Hanzo begins to speak to me after a few seconds.
"I promised you a reward; here it is, de gozaru."
Hanzo glows, but when he stops glowing, nothing changes.
Not until…
"Ouch! What is this?"
A small brown ball hits my head.
It is as small as a ring.
I kept it in my pocket.
"I recommend that you eat it later when you are alone de gozaru."
Hanzo's body is gradually fading away.
It appears that he will finally return to his home.
Hanzo's contract has expired, so this is natural.
"By the way, if you are going to sign a contract, tell them you know me. It might help you de gozaru."
Hanzo finally disappears.
…
I sighed as I looked at the sleeping girls.
It appears that I still need to look at these girls until they wake up.
"I see... a failure."
Huh?
What failure?
Wait, where is this voice come from?
I look at my side.
When did this blonde guy appear here?
I can't talk.
"Oh, sorry for scaring you. I didn't mean to do that."
Who is this guy?
"Don't worry I'm not a criminal or someone who's doing bad in the background."
That's what the bad guy will say!
"Anyway, take this gift from me."
He put something in my pocket.
When I blink, he already disappear and I can talk again.
"Who the hell is that guy?"
I know no one will answer me but I need to voice it out of frustration, frustration that I'm truly a weak person.
Fortunately, I received the reward from Hanzo and also— when I look at what the gift the blonde man talks about I saw a black small ball.
I am surprised to see this because—in Ashley's route, I am a researcher, and this small black ball is one of the research I have done.
…
Shadow Core, this is what I call to it.
I forgot most of the details but I remember that it's function is to create a clone shadow.
When I ate it, I only create one shadow.
Unfortunately, it has no mind and only follows the order of the shadow creator.
This was supposed to be out in market 20 years later so how is this exist in this time?
I didn't need to think much since the answer is quite obvious.
That blonde man might be the creator or someone who's connected to the creator.
I remember that the creator of the shadow Core has an idea that he wanted to show the world.
Unfortunately, no one knows what that idea is because he died before witnessing the accident that made the mutated monster gets stronger.
One of his apprentice decided to continue his research and made a mistake while the experiment is on going.
Shadow core made the mutated monster become more powerful in the dark.
On the day the accident happened is the start of the hellish night that almost kill the humanity.
Fortunately, with the help of thousands of researcher including me, we were able to save the humanity on its brink of extinction so it's a happy ending.
…
Anyway, this future don't matter to me but having a shadow clone will help me to become stronger.
Now that I remember, Hanzo's owner— I mean, previous owner is truly a very talented person.
Having shadow for every month is insane.
I shook my head.
Having this kind of thing doesn't really excite me since I know what's the function.
I'm more excited to learn what the reward is that I received from Hanzo.
My researcher's curiosity is piqued.
Although I do not remember much of my "dream" life as a researcher, it feels like it is still in my soul or something.