"What a miraculous tool... I’m still so far away from here, yet..."
Ruan i looked at her own figure in amazent.
If one possessed the necessary permissions, could they really move freely throughout the universe like this?
Even she couldn’t help but feel the urge to ask Su Ran for access.
Because with sothing like this, an enormous amount of ti cost could be saved.
For geniuses, ti was also an extrely precious resource.
"Isn’t it amazing? Let tell you—this thing doesn’t even care about distance. As long as you can connect to the network, you can teleport directly! Anywhere, no matter where you are!"
Herta had tested it herself.
No matter how far the distance, even tens of thousands of light-years away—as long as there was a signal, she could return in the next instant.
"It truly is amazing. Then... Can you take to et its creator?"
"...I can, but don’t forget—when the ti cos, you’ll need to share your research data with ."
After learning about Ruan i’s intention to study Aeons, Herta’s first reaction had been: This woman is insane.
Her second reaction was: She had such an idea and didn’t even include ?
That was unforgivable.
Studying Aeons sounded absurd, but it just so happened to fall squarely within Herta’s range of interests.
So she temporarily set aside her personal feelings and agreed to bring Ruan i along.
"I will. So... Can you take to see Su Ran now?"
With the real, living Su Ran right here, even Ruan i—normally so emotionally flat—was starting to feel anxious.
"Why are you in such a hurry? He’s on the space station. Is he going to grow wings and fly away or sothing?"
The more anxious Ruan i beca, the more Herta wanted to drag things out.
After all, she was curious— what would this woman, who always looked so emotionless, look like when she panicked?
"Follow ."
Herta led her around the space station at a leisurely pace.
Ruan i had no choice but to follow.
She had been to this space station many tis before, but finding soone in such a massive place wasn’t easy.
Unless they pulled up the surveillance feeds.
But neither of them felt it was necessary... at least not yet.
After wandering around for nearly an hour, Ruan i finally sensed sothing was wrong.
"Are you sure you know where he is?"
The station was big, yes— but walking for an hour without seeing even a trace of him was a bit much.
Especially since Herta’s route had absolutely no sense of direction.
It felt like random wandering.
"How would I know? His legs are on his body, not mine."
Could Herta admit she was doing this on purpose?
Of course she could.
As long as Ruan i asked.
But Ruan i clearly had no intention of pressing the issue.
"Can we check the surveillance?"
In the end, Ruan i still didn’t lose her temper.
Instead, she chose the rational option.
"No need to bother. I’ll just ask Asta."
Herta pulled out her phone and sent Asta a ssage.
And true to Asta’s efficiency, she received a reply almost instantly.
"He’s in the dining area. Let’s go!"
"..."
Ruan i fell silent.
Just monts ago, she was fairly certain they had already passed through the dining area.
At the ti, she hadn’t thought much of it.
But now, hearing Herta say this, she felt nothing but helplessness—and speechlessness.
Why not just ask in the first place?
An entire hour had been wasted.
In the dining area, Asta put down her phone.
She glanced at the nearby Herta puppet.
"Strange... shouldn’t Lady Herta be able to monitor the entire station at any ti?"
"Open up."
Su Ran popped a piece of fruit into Raiden Makoto’s mouth.
As honored guests of Herta Space Station, they were entitled to free als here.
After all, Asta was footing the bill.
"Mr. Su Ran, Lady Herta might be coming to look for you again."
Asta was the first to give him a heads-up.
"Isn’t there already a Herta puppet over there?"
Su Ran pointed at the unmoving puppet nearby.
"I... I’m not sure either."
That puppet hadn’t moved at all.
Was Lady Herta not logging in?
Or had the puppet broken?
More than ten minutes later, Su Ran understood why.
A Herta puppet appeared— and beside it walked a woman wearing a cheongsam.
Ningguang, who was resting in the dining area, glanced at Ruan i.
She felt their styles overlapped quite a bit.
Especially the cheongsam.
Compared to her own gold-threaded, intricately embroidered attire, Ruan i’s outfit looked rather plain.
Yet it was impossible to deny her refined, ethereal aura.
She looked like a fairy untouched by the mortal world.
Ningguang was surprised.
Asta was even more surprised.
Others didn’t recognize her—but Asta did.
"Lady Ruan i? She’s here too?"
There hadn’t been any notice at all.
First Mr. Su Ran, and now Lady Ruan i.
Did all geniuses enjoy showing up unannounced?
"Ruan i?"
Hearing the na, Ningguang grew curious.
Anyone Asta treated with such respect was clearly no ordinary figure.
And this woman had been personally brought here by Herta.
Her identity was guaranteed to be extraordinary.
"It’s Ruan · i," Asta corrected softly.
"You have to pause slightly in the middle. She really cares about that."
"Ruan i?"
Even Raiden Makoto was curious about her background.
Those eyes.
That temperant.
Even so gods didn’t possess such an air—
It felt like she had already seen through the world itself.
"A mber of the Genius Society, No. 81. An outstanding expert in life sciences, and one of the participants in the Simulated Universe."
Asta added the explanation.
At the ntion of the Simulated Universe, Raiden Makoto understood.
This was likely the quiet one she had seen before.
After arriving in the dining area, Ruan i—who had already seen Su Ran’s true appearance—spotted him imdiately.
At that point, she no longer needed Herta to guide her.
She walked straight over.
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