[GT--Mechanical Research Institute--A researcher's remnant soul]
[Note: Someone who fled The End aboard a GT--Final Escape Pod, but was ultimately still devoured by The End, preserving only a final Remnant Soul through a field of Soul Mechanical Technology he had researched.]
Miatila's Appraisal Light Screen displayed the researcher's situation to Ye Qiyan.
"You... are you an outsider Train Conductor? Wait, is this... a new mechanical model? A type I've never seen before..."
The GT Researcher's Remnant Soul looked at Ye Qiyan, who had suddenly appeared in his field of vision, then swept his gaze over WALL-E beside him.
"Yes, a Train Conductor. But if you recognized that so quickly, it looks like the GT World really did have contact with Train Conductors before."
"...How did you get in here? No... even though I'm only a remnant soul, why do I feel afraid of you?
This feels just like a soldier meeting the Leader.
That ring, these Mechanical Lifeforms, and... you? What exactly are you?"
"You certainly have a lot of questions. Let me ask you some instead."
[Demon Card · Bewitchment]
Ye Qiyan was curious about this researcher's remnant soul from the GT World.
He was curious not only about Soul Mechanical Technology, but also about how many memories of the past this Remnant Soul still held, and how many GT Mechanical Blueprints those memories might contain.
That was what truly concerned Ye Qiyan.
The remnant soul could not resist [Bewitchment].
Amid the lingering whispers of the demon, he spoke directly:
"I was a member of the GT Mechanical Research Institute. Our objective was to hunt down The End that would eventually emerge in the GT World, as well as a... a..."
His soul flickered incessantly.
It resembled the black-and-white static on an old television.
He could neither utter nor