The cannon that was fired wielded the [Naked] Setting. Golden world power shot out toward Mulack and all of Panopticon. A golden storm swept through the entire time and s.p.a.ce.

[T-this is vulgar! How dare you make such attack…!]

[Vulgar? Oh, so are you starting the 'mediocre language' battle now?]

[SHUT UP!]

[Master] Craftsmen were coming back to their senses inside the tank, trying to come out of them. The tanks were all destroyed, including all the screens. 63123 burst into hearty laughter.

[N-NO!!!!]

Mulack paled in disbelief like a rich merchant who had lost all his cargo in the sea.

[Why are you doing this! You are all Transcended ones! Why are you clinging onto a "being's" pointless purpose?!]

At that moment, Jaehwan's attack stopped. Mulack's words had stopped the Transcended ones from moving. Why were they doing this? They weren't human anymore. They weren't even beings now.

[You have no reason to help him! You have no purpose! Then why…!]

Purpose? Reason? They forgot it all. They had forgotten every word that held such meaning. Then why were they helping Jaehwan? Why were they helping the original's purpose?

Was it because the original was their master? No. They never listened to the original one's orders.

Was it because they would die too when the original died? No. They had long forgotten the fear of death. Even then, they were helping Jaehwan instinctively.

But why?

Jaehwan then felt like every part of his body was looking at himself. It felt like the 16 Transcended ones were looking straight at him. Jaehwan wasn't sure what it meant, but he felt a faint feeling. It was something close to Transcended sadness.

All the Transcended ones were not beings. However, these beings weren't actually 'beings' in the first place. They were just Jaehwan's 'clothes' to begin with. They were never 'beings'.

[Don't think like that.]

[You never considered us only as 'clothes.']

[You always asked us for advice.]

[You always asked us to help.]

[And we helped you on our terms. Our will.]

Jaehwan tried to shake his head, but his neck didn't move. There was another Jaehwan on his neck also.

[We met friends because of you.]

[We received memories because of you.]

[We were brought to life because of you.]

[That's why we became you.]

He felt like crying, but Jaehwan couldn't cry. There were other Jaehwans in both his eyes. They kept on talking.

[We are you.]

[We transcended.]

[We lost our purpose.]

[We lost our feelings.]

[We are no longer human.]

[We abandoned our justice.]

[But we are still you.]

The 16 Jaehwans then turned at once. They turned directly to where Mulack was.

[You asked why are we helping him?]

Mulack was terrified as he backed away. There was enough pressure to reinstate the feeling of 'fear' into a Transcended one. The sixteen Jaehwans made such a thing possible.

[That is because we are Jaehwan.]

The sound of a drum came from somewhere and something melted away within the spirit. They were always Jaehwan. He cried soundlessly. Yes, this was the reason. This reason was truly fitting for Jaehwan himself. The Jaehwans then spoke in unison.

[That is the only thing that makes us a 'being'.]