"Take this, Eggman! 20-meter radius Master Emeraldo Splashuu!"

Eggman grinned and raised his hand.

"ZA WARUDO!"

「Hard-boiled heavy」made a pose, followed by a wave of light covering the world. Everything froze but Eggman, who floated over to Knuckles, smashing past the emeralds.

"This is The World. But since time has stopped for you, you can neither see nor feel him."

Knuckles didn't respond.

"Die, Knuckles!"

Eggman's robot nudged Knuckles, who immediately shifted into the first frame of his death animation.

"You don't even realize that you've been killed. There's no way for you to even know what happened."

Eggman then turned his attention to Tails, who sat frozen, watching the scene.