"..."
After finishing the final cleanup, Mobius slowly returned to her office, transformed back into the appearance of a big snake, and spoke in a tone that imitated Ellie's previous one.
Without much hesitation or conflict, she took out the equipment she had bought and began to seriously analyze the data and samples collected by the viewer that night, immersing herself in work once again.
It can only be said that it's fortunate Mobius is a MANTIS; otherwise, ordinary people wouldn't be able to withstand such high-intensity work during both day and night.
...
When people are focused, time always passes quickly. After a few hours, light began to stream through the office window as the sky brightened with the rising sun.
"Huh..."
Noticing this, Mobius stopped what she was doing, blinked her slightly sore eyes, and then got up to turn off the lights that had been on all night.
"Another night has passed. Time flies so fast."
After turning off the lights, Mobius looked out the window and sighed softly.
Although she still wanted to continue her research, it was clear she had other, more important tasks today.
As for what those tasks were... of course, it was to investigate whether anyone had noticed the abnormality last night.
While Mobius believed she had done a thorough job of cleaning up and tampering with the surveillance, she didn't mind checking again to reduce any unnecessary trouble.
As for the possibility that Charmander might let something slip... Mobius wasn't too concerned. In a sense, she knew this child very well.
Generally speaking, Charmander could be trusted to keep her word, and it was unlikely she'd be exposed. Even if she was, it would be a question of whether others would believe her, especially when Mobius had done such a thorough job of cleaning up and replacing the surveillance.
By then, perhaps only Saria and Silence might believe it, while the others would likely dismiss it as a child's dream. And even if they did believe it, Mobius had ways to prevent people from discovering her.
With this in mind, Mobius took action.
While it was still early, she planned to return to the room Rhine Lab had arranged for her and freshen up. After all, no matter how busy she was, she didn't like to appear sloppy or disheveled.
After washing up, Mobius casually draped her long, light green hair over her shoulders and left the room to gather information.
Since she had decided to go out, she also planned to visit the cafeteria for breakfast.
After a series of subtle inquiries and investigations, Mobius stopped her actions and, having found nothing abnormal, returned to her office to resume working.
"..."
Sitting back in her seat and looking at the countless tasks and various materials in front of her, Mobius rarely found herself distracted.
To be honest, she had begun to consider whether she should find or create an assistant for herself.
However, considering that what she was doing couldn't be discovered by outsiders, she was more inclined to create one herself...
Of course, this was just a thought for now. After all, the materials in the two worlds were different. If Mobius wanted to create an artificial lifeform like Klein, she would still have to go through many experiments, and success was not guaranteed...
"Huh..."
After assessing the current situation in her mind, Mobius let out a sigh of helplessness and once again focused her attention on her research and analysis.
...
In the small laboratory connected to Mobius's office——
"Bang..."
"..."
With the 13th problem in this small experiment, Mobius stopped what she was doing. She had to admit she had made a mistake and encountered a different kind of bottleneck.
As for why it was different, compared to other mistakes, Mobius believed her main problem and mistake was that she did not have enough professional knowledge of this world...
You know, even if she had been frantically and constantly absorbing knowledge of biology in this world over the past few months, it was still not enough...
Given the technology and knowledge accumulated in this world over hundreds of years, she had too little time to learn... So little that she might even encounter problems that others thought shouldn't appear.
"Bubble wrap... Tsk, I was careless. There is none."
Mobius, who had temporarily encountered a knowledge bottleneck, became a little anxious and subconsciously wanted to find bubble wrap to relieve stress and think.
But unfortunately, she did not find this "common item," which was originally within her reach in her laboratory.
Now, in addition to instant noodles, Mobius had successfully added "bubble wrap" to her next shopping list.
"..."
After calming down a bit, Mobius tidied up the table in front of her expressionlessly. After recording the failed data, she disposed of the messy failed products in an appropriate manner.
Afterward, she did not choose to stay in her office or laboratory to continue experimenting. Instead, she chose to leave and went directly to Rhine Lab's more luxurious archive room.
If it were any other problem, Mobius might have tolerated it, but if the issue was simply a lack of knowledge (time)... with her pride, she couldn't tolerate that at all.
Moreover, she had promised Ifrit that she wouldn't feel so much pain during "treatment."
Although Ifrit was merely a guinea pig and a task target in Mobius's eyes, she had made a promise...
In this regard, she disdained deceiving a child... and even more so disdained repeatedly using a child for experiments. So, she wanted to create a perfect medicine.
Mobius believed she could do it; it would just take some time...
"Beep--"
As the identity scan passed, the huge Rhine Life archive room slowly opened its doors for Mobius, inviting her to enter.
"..."
Looking at the scene in front of her, Mobius entered the archive room calmly, without any hesitation.
At the same time, a pair of eyes not far away watched Mobius's back with interest as she walked into the data room, spying on her for unknown reasons.