Kaito arrived above the desert facility without spectacle.
No fire.
No divine display.
Just gravitational silence.
Inside, scientists and believers argued as their containment chamber pulsed irregularly.
The fragment reacted to Kaito's proximity.
It vibrated violently.
He entered alone.
"You don't understand what you're holding," he told them.
"We understand evolution," their leader replied calmly.
The fragment pulsed brighter.
Silver Eyes' voice entered his mind sharply.
"It is resonating with your divided core."
Kaito realized too late—
They weren't trying to recreate the Hunger.
They were trying to reunify it.