Becoming an immortal digital life-form and being able to control others at will were only part of his plan.
"If everything that has happened so far has been part of his plan..."
What exactly did he want to do that required so many conditions, including being able to control others at will, powerful individuals emerging among the outsiders, and unrest sweeping the entire city?
Dan Heng's dragon brain overloaded, but he still couldn't figure it out.
Under what circumstances would all these conditions come together and serve a purpose? With just one or two of them missing, Dan Heng could have logically concluded that the man wanted to rule the world.
But putting all these things together was like putting coffee beans, powdered alien wood-boring insects, and dead fish heads from Talasa together. Their purpose was impossible to fathom.
It was worth mentioning, though, that if those really were the things laid out in front of Dan Heng, he could immediately guess who had prepared them and who was behind it all, and get ready to disappear from the Astral Express for a while.
"How did this happen?!"
Make no mistake, that wasn't Dan Heng shouting. His dragon brain was still hard at work when a familiar voice interrupted him.
"That voice... Taco?"
Dan Heng soon remembered. It was the burly man he and Himeko hadn't had time to bring along during their fierce aerial battle with the Mobile Unit.
He furtively poked his head out. Though Dan Heng wanted to help him, he thought of how that bastard Yamada would immediately take control of a whole crowd of civilians and send them attacking the moment he appeared.
When that happened, whether the trash can could keep him hidden would be another question.
After repeated consideration, Dan Heng still felt