Almost instantly, Rachel recognized the person on the other end of the Communicator.
Few people knew about her private Communicator, and Amau Sueko was one of them.
Although she did not know what Sueko wanted from her, Rachel's feelings were impossibly complicated...
The moment she heard the girl's voice, Rachel admitted that she was delighted. After all, the fact that Sueko could reconnect with her through the Communicator was an indirect indication that the girl's current situation was not too bad.
But that delight soon mingled with other, more complicated emotions... guilt, pressure, self-reproach, and resentment.
A large part of why Sueko's plan aboard the cruise ship had failed was that Rachel had told Jonas about it beforehand and carried out a series of operations against members of the Destiny Organization.
Of course, Rachel believed she had done it for Sueko's own good, but to Sueko, that behavior was nothing short of betrayal.
That was why Rachel had never imagined Sueko would actually contact her again.
"Amau Sueko..."
Amau Sueko had always held a very special place in the girl's heart.
That special place also made Rachel's attitude toward Amau Sueko rather strange. On the one hand, she blamed herself for what she had done to Sueko; on the other, she considered Sueko's involvement with the Star of Dawn a betrayal.
"...You're at the Alt Corporation now, aren't you?"
Hearing Rachel's voice, Amau Sueko breathed a sigh of relief before speaking with complicated feelings in her tone.
The fact that Rachel could connect to her through the Communicator meant that Jonas's control over her had not yet become too extensive... there was still room to maneuver.
But Rachel's presence at the Alt Corporation was also an undeniable fact. Former companions now had no choice but to stand in opposing camps,