Fraxinus Bridge.
On the main screen, the Heavenly Judgment Herrscher floated in the air, her body stiff, her arms twitching irregularly. The spatial gate and energy behind her flickered erratically, making her look like a precision machine infected with a virus. This extremely abnormal sight caused everyone to frown.
"I knew it!" Kannazuki Kyohei clapped his hands suddenly, an expression of sudden realization appearing on his face, his eyes shining with the light called "Understanding," mixed with a strange excitement.
"This is not a simple emotional shift or disguise! Commander, everyone! Look at this bizarre behavioral pattern, this contradictory display, this posture as if the body's control is being fought over by different wills!"
He spread his arms wide like some blond archbishop, announcing an important discovery:
"This is undoubtedly—multiple personalities! Within the Heavenly Judgment Herrscher, there exist at least two 'personalities' whose natures and goals are completely different!"
"The'sad despairer,' the 'angry recruiter' we observed earlier, and this current 'cruel pleasure seeker' are all manifestations of different personalities! This is the truth!"
Surprisingly, Kotori did not immediately refute him or kick him away this time. Instead, she stared at the extremely uncoordinated "Heavenly Judgment" on the screen, pondered for a moment, and actually nodded:
"Hmm... although hearing it from a guy like you feels wrong, this time... maybe you actually hit the nail on the head."
The moment she finished speaking, she abruptly turned around and delivered a precise, powerful kick right onto Kannazuki's backside, sending him stumbling.
"That's your reward."
"Ooh! Thank you for the Commander's commendation!" Kannazuki shouted, clutching his rear end with a look of satisfaction.
Kotori ignored him and turned to the analysis team: "Perform a deep separation analysis on the emotional fluctuation data recorded from Heavenly Judgment just now! Focus on analyzing its internal coordination!"
"Yes!"
The technical staff immediately got busy. Soon, the results appeared on the main screen.
"Commander! We have a discovery!"
The analyst's voice held surprise, "If we apply high-frequency filtering and phase separation to that segment of violently fluctuating emotional spectrum..."
"...we can resolve two emotional curves that, while intertwined, are clearly asynchronous and even conflict at times! One leans toward... uh, chaotic anger and destructive impulse, while the other appears more... anxious and... helpless?"
This discovery undoubtedly strongly supported the "multiple personalities" hypothesis.
Kotori crossed her arms, her fingers lightly tapping her arm as her mind raced: "If this hypothesis holds true... then many mysteries seem to make sense."
Her gaze sharpened as she looked at "Heavenly Judgment" on the screen: "In other words, it is highly likely that when she became a Spirit, or rather, when she first obtained the power of 'Heavenly Judgment,' she already knew that a dangerous, independent 'personality' was lurking within that power?"
Reine adjusted her glasses, picking up Kotori's train of thought. Her voice was still steady, but she seemed... relieved?
Whether it was because they had found a reasonable explanation or for some other reason, she slowly analyzed: "This possibility is very high. This explains why she previously used the power of the Herrscher of Reason more often, even though the core of that power was damaged."
"It also explains why, when she fought Ellen in the industrial district, she never used the true destructive authority of 'Heavenly Judgment,' even when she was losing—she wasn't hiding her strength, she was'suppressing' this dangerous'second personality.'"
"And at the brink of death, her will was no longer as strong as this second personality, so the second personality forcibly took control of her body and annihilated the DEM forces."
"In other words, the Heavenly Judgment who destroyed DEM in the industrial district and even threatened to destroy humanity was not Chinatsu, who was dating Shido, but the true master of the Heavenly Judgment power residing within Chinatsu's body."
"Or perhaps... Chinatsu herself exists as the sealing vessel for Heavenly Judgment?"
Kannazuki rubbed his rear end and leaned closer, adding: "Exactly! Until today, facing Shido's 'death' and Tohka's rejection, the massive emotional shock might have weakened her suppression, or this'second personality' seized the opportunity to awaken and attempt to take control!"
"That's why the bizarre'stable mood value' performance occurred earlier—that was the primary personality desperately suppressing it! And the current chaos is the manifestation of the two 'personalities' fiercely fighting for control within the body!"
Kotori concluded, her tone tinged with complexity: "So, the fundamental reason she was always reluctant to use this power was to... seal away this 'monster' inside herself?"
This deduction shifted Chinatsu's image from a simple "schemer" to a far more complex individual who might also be struggling against her own fate and power.
She was not only fighting against the outside world but also waging a dangerous, unknown internal war.
Fraxinus's assessment of the Heavenly Judgment Herrscher was completely updated once again.
And at this moment, the outcome of this war taking place inside one Spirit would directly determine the survival of everyone below, as well as the fate of all of Amamiya City.
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