"Wait!"
Just as Z was about to touch the woman inside the cylindrical pod, Remia suddenly called out to him and quickly said, "Shouldn't we be a little more careful? After all, we still don't know what's going on."
Z stopped when he heard her.
However, the woman inside the pod's chest suddenly rose and fell, as though she had been shocked by an electric current... The woman abruptly opened her eyes and took a deep breath.
She seemed to have regained consciousness, but soon fainted again and fell out of the cylindrical pod.
Z caught her just in time... After a while, Remia cautiously approached and asked hesitantly, "What's wrong with her?"
"Her vital signs are somewhat low, but..." Z looked at Remia and blinked. "She's still alive."
Alive!
Remia's heart tightened instantly. Alive... That meant many things.
"Z, are you in there? I'm coming in."
At that moment, Bluebird's voice came from outside... In the next instant, a small figure flew in and landed on Z's shoulder. "I saw several people outside who look just like Remia... Huh? Why is there one here too?"
In the underground vault beneath the treasury, after learning from Bluebird that new strangers had arrived in the ruined city, Z didn't rush into action. Instead, he began caring for the woman who had emerged from the cylindrical pod.
The woman's breathing gradually steadied. In Z's words, her vital signs were returning to normal, though she still seemed to be in a weakened state.
Remia asked him what his criteria were and how he had made his judgment... But Z didn't explain clearly. He only said that he simply knew, and that was all.
Bluebird was sent out again to follow the three strangers outside. Only then did Remia realize that Z's travel