Editing City Series:Volume8a Chapter4 (section)

===Aoe’s Board Mode: In DT Central Redford District===

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Yuo is in your arms.

Her eyes are bent and she is smiling. It is a bitter smile.

Yuo: “Oh, god. You haven’t changed at all, have you? How did you manage to knock our teeth together? Were you trying to bite me?”

Aoe: “…Mh.”

Yuo: “Are you mad? I thought it was hilarious.”

Aoe: “Mh.”

Yuo: “You’re so cute when you’re embarrassed. Seriously though, don’t let it bother you too much. Look at your arms, Senpai.”

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There is a slight gap between your arms and Yuo.

Yuo: “Hugging requires two people, but the subprograms have trouble with that kind of thing since they can’t predict the size of the other person.”

Aoe: “…Mh.”

Yuo: “Don’t apologize. It’s the thought that counts and I appreciate it. Also…”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Yuo has slipped out from your arms.

Her eyebrows are drooping and she has a smile on her lips. Meaning of the expression is unknown.

Yuo: “I don’t think you’re a dropout. Do you remember 600 years ago when stripped off all my clothes, swore you would look after me for the rest of my life, and then knocked our teeth together just like that trying to kiss me?”

Aoe: “…Mh.”

Yuo: “It was after that that Alternative called for you, that mess happened, you couldn’t see me the next day, and then I returned to DT.”

Yuo: <But if you hadn’t gone then, you wouldn’t have been able to save Alternative from her worries. And then I couldn’t have had you with me now that I’m worried.>

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Yuo is holding a hand to her chest and looking at you.

Yuo: “Let me apologize tomorrow.”

Aoe: “You have nothing to apologize for.”

Yuo: “Don’t do that, Senpai. You think I don’t have to apologize if you make yourself the bad guy, don’t you? I can’t blame the subprograms for this one, so there isn’t such a simple answer.”

Yuo: “But I don’t play fair either, so I will apologize at the castle tomorrow. I’ll make sure to wear a cute dress so you can hug me again…and then we can continue where we left off 600 years ago.”

Yuo: “If we fully share our personal settings, the DT OS will perform an artificial Live exchange and give us a joint Load Emblem like Telyb and Fooblicky have.”

Yuo: “Don’t you want to see what kind of Load Emblem we can create together?”

Aoe: “Don’t be stupid. You’re DT’s princess, aren’t you?”

Yuo: “My official position has no bearing on what I need to do or what I want to do.”

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Yuo is looking at you with her hands clenched into fists.

Yuo: “ ‘I shall move ever forward.’ I can accomplish anything if I don’t give up, right?”

Yuo: “I might be worried, but I won’t give up on the past. So, Senpai…”

Yuo: “Please don’t give up on the strongest you’ve wanted to find for so long.”

Aoe: “…Mh.”

Yuo: “Oh, you finally smiled.”

Aoe: “Hey, are you still in Sight Mode? Won’t that make you hungry?”

Yuo: “Nope, I’m in Board Mode. But I can still tell. Call it a hunch.”

''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Yuo has turned her back and taken a step down the street toward the castle.

Yuo: “Okay, it’s time to say goodbye for now. Take that street there and you’ll reach the Yard HQ. Your pardon is at 11 tomorrow, so don’t be late.”

Yuo: “Oh, and just in case, I’ve altered your settings so you will be labeled a runaway if you aren’t at the castle by 12. That will shut down all of your nonessential subprograms.”

Aoe: “Did you really have to do that?”

Yuo: “Don’t oversleep and it won’t be an issue. And tomorrow morning, I will be Word Mailing Telyb the results of today’s investigation and the speculation I shared with you. They seem to be analyzing that giant NPC Body, so they might have figured something out by then. Bye.”

Aoe: “Mh.”

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Yuo waves goodbye and starts walking away.

She looks back once and only once.

You clench your fists.

Aoe: “The strongest, hm? Algo said that was some kind of equation between the Plus and the Minus.”

'''<Aoe’s Board Mode has ended>