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Meanwhile, the Red Tide's edges are unusually active.
Viscous crimson matter wraps around the fragments, forming a twisted shape amidst bubbling chaos.
No, something's off...
The crimson mass stills for a moment, readjusts, and begins to churn and coalesce once more.
That weapon in the human's hands... what a pain...
If the blast radius had been just a bit wider, I'd have lost this form entirely...
After over half an hour of agonizing fusion, the immortal girl finally emerges, twisted and torn, from the Red Tide.
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Through the sight of Punishing, she gazes at the Inver-Hetero Tower.
A crowd has mysteriously gathered, and no one seems to know how it happened.
Hey, is it true something weird's going on at the Inver-Hetero Tower?
Where'd you hear that?
I heard it from my partner.
Don't give me that look. I heard it from someone else.
It's hard to say who started the rumor...
The Construct shifts nervously under Yata's gaze.
You're with Scarab, right? Is this some top-secret stuff they're trying to hide? People keep getting blocked from the area.
No, it's just a rumor. We're simply investigating.
Oh, so it was just a rumor...
Though skeptical, the two of them quickly duck their heads and hurry away from the Inver-Hetero Tower.
What should we do? It's dawn, and if they get suspicious, they'll definitely come snooping around.
Who's blowing this out of proportion?
I have a hunch...
Stop, stop, stop!
Yata frantically silences Shiva.
At a time like this, you'd better watch your mouth.
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I can't believe the turnout!
If I could get in now, before Agent Zero is completely neutralized, I could recover more of that "legacy"...
Forget it. It's too risky. I'll lose most of it, but I can still salvage what I need later.
After all... her story<//INFORMATION> will live on.
I'll carry on "your" legacy, keeping "your" spirit alive within me.
Just as she's about to disappear back into the Red Tide, a thought strikes her.
Agent Zero...
Why call the pollution memetic that? Was it ever really a "person"?
It's okay...
This... I'll know soon enough.
