Aus soon brought Avril to the basement.
At first, she was a little confused. But when she saw everyone gathered in the basement, along with the strange frame of a Teleportation Gate, she puffed out her cheeks, and her eyes instantly welled with hurt.
'I didn't know a thing about such an important, top-secret project from start to finish. Doesn't this mean I've been excluded from Lynch's core team?'
Lynch took one look at her expression and had a good idea what she was thinking. He smiled and explained, "From the very beginning, only Sea Song and Jinke have been involved in the research and construction. We needed their specific expertise."
"Besides them and me, the only other person who knows is Aus, since he's in charge of coordinating supplies and site security. You're the fifth person to find out; even Amadis doesn't know yet. This is a critical matter—the fewer people who know, the better."
