Time flowed like water, and a week quietly passed by.
After expressing his refusal to the Hidosh family that day, Colin successively turned down the other factions that came to him.
Many factions thought it was an excuse and continued to send people several times, only to accept his reasoning in astonishment after Colin's firm rejections.
Those who went against the mainstream always attracted attention, a fact well-known to Colin.
Therefore, he wasn't surprised by the factions' reactions; he simply kept to himself, proceeding methodically with his usual affairs... responding unchangingly to the myriad of changes.
However, to his surprise, there were no unusual movements from the factions; it seemed that this small tempest had blown over.
December 6th, the weather was clear.
Inside a first-level laboratory of the True Knowledge Society.
Rustling noises akin to the slithering of snakes and insects echoed, yet were securely isolated by the thick, windowless walls.
