Vincent's True Nature

"At the academic conference... Am I presenting today?"

"If you've prepared something, go ahead. Everyone's been curious about it."

The academic conference hall was reached by taking another elevator from here. As Albert led the way, the attendants parted like the Red Sea.

It was a stark contrast to all the times we'd had to confirm our destination and identities wherever we went.

The route we were taking now surely wasn't the one they'd originally planned, either.

'Whoa...!'

After walking through a winding, palace-like corridor, we came upon a vast circular space. A garden hundreds of meters in diameter stretched before us, with beautiful Greek-style statues and a fountain at its center.

Surprisingly, most of the plants in the garden were common ones you could find on Earth.

'Big Brother, that isn't the conference hall, is it?'

'Don't talk to me, brat.'...