Given Blanche's current abilities, there was absolutely no way she could break through the barrier surrounding the Wonderland Authority.
So the only possibility was that the Wonderland Authority had deliberately gone easy on her.
And why would the Wonderland Authority go easy on her?
Angel could think of only one possibility: the pursuit of profit.
—Blanche's existence was of great help to the Wonderland Authority, so it had let her through.
After reaching that conclusion and working backward, Angel found that many things suddenly made sense.
Why had the Wonderland Authority suddenly undergone a version update today?
The likeliest reason was still Blanche.
Blanche's "mysterious talent" might have been the greatest reason behind the Wonderland Authority's version update.
Of course, it was also possible that the update had been triggered by "outsiders invading Wonderland," but Angel did not think that was very likely. From a certain perspective, the Dreamseeing NPCs already counted as a precedent for outsiders entering Wonderland, so a version update was most likely not caused by that.
As for why Blanche alone did not have the status of a "temporary NPC"...
Perhaps that, too, was because of her special identity.
Outside the Instance, Angel let out a long breath. While he had been diligently searching for magic patterns outside, the Wonderland Authority had been holding back something huge for him.
But looking back, the Uriel Instance was simply far too overpowered.
Even Angel himself had not expected it.
At first, he had clearly thought it was merely a solo Instance. Yet after all the twists and turns, along with Luigi's "free choice" and all manner of development, this Instance had become increasingly terrifying... It had actually drawn in someone with a mysterious talent.
It had even triggered a version update for the Wonderland Authority.
Terrifying.
If the