"Ptilopsis was trying to cheer you up, in her own unique way. You don't need to take it to heart."
Silence said helplessly.
Hoshino did not take it to heart. She only wanted to unlock the dimensional boundary breakthrough, yet the assessment mechanism had blocked her at the door, leaving her in a foul mood. This resentment was not directed at anyone, only at that goddamn system.
"Isn't Hemo afraid?"
"When has she ever actually deleted the database and run away?"
Hemo shook her head. "Ptilopsis is the most responsible data administrator. Don't be frightened by her jokes. Someone who genuinely intended to delete the database would not bring it up every day. If someone uses deleting the database as a threat, then once the database is truly deleted, they will have nothing left to threaten anyone with."
Her logic was clear and orderly.
Hoshino nodded as she listened, thinking, No wonder nobody likes joking around with serious people.
Too boring.
Lightning Empress's eyes remained tightly shut. Hoshino sat beside the bed, waiting for the doctors to reach a conclusion. Yet contrary to her expectations, Hemo seemed to simply want to be a witness and offered no suggestions.
Hoshino raised her question at the right moment.
Hemo lowered her head shamefully, not daring to meet Yae Sakura's eyes.
"In truth, as the head of the security department, Saria does not know much about the research's progress. After [Project Diabolic] was declared a failure, we turned to research in a new direction, but actually... we have nothing that could be called a result."
"Aren't you professionals?"
Hoshino asked.
In fact, she had expected this long ago. One only had to look at Ifrit's condition to know. The little fire dragon had neither eliminated all the effects nor fallen into the abyss