Several days passed in the blink of an eye. During that time, nothing happened anywhere in Area 11. It was peaceful and quiet. Gino, the Knight of the Round whom Xiao Ran had defeated, had no face to show himself before Xiao Ran and Euphemia again. However, the movements of the two Knights of the Round could not be hidden from Xiao Ran, who had people watching them all along.
For several consecutive days, the young man and woman not only stayed out of Xiao Ran's sight, but did not appear at any formal events either. To others, they seemed to have completely disappeared from view. Yet Xiao Ran knew that every day, the two youngsters went beyond the city's outer ring and personally entered the ruins on the outskirts to witness the shattered world outside and experience the hardships of the Elevens. They left early and returned late every day, observing this world more clearly with their own eyes.
The people watching them reported to Xiao Ran every day about what the two had done. As long as Xiao Ran knew whom they had contacted and where they had gone, that was enough. As for the rest, Xiao Ran truly did not have the time to keep watching those immature youngsters for no reason.
Xiao Ran spent every day at the Special Dispatch's old research institute, working overtime alongside the controlled Technicians to complete the replenishment of the Variable Fighters as quickly as possible. He personally took part in manufacturing much of the equipment as well. It barely counted as Xiao Ran's first real investment in technical work. At the same time, with large numbers of personnel moving in, the Special Dispatch's new research institute gradually began its preliminary preparations for the development of new technologies.
In the meantime,