In her underground room in the Mechanical District, all the machinery and screens were running normally.
The atomic machinery scattered throughout the area had sent no abnormal notifications or alarms either.
Everything was silent.
Silver Fantasy's expression was calm, her eyes devoid of any emotion. As the supreme machine body activated, she stepped out from amid the exposed machinery. She lightly tapped her temple, connecting to the strand of psionic signal linked to Sir Awen.
"Where are you now?"
"In the office area of the Central Plaza. Come over now. I'll wait for you in my office."
"All right."
Silver Fantasy ended the connection.
She strode toward the door.
Calmly, she reached out.
She casually took the Monomolecular Sword hanging on the wall and pushed the door open with force.
Blinding white light enveloped her.
She slowly opened her eyes. The towering spire of the Central Plaza gradually came into view, and the stone slabs beneath her feet felt real. Behind her, through the doorway that had appeared out of thin air in the Central Plaza, her room was still visible.
It was as though she had opened a door to another dimension.
Whoosh-
She glanced sideways.
The door connecting to her room behind her slowly vanished into thin air.
The entire Central Plaza was empty, without a single pedestrian in sight, and unnaturally quiet. The moment the door closed, her connection to the atomic machinery spread throughout Dark Night City...
Disappeared.
"So the next opponent you've chosen isn't Titan, but me."
Silver Fantasy wasn't surprised. Her expression was utterly calm, as though she had known all along that this would happen.
"Come out."
"I accept your challenge."
Shing-
A flame-like, scarlet monomolecular blade burst from the Monomolecular Sword in her hand.
A breeze blew, making a black robe