After a delay long enough to save the young lady and gain an ally, Dee arrives at her next place of work—a city floating five hundred meters above the ground and traveling at a speed of 20 km/h. “The City,” long considered securely protected from rampaging monster raids, has undergone a series of vampire attacks. But Dee’s appearance—young lady and, at the same time, a former resident of the city, Laurie Knight—and the audacious John M. Brasselli Plutо VIII do little to ease their troubles. (c)