Perhaps because his emotions had been rising and falling all this time, Gray Merchant had now grown somewhat numb. Even when he heard Angel say there might be a way to recover the sealed memories, he showed little excitement, taking it for yet another phantom dream full of empty promises.
Not just Gray Merchant—even Dox wore a face full of disbelief. "Didn't you just say it was empty inside? What, now you're saying you have a way?"
Angel said, "There is a way, but whether it will work is another matter."
Dox said, "..."
Angel did indeed have several "ways," but just as he had said, they were all still merely thoughts, never put into practice. Whether the results would be good or bad, even he could not judge.
Angel continued, "The methods I mentioned can roughly be divided into two kinds. The first is to wait."
So-called waiting was, in truth, relying on oneself.
Angel had wanted this mirror shard for research in the first place. He also had Mirror Wraith and a certain degree of understanding of Mirror Space. After studying it, he might not be unable to break Adanis's memory seal.
But relying on oneself had one drawback: it required time for research. Thus, if they chose this method, Gray Merchant would need to wait.
As for how long he would have to wait, Angel could not say.
"Waiting a while is waiting. Waiting until you die is also waiting. Is there any difference between this method and nonsense? And if you wait only to end up with nothing, wouldn't it all have been for nothing?" Dox's jab arrived right on schedule.
And because of Dox's jab, Gray Merchant's group's opinion of him rose by leaps and bounds. Originally, they had looked down on a self-serving person