Garden [4]

Damien nodded. This wasn't anything out of his expectation. After all, was there any other reason for a third group to exist if not to oppose the other two?

After Damien's suspicion of Asgard started growing, he also started to assume about the existence of this group. However, he didn't have any methods to confirm his thoughts.

When he met Lynn, he came to realize that she wasn't some normal researcher. She was clearly someone who was involved in the rapidly changing undercurrents of this world. But this wasn't enough for Damien to suspect her.

That only happened when he first sensed the group of shadows that came after him.

Lynn was his only new interaction, and although his status was precarious enough for those shadows to be sent for anyone, reality was different.

Asgard still had confidence in Eve, the AI implanted in his head. Meanwhile, Niflheim had confidence in themselves. As he was a researcher at Evotech, he was already in their grasp.