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The reporter proceeds to ask him whether this would be legal, as it would essentially infringe the civil liberties of enhanced humans. The professor smiles, as if expecting this question. "Well, you see, it isn't clear whether enhanced humans, or homo sapiens superior, are citizens of this country. Basically, would a homo neanderthalensis be considered a modern human, under our Constitution? When our founding fathers wrote it, they clearly had in mind that people were homo sapiens. Hence, homo sapiens superior are not necessarily citizens of this country, and hence their rights might not be protected by the Constitution."

At this point the entire press conference explodes into a chaos of shouting journalists, each one trying to pose another question. However, the program then proceeds to move onto the next piece of news, something about Shiroi Yuki rescuing some people inside a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Japan.

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