The Ovemind Blows Rome's Mind, Part 3 of 4

Yesterday, the Overmind of Earth began its recounting the secret history of the Vuduri to Rome. The first hint that this secret existed occurred before Rome was even born. There were two phenotypes: the Reohne like Sussen and Estar and the Zengei, the flat black-eyed human robots. How it could keep this secret from the "regular" Vuduri isn't clear but when Rome finds out her true lineage, it is going to floor her:

     The Overmind continued,“I had my scientists initiate a study of genetic overlap of the Vuduri to map backwards to a common ancestor. We were able to trace back to the closest living relatives to Hanry Ta Jihn that were among my communicants.”
     “Really?” Rome said with some shock.
     “It was not widely known, I have suppressed most of this information, but prior to the Battle of Chee Ka Go, Hanry Ta Jihn had a companion whose name was Lacy. She was more than, I think your term would be a girlfriend, but they were not Cesa. She was pregnant with his child when Hanry Ta Jihn decided to go on the raid west. While he did not survive, Lacy did and she gave birth and we have been able to identify the Vuduri alive today that are Hanry Ta Jihn’s direct descendents.”
     How the Overmind accomplished such an invasive investigation of all living Vuduri was beyond Rome’s imagination but she decided to say nothing.
     “From this stock of the 200 best candidates, I began a breeding program, you would call it the Slayer program, to build a group of Vuduri which would represent the greatest antidote to the genetic trend of the Onsiras. I paired each of the 200 closest descendents to Hanry Ta Jihn with the most intelligent among the 23-chromosome mandasurte I could find.”
     Suddenly, what her father had revealed to Rome aboard his boat several years earlier clicked. She whispered, “And my parents were among the pairs selected?”
     “Yes. You are a direct descendent of Hanry Ta Jihn.”
     Rome’s jaw dropped. Now it all made sense: the connection she felt when she was down in the bowels of the Tevatron. The pool of Hanry Ta Jihn’s blood. His handgun and her instinctual knowledge of how to use it.
     After she recovered, Rome asked, “I believe you but what would this program produce? Why cross-breed Vuduri and mandasurte. Even the grandchildren of Hanry Ta Jihn?”
     “Because these Slayers, children like you, could never develop or give birth to an Onsira. I wanted to see if they could put an end to that branch of humanity. I also postulated to myself that based upon their dedication to their agenda, they would eventually come after you and have you put down to further their goals.”
     “Put down? As in killed? So I was born just to be bait?” Rome asked angrily.
     “Partially. And to that extent, my program was a smashing success. I did not know MASAL was still alive. I only knew that the number of Onsira phenotypes was increasing. I suspected they were somehow organized in a way I could not detect. If this was the case and you truly represented a threat, they would be monitoring you. If they decided to hunt you down, then their intentions would have become clear. However, never did I consider that you would literally become the Slayer of MASAL. For that, the Vuduri could never thank you enough.”

Holy Moly! Rome is the great, great, great grandchild of Jack Henry? This is too much. And she was born to be the Slayer of MASAL by dying? Well, she proved the program was named correctly. Now that we have the shockers out of the way, it is time for Rome to enlist the Overmind's aid.