Closure

(The two recommended by a certain reader both looked so ancient...)

"I understand."

Kal'tsit stared at Bai Ye for a moment, then nodded and rose from her chair.

"Follow me."

With that, she took the lead. Her high heels clicked crisply against the floor, echoing through the spacious hall.

"Ah! Wait for me!"

Bai Ye was still lost in his own thoughts. Seeing Kal'tsit leave first, he hurriedly got to his feet and followed.

"Where are we going... Dr. Kal'tsit?" Bai Ye jogged a few steps forward to catch up with her.

"The core area of the Engineering Department..." Kal'tsit answered succinctly.

"Oh? The area Closure has been maintaining? It seems like several of Rhodes Island's most important facilities are over there... the archives, servers, and so on."

Bai Ye suddenly understood.

"Yes." Kal'tsit nodded.

Bai Ye blinked.

"So I have clearance to go there too?"

"Your clearance met the requirements long ago. You simply never noticed." Kal'tsit replied flatly.

Bai Ye could not help but complain.

"Right... It's not like I'd go wandering around there for no reason..."

After passing through several corridors and encrypted automatic doors, Kal'tsit brought Bai Ye to the Engineering Department.

Since it was nighttime, there were not many people around, making it much quieter than during the day.

Yet rows upon rows of Originium mainframe arrays were running. The combined hum of their cooling units alone was loud enough to count as noise.

And in that somewhat noisy environment, there seemed to be someone even noisier—

"Ohhh, what is going on?! Shouldn't they just kiss already?! What are you hesitating for, heroine?! Tch, seriously? This kind of scene only needs to happen once. Don't do this every single time! Screenwriter, can you even write?!"

Bai Ye and Kal'tsit exchanged a glance, each seeing a