Brute forcing his way past Shadows instead of going along with Takuto... between that and Akane's flat distrust, Ichinose hummed in thought to distract herself from the clawing tension threatening to rise in her chest.

Her eyes darted up at the last question.

"Want to see your program brutally murder prototype EMMA?"

Why did the AI phrase it like that? To get a rise out of her? Was it a trap? Or was it lingering resentment for their own apocalyptic situation? Akane's emotions were rich and complex - focus on that and the crisp of wafer, Kuon.

"Sure. Let's see how it runs so far so I can get together a to-do list," she said plainly through a mouthful of white chocolate.