The Formation of MAVE:

Episode 23. The Hidden Side of History

The ancient human civilization and the IDYPIA they knew were not like the genuine utopia-like IDYPIA they just witnessed in SAI Prime's speech. They were left speechless.

"What you just witnessed was a speech presented by SAI Prime using AG Entertainment around 2041. At that time, the world saw a rapid increase in uninhabitable zones due to the failure to address the climate crisis, and wars persisted at every border. Consequently, the population plummeted. The elites, disillusioned with the existing humanity, were empowering AG," Y explained.

Upon Y's supplementary explanation, Siu raised a question.

"But the IDYPIA we saw in the video just now wasn't the IDYPIA we were living in. What exactly happened?"

"Do you want to know?" Y asked.

"Yes!"

They responded almost simultaneously without hesitation.

"Why?"

"Because we have emotions."

This time, Zena responded. Y looked at the children. Her gaze was more determined, curious, and upright than anyone else's.

"Alright. Then let's take a look at the second chip."

"Okay."

After taking a deep breath, Tyra slowly picked up the second chip.

"It's okay. I'm right here."

As Marty comforted Tyra, she closed her eyes tightly and inserted the red chip into the reader. The reader made a rapid spinning sound, and a holographic image appeared.

"What??"

However, it wasn't the familiar image the girls were expecting. All around them was darkness. There was no sight or sound to be found.

Then, gradually, something began to materialize.

"Ah, this is...?!"

It was a place very familiar to the four girls. It was the old appearance of the Intelligence Research Institute.

"No! Help me!"

"Aaahh!! Please!"

There, they saw people being dragged away by AG agents. They were forcibly placed into capsules and subjected to various experiments. All of them were dressed in prison uniforms. Some of those who experienced side effects foamed at the mouth, convulsed as if electrocuted, pounded on the capsules in anger, or cried and laughed uncontrollably. Those whose experiments were either concluded or deemed impossible to continue were all dragged away like corpses to the incinerator room. These test subjects all had one thing in common: their skulls were open, revealing implanted brain chips inside.

"Ugh..."

As the gruesome scenes continued to unfold, each of them felt nauseated and struggled not to vomit, tears streaming down their faces in anguish.

"This is the real face of IDYPIA."

Yet none of them dared to look away. They sought to uncover, and needed to know, the truth hidden beneath the facade of peace.

"We only have a few days left until the Emotion Reset deadline. Let's hurry!"

"Yes!"

And those issuing orders to the AG agents were none other than individuals familiar to the four girls.

"What? Isn't that... X?"

"And there's the twins, W, over there too?!!"

It was the mass-produced model series of SAI that Y had mentioned. The girls couldn't close their mouths, stunned.