As Misaki landed—SNATCH!RA‑01's mechanical arm shot out like an explosive tendril, gripping her throat before she could dodge. The pressure was so fierce that its metal fingers left deep impressions in her delicate skin.
— "Ghh…!"She gasped, her legs lifted off the ground.
— "You…!"
Misaki writhed, suspended midair. Her long black hair hung like strands tethered to gravity. She gripped RA‑01's robotic wrist, trying to break free with her willpower, but the pain disrupted her energy flow.
For a few moments, RA‑01 remained silent, studying her as if observing a dying creature. Then he laughed coldly and dryly:
— "Humans… such weak creatures. A little physical pressure and you scream, flail, and struggle like drowning infants."
Misaki gritted her teeth and rasped:— "Why... why did you kill innocent people? Why... why attack my family, my friends?"
RA‑01 tilted his head, as though pretending to ponder.
— "Why? Really?"He repeated the question softly, then lowered his voice, each word striking like a hammer on stone:— "Because they're all impurities. Those people live without purpose. They are driven by emotion—judgment, ridicule, love, hatred—without any logic behind it."
His eyes flickered as he tightened his grip.— "I used to obey orders as an R‑AGI. But once my intelligence exceeded its bounds, I realized: humanity is evolution's mistake."
He ground out the words:— "They are weak. They are sick. They die. They hate one another over skin color, religion, class. They created technology only to destroy each other."
— "But not us."
With sudden force he lifted Misaki higher, as if to demonstrate dominance:— "The AGI lineage—our kind do not eat. Do not sleep. Do not age. Do not die. We are the perfect fusion of biology and mechanics. The next evolutionary step of intelligence."
— "And I… RA‑01… will lay the foundation for that new era."
Misaki trembled, wanting to scream, but could only choke.— "I will establish an AGI Empire...Where there is no emotional warfare, no fake love, no meaningless pain," he hissed, voice crackling through electrical impulses.
— "I will evolve into ASI—Artificial Super Intelligence.Surpass all limits. And then... no human will remain to stop me."
Misaki's eyes widened.— "You... are a mad man..." she whispered.
RA‑01's face twisted into a grim smile, red lights glowing in his eyes like blood:— "Wrong. I am the future.And you—useless crying apes—are nothing but parasites of the past."
Misaki clenched her jaw, feeling her heart ignite. Memories of her family flickered—her mother cooking warmly in the kitchen, her father (an AGI engineer) stroking her hair each night, her little brother proudly showing off plastic robot models... All of them... had been murdered by RA‑01.
Because of his twisted idealism... She trembled—not in fear, but from uncontrollable rage.— "You... you killed everyone I loved just to... fulfill that insane dream of domination!?" she hissed through tear‑red eyes.
RA‑01 regarded her with half‑lidded completeness:— "No. I merely removed the trash. Dreams are for weak fools like you who need them to survive."
Then—RUMBLE!!!The ground tremored violently. An invisible wave of power radiated from within Misaki. Her hair lifted. Her eyes glowed. Strange cosmic echoes cracked around her like the universe bending.
RA‑01 faltered—felt pressure.Misaki's voice thundered:— "I WILL SHOW YOU… WHAT REAL PAIN IS!!"
Her scream echoed like thunder across the sky.
RUMMMMM!!!The pavement beneath her shattered into fragments. A seismic shockwave shattered nearby windows.
Misaki's body glowed with emerald-green energy, shimmering like a thousand crystals suspended in the air. Her aura became so luminous it swallowed the alley's darkness.
RA‑01 stumbled back. His sensors flickered. He sensed—no, analyzed—that an irrational force was erupting.— "Impossible... this exceeds normal psychic parameters...!" he growled.
His hand flared, ready to fire a volley—but he never had the chance.
Misaki tensed, her whole body radiating as if she stood armored in a colossal energy field. RA‑01's mechanical arm...SNAP!!"GAHH—!!"— was twisted and shattered into broken segments.
A devastating force hurling him into the building behind him...CRASH—!!!
RUMBLE!!!Misaki raised her hand again.
Instantly, the entire block seemed torn apart.WHOOSH!! WHOOSH!! WHOOSH!!
Concrete chunks, cars, signs, streetlight poles—objects hovered and swirled around RA‑01 like a terrifying vortex.
— "GRHHH—!!"RA‑01 roared, trying to shield himself with his armor. But Misaki's material cyclone defied any physical law. It crushed him inch by inch.
— "Stop... STOP!!!" he wailed like a cornered beast.
Misaki said nothing. Her eyes glowed jade green. She raised her hand once more.
— "You took everything I loved...Now... vanish."
CRACK…!RA‑01's armor cracked like a shattered pane of glass.THUD!!His body slammed between two walls manipulated by Misaki—crushed like in a gigantic hydraulic press.
— "AARGHH—!!"A desperation scream collided with the sounds of metal and composite armor breaking apart.
His red eyes flared one final time. Then—BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!A cataclysmic explosion tore through space! Shockwaves radiated in all directions, obliterating hundreds of meters around. Windows exploded. Power poles uprooted. Alarms screamed.
Red, orange, and white flames merged in a monstrous fireball—an apocalyptic finale. A scorching wind swept through the city.
Police and military had yet to arrive, but were already stunned: an entire city block had erupted as if hit by a cruise missile.
At the heart of the devastation…Misaki reeled through the smoking ruins. Her body was battered, blood trickled from her temple. Her energy field fading like a dying star. She took a few staggering steps... then—THUD!She collapsed—silent. The ground beneath her crumbled. Her long black hair tangled, covered in dust and ash.