"Don't praise me like that—
When all was said and done, I was only doing it for myself..."
"In some ways, you really are alike, Kevin."
Looking at the empty seat, Su smiled and shook his head, then turned to Kevin beside him and spoke leisurely.
"But we are different in the end. He will not become me, either."
Kevin did not deny Su's words. He merely said this, his ice-blue eyes fixed on the empty seat as he gradually sank into memories...
Saving Private Siegfried
North America, Anti-Entropy's Yancheng Base. Space rippled faintly, and someone who did not belong here appeared.
Following the aura from his memories, Gwen successfully found Raiden Ryoma within Yancheng Base—one of his fathers-in-law.
"It has been a long time, Raiden... sir."
Though he probably ought to have used a different form of address, Gwen decided not to do so rashly in order to avoid directly provoking the middle-aged man before him.
"..."
Having received a communication from Welt Yang and learned that Gwen would be arriving, Raiden Ryoma was not overly surprised by Gwen's appearance.
However, upon hearing how Gwen addressed him, Raiden Ryoma's eye twitched involuntarily. He looked at Gwen with a calm gaze carrying even a hint of chill, saying nothing.
Raiden Ryoma still remembered that, more than a year ago, only a few days after he had cautiously and subtly asked whether his precious daughter had any intention of returning to Anti-Entropy, she had told him over the phone that he could prepare to hold a grandchild...
It was the first time Raiden Ryoma had heard such an unquestionable tone beneath Raiden Mei's calm voice. It made this middle-aged man, who cared deeply for his daughter, grow increasingly resentful toward the culprit.
Still, Raiden Ryoma had spent many years mingling among