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Chapter 205 – Shanghai Rhapsody (6)

It happened without warning.

“BOOM!”

Almost directly overhead. From a nearby building came a large, muffled sound, probably some kind of explosion. It was enormous. The noise of something breaking, something falling, something like small stones struck the car again and again.

I couldn’t see what was happening, it was outside my field of vision, but cars in this era aren’t as soundproof as those of the twenty-first century, so the explosion was frighteningly clear. I also saw debris falling near the car.

We were on the west side of Nanjing Road, just after leaving the racetrack. It was the liveliest part of the entertainment district, where department stores I was planning to visit tomorrow stood on every corner.

We were inside a car owned by Ootori Trading Company. At the wheel was Uncle Yagami. Liz sat beside him, and in the