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*When Shinatama is taken away, the other helicopter is nowhere to see. It has apparently left earlier, with Kojiro on board (unless he is in the cabin of the one carrying Shinatama). The helicopters are headed for the [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] and are successfully tracked by the TCTF, even though they failed to be detected earlier. | *When Shinatama is taken away, the other helicopter is nowhere to see. It has apparently left earlier, with Kojiro on board (unless he is in the cabin of the one carrying Shinatama). The helicopters are headed for the [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] and are successfully tracked by the TCTF, even though they failed to be detected earlier. | ||
*The goal of Shinatama's kidnapping is not clear: while it is true that Shinatama can withhold information about Konoko's symbiosis, it is normally forwarded to the science team through Damocles and stored in human-readable form at the [[Science Prison]] and at the HQ itself. Thus it would not be too logical to extract that information verbally from an android that is not even clearly "torturable" in the first place. There are, however, a few clear motives for the raid. | *The goal of Shinatama's kidnapping is not clear: while it is true that Shinatama can withhold information about Konoko's symbiosis, it is normally forwarded to the science team through Damocles and stored in human-readable form at the [[Science Prison]] and at the HQ itself. Thus it would not be too logical to extract that information verbally from an android that is not even clearly "torturable" in the first place. There are, however, a few clear motives for the raid. | ||
**First, by taking Shinatama away, Muro disrupts Griffin's Daodan project. Of course Muro has no direct control over Konoko's insubordination, Shinatama's death, Konoko's rogue status etc; he is merely an agent of chaos (cf. the Joker in the Dark Knight). With Shinatama gone, the tension will inevitably rise, until Konoko realizes that Griffin has been using | **First, by taking Shinatama away, Muro disrupts Griffin's Daodan project. Of course Muro has no direct control over Konoko's insubordination, Shinatama's death, Konoko's rogue status etc; he is merely an agent of chaos (cf. the Joker in the Dark Knight). With Shinatama gone, the tension will inevitably rise, until Konoko realizes that Griffin has been using her as a weapon against Muro. | ||
**As for Konoko's direct reaction to Shinatama's loss, Muro is curious to see it, whatever it is: he is not interested in his sister's stability, so he welcomes anger as a possibility (cf. Joker again). As a bonus, Muro gets to torture a WCG android and explore the degrees of pain it can endure. | **As for Konoko's direct reaction to Shinatama's loss, Muro is curious to see it, whatever it is: he is not interested in his sister's stability, so he welcomes anger as a possibility (cf. Joker again). As a bonus, Muro gets to torture a WCG android and explore the degrees of pain it can endure. | ||
**Last but not least, there is more to the raid than Shinatama: it is set up as Barabas's second chance to prove his worth. For Barabas, the kidnapping is just a pretext, and the real challenge is to face Konoko. His options as far as Muro is concerned are not clear: if Barabas is still no match for Konoko, would Muro welcome a timely retreat, or would he rather see his "favorite" die? As far as Barabas is concerned, the only options this time seem to be victory and honorable death. | **Last but not least, there is more to the raid than Shinatama: it is set up as Barabas's second chance to prove his worth. For Barabas, the kidnapping is just a pretext, and the real challenge is to face Konoko. His options as far as Muro is concerned are not clear: if Barabas is still no match for Konoko, would Muro welcome a timely retreat, or would he rather see his "favorite" die? As far as Barabas is concerned, the only options this time seem to be victory and honorable death. | ||