Gleaming Shadow

After the five-blade electric fan climbed down from his arm, Yu Sheng did not hide what he had seen in the chaos of the "Death Border." The moment he sat down at his station, he gave them the full account of the vision.

Halfway through Yu Sheng's explanation, Eileen had already crawled over from her own chair and sat cross-legged on the console in front of him, hugging her arms and listening with a solemn expression.

The instant the little thing started crawling over, Yu Sheng blocked the console's signal—mainly because he was worried Eileen might slip and accidentally shut off the ship's cloaking field.

Anyone who had raised a cat should have experience with this sort of thing. Those without cats had probably raised a human toddler under four and experienced much the same.

"Sounds like... it really could have been a vision of the Eden Gate," the little doll said, shaking her head on the console. "That thing was modified using Crossroads Bridge technology. You swallowed the original Crossroads Bridge, so it isn't strange that you saw it. The key is that light-cast Giant..."

Eileen suddenly paused, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Yu Sheng. "Hey, hey, was it a man or a woman?"

Yu Sheng had been thinking with a serious, focused expression. At her question, he nearly lost his composure. "No, why do you care about that?"

"Because I'm curious!" Eileen scooted forward. "We've run into several Dark Angels, and almost none of them looked human. Now we finally find one that does..."

Yu Sheng gave the little doll before him a peculiar look. He had just been about to remind her that she was still using half the Omen Goddess's profile, but then the Omen Goddess's eight long legs surfaced in his mind, and