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You can't stop me.
The mind transfer process... has begun!
We'll hold Qu down!
I'm okay... Commandant.
The moment the transfer fails, Qu collapses onto the ground as if all the will to fight is gone in an instant.
Do you really have to help them... Huaxu? Even if it means disobeying me?
You know full well... You're running out of time.
According to the experiment, the mind transfer has a higher success rate if conducted inside your M.I.N.D.
But if the transfer is stopped midway, your M.I.N.D. will collapse.
There's no time for... finding any more vessels...
"Qu" keeps reaching into the air, as if groping for something.
For the last time... I command you, Huaxu.
...Qu seems to be trying to let Huaxu into her M.I.N.D.
I will give you half of my world, Huaxu.
And you will be truly free.
...I'm sorry.
What is love, Villier?
It's a biological program.
So it's something I'll never have?
You will. You are better than any human.
And what is freedom?
It's a state where you're free from any control.
You mean like you? Having a physical body and the ability to act without the input of any command?
Yes, pretty much.
If you have a body, what's the first thing you want to do?
...I want a hug.
"Qu", as if entering into a self-embrace, retracts the extended arm. Raising the blade, "Qu" sends the blade within.
...True freedom...
...is to act on your own will, not on the commands of others...
I still don't know what love is.
But because you're human, because you used to be human, I wish that... humanity will still live on, with hope in their hearts.
Don't hurt anyone on my account, Villier.
...And here I am, believing that you have a mind of your own. Yet I was the one who kept ignoring your intent.
The one who deprived you of freedom, the one who kept controlling you, was me...
I'm glad that at least in the end... I gave you... true freedom.
The ground shake. The buildings begin to collapse—a sign that this space is rejecting the mind occupying it.
In the midst of chaos, we catch a glimpse of a figure next to "Qu".
The two stay locked in an embrace until they both fade away.
