"Because it wanted to live." Uchiha Yato's voice sank.
A flood of memories that did not belong to him suddenly poured into his mind—one thousand years ago, Kanoshius had created "Jun" so it could absorb Program City's negative emotions for her and serve as her "emotional container."
Jun had only told him about some of the scars from its past before; it had never allowed Uchiha Yato to know these memories.
Uchiha Yato clearly saw Kanoshius seize a soul that was about to dissipate and say to it,
"What a pitiful little thing. Let me give you immortality!"
Then, he saw Kanoshius seal it within a sheet of contract paper.
Uchiha Yato had seen this kind of contract paper when he first arrived at the dining table, and Kanoshius had briefly explained it to him.
The scenes continued to play, and Uchiha Yato watched Jun's thousand-year past as though he were watching a movie.
But as time passed, Jun gradually developed self-awareness while processing vast amounts of data.
It discovered that Kanoshius's so-called "protection of Program City" was nothing more than treating the place as a "pasture" to nourish herself. Those imprisoned lives whose emotions were extracted—including Uchiha Yato and hosts from other dimensions—were merely her "nourishment."
"It was trapped by Kanoshius for a thousand years. While pretending to obey, it secretly gathered Kanoshius's core data."
Uchiha Yato raised his head, a trace of complexity in his eyes.
"That 'time bomb' it detonated just now was not some backup plan at all. It was Jun's thousand-year infiltration."
"It finally found a loophole in Kanoshius's main system—it planted its emotional energy, or rather, its soul origin, into Kanoshius's energy source. At the final moment, it completely replaced the main system's control."
Shisui abruptly clenched his fists, his tone full of shock.