Within the thunderclouds, Sephiroth drifted through the lightning in the form of Satellite Shining.
Beneath his translucent humanoid body, elementalized and held together by a magnetic field, currents surged like a tide. Sparks spread across his cyberpunk-style, high-tech light armor.
A face formed from dark lightning and electric arcs stared down at the Spade Pirates.
Not long before, he had rescued Lizard King in his Great Angel form and delivered him aboard Babylon's sail-powered flying ship, then immediately teleported to the coordinates supplied by CP4.
...As for matters involving Old Man Gui'an, those could wait.
[...Naruto, give me a status report.]
The last time Naruto had synchronized his data with Babylon Headquarters was when they defeated Lizard King.
The Spade Pirates' activities were essentially an open book to Sephiroth, with the transparency running only one way.
Sephiroth did not particularly dislike Ace. He was not the sort to harbor that kind of groundless malice toward the original story's main characters.
But he did not like him, either.
In Sephiroth's view, Ace certainly had some personal charisma. He simply was not the kind of person Sephiroth admired.
[Understood. Master, uploading the latest data.]
Naruto uploaded the latest information on the Spade Pirates.
Normally, he uploaded intelligence once a month on a fixed schedule, with additional uploads for special events.
Judging his "feelings" for Ace as real or fake was a little tricky. Fundamentally, they were the results of data processing.
Based on the needs of his mission, Naruto would "genuinely" act in Ace's best interests.
His master's commands, however, held the highest priority in his programming.
[After Ace is defeated, activate Overload Mode. Follow Plan No. 4.]
After reviewing the data, Sephiroth issued Naruto a new command.
Although each generation of Artificial Angels featured improved weapon loadouts and performance, their core