After finishing her words, Apoli left the forest without even taking the box with her.
The box was wide open, and inside was only a rock, which didn't look much different from a common jar stone used for pressing pickles, no wonder Apoli had discarded it.
"It really wrongs you," Zero picked up the rock, realizing why it looked so familiar—it was the interstellar stone she had previously sold to Batou. It seemed that Batou realized his mistake and then secretly swapped and sold it to Apoli.
Zero still felt somewhat attached to the interstellar stone, so despite the limited space in her military pack, she put the stone back into it.
The sky was overcast, and it was hard to tell if it was nearing dusk or about to rain.
The box was still open, and Batou was urging the black slaves, rushing over like the wind.
Batou jumped out of his sedan, rolling and crawling into the box, not bothering with the box containing the sea pearl that he was holding.
