During the lunch break in the corridor, the Japanese Prime Minister used a folding fan to block half his face: "Mr. Hamilton, do you believe in the existence of *qi*?"
This out-of-the-blue remark made the air freeze—in the context of Eastern mysticism, *qi* and the "elixir core" of Alchemy were often conflated.
Hamilton stared at the water birds skimming across the lake, acid instantly churning in his stomach.
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