His memories had become a tangled haze.
Lynn slowly raised his hand, looking at the arm through which the Digital Current flowed.
He clearly saw the pitch-black mark of Ouroboros.
Then he abruptly raised his head.
He immediately saw that he seemed to be inside a transparent mechanical vessel. The digital torrent flowing around him felt intensely familiar.
[You're awake?]
A synthesized voice sounded beside his ear.
Outside the Glass Container in front of him, a round, floating mechanical creature slowly materialized amid streams of digits.
Its lens watched him, giving him an intensely familiar feeling.
"Intelligent Brain?!"
Lynn's gaze abruptly narrowed.
He whipped his head around and immediately sensed the flow of data.
This wasn't the real world!
It was...
The floating machine watched him and said:
[Don't move around-your soul was severely damaged-if you hadn't already converted yourself into a digital entity-saving you with ordinary methods-would have been a pipe dream.]
Lynn stared at it. "Where is this? Why am I here?"
The Intelligent Brain's calm voice came from the floating machine.
[My Hive, of course.] [Don't be nervous-ever since the Seven Gods declared us rebels-we haven't had time to oppose you-our Machine Intelligence is overseeing things now.]
Lynn froze.
The scene of their farewell surfaced in his mind almost instantly.
Silver Fantasy.
It was her...
As though it had seen what he was thinking, the floating machine slowly circled him, its calm voice ringing out.
[Don't think Miss Machine Intelligence still has feelings for you-and don't imagine rekindling anything-she knew nothing about this beforehand-I was the one who saved you-and don't overthink my reasons-although you really are a bastard-the enemy of my enemy is my friend-special circumstances call for special treatment.] [We've heard-about what happened in Dark Night City.]