With a bang, Big Head reverted to his original form and appeared lying sideways before Dr. Clover. The old man had been about to use paper and ink to make a rubbing of the Poneglyph he had been pondering for days, but Mousse reached out first and touched the blank sheet of paper. He then realized there was no need for him to go through the trouble.
Dr. Clover had already witnessed many of Mousse's extraordinary abilities, so it did not surprise him that this monster of a child had revealed another new power. What did surprise him was Mousse suddenly being so kind.
Before the old curator could ask anything, Mousse, having already guessed what he was thinking, demonstrated exactly what it meant for a dog's mouth to produce no ivory:
"You don't have many days left to live anyway. Why should I argue with a dead man?"
"Though you've made some major mistakes that I can't stand, old man, I can show you a little respect for being willing to die in pursuit of the truth."
The old curator's blood pressure shot up, but after hearing the latter half, his expression finally calmed again. He merely snorted and demanded:
"Are you really so certain that the World Government will leave us no room at all?"
Mousse then quoted a famous line from before his transmigration: "The World Government has never disappointed anyone when it comes to being disappointing."
Dr. Clover froze for a moment, then let out a deep sigh. He slumped weakly to the floor, clutching his head in anguish as he asked Mousse—and himself:
"We only wanted to know the truth of history. What did we do wrong? Why must they treat us this way?"
Mousse, who had been an elite keyboard warrior before his transmigration,