No one knew how Galiusha had snuck in.
Still, it was easy enough to guess. After all, with the Brotherhood of Extreme Desire's efforts, the underground faith had spread across the surface long ago. As for what kinds of people had been mixed among the refugees flooding from Gasmella into the territory of the Tower of Reason, even the Tower of Reason itself probably had not investigated thoroughly.
So as long as she had enough time to prepare, Galiusha—who possessed both knowledge of Truth and slicing techniques—could surely infiltrate anywhere.
But the fact that she had managed to blend into the scholars the Scholarly Council had taken with them while fleeing was still rather impressive.
No wonder the other party had shown no reaction to the news of the Scholarly Council's escape when she met Galiusha. Everything had probably been within her expectations.
Fortunately, they had caught her at the final moment!
Cheng Shi let out a long breath, but in the next second...
No, wait!
His smile instantly froze on his face, because he suddenly realized that if Galiusha really could infiltrate the Experiment Field and sabotage the Grand Scholars' experiment, why had she kept her own appearance, making it possible for anyone to recognize her at a glance?
The first city overthrown in the underground counterattack against the surface had not been Tusnat. Galiusha's information should have been on the Scholarly Council's desk as soon as the Gasmella World Tree had blazed into existence.
Every Grand Scholar knew this madwoman who wanted to destroy the Tower of Reason. They had no reason not to screen these reserve scholars, so why had Galiusha remained hidden until Cheng Shi found her?
How had she dared not disguise herself?
If she had merely changed her face, wouldn't this experiment have been