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There is only one truth. God.
Yes. Me.
Right, Lain?
You're God?
Yes. I am God.
Why are you God? I don't understand.
You're dead, aren't you? A dead human.
Somebody like that can't be God, can they?
I realized that I had no need for a body.
To die is merely to abandon the flesh.
That's... just what Chisa said.
(I don't need to stay here.)
I suppose she did.
I caused the protocol that governs The Wired to evolve.
Yeah. That's what you did.
But a protocol is just an agreement.
Yes, but I incorporated code that operates on a higher phase.
So?
There is compressed information mixed into the protocol.
What kind of information?
Human memories. Mine.
The thoughts, history, memories and emotions of the man named Eiri Masami.
What does that mean?
I can live forever as an anonymous entity in The Wired,
and will be able to rule it with information.
What do you think a being like that should be called?
God.
There is no God.
Right. Even if I were an omnipresent being and could influence others,
with no one to worship me, I am no God.
But you had them. Or made them, I should say.
Knights.
You no longer need a body, Lain.
That's a lie!