Firefly: Stealing My Man Right in Front of Me? I've Put Up with You Pink Mammal for Long Enough! (1W2)
The curve of Demiurge's lips widened further and further, forming a smile that mingled satisfaction, excitement, and the ecstasy of creation—one she simply could not suppress.
Crack!
Moments later, every mote of light representing Laigushi's consciousness had completely poured through the USB drive and into The Erudition's body. The drive itself seemed to have run out of energy.
With a crisp sound like shattering glass, the USB drive rapidly turned grayish white and lost its luster. It detached from The Erudition's port and fell to the floor, where it became meaningless scraps of metal and plastic.
"Whew..." As the USB drive vanished completely, the pen in Demiurge's hand finally came to a stop.
Demiurge gently let out a long, murky breath, as though she had just completed a great work.
At the same time, with her "objective" achieved, the Inspiration Mushroom's forced influence over The Erudition completely dissipated.
The Erudition's immense mechanical body suddenly shuddered!
Then, a shrill explosion of sound filled with utmost fury, resentment, and some complex emotion—like countless noises blended together—rang throughout the entire Board Game Shop:
"Laigushi—!!!"
It was not language, but more like an enraged roar laden with information that struck directly at the level of consciousness.
Afterward, The Erudition once more fell into "silence."
Yet this silence differed from before. The light emanating from Their surface began to flicker unstably between blue and a strange pale pink.
Blue represented The Erudition's own will and logic, while that pale pink... clearly belonged to the newly arrived "uninvited guest."
The two lights seemed to be engaged in a silent yet ferocious tug-of-war, battling for control of this Aeon's shell and dominance over its thoughts.
Beneath the eerie, flickering light that shifted between brightness and darkness, Demiurge gently closed the leather notebook in her hands. She let