Absurd and Cruel

Within this wizard city, on a small secondary plaza—

"Repeat after me!"

A stern middle-aged man in a formal gray wizard's robe stood before several dozen young wizard apprentices with prematurely white hair. Waving his arms, he led them in a loud chant: "We are all—Android people!"

The apprentices wore uniform standard-issue robes, their faces brimming with excitement and high spirits as they shouted in unison, "We are all—Android people!"

"Louder!"

The middle-aged wizard raised his voice, filled with fervor. "For generation after generation—Android people!"

"For generation after generation—Android people!" The apprentices shouted at the top of their lungs, their cheeks flushing red.

Just then, an elderly wizard in a black robe trimmed with silver thread, his aura clearly much deeper and more profound, slowly passed by the edge of the plaza.

He was accompanying an envoy delegation from the wizard organization House of Saipan, whose robes differed greatly in color and style and bore strange rune emblems.

Catching sight of them from the corner of his eye, the middle-aged wizard leading the chant immediately turned solemn and whispered to the apprentices, "The leaders are here. Get yourselves together and shout louder~"

He then took a deep breath, raised his right arm in a Nazi-style salute, and screamed himself hoarse: "Long live Android! Android is fucking awesome! I'm willing to be an ox and a horse, to struggle for Android all my life!"

The dozens of apprentices immediately closed their eyes as well and roared with all their strength, "Long live Android! Android is fucking awesome! I'm willing to be an ox and a horse, to struggle for Android all my life!"

The waves of voices rolled onward, overflowing with fanatical loyalty.

Seeing this, the passing elderly wizard stroked his beard in satisfaction. Smiling faintly at the leader of House