Astral Express.
After finishing everything, Leon naturally had no reason to stay.
Everyone goes to their own hos and finds their own moms, ow.
"What is the aning of this?"
Leon was currently swimming like a dragon in the comnts section when a call from an unsigned number ca through.
He took a glance. Hmm, didn't recognize it. Not answering.
It wasn't a number Leon liked, so he hung up imdiately.
When he said hang up, he ant it; he pressed the button cleanly and decisively.
The caller seemingly hadn't expected to be rejected, as it took a good while before they called again.
Leon glanced at it and rejected it again.
Very quickly, that phone called for a third ti.
"Could it really be an acquaintance?"
Leon thought this, then tapped reject with his little hand.
Incidentally, he pulled this number into the blacklist.
"If it were an acquaintance, there should be a contact na. Looks like I overthought it."
Leon didn't add many people; everyone in his address book was soone he knew.
Only acquaintances would know his number.
In other words, logically speaking, aside from so harassnt calls, no stranger should know his number.
Just as Leon thought it was over and was preparing to put the Jade Abacus away...
Another call ca in.
"So many calls today?"
Leon subconsciously prepared to press reject.
"Oh, this one I can't hang up on."
But when he saw the contact na [Roadside Herta] on the call this ti, Leon suddenly stopped his descending finger and spoke with belated realization.
This ti it was an acquaintance; this one couldn't be hung up on.
"What's up, brother?"
Still starting with 'brother,' demonstrating a Freljordian equality towards n and won alike.
"Nothing, Ruan i asked to ask you why you put her on the blacklist."
Seeing that her call went through imdiately, Herta's voice involuntarily carried a hint of winning.
As well as a show-off to the person not present.
"Ruan i?"
Leon let out an 'oh'. "I didn't know it was her."
"I never answer calls from strange numbers."
Two hundred credits entrance fee plus contact info.
mber plus V, those who know, know.
"But what is the aning of her calling ?"
Leon pondered that there didn't seem to be much intersection between the two of them.
They had only t that one ti, so they couldn't exactly be considered familiar.
Of course, if you added the number of tis they fought side by side in the Pure Fiction or mory of Chaos, then they were familiar.
"She said she has business with you."
Herta answered truthfully, "I don't know the specifics; ask her yourself in a bit."
"Okay."
Leon agreed, then thought of sothing and asked:
"Have you eaten?"
Seeing that he didn't imdiately go find Ruan i, but instead didn't forget to greet her and chat for a bit...
On the other end of the line, Herta involuntarily raised the corners of her lips.
"You tell ?"
Her words held a smile that was hard to hide.
"The weather is nice today. How have you been recently?"
Leon didn't care if she had eaten or not; just throwing out the three-piece greeting set was the right move.
"Not as carefree as soone, that's for sure."
Herta let out a 'heh,' intentionally pointing at him.
"Watch your words."
Leon didn't care in the slightest. "I asked how you are doing, why talk about soone?"
"Am I familiar with that soone?"
"Life is just like that. To use your words, it should be sowhere between a Large Cup and a dium Cup?"
Playing dumb as always.
But having not seen him for a long ti, Herta surprisingly couldn't summon any annoyance in her heart.
"Then it looks like it's not going great."
Leon always spoke his mind directly. "And her?"
He asked about the other [Herta].
"Why don't you ask her yourself?"
Saying this, Herta handed the Jade Abacus in her hand to her other self.
[Herta] looked at her, then took it.
"How have you been recently?"
Leon asked again, asking the person herself.
"Not bad. Guiding my past self, watching myself grow and improve day by day... honestly speaking, this feeling is quite novel."
Being a teacher, especially when the student is oneself, is a truly marvelous feeling.
[Herta] looked at the glare coming from her other self and said with a smile.
Herta had many teachers in her childhood, but before long, these teachers would resign from the job themselves.
No one can teach a Genius.
The things those teachers taught were already at the level of '1 1=2' in the eyes of the young Herta.
Geniuses are never regarded as geniuses because they achieved sothing; they are called geniuses because they were born geniuses.
Herta originally thought she would never have another teacher in her life.
Especially under the circumstance that her existing achievents were already enough for ordinary people to spend a lifeti chasing.
Then, the 'self who would never have another teacher in her life' was plucked out by Leon.
Hehe, Herta had to admit, she indeed benefited greatly.
Compared to the vision and perspective of a [Perfect Scholar], she was indeed a bit lacking.
Herta was confident and proud, but never conceited.
Even as a genius, she would often misjudge and place her focus in the wrong place.
And [Herta] could pull her back to the correct direction with just a sentence or two.
And allow for major progress instantly.
Admitting deficiencies is nothing.
For Herta, only what cannot be overco counts as a deficiency in the true sense.
What can be overco is never a deficiency.
Science has no boundaries, and Herta certainly has none.
It is just a montary obstacle, nothing more than a bit of wind and frost.
She learned many things from her other self.
This feeling of having stable progress every day... she really hadn't felt it for a long ti.
After all, she had solved all the small questions before; what was left for her now were all major questions.
It was certainly difficult to solve, and correspondingly, the steps to improve were equally hard to take.
It was impossible to ask for it to be as easy as before.
But compared to a teacher...
Herta was more willing to call this existence a confidant!
Just like 'Bro understands my humor,' only Herta understands Herta best!
Mm, actually, sotis, Herta quite liked her other self.
Of course, only sotis.
"That's good, as long as you're happy."
Leon gave a hum of affirmation. "If you have issues, find ."
"Shouldn't I be saying these words to you?"
Herta was thinking about you coming to find her at all monts.
"If I encounter sothing I don't understand, I'll definitely find you."
Leon indicated it's a guaranteed deal; it's not that he won't ask, just that the ti hasn't co yet.
"I hope you can still say those words after you have a second candidate."
Questions regarding knowledge?
[Herta] could only say that after he gets involved with Ruan i, she'd better really still be the first candidate in his mouth.
She didn't believe Ruan i wouldn't make a move next.
Whether it was her or herself, geniuses were all like this.
Able to pay any price to crack the subject they selected. Ruan i would be no exception.
The difference was just which one had more of a moral baseline and which one had less.
"What aning?"
What does that an? Why throw shade blindly? Didn't he already have a second candidate long ago?
It's just that both are Herta.
Since there are two, isn't looking for either of them technically the first candidate?
"Let's chat just up to here. Ruan i is still waiting for you."
With those words, [Herta] hung up the call for herself.
Leon didn't say anything either; he just released the number he had blacklisted earlier.
As soon as it was released, Ruan i called imdiately.
Her urgency was visible.
Leon connected, starting as usual, "What's up, brother?"
"That movie you fild, I am very curious about its true background story."
Ruan i cut straight to the point; she had never liked engaging in much pleasantry.
Can pure genetic soldiers fight against [The Propagation]?
She felt they couldn't. [The Propagation] were powerful Pathstriders from the mont of birth.
It is very hard to get the better of them with purely technological ans.
"Not bad, you have a good eye."
Ruan i disliked pleasantries, and coincidentally, so did Leon.
"What do you want to ask?"
"The real Glamoth, and the origin of that Glamoth Iron Cavalry."
Seeing Leon was willing to answer, Ruan i spoke hurriedly.
"Forgot the beginning, forgot the middle."
Leon actually didn't rember the story of Glamoth either; what was there to rember about dead people?
"In short, Glamoth and [The Propagation] were a pair of star-crossed lovers."
However, he rembered [The Propagation], which should be what Ruan i wanted.
"That Glamoth Iron Cavalry is...?"
Glamoth was just incidental; Firefly was the ultimate goal of Ruan i's inquiry.
"Either be lenient by confessing, or I hang up right here."
Just as Leon wouldn't help Elio if he didn't reveal his full plan...
If Ruan i didn't speak with sincerity, she shouldn't dream of knowing the things she was curious about.
Replying with a few sentences was already out of respect for her intensity.
"If you have business with , speak directly."
Leon indicated he'd hang up if she didn't speak. "My team slots don't wait for people. Too slow and it's gone."
Who else has a dream?
"Let say this upfront: if I'm being designed against in secret through roundabout ways, I won't do it (pinches nose)."
Leon was a person with a mind of his own; he only did what he was willing to do.
Ruan i fell into a strategic silence, seemingly thinking.
To be honest, she hadn't thought from the beginning that she could pull Leon into her sche without saying anything.
That was impossible.
Because she couldn't bring out a reward that corresponded to what she could give him.
Rather, no faction in the entire galaxy could bring it out.
For a person of his level and strength, any reward appeared quite insignificant.
Because he was a good person, and how could a good person ignore another good person?
And precisely because of this, asking Leon to do things focused less on the reward and more on one's own attitude. If asking for help, the attitude must be sincere.
This was already the most basic requirent; if even this couldn't be achieved, then let's just disperse.
"My subject is related to [The Propagation]."
If Firefly's condition was truly as Ruan i imagined...
"[The Essence of Life], this is my subject."
Then for the thing she wanted to ask Leon to do, it was indeed impossible without informing him of everything in detail.
"The research I usually do is all in this direction."
After a bout of weighing pros and cons, Ruan i made her choice.
"I explore the most primordial and also the most beautiful form of existence of life."
Ruan i spoke slowly.
"So, what is closest to [The Essence of Life]?"
Ruan i spoke her bold idea aloud. "The answer to this question..."
"I think it is [Aeons]."
"[Aeons]. I attempted to delve into the existential essence of such higher-dinsional creatures, but I found that making even a single step of progress in research was as hard as ascending to heaven."
Ruan i's words held a rare regret.
"I realized my steps were too big, so I began to settle for the next best thing."
"Aside from [Aeons], there is another life form sufficient for to admit its elusiveness."
What is the creature closest to [Aeons] in this world? The answer needs no asking.
"That is [Emanators]."
The Genius Society is not entirely made up of [Emanators].
Otherwise, even if the [Emanators] of [The Erudition] were the easiest batch to kill, eighty-four [Emanators] would still be enough to bring the galaxy unexpected surprises.
"What exactly are [Emanators]? I do not understand deeply."
Herta is an [Emanator], but Ruan i is not.
"Everyone regards [Emanators] as proxies of the [Aeon's] power, but exactly from when, and on which point..."
"Did [Emanators] beco closer to [Aeons] than other creatures?"
If Ruan i were an [Emanator], perhaps she would know.
Pity she wasn't. Perhaps this was also a test given to herself by [Nous].
Maybe once she figured it out, she would beco one.
"As a Reignbow Heavenly General, what do you think?"
Before advancing the topic to the next stage, Ruan i was quite curious about this question.
Expecting that Leon, this proxy of [The Hunt], could give the answer she wanted.
Although Herta was also an [Emanator].
Ruan i did not feel that unique specialness from her.
Mm, [Emanators] of [The Erudition] might be the batch least worth expending effort to study.
"It should be so. Isn't it normal for this intensity to have stage stratification?"
How would Leon know? The editor just said so.
Besides, Leon's [Emanator] position wasn't acquired through formal marriage.
His fate with [Lan] wasn't begged for; he took it forcefully by ability!
"There are gaps even between [Emanators]."
To be honest, after becoming an [Emanator], aside from the 'I don't eat beef' level of unreasonable power...
He really didn't feel anything special.
"I researched multiple [Paths]."
Ruan i was not surprised by this answer; this was also one of the discoveries in her long research.
"I found that regarding [Paths] where rationality exists, whether Pathstriders or Emanators, they are not pure. They also cannot clearly explain their connection with the [Path]."
In Ruan i's discoveries...
"In the final analysis, humans are animals with thoughts. This is an unavoidable matter."
[Paths] that allow humans to beco [Emanators] are often far from [The Essence of Life].
"Then, is there a most primitive and also most pure [Emanator] in the galaxy?"
Leon heard it; he took up her words:
"You want to speak of [The Propagation]?"
A [Path] that can only be trodden by a specific race is indeed purer.
After all, the ascension of the [Swarm Emperor] was due to the extinction of the race.
From the mont the Path of [The Propagation] appeared, it was destined to be exclusive.
"Yes, [The Propagation]."
Ruan i gave a hum of affirmation.
"Tayzzyronth. Through Herta's Simulated Universe, I was able to glimpse the sequence of events of the Swarm Disaster. Through the data of the Swarm Emperor and His offspring."
"Replication, cultivation. Through these, thereby opening up a brand new branch of research."
Ruan i revealed everything she was doing.
"The 'It' restored by will bloom with a life form unprecedented in history."
The aning she wanted to express was...
"This is my judgnt of myself, and I also feel I can achieve success in this direction."
From beginning to end, she walked on the correct road.
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Bullying, attacks, slander.
Utsunomiya Hoshino felt he was already doing everything possible to anger this group of magical girls.
But why?
Why did they gradually all reveal an expression of wanting to lock him in the basent?
"..."
He suddenly knew the reason.
"If you beco a Witch, please be sure to kill first."
They took this sentence as a confession.
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