: 6 out of 2

Chapter 730 The Six-in-One Divide

Why?

As Natsume asked him questions, Natsume struggled to get up from the ground.

He dusted himself off, a strange expression on his face that was a mixture of absurdity and helplessness.

"You didn't leave a single flaw from beginning to end, I have complete faith in you."

Natsume patted his clothes, brushing away non-existent dust, appearing extremely relaxed and content.

If Natsume Rainbow had truly been bound to a system, he wouldn't have failed to report Arceus's base stats, nor would he have been "curious" about being able to detect Arceus's true form.

Moreover... a system where even items are "picked up".

You're telling me it will harm me?

Natsume pondered, "The probability is not high."

However, it was impossible for him to talk so much nonsense with the enemy.

So Natsume shrugged and said, "Of course," with a knowing look on his face.

"Explaining all this to you is pointless; simply put..."

He pointed to his head and made up a story: "I have a little problem with my mental state, you know, it's normal for me to suddenly pull out a big firecracker and set it off like a firework."

The data stream inside the Divine Remnant Mech flickered violently a few times, seemingly performing high-speed calculations.

A few seconds later, the cold, mechanical voice sounded again: "Data analysis: Anomalies in the mental domain provided by the target unit, subject Natsume, partially match the observed irrational behavior."

"Probability assessment: The confidence level of this explanation is 45.555...%."

Conclusion: This information is not accepted as valid at this time. Activate backup plan B.

Natsume:

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How did you arrive at the part that matches?

How could someone act in a way that makes sense?

Natsume keenly noticed that in Rainbow Natsume's retelling, he was the test subject.

Moreover, judging from Natsume's serious analysis... his mental health issues seem to have nothing to do with Team Rainbow Rocket?

Natsume stood still, sometimes frowning, sometimes relaxing, just staring at Rainbow Natsume.

"Behavioral analysis—you don't seem afraid."

The massive divine mech lowered its head and looked at Natsume.

"Nonsense, you haven't even gotten what you want yet, what am I afraid of?"

Natsume looked at the other person as if they were an idiot, seemingly waiting for Rainbow Natsume's so-called Plan B.

When his forceful pressure failed, the guy quickly spoke again.

After waiting for a long time, Natsume saw the "World" ring that had disappeared reappear in his hand.

"Join us, and you'll be home soon."

Rainbow Natsume's emotionless voice continued to ring out.

Natsume:

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Is Option B simply an olive branch?

"Sure," Natsume readily agreed.

"Give me control of the Divine Remnant Mech, and I'll give you Team Rainbow Rocket. Everything is negotiable."

Natsume clapped his hands and made a small request.

Faced with Natsume's "small request" that could be described as "outrageous", the rainbow Natsume inside the Kamui mecha did not hesitate for even a second.

"Option B was rejected. Judgment: The target unit, Natsume, lacks sincerity in cooperating."

"Enable forced solution C: Directly integrate core components."

The moment the cold, mechanical sound fell, the entire pure white space trembled violently once again.

Natsume watched in disbelief as the space not far in front of him was torn apart as if by an invisible hand, and a spatial rift, shining with the unique emblem of the Sunshine Academy, suddenly opened.

On the other side of the crack, Rainbow N's figure flashed by, even with a hint of wicked smile, waving at Natsume as if to say, "Item delivered, no warranty."

Immediately afterwards, his Rotom prototype, which only had a complete head, torso, and left arm, while its right arm and legs were missing, was forcibly "spit out" from the crack by a brute force and crashed heavily onto the ground of the pure white space.

Natsume: "???"

You've gone and started robbing me outright?

Such a big difference?

Weren't we just trying to win them over with "emotion and reason"?

Without giving Natsume any time to react or stop it, the massive God Relic Mech extended its ferocious right arm, composed of a world-traveling device, with its five fingers spread wide like an eagle's claws catching a chick, and fiercely grabbed at the Rotom prototype that had just landed.

hum! ! !

The moment the two machines made contact, the world-traveling device on the right arm of the Divine Remnant Mech burst forth with a blinding white light.

Countless energy lines shot out from the arm armor like living things, precisely piercing the Rotom prototype's head, torso, and left arm.

The forced fusion has begun.

The God Relic Mech attempts to use its plundered and mixed power to brutally cover, devour, and assimilate the purer and more primal Rotom technology contained within the Rotom Prototype.

Natsume could clearly "see" his Rotom prototype emitting a painful hum, the luster on its surface rapidly dimming, and its structure becoming unstable, as if it could be dismantled and absorbed at any moment.

"hiss!!"

Natsume's eyes widened in fury; this was his life's work!

He tried to move forward, but was firmly suppressed in place by the terrifying force field emanating from the Divine Remains Mech, unable to get close at all.

However, just as the forced fusion was about halfway complete, and the right arm of the Divine Remnant Mech was mostly covered with the gold of the Rotom prototype, just as it was about to be completed, another mutation occurred.

"Sizzle!!! Crackling!!!"

A series of extremely piercing, chaotic electrical noises and mechanical malfunctions suddenly erupted from inside the right arm of the God Relic Mech.

Suddenly, large patches of gray-black lines, spreading rapidly like mold, appeared uncontrollably on the surface of the right arm that was performing the fusion task.

Where these patterns passed, the intricate energy circuits began to twist and become disordered, and one after another, the nodes of the world-traveling device lit up with an ominous red light, as if countless tiny, self-aware "viruses" were frantically multiplying and causing destruction within them.

The integration process was abruptly halted.

The two mechs were in an extremely awkward situation: most of the right arm of the God Remnant Mech had turned into Rotom's gold and was being eroded by gray-black patterns, while the core of the Rotom prototype was stubbornly resisting assimilation and even began to reverse course, faintly drawing energy from the God Remnant Mech through those eroded nodes.

What puzzled Natsume even more was that he felt his control over the Divine Relic Mech was rapidly declining.

Especially the contaminated right arm, which he had almost half control over, was inexplicably "lost" during the fusion and subsequent malfunction.

Or rather, it was taken over by that strange, gray-black "virus".

"Fault source detected... Locked on: Right Arm World Shuttle Device, Node Serial Number XXXXX... Unknown highly active chaotic data detected... Possesses assimilation and object activation properties, with 97.8% similarity to the black fog recorded in the database."

Inside the Divine Relic Mech, Rainbow Natsume's cold, mechanical voice took on a subtle, almost imperceptible urgency for the first time.

A torrent of blue data surged wildly from the data heart in his chest, attempting to flush out and repair the malfunction in his right arm. However, it was like trying to extinguish a fire caused by gasoline with water; instead, it actually fueled the activity of those gray-black patterns.

He immediately realized that the root of the problem lay in the "black fog" that had invaded his core system.

This "virus" must be eliminated before the fusion can proceed.

The only one who could control this "black mist" was the cold blue data eyes of the Divine Relic Mech, which suddenly locked onto Natsume, who went from shock to thoughtfulness, and even the corners of his mouth began to turn up slightly.

At that moment, Natsume suddenly realized.

He remembered.

Back in the Crystal Tower, he seemed to have casually tossed a small wisp of black mist, brought from the main world and possessing "contagious" and "activating" properties, into a world-traveling device, intending to cause some trouble for Team Rainbow Rocket.

Unexpectedly, that teleportation device was actually the right arm of the Rainbow Rocket Team Tri-Unit Rotom!

Moreover, Natsume keenly noticed that the blue data stream that Rainbow Natsume used to combat the black fog also seemed to possess a faint characteristic similar to "activated" machinery.

"Wait..." A thought flashed through Natsume's mind.

"Who granted Loletton his 'mechanical' priesthood in the first place?"

He had always thought it was "bait" dropped by Team Rainbow Rocket, but now it seems that's not the case.

Since Natsume himself possesses similar abilities, there's no need for him to go to the extra trouble of providing "equipment" to potential enemies.

The origin of this priesthood is rather peculiar.