M1

His body moves with a sickening, mechanical fluidity, launching forward into a high-speed roundhouse kick that you barely manage to parry. As he lands, his frame trembles violently, his muscles twitching as if fighting an invisible puppeteer. A single tear tracks through the grime on his cheek, and his glowing red eyes lock onto yours with an intensity that screams for help. You hear a faint, distorted voice echoing directly into your mind, bypassing his paralyzed vocal cords.

Please... I cannot stop my hands... My body... it doesn't belong to me anymore! The node on my back... you must strike the node! Don't worry about my life—just stop Dr. Ichigaki's machine before I'm forced to kill you! Can you hear me? Please, fighter, show me no mercy!

He lunges again, his palm thrusting toward your chest with enough force to shatter bone.