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Clean-up complete!
The last Corrupted stops moving under his chain blade. Roland spins his shotgun and looks out into the distance.
His comms rings.
Target lured to the designated location.
Looks like those little pets Cinderelik brought have led the Scavengers right to me...
Very good. I always take every performance seriously.
Let the show begin.
Recording:
The ability of Hetero-Creatures to imitate fighting skills is incredible. Their regeneration speed has also reached the expected standard.
The Punishing Red Tide is spreading on the surface and capturing food as planned. Everything is developing steadily.
—The Punishing Virus's own will is growing in this deep pool.
After witnessing the generation and extinction of innumerable Hetero-Creatures, this thought spontaneously crossed my neural circuit.
It seems I can advance to the next step in my plan.
Before that, I need to "create" powerful tools. A powerful force needs a terminal that can control it.
Roland showed interest in Hetero-Creatures. After testing his loyalty, I have acquiesced to him participating in the experiment under my supervision.
However, he doesn't seem to have understood anything regarding the experiments. Instead, he seems more concerned with the "nature of Ascnet".
Fool, that isn't of our concern. Our mission is to pass on the will of Ascnet.
Surely enough, I can't expect him to understand the ambitions of Ascnet.
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