Louis wanted to stop Russell from continuing to do so.
But Russell said, "Remember what I said? Lewis, the strong are not strong because they can defeat most people, but because they can do what most people cannot do."
After this ordeal, Russell fell ill and was bedridden, his consciousness becoming increasingly unclear.
Her hair had turned snow-white, as if foreshadowing the loss of her vitality.
Since ancient times, beauties have lamented their fading youth, while heroes are not allowed to see their hair turn white.
Russell was a legendary warrior who fought her way through seven battles; she wouldn't have become like this from just one or two days of exhaustion...
After all, I'm old and sick; I'm no longer invincible.
Not to mention Louis, who stayed up all night to stay with her, even the players who witnessed this scene couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
Louis felt that he was responsible for all of this, so he wanted to find a very famous doctor elsewhere to treat Russell properly.
But to his surprise, something bad happened in just a few days.
Someone transformed into Russell, robbed the neighboring settlement, and even set fire to the granary.
Only Louis knew that Russell was still bedridden, but he was now unable to defend himself.
Unwilling to see Russell's reputation tarnished, Louise immediately used his ability to transform into Russell's appearance and confessed to the crime.
He even transformed into a monster, deliberately trying to frighten them—
Many people saw him in this state that day, and they immediately identified him as Louis.
Louis, burdened with a double charge, did not defend himself, but muttered to himself, "Hmph, foolish humans, I don't care whether you're afraid of me or not."
As he spoke, he sullenly kicked a pebble off the roadside.
After the players worked hard towards the main storyline, Louis finally found the culprit.
—It was actually his own clone!!
This clone possesses a weakened version of his superpowers, having escaped from that research facility.
He possessed half of Louis's memories, half of his abilities, and even inherited his fondness for Russell.
Such a clone is essentially a real Louis, and of course, he would not want to live in anonymity.
His actions stemmed from his dissatisfaction with his fate as a replicant and his desire to replace Louise.
He not only turned Louis into a "monster" that everyone feared, but also wanted to take Russell away from him.
Russell, who was in a coma, was kidnapped, which made Louis lose his temper.
When his stubborn streak kicked in, Louis ignored whether the replicants had any conspiracies or traps and went to the meeting alone.
Louis: Hmph, setting traps is too shameful, I would never do that.
Clones: I would never do something so shameful.
Then the two agreed to a decisive battle in a ruin, which was indeed a fair and square one-on-one duel.
This is a final boss battle, and it is quite difficult because both sides have unpredictable and ever-changing abilities.
Players need to defeat the three different forms of the clone before the CG sequence begins.
— Bertrand Russell woke up.
Both Louises were overjoyed at first, even exclaiming in unison, "Quick, help me beat this idiot up!"
Russell: "..."
The two Louises look exactly alike and are indistinguishable.
But Russell's mind raced, and he asked, "Louis, do you remember the stunt double trick?"
This is a memory that replicants don't have.
Louis, however, smiled—
He and Russell worked together again; after Russell drew their attention, Louis fired a marked arrow.
The clone was very wary, staring intently at Russell's white hair, and said, "It's no use, I'm also Louis. I know you have teleportation abilities, you can't fool me."
But the next moment, another Russell appeared from behind him—the real Russell.
Russell plunged a deadly blade into his chest.
But before the clone, Russell had transformed back into Louis's appearance—it turned out that Louis had used his abilities to impersonate him.
A light rain began to fall from the sky.
The clone Louis slowly backed away and sat down against the wall. He clutched his chest, knowing his days were numbered.
He looked at Russell, gave a bitter smile, and said, "People come out of culture machines, so are emotions... also fake?"
Russell remained silent.
The clone said, "I've never heard you speak to me since I was born. Russell, I've tried my best too, could you... just give me a compliment?"
Russell walked over to him.
Louis reached out to stop her, but she shook her head and squatted down next to the replicant.