53 54 301 Like a spring being uncoiled, Camu's body shoots out like an arrow. With his greatsword in hand, he cuts a wide sweep aside.
54 55 301 If it were not for Karenina pushing you to the ground, the blade would have slit your throat.
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56 57 301 1 Lucia Commandant! 1
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58 59 301 1 Camu Hah... Uugh... Arghhhh! 1
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60 61 301 1 Liv The viral density near Kamui's frame is rising rapidly! He needs emergency buffers, NOW! 1
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62 64 301 PanelActor1Shake 1 Camu —Vegvisir… 1
63 65 301 Camu —Asgishjalmur! Asgishjalmur!! 1
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65 68 301 1 Lee Tsk, looks like he's not listening! 1
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67 70 301 1 Karenina Then we'll have to do it the hard way! 1
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69 72 301 RImgBg1Shake Karenina swings her bazooka to deter the advances of Camu. Using the explosive thrust of the bazooka, she forcefully knocks Camu over and buries him into the soft sand.
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71 74 301 1 Lucia Liv! Now! 1
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73 76 301 Lucia and Lee combine efforts to pin Camu's upper body down before he come to. Camu's flailing limbs send spurts of sand flying.
74 77 301 Seeing an opening, Liv hurriedly links a primed buffer to the back of Camu's neck.
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77 80 301 1 Liv M.I.N.D. buffer, at max output! 1
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79 82 301 PanelActor1Shake 1 Camu ...Ugh—Ahhh! 1
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83 86 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Camu ... 1
84 87 301 Camu What... What happened... just now? 1
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86 89 301 1 Liv I limited your power output to 5% of your original through a buffer. We'll try to figure out a solution before the buffer fails. 1
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88 91 301 1 Camu ...No. What I want to know is why did I suddenly take control of Kamui's body? And why is this body getting out of control in my hands? 1
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90 93 301 1 Liv The energy control system in your body isn't functioning properly, likely because the M.I.N.D. of your frame is severed... 1
91 94 301 Liv I can't perform high-precision repairs alone. We might need help from Babylonia... 1
129 132 301 Asimov As you should already know, the M.I.N.D. is a system designed to maintain human consciousness for Constructs... 1
130 133 301 Asimov And for some reason, someone added in a set of general-purpose computer I/O terminals to the virtual human brain neural array structure... 1
131 134 301 Asimov ...Wait. I think I was that very someone. Well, whatever. 1
132 135 301 Asimov In a nutshell, if the M.I.N.D. can't find the corresponding solution in its error library, the GPC part will endlessly try to open a door that doesn't exist. 1
133 136 301 Asimov Because it only remembers that door. 1
134 137 301 Asimov Even if you, the owner, have moved away from home, kicked it, or if you're head-banging to heavy metal, it'll still keep looking for you. In short, it'll keep looking for the designated doorway until it finds it. 1
140 143 301 1 Asimov If you're just another average Construct, then it wouldn't matter. But you're not. 1
141 144 301 Asimov Your signals are a hodgepodge, but there are characteristic signals of the Ascension-Network in your Inver-Device echoes. 1
142 145 301 Asimov This means that, though you're not an Ascendant, you're still similar to one. 1
143 146 301 Everyone !!!
144 147 301 Asimov Based on 【kuroname】's description of the situation earlier, I have decided to classify these Ascendant-like beings with special characteristics like you as "Transcendants." 1
145 148 302 Transcendant? 149
146 149 301 Asimov Yes, a Transcendant. Because of the Ascendant nature of Camu from what you have described, and the in-between state of them being on the "the other side" of a Construct, but not to the point of being an Ascendant. 1
147 150 301 Asimov For now, all we know is that Camu's "transcendence" is the work of Roland. Roland has granted him Ascendant characteristics somehow. 1
148 999001 301 Asimov Comparing it with previous cases, we can see that Camu's case bears a high degree of similarity to the Kowloong leader Qu. 1
149 151 302 ...Huh. 152
150 152 301 Asimov And, Camu's appearance has essentially confirmed a hypothesis I reached with President Hassen before: There are more Ascendants than the ones that we know of. 1
151 153 301 Asimov There are likely Ascendants with other purposes in mind, or even Ascendants who are willing to work with us. 1
152 154 301 Asimov Ah, I seem to have gone off topic. Let's continue. 1
153 155 301 Asimov Let's return to the door metaphor. "Camu", you are the one who moved houses, making the control system in your body unable to find the door home. That is what happened. 1
154 156 301 Asimov If you are indeed the Camu from the Kurono data I have, you have transferred the I/O terminal ownership to Kamui in the past to let him take charge. 1
155 157 301 Asimov In other words, your consciousness does not have the authority to access or use most of the terminals on this frame. 1
156 158 301 Asimov Action module terminals keep no locks—you feed them any signals and they'll move. But your energy-related terminals require additional plug-ins and authentication... 1
157 159 301 Asimov When the superuser consciousness enters a lockdown for some reason, other consciousnesses can do nothing about the energy system going out of control. 1
163 165 301 1 Asimov Return to Babylonia for maintenance and repairs. We'll completely separate you from Kamui and plug your consciousness to another frame. 1
169 171 301 1 Asimov Of course, because of the unknown factor of Tenebrion, even if we separate you from Kamui... We can't guarantee that Kamui will recover. 1
175 177 301 1 Asimov But this should be able to buy both you and us the necessary time to solve the problem, at least. 1
176 178 301 Asimov 【kuroname】, before you went on your vacation, I remember giving you a special tech prototype... 1
177 179 301 Asimov It's a little something I made after getting ideas from the collars on the Nighter. It's essentially a necklace-sized remote connection pod. 1
178 180 302 ... 181
179 181 301 Asimov What are you waiting for? Finding it weird that it's so small? Hurry up and whip it out. 1
180 182 302 (Whip out prototype necklace) 183
181 183 301 Asimov Put it on. Then I'll explain. 1
182 184 302 ...I demand an explanation first. 185 (Put on the necklace) 190
183 185 301 Asimov It's pretty much the same thing as from April Fools' Day. 1
184 186 301 Asimov But I remade it into a system-on-a-chip, and then had the WGAA make me a shell. 1
185 187 301 Asimov Then I wrote a masking algorithm that reduces the consciousness stress to 0.27% of the original, even with the same power output. 1
186 188 189 301 Asimov And then some more tech magic, and it's done. 1
187 189 302 (Put on the necklace) 190
188 190 301 Asimov Okay, caught the signal. Camu, I want you to get as close to 【kuroname】 as you can. 1
219 222 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Asimov ...Okay. I'm in. 1
220 223 301 Asimov Hm? What's with this visual interface...? 1
221 224 301 Asimov Oh. Never mind. 1
222 225 301 Asimov Camu, your energy output should be back to normal. You can try... Well, try moving around a little. 1
223 226 302 Where am I? 227
224 227 301 Asimov Oh, forgot about you. It's okay. You're now seeing the visual interpretation of Camu's M.I.N.D.—in other words, Camu's cognition. 1
225 228 301 Asimov Too much trouble rewriting a visual interface for a Transcendant. Camu will be the one doing the fighting anyway, not you. So I redirected your visuals to his M.I.N.D. instead of the frame. 1
226 229 301 Asimov You'll be fine as long as you have access to the energy modules and tactical authority. Which is why I'm keeping everything simple. 1
227 230 301 Asimov Transcendants might require a completely different system at the root level... It might take some time to create a full set of compatible terminals. The frame will also have to be redesigned the way Nikola intended... 1
234 237 301 1 Asimov Okay! Then it's sorted. You can stop worrying about the small stuff. I'll provide 【kuroname】 with a signal reference for visual support. You should head towards Roland with the others. 1
235 238 301 Asimov I found traces of his signal a little further ahead of you. Looks like he's still keeping a close eye on your condition. 1
245 248 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 Roland Oh my. Who do we have here? 1
246 249 301 Roland Such a bad, bad boy—squirming through the filtering this way. 1
247 250 301 Roland Did you know? Most converted Constructs become zealots of hatred and despair, when those emotions are merely amplified by the filtering... 1
248 251 301 Roland Of course, past that point of no return, it's a fare-thee-well to their souls. 1
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250 253 301 1 Camu Whatever. Just tell me how to get Kamui back. 1
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252 255 301 1 Roland Heh... As the true master of your mind, is that all you want? How revolting. 1
253 256 301 Roland Did that phantom of a Kamui weave some dream so sweet that you can't pull yourself out of? 1
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255 258 301 1 Camu I'm not here to make small talk... 1
256 259 301 Camu I'm stuck here in this outdated frame, just to make you spit out what I want. 1
257 260 301 Camu I'm mad, so prepare to pay. 1
258 261 301 Camu Got it? 1
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260 263 301 1 Roland ...Hahaha. 1
261 264 301 Roland ...Hahahahaha. 1
262 265 301 PanelActor1Shake Roland ...Ahahahahahaha! 1
263 266 301 Roland My hero, MY! Looks like you truly did escape the "trial" in some way... 1
264 267 301 Roland Humans... and you lesser-than-human thing! You're all the same! 1
265 268 301 Roland The network chose you! But you always let the network down! 1
266 269 301 Roland Fine. Come on. 1
267 270 301 Roland Time for a good whipping, my bad, bad boy. 1
268 271 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Roland After all, it's the teacher responsibility when a vile little rascal doesn't grow into a proper, functional "human" being. 1
