Mugino was surprised to hear about John's origins, Shinobu probably knew about his identity as she worked with the Americans. Still, she was glad that they stood on the same side, in favor of Espers. Still, John is about ideology. She thinks there is no way for a war to end all wars, take the two world wars for example. Followed by countless proxy wars fight between the North Atlantic hegemony of the United States and the ambitious Russian expansion from the Siberian taiga to war torn Eastern Europe. Precisely the Warsaw Pact and the NATO. Or maybe not, as the American said, the first world is long past industrialization. Conflicts only rose as the relic of industrialization. Without rapid economic progress or the efficiency of working in factories there would not even be socialism or fascism in the first place. People use different ideologies to achieve their goals, thus the last world war was merely a tug of war between different factions' interests, that time using ideology as the basic fuel of this conflict. It wasn't that hard. Right now the Esper era is a whole new different era. An achievable transition from human to God. Industry, business, obsolete. Humans would finally be self sufficient. The only conflict existing is intellectual war, the spiritual struggle but with devastating consequences. The fundamental question is that, is it a virus or the salvation to humanity? Mugino shuddered at the thought for her thinking is way ahead of herself. "There is no justice among men." As she mentally quoted Nicholas II of Russia. She knew the only way to end conflicts among Esper minds is to regulate the government, but keep the government intact to maintain mutual order. They might have to kill opposing Esper factions and Board members who went out of their position, but someone has to fill the power void when the hypothetical civil war is over.
John is not a chemicaloid, but he accepted changes in order to be suitable. What the scientist meant was that John did have genetic alterations done, but so trivial that it's only noticeable if every bit is scanned. All that was done was turning on a small switch. Such a trivial change led to unlimited growth in the complex neurons and tissues in his brain, being able to complete lightning fast calculations; quantum computer. Meaning that he is different from other Espers. This new deviation of brain growth from genetic alteration allowed John to more effectively manipulate the AIM particle radiation and excite other subatomic particles, discovered by Aritomi Haruki. Despite that, there are still limitations to the human brain. By allowing unlimited ability, his brain is destabilizing faster than ever. Something had to be done, for John had chosen the tree of knowledge instead of the tree of life. But John has his own goals, he came to the American side and was willing to have this little operation on his own body. This day in Los Angeles another operation was done, a backup calculator was implanted into his spinal cord, the central nervous system. The desired effect is to prevent the prolonged overloading of his ability. But it's only a short term solution. The alterations done on him is irreversible, Esper powers have everything to do with the brain, and the brain has everything to do with the body. The brain will be permanently damaged, thus becoming god is only an illusion. Humans can never be God, because that was his decision when he created us. She thought. But maybe, just maybe, there is a chance to be Satan.