The lingering fluctuations of consciousness within the Origin Cubes also pointed to that possibility.
However, this was clearly not something that could be accomplished so easily.
Gwen closed his eyes and carefully examined the three Origin Cubes in his hand. Under the tense gazes of the three Embers, he slowly opened his eyes and gently shook his head.
"It's somewhat troublesome."
"I'll need some time to study them. It would be best to attempt treatment after we obtain all the information from the Mainframe."
"..."
Hearing Gwen's words, the three Embers, who had initially thought there was no hope when they saw him shake his head, finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Commander, you're really mean-spirited..."
Helena.META rolled her eyes charmingly and complained with a hint of resentment.
"Hmm?"
Blinking, Gwen finally realized that what he had just said could easily be misunderstood. He carefully put away the three Origin Cubes in his hand.
"Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the order of my words..."
"..."
Helena.META was briefly stunned. Somewhat surprised by Gwen's easygoing attitude, her smile deepened as she leaned slightly forward, her dark red eyes fixed intently on him.
"In that case, Commander, would you also be willing to treat my METAization symptoms?"
Faced with the information void surrounding Gwen, Helena.META, who possessed an almost pathological desire to control information, could barely suppress her urge to learn more about him.
As for whether that impulse was purely because of the information void surrounding Gwen, or whether there were other reasons, Helena.META did not care.
"If you want me to..."
Although Gwen saw an unusual glimmer in Helena.META's dark red eyes, he pretended not to notice and nodded with a smile.
"Then please... take good care of me, Commander..."
As Helena.META spoke, she placed her delicate hand