Temporal Observer

"Why are you here?"

When April saw the person before her, she was so startled she nearly jumped. The books in her arms scattered across the floor, and her sapphire-blue eyes were filled with disbelief.

The woman had a curtain of chestnut-brown hair, a fair and lovely face that seemed to shine with every glance, and an exaggerated pair of glasses perched on her nose. She looked refined and intellectual—it was Android 21, whom April had met before.

Android 21 was equally surprised to see April. She had not expected to encounter someone familiar here. "April, why are you here too?"

"That's what I should be asking you, 21." April looked at her strangely as she crouched down to pick up the fallen books.

Android 21 paused slightly, then smiled and helped April organize the books. "I'm the librarian here now, and I also serve as a temporal observer. I suppose I'm a civilian employee."

"Since when?"

After her initial surprise, April quickly calmed down and sat beside 21 as she asked.

The Time Nest was not somewhere ordinary people could enter. It was hard for her to believe that Android 21 could be here.

Android 21 smiled brightly, displaying her polished conversational skills. "Not long ago. I was already someone being monitored by the Time Patrol. After the evil Android 21 was killed by Mu Yang, I wandered through the universe and was soon found by the Time Patrol..."

After hearing the entire story, April sighed over 21's experiences. That had happened not long after Mu Yang had broken through to the Angel Level.

By calculation, only a little over a year had passed.

Back then, while being pursued by the evil Android 21, Android 21 had sent Mu Yang a distress signal through a "figurine." Upon receiving it,