The damp wind swept through the abandoned capital, while clusters of thunderclouds surrounded the castle.
Yō had previously asked Gandak about some vampire history, and now she began to ponder it seriously.
Having finished sharing all the information he knew, Gandak patted his knee and looked at Yō. "Well, little girl, was any of that useful?"
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Gandak."
Yō was delighted. Aisha, who had listened alongside her, looked puzzled as she stared at the contract document.
"But I didn't understand any of it.
Which part of that was supposed to be the key to solving the mystery? I still think that revolutionary leader is the key, don't you?"
"No, it has nothing to do with that. More accurately, everything we just saw had absolutely nothing to do with solving the mystery."
Aisha's eyes widened. She had not expected Yō to waste so much time and energy on useless information. That was a little hard to accept, wasn't it?
"I said before that I believed the word 'revolution' was a misleading device meant to deceive the participants at the time.
So it should have another meaning or interpretation. As for the history I wanted to confirm earlier, it dated back much farther than that. I only wanted to determine whether this flying fortress was something made in another world."
"Couldn't you put that more simply?"
"If translated directly, this game's title means sun-synchronous orbit—an artificial miniature orbit that travels while maintaining a specific angle relative to the sun.
And I think this castle is that artificial satellite.
So I suspect this Gifted Competition is connected to things like the sun and orbit."
Jack let out an impressed exclamation. "Ohh."
"Then perhaps the so-called vampire race actually came from the distant future."
After all, Hakoniwa World was connected