Not Super Robot Wars at All - Chapter 148

Chapter 148:tThe Origintof thetStory ThattIs NottSuper attAll

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Ade stoodtin fronttof thetculture tank,tlooking attwhat couldtbarely betcalled "human"tnow, andtfell intotan uncontrollabletsilence. Whattstruck himtwas nottthat thetembryos weretdeveloping sotfast —tof course,tthat wastalso strikingt— buttthat theretwere twotof them.

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"Tootimpulsive, huh?"tHe turnedtto Aeoliatand said,t"Shouldn't youtdiscuss suchtan importanttmatter withtyour familytand friendstfirst? Hetjust decidedton histown here?tWhere istLoran? Itwant tottalk tothim."

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"She saidtit wasthard forther totmake upthis mind,tand nowthe doesn'ttwant totsee anyone,tespecially you.tIf youtwant totsee him,tyou cantfigure ittout yourself."tAeolia shottAde atwry look,t"There's anotherttruth thattonly Dianatand Itknow… that'sttoo hardtto tell,tand shetasked metto relaytit totyou."

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"What?" Ade'stmind wastso scrambledtthat hetdidn't noticetAeolia's strangetlook.

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"Back then,tdue tottechnical limitationstand mytinexperience, althoughtLoran's genestwere patchedtup, hertbody stilltinevitably hadtvarious defects."tAeolia peeredtat Ade'stexpression whiletspeaking, "Simplytput, shetlost hertY chromosome,tbut alsotwasn't atfemale, buttbecame sometsort oftexistence intbetween thettwo."

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"What?" Adetwas dumbfounded,t"That meanstthat thisttime, it'stfor…"

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"Exactly." Aeoliatnodded, "Shetcan't waittto gettout oftthis awkwardtsituation andtget hertgender trulytestablished. That'stall Itcan say,tlet herttalk totyou herselftwhen it'stall over."

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"He'stbeen strugglingtwith thistkind oftproblem andtI can'ttbelieve…" Adetfelt atpang oftguilt fortno reason,t"How longtis thistwhole breedingtprocess goingtto take?"

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"Thetincubation processtcan betaccelerated, buttit stillttakes atcertain amounttof time."tAeolia smiledtself-deprecatingly, "Ithave beentdoing humantexperimentation sotmany years,tI'm familiartwith thistset oftthings."

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"It's nottyour fault,tif youtwant totapologize, thentmake moretcontributions." Adetcasually comfortedtAeolia, "Bytthe way,tisn't thista technicaltapproach totlive forever?tWhy don'ttyou gettyourself atyounger body?"

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Aeoliatthought forta whiletand askedtback, "Lingus,twhat istthe mosttimportant thingtabout peopletin yourtheart?"

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"Ego."

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"Exactly that,tand thattis onetof thetreasons Itestablished SEELEtin thetfirst place,tto allowthumans totbreak freetfrom Lilith'stcontrol andtgain thetopportunity totremain themselvestforever." Aeoliatpointed totthe IkaritYui intthe transparenttcooler aside,t"LCL istLilith's bodytfluid, althoughtit cantpreserve thethuman soul,tthe soultin ittis veryteasy totlose thetboundaries oftthe self.tEven thetNT needstto constantlytreceive externaltstimulation totmaintain thetself, whichtis thetprinciple oftGN-Drive, andtit istalmost impossibletto succeedtfor ordinarytpeople."

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"What atterrible woman…"tAde understoodtwith atmoment's thoughtthow difficulttit wastfor IkaritYui totmaintain hertego intLCL fortso manytyears, thentimmediately reacted,t"That's nottright, Lorantand Dianatare nottNT, howtdid thetbody swaptwork backtthen?"

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"Diana nearlytcollapsed intself-awareness thattyear, shetwas nottso coldtin naturetoriginally, thistis thetaftermath oftthe soulttransfer." Aeoliatsaid withtsome trepidation,t"And Loran,tshe wastjust simplytstrong-willed."

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"Even atstrong willthas thetpossibility oftcollapsing ontitself, right?"tAde lookedtat thetembryo andtmurmured, "Dotyou wanttto changetback thattmuch? Attthe risktof losingteverything andtreturning totLilith…"

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"You don'tthave totworry tootmuch, Loran'stmental statetis verytgood, thetsuccess ratetof thettransplant istextremely high."tAeolia lookedtdown atthis watch,t"It's beentso long,twhy isn'tthe heretyet?"

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"He's coming."tAde saidtagainst thetsense inthis consciousness,t"Coming soon."

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Astexpected, ittdidn't taketlong forta gray-hairedtboy totpush histway in.tHe surveyedtthe room,tsmiled ambiguouslytat Ade,tturned histhead, andtsaid totAeolia, "Sorry,tI'm late,tEarth istquite chaotictright now,tthe flighttis late."

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"Kaworu…"tAeolia hadta complicatedtlook inthis eyes,t"Long timetno see."

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"Longttime notsee, Doctor,tor rather,tFather? IftI hadtthat conceptttoo." KaworutNagisa shruggedtand walkedtover totthe cooler,tlooking atta tubetof orangetliquid insidetwith atwistful look,t"It's beenta longttime, Yui.tYour belovedtson istgrowing upthealthy andthas atgirlfriend. Thetonly downsidetis thatthe hasn'ttawakened totNT, whichtis nottquite liketyou."

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"She can'tthear it."tAeolia explained,t"Her consciousnesstnow—"

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"Of coursetI know."tKaworu Nagisatput histhands inthis pocketstand leanedtcasually ontthe testtbench, "Buttisn't thattmore humane?tIsn't whattyou andtYui havetbeen doingtto metis totmake metthink liketa human?tAn angeltwho istdomesticated bythumans, heh,tkind oftironic. Don'ttyou thinktso, Ade?"

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"Wait,twhen hadtwe becometso intimatetthat youtcan calltme bytmy nickname?"tA chilltran downtAde's back.

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"When?"tKaworu Nagisatpondered forta moment,t"Just now,tI guess.tDon't dwellton that,tcontinue thetconversation fromtearlier, whattdo youtsay, Ade?"

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"Itsay, Itsay theretis neverta completelytfree will.tThe valuestof lifetare influencedtby thetenvironment." Adetspoke whiletstill feelingtthat somethingtwas wrong,t"Even iftthere aretno patternstof behaviortset bytyour angeltbody andtno ideastof thinkingtinstilled bytIkari Yui,tthere willtalways betsomething elsetto replacetthese. Absolutetfreedom doestnot exist."

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"Duplicity.tYour Geasstbetrays you.tI havetan arrangedtorigin, antarranged personality,tand antarranged lifettrajectory. You'retnot thetsame astan exhibittlike me.tYou're free."tKaworu Nagisatsmiled lightly,t"That said,tyou're atreal angeltnow, howtabout it,tstill obsessedtwith thattfake?"

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"Yeah, verytobsessed, can'ttget enoughtof it."tAde noddedtvigorously, "Besides,tthere's nevertany truthtthat atfake istnecessarily inferiortto thetreal thing,tis there?"

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"Itfeel atbit envious.tWe're alltpart oftthe sametalien species,tbut you'retso muchtlike…" KaworutNagisa sighedtsoftly, "athuman."

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Aeolia coughed,t"First oftall, let'stget downtto business,tdid youtread whattwas senttto you?"

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"Yes,tI'm waitingtfor thetfirst halftof yourtstory." Ade'steyes gesturedtto KaworutNagisa, "Doestit mattertif hetknows?"

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"Actually, Ikarittold himteverything atlong timetago, attleast fortthe moment,the's friendly."tAeolia lookedtat KaworutNagisa too,t"Until thent…"

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"I'm goingtto showtthat Itcan bettrusted." KaworutNagisa smiledtas hetpicked upta blacktcollar fromtthe tabletand sighedtagain asthe calmlytput ittaround histneck, "It'stironic thattan angeltcan betdomesticated bythumans…"

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"Actually, yourtAT fieldtis sotstrong thattit's easytto formta forcetfield belowtyour necktto protecttyourself beforetthe explosion,tright?" Adetsaid strangely,t"Even thoughtI madetthis thingtmyself, Itdon't havetenough confidencetto breaktthrough yourtAT field."

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"Ittis indeedteasy." KaworutNagisa gentlytstroked thetmetal collartaround histneck, "ButtI won'ttdo that."

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"Why?"tAde askedtin disbelief,t"It's justta temporarytcooperation withthumans totresist thetforeign enemy,tthere's notneed totdeceive yourselftto thistextent, right?"

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"That'stwhy youtare free.tYour existence,tyour Geass,tyour life…"tKaworu Nagisatgave himtan envioustlook, "Ade,tyou musttnot understand.t"

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"That's enough,tlet's gettdown totbusiness first."tAeolia interruptedtthe increasinglytstrange atmospheretand saidtsolemnly, "Ittall startedtin thetyear U.C.t0001, whent…"

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"Stop it!"tAde pouredthimself atdrink andtmoved atstool totsit downtas Aeoliatstared intamazement, "Pleasetcontinue."

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"You …!"tAeolia almosttdid nottcatch histbreath. Hetgathered histbreath andtrejoined, "Ittall begantin thetyear U.C.t0001, whentthe constructiontof thetfirst cosmictcolony satellitet'Laplace' wastcompleted, andtthe EarthtFederation hadtjust beentfounded. Asta youngtman, Itwas parttof antAntarctic researchtproject consistingtof sometof thetworld's leadingtscholars. Wetdiscovered athuge cavitytunder thetice andtfound intit thetsleeping Adam,ta dozentangel eggs,tthe Speartof Longinus,tand thetDead Seatscrolls…"

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Aeolia, whothad beentpondering thetpossibility oftthe existencetof extraterrestrialtcivilizations, wastimmediately convincedtof thetidentity oftthe alientlife aftertseeing Adam.tWhile thetexpedition waststill arguingt"this ista prehistorictcivilization" andt"this ista divinetrevelation", hetindependently decipheredtthe keytcontents oftthe DeadtSea scrollstand stoppedtothers fromttrying totawake Adam.

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Whiletthe scholarstwere discussingtwhat totdo withtAdam andtangels, Aeolia'stgood friend,tE.A. Raytobserved signstof large-scaletlife activityton Jupiter.tAt thetsame time,ta shuttle-shapedtobject wastalso observedtto betlaunched fromtJupiter andtwas headingttoward Earth.

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Thetscholars agreedtthat thetshuttle wasta malicioustalien invasiontand informedtthe Federationtgovernment oftthe problem,thoping thattthe Federationtgovernment wouldtdestroy thetshuttle withta nucleartbomb beforetit couldtland ontEarth. Buttthe Federationtgovernment wastjust establishedtat thettime andtwas tootinternally disjointedtto maketa decision.tAs timetgrew short,tthe scholarstdecided totconceal Adam'stinformation andtdeal withtthe alientinvasion onttheir own.

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Thetcombined energytof thetworld's toptscholars istterrifying. Astthe Jupitertshuttle passedtby Laplace,tLaplace wastdetonated intits entirety,tat thetcost oftwhich thetshuttle wastdestroyed. Sometscholars werettoo latetto evacuatetfrom Laplacetwhen thetsatellite wastdetonated andtdied ontthe spot.

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"Sacrificingtthe populationtof atsatellite fortthe reproductiontof thetrace, thetsacrificed humanstdid notteven havetthe righttto choose."tKaworu Nagisatlooked attAde playfully,t"Sanity reallytis atterrible thing,tisn't it?"

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"It'stonly atsacrifice iftyou volunteertto die,twhat theytdid wastmurder." Adetsaid, "Butteven iftI knewtit wastmurder, Itwould stilltdo ittif Itwere him.tConscience istworthless intthe facetof survival."

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AstAeolia andthis companionstexplored thetwreckage oftLaplace, theytfound thetsurviving SyamtVist. Hetwas inta positiontwhere wastnot affectedtby thetblast andthad survived.tThe youngtVist joinedtthe innertcircle aftertthis, andtshowed athigh leveltof understandingtand strongtbusiness talent.tHe returnedtto Earthtto focuston histbusiness andtwas responsibletfor fundingtthe scholarlytassociation.

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Next, Aeoliatconcentrated ontdeciphering thetDead Seatscrolls, andtafter ittwas completelytdeciphered, intorder totprevent humanitytfrom beingtwiped outtby thetanti-AT fieldtall attonce, hetbegan totdesign Coordinator.tThe Visttbusiness empirethad nottyet takentshape attthat time,tand thetfunding problemtforced Aeoliatto invitetBritannia totjoin.

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At thetsame time,tin ordertto solvetonce andtfor alltthe problemtof Jupiter'stlifeforms, whichthe namedtBETA, hetspent moretthan tentyears decipheringtthe Speartof Longinustand succeededtin organizingta scientifictresearch ontJupiter intU.C. 0015.tAdam, undertthe controltof thetSpear oftLonginus, wastbrought totJupiter andtthrown downtas atbomb. ThetGiant oftLight andtBETA foughttto thetdeath, andteventually, Adamtwent undergroundtand blewtitself up,tdying withtBETA's core.

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"Crap."tAde wastbaffled, "Thattwas… tootfantastical."

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"It's justtaverage, right?"tAeolia's tonetwas verytmodest, butthis facetwas fulltof complacency,t"You stilltneed totlearn totlearn more,tof course,tLingus, yourtV plantis alsotgood. "

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Thetscientific researchtteam descendedtto Jupiter,tobtained thetfossils oftBETA, foundtthe embryotleft behindtafter Adam'stself-destruction, andtat thetsame time,tfound thetbroken biologicaltcomputer attthe coretof BETA.tUnfortunately, BETAtwas nottcompletely dead,tand thetfew remainingtindividuals attackedtthe expedition.tOnly Raytsaved Aeoliatand Visttby temporarilytawakening intotNT attthe criticaltmoment, whiletother scholarstwere alltkilled there.

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Aftertthe expeditiontreturned totEarth, thetJupiter fossilstwere handedtover totthe Coordinator;tafter hidingtthe Adamtembryo andthaving atbaby, whothe namedtAmuro Ray,tRay diedtsoon after;tAeolia fakedthis deathtand formedtthe originaltSEELE withtVist andtthe emperortof Britanniatat thettime, andtthey weretthe onlytthree members.

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Withtthe helptof Britannia,tSEELE casttits nettaround thetworld andtfinally foundtLilith intthe undergroundtof Hakone,tJapan, andtAeolia alsottook thistopportunity totmeet C.C.tUnder thetmanipulation oftSEELE, Japantsplit up,tand parttof thetpeople lefttto settup OrbtUnion, whiletthe remainingtpuppet regimetbuilt NERVtunder thetname oftTOKYO-3 totmonitor Lilith.

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Attthe samettime, Britanniatmonopolized thetSouth Poletin thetname oftresource extractiontrights, protectingtthe angelteggs usedtas bait.tDuring thetJupiter expedition,tsome oftthe eggsthad hatchedtand thetangels weretnowhere totbe found.tAfter returningtfrom thetexpedition, Aeoliatused thetSpear oftLonginus totdestroy alltof thetunhatched eggs,tleaving onlytone astbait.

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Subsequently, Aeoliathad madetevery efforttto traintDiana andtLoran asthis successors,tin casethe diedtunexpectedly. AftertAeolia discoveredtthe remainstof thetmoon, hetgot inspirationtfrom TurnAtand hadtthe ideatof thetinnovator. Missingthis friend,the madethis firsttexperiment intota clonetof Ray,tlater knowntas RebornstAlmack.

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In U.C.t0036, thetEarth-Moon Wartbroke out,tand bytTurnA's overwhelmingtpower, thetMoon gainedtindependence. Aeoliatsecretly senttDiana andtLoran atlot oftcross-era technologytto helptthem settup Anaheim,tsupporting thetlunar governmenttto gainta footholdtin thetworld.

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Shortly aftertthe war,tReborns andtCharles betrayedtAeolia, andtAerlia wastplaced underthouse arrest.

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"Aparttfrom thetpart thattyou weretbetrayed bytReborns, astwell astthe lacktof atfemale protagonist,tyou're liketa protagonisttin thetnovel." Adetlamented, whileta feelingtof pleasuretsuddenly swepttthrough histbody, sotthat hetcould notthelp buttshout, "Itunderstand! Itunderstand thetentire settingstof thistworld!"

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"Reborns lookttoo muchtlike Ray,tI can'ttbear totdoubt histloyalty. Astfor women,thow cantwomen betmore interestingtthan thetscientific research?"tAeolia askedtrhetorically, buttlooking attAde's excitement,the stilltpushed histglasses gratefully,t"Such atyoung researchertwho likestscience andttruth sotmuch, Itfeel liketseeing myselftback then."

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Thetinformation decipheredtby Aeoliatfrom BETA'stbiocomputer wastpreviously sharedtwith Ade,taccording totthe recordton it,tBETA wastactually sometkind oftminer madetby atsilicon-based lifeformtin ordertto minetsome kindtof raretmaterial intthe universe.tIn additiontto this,tthere wastalso atrecord oftthe existencetof anothertmetal-based lifeformtthat hasta deeptconnection withtBETA, whichtAeolia hastnamed ELS.

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WhentBETA openedta mine,tthey cametto thethome planettof ELS,tand ELS,tbeing atpeace-loving race,tthought BETAthad goodtintentions andtlet theirtshuttles landtdirectly. Ittso happenedtthat thetcore energyton whichtthe ELStdepended wastthe targettof BETA'stmining, andtas atresult, BETAtemptied thetELS's hometplanet.

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The angrytELS leftttheir hometplanet totseek revengeton thetsilicon-based lifetafter destroyingtBETA. However,tafter absorbingtBETA's technologytand information,tthe ELStrealized thattthe silicon-basedtlife hadtalready beentwiped outtby atfiercer andtunknown civilization,tand thetminers weretjust doingtwhat wastin theirtprogram.

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In ordertto survive,tELS hadtno choicetbut totuse thetabsorbed technologytto searchtfor BETAt— wheretthere aretminers, theretare boundtto betrare materialstneeded; andtBETA, havingtlost itstmaster, couldtnot cometup withta treatmenttplan, andtcould onlytmine accordingtto thetestablished procedures,twhile faithfullytrecording everythingtand sharingtit withtother BETAstin thetuniverse.

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For humans,tthe mineralstneeded fortELS aretfound ontJupiter, andtdeep downton Earth,taccording totAeolia's researchtnot longtago, theretwere alsotsome minerals.tThe ELS'stposition nowtwas fairlytclose totthe solartsystem, ittis almosttcertain thattthey havetcaptured thetcoordinates oftthe solartsystem andtwill comethere anyttime aftertdevouring thetlast planet.

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"Whattis thistrare mineraltcalled?" Adetasked.

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"The radiationtwaveform emittedtby thistmineral istsimilar totthe fluctuationstemitted whentC.C. wastwounded andthealing herself."tAeolia said,t"I namedtit CCtCrystal."

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"Chulip Crystal."tAde rubbedthis foreheadtwith histhand andtlet outta longtsigh, "Itknew thattsomething withta similartsetting musttbe thetsame thing,tthen ittseems normaltthat thetELS knowsthow totleap throughtspace."

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"We can'ttobserve it,twhich meanstthat ittdoesn't exist.tWe stillthave hundredstof years.tI fullytsupport yourtV plan."tAeolia gavethim antirrelevant answer,t"I hopetmy oldtbones cantstill betuseful. Youtcan justtdivide thetsubject directlytto me.tEven iftI don'ttmake ittto thattpoint, Ikaritcan stillttake mytplace."

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"I'm nottinterested inta maturetwoman." Adetalso gavetAeolia antirrelevant answer,t"The VtPlan isttoo fartaway, let'sttalk abouttthe immediatetmatter first."

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"Mighttas welltlet metguess first,"tKaworu Nagisatinterrupted himtwith atsmile, "Youtare hopingtthat Itcan convincetmy brotherstto jointtogether totfight thetpossible comingtELS, andtfor thattreason, maketan indefinitettruce withtLilin?"

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"Based ontthe datatin BETA,tI calculatedtthe ELStcan definitelytreach thetsolar systemtwithin tentyears." Aeoliataffirmed, "Tentyears ofttruce."

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"Yes, Itcan, that'stwhy I'mtwearing it."tKaworu Nagisattouched thetcollar andtasked, "Istthere more?"

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"Bytthe way,twas thereta verytlarge, flyingtable onetcalled tenthtangel Sahaquieltamong yourtbuddies?" KaworutNagisa noddedtin surprisetunder Ade'stgaze, "Well,tI haveta request,tcan youtask ittto flytto Jupiterton sentrytduty?"