(Miluno)
The dim storage room, the cold metal floor, and countless green-glowing canisters filled the space. Each canister contained a humanoid soaking inside.
The floor itself was empty and spacious, but the circular bulges scattered across it showed that more of those canisters were stored beneath our feet...
Honestly, this looked exactly like the setting for a final boss battle. I would not have been surprised if Great Blood suddenly appeared with an absurdly long health bar above her head, but she did not...
Great Blood's intentions were still unclear, and we continued feeling our way through this fabricated room.
"So this really isn't reality?" I asked.
Mono said, "Hard to say. Even in reality, Great Blood has the ability to create environments. Think about it—why would the Breeding Facility, which no one had ever been able to enter, have industrial conveyor belts and transport passages for Base Bodies? Those facilities that supported Monster production definitely weren't there from the start."
She made a convincing argument, so I asked in return,
"Creating life and constructing environments—Great Blood really is impressive. Can you do that?"
Mono froze for a moment, then muttered a defense.
"Uh, you can't compare us like that! Everyone has their specialty. Great Blood is responsible for producing life, while Great Hand is just strong. Isn't that even more useless?"
Being strong was still more useful than Mono, wasn't it?
"All you know is comparing who's worse. Great Hand has always been under Aldebaran's control, and she has never actively expressed her own consciousness. How do you know what abilities she has?"
"Th-then how do you know I don't have any abilities?"
"Then what is your ability?"
When I asked that, Mono became evasive again.
I stopped teasing her and said, "All right. Actually, I have a rough