"You knew perfectly well that the victory conditions you proposed might make Pride the target of everyone. Were you dissatisfied with his performance?"
In the center of Hell, beside the railing overlooking the atrium of the High Tower of Thought, Marvel Schiller leaned on the rail and looked at Superego beside him as he asked.
Superego shook his head. "I'm not dissatisfied with anything. I'm merely the Administrator who gathers the will of all personalities. I only make decisions that benefit the personalities most."
"Do you think Pride is no longer suited to be the personality controlling the body?" Marvel Schiller asked again.
But Superego shook his head once more. "He just needs to take some time off. Don't tell me you haven't noticed that his attempt to merge with his other half has never gone smoothly."
"I thought you didn't know about that. So he wasn't trying to merge in secret?" Marvel Schiller raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"No. You may think that because I was the one who split Pride in two, I should oppose them when they want to merge.
"But the reason I split Pride in two was that the High Tower was unstable at the time. Pride was, after all, a negative personality trait. If he rose to the surface intact, it might have caused a mental breakdown."
"But now that the High Tower has been fully repaired, there's no danger in him becoming whole again and rising to the surface."
"Then why did you start this competition?" Marvel asked with a frown.
"Because his merger process was destined not to go smoothly." Superego sighed. "I hope he succeeds, but on one hand, the Joker Virus is indeed unusual. It could be called the great will of the universe, and it won't be easy to