Ron turned to the associate professor, slightly bowing:
"It does require considerable ambition to drive such a project, but I prefer to call it 'vision'."
"Vision, ambition, it's all wordplay."
Chester shook his head slightly:
"What's important is, where did you get the inspiration for this concept? It sounds very... familiar."
Ron keenly caught a certain subtle change in the other's tone.
"Actually, part of the inspiration for this concept came from some ancient manuscripts I've been reading lately."
He answered frankly:
"Especially the theoretical framework regarding 'Consciousness Archiving' in Lance's Experiment Notes gave me great inspiration."
Ron noticed that when the name "Lance" was mentioned, the expressions of several reviewers subtly changed.
"Coupled with some foundational theories on mental network construction obtained from his collaboration with the King of Illusions..."
Before the sentence was finished, the atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly shifted.
