After their versation, Aleph and Sakura returo their team. The panicked escorts were seen calling using their phones. When they saw him, they all dropped what they were doing.
“We’re gd you’re doing well, assistant director.”
“Alright, alright. I will take the full bme when we go back. I will make sure that none of you will get scolded.”
Upon hearing that, they all heaved a sigh of relief.
“We’re done here. Let’s go back.”
“I uand!”
The voy that was deyed for nearly two hours had finally left Sapphire City.
*****
One day ter.
“You did that all on your own?”
“Yes.”
“Hm, I see.”
Currently, Aleph is present in director Einstein’s office. Her messy light blue hair made him think of the all-nighters she did, briefly distrag his thoughts.
“Is this it?” He asked. “What will be my punishment?”
“There’s none.” She replied ftly. “The test X-23 units need bat data. It is our entire work. I won’t find fault with it.”
It h’s turn to heave a sigh of relief. He repared for a serious scolding and the likes, but he got off with nothing.
“You created a problem, however.”
Einstein meddled her puter for a while before she rotated its monitor to his dire. It was a camera feed that showed one of Aleph’s battles against chariot-css beasts.
“Ahem. Yes, I anticipated this already.”
“There will be many people who will make a fuss iure. After all, you fought against a chariot-css without anything but your sword. You might receive the same treatment as her, or worse, bee entangled with the internal struggles.”
One has to know that the individual strength of humans only amounts to that. Individually, the stro ones could beat a seraph-css honkai beast on their own. Geing a forough to break its shell roven to be difficult. It was one of the reasons why Kevin got through the recruitment phase so easily. There’s no doubt his current strength is sitting near Elysia’s spot.
Since Aleph demonstrated his power to slice through chariot-css beasts ly, he was even strohan Kevin.
“I won’t reprimand you.”
Knowing Aleph’s character withiime they worked together, Einsteihat he was not the reckless type.
“I only want to know why you did it.”
“I want to joiruggle.” His brief reply stunned her. “I didn’t see how incredibly ineffit Fire MOTH was until I visited Sapphire City.”
First was the decration of martial w. Instead of spreading awareness, they chose to restriowledge about honkai. It caused thousands of people to get caught off guard.
Sed was the ck of termeasures. It was ected with the first one. If the entire Far East knew about the honkai, while it would’ve iably produced chaos, there would be many ces to publicly implement termeasures.
Finally, there was the pcy of the higher-ups. It was their thinking that publig honkai was unnecessary and that they could still deal with it that led to the series of events.
If there isn’t a proper head that would give proper and effit orders, their downfall would be immi.
“I want to ge some things. I don’t want others to die due to some stupid mistakes. If we’re screwed by the honkai, humanity is also doomed.”
“...”
A mier, Einstein only sighed.
“You have the same idea as her.”
“Mei?”
She didn’t answer him immediately.
“The Fourth Institute’s director shares the same se as you. He tried to do something around five years ago but failed. It should be reted to your .” Einstein expined. “It’s just that he failed. His experiences was what secured him as the fourth institute’s director. Sihen, both the fourth and the fifth are the targets when it es to cutting off funds.”
The study of Quantum Physics has a great corretion with the honkai. The fourth institute worked closely with the first institute in nearly half of their findings.
“He failed, but it seems that your friend wants to do the same thing as him.”
“...She does.”
“Are you doing this for her?”
“Partly, yes.”
At first, Aleph only wao use his status to unlock achievements. Once he bees strong enough, he could help by fighting against honkai beasts and such.
However, he had a feeling—a strong one.
It told him that if he doesn’t do anything, the world is doomed to perish. The world would be destroyed and humanity would lose at this rate.
He wao know the reason behind this feeling, but his personal memories are locked by the wall of trauma. Every time he wao remember, his chest would feel tight. He himself was frustrated about it.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t do anything about it for now.
He tried to see several psychiatrists but to no avail. Aleph felt that only he could resolve this problem. For now, he po act acc to his strange feelings.
“I don’t want to think about the worst-case sarios when it es to honkai. Director Einstein must know what I am talking about.”
“About the honkai’s potential? Indeed, I am.” Einstein replied. “It’s not just me, but all the other four directors. They have long seen its terrifying potential. We have wao act since a while ago. We’re only waiting for the right time.”
Aleph vaguely grasped their line of thinking.
Before he had the ce to guess it pletely, Einstein stated everything to him.
“We wao unify all five researstitutes under one capable person. By then, we will be able to better trol the interference from above.”
“...and Mei is an excellent choice.”
“Exactly.”
He thought of the things that Mei did from the start. She dealt with the problems of the fourth researstitute with ease. Although it was not as exaggerated as him, she has a brilliant mind that allowed her to push past anything.
It tinued until her influence was no longer limited to the fourth institute. As of the moment, she had already “helped” the first, sed, third, and fifth institutes. Only the fourth remain untacted, which was due to Aleph’s existence.
Now, it seems like there’s a deeper meaning behind all those visits.
“Are you sure about this?”
Einstein asked once more.
“Yes.”
Remio that time with Fu Hua, it h’s turn to show his determination.
“So be it. I will help you with the attention you will receive.”
“Thank you, director.”
