How did Smith escape?

1 posts · 2007-12-20 20:41:00 to 2007-12-20 20:41:00

#36300374032 12/20/2007 20:41 How did Smith escape?
In the Matrix Reloaded Smith said this

Agent Smith: I killed you, Mr. Anderson. I watched you die... with a certain satisfaction, I might add. Then something happened. something that I knew was impossible, but it happened anyway. You destroyed me, Mr. Anderson. After that, I understood the rules, I knew what I was supposed to do, but I didn't. I couldn't. I was compelled to stay, compelled to disobey. And now, here I stand because of you, Mr. Anderson. Because of you, I'm no longer an Agent of this system. Because of you, I've changed. I'm unplugged. A new man, so to speak. Like you, apparently, free.

So we all knew that Smith was supposed to return to the source to be deleted and replaced with an upgraded agent, however he doesn't.  He enters into the Matrix as a virus, and maybe an exile.  However, I want to know is how.  I doubt he'd go to the Merovingian to gain access to the Matrix, there was no way Smith would serve under another program.  I mean did he just decide to not return to the source and somehow magically returned to the Matrix?  This is never really fully explained on how he returned, and that's kind of disappointing.  It's also disappointing how he was able to get the power to copy and paste himself on other bluepills and programs.