? "This is terrifying." Nobara Kugisaki couldn't help rubbing the goosebumps on her arms. "It makes me feel genuinely sick and scared."
After all, Pure Humans looked just like Homo sapiens, and their behavior was so similar that it was all too easy to empathize. Watching them die in batches like weeds was not, in fact, satisfying.
"These two are just... so resilient." After weighing her words for a long time, Nobara Kugisaki could only settle on that description.
Perhaps that resilience was what allowed them to remain completely unaffected. Still, as members of the species that had been exterminated, they probably felt differently from the spectators.
"What revenge ultimately brings isn't release, but deeper suffering." Koyo Ozaki sighed. "They've long since lost the ability to escape this endless hatred. Even if they succeed, what will they have left?"
They were still only children. Koyo Ozaki, twenty-six this year, grieved for them.
"This is far too casual. Killing... is too easy." Someone felt uneasy. If Tsunayoshi Sawada still showed a trace of recognizable emotion, An Xinyi simply disregarded Pure Humans altogether. Judging by his reactions, Pure Humans were nothing more than strings of data to him.
"Yes, that's part of what makes An Xinyi abnormal." Mori Ōgai offered his assessment. "Most of what he does is extreme. After all, he has to unify the wills of every An Xinyi. It's understandable, in that light."
"This is the optimal solution. Otherwise, he would be the first to collapse."
"Useless!"
At a meeting of the Pure Humans' senior leadership, their acting leader, Kasso, berated them. "A mere pair of rats has inflicted such enormous losses on us, and you still can't find them! What have you all been doing?"
The other Pure Humans bowed their heads, silently enduring Kasso's reprimands.
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