Hum hum hum hum!
Afterward, Ryuji and Rover rode together on the train heading toward the research institute in mid-air.
Being able to steadily advance while clinging to a ninety-degree track, Ryuji felt surprised by the power of this train.
There were still many things in this world that he did not know.
For a moment he felt a bit dazzled.
Coming to a novel world and grasping powerful superpowers he had never possessed before—to be honest, at this moment there was a trace of relief in Ryuji’s heart.
Right now he truly felt that he was that lucky one who had obtained a free ticket for otherworld transmigration.
“Ryuji.”
Rover suddenly called his name on the train.
“Hm?” Ryuji subconsciously responded.
But when he turned to look at Rover, he discovered that the other party was frowning, seeming to be tangled over something.
“What’s wrong?”
In his impression, Rover was either calm and composed, or carried a hint of hard-to-fathom little schemes.
In short, she would not reveal an appearance of worry like she was right now.
That was not right either.
At this moment Ryuji recalled that earlier when Rover was communicating with that Abby, she had seemed to be troubled because of his Cursed Energy.
She seemed to have associated Cursed Energy with something bad?
“I roughly told you before about the Threnodians, and the concept of Their proxies, right?”
Listening to Rover speak, Ryuji indeed recalled the popularization introduction the other party had previously given him.
Most Threnodians required time to develop, so They would select proxies and then place them among the crowds.
Those proxies, after being chosen by the Threnodians, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in the end all became tools for the Threnodians to carry out Their plans.
“You suspect that I am one of those Threnodian proxies?” Ryuji pointed at himself.
Then he looked at his own two hands again.
That goddess, looking at it now, was truly full of suspicious points.
Deliberately throwing him into this world—could the two be connected?
“Sorry. It’s just that compared to the other people of Solaris, you are indeed far too special.”
Rover recalled the Ten Shadows Technique that Ryuji had previously used.
The ability itself was not important.
The key point was that Ryuji had no Tacet Mark on his body.
This thing, for Resonators, was not merely a decorative tattoo.
Yet Ryuji was able to directly regulate the Frequency within shadows without the help of a Tacet Mark.
“For the time being I feel that I should not be one of those proxies. At the very least there are no chattering whispers from others inside my head.”
Ryuji recalled some of the characteristics of Threnodian proxies that Rover had previously told him.
Among them the most obvious was the urging whispers in the mind.
That goddess had said she was only responsible for throwing people and having them come report and tell stories after death.
She had not said she would control his life.
Of course, regarding the goddess who had exiled him high into the sky and nearly made him fall to his death, Ryuji would no longer fully believe the other party’s nonsense now.
“Afterward I will stay at the Academy. If you have any questions regarding my abilities and Cursed Energy, feel free to ask. I should not be leaving Lahai-Roi for a long period of time.”
Ryuji had thought it through.
Even if that goddess truly had some grand plan and treated him as a chess piece, it did not matter.
Even if he truly was a chess piece, then he would just be an ordinary, non-critical “pawn.”
If the other party’s plan made him uncomfortable, he could still cause trouble.
“Alright. Afterward I will contact you while bringing Abby.”
Being able to receive Ryuji’s agreement, the corners of Rover’s mouth lifted in a slight smile.
Hum hum hum—
As the train stopped, they had arrived at the station.
Ding~
At this moment, Rover’s terminal suddenly rang.
Ryuji felt this sound had a strange sense of déjà vu, as if someone was sending a message.
“It’s Lynae.” Rover glanced at her gourd and said.
She had probably learned the information inside through Frequency or resonance or something.
Ryuji felt this was truly convenient.
“She told us not to be nervous, and that we can just ask the seniors or upperclassmen around us for directions.”
After Rover finished speaking, she raised her head and saw that Ryuji was making hand signs.
“Oh, I saw that there wasn’t a single person here, so I was thinking of summoning the Divine Dogs to search for the path. Ahem.”
Feeling that his behavior was a bit embarrassing, Ryuji immediately put down both hands and coughed once.
Rover only lightly smiled at this, then together with Ryuji went to speak with an upperclassman who was currently doing research.
As expected of the research institute.
The moment Ryuji approached, he heard the other party muttering data related to the Void Matter Magnetic Storm.
In the end, under his directions, he and Rover arrived at a spacious area similar to a hall.
At this moment, Ryuji and Rover noticed that many electronic data appeared under their feet, and then the virtual images of many people also appeared.
“We will eventually break through the Etheric Sea and return to the universe once more.”
“The cafeteria this week is delicious. Let’s go together…”
“The data is almost finished! You take the students and evacuate! I’ll stay behind!”
“It still failed.”
Voices.
Ryuji and Rover heard many voices.
There were those of teachers and those of students.
Listening to them, these were all voices from Lahai-Roi’s past.
“Please first stop resonating with them, otherwise you will overload.”
Beep beep beep.
At this moment, along with the sound of electronic buttons, a steady, gentle, yet slightly cold voice came from not far away.
Because Ryuji’s resonance with these voices was not deep, he quickly broke free from them.
But when he looked toward Rover beside him, he discovered that the other party appeared to be immersed much more deeply than he was.
It was probably because the sensitivity of the two parties toward Frequency vibrations was different.
In this aspect Rover was much more sensitive than he was.
Thinking this, Ryuji woke her by vibrating the Frequency of the shadows around Rover.
Only after this did Ryuji look toward the source of that voice from just now.
The newcomer appeared to be a white-haired, red-eyed girl sitting on a floating instrument.
The other party’s appearance made Ryuji somewhat surprised, because the other party’s two legs actually looked transparent.
Ryuji could even see things resembling blood vessels inside.
Were these prosthetic limbs?
But there was one more thing that made Ryuji somewhat unexpected…
“Don’t be nervous…”
After that girl clenched her fist and softly muttered a sentence, she walked toward Rover and Ryuji.
“May I ask who you are?”
Seeing the other party walk over, the already recovered Rover asked Mornye with some doubt.
Hearing these words of Rover’s, Mornye’s pupils slightly contracted, then returned to her previous calm appearance.
“Nice to meet you. I am Mornye, a researcher of the research institute, and a professor of Startorch Academy.”
Ryuji noticed that when Professor Mornye was introducing herself, there was a trace of a smile on her face.
This looked completely different from the cold expression the other party had just shown.