“But this body... rejects the biological soul!” A distorted, dual voice roared from S-01’s throat. Jet-black circuits spread rapidly like poisonous veins, crawling up its neck and burning across half its metallic face.Kael shook off his shock. He raised his tactical weapon straight ahead, his bloodied fingers gripping the trigger. “Are you sure that’s really you, Gerry?!” Kael shouted, his voice breaking between overwhelming fear and desperate hope.The figure before Kael stared at its own palm. Its movements suddenly stiffened, like an iron hinge locking up due to a short circuit. “The system’s definition of ‘Gerry Sterling’ includes 99.8 percent of my organic memories. But the rest... the rest is pure nothingness.”Kael took one step forward, then quickly pulled his foot back as the black circuits on S-01’s face crackled with electricity. “What do you mean by nothingness?! Answer me! Are you my friend Gerry, the one who survived the continental war, or are you just some insane imit