An actual promise accompanied the repeated notion of a Miko's honesty. Though anyone would be foolish to believe such a blanket statement, this particular Miko's version seemed to come from a place of earnestness and proper introspection. She didn't speak on behalf of shrine maidens everywhere, but instead on behalf of herself and her beliefs. That was fine. "Done deal. Dick for breakfast~" Yugi joked... partially at least.
He kept a steady eye on the Status screen for mana observation purposes, but Yugi couldn't pull his attention away from the ongoing scene without great difficulty. Moreover, that difficulty was only growing as Miko's techniques, and the slimes, did as well. She had a response to offer his most recent assertation, but it was cut short. Strange was the reason for that. Yugi saw what befell her and, in doing so, saw his own thoughts realized in live action. Did the slime really take that much from him? He didn't think an active mental link was realistic enough for something like this, but the proof was currently inside and all over Miko as he watched. "Uh-oh..." he muttered. Even Miko immediately understood the obvious connection between his mind and the slime consciousness. The more Yugi thought about it, the more problematic he found that function. "Full disclosure... I completely wrote off the possibility of it doing that. It's so dumb!" he said. "So, back on the table is the possibility of it knowing the whole plan and having every countermeasure I have in place. New plan!" he announced. Still, some thinking had to be done. Time wasn't being a very friendly factor with that humanoid slime working Miko over. Ah, but there was something in those System notifications earlier. Yugi wasn't required to keep mana. Even Miko losing hers was a fail condition, but it was accompanied by the condition of lost consciousness. "Ugh, what is it? You fail the quest if you hit zero or pass out. That means... running out of mana isn't a death condition; it's just a loss. My quest, my quest... support survival and extraction. Secondary objective is to neutralize core nodes, but yours was... disrupting the mana network. That must mean... That's it! Argh, I'm so fucking dumb!" He suddenly paused to bask in a moment of excitement and minor self-loathing. "I got it! The slimes are dumb! They're not just mimicking like I thought, but they're still not using their own intelligence either! That means... I'm the linchpin! If mana network is the same as a neural network, your actual quest is to cut the supply!"
He kept a steady eye on the Status screen for mana observation purposes, but Yugi couldn't pull his attention away from the ongoing scene without great difficulty. Moreover, that difficulty was only growing as Miko's techniques, and the slimes, did as well. She had a response to offer his most recent assertation, but it was cut short. Strange was the reason for that. Yugi saw what befell her and, in doing so, saw his own thoughts realized in live action. Did the slime really take that much from him? He didn't think an active mental link was realistic enough for something like this, but the proof was currently inside and all over Miko as he watched. "Uh-oh..." he muttered. Even Miko immediately understood the obvious connection between his mind and the slime consciousness. The more Yugi thought about it, the more problematic he found that function. "Full disclosure... I completely wrote off the possibility of it doing that. It's so dumb!" he said. "So, back on the table is the possibility of it knowing the whole plan and having every countermeasure I have in place. New plan!" he announced. Still, some thinking had to be done. Time wasn't being a very friendly factor with that humanoid slime working Miko over. Ah, but there was something in those System notifications earlier. Yugi wasn't required to keep mana. Even Miko losing hers was a fail condition, but it was accompanied by the condition of lost consciousness. "Ugh, what is it? You fail the quest if you hit zero or pass out. That means... running out of mana isn't a death condition; it's just a loss. My quest, my quest... support survival and extraction. Secondary objective is to neutralize core nodes, but yours was... disrupting the mana network. That must mean... That's it! Argh, I'm so fucking dumb!" He suddenly paused to bask in a moment of excitement and minor self-loathing. "I got it! The slimes are dumb! They're not just mimicking like I thought, but they're still not using their own intelligence either! That means... I'm the linchpin! If mana network is the same as a neural network, your actual quest is to cut the supply!"
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