Daly watched Hobart's receding figure, lost in thought.
First, she wondered where Hobart had gotten such important news as Evil God Descends. Klein, an Official Member of the Tingen City Nighthawks Squad, who had just written to ask her about the Spirit Communication Technique, seemed unaware of it.
Then she found it strange that Hobart knew about her feelings for Dunn.
Theoretically, only Dunn and she herself should have known about those feelings.
Could it be... could it be that all the members of the Tingen City Nighthawks Squad had seen through it? Was Dunn the only one pretending not to know? Daly gave a bitter smile. If that was true, it would be far too tragic.
"Hypnosis!"
In the Train Station restroom, Hobart used the Psychological Spoon to hypnotize himself, making himself forget everything he knew about '0-08' until he encountered Megose and the Spawn of Evil God at the Blackthorn Security Company in Tingen City.
Hobart's eyes went vacant for about a second. Then, as if he had lost something, he stared at himself in the mirror.
All of a sudden, tears streamed down his face, and he desperately wanted to break down sobbing.
"Distortion!"
Hobart had even forgotten why he had used the Psychological Spoon. He distorted his emotions so that tears only ran down his face, without him bursting into tears.
Once aboard the train, Hobart gradually immersed himself in the journey.
At last, he had left Backlund, which was "surrounded" by thick fog. Although becoming a Beyonder had greatly improved Hobart's physique, the lack of sunlight and the night arriving more than an hour early still made one feel terribly depressed.
A little over an hour after the train departed, Hobart, who had been admiring the scenery outside, was hungry as expected.
He took