How efficiently could Vanessa search through books in the library?
Elliot's control of the Difference Engine could practically work miracles. Never mind all his maneuvers that pushed the limits in combat-he could even make Vanessa climb the eight-story Dormitory Building with only one finger left on her left hand.
But he never controlled Vanessa in the library.
It was not that Elliot had never tried, but the result had shocked him. Vanessa was less efficient under his control than without it!
After all, even in his previous life, Elliot's hand speed had been top-notch, and he had pushed the Difference Engine's controls almost to their limits.
All he could say was that Vanessa really was good at this.
Victoria silently pushed aside the hair covering her and stood up.
Her mouth felt a little dry.
By her estimate, an ordinary person would never solve the riddle in less than a dozen hours or more.
Even with extraordinary luck, finishing in under ten hours would be extremely difficult.
After all, the books here were genuine [Secret History]. Merely leafing through them consumed spirituality and sanity, and anyone who carelessly read too much might even go mad.
Even a High-Rank Supernatural carrying a relevant [Relic] to maintain their sanity would need around seven or eight hours.
That was also the benchmark Victoria had set for Vanessa. If Vanessa was good enough, she could manage it.
But just over forty minutes?!
Even Victoria herself, with no interference whatsoever from opening [Secret History] and with the assistance of [Rationality], could not be sure of finishing within that time on every attempt.
Yet Vanessa...
Victoria's expression was complicated. She even found herself hoping Vanessa had guessed correctly.
But she had watched Vanessa's entire search process, watched with her own eyes as she actually found the