[Gluttony]?
Oh, right...
After hearing M's words, Luther took a moment to react before he remembered.
When their earlier search for [Greed], Ivanova, had come up empty, M had proposed reconstructing a personality using the Beyonder characteristic left behind by [Gluttony]. The memories of a personality built this way would be incomplete, but it might still offer some help.
However, the process was time-consuming, and before the virtual personality was even finished, [Greed], Ivanova, had surfaced on her own.
"But since you've already achieved your goal, it seems you don't need him anymore."
M smiled. "Why not just erase him?"
"Wait. Let me go up and take a look first."
Luther spoke after a moment's thought.
It seemed a little wasteful to destroy a virtual personality that had taken so long to construct.
He closed his eyes and imagined his body surrounded by the tide. His consciousness slowly sank until he appeared above that vast expanse of water.
"Whoosh..." The illusory black tide stirred gently, and the towering white tower stood in silence.
Luther walked across the sea and approached the tower. A figure occupied one of its vacant spaces. His appearance was indistinct, barely recognizable as a man, and bore some resemblance to [Gluttony], the member of the Psychological Alchemists' Council whom Luther had killed on Toscarter Island.
"Do you know who you are?"
He addressed the shadowy figure.
"[Gluttony]..."
The man answered slowly, his blurred face filled with confusion and pain. "I... I think I died..."
"You're not dead."
Luther coaxed him. "Answer my questions honestly, and I'll let you live."
M stood beside him, golden light flickering in his eyes as he silently influenced the man's mind.
"All right, I'll talk..."
[Gluttony]'s residual consciousness was already somewhat muddled, and Luther persuaded him easily. "What do you want