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"You want the Sequence 3 formula for the Seer pathway?"
Klein found Saint Tenebrous at a factory under the Aurora Order. To his surprise, Saint Tenebrous had not stayed in the underground base that could only be found by passing through the correct "door" today. Instead, he was moving around the office building, attending to work.
"Wait a moment."
They were the only two Saints in the corridor. Saint Tenebrous asked Klein to wait, then pushed open the door to an office beside him. Inside, another acquaintance of Klein's-Mr. Z, with his dark green eyes-was busy amid piles of documents.
Kisma got straight to the point. "Have you compiled the damage to the factory grounds? Have you tallied the casualties? When can we resume production? Can we complete the orders for the Intis factories on time?"
Mr. Z looked up, his face sleep-deprived.
"Our factory grounds weren't badly damaged. We only lost one building to a stray shell. All the machinery inside was ruined, twenty-three workers died, and the rest are lying in Charity Hospital. I'm contacting recyclers to sell off the scrap metal."
As he muttered, he rummaged through the piles of documents.
"On July 19, the day of the bombing, our factory was operating normally. Some people joined the demonstration after getting off work that evening, and others encountered the bombing on their way home. After all, North Borough and Cherwood Borough suffered the worst damage... This is today's attendance sheet, and this is the one from the nineteenth. It's already been five days. Barring any surprises, those who haven't shown up have probably died."
Kisma picked up the two sheets, glanced over them, and put them down.
Mr. Z asked hesitantly, "Their deaths after work don't count as workplace injuries, do they? Should we compensate them