Firstheart City, top floor of Skyvault Tower.
"Is this... really all right? It hasn't moved at all, and its expression is so blank. It looks like it's possessed." Frod asked Angel, though his gaze remained fixed on Toby atop the table.
"In reality, the Extreme Grudge Intent inside Toby has already shown faint signs of suppressive backlash. If it truly crosses the line, it will inevitably have to face the Extreme Grudge Tribulation. So I had no choice." Angel replied helplessly.
Toby sat blankly on the tabletop, its eyes still unfocused, as though it had yet to recover its senses.
Just as Frod had said, it was like it had been possessed.
The reason Toby was in this state was that Angel had forcibly intervened in the workings of the Heart House and pulled Toby out ahead of time.
The clock turned back to not long ago—
After bringing Toby into the Dream Wilderness, Angel explained the functions of the Heart House and the dangers it might encounter before allowing Toby to enter.
At first, everything had been fine after Toby was enveloped by the Heart House's power. But before long, something went wrong.
In Sanders and Frod's eyes, Toby had not changed at all.
But through the authority of the "Dream Gate," Angel noticed something amiss. Not long after Toby entered the Heart House, some strange creature... or rather, power, seemed to have connected to Toby.
Using his authority to investigate, Angel discovered that this so-called strange creature was actually an aggregation of vast amounts of negative emotions.
Angel immediately understood that this was likely the projection of the Extreme Grudge Intent.
At that point, Angel confirmed that the Heart House had truly stirred the Extreme Grudge Intent hidden within Toby. This was the outcome Angel had hoped for,