I'm such an idiot, truly! Yu Lian was torn with grief and indignation. This girl had lost a leg and an eye in his previous life. Surely he shouldn't have assumed that, just because she was smarter, more cunning, and more meticulous in her planning, she was the cautious sort who always thought things through before acting?
But in fact, even on another timeline, despite having already lost a leg and an eye, Miss Yameida had never lacked the decisiveness to act—even after taking the seat of Grand Commander. Some of her decisions had even seemed reckless and stubborn at first.
Still, Yu Lian couldn't help feeling puzzled. Though there was a streak of madness and stubbornness in her, she had proved that every risk she took brought enormous rewards—even the one that had cost her a leg and an eye. Yet she wasn't the sort to pursue power at any cost.
"Can I ask something? This is a new procedure, right? Have you ever succeeded?"
"All I can say is that the theoretical success rate is high." Yani smiled. "The Bureau's scholars and the ancestors ran the calculations. It's no more dangerous than being an engineer working on an antimatter bomb. Besides, most of the risk doesn't come from the objective changes in psionic energy, but from our own will and resolve."
"So I'm the guinea pig, then."
"I'm going through it with you. You're a Fifth Ring; if something goes wrong, you'll outlive me. And I've told you before: a dignified psionic won't truly treat himself as expendable, no matter how far he's fallen. If I had to make an analogy, do you know Wan Hu, from your homeworld's era?"
"The one who strapped himself to two kites and forty-seven rockets?" When Yani nodded, Yu Lian's smile vanished.