Since Shepherd already knew the weakness of Siegfried's costume, Shepherd didn't become a loser, still. He preferred to fight in a sporting manner without creating a lot of magnetic devices and such, because he understood that Siegfried basically had a very strong physique, only using such things would only paralyse Siegfried for a few seconds.
Siegfried, who was now trying to observe from afar, immediately noticed Shepherd from a distance of at least hundreds of kilometres from Shepherd's distance using a telescope that was at least capable and could capture the essence that far away. Siegfried watched Shepherd's movements carefully.
But somehow, Shepherd managed to look back at Siegfried's telescope and he smiled with bulging eyes, it was strange but the atmosphere was very creepy. But also the one named Siegfried never had any fear, he also returned the smile, without any goosebumps or anything.
"He's a genius, I'm not lying, he's probably Diogen resurfacing, well I know this is a morality test." thought Siegfried in his mind.
"Siegfried, someone who eliminates evil without a deliberately concealed identity, you're great, but if I kill you, the best thing is that I don't get anything." Shepherd looked back at the way he thought to Siegfried.
Since the government had now been taken over by Shepherd, it meant that now all the nonsensical rules had made it in. Shepherd's madness continued, he managed to rob many banks in one night without being caught, even the fingerprints found were not there, but the law could not do anything either.
From here, Siegfried who saw Shepherd had crossed the line immediately reloaded his costume to correct all the mistakes, now there was only one obstacle that if Siegfried accidentally bumped the back of his neck, then the costume would slowly weaken, because technology cannot be God, because technology is a human creation. But now Siegfried can be very free.
Because now Siegfried managed to upload the data of his costume, which he named "C-Zero", to all corners of the internet. This means that now Siegfried can monitor all the cctv conditions or the like through his costume, which can now use solar power or night power, it is now much more difficult for Siegfried to be killed even though he has separated from Nyarlathotep.
Now Siegfried who had previously been in the news because of his costume was dubbed as "The Steelman" even though they still couldn't consider him a hero because yes, Siegfried's body was reduced to make it easier for him not to be recognised. The armour also completely covers all parts of Siegfried's body. This costume is equipped with a voice changer as well which is located right at the throat of the costume, but it is very difficult to destroy just like that.
Siegfried immediately left in his costume, heading to the place where Shepherd was now carrying out his depraved actions, as said before, Siegfried used his costume which was connected to the internet directly to get to the location by relying on the existing map. Siegfried then arrived at the place where Shepherd was.
As usual, Shepherd laughed and mocked. "Now has the hero arrived? If so, kill me!"
Since Siegfried basically still hadn't killed at all, he then replied using a voice that had been completely altered by his costume. "I will never kill."
"Are you crazy? You're already wearing such a suit of armour with such technology and yet you don't kill? You are a fool with a moral dilemma."
"I'm not crazy, Shepherd Cain, I just don't want to take a life, because I'm not an angel or anything like that." Siegfried said as an alibi, but it was not like that.
"It's just as well that you're still a naive boy. Don't you think how people cornered you and killed you while you didn't fight back? You might as well have given yourself up to your fellow humans, you fool."
"Shepherd, I don't know how you think, but you're nothing more than a criminal, you don't have anything about kindness, whether it's about good or good deeds or you motivating someone to be good."
"That's where you're wrong, the Steelman, you look at advice from the person, not the meaning, that's where you fall."
"I will not fall, Shepherd," Siegfried said in that heavier voice. "Because I will make you fall."
"Me? Fall? Are you kidding me?" Shepherd laughed again at the situation.
The two of them fought, because Shepherd was much into martial arts, Siegfried had a little trouble fighting the much more agile Shepherd, but because of his technology that was equipped with various abilities, Siegfried tried to imitate all the boxing moves at that time because his brain already had a chip that was directly connected to his suit, but it would never be hacked forever, yes, because this technology was stored in the place where Siegfried's large body was stored.
After all the imitations were complete, Siegfried immediately used all the things that had been adapted to his brain, slowly he immediately turned the atmosphere, the fight turned, even crazier, Shepherd who was armed with a gun shot at Siegfried's costume which had no impact on Siegfried. But because Shepherd is basically a bully, he immediately placed a bomb and left the building.
Right at the last moment, Siegfried had some difficulty escaping, but he just remembered that his costume would be resistant to various explosions, even if it was thousands of times that of the most powerful hydrogen bomb. Siegfried then took the glass left in the next building, fortunately the next building was still not hit by the flames, Siegfried then boiled water and drank coffee for a moment by opening the costume on his head a little.
After he finished, Siegfried then let Shepherd temporarily, because he knew that actually the fight was much more uneven if he let the two of them continue to fight. Siegfried was able to do an "impersonation" of the internet right into his brain which was now much more complex than a normal brain. Siegfried's brain is now capable of holding billions of times more than an ordinary person.
After that, Siegfried then went to the previous building, he did a makeshift training, although he brought plates for him to practice, but he lacked some tools that he should use. From there Siegfried felt he had to have a little fun, Siegfried then went to the crowd of people with his still large body, because his costume could be shrunk to the size of a suitcase, so Siegfried didn't have to worry.
Siegfried then saw people playing chess, Siegfried also joined in, he also paid for a lot of food that was there, also because people already knew Siegfried, they welcomed Siegfried well, even made Siegfried laugh for a very long time. Although Siegfried could be said to be quite talented, he was defeated many times in the chess game, because here Siegfried understood that understanding a field easily is because one is familiar with the pattern presented, while those who are not familiar with the pattern will find it difficult.
He discovered one new detail at this time, if Shepherd did that kind of thing with no motive, he must have been familiar with his brain's pattern of killing, whether he was bored or whether he was just for what, since then Siegfried began to think about this pattern. After the chess game was over, Siegfried took his leave and met several women but he was not tempted at all, but he saw one woman who was very friendly to many people, and even had more than good enough skills.
The woman was named Sharlet Erington, he found out from the information he scanned himself, Siegfried then approached Sharlet and tried to get acquainted with Sharlet, but Siegfried did not want to date, he just wanted to get married right away, because Siegfried had thought carefully that dating was a bad thing.
Sharlet then replied. "Maybe I can think about it later after I get my father's blessing."
"If that's the case," Siegfried said. "Can I ask for your number?"
"Ah, yes, please, I'll keep it."
After that the two separated again, Siegfried went to the original place for dinner, on the other hand, Retch contacted Siegfried because there were some faults at some points of the city, this was certainly not criminality, but more than that, because some buildings were simply destroyed without any cause or effect.
To be continued...