Inside the private VIP lounge.
The atmosphere, which had just been born and was full of sanctity and warmth, was completely shattered by a violent and furious thumping against the door.
"Bang —!"
The WMA security personnel forced the door open violently!
Catherine Underwood rushed in.
Her blonde hair, which always looked meticulously styled, now appeared somewhat disheveled.
Her white Versace suit, always as elegant as a work of art, now displayed unwanted wrinkles.
The elegance and composure befitting a queen that she used to possess had vanished from her face.
The only thing left was an uncontrollable fury and a hint of... discomfort, which she herself had not noticed.
Behind her, the imposing security guards were forcibly holding back the members of Tracen's "Holy Knights," all staring at her with rage.
Catherine's gaze scanned the room frantically.
Then, she saw something that was enough to completely destroy the last vestige of rationality she had left.
Her most perfect "creation," Dawn, the doll that should have been cold, pure, and uncontaminated... was now like a docile kitten that had found its owner.
She was comfortably nestled in the arms of that damned man from the East.
Her face was dyed a scarlet hue, a sincere and radiant blush of happiness that Catherine had never seen on her before.
"No —!!!"
"My creation! My daughter!"
"I forbid it! Don't you dare contaminate her with your filthy, vulgar, and chaotic 'emotions'!!!"
Catherine let out a hysterical, almost insane scream!
Her rationality broke completely!
She pulled from her pocket the small silver remote, the one that symbolizes the maximum authority of the "Skynet" system!
Without hesitation, she furiously pressed the central red button, the one she had sworn never to use again, representing the 'Final Protocol'!
"Because you all crave chaos so much..."
"Then I will make every one of you a witness!"
"To what absolute! Unquestionable! Supreme order... is!!!"
The controller emitted a faint blue light, charged with data code, which instantly enveloped Catherine's body, which was trembling violently with rage!
Simultaneously!
On the screens of all electronic devices in the room, lines of bright red dangerous warnings began to flash frantically!
[ "Skynet - Oracle Protocol" — Activated! ]
[ System core authority: Catherine Underwood, is merging with the system core... Merge rate 10%... 50%... 99%... ]
[ Merge completed! ]
[ The 'Realm of Order' is about to descend! ]
An invisible, yet immensely powerful psychic field instantly spread out from Catherine!
Kaito felt a massive and irresistible force forcibly tear his consciousness from his body!
...
The world was spinning.
When Kaito opened his eyes again.
He found himself in an incredibly strange and unknown place.
It was a world of infinite expanse, cold and absolutely rational, built from countless blue-tinted data streams and countless constantly changing pure white geometric shapes.
There was no sky here, nor earth.
There was not a trace of any foreign color.
Only absolute, cold, precise — order.
Everything here was governed by the strictest mathematical and physical laws, admitting no "accidents" or "variables"
In the absolute center of this world.
Upon an imposing white throne, formed by the convergence of countless data streams.
A colossal figure remained enthroned.
That was Catherine
But now, her body had completely merged with the endless and dizzying blue data streams.
Her eyes shone with a cold and superhuman light, looking down upon all beings like a deity.
"Welcome to my world, Kaito"
Her voice resonated throughout the world like a supreme and omnipresent oracle.
"A perfect... 'Realm of Order,' free from chaos, emotion, and failure"
Catherine, having transformed into a "God," began her ruthless and final judgment of Kaito
She slowly recited Kaito's "crimes"
"First sin: The sin of chaos!"
She raised her hand slowly and waved it!
The ground beneath Kaito's feet, composed of white geometric shapes, began to reform frantically, as if it had a life of its own!
It tried to immobilize and crush him completely!
"You! With your ridiculous and flawed 'love'! You have disturbed my most perfect order! You are the source of all evil, the origin of 'chaos'!"
"Second sin: The sin of inefficiency!"
She waved her hand again!
In the data stream appearing behind her, images were seen of TM Opera O, Gold City, and others stumbling over each other and consuming resources endlessly due to ridiculous jealousy and conflicts.
"Behold! This is the final result of your so-called 'emotions'! Jealousy! Conflict! Endless internal friction! What foolishness! What inefficiency!"
"Third sin: The sin of contamination!"
Finally, the image froze on Dawn's face, a face full of tears and smiles, overflowing with the essence of "humanity"
"You! You have even contaminated my most perfect and pure creation! Without mercy, you have caused her to change from an infallible 'God' to a 'mortal' who cries, laughs, and fails!"
"Your sin is unforgivable!"
In this world created by Catherine, she was the "Rule" itself.
Kaito discovered he could not resist.
His consciousness, his will, were being slowly assimilated and devoured by this cold and omnipresent "Order"...
Just when he was about to be completely consumed!
The final module that had just awakened in his mind — [ heart of the world ] — emitted the warmest and most dazzling light!
[ "heart of the world" — Activated! ]
[ Connecting all established 'soul imprints'... ]
[ Connecting... ]
[ Connection successful! ]
Kaito understood instantly!
Alone, perhaps he could not resist Catherine's cold "Order," which had merged with the entire "Skynet" system.
But —
He never fought alone!
He raised his head!
He looked directly at the divine Catherine sitting on the throne!
And burst into laughter, declaring:
"Catherine! You are wrong again!"
"Do you think what you see is chaos and inefficiency?"
"No —!"
"That is precisely my 'order'!"
"An Order built on 'love,' full of infinite possibilities, a living Order...!!!"
He opened his arms!
He activated the [ heart of the world ], which joined all his bonds!
Instantly!
Behind him, one after another, flashes of light of different colors shone, representing the unbreakable emotional bonds between him and his "harem"
A ray, a golden color as scorching as the sun!
That was Gold City's unbreakable fighting spirit!
A ray, a magnificent orange like a stage spotlight!
That was TM Opera O's ultimate aspiration to fulfill her dream!
A ray, a deep blue like a torrential rain!
That was Rice Shower's determination to protect everyone!
A ray, a proud purple like a crown jewel!
That was Zenyatta's pride in offering her loyalty!
A ray, a multicolored light as free as the American flag.
That was Justify's hope upon embracing a new life!
...
Finally —
A ray of light, pure white, uncontaminated by a single speck of dust, but containing infinite possibilities.
That was the newborn "heart" of Dawn
These countless rays of light, full of "emotion," full of "chaos," full of "love"!
Like supernovas powerful enough to tear the universe apart!
They crashed violently against Catherine's cold and pure white "Realm of Order," which was built of pure data!
Boom!!!
The entire psychic world erupted in a violent apocalyptic tremor!
For the first time, fine black cracks, like spiderwebs, appeared in Catherine's geometric, pure white, and perfect world!
"Ah —!!!"
She let out a cry of pain!
The colossal figure on the throne began to become extremely unstable!
She tried to use a stronger "Order" to repair those horrible cracks!
But the warm light, full of "love," burst wildly from those cracks like the most tenacious and crazy weeds.
And as the cracks continued to widen.
Fragments of painful memories — which did not belong to this "Perfect Realm" and which Catherine had buried deep in her soul — began to leak uncontrollably through those fissures.
In those leaked and shattered memory fragments, Kaito saw...
A young girl, still naive, with blonde hair.
She too had once been an Uma, full of dreams and hope.
But due to failure in a crucial race... she was ruthlessly abandoned by her family, her trainer, and everything she trusted.
She too had cried inconsolably in forgotten corners.
She too had longed more than anyone... to be loved...
That lonely and desperate girl, abandoned by the entire world... — was none other than the young Catherine!
Kaito finally understood the root of Catherine's obsession.
The reason why she tried desperately to create a perfect world without "failures" or "negative emotions"
It was because... she herself had been the one most hurt by those very things.
Having found the crux of the matter.
Kaito knew.
His true "treatment" was about to officially begin... begin!