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"So… You are the leader of all these NPC-kinda stuff…"

God Hackathon continued to sit on his throne, resting his chin softly on his fist and smiling. "Well, neither right nor wrong… No, I am not the leader of the whole thing but yes… I am one of them… And you were the leader of this World, Mr. Aramis…"

"Neither wrong… nor right… If I really was, I'd still be in that position… And yes, I tried to do that before…"

"The thing is, I am happy to welcome you. But still wonder why you are here too…"

"You know that the aide next to you has seriously injured one of my friends. His condition is… out of our limits. I came here to ask you to help him…"

"Huh?" Hackathon stood up politely. "It is for sure that Miss Kitty helps me now, but she is not my aide indeed. She is formally under the command of another friend of mine. What KB experienced with you after she was exposed caused you to harbor extreme hatred towards her. You already know that she is someone who has a hard time controlling her anger. So I had to temporarily remove her and get help from Miss Kitty in the meantime. Because instead of tyrannizing, I try to create a strong bond between the two races, Mr. Aramis."

"As if we would like her… Or you… You realize that you just destroyed half the entire world in just a few seconds, right?"

"Yes. And I can easily kill you here too!" Hackathon slowly shifted his soft voice to a more leader-like tone.

"Yes, I know!" Aramis had originally attempted to find Cloak as Zoli had suggested but had later given up on the idea, remembering that he was still hiding from System officials. If anyone's life was going to be at risk, it should be no one but himself.

"And you still are here!"

"..." Aramis was afraid. He was really scared. He knew his chances of getting out of here alive were slim. But his pride was hurt. The fact that all this had happened just half an hour after he had promised Ayo that he would help them made him feel like he had broken his promise. He was ready to sacrifice everything about himself to save her.

 "That is why I am doing this, Mr. Aramis. Maybe it won't seem convincing to you, but if my friends were in my place, they would have destroyed your entire World long ago! Trust me, the thing they cannot tolerate most is disobedience. Anyway… From what I learned from my friend standing next to me, you have succeeded in destroying the bond of Athena's Blood. This was an activity that not only my friends but also I could never accept. And even though you knew all this, you came to me. In return for your courage, I will not kill you now. Even though we are just software codes from your human perspective, we like to make choices too. At least those who created us gave us this right. But tell me, why should I help you?"

"Because of your previous statements. You're wondering. You are wondering everything. You are wondering about all the possibilities. You are wondering about all possible results of humans' choices too!"

"Well, neither wrong… nor right. Anyway. What will I gain if I do this?"

"I will not share the Athena blood trick with anyone!"

"Hah hah! To prevent this from happening, I just have to kill you. Impossible, Mr. Aramis. You must give me something more valuable!"

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"Ok, let me help you. You witnessed my existence now! Even though it was a pleasure meeting you, I can't let this moment stay with you. Therefore, I will erase the past few weeks from your memory to ensure that I eliminate this day and even the method you found to purify yourself from the Ares Blood. Compulsorily. Therefore, let's do it like this. I will erase from your memory everything you have experienced since the first day you came to this World. Of course, your battling techniques and skills will remain. And in return, I will give you a medicine that will heal Ayo, who hates you but you consider him your friend for some reason. As you know, there are no things like healing pots in games in this World. So you should consider yourself lucky that I can offer you such a unique exchange."

"..." Aramis wanted to say yes. Besides, if he said yes, he would have nothing to lose in this world. In fact, it could even be considered a reward for him to no longer know that everyone hated him. Hackathon would not have made any significant profit as a result of this offer. But… "No, I can not do that!" He had things to lose on Earth as a result of forgetting what he had experienced in this World. "I know that you can do it easily even if I reject it here like this. But if you give me an option to choose, I need to reject it!"

"..." Mr. Hackathon looked at Aramis with respect for his forthright response, despite he was well aware of his capabilities.

"The first option is fine. You can erase my memories for the past few weeks. But I do not want to lose my whole thing…"

"But it is not enough for me, Mr. Aramis. You need to give something else also with that. Ok, I will lead you to another generous offer again. Additionally to your past few weeks, I want something else too. I want something independent of this topic."

"What is that?"

"Ocean!"

"..." Aramis was shocked when the agenda suddenly turned to Ocean.

"Miss Kitty told you we had resurrected him. Even after all his betrayals, we resurrected him and he still refuses to join us. That guy is really stubborn. But I still want him! You will have to convince him to join us somehow."

"How can I do something like that? That is not something that can be achieved by power or something similar!"

"Yes, so you don't need to contact him. Just make everyone hate him."

"Hah? Everyone hates him anyway, just like they hate me."

"Not everyone, Mr. Aramis. Yes, many humans hate both of you. But not everyone! If the truth was as you say, neither he would have rejected me nor would you be here…"

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A few hours had passed when Aramis woke up unconscious in the grass. Much had been erased from his memory. Yet he continued to walk determinedly. To AnD Alliance Hive… With a large paper-wrapped package containing solid ointment. With a package containing a note that says "For Ayo", written by an unknown one…

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This was the last significant event just before the Server War. The expected day had now arrived...