Leon's Thoughts

"To explore the truth of the world?"

The Machine God softly repeated the words several times. Its thought circuits spun at high speed, yet it could not grasp the deeper meaning behind them, nor could it understand what this had to do with sending humanity into space.

Though it was still utterly confused, one thing was certain: the future Leon described would never harm humanity.

The fact that neither of the two Counter Forces had intervened was proof enough.

The Counter Force of primates was merely an unconscious collective that ensured the continued existence of primates. Its actions were often simple and brutal—it would only strike to eliminate factors that threatened humanity.

But it...