Technology Liberation Alliance (after battle)
Will this... blow up once it stops working like the last one?
As we suspected, the halted machine began to play an ominous noise.
Alright, so, this is the second time you killed my machines, right?
Let's see...
You're a bunch of roaches that do nothing other than just crawl on the floor.
It's okay, it's okay. Don't let it let you down, Greg...
...I wasn't feeling anything.
So... go on and keep crawling like the bugs you are.
Why bother looking up when you'll be spending all your lives on that flat dimension of the surface, am I right?
I understand now. Once the machines stop functioning, they play a prerecorded voice clip, then explode seconds after.
It is unclear what purpose they are meant to serve, but all the machines are equipped with the same mechanisms.
Pre...recorded? I didn't see that one coming...
Hah, everyone's making fun of you, eh, buggy bloke.
...It sure is baffling how the whole world is bending over backward to mock me...
Pah, that's a tame reaction... Hm? O-Oi, what's wrong with you now?
Hrk...
<What's the matter, Ishmael? Are you alright?>
Yes... I'm just feeling a little queasy...
You don't have to mind me. I'm fine now.
There's something I've been meaning to ask, what kind of organization is this... technology liberation alliance?
Why do you bother asking such questions? All we need to know about them is that it's a terrorist organization with a hollow name; their values are irrelevant to us.
Haha, you never know what use the information might have, Outis.
I know little about them myself. I did hear that someone who used to work in a K Corp. laboratory is now one of the organization's core members. Though, I don't have the details as this took place before I joined the firm.
She was an outstanding researcher who was once awarded the best employee award, much like Mr. Dongrang is now.
What? How do you know that?
I saw her name on one of the plaques in the trophy room. Wouldn't you say it's mandatory for someone of my occupation to remember all the names there?
Why do you keep peeking in there, anyway...?
...What could be the reason a highly praised employee decided to join terrorists...
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I believe you saw her once earlier. She was enthusiastically destroying my lab.
Right around when Shrenne and I joined the company, she was... well, rather famous within the firm.
I heard rumors that she had wanted to test the limits of K Corp's technologies.
Then one day... rumors about her leaving the laboratory spread.
Saying that this is where she ended up.