John instantly understood.
The leverage Sora used in negotiations with Internet Surveillance were the Plato satellites docked in low earth orbit, a cluster of Starlink public service nodes.
They were on a collision course with the roads of Eden City.
"Are you fucking insane! Are you planning to bury the whole city with you?"
John couldn't help but exclaim, yet there was no response in his mind.
His heart started pounding, thoughts racing back to the night they went to the Source Formula, remembering the hovercar that crashed down on Sakura Cross Street.
The Serum said that accident had nothing to do with it.
Yet its attitude towards the discussion was exactly like Sora's now.
AIs and humans were completely different creatures.
Order, law, social morality, human emotions – in their equations to achieve goals, they are all just cold numbers.
[Negotiations are complete, prepare to evacuate... to the basement, John.]
John didn't move, letting out a bitter smile.
