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===Record 94: I’ll Think About It===
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'''11/20/1998

'''11:32

Two weeks had passed since the end of the school festival, so the photos to distribute around the school had arrived. The psychic photograph of the dark side of the moon taken in a corner of a classroom made me really wonder what the students here are even doing.

I checked the clock to find it was nearly fourth period when Lady ran up to me.

“Senpai is out in the hall, but he says he wants to speak with you, not me. What did you do this time?”

“Sorry, but there are way too many possibilities for me to know which one this is about.”

She smiled bitterly at that. I patted her on the shoulder and then moved to the hallway.

Senpai was viewing the photos on the wall. It was an unusual scene.

“I am in this photo, but I do not recall it being taken. This is worrying.”

“It’s a simple trick. The date on there is yesterday, right? The astronomy photo team blew up a photo of the reflection in the icy surface of a frozen planet 7 light-days away. The light’s round trip time lets them take a photo of the earth two weeks ago.”

“I see,” he said before lowering his voice so only I could hear it. “Do not tell anyone – even the other Officers – about yesterday’s battle. We now know our enemy is not just Kansai students, but a corporation. They likely want to start a conflict that would correct the east-west power balance shift caused by Babel.”

I nodded and looked to the side. Lady was viewing the photos a step away from me.

An aerial photo of part of the closing ceremony showed the Chancellor’s Officers and the various club leaders waving into the sky from the roof. The date on the photo was yesterday. Lady viewed it for a while and then turned toward me with a smile.

“I’m surprised. I didn’t know Senpai could smile.”

'''Author Comment:

Senpai shows up to tell the protagonist to stay silent about the previous chapter’s battle. He appears to have realized some things.

As for the photos, that is another way of displaying the past.

I wonder what would happen if you did view the earth from a distant planet using an optical telescope. If the planet was 100 lightyears away, would you be able to see the earth’s air getting dirty from the industrial revolution?

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