CHAPTER 07 . A FRIEND IN NEED
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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.
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 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 CHAPTER 04 . TIGER BY THE TAIL and CHAPTER 05 . HOT PURSUIT, 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 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 SLDs that the WCG makes (note 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.