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The Reason for Four Arms

Inside the garage serving as their makeshift waiting room, Kou and Hyoue were deep in thought.

Realizing they were each grappling with something, they decided to check in with one another.

「What’s on your mind, Kou-kun?」

「I’m… concerned that this isn’t a standard Silhouette. Up until now, even including the Mythology Weapons, everything we’ve seen has been an extension or expansion of Silhouettes.」

「Hmm.」

「Even the Mythology Weapons ran on a modified Fennel OS—Silphium OS—and used MCS. But the Teutates is different. It’s a counterfeit—something that mimics the Fennel OS and Silhouette system, but it’s really something else entirely. And to top it off, the Barbaroi aren’t human. We can’t afford to treat them as if they are.」

「What’s different about them… compared to us, I mean?」

「That’s exactly the issue. I’ve heard the Barbaroi have mechanical brains. That puts them in a different category entirely—even from the Hemitheos. The Stones, when they gained human bodies,