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-=Atmospheric Conversion Center (exterior)=
+The same day/night as the raid on [[TCTF HQ]], Nov. 24, [[Konoko]] disobeys orders to attempt a singlehanded rescue of [[Shinatama]] at an [[Atmospheric Conversion Center]].
-Despite Griffin's orders not to get involved, Konoko leaves on her own to track down Shinatama at an [[Atmospheric Conversion Center]]. Meanwhile, Shinatama is being tortured by Muro, either for information or out of pure sadism (or both). Konoko ventures deeper into the facility.
+==Summary==
+As Konoko starts at the top of the facility and works her way deeper down, Shinatama is being tortured by [[Muro]], either for information or out of pure sadism (or both). After defeating a Fury and two Strikers, she experiences her second major [[Daodan#Power surges|Daodan power surge]]; this one is noticed and reported to Griffin, who responds, "This is getting out of control."
+==Added Value==
+*This is the second of two areas, after [[Vansam Regional Airport]], that was divided into two levels due to its size. As with the transition between {{C|4}} and {{C|5}}, this has the awkward effect of clearing your inventory after passing through a door.
+*The goal of Shinatama's kidnapping is not clear: while it is true that Shinatama holds information about Konoko's symbiosis, this data is also forwarded to the science team through [[Damocles]] and stored in human-readable form at the [[TCTF Science Prison]] and at TCTF HQ itself, which the [[Syndicate]] just raided. It seems illogical to extract that information verbally from an android that is not even clearly "torturable" in the first place. There are, however, other possible motives for the abduction.
+:*By taking Shinatama away, Muro disrupts Griffin's Daodan project. Of course Muro has no direct control over Konoko's insubordination and the eventual consequences of it; he is merely an agent of chaos (cf. the Joker in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQfATDZY5Y4 The Dark Knight]).
+:*Muro may be curious to see Konoko's reaction to Shinatama's loss. He is not interested in his sister's stability, so he welcomes anger as a possibility (cf. Joker again).
+:*Torturing Shinatama could tell Muro and his men something about the psychology of the [[SLD]]s that the [[WCG]] makes (note [[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Muro's surprised observation]] that they didn't set a lower limit on the pain that Shinatama can feel).
+:*Pure sadism. Note Muro's "I'm glad they didn't" at the end of the same cutscene. This is in line with the cruel behavior we've seen from Muro's organization thus far in the game.
-=Added value=
-Much speculation centers around whether Muro is trying to learn something from Shinatama by way of her neural link, and whether that's even possible, or whether he is simply torturing her for fun. Arguably, it is unlikely that Muro went through so much trouble in the last Chapter just to torture an android. But if we follow the theory that he wants her for Konoko-bait, then we could ask ourselves, why torture the bait? To anger Konoko? Keep in mind that although Konoko knows nothing, Muro knows all about the Chrysalis, including, no doubt, that the host influences the ultimate development of their Chrysalis. Is he trying to turn Konoko to the dark side with anger so she'll join him in his scheme? There's food for thought here, to be sure.
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