"Don't forget," Xu Yang said, "every time something like this happens, there's a surge in the number of people who become awake."
"I know things won't be forgotten," Cui Junyou said sadly, "but history always seems to circle back. We're like springs, flattenable as long as you press hard enough, and it's not soft fingertips pressing down on us, it's an entire building. Corporatism weighs down like tons of steel, and once some springs are compressed, they snap, never regaining the will to bounce back!"
"Go help Asa Katsuragi first," Xu Yang said while browsing messages, "the whole world is waiting for you to perform surgery on her."
Cui Junyou returned to Aizu City, annoyed.
Xu Yang had a clear grasp on the new shifts in the situation; now, both Orochi and Yokozuna had returned. The management representing Kyoto Infinity had undergone appropriate operations. There had been compromises and concessions to a certain degree, which also fell within his expectations.
