Cyno thought for a moment and said, "You're saying the Akademiya recorded my information into the Akasha? But what's the point of that? My actions aren't important enough to warrant being entered into the Akasha."
Alhaitham said, "The Akasha can compute. As long as it has your information, it can reverse-engineer your actions based on the data entered."
"When you'll set out, where you'll go at what time—it's all laid out clearly."
Cyno said, "My actions have been predicted."
[Ningguang: Predicting the future? The amount of computation required for that kind of prediction would be enormous.]
[Alhaitham: It's not predicting the future—it's predicting Cyno. As long as the circumstances Cyno encounters are input into the Akasha, it can predict his decisions based on his personality.]
[Paimon: So they still need to input the situations Cyno encounters.]
[Alhaitham: Correct. The Akasha doesn't have information on everything in the world. So it can't know what situations Cyno will encounter. For example, it couldn't predict that I would discover this.]
[Paimon: This is making my head spin.]
[Lumine: I understand. The Akasha predicts Cyno's choices, but it doesn't predict what he'll encounter. For instance, right now, the Akasha couldn't predict that Alhaitham would discover this.]
[Alhaitham: Yes. You've understood perfectly.]
Alhaitham continued, "The Akademiya has been guarding against you for a long time. But the fact that you thought to resign and leave the Akademiya shows their predictions weren't entirely accurate."
Candace nodded. "So that's how it is. Cyno was too principled, and that made him a thorn in their side."
"For those people, they don't need such strong will or unwavering faith. Being flexible like weeds in the wind and pursuing personal gain—that's the true nature of those scholars."
Candace looked at Cyno comfortingly. "Cyno, don't take it to heart. This actually proves you're a trustworthy companion."
Paimon spread her hands. "Cyno, don't blame yourself too much. No one could have predicted something like this."
Cyno quickly regained his composure. "But now I've thought of something. Now, I can also guess where they want to go."
Alhaitham said something cryptic: "Safety is always hidden between crises."
Paimon raised her hand. "So that's it! I understand too. Since the person they're avoiding is Cyno, then the safest place would be where Cyno has just been, right?"
[Alhaitham: Correct. It's rare for you to be this clever.]
[Paimon: Of course! I'm the smartest Paimon in the world.]
[Lumine: I think you should drop the 'smartest' part and replace it with 'most gluttonous'—that would be more accurate.]
[Paimon: Lumine, stop undermining me!]
[Lumine: I'm not undermining you. I'm just stating facts.]
[Paimon: Argh, now I'm angry!]
Cyno nodded. "For them, fleeing in the opposite direction from my path would be the best route."
Lumine said, "Paimon, you've gotten even smarter."
Following this new line of thinking, they soon found some discarded Divine Knowledge Capsule extraction equipment.
"The fact that Razak, left behind in the abandoned hospital, didn't show signs of prolonged dehydration or isolation means these people haven't been gone long."
Cyno said, "Keep chasing. They can't have gone far."
On the way, they spotted Dehya arguing with some Eremites from a distance.
They were too far to hear clearly.
Dehya: "If you'd notified me earlier, we wouldn't have had to..."
Rahman: "You're one of us. We never deceive our own."
Dehya: "Scholars... don't know as much as I do... they need me."
Rahman laughed heartily. "I knew it, old friend."
[Paimon: What's going on here? Could Dehya actually be a spy?]
[Lumine: Though those words sound incriminating, I believe Dehya is definitely not a spy.]
[Paimon: Then what's happening here?]
[Alhaitham: The answer will reveal itself if you watch a little longer.]