Garret's ice-claw jammed into the tsunami controls, tasting iron in his blood—like that expired tequila from the Citadel's underground bar.
"Popsicle's rage is hot." Serena's asphalt wings shattered the council dome, claws clutching half a Dracula pedigree. "Should I order last rounds for your clones?"
A twelve-meter slime wave crashed through Citadel walls, void-tinged seawater flooding the hall. Raine's scar vibrated as the clone army turned in sync—their 「III」-branded foreheads reflecting his own slit pupils.
"Fuck... Some avant-garde shit?" Garret shredded a clone, slime retaliating through the wound. "Even cloned my hemorrhoid genes?"
Ellen's core overloaded, starlit scales projecting the First Inquisitor's logs: 「Candidate 003 Suppression 97%」. Her metal fingers yanked neural cords from clone pods: "Warning... Shackles are gene-locks... Claws altering your memories..."
Lyria's song pierced the tsunami. Quantum-rebuilt amidst waves, her tail oozed reverse-geared slime around Garret's claws: "The locks... vibrate at my song's frequency..."
Void-matter erupted from Raine's gills, etching 「298.5」 into the floor. His left eye saw clones' 「III」 brands resonating with his scale, right eye watched coral growths sprouting from Ellen's spine: "Garret... Your claws are siphoning my DNA..."
Serena's tail smashed three clones, asphalt blood forming a counter-clock. She kicked a clone's carcass, exposing claw engravings—「Candidate 003: Garret/Inquisitor/Dracula」.
Garret's wolf ears split, black crystals hailing down. He smashed his claws into the council table, slime congealing into child Serena's phantom—stabbing baby Garret's brow with fangs. "So I'm your fucking guard dog..."
The tsunami froze. All clones raised claws, vocal cords grinding Inquisitor's mechanical tones: "Limiter disengaged... Candidate gene awakening..."
Ellen's scales shattered, optics projecting three-century-old footage—infant Raine grasping Garret's finger in a pod, Elaina logging: 「Dual Vessel Synergy... 99.9% Resonance」.
"Screw resonance!" Garret's claw impaled his own heart, extracting a slime-caked core. "Tell the Citadel fossils... I want royalties!" The core crystallized, black matter surging into clone brands.
Raine's scar quantum-split, void-vortexes swirling. Clones turned claws on each other as the First Inquisitor's specter materialized: 「Candidate 003 Protocol terminated... Purging...」
Lyria's tail brushed Raine's gills, her song syncing with lock codes. Clone pods detonated as Garret's claws melted: "Fuck... The locks stored my memories..."
Serena crunched the last clone's 「III」 brand. Fragments flew to Raine's scar, forming 「Reclamation Code: 003+001」. "Surprise... You two are puzzle pieces..."
Before Garret's eyes fully crystallized, he flipped Raine off: "Next cycle... buy me untainted beer..."
Submerged Currents
Receding slime revealed shattered 「Type III」 pods in Citadel ruins. Ellen's wreckage detected Garret's gene waves—matching residue from Raine's incubation fluid...