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  • The Evil Robot is made of this... literally.
  • The introduction to chapter 12 in Version 6note , showcasing the horrors of being infected by Roboenza:
    • It starts when you approach Tornado Man in the lab and he tells you that Dr. Light wants to see you in the basement. As you're told this, the screen mysteriously pulsates a dark purple hue. On your way down to speak with Dr. Light, the elevator suddenly stops, and the screen starts fading into black and purple as a mysterious voice asks if you can hear you. Said voice then suddenly says your name in a giant line of text that covers most of the screen.
    • You then collapse, and when you wake up, you become surrounded by strings of code and skull shapes, while the room begins to distort. All the while, the voice speaks to you in disembodied purple lines of text, mocking you and tempting you to turn against humans. Eventually, the screen turns purple and a silhouette of the Evil Robot appears before you. You've been infected with Roboenza... and this is only the tip of the iceberg of what's to come.
    • The silhouette and distortion then disappears, but something pries the doors of the elevator open. It's four rows of robots all with the appearance of the default skin, some with no eyes, some with cracks on their bodies, and some with body parts missing. As they say that "destruction is all you will ever know" and that "it is what you were built for," you then lower your buster and look at your hands, trembling as your skin melts off of them to reveal the exoskeleton beneath.
    • After this, you wake back up with your screen tinted purple... and you can't move. But your body certainly can, and it speaks in unison with the voice that Roboenza has put in your head. You walk up behind Roll, watching as Dr. Light repairs her brother, and shoot her in the back. Galaxy Man and Plug Man jump to her aid, but you knock them aside in short order and notice Dr. Light is just on the other side of the glass, alone and helpless. Roll struggles to her feet and stands between you and her father, but you smack her back to the floor as you line up your buster. It's only the intervention of Duo's energy activating itself to purge you of the Roboenza that stops the virus from making you watch as you destroy everyone you've fought to protect. It's understandable why Guts Man restrains you when you actually get to Dr. Light himself, and thankfully, there is a silver lining to this moment because as he points out, you're the very cure for these infected robots.
    • What the infection says to the player is just as chilling and heartless as its behavior.
      "Why do you continue to serve those beneath you? Are such self absorbed beings worth it? What is it you really fight for? Is it truly justice? Or perhaps... You're afraid of what you really are... They can't be helped. They can't be saved. It's time to stop holding back... and let loose. Only I understand what you desire. The thrill of destruction... You can't resist it... can you?"
  • When you begin the first stage of a new chapter, you're treated to the featured game's "Stage Start" theme along with a visual based on the chapter. This is not the case with Chapter 13— instead, you're treated to dead silence instead of Mega Man V's stage start music.

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