With irrefutable evidence, the old man could no longer sleep soundly. "Miss Serena, rest assured, we will get to the bottom of this!"
After leaving that one sentence, the old man awkwardly escorted the person away from the DSSD space station.
"How did you do it?"
Serena's beautiful eyes seemed to shine as she stared at He Kui.
Originally, DSSD's foundation should have been able to handle the situation, but unexpectedly, He Kui had such capabilities.
"Was it the drug you injected from behind?"
"Yes, it induces a temporary state of panic along with a bit of truth serum."
In fact, the truth serum's effectiveness wasn't that strong, but combined with the other drug, it produced this effect.
Moreover, the drug He Kui created, based on genetic foundations, could precisely control the drug's effects on a more detailed level.
"Thank you~"
Serena smiled beautifully.
She had thought she would only suffer in silence, but she didn't expect He Kui to have so many tricks up his sleeve.
Now that the plan was laid out, with Blue Cosmos's methods, that man would surely face consequences upon returning.
"This will make them a bit more restrained."
He Kui smiled as he took Serena's hand and walked toward the room.
"Shall we continue?"
"Mm."
It seemed like a warm scene, and at that moment, the DSSD guards inside didn't notice anything amiss.
"I didn't expect Miss Serena to be so patient with children. If we have kids in the future..."
One person couldn't help but comment as they watched the two leave.
However, before he could finish, someone behind him knocked him on the head.
"How dare you think like that!"
"What's wrong with me!? I'm still an elite Coordinator!"
The person retorted indignantly.
He was a Coordinator, and an elite one at that; surely he had a chance.
"You better get through our level first!"
With the crowd's shouts, that person was surrounded by other guards.
Meanwhile, He Kui paid no attention to the commotion behind him and led Serena back into the beautiful room.
"You won't be comfortable."
Looking at the eager He Kui, she quietly complained.
"But I want Serena to be comfortable, and how does Serena know I'm not comfortable?"
Although she couldn't see He Kui's gaze, the tenderness in his voice was unmistakable.
"So let's study the machine's structure, shall we~?"
As he spoke, his warmed body gently pressed against Serena.
[Unlocking Academic: Light Pressure Propulsion System (0/10,000)]
After a gust of wind passed, when He Kui let the exhausted Serena lie down, he looked at the prompt before him, and the corners of his mouth slightly lifted.
Although he had anticipated it, it was still very gratifying to unlock it.
With this technology, they could produce things like fate ahead of time, and next, enhancing the mass production machine's capabilities would be nearly complete.
Once Genesis appeared, the war should come to an end.
In his memory, Blue Cosmos's desperate gamble was entirely because they had gathered a large force and gone to space; even Boaz was gone, and PLANT's homeland was almost within reach of Genesis.
If the distance were far, they wouldn't have fought at all; after all, a single shot could directly obliterate their capital, and their troops hadn't even touched the borders of PLANT.
No one would be insane enough to confront them directly.
So, what he or they needed to do was to hold Boaz until Genesis was completed.
And just as things with Serena reached a pause, while He Kui was still teaching his sister and the Asuka siblings, the Orb team arrived at DSSD.
"So this is the gift He Kui asked me to give to Cagalli."
At that moment, in a corner of the dock, Serena quietly spoke to Cagalli while avoiding Erica's gaze, placing another package that had never been opened, mixed with various goods and supplies, onto Cagalli's ship.
"Great!"
Cagalli beamed with a bright smile, her expression radiant like a rising golden sun.
"Mm."
Doing these things behind the back of her friend, Director Erica, made Serena's heart race even faster in front of He Kui.
But what she was doing wasn't necessarily a bad thing, right?
Look how happy Cagalli was.
"Um, may I ask what the relationship between Serena and He Kui is?"
"What is it~?"
Under the nervous gaze of the girl, the older sister, Serena, teased a bit.
He Kui, standing beside her, also curiously perked up his ears.
"They're partners."
Serena thought for a moment; although they were very close now, as she said, her lover was from a star system outside Mars.
So they weren't really lovers, just 'intimate' partners solving each other's problems.
Thinking this, Serena shot He Kui a charming glance.
"Is that so?"
Cagalli looked at the older sister's proud figure and long, straight legs, feeling relieved.
In terms of figure, she couldn't compete with this sister.
"And what about this younger brother~?"
Cagalli turned her gaze to He Kui.
"Oh, he's my brother."
Serena smiled.
Hearing Serena's words, He Kui shrugged.
He didn't want to reveal his identity at this moment.
Besides, Cagalli's clear eyes were quite interesting.
"So what about Cagalli and that older brother~?"
He Kui took the opportunity to tease.
"There's nothing between us!?"
Cagalli blushed and pouted before quickly leaving.
"You're lucky; even the princess of Orb is at your side."
Serena raised an eyebrow at He Kui.
"Not quite, and isn't the DSSD princess also my close partner?"
He Kui quietly placed his hand on Serena's delicate calf wrapped in black stockings.
"Erica is coming! Let go!"
After angrily swatting He Kui's hand away, Serena turned to look at Director Erica, who had just finished inspecting the goods.
"Well, the goods are fine."
"By the way, when did you become so close with Miss Cagalli?"
Seeing Serena whispering with Cagalli from a distance, Erica couldn't help but be curious.
After all, the number of times they had met before could be counted on one hand.
"Just by chance?"
"Eh?"
At that moment, Erica, still trying to comprehend what had just happened, looked seriously into Serena's eyes.
"Serena, I want to ask you a question."
"What is it?"
The slightly unnatural expression was hidden beneath Serena's serious demeanor, and she likely didn't let Erica catch on.
"...What did you just say to Cagalli?"
After all, such a well-behaved girl was rare.
"Just some trivia; she wanted a robot."
"I see."
Thinking back
to the previous Owl, Erica's doubts were clarified.
However, that little toy was already outdated and had basically been proven to be made by PLANT, so there wasn't much point in keeping it.
It seemed she would have to make more robots for her in the future.
(End of Chapter)