"Next, I'm going to do something. I hope you can understand," the old man said awkwardly.
I asked him what it was.
He said, "I'll send your friends, including your parents, away. I mean, out of the Derivative Ruins and back to their world. There's really nothing they can do to help you if they stay, and they might even become a burden to you. But I'll keep that girl and bring her in. Along with the one inside your body, after all, they have deep ties to you. At critical moments, you can rely on them, and they can lend you a hand."
He had directly excluded Old Shu and Dan Zeng.
From his words, I could also tell that either the process of extracting the Heart Core or what came afterward might put me in tremendous danger.
"Should I discuss it with them first?" I felt that sending them away just like that would probably make them uncomfortable, or they might worry about me.
The old man shook his head. "There's no time. I know you're worried about those people from The Officials. Don't worry, I'll pass some information on to them. Some matters are already beyond their ability to interfere with. Besides, they have their own problems. They'll be facing a huge crisis next, and if things go wrong, it could very well bring about the apocalypse."
"You mean the Administration Bureau?"
"Yes. You should know what kind of disaster the Administration Bureau will bring to this world. Your intentions were good, but sometimes good intentions can lead to bad results. That woman successfully used your idea for the Administration Bureau, but what she wants is to maximize her own interests. I really don't understand what she wants."
I smiled bitterly. I had always believed the outsiders