Cultivation Room, Pillar Courtyard.

Bologue sat casually on a bench in the corner, watching the busy employees with a sense of satisfaction from the contrast.

If it were Palmer, he would probably be overjoyed, but Bologue is someone who can't stay idle. Having been idle for a while, Bologue had entered a state of having nothing to do, but fortunately, that situation was about to end soon.

Glancing at the file bag next to him, Bologue unconsciously smiled. Usually, he was quite calm and unaffected by external things, but now he felt an uncontrollable cheerfulness.

Bologue tucked the file bag into his inner coat, and after a moment of waiting, a figure quickly approached him, and as he looked up, a familiar silhouette entered his view.

"Good...good morning!"

They were obviously comrades who had shared life and death, yet meeting the other seemed a bit shy.

Bologue thought maybe it was because it was her first time appearing in front of so many people. In her previous life, she had little interaction with the outside world, with her only deep understanding being while hiding under her own shell.

Now she was no longer hiding but stood openly in the Central Courtyard, not caring about others' gazes...

For her, it was a good step forward.

Bologue looked her up and down and said, "It fits well."

First, he complimented the other's outfit.

Such words flashed through Bologue's mind, which was what Belli had repeatedly reminded him of before he set out. Bologue didn't quite understand why he needed to say these things, but seeing Belli's serious face, he uncharacteristically cooperated.

"Ah...ah? As long as it fits, as long as it fits."

The other seemed a bit flustered upon hearing Bologue's compliment. Actually, her outfit was quite similar to the employees of the Sublimation Furnace Core, but for her, the feeling of clothes on her body was still somewhat unfamiliar, requiring a period of adaptation.

"How do you feel now, Aimou?"

Bologue stood up and asked Aimou in front of him. At this moment, she was no longer that cold Steel Body but a living flesh and blood.

According to the investigation from the Sublimation Furnace Core, this was Aimou's "Blessing," yet this "Blessing" required no cost since Teda had already paid it for her.

Blessing·Doppelganger.

Aimou herself was still a cold Steel Body, but when the Doppelganger activated, the Steel Body would transform into living flesh, making her a true human being.

This blessing didn't possess any significant benefits and was merely a blessing born to fulfill a wish.

"I still feel a bit unaccustomed,"

Aimou's voice was strange, stuttering, with a wavering pitch. Recently, Aimou had been learning how to speak correctly and how to adapt to the nuances of a flesh-and-blood body.

The more Aimou understood, the more she realized what a troublesome creature humans were. When needing to rest, Aimou would revert to her Steel Body, even though she lost many senses, it significantly eased her thoughts.

Aimou looked at Bologue with a strange expression, seemingly wanting to smile but holding back. Underneath the flesh-and-blood guise, Aimou found it really hard to control her expressions, and any former indifference had vanished.

"Humans are really a bother,"

Aimou complained again, saying that human skin can keenly sense those tiny touches, and the friction of clothes felt like bugs crawling on the skin.

Say something interesting, don't be so lifeless.

Belli's words echoed in Bologue's ears. Bologue thought for a moment, snapped his fingers, drawing Aimou's attention back.

"Aimou, you know? When you hear me say this, your breathing switches to manual mode."

In Bologue's understanding, instead of being lifeless, he might as well tell a cold joke.

Aimou froze for a moment, suddenly clutching her chest, her breathing becoming heavier and muttering repeatedly.

"Manual mode...manual mode..."

"Hey, hey, hey! Are you okay?"

Seeing Aimou like this, Bologue panicked.

Aimou stared at the ground; she felt that the most troublesome thing about being human was having to breathe constantly. It was fine usually, but Bologue's interruption made Aimou breathe harder. The more she tried, the more fatigued she felt, leading to a near-oxygen deprivation in a vicious cycle.

After adjusting for a while, Aimou finally calmed down. Bologue's expression was a bit awkward. After thinking it over, he took Aimou into the elevator.

Aimou had been to the Pillar Courtyard many times. Every time she arrived at the Sublimation Furnace Core, she had to pass through here, but this time the elevator's destination was not the Sublimation Furnace Core.

In Bologue's field of view, a slightly open control panel had a few more buttons. According to Lebius, this was one of the rewards post-action.

"You are now also a member of the Unshakable, although the chances of acting under this identity are rare, the corresponding permissions will still be granted to you."

At that time, Lebius said that, after being listed among the Unshakable, Bologue's importance within the Order Bureau increased slightly, and many previously sealed areas were now accessible to Bologue.

Among them, Bologue found several interesting areas; he never would have thought that such places existed within the oppressive environment of the Order Bureau.

Aimou whispered, "Where are we going?"

She came to find Bologue today entirely because of Belli; now Aimou had passed the Sublimation Furnace Core's examination, coordinating with the Field Operations Department to complete the post-action investigation report.

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