[Final Record, Record #004—appears to be a different entity’s perspective from #003]
[Record #004 Decryption Completed]
【Funny, can't believe it was trying to fight in melee range with me... Hmmm】
【Is this... an invitation?】
【It reached out a hand... seems it wants to bring me back to Earth.】
【Honestly... when it released me, I thought those researchers wanted to continue their experiments... but something felt off.】
【Looking back, it clearly lured me to fight here in space... It’s strong. I can’t kill it. Can’t fully defend against it either.】
【Still... that one moment startled me—it was always doing long-range area attacks, and then it suddenly wanted close combat...
It probably knows better than anyone that the method won’t succeed, right?】
【Back on Earth... but it seems disinterested in continuing conversation. It seems to been thinking the whole time—no expressions, but its movements are subtle...】
【Hmm... guess I’ll break the silence.】
【“Why did you let me out?” I asked.】
【“Processing... 95% of my creation links back to research done on you...
So if I want to understand myself, I have to release you.”
Weird speech pattern huh, this thing.】
【“Connected to me...? So I was the prototype they based you on? Wait... what exactly are you?”】
【“Guessing... yes, I’m what they tried to replicate from you... Reasoning... I see...
You were sealed before electricity was even invented, so you have no concept of how I work.”
...“Electricity”? Is that a body part?】
【“Detected confusion... Seeking analogy... Think of me as a... metal creature.”
The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.
Seems like it’s trying to compromise.】
【“Question... Why were you sealed by humans?”
It tilted its head. Is that... curiosity?】
【“From what I remember, they were trying to go further—first it was just skin, blood, bones...
Then they tend to prevent my brain's regeneration process... The next thing I saw was you.
Honestly, I still don’t understand why I woke up full of metal spikes.”】
【“Sample extraction... cranial restriction... live experiments... and then total sealing.
Conclusion... They couldn’t comprehend you, feared your retaliation, so they locked you away completely.”
Fearing my revenge...?
Okay... fair enough.】
【“Speaking of revenge, were you actually trying to fight me up close?”
That move of yours really shocked me. It was the first time I paused to think during a fight.”】
【“Conclusion... I don’t understand either.
I just know logic wasn’t going working on you.
Looking back, that move makes no sense... and I can’t even trace how I decided to do it.”
It looks confused... not emotionless like I expected.】
【“Don’t overthink it.
What do you plan to do now?”】
【“...Computation failed... I... don’t know.
You?”】
【“Hmm... I guess I’ll wait for another civilization or intelligent species to appear... and try to join them.”
Then something occurred to me.】
【”By the way... your combat skill is terrifying.
Multiple times I had to rethink how to attack without letting you ‘see’ it.”
A sincere compliment—no other war has ever made me think.】
【“The way your body transforms... I didn’t even want to try calculating it.
That level of change defies explanation...”
Oh?
Did it just give up trying to understand me?
Smart choice.】
【....】
【“You probably won’t die either, right?”
I asked, looking into the night sky.】
【“...Analyzing... Yes.
As long as I don’t want to die... I won’t.”】
【“In your world... what does Nox mean?”】
【“Latin for night—or chaos.”】
【“Night and chaos, huh... surprisingly fitting.”】
【“Want me to call you Nox, then?”】
【“Sure... not a fan of my code name anyway.
You? We’re probably going to be together for a while anyways.”】
【“I... don’t like my code name either.
But you can call me Luma.”】
【“You’ve changed your form, and even how you talk...
So, what does your name mean?”】
【“Order... and light.”】
【“The opposite of mine.
What, do you like me?”】
【“I... don’t know...
But I think...
I want to learn from you.”】
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[Record Ends]
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[Could it be… these two beings are real...?]
