Crimson Harvest: Red Hood Reborn

Privaty

The restraints are too tight. This isn't standard procedure for a simple examination.

Syuen

Oh, Privaty dear, we're far beyond standard procedures tonight. You should feel honored.

Syuen

After all, you're about to become part of something extraordinary.

Rapi

Whatever you're planning, Syuen, it won't work. The Goddess Squad will—

Rapi

(These restraints are draining my power. I need to buy time.)

Syuen

The Goddess Squad is finished! Tonight, I extract Red Hood from your consciousness.

Syuen

Then we'll see what happens when she's fused with someone more... compliant.

Rapi

(The pain—she's actually pulling Red Hood out of me!)

Privaty

What... what is this darkness spreading through me? I can feel something else taking control!

Red Hood

I'm back... but this body feels different. Smaller. Weaker.

Red Hood

(When I look in this mirror, why do I see Privaty's face instead of my own?)

Red Hood

One quick cut to the carotid artery. How does it feel, Rapi, to die by your own squadmate's hand?

Rapi

(I never thought it would end like this... betrayed by my own body...)

Red Hood

Strange. I expected to feel satisfaction, but instead... confusion. These hands moved with precision, yet the body feels foreign.

Syuen

Fascinating. The fusion is incomplete. Red Hood's consciousness is dominant, but Privaty's muscle memory remains intact.

Syuen

This creates an unexpected variable in my experiment.

Red Hood

You orchestrated this, Syuen. Now you'll experience what happens when you play god with forces beyond your comprehension.

Syuen

(The security system should activate, but her movements are too fast—she's adapting to Privaty's combat reflexes!)

Red Hood

When I kill you, will it be Red Hood's vengeance or Privaty's justice? Perhaps both... or neither...

Red Hood

(The mirror shows two faces merging—when did I stop knowing which one is truly mine?) privaty and she laughs red hood response back. Yes she left too.

Red Hood

This tank... it's amplifying the fusion. I can feel Privaty's memories mixing with mine.

Red Hood

(But which memories are real? Which face is truly mine?)

Syuen

The synchronization rate is 87%. Soon you'll be the perfect weapon—Red Hood's ruthlessness with Privaty's loyalty.

Syuen

A shame about Rapi, but her sacrifice was necessary for evolution.

Red Hood

Loyalty? You think Privaty's loyalty is still intact after what you made her do?

Red Hood

(The way these hands moved against Rapi... that wasn't just Red Hood. Privaty wanted this too.)

Privaty

(I can feel her—Red Hood—trying to consume me completely. But she's learning that Privaty isn't as weak as she thought.)

Privaty

Syuen, you wanted to create a monster. But you've made something far worse—a conscience that enjoys killing.

Syuen

(The fusion is destabilizing. Red Hood's consciousness is fracturing, but Privaty's core identity is corrupting instead of resisting.)

Syuen

The emergency purge system—I'll have to terminate both consciousnesses!

Red Hood

Too late. We're not two minds anymore. We're something new. Something that remembers being both the victim and the monster.

Red Hood

(When I kill you, it'll be with Privaty's precision and Red Hood's creativity. The perfect murder—by someone who no longer exists.)

Syuen

Please... I can reverse this. I can separate you back—

Syuen

(The reflection shows her face, but the eyes... those are neither Privaty's nor Red Hood's. They're something that should never have existed.)

Privaty

Separate us? But we're finally whole. The question is—when we kill you, which name should we put on the death certificate?

Privaty

(Privaty... Red Hood... both died in this tank. What emerges is something that remembers being both, and enjoys being neither.)

Privaty

(The tank shattered... but something's wrong. These hands—they moved with purpose against Rapi, but the memories feel like they're wearing someone else's skin.)

Syuen

The fusion should have been complete! Red Hood's consciousness should have consumed yours entirely!

Privaty

Consumed? Oh, Syuen... you misunderstood the nature of what you created.

Privaty

(When I killed Rapi, I felt Privaty's hesitation—and Red Hood's exhilaration. But now... now I understand they were never separate to begin with.)

Syuen

Security lockdown! This is Syuen—initiate emergency protocol—

Privaty

(Privaty's combat training... Red Hood's killer instinct... combined, they make something far more elegant than either alone.)

Syuen

You missed the artery... Privaty's morality is still influencing—

Privaty

Missed? No, Syuen. I hit exactly what I aimed for. You wanted to create a weapon that enjoyed killing...

Privaty

(The way these hands feel, moving with Privaty's surgical precision and Red Hood's creativity... I've become something that terrifies even me.)

Privaty

...but what you've actually created is someone who enjoys the artistry of making death look like an accident. And the first accident?

Privaty

(When I look in this broken mirror, I see Privaty's face wearing Red Hood's smile. But which one of us is truly in control anymore?)