I Have a New Idea!
Plug the environmental value into X...
Then shift material strength and fluid flow to the left-hand side...
...Hmm? It's gotten dark outside.
Whoa?! It's this late already?! But...
If I just do a little more calculation...
Zzz...
Naru?
...Wha?
Ah, Captain. Trainee Observer Naru of the Orbital Search Team, reporting! You called?
Uh...
Right, training's over, isn't it?
Is something wrong?
Lately, Naru hadn't been focusing during training.
Even the number of times she clung to me for help had noticeably dropped.
Worried she might be sick or troubled, I decided to ask.
No! I'm fine, really! Nothing's wrong at all!
I appreciate your concern, but seriously! Absolutely nothing is wrong!
Just be ready to be blown away, Captain! That's all! Later!
With that, Naru zoomed out of the training grounds at full sprint.
Be ready to be blown away...?
Zzz... Mmm...
Hehe... Look, Captain...
My perfect equation... Huh?!
Whew... I must've nodded off again without noticing.
Even a genius needs rest sometimes, but...
...Yeah.
Let's get back to it.
No stopping until I finish this perfect equation...!
*Snore* Zzz... *Snore* Zzz...
*Snore* G-ghhkk?!
...Zzz!
Naru!
Huh?! What? Huh?! Wh-what's going on?
Did a Voidborn drop?! Is it an emergency?!
...Huh?
Oh.. Right.
We were in the middle of training...
...Mind if we have a quick chat?
I took Naru to a cafe and asked her what was going on.
No, no! Really, nothing's wrong!
It's just...
I've had a new idea recently!
A new idea?
Hehe! Yes! A brand-new idea!
There were parts of the equation I couldn't solve or needed proper verification...
Parts that needed verification, but I didn't know how.
It was like casting a line into total darkness, hoping something would bite...
Then, BAM!
Out of nowhere, brilliant ideas came bubbling up from the depths of my subconscious!
All of a sudden?
Hehe, yup! Ever since the day you promised to help me, Captain, for some reason...
New theories, logic, and ideas have been sparkling in my mind like a galaxy...!
I'm so close. Just a bit more, and I can finish it! An equation that could save the entirety of Lavistar!
Something that can predict every probability, every disaster...
The super mega ultra maximum super disaster prediction equation!
Did you just say "super" twice?
Hehe! Once it's complete, you'll be the first to see it, Captain! I promise!
Now then, time to get back and finish it!
Genius Naru, charging full speed ahead once again!
Naru shot up from her seat and zipped out of the cafe.
But we haven't finished training yet...
I understood how much completing her equation meant to Naru.
But something about it felt like she was rushing.