Editing City Series:Volume8b Chapter12 (section)

===Aoe’s Sight Mode: In DT Castle===

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

When Aoe regained his sight, he saw Akalabeth seated in front of him.

Her complexion in the glow of the window looked even worse than before.

He scratched his head worriedly and looked her way.

“I will make it quick, so bear with it. Where is the exit route?”

She smiled bitterly at his demand and pointed overhead.

“About 20 yards above us.”

“That would take too long. I’m in a hurry.”

He pressed his right palm against the wall next to the ledge.

“What is beyond this wall?”

Her mouth fell open for a brief moment, but then she looked to his hand and the wall.

“You can’t be serious. That wall is 3 yards thick.”

“If it has a thickness, it has another side. No wall is unbreakable.”

He pulled a program trigon from his pocket.

“This lets me go all out for 180 seconds. So tell me: what is beyond this wall?”

“The large lift located directly above the underground Questron.”

“Mh,” grunted Aoe as a nod. Then he asked Monkey the time.

The floating window showed it as 02:56:12 PM. Akalabeth watched the seconds ticking up.

“Suedomsa should overwrite Yuo with the Great God Lives at precisely 3 PM, so you need to stop him before that happens. She should be contained in the Questron’s defense shield, so you can forcibly stop the godtact experiment by shattering that and removing her. That should be more effective than trying to take back control of the Questron at this point.”

“So another wall I have to break, huh? That I can understand. And what if I fail?”

“If you cannot break the defense shield, this is over. You will be killed and not even formatting her will be an option.” Akalabeth nodded. “Listen. I have already given you a pardon for your criminal identification. But be careful because your criminal management program is still active in Yuo’s settings. If the fight drags on too long, you will have trouble winning unless you get Yuo’s help in changing those settings.”

Aoe silently nodded and checked the clock on the window. 3 minutes and 10 seconds remaining.

He gripped the program trigon in his right hand and watched the clock.

5 seconds until 2:57. Akalabeth’s window appeared next to the clock window.

<Aoe Shouzou, young man who still has doubts about his own power. From what I heard up there, it seems likely your killing power is no match for Algo.>

4 seconds.

<You know the source of his power now, don’t you? It is Kobayashi Akon’s daughter who he keeps with him. She adds further Minus power to his strongest Minus power, making him too powerful for even a Plus power to defeat.>

3 seconds.

<Aoe Shouzou, this means you need not seek out the strongest power alone. Because the strongest power born between the Plus and the Minus is not as one-sided and self-righteous as the killing power.>

2 seconds.

<nowiki><I</nowiki> believe that is why a Plus person like you seeks a Minus person like Yuo. You have already found the strongest Plus and Minus power with Yuo at your side.>

1 second.

“Go ask your question. Take back everything so you can ask it again.”

0 seconds.

Aoe gave no response to Akalabeth and tossed the yellow program trigon into his mouth.

A familiar flavor burst atop his tongue. It tasted just like the ramen at the place he and Yuo used to go together.

His cheeks bent into a slight smile and he prepared to move.

The narrow ledge was his only footing, but he didn’t need a long running start. His initial velocity and the gathering of his strength were what mattered.

'''“I will go ask.”

A shattering glass sound came from his arms.

Download.

A black metal spear emblem appeared on the back of his hands and he lowered his hips while speaking his Text.

“I shall move ever forward,” he muttered, remembering what Yuo had started to say her final moment.

<Together forever, huh?>

She had said that instead of that she didn’t want to forget. He thought on the meaning of that desire which went beyond simply keeping her memories.

'''“Right. So now I have to show her.

'''“That forgetting doesn’t mean it has to end.”

'''<Grandload: Running Load Emblem: Black Belt: Opening>

'''<Releasing Management Program: Striking Attacks Authorized: You may now act: 180 seconds>

The emblems floating by Aoe’s hands revealed their form.

The emblems roared. The loud, bursting sound was like shattering metal.

Many windows opened and a text string raced from the emblems on his hands.

'''■Type-AA0765: God-class: Black Belt■

It only took an instant. 

A shattering glass sound came from his hands and fingertips before a shock ran through his entire body.

'''<Activating Grandload of Aoe’s arm strength: Removing limiter for all Lives Loading and for striking power>

He thought to himself while his hands grew tense with power.

<How can I come to understand what people are thinking?>

A tremor ran through him, but then…

“Damn.”

Just as he clenched his fists, he finally took action.

<All I can rely on right now are these silly false fists.>

His movements were fast, but generalized.

<But first…>

'''“I need to trust in those fists to reunite us!”

A shattering glass sound came from his arm and he his attack broke through the wall.

'''<Aoe’s Sight Mode has ended>

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