Place of Origin

With the number of Awakened the Eighth Research Institute has, it's completely reasonable for them to make such an exaggerated commotion over a large transaction… However, this is mainly my personal guess. Due to the fact that Icefield is within the Eighth Research Institute's sphere of influence, it's only right to push the blame to them if there's any problem… Jiang Baimian—who had her eyes lowered—looked at Smith and the others again and asked, "Have you confirmed the situation near the square? For example, were there any signs of other vehicles?"

Snow covered the square, so it was impossible for a team consisting of dozens of cars to 'appear' out of thin air and 'disappear.' They would definitely leave behind evidence from having the tires travel across the snow.

Smith replied with a bitter smile, "If there was, we wouldn't be staring blankly here and not know what to do. We wander the northern Ashlands and have seen Awakened. We have them ourselves."