Laogushi's Misplaced Projection and Phainon's Social Death~

Heh... utterly foolish.

Laogushi couldn't help but mock Phainon and the others when he saw their bewildered expressions.

Its remarkably humanlike mockery made everyone realize something was off about it, and Screwllum, who most wanted to experience human emotions, immediately perked up.

After all, for the mechanical race, no matter how they studied human behavior and personality, even going so far as to imitate it millions upon millions of times, machines were still machines.

Because machines needed logic, while abstract humans did not...

Humans always decided to do whatever came to mind. The only things that could restrain their nature were laws and morality.

And those were things machines, with logic and patterns written into their Core Code, could never match. That was why Screwllum's greatest wish was to lead the mechanical race into becoming part of humanity, rather than being mocked as scrap metal!

Yet Laogushi's increasingly absurd behavior made Screwllum stare intently at it. Simulations ran millions of times within his chips as he sought to become as full of "humanity" as Laogushi.

"Who are you calling utterly foolish?! You scrap heap that always turns tail and runs!"

"Uh, I wasn't talking about you."

After Phainon called Laigushi a scrap heap in return, he quickly clarified to Screwllum that he had not been insulting him.

Screwllum helplessly shook his head upon hearing Phainon use the words "scrap heap." Of course, he knew Phainon was not taking a jab at him, but merely insulting Laigushi in return.

"So your true purpose was to use this data world for simulations, refining the program known as the Iron Tomb in hopes of elevating it into the so-called Great Void Lord?"

Kevin pondered for a moment before voicing his guess to Laogushi.

Correct, but that was not all.

Since you are all