Fang Ran still remembered the first night he worked at the supermarket, when he received eight pounds an hour from her.
To his penniless self at the time, this supermarket supervisor, who looked serious yet kind, had seemed like an angel.
But—
On the dark streets after the Simulation Scenario crisis had been resolved, seeing this figure who absolutely should not have appeared in this "London" quietly standing behind him at some unknown moment—
Fang Ran felt only overwhelming, unbelievable shock.
"Y-you are..."
"Oh my, oh my. You really are more capable than I imagined, boy."
Ignoring Fang Ran's shock, "Mrs. Isis," still dressed in her supermarket work uniform, looked at the Financial City that had been half-destroyed by the aftermath of that Starlight Arrow and gave a lightly approving laugh.
Hearing those words, Fang Ran's pupils contracted.
He remembered that after he had carried down several boxes during his supermarket job, she had said the same thing to him. Although they had not shared a language—
That identical tone and intonation—
Kept emphasizing to Fang Ran that the figure before him was not someone impersonating her.
She was the very supervisor he had worked for!
He could not sense any aura from her, as though she were just an ordinary person standing before him.
He could hardly imagine that, rather than during Night Battle stages like ancient Rome, the Mentor Base, Paris, or the English countryside—
Someone of unknown identity had been lurking at his side from the very beginning of this journey.
Unable to speak, his mind a chaotic tangle of speculation and thoughts, Fang Ran—
Could only stand there with his eyes wide open, staring at her.
"Neither Ultimate Power nor Bio-Armor, yet by gathering the strength of nearly everyone in this scenario, you truly found a