At that moment, the wind howled bitterly.
Lynn turned toward it almost as fast as he could. High in the distant sky, he saw that silver-blue figure he knew so well, just as she had looked when he uploaded her. She had awakened! She hadn't been locked inside Hive One!
[Miss Machine Intelligence-!]
The Intelligent Brain locked inside the Hive saw it at almost the same moment.
She was frantic.
And she saw that the silver-blue figure was heading straight for the center of the gathering energy, the Mother Tree of Desire's core.
"Target locked-central Energy Core located-frame operating at maximum output-"
The frame's notification rang out.
Beneath the azure helmet, emotionless eyes flowing with the Digital Current had already locked onto the faint silhouette visible in the energy imaging of the Mother Tree of Desire's central region.
The engines had reached maximum output. Amid the surging torrents of energy, the pale-silver frame was like a fallen leaf drifting in the wind.
She hadn't activated inside the Hive.
Or rather.
The moment she awakened, she had severed her links with every unit.
"Fate really does love toying with people, Miss Machine Intelligence. Since we've already cut ties, why did you have to show up here now? How am I supposed to bring myself to attack you?"
Lynn wasn't surprised.
His eyes reflected that figure in the distant sky.
At that instant.
He still drew his Night Demon Blade.
"But I can't let you ruin my plan. I'm sorry. In that case, stay here. Let's go back to where we stood before."
Because it had only been a dream.
And since the dream had ended, the protagonist of that story had to return to the present reality.
That couldn't be changed.
Humm-
At that instant.
Lynn urgently mobilized a portion of