The war between androids and machine lifeforms had lasted for thousands of years.
Throughout these thousands of years, the so-called humans had never been seen by the androids fighting on the front lines.
It seemed like not wanting the frontline androids to see humans was also a way to protect humans.
But it wasn't that they truly couldn't see them; if someone established merits on the front line or under certain circumstances, they could have the opportunity to meet humans.
However, over thousands of years, most androids died in battle without ever having seen humans or confirming evidence of their existence.
Thus, some began to doubt whether the Human Council truly existed.
Some also began to resent this endless battle, thinking that unless they could actually meet humans and receive encouragement directly from their creators, they had no motivation to continue.
If this continued, androids would fall into confusion, and there might again be an internal rebellion among androids, leading to self-destruction.
Therefore, to give androids motivation to persist and boost morale, evidence was needed to make them believe that the Human Council truly existed, allowing androids to regain their faith.
Thus, the YoRHa plan emerged.
On the surface, it was about developing a new type of android force [YoRHa] series to combat machine lifeforms, so the existence of YoRHa troops appeared quite exceptional among androids, bearing a greater mission, thus having a higher status than ordinary androids.
However, the birth of YoRHa troops was destined to be a tragedy, as everyone involved in the entire plan, including the members of YoRHa, were tools used for testing and data collection.
So, the problems that occurred with A2's initial squad, the sacrifice of her comrades, were actually part of the Bunker's plan.
Upon hearing this, A2's anger almost made her lose her rationality, nearly slaughtering the Commander.
Once the data collection was complete and the experiment was deemed finished, when the time was right, everything was destined to be destroyed.
At that time, the Bunker's server would automatically erase traces of this plan, and the initially set server had a backdoor that would attract machine lifeforms to discover and invade, infecting everything.
By then, the Bunker would have to be abandoned, all documents related to the YoRHa plan, including the Bunker's personnel, would be destroyed, resulting in catastrophic losses.
This would create a feeling that such a price had to be paid to protect humans and further substantiate that humans still existed.
Through such an event, the morale of the android army would be revitalized, making them believe that the battle was meaningful, that their creators, their gods, were behind them.
Therefore, the YoRHa troops were destined to be sacrificed and abandoned.
Moreover, most of the android leadership probably wouldn't have much pity for the YoRHa troops, because the YoRHa units' core black boxes used machine lifeform technology and materials, making them something of a shameful existence in reverse.
Thus, most of the android leadership likely didn't recognize YoRHa troops as comrades.
Furthermore, the real reason YoRHa troops weren't allowed to have emotions was because the leadership believed that the "dirty" YoRHa troops couldn't behave like humans, as that would be an insult to humanity.
"So, Commander White, is that how you view A2, 2B, and others?"
Ejie asked this soul-searching question with a somewhat deep tone.
The Commander had explained the purpose of YoRHa's existence, but some key points weren't mentioned—that the Bunker would eventually be abandoned, that YoRHa troops were destined to be destroyed; this wasn't said.
It seemed that the Commander herself didn't know about the final destruction—including herself—so she showed a shocked expression after Ejie supplemented this information.
As for his question, he wanted to ask if Commander White, like other android leaders, looked down on the YoRHa troops and didn't consider them comrades.
According to the related game he had played, it seemed that Commander White was more inclined to consider YoRHa troops as comrades.
But this was now reality.
"Yes, I cannot view YoRHa troops with black boxes as their cores as the same kind."
There was almost no hesitation in her answer.
This response nearly made A2 go berserk again.
As for 2B, she had been silent from beginning to end, until after this statement, when she finally showed an obvious wavering reaction, seeming suddenly powerless, almost unable to stand.
As for 9S, who had removed his eye mask, his expression was particularly obvious, showing an inability to accept.
"You're... you're lying, Commander. The Human Council being extinct long ago, the YoRHa intelligent core black boxes being related to machine lifeforms, and eventually being silenced through destruction—it's all false, right?"
A girl's voice, sounding like she was about to cry, came from 2B's fighter, surprising Ejie.
This should be 2B's Operator 6O, designed as an energetic twin-tailed, braided machine girl.
She had also heard this content. Who had secretly established contact with the Bunker?
Was it 9S?
"I didn't secretly establish communication with the Bunker; the Commander authorized it herself."
9S, seemingly understanding his thought, gave this answer with a complex expression.
In fact, halfway through the narration, 9S had planned to transmit the Commander's content to the Bunker, but he unexpectedly found that the communication had been opened long ago.
The Bunker had heard what the Commander was narrating.
"Huh? What's this?"
6O on the other side suddenly became confused.
"6O, what appears before your eyes now is the 'key' I left. Take this 'key,' and you will know whether what I said is true."
After saying this, silence fell.
Ejie suddenly looked deeply at Commander White before him.
At this moment, he sensed this Commander White's emotions.
This sensing wasn't the so-called sixth sense, but truly receiving the other's emotions, which was Ejie's special ability.
The untouchable constitution was somewhat useful here as well?
By sensing others' emotions, he could avoid certain crises.
Currently, Commander White's emotions revealed she was lying, but not about the YoRHa plan having deceptions; rather, she was lying about viewing 2B, A2, and others with the same eyes as other android leaders, not considering them comrades.
In reality, this Commander truly regarded them as comrades.
And now, by frankly revealing and actively letting the people in the Bunker know, she was finding another way out for these people.
This way out lay with Ejie.
If he could accept the YoRHa troops, they could escape the tragic fate of being completely silenced.
Of course, the frank disclosure was also a judgment made based on the current situation. After all, he knew about the YoRHa plan, and she believed that YoRHa troops would eventually get the truth from him, so it was better to just say it all out.
"Now, can I hug you?"
"You may."
Because from her emotions, Ejie didn't sense any malice.
Even if she truly self-destructed and killed him, so be it.
Dying in this world would be fine, better than eventually returning to his original world, where even death might not bring peace.
Yes, in the Warhammer world, death indeed didn't bring peace; he had verified it personally.
The corpse on the Golden Throne would resurrect him, making him continue to work.
After all, he had died during archaeology and had been resurrected.
Although that resurrection was a reward he earned through work, like completing a task in DNF and getting a resurrection coin.
But who knew if that guy would take out a loan for resurrection coins for him to work, forcing him to resurrect.