After what felt like a long time, Lotus City's circuit stopped running. It had fulfilled its purpose.
A figure stood atop the now-inactive circuit. She was a rather young-looking woman, and the scarlet patterns on the circuit were continuously contracting toward her.
It was as though even the final trace of energy was being guided into her body through the circuit.
When the scarlet color on the circuit was completely devoured, the red glow shrouding Lotus City abruptly vanished. It was like clouds parting to reveal daylight, yet also like something even more terrifying had descended.
Outside Lotus City, a young man was desperately fleeing.
For some reason, while the sky over Lotus City had still been red, he had been utterly unable to find a way out of the city, as though trapped in a ghostly maze. Now that the red glow had disappeared, he had to leave immediately.
He had already accomplished his goal. Now, he only needed to leave before the incident came to light and stay alive.
The underground circuit had merely been an appetizer. He was certain that if everything he had done was exposed, there was no way he could survive.
A hero?
Who wanted to be a hero at the cost of their life? He certainly did not.
If everything about him had not been in the hands of [Gods Heavy Industries], why would he obediently do something so exceedingly dangerous?
What terrible luck. His affinity with the [Cup] attribute was abnormally high, so he had been taken away for those inhumane experiments—and had happened to survive them.
And after putting him through all those cruel things, those bastards had still looked all impassioned as they told him the world would thank him. What the hell was he supposed to do with the