Yu Lian silently spat to himself and rolled his eyes behind their backs, turning his head slightly. Then he saw a smug cyber-ghost girl suddenly sprout from the flower bed beside him, like a giant mushroom growing ten thousand times faster than normal.
Then she floated into the air and drifted past two blue-mark robots on standby and a group of soldiers in powered armor, all armed to the teeth.
Mm... She was the very picture of a seasoned ghost. If she put on a white robe with sleeves long enough to hide her legs, let her hair down, and added bangs that covered her eyes, she'd look even more convincing.
What a shame no one else could see her.
After all, Colonel Lombard over there was getting on in years. And he'd heard that people over two meters tall were especially prone to cardiovascular disease. If the poor man fainted from fright, it would be a grave offense.
Come to think of it, his bargain disciple-niece seemed to know Little Gray. The two of them had even gotten acquainted through a fight.
Yu Lian glanced at Teya and saw that she hadn't noticed her either.
She was following the orders of her commander and senior from their school, leading everyone in a cleanup... collecting the monster remains.
"Don't leave a single bit behind," she called.
"So we really have to shovel all this up?" Colonel Mina Walter asked. "It looks like withered vines and dried snake skins all twisted together. I can't imagine what use it could possibly have."
"That's exactly why we have to collect it—we don't know what use it might have!" Teya said. "And remember, it needs to be stored in the same kind of condenser equipment used for antimatter. Has it arrived yet?"
"On its