Cybersecurity Assistant: Said your goodbyes to him properly?

Persica: Yeah…

Cybersecurity Assistant: If you want, I can still stall for a bit more time.

Cybersecurity Assistant: 42Lab's firewall is so boring. It’s full of holes.

Cybersecurity Assistant: I was only gone for a little while and these guys are already slacking off. Maybe I should just go challengeURNC's system for fun.

Persica: It’s fine.

Persica: I’ve seen the Professor, and I’ve given him our gift.

Blazing Lion's Slash: As if! We didn't even get a chance to talk to the Professor!

Lilac's Herbalist: Indeed, it's so unfair that Miss Persica got the Commander all to herself!

First Light of Dawn: Thinking about it now, wouldn't it have been more logical to leave this matter to the Sanctifiers?

Mecha Fanatic: Whoa! That guy's trying to get a head start!

Mecha Fanatic: Sigh… I wanted to ask the Professor about the new Armored C*re game… But there are so many people on the Elmo…

Mecha Fanatic: Good thing I don't have to go help those Dolls… ah, but the Elmo itself is just so cool!

NotREAL?: I’m already satisfied just seeing the new idols.

Stargazer: The stars have once again gathered around that person.

Stargazer: And we, the scattered stars, will eventually gather by his side as well.

Blazing Lion's Slash: That doesn't solve the problem! I want to see Lewis and the others again!

NotREAL?: Speaking of which, I didn't see Kuro-chan… looks like she hasn't reunited with the Professor yet.

NotREAL?: Oh dear, I forgot to ask Vepley-chan for an autograph.

(The sound of the Dolls' arguing echoes through the channel, until someone, unable to bear it any longer, lets out a roar.)

Cybersecurity Assistant: Be quiet!!!!!

Blazing Lion's Slash: Anna, you already talked to the Professor, you don't get to speak!!

Cybersecurity Assistant: What's that supposed to mean?!

Persica: Hehehe… This feels just like the old days.

Persica: Don't worry, I think we'll have another chance to see the Professor.

Persica: Perhaps next time, not in the cloud… but in reality.

First Light of Dawn: That's certainly something to look forward to. I wonder if a suitable body can be prepared for me…

Blazing Lion's Slash: We have to prepare one for Souchun too… and Hannah and the others!

Cybersecurity Assistant: You all have some nerve, preparing bodies for the enemy's primary targets!

Cybersecurity Assistant: Put the daydreams aside for a moment, let's be serious.

Cybersecurity Assistant: That agent, the one called "Persica negro," was indeed tampered with by someone inside 42Lab.

Cybersecurity Assistant: But that person still hasn't shown their face. However, to be able to grasp the Entropic Code so easily… I can only think of two people who could do it.

Cybersecurity Assistant: Persica, did you remind the Professor? About his uniqueness… as the only human to have uploaded to the cloud and returned to a physical body.

Persica: The Professor is already aware. As his memories return, he will surely be able to handle the problems in the real world.

Persica: As for those unwelcome guests trying to spy on the Professor's existence in the cloud…

(Persica extends her hand, and purplish-red computing power condenses in her palm, leaping like a flame.)

Persica: Since they won't heed our warnings, let's expel them in a more… forceful way.

Persica: Let's move out, Exiles.

ON THE PATHWAY OF FUTURE WE RETURN.

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Pub: 09 Sep 2025 09:45 UTC

Edit: 09 Sep 2025 09:48 UTC

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