Victor Hugo: "You all call me the 'Conscience of France,' but right now it beats in Lionel's breast!" Émile Zola: "'Naturalism' or 'Realism'? No, only Lionel's 'Modernism' belongs to the 20th century!" Gustave Flaubert: "Maupassant was my best student, Lionel my confidant." Guy de Maupassant: "Lionel's only shortcoming was that he had not contracted the noble, majestic syphilis." Anton Chekhov: "What else do we need in this world besides sunshine, air, water, and a smile? Lionel's works, of course!" Leo Tolstoy: "Are you suggesting that I go to Sweden to accept the Nobel Prize that Lionel Sorel refused?" Arthur Conan Doyle: "To be Sherlock Holmes's assistant, to be accepted by Lionel...

"So you're saying that the world is going to end, so you want to steal a rocket?"

"That's really interesting. I've caught people who robbed gold shops, banks, and even trains, but I've never caught people who robbed rockets."

"What do you think? Even if you really managed to steal a rocket, would you be able to drive it?"

Lin Xu, who was sitting opposite the man, nodded slowly.

"Yes."

"Really, I've driven it countless times."

"Also, you guys really need to hurry up, I don't have time."

"No time?"

The man laughed.

"Are you busy?"

"Very busy."

Lin Xu nodded.

"I have to go destroy the next world."