Fortress Falls (Part Two)

Yagami Motoko silently followed behind the Fortress, watching him walk step by step into the depths of the flames, where the planet's mainframe core truly lay.

She wanted to do something, but whenever the thought arose, the personality mask felt like a red-hot nail, twisting her thoughts back into place.

Being allowed to retain her consciousness was a form of torture.

Yagami Motoko painfully recalled scene after scene from the joint squad's mission.

What should have been a special operation to save the order of this planet had ultimately become the final straw that crushed the cyber test site.

Every time Yagami Motoko thought of this, she felt as if her head were about to explode.

Staying lucid was the most terrifying torture of all.

At last, as the final flame slowly unfolded, the Fortress, Harumaki the Clown, and Zero arrived at the "true Fortress."

It was much like the Fortress in the mother city.

The only difference was that the entire planet was reflected across the ground.

There was also an extra sun in the sky, its bright rays illuminating the entire planet.

"By the way, now that we're here, has the real Fortress noticed? Do you think he'll be so shocked that his eyeballs fall out?" Harumaki the Clown asked curiously.

The Fortress suddenly turned around. Though his face had no features, a trace of cold sharpness appeared on it.

"I am the only Fortress!"

Harumaki the Clown froze, then let out two strange chuckles, bowed deeply, and loudly declared, "You are the true Fortress!"

Wherever the Fortress looked, all the buildings on the ground rose into the air, and vast amounts of planetary data were drawn into them.

This data from the cyber test site would be extremely valuable on the cosmic black market. Some civilizations would