Great.
Hoshino felt absolutely no guilt.
Watching Rhine Lab proceed with their work in an orderly fashion, she nodded with certainty. Once they got busy, they would stop thinking about the things that felt out of place. Hoshino had already written the script; all she needed was the right moment.
She looked toward the door.
Two layers of steel and vacuum formed a barrier that could neither be seen through nor transmit sound.
Saria stood outside the door.
Separated from the others at Rhine Lab by that pitifully thick barrier, she stood at the entrance like a watchful lighthouse.
How could that thick barrier be removed?
Hoshino did not particularly enjoy helping people directly. She always guided them instead. If things went according to her design, Saria should be the one to break through the barrier and rush inside, bringing with her the sunlight from beyond the laboratory, transforming into a sturdy shield before everyone.
All the gloom would be swept away.
Hoshino waited silently, looking at the Lightning Empress Shadow Clone lying quietly beside her. Only when they were playing corpses, vegetative patients, or expressionless faces did these Shadow Clones display such professionalism.
What a pity.
Hoshino was still considering when she should use that thirty-second Fenghuang Down feather.
Outside.
Just as Hoshino had expected, Saria stood guard at the door like a tower, shield held in both hands, with no intention of peeking inside. Ifrit sat beside her on a little stool she had brought over, quietly studying Saria.
"It feels like time is passing so slowly."
Ifrit looked up at the wall clock. The second hand still moved forward at the same speed, yet the minute hand somehow seemed slower than usual. She clearly felt that a long time had passed, but when she looked up, only