Her words almost got Rui's facade to crack. He knew about the two anomalies, but he had no idea that the arakai were able to decode a part of the message that his Tide of Samsara had garbled.
That was the most crucial part.
The word key was arguably the worst part of the message that could have survived.
'Dammit, the arakai and potentially other advanced civilizations very familiar with virus SOSes also have access to this information. Ria is in much more danger than I realized.'
He had thought that she had managed to extricate herself from her true identity being revealed quite well, but there had been a mistake. An unusually powerful virus managed to strain his poison more than it should have. He would need to improve the Tide of Samsara to ensure such a thing would never occur again.
"What does that mean?" Rui asked with a puzzled tone, not revealing his internal turmoil. "Key to what?"
