If this had happened in the past, the old tortoise, the Continuator, would have slapped this ignorant little brat to death long ago.
But now, he merely darkened his expression. After glancing at the brazen, sinister, violent man, he turned his gaze to the Dream Thief, who stood nearby, skin and bones.
"Let's leave everything else aside. Capricorn is dead, and Yegua has been sealed after I ambushed him. You don't have to worry about retaliation anymore. Your chance to return to the Orora World is right before you. You can hand over the Star Core Database now, can't you?"
At the same time, the old tortoise glanced at Hayes, signaling him to reopen the deep-blue protective layer and continue steering out of the Orora World.
Whum.
Hayes understood at once, and the Explorer Space-Time Fortress resumed its course.
"Heh heh, heh heh heh heh heh..."
The Dream Thief laughed. "You think I'd carry something so important on me?"
"What do you mean?"
The Continuator's expression changed. The old tortoise looked uncertain.
At a time like this, he really didn't want anything else to go wrong. All he wanted was to leave this prison in the final days of his life and return to the Orora World.
Even if he had to die, he wanted to die on his homeland.
That was precisely why, before reaching the end of his life, he had chosen to betray the man he had followed ten thousand years ago. After wandering this world for ten thousand years, he had finally come to his senses.
"It means exactly what I said. The Star Core Database isn't on me."
It wasn't only the Continuator whose expression changed. Hayes looked even more bewildered and hurriedly signaled the fortress to halt in secret. Shura Path, meanwhile, grinned wickedly,