Chapter 370: The Wonderful Adventures of Whale Whale (I): Run, Whale Whale!
This happened in the year Everly graduated.
By then, she had finished her studies and returned to the gas station in the wilderness. She was working diligently with Old John on the bulletin board, solving cases in exchange for points and items.
That evening, after a full day of working at her desk, Everly stretched and went downstairs to the restaurant. She turned on the TV and sat down with Old John to eat dinner while watching the news.
As they ate, the news suddenly cut to a new segment. A group of people dressed in fluorescent-colored quick-dry athletic gear appeared on the screen, running forward as spectators lined the route to cheer them on.
[Now for our next news story: At 9:00 this morning, the Western 200 Ultramarathon, organized by the Earth Guardians Environmental Protection Foundation, officially began with a starting gun at Gilosha Port in Yanifly State. A total of 3,200 runners from around the world have gathered in Gilosha. Over the next 72 hours, they will cross a wide variety of terrain, including mountains, rivers, and deserts, with a cumulative elevation gain of 6,000 meters and a descent of 7,500 meters, completing this grueling approximately 240-mile ultramarathon. Through their actions, they hope to raise public awareness of and encourage the protection of the fragile ecosystems of the western region…]
As the news anchor continued speaking, the camera moved steadily forward through the packed crowd until it finally reached the very front of the runners.
There, a tall, athletic figure was leading the pack, running at a speed far beyond what an ordinary person could match.
After an imposing aerial shot, the camera switched to a frontal view of the runners. The close-up briefly swept over the leader’s long, muscular legs, his loose athletic shirt covered in environmental slogans, and his head of silver-white hair streaming in the wind.
His long, silver-white curls flew and whipped behind him like a soft length of silk. Amid the beautiful silver strands were also two streaks of black.