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The Gordian Knot

The Another Level Silhouette Karanos stood before the Ark, powerless to act.

All Kou and his two companions could do was watch, tension radiating from them.

—Help me.

Kou heard a voice—faint, frail, like the lisping plea of a young child. It was no more than a whisper, yet unmistakably real.

He saw it.

On the surface of the Ark, two barely visible protrusions. Unit 5’s sensors zoomed in, highlighting the microscopic dots—as if Unit 5 itself were urging him to look.

Dots so small, they would be imperceptible to the naked eye.

「……」

Kou glanced at Asia. This—this was something that Alexandros I must not be allowed to discover.

「No, Kou. Not even Prometheus’s flame could leave a scratch on it.」

Asia’s tone was cool, detached. But Kou immediately saw through it—it was a performance. She wasn’t denying what he saw; she was masking it. Even if their communication were intercepted, no one would realize she was referring