Have we finally gotten to the main point?
But there was nothing left to hide. The task his original self had entrusted to him could finally be completed.
I have no standing to interfere in the fusion body's affairs. Everything my original self instructed must be decided by the fusion body itself.
Whether it ends in failure or success, my duty is merely to inform the fusion body of what my original self entrusted to me.
Upon hearing Chiba's question, the backup youth was not surprised this time. Though he was still troubled by why the fusion body before him had asked such a question, he could not continue dwelling on that subject.
There was only one thing he could do now: answer the question as his original self had instructed.
And once that was done, his mission would be complete.
"Are you sure you want me to answer this question? You won't ask anything else?"
Though he thought so, when the backup youth inadvertently glanced at the Light Orb floating in midair before the fusion body, he seemed to recall something and suddenly asked his past self for confirmation.
Hmm? Chiba, who had been watching the backup youth's every move, naturally noticed that glance toward the Light Orb and paused slightly.
Is he still concerned about why I asked about the Light Orb... no, the Nightmare Cosmic Core?
Or does he actually know about the Nightmare Cosmic Core, but simply didn't tell me?
Or did his original self forbid him from telling me?
Or perhaps...
He's interested in the Light Orb too.
Under my original self's settings, he should be more program than independent consciousness. But under the influence of this Light Orb, has something changed? As his thoughts spread, a series of possibilities flashed through Chiba's mind.
"What?