Completing Iro’s project was the trial for a team of ten elite researchers. It seemed simple, at least on paper.0

“If we fail this, we’re screwed for the year’s evaluation, aren’t we?”0

“If you’re gonna jinx us, go talk in front of the mirror. I don’t fail.”0

“You never change… Forget it.”0

Of course, there was always the possibility that they would end up wasting their time. 0

“You know how Iro’s research was infamous for being a nightmare, right? From the samples to the algorithms…”0

“Relax. It’s already eighty percent done. We just need to tweak a few variables and rerun the simulations.”0

“Still… He was a senior researcher and—”0

“Senior? Please. The guy got kicked out after screwing up.”0

However, Jin—one of the senior researchers at the Future Research Center—was confident, almost arrogantly so. After all, it wasn’t a major government-backed project anymore, just something a guy had been quietly tinkering with before disappearing.0

“I heard he got burned by the restructuring Subjects, though.”1

“Ha, you actually believe that crap? You think someone like him used the Investigation Bureau’s manager just to deal with some layoffs?”0

“Well, I don’t buy it either… But if people are gossiping that much, maybe he wasn’t all that great to begin with.”0

Everyone had called Iro a genius, but Jin knew better that the stories were exaggerated. Iro always took all the major projects for himself, which pissed Jin off for years. Finally, Jin was given the chance to complete what Iro could not, and to blaze brighter than any other.0

“Anyway, I’m finishing this no matter what. So don’t hold me back.”0

“Seriously?”0

That was the mindset he started with. However, the moment Jin saw the algorithm Iro had left behind, he realized the truth. 0

“Wait… Where are the comments?”0

The whole idea of continuing someone else’s research had been wrong...0