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In Room 405, the manager gathered his remaining underlings. He opened a hidden door in the office, entered the password to unlock a safe, and took out pieces of weaponry and equipment to distribute to everyone.
"All of you, grab your gear and go slaughter that bastard! We only have one path left—a fight to the bitter end!"
His face was savage as he said, "Don't think you'll survive by surrendering! Think about the things we've done. The Star Association will never let us go... Rather than be used as test subjects and subjected to all sorts of torture worse than death, we might as well die a quick one. Maybe we can even take an Ascender down with us!"
