“I see. That’s good then. But...what’s going on? It’s completely dark here. I can’t move my body. Is the STL malfunctioning? Sorry, let me out of the machine.” “No...unfortunately, I can’t do that.” “Oi oi, what now? What are you saying? Who are you? I’ve never heard your voice before.” Higa was giving off a cold sweat as he remained silent for a while, and then answered in a slow tone, “I’m Higa. Higa Takeru.” “...” The red light flared, and suddenly cringed back. After a moment of silence, the sharp extremities expanded as if they were resisting something. “Damn bastard, what are you saying!? I’m Higa here! Let me out of the STL!” “Calm down, don’t get upset. This isn’t like you.” At this point, Rinko finally understood the meaning of the scene in front of her. Higa was talking to the clone of his own soul. “Then, think about it calmly, try and recall. Your memory should be interrupted the moment you entered the STL to extract the Artificial Fluctlight clone.” “...So what? Of course that’s the case. I was unconscious during the scan.”