I successfully talked the Supreme Dragon God into chatting with that lunatic mainframe. Given the former's gift for gab and the latter's equally unmatched knack for babbling, the two of them would probably keep talking until eight-thirty tomorrow morning. That gave us plenty of peace and quiet to discuss serious matters—like studying Leek Boxes or something.
...I seemed to have caught Father God's disease.
"Honestly, how much of a grudge do you have against that woman on the other end of the communicator?" Once I sat back down, Father God couldn't help leaning over. The look on his face seemed full of misunderstanding, which was understandable. The Supreme Dragon God's mouth was the kind that could effectively take revenge on society within a twenty-kilometer radius even when left sitting there doing nothing. Ordinary people really couldn't imagine anyone voluntarily shoving someone else in front of that mouth without some deep-seated hatred. More importantly, Father God probably never imagined there could be someone almost as skilled at babbling as the Supreme Dragon God...
"Let's not talk about that. First, when are we going into the World Remains?" I waved it off, setting aside the matter of the two babblers, then turned to look at the Holographic Projection nearby. It displayed the scene outside the fleet. The gods' Void Nodes and all sorts of strange things—I had no idea whether they counted as spacecraft—floated quietly beside the fleet, while tiny points of light darted rapidly among them, perhaps the gods' work crews. "Other than the escort forces, I also brought a group of scientists, practically the Empire's best. They'll definitely be useful."
Father God nodded. "Naturally. We know almost nothing about your technological creations. They belong to an entirely different system. The exploration team discovered some facilities in the remains, but they