Remark

The seed is $F_t=⟨t_D,h\otimes h\otimes \varphi ⟩$ as in XVI-I, with no extra factorial. The regular seed-preserving antifield-linear class is $I_t=F_t+A_0+\kappa A_1$, with $A_0$ the integral of $h^{\ast }U+{\varphi }^{\ast }V+c^{\ast }W$. Under the XVI-N massless-obstruction hypotheses, on the constructed massless special-family witness, no such $I_t$ satisfies $Q_{\mathrm{inv}}{I}_t=O({\kappa }^2)$. Route A is sufficient and is discharged. Route B is not discharged. The certified small-mass interval $0\le m<1.3715\times 10^{-4}$ is XVI-N's interval, not a new theorem, and it is not arbitrary prescribed $m>0$.

No quantum completion is claimed whose classical leading term contradicts that obstruction. Extra antifields or nonminimal fields do not automatically remove the order-${\kappa }^0$ field-only contradiction $P_0{Q}_0{A}_0=0$ on the free shell. Existence of a renormalized product of the bare $F_t$ is not BV or BRST closure of $F_t$. Success on the bulk kernel, verdict 1, does not complete $F_t$, verdict 3.