On the top floor of a building far away from the research institute, there were two figures. One was a girl dressed in gorgeous clothes with lavender-like long hair, and the other was an old man in a butler's uniform.
"It seems that something unexpected has happened. Although I'm not sure what exactly, I didn't expect that the boy would make such a move."
"That's right."
"Miss, you don't seem surprised by your reaction?"
"Is that so?"
The girl calmly responded.
"Maybe Miss herself is not aware of it, but from my perspective, even an ordinary person would be shocked to see that boy's appearance. Furthermore, if Miss knows that boy personally, the shock would be even greater. But in reality, Miss's reaction is unexpectedly calm. Pardon my intrusion, could it be that Miss knew from the beginning?"
With the butler's question, the girl pondered for a moment and finally spoke up.
"Who knows...?"
Whether she truly didn't know or... The butler couldn't make a judgement on such an ambiguous answer.
But since the girl responded this way, it was probably because she didn't want to say. The butler was not so impolite as to press further, and considering his position, he had no right to inquire. Therefore, the butler decided to return to the main topic.
"Although the actions of that boy are intriguing, we came here for another purpose."
"That's right."
"And this is the master's instruction, we cannot disobey."
"..."
The girl did not respond, she simply fell silent.
"What exactly is the instruction?"
The girl finally asked.
"In the current exposed situation, the PC plan cannot succeed, so someone behind the scenes who provided them with the device will definitely come to take something."
"Hmm?"
"After all, this plan may have had a different purpose from the beginning."
"A different purpose?"
"Yes, that's the master's judgment. The person who provided them with the device only did so to use them for their own purposes. Moreover, if the current goal is to control all members of The National Council, then that person would not gain any benefit from start to finish, and there would be no need to use others, let alone let them know. After all, if the members of The National Council were to find out, the plan would not go so smoothly."
"So, you mean that person had a different purpose from the beginning."
Arashikaze Manami tightened her gaze involuntarily.
"Yes, letting others help is definitely not the primary task. In other words, this plan is just a side job for that person, while the researchers are ultimately just helping that person with their grunt work. And it's not difficult to see that this is a plan that doesn't matter to that person even if it fails."
"So, you're saying that person was prepared to fail from the beginning? Or perhaps they never intended to succeed."
The girl proposed her own idea, and the butler confirmed it with an affirmative reply.
"Yes, that person was not prepared to succeed from the beginning, or even if this experiment unexpectedly succeeded, that person would personally destroy it."
"So, how does this plan ultimately help with that person's main work? Since they are such a scheming individual, they wouldn't waste their time on something useless, right?"
"In the end, everything will be destroyed, which means that person cares more about the process than the result."
"The process...? Could it be?"
