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Looking at "those who don't exist", I get the feeling that they might be what Cypher refers to as "a weapon to surpass metal gear". Some of them had some sort of wiring on their body, leading me to believe that Zero is trying to create a super soldier that could defeat a metal gear (e.g. a cyborg, ps: remember Raiden mentionning in MGR that the size of a metal gear was considered a disadvantage? maybe zero is thinking ahead of his own time); as for "demon Volgin", my guess is that psycho kid (who I think is Psycho Mantis, which could be an alternative super soldier to cyborgs) sort of conjured them.

My theory is that Mantis was captured by Zero, sent to camp omega for experimenting (from the "project omega" trailer), and was sent to the same hospital that Big Boss was at. From that point, either Cypher decided to test Mantis against Big Boss (to see the former's efficiency as a soldier) or, most likely, Mantis woke up and was out of control and kind of went on a raid. The reason I believe that the latter is more likely is because Mantis conjures a whale to eat a helicopter, which is most likely an XOF helicopter since MSF in pretty much inactive during that time, and the plan to save Big Boss was a horse ride with Ocelot.

Afterwards, Big Boss has to go and save Miller, yet he keeps an eye out for anything regarding either Cypher or Skull Face (which may be two different factions). From there, I don't have much of an idea what the plot will be, although I think that Big Boss may often end up in dilemas between vengeance and reputation, leading to him succesfully establishing Outer Heaven and foiling Cypher's plans, yet earning the reputation of a war criminal.

An interesting thing to note is Skull Face's description: A Ghost Without a Past. It would be cool if Skull Face Would just be a character with no known nor revealed history about him, almost like if he was an amnesic character who had an accident, became unrecognizable, and just woke up with no memory except for hatred towards Big Boss.