Chapter 138 Chapter 138: Technology, Leading the World
Chapter 138: Technology, Leading the World
"Hmm, although it's quite impolite, could Miss 'Sakura' come out to speak?"
FrostNova asked somewhat awkwardly. Mentioning another person in front of someone else felt like a very offensive thing to do.
"Of course, successor. We are originally one entity; there is no such thing as impoliteness."
Light shimmered and flowed. Under the astonished gazes of everyone, a tall woman with pink hair materialized in the air. A crystal-like longsword hung at her waist, its colors blue and white like wind and snow.
She wore a white inner garment paired with a dark blue jacket and shorts, with dark blue combat boots of an unknown style on her feet.
"We meet again, Miss FrostNova."
Sakura greeted her.
[Adam]'s memories were shared. In principle, the existence of "them" was merely a differentiation after loading personality and memory models.
"So this is what Miss Sakura looks like."
FrostNova was somewhat surprised. Previously, she had only heard her voice and felt she must be very beautiful.
"Appearance is merely something promised by parents at birth; there's no need to dwell on it."
She shook her head calmly, without a ripple of emotion. Appearance was the least noteworthy aspect about her. Honkai Beasts and Zombies wouldn't show mercy just because you had good looks, and Herrschers were even more so.
Would you carefully observe whether the "ants" by the roadside were good-looking while leveling a city or continent?
"Miss Sakura is too modest. What you have can't simply be described as 'excellent'."
Perhaps because [Adam] was left behind by Kevin, FrostNova seemed very relaxed in front of Sakura.
"So, when the teacher taught me swordsmanship, the friend he mentioned was actually Miss Sakura, right?"
As the one who was "piloted," FrostNova could most intuitively feel the fluidity with which the other wielded those sword techniques, as if they were an extension of her own arm.
"It is me, yet it is not me."
A very vague answer, but she could fully grasp its meaning.
"Operator FrostNova, although I can probably guess a little, I'm sorry, but I still need to know her identity."
Ascalon strode forward on her long legs. The other operators clearly had the same concern, but regarding FrostNova, who had just "killed" the Bloodfiend Lord, they obviously didn't have the courage to ask.
But she had no such reservations.
"Hmm, duty calls; that's understandable. As for Miss Sakura... she is the teacher's 'friend,' though her manner of existence might be slightly... a bit peculiar?"
Even after coming to Rhodes Island and reading many books to broaden her knowledge, our little Amiya clearly couldn't find an accurate word to describe [Adam]'s form of existence.
Ascalon was momentarily stunned. This description was far too vague.
The teacher's "friend"? It sounded almost like the title of an export film from Yan.
"If she is Kevin's friend, then she is trustworthy."
The Doctor's somewhat weak voice rang out. Kal'tsit and some medical operators were examining her body with simple instruments. Everything has its price, and Kal'tsit obviously didn't believe that using such a powerful thing would only result in the symptoms visible on the surface for the Doctor.
Hearing the Doctor's words, Ascalon fell silent. As long as it was related to that man, the Doctor's attitude was almost one of endless trust.
Well, she could actually understand the Doctor's feelings.
"Since the Doctor has no objections either, my apologies."
'Sakura' didn't speak, only nodding faintly.
On her, Ascalon suddenly caught a scent called "kindred spirit," a temperament only those who also walked in the shadows could possess.
"Aside from excessively high lactic acid levels in the muscles and minor contusions in some soft tissues, there are no other symptoms on the Doctor."
Listening to her assistant's report, Kal'tsit took the data sheet just printed by the portable medical detection instrument from the medical operator's hand.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief. Precisely because she understood that everything has its price, she was worried that that suit of armor would cause irreversible permanent damage to the Doctor's body.
After all, even the Doctor could fight Theresis back and forth after putting it on.
"An astonishing creation. Even looking across the entire land, its effects and functions are unique."
She glanced at the cufflink pinned to the Doctor's hoodie, her eyes still revealing surprise and confusion. How could something exist in this world that gave far more than it took?
When deployed, it didn't even seem to have a proper energy source, yet it was this little thing...
Well, she wasn't omniscient; at least not in front of this cufflink.
"Sakura, do you recognize the armor the Doctor wore earlier?"
FrostNova suddenly had a thought. Since both [Adam] and that suit of armor were gifts from the teacher, perhaps there was some connection between them...
"Hmm, that was an imitation version of Blank Key, scrapped research proposal number fifty-seven. It was discarded due to excessively low output power and energy capacity limits, as well as high costs."
As a part differentiated from [Adam], "Sakura" naturally knew the origin of that suit of armor. Unlike other scrapped proposals, number fifty-seven belonged to the category that still had some value and was worth recording.
Otherwise, Kevin wouldn't have chosen it as a reference for construction.
She didn't conceal her voice, so these words naturally reached the ears of the surrounding Rhodes Island personnel.
Especially Kal'tsit; the corner of her eye twitched almost imperceptibly. If something with such incredibly powerful effects belonged to a scrapped proposal, then all the researchers working at Columbia's top-ranked research institutes might as well pack up and go tighten screws at a machinery factory.
"Low output power? You mean..."
Closure couldn't stay calm. The poor Bloodfiend opened her mouth wide, her finger trembling as she pointed at the cufflink on the Doctor's hoodie.
This thing allowed even the Doctor to fight Theresis! That Sarkaz Regent! One of the six Sarkaz heroes who lived for over two hundred years!
Aside from Her Highness Theresa when she wore the crown, who dared say they could definitely defeat this guy?
"My words should not have carried any ambiguity."
Sakura's simple reply made Closure's face turn utterly ashen, as if she had lost all hope.
To create something so exquisite... this kind of armor had far more technological content than Victoria's Steam Knights. Anyone normal could see they weren't even on the same dimensional level.
But even such a miraculous creation was merely an insignificant scrapped proposal in their eyes.
Did Rhodes Island's Engineering Department really still have a reason to exist?
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[Event — No One Can Refuse Kevin Kaslana]
"Hello, sir. Interested in learning about Rhodes Island's most powerful operator, our glorious savior, the great Kevin Kaslana?"
"Rest assured, we won't take up much of your time."
"Ah, sorry, I'm in a hurry right now."
"It's fine, sir. Our church is very tolerant in this regard; we never force others to learn about or believe in him. You may leave now... you blind fool."
lmao bitches be preaching kevin to randos