When Class D's public page refreshed again, the official settlement field still showed `-50`.
Class D's response portal remained closed, but a new set of fields had appeared in the public notes section.
Public source ID: PUB-1 Page ID: D-03 Entry version: 17-2; reference status: current
Gu Heng did not read the text at the top first. Instead, he sent the page structure to Yukimura.
"This time, don't start by asking who wrote it."
"Then what should we ask first?"
"Which source, entry, and version each page references."
He laid out the three page layers on the shared terminal. The official settlement field was read-only, Class D's response portal stored only the class's responses, and the public notes layer was a public source.
A public source did not make every page display the same sentence. It stored different entries by page ID, and each page read only the versions it had permission to view.
Yukimura placed Class D's page on the left. Beneath `PUB-1 / D-03 / 17-2` was the explanation directed at Class D.
On the right was the page belonging to the girl who had handed over her save time in the previous chapter.
Beneath `PUB-1 / P-02 / 17-1`, there was no Class D label, only a retained record.
Hirata frowned. "If it's the same public source, why is the text different?"
"Because the same source doesn't mean the same entry."
"So only a version change for the same entry counts as a modification?"
"We also need to see the versions before and after. A single new sentence isn't enough."
Gu Heng added three columns to the table: `application record`, `processing status`, and `visible version change`.
Yukimura enlarged the reference statuses on both pages. D-03 showed "current," while P-02 showed "awaiting refresh." Their public source