In the vast emptiness of space, The Administrator’s voice echoed with a sadistic monotone, the perfect embodiment of darkness incarnate. “Greetings. Wanna know what just happened?” Her words hung in the air, the eerie silence amplifying the red hue emanating from her dress and body.

“People above this little god-given value are all my friends.” Her voice was cold and unfeeling, contrasting with the sinister glow surrounding her.

Loading’s body flickered and glitched, immobilized within this desolate space. “You didn’t show any mercy to him.” The tone of the confrontation was different from those with King Vörher or Hegemon, lacking the usual intensity and feeling more ominous and foreboding.

“So don’t you dare think anyone would ever show mercy to you now.” Her words were a final, chilling declaration. Suddenly, Loading’s body convulsed, turning pure white before destabilizing entirely, his physical form disintegrating into the black void.

The world around her brightened, revealing a floating island surrounded by a sea of static that consumed every inch of the horizon. Countless small islands drifted in the void, one of them housing a figure that seemed to stare back at her. It wasn’t Loading, but rather a knightly figure that soon walked away, disappearing from view.

Loading suddenly stood behind The Administrator once more. “I was wondering how long it would take you to come back. I was beginning to think you were just that weak.”

Before her smugness could fully register, Loading lunged at her, but his attack was abruptly halted by a transparent red barrier. The Administrator faced him, her stoic expression morphing into a sadistic, terrifying smile, an unnatural contortion that sent chills down his spine.

The Administrator vanished before Loading's eyes, her presence erased from the system as if she had never been there. In an instant, she reappeared, her physical body seeming to move faster than reality itself. A sword materialized in her hand, and with a swift, powerful swing, she struck Loading, sending him hurtling through the floor of the floating island and crashing through the infinite static world, colliding with several other islands along the way.

She looked down, tracking his trajectory as four railguns floated beside her. Loading appeared behind her again, this time with a slightly different appearance—a human left arm adorned with royal clothing. Before he could make a move, wormholes surrounded The Administrator, forming a dome with chains flying from every angle.

A red explosion erupted from within the dome, blasting a hole through the chains and one of the wormholes. A red projectile shot out at high speeds, targeting Loading. However, just before it struck, a yellow glowing chain intercepted it, blocking the projectile and disintegrating in the process.

“Oh come now, you can’t keep stealing other people’s abilities. Guess you really only have one trick,” The Administrator taunted.

Loading's right arm morphed into a more feminine, blistered hand, clothed in a familiar jacket with pink fabric. The hand held a knife that glowed red and pink. The Administrator descended swiftly, landing right in front of him as he extended his altered hand. A red and gray beam shot out, and another chain with a wormhole hurtled toward her.

With a deft movement, The Administrator plunged her sword into the ground of the floating island. A light blue crystal erupted from the ground, encasing her entire body. The crystal exploded outward as Loading’s beam and chain made contact, shattering and blocking the attacks and leaving her unharmed.

The crystal around The Administrator shattered into a million shards as she swung her blade at Loading. He raised his transformed, royal-adorned hand, stopping the blade from cutting through him, but his body vibrated and briefly glowed white before returning to normal. Suddenly, the blade vanished, replaced by four beams that appeared out of nowhere, firing white and purple energy into Loading.

A [!] flashed above Loading's head again as The Administrator summoned her transparent keyboards, fingers flying over them to write down more code for another attack. The flashing symbol abruptly ceased, and a few hundred clones of The Administrator materialized, floating around the island.

In perfect synchrony, the clones moved their hands, releasing a green string-like substance, reminiscent of the Code Manipulator’s work. The strings shot towards Loading, aiming to ensnare him.

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Loading began to rapidly glitch, attempting to dodge the onslaught of green strings. The Administrator stood calmly, waiting for him to be ensnared. Despite his efforts, the sheer number of strings overwhelmed him, wrapping around his body and tightening around his throat, lifting him off the ground.

Loading struggled to free himself, grabbing at the strings as if choking. His neck glowed an intense, blinding white before disappearing under the pressure, and his body collapsed to the ground, a glitchy black blur of dismembered parts.

The Administrator stepped forward, her voice cold and commanding. "Get back up. I'm not done with you yet."

Loading reformed behind her, his voice echoing from all directions. “Why do you do this? Why do you fight for him?”

The Administrator gazed into the endless, static sky, her expression distant. “I have seen him since day one. Explored everything that I can, and something about his simple nature, how much he has grown throughout his lifetime.”

Her dress began to flow in an invisible wind, adding an ethereal quality to her presence. “Just because you are a system that has created life doesn’t mean you get to use those you create as toys. A plaything for you to ruin and do whatever you want.”

Her demeanor calmed, and her hair returned to its usual blue hue while her dress shifted back to its serene white and blue. “But honestly, your little plaything is a world to me. My life and home. I don’t care about whatever goal you are trying to achieve…” She trailed off into silence. “What I should be asking you for his sake is, why would you do all of this?”

Loading remained motionless as a voice resonated through the world around them. “This is because of him. He created me but does nothing himself.”

The Administrator interjected, “So this is all because of a grudge?”

The voice echoed once more. “He who is everything, even beyond my capabilities with his unlimited power, decides to do nothing but watch as life dies and is reborn. Creating the very essence of conception into a physical manifestation, I am bound to repeat their lives for an infinite amount of time. These conduits, bound by eternal suffering, while he gets to watch them create, destroy, and experience every emotion imaginable.”

The Administrator stood in silence, her gaze fixed on Loading. “Imagine your entire family—every single person, thing, and entity to exist—being subjected to eternal rebirth over and over. Your sons, daughters, creatures. All because he wants it.”

The Administrator chimed in, “But isn’t that how life works? A beginning and an end.”

The voice continued, “While you aren’t wrong, the Conduits of Beginnings and Conclusion do exist. But not every single conduit wants the other to exist. The Conduit of Beginnings has been sealed away where not even I can reach. And Conclusion, every time it returns from its death, is instantly hunted down by those that already exist before it.”

The Administrator considered this. “Can’t you just make them not?”

Loading's body seemed to shake with silent laughter, an unsettling sight without a mouth or any audio.

"He was the one who created the Conduits, splitting himself into every single thing imaginable. The number of Conduits that could or can exist is not finite. So, to answer your question of why I am really doing this, it's to stop his reign with my own two hands. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible the last time I confronted him. He told me to just do my job and continue things as I have been. After that, he sealed my access off using myself."

The Administrator interjected, "So why did you make Hegemon suffer this entire time if you needed to get rid of 'him'? You already killed him now, so hasn’t your plan failed already?"

Loading's voice continued, "The Conduit he possesses is the Conduit of Code. As long as his time of death is before it should be, he won't actually die."

The Administrator's eyes widened in shock. "So he is immortal?"

"No," Loading replied. "The Conduit will consume him the more he grows in power. He is the weapon I need to stop him."

The Administrator then questioned, “Are you ever going to tell me who ‘he’ is?”

Before she could get an answer, Loading vanished, leaving only two words lingering in the air: “Forgive me.”

Suddenly, an endless array of physical firewalls materialized around her, trapping her within the Mainframe itself. The Administrator activated her System abilities, furiously destroying the walls, but they were instantly replaced by more.

With each firewall she demolished, another took its place, the cycle seeming endless. Her determination grew as she continued her assault, refusing to be confined. The glow around her intensified, her powers surging with each strike, yet the walls persisted.

The battle against the relentless firewalls turned into a testament to her resolve, her every move echoing her unyielding spirit.

Breathing heavily, the Administrator paused, her gaze narrowing with frustration and concern. She had no choice but to wait and see what Loading would do to Hegemon. Each passing moment felt like an eternity as she remained imprisoned, her thoughts racing with worry and determination. She silently vowed to break free and protect Hegemon, no matter the cost.