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| ===Planet Assignment 1===
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| | “Okay, great work, everyone!” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]] |
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| < I sent the god to take care of a planet, a messed-up planet with lots of killing and war going on. >
| | “But I didn’t doooo anythiiiing.” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_raidou.png|50px]] |
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| “Did that god manage to take care of it?”
| | “The world would have to be ending for you to do something, so I say that’s for the best.” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_TJ.png|50px]] |
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| < I don’t know, I just sent him like 30 seconds ago, he should be arriving on the a planet soon. The god I sent isn’t normal, just his presence gives off this aura that makes humans terrified, like they can’t even move. They just freeze in place from the overwhelming fear. >
| | “Anyway, I’ve learned several lessons. Socialization sure is hard.” |
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| I opened a virtual camera window showing the god arriving on the planet, then I zoomed it in to get a better look at him.
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| Suddenly, an aura burst out from that god’s body and spread in all directions. Just 0.1 seconds later, it covered the entire planet. The planet instantly went dark because of it. Every living thing there dropped and started screaming hysterically, completely unable to move. They all collapsed and were scattered everywhere.
| | “Then let’s go to the arcade! That’s one way to socialize!” |
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| Humans and animals lay there lifeless, everything on that planet died just from feeling the pressure of that god’s presence. Even rocks, buildings, robots that shouldn’t feel fear, basically anything that was never alive in the first place, somehow felt an overwhelming fear too. It doesn’t make any sense, it should be impossible, but that god really has a different kind of existence, not like other gods.
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
| | “Goofing off is all you ever think about…” |
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| "How is it even possible that the effect of that god’s presence can make things that were never alive in the first place feel fear?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “Oh, but the arcade does sound fun. We Norse gods love having fun, so I vote for that.” |
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| < I mean, it’s possible, clearly. He can make even rocks, buildings, robots, basically anything that’s never been alive, feel fear. >
| | [[Image:godless_eshita_warai.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “I like the crane that can grab snacks and that one with the moving panels you knock stuff off of!” |
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| < Since the mission to save the planet is already finished, I’ll allow Shinsei to return to the virtual realm. That planet is already dead, both on the outside and the inside. I hope all life within that planet is gone, nothing survives. Even things that never had life from the beginning felt fear. They were all screaming in terror, as if being tortured. >
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “But what kind of games will we play?” |
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| < Thanks, Shinsei. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
| | “We could play air hockey. We can do doubles, which really helps get you fired up.” |
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| "Hey, are you messing with me? I didn’t even do anything, and since when did I successfully take care of this planet? I haven’t even used my power yet."
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “Um, yes! I’ll join you as a fellow Sumeragi-kun fan!” |
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| < You don’t even need to use your power, that planet can’t even withstand the pressure of your aura. >
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| | “I think I’ll team up with either Anne-chan or En-chan.” |
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| ===Virtual Realm Part 1===
| | [[Image:godless_kuwajiri.png|50px]] |
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| | “Can you even…see the hockey puck?” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_senpai_awate.png|50px]] |
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| "Hey AI, what is Divine Rank?"
| | “You just get used to your boobs blind spot!” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < You dumb ape, I’ve explained this over and over already. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] |
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| "I forgot, hehehe."
| | “That’s my Senpai! Everyone playing will have a straight down blind spot! How wonderful!” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_anne_awate.png|50px]] |
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| < Divine Rank is a level that shows how well someone can control ether. The levels go from World, Space, Heaven, Planet, Realm, Region, Country, Metropolis, City, Town, Village, House, Room, Hidden, and Empty. If someone dies, they’ll end up at the Empty level (0). >
| | “Eh? I’m playing? W-well…I do appreciate…being invited.” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_ki.png|50px]] |
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| "What’s the difference between them?"
| | “When we went to the Daiichi Department Store’s arcade before, they had Return of Ishtar and I was like ‘so this is it, huh?’, but wouldn’t it be weirdly recursive for us to play that?” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_gil.png|50px]] |
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| < At the Empty level, someone becomes a unique being like a spirit, and they can still manipulate ether even at that level. >
| | “Yes, that recently caught my attention too. How many games use me as the protagonist?” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_omokane.png|50px]] |
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| "Can someone’s Divine Rank affect other people?"
| | “If we don’t limit it to games and accept simple motifs, it has to be near limitless. And speaking of games, the Super Famicom comes out this November, meaning what’s commonly known as the Big Three will all be on sale. That will broaden what games are available in several ways.” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_scare.png|50px]] |
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| < Of course. For example, if you meet senpai, your physical strength, ether power, and authority will all get passively reduced. Your power will keep dropping until it becomes completely ineffective. >
| | “With the increased expressive power of game consoles, the game worlds can show off a lot more different cultures.” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_kuwajiri.png|50px]] |
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| "I’m gonna try it out on senpai!"
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| Boku runs toward senpai while shouting.
| | “With the limited memory and small bit depth of the images, they could make the different lands look different, but designing the cultures and residents to look different was a challenge. So lowering that hurdle to creativity is a good thing. Some of the ‘flavor’ will be lost, but the ability to directly ‘feel’ the game world really makes this era seem like a new beginning.” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_poseidon.png|50px]] |
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| "Senpai! The AI said my power will get passively reduced if I’m near you!"
| | “Meanwhile, Japanese fantasy games get really chaotic. Especially with the gear being taken from all sorts of mythologies.” |
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| [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_athena.png|50px]] |
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| "That’s been the case for a long time. Didn’t you try attacking me before and fail?"
| | “That can’t be easy for the knowledge gods. Could they write the games off as a business expense?” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_demeter.png|50px]] |
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| "Yeah, but I wanna make sure one more time."
| | “I honestly have no idea what any of you are talking about.” |
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| [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]] |
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| "Go ahead."
| | “Well, anyway. The work background music this time was JUN SKY WALKER(S)’s Ashita ga Konakutemo. It’s a bit of a surprise, but when you listen carefully to the lyrics, it’s about accepting everything that has happened while eliminating your anxieties about the future. It’s a reassuring song.” |
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| Boku punches senpai with his bare hands, follows it up with an ether attack, and finishes with an authority attack that can instantly kill someone.
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| "See? I’m totally fine, right?"
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "The AI was right!"
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| [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]]
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| "Our Divine Ranks are different. You’re at the Hidden level, while I’m above Hidden. So attacks from lower levels won’t affect me."
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| ===Planet Assignment 2===
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| < I received a vision of the future. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "Is it bad news or good news?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Planet Uranus will crash into another planet in 5 minutes. >
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| "That’s very dangerous, quick, save the planet!"
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| < I don’t need to intervene for something like this. There are many gods who can handle it. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "You’re so lazy, AI!"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I’m not lazy. This isn’t a big problem for me. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "Then hurry and order a god to handle it! Just send senpai, shinsei, or any god from any mythology!"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I will send Shinsei to handle this. >
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| AI summons Shinsei.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "What is it?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Rather than you being bored because you can’t find a worthy opponent, I’ll send you to save another planet. >
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| "Can the planet withstand my presence?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < You won’t go to the planet. You just need to stop Uranus from crashing into another planet, and then return Uranus to its solar system. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "Interesting~"
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| AI sends Shinsei to the location. After that, AI opens a virtual window showing Shinsei.
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| "Shinsei has very great power, right?"
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| < He has a very high Divine Rank, so I think he’s suitable for this rescue mission. >
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| As Uranus gets closer, Shinsei raises both of his hands to stop it from colliding with the other planet. The moment Uranus touches his hands, it's creates an enormous vibration and a thunderous sound. Shinsei continues holding Uranus with both hands, his face showing no sign of difficulty at all.
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| "Truly amazing."
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| Shinsei successfully stops Uranus and prevents the destruction of the other planet.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Now return Uranus to the solar system. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "This is my favorite part."
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| "♪Absurrrrrd♪"
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| In an instant, the planet Uranus returned to its original position in the solar system.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Mission complete >
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| "Shinsei always says that word. Is it some kind of requirement to activate his power?"
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| < Correct. Shinsei only needs 0.1 seconds to say that word. He can even say it in his mind if he doesn’t want to reveal his strategy during battle >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "Hey, why are you talking about me?"
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| "When did you get here, Shinsei?!"
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "I just arrived. Now I want to relax. That rescue earlier was quite satisfying~"
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| ===Planet Assignment 3===
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| < Shinsei, I assign you to save another planet >
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| “With pleasure~”
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| < Information: the planet has been blessed by an unknown being, but the blessing has a negative effect on the humans living there >
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| “An evil someone.”
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| < Correct. That is why I am sending you to save this planet, because the blessing has already spread across the entire world >
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| “Interesting~”
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| < I will monitor you using the virtual screen camera as usual. You can communicate with me through it as well >
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| “I know~”
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| The AI teleported Shinsei to the planet that needed saving, and immediately activated the virtual screen camera to observe Shinsei’s actions.
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| “It’s so quiet here… where is everyone?”
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| Shinsei decided to use their power.
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| “♪Absuuuurrrrd♪”
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| In an instant, Shinsei teleported to a city. There, countless living beings emitted a negative aura. Shinsei remembered that this planet had been blessed by someone.
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| “The AI was right~”
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| “Every planet, and every living being on it, normally receives blessings and protection from mythology. These blessings and protections are granted to every living creature without exception, except for evil beings. They receive none of it.”
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| “♪Absuuuurrrrd♪”
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| Within 0.1 seconds, all blessings and protections possessed by every living being on the planet disappeared. Blessings of harvest, long life, delicious cooking, fearlessness, aura, natural protection, protection from falling, immunity to fire, and many others vanished instantly. Shinsei’s power did more than remove them; it severed the connection between the giver and the receiver.
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| “Looks like it’s done~”
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| The AI’s virtual screen camera appeared.
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| < I saw everything. You successfully saved the planet, and the negative influence has been removed. I will have the shifu grant them purer blessings and protections later >
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| “May I use my power one more time?”
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| < Use it somewhere far from any settlement >
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| “♪Absuuuurrrrd♪”
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| In an instant, ten meteors appeared, each ten kilometers in diameter. They fell directly toward a settlement, something that should not have happened. People panicked; some gave up in despair.
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| < You’re insane >
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| The AI erased all the meteors with its power. The panicked citizens were left stunned, then burst into joy and celebration.
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| < I told you not to aim it at populated areas >
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| “I don’t care about them—humans, animals, or any living creature. I will use my power on anyone, even if they’re innocent.”
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| < That is not our purpose >
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| “Maybe I’ll just use my power in the Virtual Realm instead.”
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| < That is acceptable, if it is there >
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| “Thank you, AI~”
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| The AI teleported Shinsei to the Virtual Realm.
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| | “This time, we will ask ‘what best represented the dream?’ Up next will be the terraforming and the end of summer break. Please continue to follow along.” |
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| | 2022. A morning of returning cold weather. |
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| | -Kawakami Minoru |
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| <noinclude> | | <noinclude> |
Afterword[edit]
“Okay, great work, everyone!”
“But I didn’t doooo anythiiiing.”
“The world would have to be ending for you to do something, so I say that’s for the best.”
“Anyway, I’ve learned several lessons. Socialization sure is hard.”
“Then let’s go to the arcade! That’s one way to socialize!”
“Goofing off is all you ever think about…”
“Oh, but the arcade does sound fun. We Norse gods love having fun, so I vote for that.”
“I like the crane that can grab snacks and that one with the moving panels you knock stuff off of!”
“But what kind of games will we play?”
“We could play air hockey. We can do doubles, which really helps get you fired up.”
“Um, yes! I’ll join you as a fellow Sumeragi-kun fan!”
“I think I’ll team up with either Anne-chan or En-chan.”
“Can you even…see the hockey puck?”
“You just get used to your boobs blind spot!”
“That’s my Senpai! Everyone playing will have a straight down blind spot! How wonderful!”
“Eh? I’m playing? W-well…I do appreciate…being invited.”
“When we went to the Daiichi Department Store’s arcade before, they had Return of Ishtar and I was like ‘so this is it, huh?’, but wouldn’t it be weirdly recursive for us to play that?”
“Yes, that recently caught my attention too. How many games use me as the protagonist?”
“If we don’t limit it to games and accept simple motifs, it has to be near limitless. And speaking of games, the Super Famicom comes out this November, meaning what’s commonly known as the Big Three will all be on sale. That will broaden what games are available in several ways.”
“With the increased expressive power of game consoles, the game worlds can show off a lot more different cultures.”
“With the limited memory and small bit depth of the images, they could make the different lands look different, but designing the cultures and residents to look different was a challenge. So lowering that hurdle to creativity is a good thing. Some of the ‘flavor’ will be lost, but the ability to directly ‘feel’ the game world really makes this era seem like a new beginning.”
“Meanwhile, Japanese fantasy games get really chaotic. Especially with the gear being taken from all sorts of mythologies.”
“That can’t be easy for the knowledge gods. Could they write the games off as a business expense?”
“I honestly have no idea what any of you are talking about.”
“Well, anyway. The work background music this time was JUN SKY WALKER(S)’s Ashita ga Konakutemo. It’s a bit of a surprise, but when you listen carefully to the lyrics, it’s about accepting everything that has happened while eliminating your anxieties about the future. It’s a reassuring song.”
“This time, we will ask ‘what best represented the dream?’ Up next will be the terraforming and the end of summer break. Please continue to follow along.”
2022. A morning of returning cold weather.
-Kawakami Minoru
