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Initializing memory sequences...
Rendering simulation image...
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Sir, the Corrupted ahead have all been exterminated.
This has been surprisingly easy so far... Quite unlike the reports from other defeated squads.
Look at those Corrupted by the roadside. They're just standing there before the graffiti. I don't think they even notice us...
It is quite eerie, but other than that, nothing noteworthy.
These graffiti are gathering the minds of these Corrupted.
Gathering their minds? But the Corrupted has no consciousness to speak of, sir. They are only puppets moving through the whims of the virus.
These graffiti are different from any other normal graffiti. There must be some special "meaning" behind it that is grouping these Corrupted together.
And this "meaning" and their resonance have gone beyond the influence of the Punishing Virus. After all, it's been proved for a long time that Corrupted under the control of Punishing Virus will never be interested in erasing anything except humanity.
This is possibly a... display of some sort of free will... I must report this immediately back to HQ—
Wait...! What are you doing!
These graffiti cools down the area too much and will affect our passage, so... I'm just trying to clean the graffiti in front of us...
This is too dangerous! Stop this at once...!
Uuuurgh—Free—Will—
Uuuurgh—Freedom—To—Machines—
The Corrupted that were studying the graffiti all swerve around to face the Construct squad.
Heh...
Hehe...
W-what...? It's releasing... mist? Wait, our radar systems are all malfunctioning!
Humans... cannot appreciate... my work... too stupid...
Stupidity... forgivable... but destroying... my work...? Unforgivable...
Urgh—!
They're gathering 'round us!
Hold formation!
Wait, what's that... a spray paint can?
TAKE COVER!
(Explosions)
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The simulation replay ends here...
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The mechanoid in the memory just now...
It should be the one behind these graffiti drawings.
Hehe... Correct...
Human... Human consciousness...? Absolutely... filthy...
We've got company!
Has it been hiding near us all this time? Why didn't we sense it?
The replay just now mentioned their radar systems failing... The Construct parts and vital fluids... Is that how it's concealing itself?
World... without... humans... freedom... creation... yes...
Humans... shall... not... return... to... Earth!
Begone, humans! Begone, humans!
(Giggle)
Commandant, watch out!
Splat—
Ugh... It's just, paint?
An array of colors splatters onto Lee's jacket.
Hehe... my work... is... "h-horrid," you say...
You—!
As Lee tries to chase after the culprit, mist suddenly creeps out from that mysterious figure, enshrouding everyone's vision.
