"So that's the general situation. All you need to do is control the sea beasts and keep them from swimming into these waters." Reynolds briefly explained what "Song" needed to do.
As for why they had to do this, Reynolds explained that a dangerous existence had appeared ahead and was sacrificing sea beasts to increase its own strength. If they did not stop it, the other party would endanger all the creatures in the Mist Belt.
"Song, I'm counting on you."
X3 kept her expression cold. After hearing Reynolds out, she snorted. "Why should I believe a traitor?"
Reynolds wore a bitter expression. "Do you still think I'm a traitor? Then... I have nothing to say. But you're the person who knows me best. You should understand that I have no reason to make up lies to deceive you."
X3 gave a faint, icy laugh. "Even if it puts the base in danger, so long as it destroys all of you, so what? The base's strength is something you simply don't understand. No creature can destroy the base. Even if all the wizard organizations in the Southern Region joined forces, they still wouldn't match the base, because behind it stands a major organization from the Source World. Sending out a single Legendary Wizard would be enough to overturn the entire Southern Region. That's a qualitative difference! Wake up, No. 01!"
X3 had started by mocking him, but the tone of her later words grew increasingly strange, as if she were a fanatical believer devoutly worshiping a god called "the base," without logic or any sense of self.
Watching this, Angel understood why Reynolds had said that everyone except him had been "brainwashed."
X3's behavior was a textbook symptom of brainwashing. She thought she still possessed independent thoughts, but in truth,