A new day

Today is a day off, but the two children did not stay up late and woke up Lucy and Jack early.

Jeremy really did it on the Coast Starlight without being called his parents for a week.

Today is the day Lucy fulfills her promise.

The Coast Starlight, a western sightseeing train that runs between Los Angeles and Seattle, is very famous, and Jack has known about it for a long time.

The route it takes is known as one of the most beautiful railway lines in the world and has been recommended by media such as National Geographic Magazine and many travel experts.

Under the urging of the two little guys, the group went out, but unfortunately, as soon as they went out, Lucy's phone rang.

Lucy didn't want to answer, but finally did.

"What? But I promised my child... okay, I'll be there soon."

Lucy put down the phone and looked at the three of them with a guilty look on her face: "Sorry, I have to get there for an urgent mission..."

Lucy's tone was full of helplessness, and the two little guys had already pouted.

"Sorry, Honey, I'm really, really sorry. I didn't want to, but..."

Jack knew that Lucy was really helpless, as the nature of her work was like this. Today was her day off, but she still encountered an unexpected situation.

"Okay, kids, since she is indeed in trouble, let's let her go, but she must promise to bring us a gift when she comes back..."

Jack helped with the work and finally made the two little guys smile again.

Lucy left in such a hurry that she didn't even have time to take them to the train station. Jack could only take a taxi with his two children because there was only one car at home.

Speaking of which, this is the first time he has taken his two children out.

Everyone soon arrived at Union Station.

Los Angeles Union Station is the railway terminal of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and an important transportation hub in Southern California.

There are many people at the train station. Although the United States is a country built on wheels, Los Angeles has a population of nearly four million, and there are many people who choose to take the train when traveling.

Jack used to come to places like train stations because the liaison officers used to provide small pills, usually in lockers at the train station.

Jack took his two children to the ticket window.

The advertisement of Coast Starlight is good. There is a recommended route next to the ticket window. The two children were chattering. After everyone discussed it, they finally chose the one from Los Angeles to Auckland.

Because you get off the train in Oakland and then transfer to the San Joaquin, you can also reach the famous Yosemite, which is also one of the few national parks in the United States that can be reached by public transportation.

While buying tickets and waiting for the bus, Jeremy and Lilith's little mouths were not idle, and they kept fantasizing about the next trip.

Forty minutes later, the announcement that the vehicle was about to arrive was broadcast on the radio.

It is common for trains to be delayed in the United States. Apparently they were lucky this time. After waiting for almost ten minutes, the Starlight arrived at the station.

Jack bought the upper-level ticket of the Starlight. Although the price is a little more expensive, the noise of the wheel track will be much smaller, and the viewing angle will be better.

There were many people boarding the train at this stop, most of them passengers. Jack habitually chose a location near the connection between the carriages.

These are all subconscious behaviors and are considered occupational diseases.

Whenever he arrives in a new environment, his first reaction must be to find the nearest entrance and exit, and then he will observe the people nearby to determine whether they pose a threat to him.

These are all conditioned reflexes after training, and there is no need to do them deliberately, but it is not that easy to change them.

In this route, there are basically coasts near Los Angeles, and there are valleys and plains beyond. Many routes are even parallel to the famous Highway 1, and the scenery is excellent.

There will be a bonus landscape introduction booklet on each seat. Jack flipped through it and found that he would soon pass by a beautiful place.

He took his two children to the sightseeing carriage as recommended in the brochure.

"Wow~~"

The moment they entered the door, the two children were shocked by the carriage.

Different from ordinary carriages, the walls on both sides of the sightseeing carriage are all changed to glass, giving a wider view.

When they entered the carriage, there were already many people inside.

The train soon entered the beautiful section. The brochure did not lie. The train was surrounded by the sea on one side and red maple trees on the other. The scenery was very good. It is said that many tourists took this train just for it.

"Look up, look, it's so beautiful~~"

The little ones couldn't help but chirp.

The sound of camera shutters sounded one after another in the carriage.

People marvel at the beauty of natural scenery.

"Sir, can you take a group photo for us?"

In the middle of the carriage, an old couple, obviously tourists, looked at Jack with a camera.

Jack smiled and nodded.

After some operations, I received the gratitude of the old couple.

The train arrived at Santa Barbara. The train stopped at the station. Some people got off the train, but more people got on. Jack learned from their conversation that there was a section of scenery on the way to the next stop that was rated as the best in the United States by National Geographic magazine.

One of the ten most beautiful scenery.

Jack is also full of expectations.

He had already returned to his car. Although the sightseeing car was beautiful, the organizer was very stupid in setting the air conditioner in the sightseeing car very low. People would feel cold after staying in it for a long time. This was also guaranteed to the greatest extent.

The sightseeing carriage will not be occupied for a long time, and everyone has a chance to enjoy it.

The train started again and slowly picked up speed. A middle-aged man on the platform attracted his attention.

The man is opening the back cover of the mobile phone, pulling out the battery, separating the mobile phone card, and then throwing the mobile phone card into the trash can.

This set of techniques was incompatible with the surrounding environment and immediately aroused Jack's vigilance. Normal people would never do this.

Jack suddenly felt a warning sign in his heart, because he clearly remembered that this man was in the same carriage as him just now.

Jack looked back at the car warily, but couldn't see anything unusual.

The next second, he closed his eyes and scanned the entire carriage like an X-ray, not sparing any corner.

The luggage, cameras, pocket watches and wallets of the passengers in the car were all displayed in Jack's mind in the form of lines.

Soon a cloth bag under a seat aroused Jack's suspicion.

That seat is exactly where the man was sitting just now.

It's unusual for a man to get out of the car without taking the bag.

His eyes were sharpened again, and through the cloth bag, the outline of the thing inside appeared. It turned out to be a bomb, and the numbers representing the countdown were beating.

Shet!!!

Jack was shocked and his eyes disappeared. As far as he could see, everyone in the car did not know that the disaster was coming.

At this time, the train had already left the station some distance away. Jack ignored the surprised looks of the people around him, picked up the window breaker on the window and rushed towards the window.

The tempered glass turned into shards under the window breaker, and then the cloth bag was thrown out by him.

"Get down~~"

Jack fell to the ground holding the two children.
Chapter completed!