"It's carrying another one on its back!"
The half Pseudo-Human Art Student that had always been carried on its back was a super large cylindrical object wrapped in bandages, with an uneven texture that looked strikingly like a gourd or some kind of tool...
But until Little Genius was crushed to pieces, that thing had never been used!
What if that wasn't some kind of prop at all, but... another Pseudo-Human?
Just like a Puppet Master hiding in the shadows, Little Genius was merely a puppet it used to contaminate the enemy's sight, while its true body had been hiding on its back all along!
With this thought, many details connected in his mind!
Indeed, that's why its limb movements were so stiff, and that's why after the bandages fell off, the Pseudo-Human Art Student struggled to get up after falling, flailing its limbs in difficulty!
That's why... when Little Genius shattered, the strange overwrite in the painting had not been lifted!
The reason for all of this was—