Inside the Seat of Divine Foresight,
Jing Yuan narrowed his eyes as he looked at a photo Su Ran had just sent him.
"...What in the world?"
"Master... actually smiled like that?"
Although the smile on the photo looked somewhat forced, just imagining his aloof, ice-cold master smiling because of a man was enough to leave him utterly dumbfounded.
"...I must not be fully awake yet."
Resting his chin on one hand, Jing Yuan closed his eyes and went back to resting.
"This little invention is incredible."
"Just one injection, and communication between people becomes this effortless."
After receiving the Synesthesia Beacon, Yae Miko couldn't hide her amazement.
She could now understand Jingliu,
Serval, and Clara perfectly.
"The person who invented this truly is a genius."
With something like this, even traveling to another world would no longer involve any language barriers.
"The inventor is a genius."
"He's another member of the Genius Society, just like Su Ran."
Jingliu didn't know much about the Genius Society.
In fact, she could barely name a few of its members.
But practically everyone knew where the Synesthesia Beacon had come from.
Even if the patent no longer belonged to its inventor, its origin was common knowledge.
Makoto, however, didn't hold any romantic notions about the Genius Society.
"I've actually met two other members before."
"Their personalities, though..."
She didn't know Ruan Mei very well.
But she knew quite a bit about Herta.
Even though she'd never met Herta herself, the memory of Herta's puppets constantly clinging to Su Ran's leg had left quite the impression.
"...How strange."
"It's hard to imagine someone like you came from a world that had never even entered the cosmos."
Jingliu couldn't help feeling amazed at Makoto's circumstances.
Encountering three members of the Genius Society
wasn't something ordinary people ever experienced.
Then again, considering Makoto's relationship with Su Ran, perhaps it wasn't all that surprising.
"Compared to the others, though..."
"He's actually one of the good ones."
Anyone familiar with the members of the Genius Society could compare Su Ran's actions and quickly reach the same conclusion.
Sure, he was a shameless flirt.
But at least he carried no airs.
He could even chat comfortably with ordinary people.
Jingliu had never personally met the other geniuses, but she had certainly heard stories.
Take Herta, for example.
The entire universe knew she was a genius.
The entire universe also knew she had an awful personality.
If every Genius Society member were like Su Ran...then the faction of Erudition would truly be terrifying.
Back then, Jingliu never would've believed that an Emanator of Erudition could possess such absurd capabilities.
Su Ran had completely shattered that assumption.
"I have absolutely no doubt."
"If it weren't for him..."
"I would've long since dispersed into nothing more than a wandering soul."
Regardless of how the outside world judged Su Ran, to Raiden Makoto, he was unquestionably a good person.
Even Ei, who usually acted carefree, felt exactly the same.
Because Su Ran truly had done so much for her that even she felt she could never repay the debt.
Jingliu silently agreed.
If Su Ran really did resurrect Baiheng, she would undoubtedly be grateful to him.
Although, during their first meeting, she had nearly attacked him over the very idea of resurrecting Baiheng.
Playing with the life and death of her closest friend was something Jingliu simply couldn't accept.
Especially after witnessing Dan Feng and Yingxing's disastrous attempt.
Their actions had only deepened her hatred for such things.
Yet...
one sentence from Su Ran
had completely thrown her off balance.
"What gives you the right to decide whether your friend lives or dies?"
That single question left Jingliu speechless.
And because of it, for the very first time, she allowed herself to wish that Baiheng might truly return.
She had believed she'd long since let go of the past.
Only recently had she realized that she'd never truly moved on.
Deep in her heart, she still wished she could speak with her old friend just one more time.
"...Can his resurrection methods really be that miraculous?"
The memory of the monstrous dragon still lingered vividly in Jingliu's mind.
She couldn't help feeling worried.
No matter how reliable Su Ran always seemed, she still feared there might be some possibility of failure.
Makoto couldn't help smiling at the worried expression on Jingliu's face.
"Well..."
"We already have three examples here."
"Whether it was consciousness returning to chaos..."
"a soul reduced to mere fragments..."
"or someone swallowed by darkness..."
"...all of us came back."
"If you're going to stay by his side anyway..."
"why not place a little trust in him?"
Was there really any reason to doubt Su Ran's abilities?
"My little sister even treats him like a universal wish-granting machine."
At least, up until now, Makoto genuinely hadn't encountered anything Su Ran couldn't accomplish.
Even she found it remarkable that such incredible fortune had somehow fallen upon Inazuma.
"...A wish-granting machine..."
Jingliu fell into thought.
That description felt a little excessive.
No matter how extraordinary Su Ran's abilities were, calling him an all-purpose wish-granting machine still sounded absurd.
"...How could wishes possibly be fulfilled that easily?"
If they really were, then why would beings across the universe worship the Aeons?
They might as well worship Su Ran instead.
Seeing that Jingliu still looked unconvinced, Makoto didn't bother arguing further.
She firmly believed that if one day Su Ran decided to fulfill Jingliu's wish, no explanation would be necessary.
Since Jingliu had asked, she probably had someone she wished to bring back.
Makoto wasn't worried.
She couldn't speak for Su Ran's other abilities.
But resurrection?
That was something she herself had personally experienced.
Fox Saiguu's return.
Chiyo's return.
She had witnessed both with her own eyes.
Three successful resurrections.
Could that still be called coincidence?
Instead, Jingliu was actually the first outsider Makoto had ever met who still questioned Su Ran's abilities.
Back at Herta Space Station, people there had practically praised him to the heavens.
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