After finishing her conversation with Firekeeper, Ivette walked to the window and watched the golden sunset stream through the streets and alleyways of the old district,
like sharp swords. Only more than ten minutes later, when dark clouds covered the sky, were those lingering rays blocked out.
She felt that things were becoming more and more interesting. Previously, she had thought that what the eight major companies possessed was mostly something similar to "Divine Molt," but now the answer seemed to be that only the three super-companies of Black Tide Continent possessed the same thing. Here on Silver Mirror Continent—at least at Sky Dome Technology—the thing had become something else.
Was that why Black Tower Pharmaceuticals, Scale Shedding Organism, and Black Tide Company were all involved with biotechnology, while Sky Dome Technology, and even all of Silver Mirror Continent, leaned toward mechanical and intelligent technology?
Because their true nature was not research and development, but... acquisition? Or inheritance?
No wonder the Fire Thief Program could grant Mechanical Puppets self-awareness and cause them to develop "spirits."
Just as the inexplicable mutation abilities came from Divine Molt, if the inexplicable spirits of the Mechanical Race came from that mysterious Core Heart, then at least she had some sort of lead.
After digesting the intelligence provided by Firekeeper, Ivette heard a knock at the door a while later. From the sound of it, Firefly had clearly returned after picking Liana up.
This rental apartment in the old district was an old-fashioned reinforced-concrete building. The stairs between floors were rusted iron, and naturally there were no smart locks. It still used a classic mechanical lock.
Ivette went over and opened the door. Liana stood outside in a blue sailor-style middle school uniform, looking bright and lovely, with a blue cross-shaped brooch pinned to her