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The staff member bravely stood up, ready to tell the truth.
"Sir... the machines detected them, all of them."
No matter what the facts were, blame the machine first.
"We notified you as soon as we detected the first one, but, to our surprise... all of them were detected by the machine. We now suspect there might be an issue with the machine, yet we still hope that you could help us confirm it, just in case there really are that many talented individuals, which would be a great achievement for us."
Since the summons had already been made, might as well follow through.
Strike with a staff imbued with spiritual energy.
The skinny monkey stroked his chin, his gaze sweeping over the somewhat bewildered and fearful refugees.
If everyone possesses it, it means no one does.
It must be the machine that's broken.
But since they're here anyway, let's see what they're made of.
