[Ahh, now that's more like it. If he's going to die anyway, Akemi wouldn't mind dying with Jack's hands around his neck. It sounds more fun than the mines, at least. Maximum difficulty level, one life, no save points - the real world is just like a VR game now, but with better graphics and haptic feedback!
Jack is mid-game-boss tier at best. If Akemi loses here, he never even had a shot at the final boss... so there's nothing to lose. He abruptly rights himself, metal chair clanging against the metal floor as he sits up straight.]
What did I tell you about death? It's obsolete. With my technology, you could live a hundred different lifetimes. You could know everything there is to know, experience everything there is to experience...
In Akemi's file, it says that he kept his daughter, Lily, imprisoned for seven years as he used her - and dozens of other unwilling subjects - to conduct bizarre research into brain implants and neural reprogramming. It says that his daughter was found in a state of extreme neglect, having never felt the light of the sun, or been to school, or felt any sort of love or affection. But none of that is true! He'd given her everything: beautiful worlds of his own creation where she'd lived as a princess, a queen, a living goddess. She had never been imprisoned - her mind had been freed from the ugliness and banality of the real world. And in time, he would have even freed her from death. That's the love that Akemi has for his daughter. That's the love that he has for the human race.]
If I wanted an ironic death, I'd ask you to kill me right here. You dismissed the guards, didn't you? Make it something really ironic so we can both get a good giggle out of it.
[He sighs, pausing a moment before continuing.]
How important is this research to me? I'm doing this so I can give my daughter a better world. Do you have kids, Jack? If you do, then you know how many lives I'd give for this.
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Jack is mid-game-boss tier at best. If Akemi loses here, he never even had a shot at the final boss... so there's nothing to lose. He abruptly rights himself, metal chair clanging against the metal floor as he sits up straight.]
What did I tell you about death? It's obsolete. With my technology, you could live a hundred different lifetimes. You could know everything there is to know, experience everything there is to experience...
In Akemi's file, it says that he kept his daughter, Lily, imprisoned for seven years as he used her - and dozens of other unwilling subjects - to conduct bizarre research into brain implants and neural reprogramming. It says that his daughter was found in a state of extreme neglect, having never felt the light of the sun, or been to school, or felt any sort of love or affection. But none of that is true! He'd given her everything: beautiful worlds of his own creation where she'd lived as a princess, a queen, a living goddess. She had never been imprisoned - her mind had been freed from the ugliness and banality of the real world. And in time, he would have even freed her from death. That's the love that Akemi has for his daughter. That's the love that he has for the human race.]
If I wanted an ironic death, I'd ask you to kill me right here. You dismissed the guards, didn't you? Make it something really ironic so we can both get a good giggle out of it.
[He sighs, pausing a moment before continuing.]
How important is this research to me? I'm doing this so I can give my daughter a better world. Do you have kids, Jack? If you do, then you know how many lives I'd give for this.