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【未定事件簿】 Tears of Themis: “Romantic Rail Getaway” Xia Yan Route, Day 4

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Xia Yan Route: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

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Part 1: Mine Landscape Area - “Search for the Mine”

Mine Pit Flower Field

The train stopped near Kuru Mine, but the path up the mountain wasn’t as easy as we imagined.

We kept walking, winding around near the mine pit flower field behind the mine. The more we proceeded, the more we gradually drifted from the original sightseeing route.

Xia Yan: … The road here is a little complicated.

MC: What’s the matter, did a problem come up?

Xia Yan: I originally wanted to wind past the mine’s main entrance and see from the side if we could get in the mine…

Xia Yan: From the looks of it now, this road is much farther than I imagined. Plus, mountain navigation like this isn’t very easy to use.

MC: How about we rest first to conserve on stamina, and then afterwards, we can keep searching for another path?

Xia Yan: Mhmm, let’s rest first.

Just as we were planning to sit on the grass field and rest… right at that time…

???: Why hasn’t daddy returned yet? Seriously… it’s like this every time.

The voice of a little boy caught our attention.

I turned around, noticing a little boy in the grass, holding a grass-woven ball, boredly bouncing it back and forth.

MC: What’s the matter, little friend?

Little Boy: I’m waiting for daddy. Why’s daddy still down the mountain… he promised that he would get off work and play with me…

Little Boy: Wah, I haven’t seen him in so long.

Xia Yan and I looked at each other, feeling like we’d found a problem breakthrough point.

INTERROGATION START

Father’s Identity

MC: Little friend, does your daddy work at the mine? What’s he named?

MC: In a moment, me and this big brother are going to play at the mine, and we might be able to run into your dad.

Little Boy: My daddy’s called Mark. He’s a really great miner.

Little Boy: Lots and lots of pretty rocks were dug up by daddy. Daddy always says that those stones are worth a lot of money.

Little Boy: I don’t know why, but daddy hasn’t been home in several days already.

Little Boy: Compared to pretty rocks, I like daddy more…

This kid’s dad is Mark?!

For a moment, I didn’t know what to say, freezing in a daze where I stood.

Xia Yan gently patted my shoulder, then kept asking for me.

Work Times

Xia Yan: Is your dad typically always busy?

Little Boy: Mhmm, daddy’s always been very busy…

Little Boy: Every day, he works until really late at the mine. Sometimes, he won’t come home for several days in a row.

Little Boy: But today is my birthday, and daddy promised that he would come home and be with me… why hasn’t he appeared yet…

Mine Location

Xia Yan: Right, do you know how to get to your dad’s mine?

Little Boy: I do – there’s a little road behind here, right?

Little Boy: If you walk up this road, you’ll get to the mine’s back door.

Little Boy: It’s just that daddy didn’t allow me to go to the mine to look for him… so I can only wait for him here.

MC: (So there was a little road like this! If this kid didn’t say, we really wouldn’t have noticed.)

MC: (Good thing we asked, or else we’d have to walk through a lot more worthless roads.)

INTERROGATION COMPLETE

Little Boy: Wah… daddy…

MC: Don’t worry, when we head down to the mine in a moment, we’ll definitely help you ask about where your dad is.

Little Boy: For real? Big sister, you’re not lying, are you?

MC: Of course I’m not, I promise.

Xia Yan: Relax, big brother promises that, if we see your dad, we’ll definitely let him know to return home fast.

Little Boy: Mhmm, big brother, big sister, you two really are great! Then I’ll be here, waiting for daddy to come home.

The boy smiled naively and innocently. All there was on his face was a smile of yearning and hope.

We walked for a long way down the little road, until the little boy’s silhouette disappeared. My heart still felt heavy.

MC: Xia Yan, we have to find information about Mark.

Xia Yan held my hand, the warmth of his palm transmitting gradually into my hand.

Xia Yan: Mhmm, we will find it.

I unconsciously held Xia Yan’s hand tight, like I was holding onto a power that could bring me stability and tranquility.

Part 2: Kuru Leisure Area

[Gameplay]

Part 3: Mine Observation Deck

[Gameplay]

Part 4: Kuru Mine Area - “Visiting the Mine”

Following that road that the little boy talked about, we smoothly entered the inside of Kuru Mine from the back door.

The mine was full of bustle. Each person looked like robots fixed on conveyor belts, numbly and repeatedly working.

When they found out about our arrival, most of the miners’ faces had numb expressions.

But there was also a small portion of people who eagerly explained everything that had happened here to us quietly.

Miner A: If it weren’t to support my family, I really couldn’t endure this for a day.

Miner B: Typically, aside from work, we work. We really live with way too much oppression.

Miner A: About the Mark thing, who doesn’t know about it? But how would we dare talk about it towards the outside?

Miner A: Yeah, if we talked about it, then our wages are going to be even more impossible to receive.

Miner A: You guys don’t know – ever since after Mark’s accident, they’ve dispatched people to watch us every day.

Miner B: Exactly. A few days ago, wasn’t Jerry brought back… ugh.

Maybe it was that they typically had very few chances like this to speak their mind, but gradually… more and more miners joined in.

The miners popped in with their own words, breaking down the various sorts of unfairness they typically encountered.

I recorded every useful word of information that they said in detail. Right then, a person ran furiously over to us.

Miner Boss: Who let you two in?! Get out!

[Gameplay]

MC: We’ve already obtained solid evidence on the mine’s breaking of laws. Give it up.

Miner Boss: Hmph, so what? Here, what I say goes.

Xia Yan: That might not be the case. Don’t struggle – the more you do things that you should feel guilty for, the more likely it is to be noticed at some point.

Xia Yan: The things that have occurred in the mine, the circumstances that the miners have reacted to – I’ve already told the police before you appeared.

Xia Yan waved his phone. The phone screen displayed the call records with the local police, the timing of which was 10 minutes before.

Xia Yan: The police will be here immediately. Next up, just wait to explain to the police.

The miner boss’s complexion blanched all at once.

Ten minutes later, the police took the miner boss away, and promised to everyone that they would solve the problems very quickly.

The miners basically didn’t dare believe everything that had happened in front of their eyes. Only until after the silhouettes of the police disappeared did they crowd around again.

Miner A: Oh my god, is this for real? J-just now, when the police said that they’d dispatch people to supervise our mine?

Miner B: … I must be dreaming. They even said they’d take charge of recovering the wages that the mine deducted for us?!

MC: It’s real, don’t worry.

Miner B: I didn’t think we could… could wait until this day. It simply is just like I’m dreaming.

Miner A: Thank you. Seriously, thank you so much.

Xia Yan: No problem, all of this is something we should be doing.

MC: Right, I’ve still got some questions that I’m not too clear on… if it’s convenient, could we chat a little longer?

Miner A: Of course! Ask me, I’ll tell you everything I know.

INTERROGATION START

Mark’s Personality

MC: What kind of person was Mark typically?

Miner A: About that, Mark had a bit of a temper, but he really was a very good person.

Miner A: There was a time before when I couldn’t finish my work, and it was Mark who helped me do it.

Miner A: Ugh… I really hope he’s alright.

MC: Don’t worry too much, I’m sure that he’s alright.

Location of Disappearance

MC: Where is the cliff that Mark disappeared at located?

Miner A: It’s right near the newly-opened gem deposit behind the mine.

Miner A: After the incident happened that day, Mark jumped straight off the cliff, and we didn’t hold him back…

Xia Yan: Hmm, let’s go look around near the cliff in a moment, then?

MC: Mhmm, we might be able to find some clues.

Aftermath Information

MC: Have you all searched for Mark afterwards?

Miner A: We did search. We searched at the bottom of the cliff for a very long time, but we never found him.

Miner A: Ugh… don’t know how he’s doing.

Miner A: Because the mine watched us strictly before, we also had no way of running to far-off places to search.

Miner A: Logically speaking, the cliff he jumped off isn’t very high, and there’s a river in the canyon, so there shouldn’t be any danger…

MC: (That being so, it’s very likely that Mark is still alive.)

INTERROGATION COMPLETE

Miner A: Do you two have any other questions?

MC: None more. I’ve basically got an understanding on the Mark issue, thank you.

Not long after, the local police returned to the mine again, requesting that the miners cooperate with evidence-obtaining investigation.

If their complaints turned out to be true, the mine would pay the price for its unscrupulous conduct.

All the hard work would be worth it.

Part 5: Mine Pit Flower Field

[Gameplay]

Part 6: Warmth of the Palms

Mine Pit Flower Field

The information that Xia Yan and I collected became the most beneficial evidence to knock down the unscrupulous mine.

The local police took action quickly, closing down the gem mine, and arranging for the miners to work temporarily at the mine supervised by the local government.

We finally received results from a day of running around. Only right then did I truly have the heart to sit down and enjoy the scenery of Kuru Mine.

MC: It’s so tranquil… I hope the Kuru Mine crisis can also truly calm down.

Xia Yan: The local working departments have already intervened. I’m sure that the circumstances will improve quickly.

MC: Speaking of which, the difference between the rich and the poor really is huge here in Tambuyani. The capital Xiangya City has artificial beaches and commerce streets…

MC: But here there are only some thatched huts, earth fields, and the poor who worry for their livelihoods.

Xia Yan: At Tambuyani, the industry for natural resources like diamonds, coal, gold, and gemstones is indeed very developed…

Xia Yan stroked his chin with his fingers, seeming like he was organizing his language.

Xia Yan: But the local business development is really slow. It’s not enough to support the entire country’s economic system.

Xia Yan: The gem-mining sector isn’t complicated. Just some labor work from those in the primes of their lives can deal with it.

Xia Yan: Thus, the remunerations earned by the workers are relatively low, while the money-earning sectors like jewelry design, sales, et cetera, are controlled by a small portion of people.

Xia Yan: This way, the earned profits will forever circulate only within a little, closed circle.

Xia Yan: Like a vicious circle enveloped by a bubble. The rich in the circle get richer and richer, and the poor outside the circle get poorer and poor.

MC: This time counts as us poking a little hole in the bubble, right?

Xia Yan: Mhmm, I’m sure that one day, the bubble will disappear.

If there is no one who takes the initiative to raise the bonfire, penetrating the long night with light, the darkness will always exist.

Hopefully, Xia Yan and I had inadvertently lifted a torch… lighting the way forward for travelers.

MC: It’s just a pity that the whereabouts of the miner Mark and the golden gem are unknown… I feel like your commission this time might not be completable this time.

Xia Yan: That businessman just wanted to recover his payment. I just asked the police – they will urge the people in charge at the mine to return the payment as soon as possible.

Xia Yan: About Mark… I do have an idea about it…

Hearing Xia Yan say this, I knew that he definitely had thought of some plan.

MC: What, what? Tell me quick!

Xia Yan: Isn’t there a river at the bottom of Kuru Mine?

Xia Yan: The distance of the mine and the riverbed is about 10 metres… the riverbed is very wide and the water flow is rapid.

Xia Yan: Mark might have been injured when he fell, but he probably doesn’t have any major life-threatening injuries.

Xia Yan: I’m guessing that he was carried along the river all the way downstream. We can go see the downstream area – maybe we’ll notice something.

The downstream area of Kuru Mine’s canyon river…

MC: Isn’t that the Delai River Canyon we’re going to tomorrow?!

Xia Yan: Mhmm, so I want to go to the canyon tomorrow to search.

MC: I’m going to pray – I hope that tomorrow…

Xia Yan: Wait a bit.

Xia Yan folded a flower blossom – one where I didn’t know the name of, but it bloomed extremely splendidly. He wrapped the flower stem on my wrist, fastening it into a bracelet.

MC: Hmm?

Xia Yan: Try the wish-making method of the Tambuyani indigenous people.

Xia Yan: Wrap a flower with tenacious vitality on your wrist, then speak your wish to it…

Xia Yan: And then your heart’s wish will receive the god of flowers’ blessing. No matter how many hindrances you encounter, it will successfully come true at the end!

As he spoke, Xia Yan held up my hand solemnly. The slight warmth from the overlap of his pair of hands transmitted into my heart…

Xia Yan: It’s done, make your wish!

MC: I hope that there will be good news tomorrow. Um… and…

MC: (I hope that Xia Yan and I can be together every day, and be happy every day!)

Xia Yan: And what?

MC: Nothing – it’s a heart’s wish, after all… if I say all of it, it might not come true!

I picked a flower stem and wrapped it on his wrist, smoothly tuning away the topic.

MC: How about you make a wish too?

The fingers he held my hand with became somewhat stronger.

Xia Yan: I hope… all your heart’s wishes will come true.

Xia Yan’s voice was gentle and sincere, like a breeze that brushed past the flower petals in the night, softly melting in my heart.

MC: T-this doesn’t count. What about your own wish…

Xia Yan: It counts. This is my wish.

The solemn voice tapped on my heart, and the warmth of the overlapping hands made me forget the flower bracelet knotted on my wrist.

The wish made to the flower god was just a formality. The warmth transmitted from Xia Yan’s fingertips was the true power that made me feel at peace.

MC: Xia Yan…

Xia Yan: Mhmm, I’m here.

Yes, because Xia Yan was here, I wouldn’t feel any fear or worry.

Because he was… that person who would accompany me to achieve our goals together, no matter now many hindrances there were – he always was.

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