Editing City Series:Volume8b Chapter18 (section)

===Algo’s Board Mode: In DT’s Amusement Park===

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You are currently in Babel Plaza – Beach, a Top Page of the amusement park.

It is located atop an artificial beach 150 yards long and 20 yards wide.

There is a blimp behind you.

A single old-style NPC Body is standing by your side: Alternative Kobayashi Asb. She is using the old-style NPC Body as a terminal for your Mind Lives.

Two PC Bodies are approaching: Aoe Shouzou Asb and Yuo Suedomsa Wav.

Algo: <Now, then.>

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Aoe walks toward you from the artificial lake with Yuo still on his shoulders.

His brow is a bit wrinkled. The meaning is unclear.

Algo: “Took you long enough, Aoe. …Come on, Alternative, you greet them too.”

Alternative: <Oh, u-um…it’s good to see you again.>

Yuo: “L-likewise.”

Aoe: “What are you getting all nervous about, idiot?”

Yuo: “H-how am I supposed to give a normal greeting given the circumstances?”

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You cross your arms and nod.

Algo: “Perhaps we should have skipped the pleasantries and started fighting.”

Yuo: “Oh, sorry. I’m just a little nervous is all.”

Yuo: “So, um, what should we do now?”

Algo: “Good question. The thing is, the Questron has already been activated atop Babel, but I can’t have Aoe interfering after we go inside and begin the godtact experiment. It would be best to have our battle before we attempt that. If we win, I plan on summoning the great god.”

Aoe: “And we must prevent that.”

Algo: “Precisely. But for now, take a look around you.”

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Two windows open in front of you.

'''<Questron Status: Setup Complete: Awaiting Activation>

'''<Warning: Emergency Exit: Too many Great God Lives are gathering within Babel. If Questron input is not completed soon, Babel could collapse>

Algo: “Babel has been running since Master Suedomsa started it up for the previous godtact experiment. The Great God Lives have already been extracted and continue to accumulate. So…”

Yuo: “Babel is functioning as a temporary vessel, isn’t it?”

Algo: “Yes, so if you do not defeat us soon…”

Aoe: “Babel will explode like Yuo did during the 2nd Godtact Experiment?”

Alternative: <Shouzou, phrasing it like that isn’t very nice to my sister.>

Aoe: “Mh. Sorry, sis. But the thing is…I have a thought about that.”

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Aoe is wrinkling his brow with a lopsided frown on his lips. It is a puzzled look.

Aoe: “Wouldn’t it be best if the Great God Lives gathered in Babel until it collapsed?”

Yuo: “Eh?”

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Yuo grabs Aoe’s arm and shakes him.

Yuo: “Y-you can’t be serious! Yes, that would be better than having the great god activate and trigger a Great Godquake, but the explosion of Great God Lives during the 2nd Godtact Experiment partially destroyed DT!”

Aoe: “Only because you weren’t there.”

Yuo: “Eh?”

Aoe: “Can’t your Demigod Program suppress the explosion?”

Aoe: “And even if we do stop Babel now, all the countries out there will start arguing over who owns the Great God Lives inside it. In the worst case, that could lead to someone else being chosen as a vessel like you were.”

Aoe: “So I think we should eliminate all of the Great God Lives.”

Yuo: “…”

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You nod once.

Algo: “Ha ha. You never change, do you? And after we all worked so hard to extract the Great God Lives, I certainly don’t want to see them used as political tools.”

Algo: “So. If we lose, will you explode the Great God Lives?”

Aoe: “It is one option.”

Yuo: “And you want me to suppress the explosion? I feel like I’m being forced to clean up the mess I caused when I partially destroyed DT during the 2nd Godtact Experiment.”

Algo: “Ha ha. What’s wrong with that, Yuo? Of course, that assumes that Aoe can defeat me before Babel collapses.”

Yuo: “But if we do that, you and Alternative will both be…”

Algo: “The same goes for you two if we win, right? It seems to me no one would ever do anything if they let themselves get hung up on issues like that. So how about this? No hard feelings no matter who wins.”

Yuo: “…”

Algo: “Do you get it now? Then let’s enjoy a battle between a pair of strongest powers.”

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