Editing City Series:Volume8a Chapter8 (section)

===Aoe’s Sight Mode: In East Detroit’s Eastpointe District===

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''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

When Aoe regained his sight, he first looked to Telyb.

Telyb was crouched down on the dirt road, holding his side. Next to him, Fooblicky had her back turned while she continued working at her window. But her ears were red.

So Aoe scratched his head without speaking a word.

Still not looking his way, Fooblicky held out a black bag and three papers.

“I threw together some disaster relief goods and windshield charms. The charms are for use against tear gas,” she said brusquely.

“Mh,” grunted Aoe, nodding and accepting them. Then Telyb stood up, still choking.

“But…are you really going, Aoe? You must still have questions.”

“There’s no time. And I doubt you would answer my questions if I did stay and ask them. Like why you sealed away Yuo’s past or why you have stayed with her despite your guilt.”

Telyb shut his eyes and lowered his head.

“Yeah, sorry. I honestly don’t think I’m the one who should explain all of that. I’m one of the ones who wronged Yuo, so if I explained it all…I just know I would downplay my own wrongdoing and present the facts to look more favorable for me. If anyone can properly explain what happened during the 2nd Godtact Experiment, it would either be Akalabeth who last spoke with Yuo when she volunteered as the vessel or Suedomsa who stopped the experiment.”

<You are saying they have the most accurate knowledge of what happened?>

“Make no mistake. If you want to learn what happened back then, you only need to ask them. But if you want to find the truth, you have to think for yourself about what they say. That is how we Minus Elites do things. If you want to know something, seek out the most accurate data. But if you want to trust that, you need to seek out the most trustworthy data.”

“So I need to learn the truth first and then decide whether or not I can trust that truth?”

“That is the system Minus people use to find which falsehoods to believe. Only fools are satisfied with no more than what they were taught.”

Telyb’s lesson reminded Aoe of something Algo had once said to him.

“The answer is not something that can be explained with words.”

Only when Telyb tilted his head did Aoe realize he had spoken aloud. He shook his head.

“Oops. People can see everything I think, so I’ve started saying it out loud myself.”

“That might be for the best. The bible says-”

“Don’t preach to me. Everyone’s been quoting the bible and giving lectures on Minus theory since I got here.”

Aoe didn’t bother hiding the annoyance in his voice and Telyb laughed.

“You have a point,” he said. “But do remember this. Suedomsa’s group is trying to summon a great god by following a biblical event while using Minus methods. In other words, they plan to recreate an event that occurred about 2000 years ago in the outside world in order to continue what happened about 2000 years ago in DT.”

“What, are they planning to hang Yuo on a cross?”

“Suedomsa’s Load Emblem ''is'' a cross actually, but he once led this same experiment to failure,” said Telyb. “But things are different now. He has exorcized Beelzebub, betrayed the one to become the son of god, and plans to use his cross to turn her into a great god. All to fulfill the prophecy. The prophecy Yuo gave 2000 years ago.”

Aoe sighed at what Telyb said. Doubt colored his face.

“What happens if Yuo is made into the vessel?”

“If any of the great god’s Lives enter her, she will become divine. And there is no undoing it.”

“I see. Then I will rescue the Yuo who I know. Because she would punish me if I was late.”

Aoe sighed and swiftly turned his back toward Telyb to view the castle.

“This is all such a pain. First, I have no idea what happened in the past. And now I learn that the godtact experiment might continue even if I stop Suedomsa and rescue Yuo.”

“If you go, you will learn exactly what happens. So get going.”

Telyb’s voice seemed to push him onward, so he took his first step toward the castle.

He felt the dirt ground below his foot.

''This ground is fake,'' he thought before recalling the night before. He recalled his conversation with Yuo on the dirt walking path. He recalled the expression created by the subprogram controlling her PC Body.

“Rescue her, huh? Appreciating the irony of how much the phrasing matters might mean I’ve finally grown up.”

He clenched his fists and gathered strength in his knees.

'''“But I will still work to save her.”

A shattering glass sound came from his legs as he Downloaded his own legs.

His running legs reached full speed right away.

<That idiot better not be teasing her hair again!>

His ears heard the wind as he ran through the destroyed section of the city.

He ran at his full speed.

'''<Aoe’s Sight Mode has updated>