「The next morning.」
Sunlight penetrated the floor-to-ceiling windows, spilling into Project Shadow's main conference room, but it couldn't dispel the oppressive atmosphere inside.
On the holographic projector in the center of the conference table, the once-conventional model of the "Ghost" X-01 Prototype was now completely unrecognizable.
Its once-smooth external Armor was now in pieces. The engine had been shifted three inches. The Energy transmission conduits had been rerouted into a tangled mess. Even large sections of the core Rune Array had been deleted.
"Outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous!"
Engine expert Engineer Ma slammed his hand on the table, his face flushed red. His finger trembled as he pointed at the holographic projection.
"Advisor Han, I know you're trying to prove yourself.
But this is science!
This is rigorous Spiritual Energy Engineering!
