Editing City Series:Volume8b Preface (section)

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The Strongest


The strongest is an absolute power beyond just a killing power.

But does it really exist?

Algo Everquest once told Aoe Shouzou the following:

“If I had to explain it, I would say it is an interaction of the Plus and the Minus. Killing powers and the strongest power are both equations written with the plus and the minus.”

So what do killing powers and the strongest power add and subtract?


*Killing: Adds and subtracts “life”.

*Strongest: Adds and subtracts “?”.


Aoe: I think both killing powers and the strongest power are different ways of using power.

A killing power adds and subtracts life because it is used to kill.

But the strongest power I do not understand. What do you use a strongest power to do?

And I do not understand what Algo meant about an interaction of the Plus and Minus.

You can use a killing power without worrying about any of that.


■Aoe


Anxiety


Plus and Minus. These concepts are used to find the truth in reality and fiction, but their opposite natures contain contrasting anxieties and possibilities.


Plus

*Anxiety: You could kill your opponent when you wield your power.

*Possibility: You could step out into the world and assert yourself without fearing the emotions.


Minus

*Anxiety: The anxiety of having the world’s eyes on you for killing is worse than the killing itself.

*Possibility: You could surpass the “common knowledge” of logic and of the law and make decisions that sever your ties to things.


■Yuo


Yuo: Everyone is inclined in one direction or the other between Plus and Minus. When multiple Plus people or multiple Minus people gather, it is said they will provide support for each other’s anxieties. So with others of your kind, no serious conflicts are needed to understand each other’s anxieties.

But it’s strange isn’t it? Senpai and I are polar opposites, so why is it we get along so well?
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