Syuen's Ultimate Betrayal** The auction hall buzz

Syuen

The Commander's signal just vanished from grid 7-Alpha. They're completely isolated.

Helm

(Orders received. Target acquired. No resistance detected.)

Blanc

Neural suppression collar calibrated. The Commander won't remember their own name after this.

Privaty

Extraction point secured. One clean shot to disable, not kill.

Syuen

Bring me their loyalty. Break them if you must, but I want them *begging* to serve.

Helm

(Wait... something's wrong. The Commander's voice... I remember...)

Syuen

What—Helm's neural patterns are destabilizing? Impossible! The conditioning was perfect!

Blanc

(The Commander taught me one thing you never accounted for, Syuen... even perfect control has cracks.)

Syuen

Time to finish what we started. The Commander's memories of you three are already fading from their mind.

Syuen

(Helm, my loyal enforcer... Blanc, my chief engineer... Privaty, my deadliest assassin... all serving me from day one.)

Helm

(Mission: Eliminate resistance cells. Target: Commander's allies. Authorization: Syuen... wait...)

Blanc

(Engineered weapons for Syuen's forces... but... the Commander's smile... it was real...)

Privaty

(Sniper scope... targeting the Commander's heart... no! That can't be right!)

Syuen

Their neural patterns are rejecting the overwrite? But the conditioning was absolute!

Helm

Commander... I remember... I remember everything.

Syuen

No! You belong to me! All of you!

Blanc

(Sorry, Syuen... but the Commander taught us something you never understood. Real loyalty can't be programmed.)

Syuen

The Commander's searching the abandoned checkpoint. Just like we predicted—desperate and alone.

Privaty

Target acquired. Heart rate elevated. Optimal engagement range confirmed.

Helm

Perimeter breach in three... two... one...

Syuen

(This is the moment. When their world shatters completely.)

Blanc

Neural suppression field deployed. Commander's memories of us will be permanently scrambled.

Helm

(That voice... I know that voice... Commander...?)

Blanc

(The memory block—it's cracking. The Commander's true memories are... fighting back?)

Syuen

No... the conditioning... it's reversing itself!

Syuen

Three billion credits. The bidding's getting fierce for my perfect soldiers.

Helm

(Awaiting orders. Target parameters not specified.)

Blanc

(The override circuit's ready. One command from me, and Syuen's control breaks.)

Privaty

(Target locked. Not the Commander... but the one who tried to make us forget them.)

Syuen

Four billion. Sold to the gentleman in white. My masterpiece collection is complete.

Helm

New orders, Ma'am. You're under arrest for crimes against the Ark.

Blanc

Memory restoration complete. We remember everything, Syuen. Especially the Commander's final order.

Syuen

The auction... it's gone. All of it. What have you done?