(I asked Luo Tianyi about ghost hunting last time, and he said Meteor was his favorite Operator.)
The same place.
Dr. Kal'tsit's office.
But this time, the atmosphere was incredibly tense.
Doctor and the others stood before Dr. Kal'tsit with their heads lowered, hardly daring to breathe.
Bai Ye stood off to the side, looking thoroughly entertained.
How had things turned out like this?
Because the Rhodes Island Operators who had gone to the Sargon rainforest had returned—and when their aircraft landed, they gave the ground crew a huge "surprise."
According to those involved, the aircraft had already been smoking as it landed. They had even thought the thing was going to explode!
Fortunately, everyone made it back safely in the end.
The only one feeling down was Kermal.
"Victorique" had promised to guide her, but before they parted, he ran off on his own.
Still, the girl found some comfort in the fact that Gavial and Zumama were aboard the aircraft, along with two particularly formidable people beside them—Texas and Blaze. So Kermal ultimately came to Rhodes Island with them.
An aircraft smoking was certainly no small matter. It needed repairs.
Before they had left, Dr. Kal'tsit had said that low-altitude aircraft were precious means of transportation even on Rhodes Island. She had hoped that those borrowing it would return the Bad Guy intact.
But in its current state, the aircraft clearly could not be called "intact."
After leaving the aircraft, Blaze, Doctor, and Gavial had come to Dr. Kal'tsit's office to make their report.
Doctor secretly raised her eyes to look at Dr. Kal'tsit.
She felt that Dr. Kal'tsit was somehow even more intimidating than usual.
Poor Doctor did not know that Dr. Kal'tsit had been asleep before this, only to be abruptly woken up over something like