Parallel Vol. 4 [LEGACY EDITION]

Chapter 55.2: She Looks Human

Before the daeben could even register the room, Jade's extremely loud, excited exclamation struck him in the face, "Fuck Yeah! Get in there, Bitches!"

Kashi stared, stunned as he looked into the room. Jade's workshop was a large hall with several crafting tables and junk materials, seemingly haphazardly thrown around. Several female daebens stood at these tables working on inscribing runes onto mana stones and other items.

However, upon hearing Jade's shouts, the daebens rushed over to the young woman, eyes glowing in anticipation. It seemed they too were anticipating the results of Jade's experiments.

The daeben women surrounded Jade, and moments later, also broke out in cheers and celebratory hoots as they hugged each other and congratulated the young scientist. Jade meanwhile, took her celebrations to another level, dancing, imitating guitar riffs, and raining curses at some object on the table with a smug expression.

Kashi had seen this kind of behavior before. But that was in the age of console and PC gaming when Streamers finally defeated a tough boss. For the life of him, the daeben could not figure out what could get Jade so excited that she went all out like this.

"Yo Jade!" Kashi called out; right hand raised as he flashed an awkward smile. Right on cue, Jade paused in the middle of an air guitar reef, eyes flashing when she spotted Kashi. 'Is she embarrassed? I would be.' Kashi wondered and then tried to defuse the tension, "Been a while, hasn't it?"

Contrary to Kashi's expectations, Jade only faltered for a second before her eyes went wide with crazed joy and excitement. The halben screamed, "Kashi! You're Here!" as she ran up to him. Grabbing his hand, Jade grinned as she beckoned with a heavy pull, "Come on! You've got to see this!"

'It's my fault for thinking you would know embarrassment,' Kashi mused as he let himself get pulled by Jade.

"Yo, you're not forgetting us are you?" Syèl mockingly scolded as he walked into the room with a snarky grin. He looked around at the messy workshop and then turned to Jade, "You've been busy."

"You have no idea," Jade replied with a wide grin. The little halben's eyes lit up when Shokō and Leila walked, and she excitedly exclaimed, "You guys are all here? Perfect! Come on. The more, the merrier."

Kashi's brow rose as he let himself get pulled over to the crafting table Jade had been using. The daebens who surrounded the daeben retreated, allowing the Maggots to take their place. Kashi examined the two objects on the table. The first was an opaque glass screen in front of a thin wooden box, like a TV, while the second was a spherical mana crystal resembling a rink. The only difference was that while rinks were sky-blue, this one was bright yellow.

Kashi's brow rose as he looked at both devices. "What am I looking at?"

Jade put on her best presenter's grin as she lifted the yellow rink. "I call it the video crystal."

"Video—"

"Crystal?"

Kashi and Lunette questioned in order, disbelief in their eyes.

"Yeah, video crystal," Jade confirmed, and then winked at Kashi as she added, "I took inspiration from the sound crystals Kashi crafted to store and play music. Just like Kashi's sound crystal capture sound, this captures light and sound, or in layman's terms, records videos. Not only that, but it can playback and transfer videos between rinks."

Kashi's eyes flashed in shock as he stared at Jade without breaking eye contact. "Transfer? You definitely said transfer just now, didn't you?"

Jade nodded with a bright grin. "I recently figured it out. How rinks can transfer sound to each other."