It had been two hours since the "hello" that left Luca frozen for a good five minutes. Even now, he could still remember the chaos that followed.
Even D-29 had buffered.
The little system loaded repeatedly as it verified the existence of the number that had suddenly appeared in their account, a number so large it practically doubled their entire balance in an instant.
While the account owned by Xavier contained far more funds, Luca still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that this was apparently a greeting. A greeting! But apparently, he wasn't alone, because D-29 also found this scenario absolutely contrary to its database expectations.
Normally, in every case study and drama reference D-29 had prepared, the benefactor's parents should have offered a sizeable amount of money for the Host to leave the benefactor's side. The classic "break-up compensation."
