Without making a sound to disturb the two people in the ward, Uesugi Tetsu silently walked into the deserted emergency stairwell.
There was no need to let them know about this.
Zhou Zhenyu and Hoshino Yumeko had suffered far too much in life, so Uesugi Tetsu truly couldn't bear to shatter their happiness at this moment.
He took out his phone and called Nanjō Emi.
This time, Uesugi Tetsu didn't have to call repeatedly. The moment the call screen appeared, she answered.
Nanjō Emi's cool, restrained professional voice came through. "I'm at work. Keep it brief."
Uesugi Tetsu said, "I encountered one of the 'seeds' scattered by Ai Bielie. Well, I suppose that's what it should be called."
After a startled cry from Shizuma Mafuyu came through the phone, the other end fell into a long silence.
Uesugi Tetsu waited patiently.
"Uesugi-kun, you really know how to bring me surprises."
Nanjō Emi's voice was no different from before, displaying the excellent emotional control of a mature corporate slave.
But Uesugi Tetsu could hear a trace of pleasantly surprised astonishment in it.
He was somewhat puzzled. He had originally assumed that after hearing this news, Nanjō Emi would simply pass it up the chain and wash her hands of it.
But judging by this, that doesn't seem to be the case?
Nanjō Emi said, "Tell me in detail about this 'seed' you're talking about."
Uesugi Tetsu quietly listened to the footsteps moving back and forth outside the stairwell door. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Wait a moment."
He rubbed the corners of his brows, feeling that he had been careless.
Since Ai Bielie had been able to use a person as a vessel for cultivating emotions without the Special Affairs Division knowing anything, that meant she had a way