chaska to stay and rest.

After everyone left, Koya showed a worried expression, and Kijima Pu understood what his daughter meant.

"If you're worried, just go with her. Mom will take good care of herself."

Koya nodded, glanced at her mother again, and then flew off in the direction the others had left. After traveling for a while, the group arrived near the Child of Echoes. As they approached the Child of Echoes, Paimon asked a question.

“According to what Alpa said before… Tepar Tepar came from the Echoing Children, right? How do we find him? Do we ask everyone one by one?”

Chasca agreed to Paimon's suggestion: "It would be faster to ask someone the Sons of Echoes know for help. At this time and place, the easiest person to find is..."

Then Chaska looked up at a big tree and called out, "Shinonin, it's time to get up."

Upon hearing Chaska's voice, Xinoning, who was fast asleep in the tree, stretched and replied, "Ha... It's you guys... Gu... Wait a moment... I'll climb down from the tree first."

With that, Xinoning braced herself with both hands and fell from the tree. After landing unharmed, Xinoning yawned and complained casually before asking why she had come to find her.

"...So, what brings you to disturb my precious rest time this time?"

“I’m sorry, Shinonin, but this is urgent—do you know a craftsman named Tepar?”

"Tepar? I seem to remember him... He must be a child from the Puma family, right?"

"Is he among the Echoing Sons now?" Kong asked.

“No. He’s been gone for at least several years…” Xinoning replied. “Speaking of which, why are you looking for him? And who is this man…?”

"Excuse me, I am the captain," the captain introduced himself. "As for why we are looking for him, it's like this..."

The captain then explained the events as concisely as possible…

"Burning Element Wings? That kid Tepar can actually make something so amazing... Looks like I won't get my rest time today."

"Really? Did he research something similar before?" Paimon asked, spreading his hands.

"Yes, it was around the time he returned from the Flower Feather Society that he started researching methods to fly into the sky using artificial fog..."

"Is it after becoming a Wingless One... that the artifact... is it like the gun you made for me?" Chasca asked.

“Your gun is harder to tame than the most arrogant velvet pterosaur… and what he wanted was for ordinary people without talent to be able to fly freely.” Then, Xinoning crossed his arms and continued, “But he always failed back then, blowing up the workshop several times, and almost losing his nickname. As for what happened after that, I didn’t pay much attention.”

Tepar's parents had traveled extensively in their youth, only returning to the tribe after Tepar's birth. They settled in a remote area and didn't interact much with others. The tribe members weren't very familiar with them… To learn more about Tepar, it would be best to consult his family. "I'll go and arrange for Puma to come out now. You can wait in front of my workshop for a while."

Afterwards, Xinoning set off to find Puma, and the rest of the group had no choice but to go to Xinoning's workshop to wait. While waiting, the captain curiously walked around Xinoning's workshop, occasionally picking up the other's tools to examine them, and then carefully putting them back in their place.

"I mean, you don't need to wander around like a curious child, touching and exploring everywhere," Paimon retorted.

"What do you know? I'm just curious about how Shinonin managed to forge that amazing gun, Chaska, using these ordinary tools."

Ever since seeing Chaska's massive gun, the captain had been filled with curiosity. Guns are often considered a symbol of masculine romance, especially a gun that could fly and be ridden. Hearing Chaska say that Shinonin had helped him make it, the captain's curiosity was completely ignited; he was eager to know how it had been made.

"Haha, if you want to know, I'll tell you properly later. Right now, we have important business to attend to." Xinoning's voice came from the doorway, accompanied by a white-haired woman. "Let me introduce you to this woman, Puma. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll be going out for a bit."

After saying this, Xinoning left Puma behind, just as she had said, giving everyone plenty of space.

"Hello, we are..."

Before Paimon could finish speaking, Puma reached out and interrupted him.

"Let's skip the pleasantries. I don't want to talk about that person anymore. He's no longer a part of our lives... I don't have a child like that! All he has in his mind is his daydream of flying in the Sky Drive... No matter how we try to persuade him, he's stubbornly unrepentant."

With that, Puma snorted and crossed her arms, continuing, "When he finally left, he said he wanted to start a workshop in the sky so that people on earth wouldn't point fingers at him... He left behind a notebook that he didn't take with him. If you have any questions, you can look it up yourselves. I don't want to say any more. I've never used that word... Anyway, he's never called me his mother."

After finishing his sentence, Puma left and departed. Xinoning, who was outside, came in after seeing Puma leave.

"So, what did she say?" Xinoning asked.

“She only said a few things about Tepar and then left these notes and left. Before she left, she said something about not having a son like him... I didn’t expect their relationship to be so bad,” Paimon said, spreading his hands.

“That’s normal. Her husband…Tepar’s father just passed away not long ago, but Tepar didn’t even show up at his father’s funeral,” Shinonin explained. “Perhaps that’s why Puma has completely given up on Tepar. I’m going to comfort her now, we’ll talk again later.”

With that, Xinoning left, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment. Well, the captain was an exception; by now, he had his eye on those journals.

“Shinoning is gone too, so the only clues left are these notes…” Paimon said. “Huh? So the captain has already looked at them. What’s written in them?”

"This mainly records that Tepar obtained a technology from Ochikanata, which could be replicated to build workshops in the sky. However, as the number of failed experiments increased, even his parents eventually stopped supporting him... What's left are some early ideas for phlogiston wings."

"So, perhaps the Sky Workshop really does exist? And the technological prototypes of the Sky Workshop and the pyrotechnic wings were obtained from Ochikanata?" Chasca asked.

“Very likely.” The captain nodded. “If the notes are accurate, then it’s worth trying to investigate the hot air balloon we saw above the exam hall.”

“I think so too,” Chasca nodded. “That hot air balloon has been there for a while now, and nobody knows how it got up there… If it wasn’t put up there by someone, then it must have malfunctioned and descended from higher clouds to its current altitude…”

"But how are we supposed to get up to such a high place?" Kong raised a practical question. "Even a velvet pterosaur would need gaseous phlogiston to fly that height, right?"

“Hmm.” Chasca nodded. “Even if I wanted to fly to that altitude, it would take a lot of effort. If I were to take you with me, it would be even more impossible. The velvet pterosaur can only fly to the height of that hot air balloon on its own without relying on gaseous phlogiston. It would be quite difficult to take people up with it.”

"So the key to all this is still gaseous phlogiston... but there isn't a high enough phlogiston flow rate there, is there?" Kong asked.

"No, let's go back and report what happened here first. Maybe someone in the tribe can come up with another way. After all, I'm not the only flying expert."

Afterwards, Chaska led everyone back to the Flower Feather Society and met with its leader, Mutota. Upon seeing Chaska's return, Mutota's expression visibly relaxed.

"Chaska, you're finally back. The atmosphere in the tribe is getting increasingly tense. Any progress in the investigation?"

At this moment, Alpa, who was standing to the side, also spoke up: "There are also people who suspect that we control the caravan people and are biased towards the flight team from time to time, trying to suppress the Burning Wings."

"The conflict among the caravans has been brought under control, but it's still escalating. Are the caravan members not the only ones causing trouble?"

Kong speculated that Chasca also gave his timely reply.

"We've found some clues, but there's still a hurdle to overcome to find conclusive evidence..."

Chasca then explained the situation in Tepar and the conjecture about the aerial workshop...

"Relics from the City of Ashes? After all these years, the lingering poison of Ochikan is still stirring up conflicts..." Mutota exclaimed after hearing Chaska's words.

"Sky Workshop... hot air balloons above the exam hall... is this your next destination?" Alpa asked.

"Is there a way to get up there?" the captain asked.

"Whether it's the Pteranodon or the pyrotechnic wings, it can't fly that high... Is Tepar really there?"

“Hmm… there is a way…” Mutota pondered.

"Appreciate further details."

"Do you remember those nozzles in the exam room? The previous abnormality and blockage of the earth veins led to a shortage of gaseous phlogiston."

After Mutota's reminder, Chaska recalled the scene from back then, recalling how he had helped clear the leyline anomalies and blockages. Mutota's explanation made Chaska realize Mutota's intentions, and Mutota's subsequent words confirmed his suspicions.

"But what if, now that gaseous phlogiston is plentiful, we were to gamble on it again..."

“Then we only need to leave the highest nozzle to concentrate all the pressure there,” Chaska continued Mutota’s words, and Mutota nodded in agreement.

"In this way, the accumulated gaseous phlogiston will create extremely strong wind pressure at the highest point... At that time, you can break the wind field there and fly up. Although it is a bit risky, with Chaska's skills, it should not be a problem."

“That’s quite risky… but it’s definitely feasible.” Alpa agreed with the feasibility of the method from the side.

“For the technical details of blocking the nozzle, you can go to the exam hall and ask Inkanak,” Mutota said. “Whether Chaska can gather evidence of something flying in the sky depends on you.”

Having said that, everyone prepared to head to the examination hall. As for the internal tribal conflict, Mutota said he could still keep things under control, and in the meantime, they could only rely on Chaska to bring back the evidence as soon as possible.

Without delay, everyone set off. Along the way, they could hear the tribe members divided into two factions arguing fiercely.

The group, who had rushed to the examination hall, didn't even have time to rest before explaining the situation to Inkarnak. After learning about Mutato's plan, Inkarnak sighed in admiration.

"I see... That's quite a bold idea..."

"In Karnak, time is of the essence. Is there any way to seal the nozzle as quickly as possible?"

"Technically speaking, I suggest that we do a thorough calculation and planning before coming up with a specific solution... but I'm sure you won't want to hear that."

"Although I hate to admit it, we really don't have the leisure to take our time right now," the captain said.

“Then that leaves only the simplest and most direct solution—see those solid phlogiston fuels?” Incarnak pointed to them and said, “During our previous investigation, we discovered that they have formed a stable internal structure that won’t be easily damaged… but it has also created some structural weaknesses. Although they’ll be fine as long as they aren’t attacked simultaneously…”

"In other words, if we attack together, we can destroy it?" the captain asked.

"That's right! As long as you get the angle right and attack all the weak points at once, making them crash down towards the nozzle... you can block the nozzle."

“It’s certainly simple and straightforward, which suits me quite well,” Chasca said.

Chaska then began to fly her gun towards the various nozzles, and started to block them according to Inkanak's instructions.

Soon after, only the highest nozzle remained in the examination room, and a powerful stream of air shot out from the last remaining nozzle.

When everyone arrived there and saw the powerful airflow in front of them, they raised some very real questions.

"Although we succeeded, how do we get up there?"

Indeed, as Paimon said, Chaska was fortunate enough to be able to ride the wind using his weapons, but the captain and his two companions couldn't. They had no way to survive in such a powerful current of gaseous phlogiston, let alone utilize it.

"You can let your sister use the wind to carry you up; she's actually been following us the whole time."

As he spoke, Chaska pointed to a spot not far away, and sure enough, the three of them saw a familiar Pteranodon figure in the direction Chaska pointed.

“Huh…I didn’t find anything…” Paimon complained. “Why didn’t they just fly over?”

"I guess it's a tribe that doesn't want to get close to humans... or maybe they don't want to get close to me. But now... I need her power. However, there's another problem: my sister can only bring the Captain or Sky and Paimon at most. As for the remaining person... although my gun can carry another person, I can't guarantee their safety..."

“You don’t need to worry about me,” the captain said. “I have my own way of getting up there. Chasca, let your sister take Kong and Paimon up there.”

"Are you sure you don't need my help?" Chasca asked.

"Don't worry, it'll be no problem."

"Ok."

Chaska sighed, then called Koya over and told her that her child was most likely up there. She then asked Koya to take Sora and Paimon up with her.

Perhaps because Chasca had saved her earlier, Koya agreed to Chasca's request after a moment's thought.

Afterwards, under the captain's watchful eye, Chaska and Koya rode the air currents and quickly ascended, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye. Upon seeing this, the captain contacted Ai-chan.

"Ai-chan, is Ai-chan there?"

"Yes, Captain. What are your orders?"

A virtual screen appeared in front of the captain, and Ai-chan's voice came from this screen.

"I need your help to activate the Hyperion's teleportation function. I've already sent you the coordinates, please check them."

"Received indeed. Captain, please stand still and activate the teleportation function immediately!"

As Ai-chan counted down, the captain was enveloped in a beam of light and then disappeared from the spot.