Chapter 370 The Journal (2/2)

"Was that necessary?" Aldrich said to Lightspeed

"You're right It wasn't," said Lightspeed "Sorry Just leaves a bad taste infree after what he did"

"An eye for an eye I gave back only the suffering that was given to me," said Dracul

"An eye for an eye htspeed

"Better to be blind than a dog," said Dracul, narrowing his inky black eyes "Your husband's soul writhes knowing that the collar around your neck holds you froriot a sahtbomb that wiped your folks out

But now, I don't feel so bad"

Aldrich was ready to step in, cautious that Dracul's PTSD er, but he ree of insults," said Dracul "I will not speak of this matter with the likes of you any htspeed said She pointed at the ground, a few er,out a molten spot on the cracked earth

"Stand there The Halo Carrier's up above in low orbit I'll give a signal and you'll all be warped into it," said Lightspeed

Everyoneit hard to put out any conversation Lightspeed put her hand in the air, shi+ning a bright light upwards In the nextAldrich and his group

The rubble beneath Aldrich's feet began to shake, lifting up in the air with crackles of surging energy

In the next instant, they were gone, warped out, leaving Lightspeed alone

Lightspeed stared at the s indent in the earth that the warp had left She rubbed her eyes with a shaking hand, afraid of facing Dracul

Not because of his strength

Because of his eyes

Because when she stared at them, those deep, dark, tired voids, she knew she saw in them what she hated the reeted Aldrich, hands clasped behind his back in his typical, serious posture He looked at the group Aldrich brought and nodded, not seeing any issue with the the wonder in his voice He looked around, finding hireen and blue lights The lights came fro h the cha into a complex web of what looked like neurons

Here, countless thousands of drones buzzed about, inspecting each of the many pillars like worker ants

"You wanted to inspect how it is that the Panopticon would adapt to hostile infiltration," said Emrys "So, I have taken you to the Panopticon Core, the central processing system that makes the Panopticon Directive possible"

"Thisis incredible," said V, staring up at the neuron-pillars in utter awe "The sheer ah even just one of those pillars is staggering Just one is equivalent to an A ranker techno, and there's like a bajillion of them"

"86 million, to be precise," said Ehout the world Where we are is one such Node"

"So, not the main core?" pointed out Aldrich

Emrys shook his head "The location of the main core remains classified In this entire world, only I am allowed to know of its location

However, every Node is connected to the Core, so what you see here is essentially what you see in the Core"

Interesting," said Aldrich "And this Node is in the Halo Carrier, then?"

"You are correct," said Emrys He waved his hand, He waved his hand, and tarbots from behind him stepped forward They were huray ar red

Behind their backs were sheathed twin katanas, what appeared to be their weapon of choice

One of the a metal suitcase in his hand that it held out towards Aldrich

"And that is, as prouard's journal," said Emrys