"What happened? Why did the cable car suddenly shake?!" After the two of them regained their balance, Ye Yunzhi frowned, feeling somewhat bewildered.
Meanwhile, Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her waist as she braced herself against the seat to stand up, muttering to herself, "Hiss... could this be another prank by the organizers? Like that hundred-meter freefall project..."
"It's not." Facing Su Xiaoxiao's theory, Firefly flatly denied the guess. Then, she looked up at the ceiling of the cabin with a frown.
'It feels like something has appeared on the ceiling of the cabin.' This was what Firefly sensed, which was why she so decisively felt Su Xiaoxiao's guess was wrong.
"Eh?" Hearing Firefly's sudden denial, Su Xiaoxiao scratched her cheek in confusion. "If it's not the organizers, then what is it?"
Firefly was just about to explain, but in the next moment, the cable car began to shake violently again. This time, the shaking was even more intense than before, sending both of them tumbling back onto the seats.
"This isn't right!" Su Xiaoxiao shouted amidst the violent shaking. "Who pulls a prank like this! I won't say anything about the hundred-meter freefall because that's meant for seeking thrills, but a high-altitude cable car isn't for seeking—AAAAAHHHH!!!"
Before Su Xiaoxiao could finish her sentence, an extremely strong sense of weightlessness hit them, causing the two who were originally slumped on the seats to fly directly toward the ceiling.
"That thing cut the connection between the cable car and the cable!" Upon feeling this weightlessness, Firefly instantly reached this conclusion.
"I'm going out to take a look. You two stay in the cabin."
"Huh? Going out?" Su Xiaoxiao hadn't reacted yet and subconsciously replied.
However, Firefly wasn't going to wait for them to respond.
A large amount of fire erupted from around Firefly. In the next instant, the originally beautiful silver-haired girl transformed into the domineering humanoid armor—Sam.
Accompanied by the "bang" of shattering glass, Sam disappeared from the cabin.
At this moment, the cabin was falling rapidly. As soon as Firefly reached the air, she immediately saw a deformed plant that looked like a saw appearing on top of the cabin at some unknown time. The moment she saw this plant, she understood exactly who was behind this.
"Forest's Wrath, them again..." Firefly muttered to herself, and in the next moment, she directly grabbed the rapidly falling cabin.
Immediately afterward, the feeling of weightlessness inside the cabin vanished without a trace.
After the weightlessness disappeared, Su Xiaoxiao and Ye Yunzhi were able to fall back down from the ceiling.
"Blegh..." Having just returned to normal, Su Xiaoxiao collapsed directly onto the floor and began to dry heave frantically. Although Ye Yunzhi looked better than Su Xiaoxiao, she wasn't doing much better.
Outside the cabin, after stabilizing it, Firefly controlled Sam to descend slowly. Before long, she successfully brought the cabin down to the sidewalk next to Greenshade Spring.
"Who is that silver-white armor? It looks so cool!"
"Isn't that the sightseeing cable car from Scream Park? Why did it appear here?"
"It looks like the cabin somehow detached from the cable and fell, and then this silver-white armor performed an emergency rescue to save the cabin..."
Bursts of discussion broke out. Because Firefly chose to land on the street, it led to a large crowd of onlookers.
Ignoring these discussions, Firefly reached out, intending to force the door open. But just then, a sentence came from behind, interrupting her movements.
"Please wait a moment! I can open the door directly!"
Upon hearing this, Firefly's hand, which was halfway extended, stopped in mid-air. She then turned her head to look toward the source of the voice.
A man was hurriedly pushing through the crowd toward them, his mouth constantly saying things like "Sorry, please let me through," and "Sorry, I have business inside."
After a short while, the man successfully squeezed through the dense crowd.
"Are you staff from Scream Park?" Looking at the familiar staff uniform on the man, Firefly questioned him.
"Yes, sir. I am the emergency safety personnel from Scream Park." The man wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead and answered with a fawning smile.
"At that time, we saw one of our sightseeing cable cars suddenly shaking abnormally. The Park immediately sent people to the area directly beneath the cable car to prevent the risk of it falling."
"And I am the person sent by the Scream Park side. I just didn't expect you to actually fly out of the cabin and hold it up..."
"Understood." Sensing no ill intent, Firefly nodded slightly, then stepped aside and retreated a pace, revealing the cable car door. "Go ahead."
"Alright." Seeing that Sam agreed, the man also quickly stepped forward.
Just as the man reached the door, accompanied by a "beep!" sound, the cable car door opened on its own, revealing the two women inside who were clearly not in a good state.
The moment he saw the two women, the man pulled out a Terminal.
"Hello? Medical team? The fallen cabin has now landed safely. I have opened the door. No external injuries are visible on the passengers for now, but internal injuries and psychological trauma cannot be ruled out. Get over here immediately."
After speaking, the man put down the Terminal and looked back at Sam.
"Guest, I am very sorry for the terrible experience this sightseeing cable car has brought to you and your friends. We will provide compensation. May I ask if you can return to Scream Park with us for a while? After all, you are the primary witness to this accident, and we would like to understand the details of what happened."
"Fine."
...
"So it was the work of Forest's Wrath? Alright, we understand. Regarding the mastermind this time, we will issue a commission to the Mercenary Association to ensure we bring you a satisfactory result."
After deactivating the armor and returning to Scream Park, through her description and the evidence collected by the park, it was confirmed that this cable car falling incident was indeed the work of Forest's Wrath.
The modus operandi involved placing a plant seed at the junction of the cable car and the cable in advance. Then, while the cable car was in motion, the seed was catalyzed, causing it to deform into a special vine called "Sawtooth Vine."
The two shakes of the cable car were caused by the Sawtooth Vine being catalyzed and starting to cut through the connection, respectively.
"There's no need to issue a commission." Just as the staff finished speaking, Firefly expressed her refusal of their last point.
"I am an S rank mercenary myself, and I have already accepted a commission regarding the elimination of Forest's Wrath. When the time comes, I will settle both the new and old grudges together. As for the compensation..."
Firefly paused, then continued, "Ask them after the two of them wake up. I have things to do, so I'm leaving first."
After saying that, she stood up and walked out of the room.
"Alright... then I wish you success with your commission." Seeing Firefly's slightly angered expression, the staff member guessed what she was going to do. After offering a blessing, he no longer blocked her.
Just after Firefly stepped out the door, a burst of fire ignited on her body again. Immediately afterward, the Sam Armor appeared on Firefly once more.
Then she looked up toward the direction of the Forest Forbidden Zone, murmuring to herself:
"Forest's Wrath... I originally planned to leave you until tomorrow to deal with... but since you're so unafraid of death, then... I will fulfill your wish."