Hundred - Volume 7 - Chapter Pr

Prologue 

The night of the day when it was decided to hold the <<World Martial Arts Tournament>>. 

It is after the dinner party held by the members who participated in the assembly of Sereson and so, the members who heard that. 

– Unexpectedly Romalia’s Pope-sama, will cooperate with me to that extent. 

In a living room at a villa in Geneva, Judal Harvey, president of Warslan Company, dressed in a bathrobe, muttered while tilting the glass on which red wine was poured. 

[Even if in that plot of land there’s a country like the Vatican, it sure is narrow and cramped in there, don’t you agree? They sure don’t mind seeking a new world* on the moon] 

*TN: It’s written with the kanji ?? which may be: “realm, sphere, world, top and bottom, heaven and earth” 

It is the voice of a woman that answered Judal’s muttering. It comes from the speaker of the PDA placed on the table. Stereoscopic images were projected on the screen. The figure of a woman, with a red long hair and wearing a white coat. 

It is Vitaly Tynyanov. 

The former girlfriend of Judal and former technician of Warslan. She is also the terrorist who assaulted Little Garden. 

– It would be nice if it they have such a simple ambition. 

After having released his mouth from the wine glass, Judal replied smiling with a puff. Perhaps, it was an attitude similar of being a provocation. Vitaly lifts her eyebrows. 

[If that’s the case, then what kind of ambition do you think the Pope of Romalia has? I guess that the Messiah is not going to revive, even in the moon] 

– Unfortunately, I don’t know about that. However, it is better to be vigilant. She doesn’t seem to be doing things ordinarily, and also she is a prophet. She may have saw something. 

[I don’t believe in God occult things such as prophecies, but I can hardly imagine that you believe in them] 

– It is true, just like you say. Nevertheless, there are facts that the predictions are actually going on. They aren’t tricks nor vague words, there are several events rising which are indeed real. 

[However, it isn’t infallible, but it doesn’t mean that it’s random either. Nonetheless, its chances are high, and all things that influence the survival of human beings, it’s realizing them all] 

– Mainly related to Savage. 

[If there is something that can be guessed now, is it that somehow she is causing the invasion of the Savage? But I wonder if we are overthinking it?] 

Judal heard those words, and laughed loudly. 

– Hahaha, you really are a scientist. I try to give unscientific reasons. Coming out with such things, only God himself can do them, don’t you agree? 

[Getting closer to God? On the contrary, defeating God is kind of a goal for a scientist] 

– Which reminds me, I remember my mother was saying something similar. 

Once again, Judal put a glass of wine in his mouth. Because of that, the contents of the glass became empty, but the cheese remained on the dish already placed on the table. The contents of the opened wine remained as well. Then, he pours wine again into the glass. 

[Although to end the conversation, is Warslan able to achieve a complete victory at the National Martial Arts Tournament?] 

– Well, I wonder about that. 

Putting an empty bottle on the desk, Judal answered with his hands facing the sky as if he was playing the fool. 

– I don’t know until we try it, but winning may not be possible. 

[It is quite a faint-hearted utterance, even though I suggested it, as a matter of course, to begin to talk about holding the tournament. Even if you have a normal sedan type car knowing you can buy one at a price you can afford, you boasted to me and opened the seal] 

– I’m just telling the facts. But, you and I are thinking the same, right? Still, <<LiZA>> surely should make a similar judgment. Little Garden is putting strength beyond than what I thought. With the ability of the top class Slayers, it should be above Warslan at the moment. 

[In other words, the possibility of the championship going to Little Garden is high?] 

– Well, that’s how it is. 

[Even so, you aren’t viewing it as a problem, that your younger sister, Claire Harvey, is given the command of the independent organization Little Garden which, in the end, is a group company of Warslan. Or is it because is in your hands that Little Garden will win and advance to the next rounds in team competitions so that it won’t be a problem for them to be the central organization of the moon project?] 

– If adults with power are mixed there, there is a possibility of causing a rebellion with that power, but children alone will not be able to do so. Even if they raise a rebellion, children have shallow thinking, after all. I have known how much power I have. Besides, there is also a hostage called Liza. Even Charlotte is not one of the type that does something that becomes an obstacle to her own research. 

[She is the same scientist as me? no, more scientist than me] 

– That’s how it is. 

The sound that the door opens, and Judal spilt a broadly grinning smile. Then, a voice sounded in the living room. That voice is from a girl, the bodyguard of Judal. Neveah Grauss. She is trembling, her eyes are wide open and is wearing only shorts. 

– Judal-sama, what in the world is that? 

That is of course a stereoscopic image of Vitaly projected on the PDA placed on the table. 

– Oh my, it seems like she discovered us. 

Judal replied, acting innocently. 

Neveah asked again to Judal as if she was frightened, seeming to be confused. 

– Judal-sama, why is that woman alive? That woman, she is Judal-sama’s… 

[You are correct, Neveah Grauss] 

It was Vitaly, not Judal, who answered. 

Until now it was a feminine tone but, changes completely? it becomes a masculine tone and keeps on with the word as it is. 

[That man, to my heart? a gunshot by Judal Harvey stopped its movement. Nevertheless, the brain was alive. Judal tried to use that brain of mine once again? an extraordinary excellent brain?] 

Judal who heard such Vitaly’s confession, laughs loosening his mouth in a weird shape like a crescent moon, and added one thing to another to supplement it. 

– After all, it’s just a bowl of flesh and the like. After I shot Vitaly, I mobilized all the trustworthy medical and technical staff, took her brain out and tried to keep it in a capsule to connect it with <<LiZA>>. 

[As a result, my brain was connected to <<LiZA>> in the basement of Little Garden. Packed with speech, I became like a computer that operates with Liza’s energy, who’s Judal’s sister] 

– No way, such a thing… 

– It is possible with the current Warslan’s technology. The chances of success was not 100%, and it also used the research results of my mother Linis. 

– In short that is, do you mean that maid type android? 

– Exactly. 

Judal nods. 

[It’s really like harassment. It’s because you shot me to death, then you revive me, to make me work in prison. Do you know how much effort I have to do? It’s also very sad as a woman, because I can’t feel pleasure by doing body contact with the man that I love] 

– Hahaha, if you want, would you like Charlotte to program it to receive the same stimulus? 

[Please stop joking. Even if I’m given the same stimulus, it will not be the same] 

– That is, are those words meaning that I don’t think as a scientist? 

[Those words of now are as a woman] 

– …then, let me say this. At that time, no matter if I was shot or you weren’t shot, we probably couldn’t return to such a close relationship in this way. In other words, if you as a woman, I wonder if now you are satisfied? 

[Certainly, there may be such a point] 

Vitaly smiles a little delightfully and continued. 

[?Well, here is a question to Neveah Grauss. Would you like to be used like this even after you were cast aside and killed by Judal?] 

– What do you mean? 

[Even in this shape, you’ll look forward to be by the side of Judal. I suppose you are aware that you will not truly be loved by Judal, even if you embrace him many times, right? Besides, you know too much. After separating, it’s not going to be the same?] 

The expression of Neveah who heard the words of Vitaly changes to a terrible one. 

– Keep quiet, Vitaly! 

[It seems like I ended up provoking him. It has been a while since I talked to other than Judal, so it seems my chitchat crossed the line a bit. In which case, let’s assume the third wheel disappears. A woman’s jealousy is unsightly. A pair of women fighting each other that are being seen by the man they love, that’s not something that I wish for] 

At the same moment of those words, the figure of Vitaly displayed on the PDA disappeared. 

– Neveah. 

– Yes… 

Judal got up from the chair and put his hands on the cheeks of Neveah who was staring at the place where Vitaly was in a steep look, and kissed her as it was. 

– If you don’t like it, you can leave from my place at any time. Vitaly said that, but I will not cause any harm to you when you are about to leave. 

– …no, I will never leave you. I will not betray you either. That is a testimony of my love to you, the resistance’s?. 

Neveah kisses Judal as if to return the favor. Then tangled their tongues, and pushed Judal’s body to the sofa.