I don't really see the issue with Saburo keeping Johnys consciousness. It is mentioned multiple times that Mikoshi is a prison of souls.
i do have a question about the ending. Can't alt just rewrite V's engram into the relic? That way he can still survive as he is part of the relic which makes Johny compatible with the body. Alt even said that she used soulkiller on V, meaning that the vessel and relic is practically empty right now. Now lets say the reason Alt did not propose this is because the relic has malfunctioned and is not able to accept an engram, then how would Johny survive in V's body? It's just gonna be the same right?
i do have a question about the ending. Can't alt just rewrite V's engram into the relic? That way he can still survive as he is part of the relic which makes Johny compatible with the body. Alt even said that she used soulkiller on V, meaning that the vessel and relic is practically empty right now. Now lets say the reason Alt did not propose this is because the relic has malfunctioned and is not able to accept an engram, then how would Johny survive in V's body? It's just gonna be the same right?