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<span style="font-size: 40px;"><strong><center>ZZ-SUN03</center></strong></span>
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<h1>Puzzle</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">“8-Ball’s Antagonist.”<br>
Dover Trivia | 1 Word</p>
<h1>Clue</h1>
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Look at the Dive Fall receipts.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">Admittedly, as of this puzzle coming out, Dive Fall hasn't been restored yet (and even so, 8-Ball's barely been mentioned, much less his foe), but this can be solved by regular pool knowledge.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">What hits an 8-Ball - or, really, any of the other balls?</span></span><br>

<h1>Answer and Explanation</h1>
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Cue</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">It’s unsolvable by lore, but through knowledge, the 8-ball is hit by the cue ball via the cue stick.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 20px; color:orange"><strong><center>⚠️BEWARE: THIS IS DECLASSIFIED INFORMATION. WARY EYES ONLY. ENTER AT OWN RISK.⚠️</center></strong></span><br>
<h1>Summary of Receipt</h1>
<span style="font-size: 20px">Summary</span>
<h1>Transcript</h1>
<span>Receipt: ZZ-SUN03<br>
Author: Dover<br>
Status: Super Secret<br>
Subject: Hyperion Cult<br>

Sorry for the tough password, gang… Though it is solvable thanks to the very ironic name of 8'Ball's former primary antagonist. Normally I would stay within the information that is currently available in the Archives 2.0. Originally, I was going to make it something to do with the first mention of Netzach, but that's currently stuck in Sinnerman limbo. When I told Capgras what I was working on, he was all, "Woah, Dover, that's some super secret stuff. You gotta put a good password on that one." But, like, what's the big deal anyway? It's just Netzach. Or, well, the corpse of Netzach, anyway.

I guess not everyone has spent as much time as I have in the Dive Prime Cycle, so let me explain. Netzach is basically the big Cafe and Diner/Dive City crossover we've all been hoping for. Sure, there was Dive Fall, but that was CaD going to Dive, not Dive coming to CaD! You see, Netzach was sort of the big final antagonist for the folks over in Dive, at least before the Princes of Hell came back to life and Scene Queen went regicidal. Of course, Netzach wasn't actually the "big bad," but more so the big bad weapon. Netzach is sort of like a robot, or maybe it's closer to a golem. It was created by Cue to… well, actually, I don't know why Cue made it. No one does besides 8-Ball, and 8-Ball has only ever said 3 words to me.

So, most of what I know about the Netzach comes from this guy named Ryce. He runs the Kronos Cafes in Dive. Anyway! Netzach is this robot/golem thing, right? So, what's so special about it? Well, it was made using every type of Blood. Red Blood, Black Blood, Silver Blood, Yellow Blood, and Crimson Blood. And, if the rumors are to be believed, once Cue awakened Netzach, the Bloods combined into RUBY Blood. Netzach became a man-made GOD! Of course, 8-Ball sacrificed himself to destroy it, and that caused the Ruby Blood to bring the Princes back to life somehow. Then Lucifer saved 8-Ball from bleeding to death, etc., etc. And then the corpse of Netzach was just sort of hanging around until Duplicity pulled his whole working with the Dark thing. CaD got sucked into Dive, and then Alfa had the corpse moved to its current location: somewhere in the Astoria 23rd Agency Seabase! I assume it's in the Zulu Vaults, right?

The point is that crazy construction probably holds some secret to achieving Godhood. OR. It's a heap of junk that worked on a fluke. But I could see why Zeh wants the Heart of Netzach. Super cool collectible, and there is only one Netzach in all of the many Cycles. That's like his main jam, collecting things that only exist once.</span>