Following Cowboy's departure, Adam pondered his own situation in silence for a long while.

Essentially, there was a deranged adapter who had completely mastered Yamata no Orochi's powers out to kill him.

Adam didn't know many powerful adapters of this caliber, and he could only think of three adapters on the same level that he could potentially recruit to help him, namely May, Sadou, and the director.

They were the most powerful adapters that he knew who had a neutral or positive affiliation with him. Out of those three, the director was the only one that Adam was certain would be able to defeat Hebi no Miko, but the director wasn't on his side. Furthermore, Adam had no idea what the director's objectives and desires were, so there was virtually no chance that he could get the director to help him...