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Connected.
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A strange scene unfolds before you. Watanabe and Ayla are standing on two sides, keeping distance from the Corrupted while preparing to fight.
According to my calculations, the Corrupted are splitting up, moving toward our east and west.
How are you doing there, ■■■■■?
■■■■■...? What's going on?
...I detected an abnormal signal connecting to my M.I.N.D. 0.34 microseconds ago. This signal must have affected our communication system.
This signal...
Commandant...? You're watching us, aren't you?
I see. For a split second, it felt like I was being controlled.
I'm assisting ■■■■■ in a temporary clean-up mission.
Commandant, care to explain what's going on?
So you were kidnapped and put into a connection chamber, because of April Fool's Day... And you have problems identifying us.
But from what you said, the recognition discrepancy didn't happen to Lucia.
Perhaps that connection chamber wasn't fully activated just then... Or maybe there was another reason. Anyway, could you describe what we look like to you?
So I'm Ayla... Hmm.
Watanabe... huh. Why would Commandant see me as Watanabe?
Is this another trick that Lord is playing on me?
The kidnappers mentioned April Fool's Day. It could all be part of that.
Maybe we could find some clues by creating abnormal happenstances. How about...
■■, put your hand on my chest.
It's only a behavioral experiment in order to find out the truth.
Harassment...?
No, I'm not doing that. In Commandant's eyes, it would be Watanabe putting his hand on Ayla's... chest, right?
Bugs are often discovered in irregularities. Maybe by inducing conflict, we will be able to test the stability of this connection system.
This could be the key to solving this issue.
I said no. And please don't talk about these weird things with such a straight face!
I agree! Let's search for Commandant's whereabouts.
I just ran a second risk calculation. We don't know much about the chamber, so any attempts that may possibly crash the system might be potentially harmful.
Looks like we have to search the area inch by inch.
