Now that she had started talking, Mora did not hesitate at all. She spoke rapidly. "It wasn't directly related to Li Wei. It was a commission from Baiji Pope. He said a Test Subject had escaped back then and was recaptured, and he wanted me to help clean up the traces it left behind... All right, I know that was basically the same as a direct commission from Li Wei. Just an excuse."
At this point, Mora looked again at Ronan's reaction. Seeing that he was merely watching her quietly, she instead noticed the "Light Sphere" on his shoulder. More details emerged within its brilliant radiance, like rapidly shifting, ambiguous text, yet also like a mutated version of the hundreds of thousands of demon eyes within the "rift." Reflected in her eyes, it made her feel even worse.
At a time like this, the more she said, the more mistakes she would make. But Mora could not control herself.
It was as though she had already been poisoned. Even if she had to tear away great chunks of flesh, she needed to clean it out and cut it off as quickly as possible, lest the poison spread.
She obeyed the "alarm" still shrieking sharply in her heart and continued. "I guessed the Deep Blue World was involved. The aura left by the Aberrant Species had a bit of that feeling, carrying a trace of 'moisture'... Of course, that feeling is highly personal and only for reference."
Ronan finally nodded. Yet he was thinking that Mora had already disposed of all the aura left by the Aberrant Species at the time. As for what Zhang Yingying had collected earlier and handed to the Xia City Branch for storage, he was not sure whether any remnants remained, whether they had been tainted