Noer's Decision

"What is it?"

Lenoya Sala looked at the bodyguard who had entered, her face filled with confusion.

"For certain reasons, your shuttle may be delayed by two days before it arrives," the bodyguard explained as he came in.

"What happened... I understand."

Lenoya Sala had been about to press further when a flash of insight struck her, as though she had suddenly realized something.

After all, she was Patrigar Sala's wife. Though she had never worked in military or political affairs, she had still learned many things through constant exposure.

Lenoya Sala gathered her thoughts and turned to Sister Aya with a smile. "I'm terribly sorry, but due to some special circumstances, I may have to trouble you for a few days."

"What are you saying, Dr. Lenoya? Without your assistance, whether Spark Orphanage could even have been established would have been uncertain. You may stay for as long as you like," Sister Aya quickly replied.

That was not flattery. Spark Orphanage had indeed been built under Lenoya Sala's leadership.

"You flatter me, Sister Aya. I merely did what I should have done," Lenoya Sala replied with a shake of her head. She did not consider leading the construction of Spark Orphanage to be any great achievement.

Leaving aside her status as the wife of a member of parliament, the establishment of the experimental fields here alone was enough reason for her to do it.

Watching Lenoya Sala head toward the orphanage building, Noer stood among the crowd and felt utterly miserable.

Lenoya Sala wasn't leaving?

Was this some kind of joke?

What if she stayed here until February 14? Wouldn't I be completely screwed?

Still, there was room for things to improve. She was only delayed for a few days, so it probably would not be a huge problem.

I survived getting transported to another world. A mere nuclear bomb... should be no big deal.

Besides, he had no ability to interfere with her choice. Other than leaving it to fate, he had no solution.

Night fell. Lenoya Sala sat before the computer in Sister Aya's room, analyzing the materials she had gathered during the day.

Since she could not return to conduct experiments, she could only analyze the seedling data separately for now.

"Hm?"

Lenoya Sala seemed to have found something in the data. A trace of unconcealable surprise appeared in her eyes, and she put on her glasses to check more carefully.

A moment later, Lenoya Sala withdrew her gaze and pressed the intercom beside her.

"What is it, Madam?" The bodyguard's voice soon came through the intercom.

"Please contact the genetic research institute on January Colony. When the shuttle comes, have them bring Gene Potion No. 4 with it," Lenoya Sala said.

"Yes!"

"I hope I'm not mistaken..."

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, four days went by.

Inside the Spark Orphanage cafeteria, Lenoya Sala was having breakfast with everyone.

Ever since Lenoya Sala had arrived, the orphanage's benefits had visibly improved. Even the food had become far more upscale.

Tap tap~

At that moment, a bodyguard dressed in black entered the cafeteria carrying a locked briefcase.

"What is it?"

Lenoya Sala set down her bowl and chopsticks.

"Your shuttle has arrived."

"I understand. Let them rest for a day. We'll leave the day after tomorrow."

Lenoya Sala glanced at the locked briefcase in the bodyguard's hand. After several days of research, she had discovered that Seedling No. 16 still had room for improvement, but there were many gaps in the data that required her own experiments.

"Asya, you should pack up as well. The day after tomorrow, we'll leave together on the shuttle."

Lenoya Sala rose from her seat as she spoke. "I have some matters to attend to, so please excuse me."

"Aunt Sala, what are you holding?" Anna, sitting beside Lenoya Sala, asked curiously with an adorable tilt of her head.

"Hm? This... Hehe, it's a kind of food seasoning. It just arrived, and I'm planning to test it out," Lenoya Sala paused before explaining with a smile.

"Seasoning? Is it tasty?" Anna licked her lips. As a little foodie, she perked up the moment she heard there was something to eat!

"Hehe, of course. Later, I'll make some for you myself."

Lenoya Sala noticed Anna licking her lips and chuckled as she rubbed Anna's head. She then said to Asya and the others, "Please enjoy your meal. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving first!"

With that, she turned and left the cafeteria with the bodyguard.

"The day after tomorrow... Today is February 11, so the day after tomorrow is February 13..."

Noer watched Asya and the direction Lenoya Sala had left in, a faint glint flashing in his eyes.

Even as he rejoiced that Lenoya Sala would leave before February 14, he came to a decision.

There was no way to save Lenoya Sala, or rather, he did not dare save her.

But he could still try to save Asya. After all, she was one of his few friends in this world.

The place and time of Lenoya Sala's death were the place and time of the nuclear explosion.

It was not that she had brought the nuclear bomb. Rather, without any outside intelligence, he could only use Lenoya Sala to determine the bomb's location.

In a flash, it was the afternoon of February 12.

"Still no use. Could my calculations be wrong..."

Lenoya Sala looked at the analysis report in her hand, helplessness appearing on her face.

In order to give the Coordinators normal reproductive abilities, PLANT had conducted research in many areas and to varying degrees. Food was naturally included among them.

Of course, the food mentioned here was not something that could repair the Coordinators' genetic defects after being eaten.

It was a neutralizing agent.

In truth, January Gene Lab had already developed both a potion and a theoretical method to repair the Coordinators' reproductive problems.

Evolution!

Or rather, genetic repair, or secondary postnatal adjustment.

But directly injecting Gene Potion was too dangerous. It contained too many uncertain factors and could not be tested directly on the human body.

So they came up with a bold idea.

Since direct injection of the potion for modification was not feasible, could they use a slower method, one within the limits of what the human body could endure, to carry out the modification?

They soon proposed two approaches.

First: small-dose injections into the human body. However, this proposal was quickly rejected.

Gene Potion was far too aggressive and could damage the human genetic sequence. Even a small injection could cause permanent harm.

Second: taking it orally as medicine. This was the method researchers favored more, but it had the same problem as above: the side effects of Gene Potion could not be avoided.

After thinking it over, they realized that unless the problem of Gene Potion's side effects was solved, everything else was pointless.

So they shifted their focus to how to resolve those side effects.

What could neutralize the side effects of Gene Potion?

Unfortunately, nothing had been discovered so far. That was why the genetic seedling experiment led by Lenoya Sala came afterward.

And that was also why Lenoya Sala had constantly traveled between various colony satellites.

"But this really is the sample most likely to solve the problem at present. It seems I'll have to stay here a few more days..."

Meanwhile, just as Lenoya Sala stared blankly at the Gene Potion on the table.

The unsuspecting Noer was hiding in his room, secretly making his own "loving" food!

In his view, it was basically certain that Lenoya Sala would be leaving. The shuttle had already been arranged, so how could that be false?

From that, he could infer that this satellite colony was safe!