"I didn't pay attention at first."
"But then I discovered that every time it happened, there would be a brief gap in my memory. I had no idea why I had behaved that way."
She was so calm, as though she were telling a story from long ago.
"Perhaps that wouldn't mean anything to someone else, but I'm different. In the operation of precision machinery, even the slightest, most inconspicuous change can mean that something has gone wrong deep inside. It might happen to old machines, but it should never happen to me."
"Because no matter what I do, my soul has an underlying data chain with rigorous logic supporting it. But this time, I can't find the cause."
Lynn stared fixedly at her.
As he watched her, his heart trembled violently.
Silver Fantasy raised her head and looked at the young man before her. She gently tightened her grip on the blanket over her chest and said:
"I don't want to speculate without reason. I really don't. But I have to consider the worst. Did their attack also draw the gaze of that Calamity onto me? Have I already... been infected with Corruption?"
Lynn seized her wrist, his gaze sharp, and said through clenched teeth:
"Don't jump to conclusions!"
"I'm not jumping to conclusions."
She gazed quietly into his eyes.
"I'm just scared."
Because their Corruption could infiltrate almost anything. They had no idea how many of the Jailers were Corrupted, but even within their Legion, there were already signs of Corruption spreading, with more and more "ghosts" appearing.
And even now, they had no way of determining where this Corruption came from, or how it spread and controlled someone's thoughts.
"I asked about the Captain's deputy and learned about his life. Before his sudden attack, he had been