This level of VR tech still baffles me as a story device. A freaking drug induced dream to tap into lost memories would have made more sense than this to me.
Still no idea what the twist is going to be. I'm open to another alternative besides MC being the original psycho who forgot as part of an experiment, and instead MC somehow drove main antagonist into psychosis for being generally nice, and that somehow triggered something in him, since he doesn't feel regular emotions or whatever.
I dunno, the author can pull a reason out of his ass that just has no relevance too.