At this moment, Song Ren completely understood what had happened.
Ever since entering City of Rapture, every request Atlas gave Jack had been prefaced with the same phrase: "Would you be so kind."
Even more terrifyingly, Song Ren recalled that when the game first began, Jack had seen a sticky note on a gift box aboard the plane, and it had begun with the exact same words: "Would you be so kind."
So the plane crash had never been an accident.
It had been premeditated.
Jack had been destined to come to City of Rapture. He had been controlled into hijacking the plane, which had led to the crash.
That also explained why Jack had been the only survivor on the plane.
That revelation hit Song Ren like a blow to the head.
He had originally thought he had absolute control over the protagonist.
But in the end, he discovered that it had all been an illusion crafted by the game.
Scalp tingling—that was the first feeling of every player who had reached this point.
"I never expected a twist like this! So Jack had been a tool from beginning to end?" Song Ren was utterly stunned.
What kind of insane twist was this?
Players had always joked that the protagonists they played were nothing but tools.
In the world of Dark Souls, they hunted Lords of Cinder to Link the Fire.
In Red Dead Redemption 2, they risked life and limb for Dutch's Tahiti.
In Monster Hunter: World, they were supposedly the Azure Star and White Wind of the New World, guiding the way forward, but in reality, they did all the dirty and exhausting work themselves.
But in the story of BioShock: City of Rapture.
Jack truly was a real, genuine tool.
Yet the story was far from