"Then let's get started... Huh? How do you use this damn thing?!"
Just before Shen Qi left yesterday, Officer Jenny had remembered to give him the Upgrade. After handing it over, she had hurried off to work without having time to explain it in detail.
Fortunately, Dodo had an exceptional ability to sense and analyze things in the digital realm. Once she touched the Upgrade, she quickly figured out how it worked.
Dodo pressed a button, and a metal connector popped out of the front of the Upgrade, which looked like a transparent rectangular box.
Back at the Security Bureau, Shen Qi had thought this game item looked like a Mobile Hard Drive. With the metal connector extended, it looked even more like the USB connector on a flash drive.
As the connector opened, the gel inside the Upgrade visibly began flowing erratically. It was the equivalent of opening a sealed package; they had to use it quickly.
Next, Dodo used Magnet Rise to lift the item into the air, then put the metal connector into her mouth.
It looked like drinking one of those jelly drinks, twisting open the screw cap and sucking out the half-gel, half-liquid beverage inside.
Judging by Dodo's expression, she seemed quite happy with it.
Ko... koko...
A sound like a straw sucking a drink bottle dry rang out, and the Upgrade was completely empty.
Even the structures that looked like circuit boards had disappeared, leaving nothing but a transparent rectangular shell.
"You drank it that clean? I thought there'd be some mechanical components inside..."
After finishing her drink, Dodo burped. Then her body grew blurry, looking a little as though it were turning into energy.
Herdier's evolution into Stoutland yesterday had followed the same pattern: first turning into energy, then settling into a new,