The Seal Is Broken!

Kosma paused for a moment, his expression showing disbelief.

As a teenager with delusions of grandeur, he was furious at his own social failure, but he was also very enthusiastic about "joining a mysterious organization"—especially since he wouldn't have to go to school or do homework.

Although Mobius mainly used coercion, he still managed to give Kosma a few crumbs.

Then, when it came to Liu Bai said, "You better get back to school..."

Kosma felt his mentality was starting to crumble.

"But I'm already dead!"

"What's so difficult about finding you a school to attend here?"

Liu Bai glanced at Kosma.

"Although being a security guard is a shortcut to success in life, it's not worth thinking about this now."

"..."

I'm really devastated, absolutely devastated.

"Aren't you from a mysterious organization?"

"Ah, yes, but does the mystery organization conflict with sending you back to school?"

Liu Bai gave him the look of someone looking at an idiot.

"Mysterious organizations are run by people too—do you know where this is?"

"ELM, what's wrong?"

"This is a music production company."

"... ELM?"

Kosma paused for a moment, a thoughtful look on his face.

"This name sounds familiar... Ah! It's the company where the famous singer Eden works!?"

By the end, Kosma's face was filled with shock.

"You got it right." Liu Bai was very satisfied with Kosma's reaction. "In a way, the mysterious organization isn't mysterious at all—so you can go back to school now."

"... Can I get an autograph?"

"I have a feeling that Mobius has ulterior motives..."

Eden capped his pen and stared into thought as he watched Liu Bai and the new young man's retreating figures.

"I feel like that guy's efficiency is a bit too high? He found the person Liu Bai was looking for in just half a month..."

Even though Eden and Mobius are best friends, Eden doesn't mind speculating about Mobius with dark thoughts—it's just that sometimes Mobius's true thoughts are beyond Eden's imagination.

If we were to let her speculate this time... does Mobius want to use outsiders to restrict them?

When everyone is on the same side, the girls would definitely not hesitate to fight amongst themselves and steal each other's base. But when an outsider suddenly comes... well, everyone still has some sense of shame. Even for Vil-V, the only shameless one is her lover personality.

With a stranger suddenly appearing, everyone is bound to be a little reserved... Plus, Mobius initially wanted the stranger to be a security guard, a rather ambiguous job, Eden felt that he might have guessed pretty accurately this time.

Unfortunately, Mobius probably didn't expect that Liu Bai would send him back to school—which meant that the new young man could live his life as usual without any worries while he was at school, as long as he paid a little attention every morning and evening.

It feels... not bad?

"... Am I annoying in any way?"

Kosma fiddled with the weapon that Vil-V had just developed, muttering to himself in frustration.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, Kosma had gradually adapted to the slow pace of life in ELM. Although he was itching to do good deeds since he couldn't, he was generally satisfied with his current life—mainly because he had been exposed to more mysterious organizations and they were no longer anything new.

However, over the course of those two months, he began to vaguely sense something was amiss.

"Why do I always feel like everyone is hiding something from me? And every weekend Dr. Vil-V asks me to come here to help her test weapons... and the boss is usually nowhere to be found."

As a teenager, Kosma's intuition was quite sharp. He could sense that everyone was treating him well, but there was something they were hiding from him, which made Kosma quite conflicted.

On one hand, the exploratory spirit of the adolescent is burning brightly; on the other hand, Kosma feels that his heart is constantly sounding alarm bells.

ELM Corporation is definitely hiding a big secret— Kosma is absolutely convinced of this.

Although the slow pace of life of these two makes the idol company seem so ordinary, and the mystery of the mysterious organization has been completely lost—but what if this is part of the mysterious organization's disguise?

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have known that ELM housed such a weapons laboratory and a small testing ground?

Perhaps... perhaps when the time is right, the ELM company building will instantly transform into a giant robot, and the weapons lab where I am now will be the robot's brain—well, although Kosma hasn't found any equipment in this lab that looks like it can operate the robot in the past two months.

Maybe somewhere else? Like the boss's office?

Or perhaps the boss isn't a ghost at all, but a high-tech holographic projection? Its true identity might be some kind of artificial intelligence on a super robot...

It doesn't seem impossible... Okay, the boss probably wouldn't go that far. The vivid, idiotic look in his eyes when he scolded me wasn't fake.

Even so, Kosma's eyelids twitched, and suddenly ELM, which had lost its novelty, became mysterious again.

Although I feel that my imagination is a bit far-fetched, what if it is?

If Dr. Vil-V really did build a super robot, and he made her spend a whole day in the lab every holiday to get used to the super weapons mounted on the robot in advance—wouldn't that make all the sense?

The others kept it from me to test my competence as a driver... Thinking about it this way, it seemed that everything that had happened inexplicably over the past two months made sense.

For example, Mobius caught himself because he discovered... well, let's not get into that.

My imagination was indeed a bit far-fetched, wasn't it?

Kosma wiped the long spear-like weapon in his hand one last time, checked it again, and carefully put it back in its place—the "violent" power of these weapons made Kosma realize how to treat them for the sake of his own life.

Then Kosma took a deep breath.

He had to admit that he was indeed amazed when he first came to this laboratory, and even imagined what it would be like if he had these weapons during his vigilante days—but after two months, having to spend every precious vacation time in the laboratory had already made Kosma tired of it.

He wanted to slack off... no, it can't be called slacking off.

He wants to do something he wants to do! He's not going to waste his life—and precious vacation time—in this lab anymore!

—Of course, not to become a vigilante.

After being pointed out, the idea of being a vigilante does seem a bit foolish, and the current situation doesn't allow him to be one. If this were discovered, the consequences could be quite severe—at least he doesn't want to suffer another social humiliation or be scolded by the ear.

He wants to embark on an adventure!

ELM is undoubtedly hiding a huge secret! And today I'm going to uncover this earth-shattering secret!

Chapter 358 The seal is lifted!

Kosma cautiously left Vil-V's laboratory, making sure everything was alright before leaving—some people are driven to murder when they hold a weapon, while others feel even more cautious when they do. Kosma was clearly the latter.

Kosma absolutely did not want to think about the consequences of the laboratory explosion—even though the laboratory had exploded several times before Kosma arrived.

After all, scientists' experiments always come with risks.

However, this was not something Kosma should be thinking about, and since Vil-V hadn't left any alarm devices or locked the door, Kosma walked out of the laboratory almost without any hindrance.

"It's the weekend now, where should everyone be...?"

Kosma returned to the lobby of the ELM building and fell into deep thought.

Upon closer reflection, he realized that he truly had no understanding of the schedules of the vast majority of people in the company.

Kosma thought for a moment, then could only go upstairs in a daze and try his luck to see who he might run into.

"Hello, Kosma? Shouldn't you be in Dr. Vil-V's lab today?"

Kosma was just about to go upstairs when he was startled by the voice coming from the front desk.

"Who!?"

Kosma jumped up abruptly and looked at the front desk.

"Miss... Elysia? What are you doing...?"

He saw Elysia carrying a large box.

Over the past two months, he and the other party had only become somewhat acquainted. Due to their different schedules, Kosma's understanding of the other party was limited to the bare minimum, plus his own intuition and speculation.

The other person wasn't a member of ELM, but an intern who came to exchange and learn about idol experiences. However, Kosma felt that apart from their appearance, there was nothing about them that could be associated with "idol".

—Judging from the large box in the other person's hand, Kosma's intuition told him that the weight of that thing was definitely not something an ordinary woman could lift.

The other party carried it effortlessly, and even Kosma suspected that if the box hadn't been so large, Miss Elysia could have lifted it with one hand.

Can the strength of my two hands be greater than the strength of the other person's one arm?

Kosma deeply doubted this.

"Did I scare you? I was just tidying up under the table, sorry~" Elysia smiled apologetically.

"... It's alright."

Kosma would never admit that he was really scared, but looking at Elysia, Kosma suddenly thought that he might be able to find out some secrets about ELM from this lady - although she was also an outsider, she had arrived earlier than him and was not restricted by anyone.

Perhaps we will actually gain something from it.

However, gathering information is a gradual process— Kosma didn't want to arouse suspicion with just one sentence.

"By the way, Miss Elysia, do you know where the boss went?"

"Boss?" Elysia was taken aback for a moment, then realized, "Oh, you mean Eden? Eden has a concert today, he triggered it by taking a plane early this morning."

"A concert?! Why didn't anyone tell me?!"

Kosma was genuinely so angry that he jumped up.

He is also a fan of Eden Music. Although he is not a die-hard fan, ever since he came to ELM, Kosma has been fantasizing about sitting in a VIP seat and listening to a concert someday.

"Because you didn't go before either," Elysia said matter-of-factly.

"And before that!?"

Kosma now truly felt ostracized.

I thought this was the first time, but it turns out it's been countless times already?

"Oh, I remember now, you were at school the last few times..." Elysia looked like she had just remembered.

"Going to school..." Kosma's face immediately fell. This word was indeed effective in cooling down the hot-blooded boy's brain. However, Kosma then realized that something seemed off about his previous conversation with Elysia.

"Wait, how could the boss be Miss Eden?"

"Huh? Aren't you talking about Eden?" Elysia also looked a little confused.

"Don't we have a minister at ELM?"

Kosma said matter-of-factly.

"I know! But no one has ever seen him before, has he?" Elysia replied just as matter-of-factly.

"No one... has seen this before?"

Kosma's pupils contracted, and a strange sense of unease rushed up his spine to his brain, giving him goosebumps all over his back.

Hey! This is way too terrifying! Could the boss who shows his face in front of me every day be a ghost... ah, it seems he really is a ghost.

Everything suddenly made sense.

What? You scared him!

Kosma breathed a sigh of relief—although calmly accepting that the people around him were ghosts felt a little strange, but... well, okay, it was very strange—being relieved because it was really haunted was just awful.

It's clearly a ghost, yet it makes you feel safe. This feeling is nothing special, but it's safe to say that a normal person might never have this strange feeling in their entire life.

But if that's the case, then why is Miss Elysia...?

Kosma felt as if he had vaguely come into contact with something secret... but was this secret good or bad?

Kosma is currently unaware of this.

"Oh my..."

Looking at Kosma's expression, Elysia immediately understood something, and a strange, indescribable, subtle expression appeared on her face—perhaps a smile? Happiness?

"Could it be that, Kosma, you can actually see the Minister of ELM?"

Glug...