City Series:Volume8a Chapter4
Chapter 4: Beyond the Galaxy[edit]
Welcome back!
Straight from DT Prison’s cathedral, it’s time for “Ma’am! It’s the Oracle Message Board!” with Racter Nosrup Txt, member of the 13 Demigods and American with a bad Kansai accent!
Today’s topic is trust.
The Son of God worked his butt off to fulfill the many prophecies needed to sit at the right hand of god!
He knew he would be betrayed, but he still entered the holy land to bear the cross, died, and was resurrected!
The following passage is something he said during that process.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness.”
(Matthew 6: 22-23)
Comments:
- I Sense Someone’s Eyes -Mr. Vase
Sorry about posting from outside the city. I’m a 19-year-old from Daytona.
I heard I would get an answer in about 7 seconds if I posted it here.
Lately, I’ve been plagued by a peeping tom or a stalker.
Our house is a dump and I’ve been seeing a suspicious figure around at night.
Some weird things have been happening lately, like a young idiot moving in and my retired dad going back to work
07/07/2000 DT 00:03 AM (-14:57)
Help Text[edit]
Bodies and Subprograms
Generally speaking, no actual people exist within DT.
People’s actual Lives were once sent into DT, but the heat consumption required to preserve their Lives at a 100x boost was too great and it was deemed a waste of energy.
That led to a combination of the NPC Bodies and loading techniques being developed by the Three Sages and Archon Suedomsa.
This allowed the people’s Lives to be placed in an intermediary level built between DT and the outside world and they would remote control a Body placed within DT.
The technology was based on the Write Bring device used in Barrels. The Body was created from the visual data from the person’s Lives and a constant link is maintained with the Mind Lives controlling it.
This kind of Body became known as a PC Body.
The link to the PC Body’s senses allows people to use the PC Body like their own vessel and it feels to them like they are actually there.
Also, loading techniques allow them to temporarily load their Lives from the intermediary layer, allowing them to move more like they are accustomed to.
However, fully remote control of a PC Body is not possible. The PC Body can only “exist” by basing it on the person’s visual data and their Mind Lives must be placed within the PC Body for them to sense what it senses, so there is feedback between the PC Body and the person’s Lives. That means any injury to the PC Body is also applied to the Lives in the intermediary layer.
There was an attempt to develop a means of backing up the Lives to avoid death in this fashion, but when identical data to a Lives-bearing lifeform is created, the erroneous one is destroyed through resonance and the duplicate data can never fully reproduce the abilities of the original data. In other words, the data can be fully reproduced but it still ceases to function for some reason. For this reason, it is forbidden to fully back up an existing lifeform, including people, even though cloning parts such as skin or flesh are done.
Also, while Word Mails can be rapidly transmitted through the intermediary layer, transmitting data-heavy objects such as people is forbidden because it is unknown if the breakdown and reconstruction process would be safe.
That process is only allowed at the Yard or the Visitor Administration Office where they have high quality Live breakdown equipment.
PC Bodies have been created and controlled like this for a long time, but since people’s behavior changes with the times, data on their action and sensory patterns continues to be collected. That leads to the creation of more subprograms, but it is said we will always be plagued by poorly made subprograms and situations the subprograms cannot respond to.
For a while, there were mass riots caused by the poor quality of the subprograms, but from the earliest stages, it has been strongly recommended to use a false name in DT in order to avoid undue responsibility and a shrinking citizenry.
If any trouble does arise, people can adopt a new name or even a new PC Body appearance to avoid social attention and misunderstandings. This is not a fundamental solution, but it is the best way currently known of cleaning up after trouble inevitably occurs.
Telyb’s Board Mode: In DT Yard[edit]
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
This is the HQ Main Building Rooftop, a Top Page of DT Yard HQ, East District.
The current time is 12:03 AM.
A concrete floor stretches 20yd wide and 80yd long.
You are leaning on the southern railing and smoking a cigarette.
One PC Body accompanies you. She is Fooblicky Telyb Sys.
She is in her small high performance form.
Fooby: “So did you get details on the day’s battle from those two?”
Telyb: “I did. It wasn’t easy, though. They both went to the central library at around 10. To search the city database. Yuo will apparently be returning to the castle.”
Fooby: “To the castle, huh? So we won’t see her again until after the open release. When all the hidden data built up in that castle has been released to all of DT.”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
Fooblicky is smiling with her eyebrows drooping. It appears to be a self-deprecating smile.
Fooby: “We really screwed this one up. She isn’t going to think very highly of us next time we meet. Because we’re the Minus Elites who can’t stop deceiving people.”
Fooby: “Sad to think the chaos in her tiny form during the day was the last we’ll see of her before so much changes.”
Telyb: “We knew this was coming eventually. We already had skeletons in our closets when we were summoned to create this city, but we were all Minus Elites who love revealing other people’s secrets. We tried to keep our secrets from the world after the 2nd Godtact Experiment, but that was never going to work.”
Telyb: “We strayed too far toward the Plus side when we’re supposed to be Hackers and loners.”
Fooby: “You realize you’re smiling right now, don’t you?”
Telyb: “You didn’t even need to Over Reload to tell, did you? Tomorrow, we Minus Elites will be revealing all the secrets to Yuo, who was once a Minus Dropout. …We’ll be succumbing to our resignation at long last. The Minus tendency to find joy in self-condemnation and self-harm is so exciting, isn’t it?”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
Fooblicky is shrugging her shoulders in exasperation.
Fooby: “But I bet Yuo is obliviously buried in windows at the library right about now. Delighted she can help out that stupid man.”
Fooby: “Have you given any thought to what Algo is planning? I analyzed the Lives of that NPC Body based on the data trigon Yuo made, but I still can’t tell who modified it or how. This looks like trouble. Has Algo sent us any kind of message about his intentions?”
Telyb: “A single Word Mail during the day. The address was unknown, but it was probably from Algo. It told us to immediately evacuate all of DT’s residents if we don’t want a repeat of today’s trouble.”
Fooby: “Anything else? Like demanding a godtact experiment?”
Telyb: “Nada.”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
The wind is blowing.
You look up into the sky.
Fooblicky tilts her head next to you.
She is wrinkling her brow. She appears puzzled.
Fooby: “Why not? Does he plan to send another message tomorrow?”
Telyb: “Maybe. And if he does, I’m sure he’ll ask if we would like to break free of our resignation and turn around our past failure without worrying about the cost.”
Fooby: “He thinks he’s a hero, but only the people who were there can truly understand.”
Telyb: “Do you think he knows the three factors needed for a godtact experiment?
“1: The Questron used to accept the great god’s Lives.
“2: The reactor used to power the Questron and the reactor used to extract the great god’s Lives.
“3: The body used to contain the great god’s Lives. An unsullied, immortal body.
“#1 and #2 can be created since DT has the royal castle and Babel. But…”
Fooby: “If the experiment succeeds, whoever is chosen for #3 will have their personhood stripped away and all their memories erased as they’re reduced to a mere vessel for the great god. That is death in a manner of speaking.”
Telyb: “And the summoning of the great god will cause a Great Godquake. So many people will be harmed and the world will gain an almighty power as it accepts the great god as a Glossolalian. In other words, it will mean great destruction and rebirth.”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
The wind is picking up and Fooblicky leans against the railing.
Fooby: “The link between destruction and rebirth is so exhausting. We’ve created this city three times now. Once on the charred remains after the Word Bomb blast, once after the destruction brought by the 1st Godtact Experiment, and once 2000 years ago after the destruction brought by the 2nd Godtact Experiment.”
Telyb: “But we realized the error of our ways that third time. If only it hadn’t taken that girl’s sacrifice to teach us Minus Elites how horrifying destruction truly is. But that’s why we did whatever it took to protect the DT we have now. Even if that meant sealing away some memories and telling some lies to avoid confusion. Suedomsa and Yuo are the real victims here.”
Fooby: “We acted out of guilt. Minus Elites aren’t supposed to feel that.”
Telyb: “And that’s why we screwed it up. We didn’t want her to think we were deceiving her, so we left behind some hints. It’s the same reason Akalabeth Bubezleeb failed to perfect the Questron meant to enclose the vessel during the 2nd Godtact Experiment.”
Fooby: “Yeah, Akalabeth and I gave Yuo her Natas name as a hint.”
Telyb: “Yes, the lonely ruler who doesn’t fit in with the rest of the demon army. And the tempter of the Son of God. I doubt she knows the real meaning behind that name.”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
The wind suddenly stops.
Telyb: “I doubt she knows it’s because she was meant to become a god, but never did.”
Fooby: “It’s strange. When we were constructing DT, it was Suedomsa who kept quoting the bible and gave us divine names since we were working to summon a god. Even though he was the biggest loner among the Minus Elites. Ironic that he doesn’t remember any of it anymore.”
Fooby: “And after she was formatted and had her memories sealed away, Yuo went to Japan and learned a song there. The very same song she had sung before losing her memories. And when she returned to DT, the OS chose the Load Emblem of the singing prophet for her.”
Telyb: “Some people call the Son of God a prophet. And Aoe’s emblem is a spear – the same weapon used to confirm the Son of God was dead.”
Fooby: “Hee hee. You make it sound like that stupid man is going to be checking to see if Yuo is dead.”
Telyb: “You never know how fate is going to play out. And it’s only symbolic. Although I am curious what Algo Everquest and Alternative Kobayashi’s Load Emblems are.”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
Fooblicky is looking at you.
She is wrinkling her brow a bit. She looks somewhat troubled.
Fooby: “Don’t tempt fate.”
Telyb: “Something about all this is bothering me, is all. I can’t put it to words yet, but I saw some kind of symbolism forming here when I saw that giant NPC Body today.”
Telyb: “It reminded me that someone used to be able to create things like that at will.”
Fooby: “Eh?”
Telyb: “I’ll tell you more after I read Yuo’s report in the morning.”
Telyb: “Now, I feel bad asking this now, but I have two requests for you.”
Telyb: “First, please hurry your analysis of that giant NPC Body’s Lives. Make sure you’re done by the morning.”
Fooby: “Fine, but that’s really pushing it.”
Telyb: “I know. But I don’t want to act on incomplete information. I’ve had enough of failing at the last second for one life.”
Telyb: “And my other request is that you deploy the Yard’s main force to the castle in the morning.”
Fooby: “Eh? What are you planning?”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
Fooblicky’s expression has changed from her previous wrinkled brow.
She is now looking directly at you with her eyebrows level. It is a look of determination.
Fooby: “I can do that too. You always have been right about these kinds of- oh, a Word Mail.”
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
A white mouse Mouse pokes its head out from Fooblicky’s pocket.
Fooby: “It’s from Akalabeth and meant for both of us.”
Telyb: “Why did she send it to you if it’s meant for us both?”
Fooby: “Women can always tell who in a couple is really in charge.”
<Opening Word Mail Window>
Queen Akalabeth Bubezleeb’s Word Mail: To Mr. and Mrs. Telyb[edit]
5th and 6th Demigods: Ogre and Fooblicky Telyb.
It has been too long since our last correspondence. Are you doing well?
We must be the only ones wondering if our current place in the world will end tomorrow. Because no one else knows what happened before the 2nd Godtact Experiment.
In that sense, this is probably the last time I will send a personal Word Mail while feeling such fear about the past. More broadly speaking, tonight is the last time I will fear the memory of the sin we committed in the 2nd Godtact Experiment.
Fooblicky, do not let any of this get between you and Yuo.
How can we ever forget the requirements for a godtact experiment?
1: The Questron used to accept the great god’s Lives.
2: The reactor used to power the Questron and the reactor used to extract the great god’s Lives.
3: The body used to contain the great god’s Lives. An unsullied, immortal body.
The 1st Godtact Experiment failed because #3 was imperfect, but the failure of #2 was my responsibility because I suggested you to fill the role of #3 based on the idea that the most “godly” body would be an unsullied and immortal body. You have no reason to blame yourself for what happened afterwards. Nor does Ogre.
If I had to guess, I would say this all came from the fact that we are Demigods who failed to become true gods.
My one small regret is that Yuo is not with me at the moment.
I sent her to Japan for 300 of the past 2000 years and she learned so much and grew so much from it. After she returned, she stopped forcibly digging into DT’s datanet to search for her old memories (well, she still does it from time to time) and seeing her now makes me think she carries the past, present, and future with her.
But that all ends tonight. I hear she is at the library with the man who looked after her in Japan. She has been in a very good mood of late.
Suedomsa will be here to authorize the boost setting change and the open release tomorrow. I just sent Yuo a Word Mail asking her to be present for that.
Maybe this isn’t fair to the rest of you, but the plan is for Suedomsa and I to tell her everything afterwards. We will reveal her hidden past to her.
Then I will be pardoning the man who cares so much for her, but after that I plan to transfer all authority over DT to Yuo as my adoptive daughter (just like I suggested to you all 2000 years ago). But only if she wants it, of course.
The prophet who once sacrificed herself out of resignation will hand everything to the divine child who can speak new Texts.
Continue to protect the castle and city until then.
<Returning to Telyb’s Sight Mode>
Telyb’s Sight Mode: In DT Yard[edit]
<Telyb’s Over Reload>
In Sight Mode, Telyb reread the Word Mail window open above Fooblicky’s head.
His eyes ran along the text displayed on the backlit window in the wind blowing below the artificial night sky.
“Hm.”
He bent backwards and took a step back.
He placed his hands on the railing and tilted his head in thought.
Fooblicky closed the window and turned toward him with a similar expression.
“That was an awfully mellow message, but the last line sure was concise. The Yard already has a station in the castle and they have their own knights for protection, but now she wants more?”
“Either way, you still need to do complete the tasks I gave you.”
“That just leaves the Lives analysis. I should also send invitations to the Yard ambassadors deployed around the world. They should come running back for the open release, so I think I can throw something together.”
“Please do,” said Telyb before looking to the south.
<Telyb’s Over Zoom: Full Sight Open>
The distant details became visible.
A giant tower jutted into the night sky to the south. It was Babel, the word tower with small flashing lights at a few points.
Telyb lowered his gaze from that tower that looked so dark at the moment.
Medical facilities, commercial facilities, and an amusement park sat the feet of Babel, surrounding the southern mountain. The buildings were only visible as silhouettes, but they were some of the few modern structures in DT.
His eyes landed on the amusement park in particular. A blimp floated in the sky above it.
His lips parted without even a hint of a smile and he spoke his thoughts aloud.
“The problem is Algo Everquest. Who are Alternative Kobayashi’s father and sister he mentioned? Knowing that would tell us if he is a terrorist or a skilled idealist.”
“Eh?”
“That would tell us if those two are the kind of people who could have taught Algo the three factors needed for a godtact experiment. If he isn’t aware of them, then he is a terrorist dreaming of performing a godtact experiment. If he is aware, then he is likely skilled enough to have set everything up to realize his ideals. Then even today was likely part of that setup.”
Telyb sounded disgusted by the idea and Fooblicky smiled a little.
“Let’s hope Yuo and that stupid man’s investigation shows some results then. Hopefully they find something before tomorrow morning.”
She grabbed the railing and stood alongside him.
He spoke to her while she stood up on her toes to see out over the railing.
“If those two do find something before then, then we can reveal a portion of the past to Aoe ahead of the open release. The other Demigods probably won’t like that, though.”
Fooblicky shut her eyes.
“I wonder how much Yuo has figured out about her hidden past.”
“Yes, she did a lot of research in the past, so there are times when I wonder if she actually knows everything. Do you know what she said to me before leaving for the library earlier?” He took a breath. “ ‘Make sure to tell me even more after tomorrow’s open release.’ ”
“It wouldn’t surprise me if she’s figured it out. Like you said earlier, the city is rife with evidence of our Minus guilt about Yuo and Suedomsa. All the divine symbolism could have clued her in to her identity.” Fooblicky laughed in an exasperated way before realization struck her. “Oh. Come to think of it, Suedomsa’s emblem is symbolic too.”
“It sure is,” agreed Telyb before describing the symbol he had seen in the past. “His emblem is a cross.”
<Telyb’s Sight Mode has ended>
Aoe’s Board Mode: In DT Central Redford District[edit]
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
You are in 3950-E Street, a Top Page of the Central Residential District.
The current time is 2:18 AM.
You are walking from the Central Library in the south to DT Yard HQ.
The street is lined with homes on both sides.
A single PC Body is walking alongside you. She is Yuo Natas Wav.
Aoe: “Whew, I ate way too much.”
Yuo: “Only you would eat that much at the library lounge. And the dog on your shoulder ate an awful lot for a Mouse.”
Aoe: “He isn’t just a dog. His name is Monkey.”
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
Monkey is seated on your right shoulder. He nods vigorously when you look him in the eye.
Yuo frowns. She looks exasperated.
Yuo: “It’s sad that Mice can’t choose their masters. Anyway, it was worth insisting the library opened the lounge so late at night. That place is British run, so the tea is superb.”
Aoe: “Mh.”
Yuo: “That’s no excuse for chugging my pot too, though.”
Aoe: “You’re the one that scarfed down those fries along with your weasel.”
Yuo: “I was hungry. Because I’ve been in Sight Mode for most of the day.”
Aoe: “Huh?”
Yuo: “Sight Mode is exhausting, but it ensures you don’t overlook anything or make any mistakes.”
Aoe: “Mh. Really?”
<Aoe’s Board Mode has ended>
Aoe’s Sight Mode: In DT Central Redford District[edit]
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
Aoe switched all his senses over to Sight Mode.
His sense of touch hit him first. Then he noticed the darkness around him.
The night was chilly even with the summer setting turned on and the wind carried an earthy scent. The world around him had the perfection only found in an idealized falsehood.
There were no streetlights. The stars in the sky were the only source of light. Without even moonlight, the city stretching out on either side of the road was a mass of dark shapes.
But there was one other source of light to Aoe’s left.
The many windows Yuo had open around her were shining. They were opened overhead and on either side of her, so they cast multiple shadows of the two walking on the sidewalk.
He watched her as he walked. She had a see-through keyboard drawn with lines of light floating in front of her and she typed with just one hand while bringing her other hand’s fingers to a few of the windows.
The ferret on her shoulder waved her front paws to open and close the windows indicated by Yuo’s fingers.
Windows disappeared, more appeared, text scrolled along them, text spread out, and text came to a stop. It felt like watching the beginnings of a rain shower.
After a few steps walked in silence, Yuo turned toward him.
After observing him, she noticed his expression and smiled.
“Hey, what are you staring at? You switched to Sight, didn’t you?”
<I was only noticing all the things you were doing without me noticing.>
The words written in his window were the truth.
She read them and her smile grew. She pointed at the few windows around her.
“Yes, you can’t see these in Board Mode.”
She focused on one window in particular. The file listed DT residents whose names had a similar sound or meaning to Kobayashi. Their wild names weren’t given, but the list did include the PC Body photo taken at the Yard’s visitor lobby when they first entered the city.
“But none of them look very likely. I did send Word Mails to their providers asking for their data.”
“And we have to wait 100x as long for a response, don’t we?”
“Even if they respond right away, 3 minutes out there is 5 hours for us. Let’s try to have our answer by 10 tomorrow morning. It’s getting late.”
Yuo showed him a Divine Mail with a bashful smile.
“I have to head home soon. My mom in the castle sent me this message saying she isn’t staying up for me.”
“Do you two get along?”
“Eh? Yes, I suppose. But…she, Fooblicky, and the others sometimes give me weird looks. Oh, but I don’t mean like leering looks. It’s like they feel sorry for me.”
“Probably because they see how you lack an ordinary level of tension. Anyone would feel sorry for you.”
“It’s not that. In fact, it’s mostly when I’m in a really good mood.” She tilted her head. “A long time ago, Alternative got after me for looking so sorry for her just because she has Words Warn. I get that same feeling.”
“Sis was really fond of you. It’s probably the same here.”
“Hmm,” Yuo groaned in thought.
“Anyway, shouldn’t you respond to your mother? What did she say?”
“Oh, just that she wasn’t staying up for me and that I needed to get up early for the audience at 10 tomorrow morning. She says she and Suedomsa have something to tell me after Suedomsa gives his approval.”
“I see.”
Aoe nodded.
<A royal audience. Not a life I’m familiar with.>
“I know you said this Suedomsa guy’s Words Warn day of destruction is tomorrow, but what kind of person is he?”
Aoe looked to Yuo.
<Aoe’s Over Zoom>
Yuo was looking back at him.
Her eyebrows were somewhat lowered in the bluish shadows of the night.
Below them, her largish eyes were directed his way with the windows’ light faintly reflected in them.
He stepped back from the detailed expression. And…
“Mh. What? Did I say something wrong?”
“Eh? Oh, um, well.”
She turned away, looking back to the window displaying the message from her adoptive mother, and nodded in renewed resolve.
She looked back his way with strength in her gaze.
She stopped walking, so he did as well.
She placed a hand on her chest and breathed in.
He took a breath of his own and waited for her to speak.
She nodded again and started speaking with determination written plain on her face.
“Archon Suedomsa is the only other Asian among the 13 Demigods.”
“Mh.”
“And during the explosion triggered by the 2nd Godtact Experiment, I was killed and he was badly injured. The rest were unharmed. That means he must have been near me. Why, I couldn’t tell you.”
He thought on her words a moment and nodded with a frown.
“Mh,” he grunted before she continued like she had been waiting for that.
“And you know what? I was made immortal by the godtact at the age of 17 or 18. I wasn’t old enough to be a researcher, but I was present for both godtact experiments.”
“Were you someone’s family?”
“I think so,” she replied after a pause. “My mom’s message wants me to be there for Suedomsa’s audience with her. So I can’t help but wonder if, well, um…”
She mumbled, looked away, and reached a hand toward the hair draped over her shoulder.
Aoe sucked in a breath and spoke before her hand could reach it.
“Tell me.”
“O-okay.”
She blanked her expression and brought her drifting hand back to her chest.
She moved her lips like she was rehearsing her statement and then got it out.
She stated her guess that she felt surer of all the time.
“Suedomsa might be my father.”
<Aoe’s Sight Mode has ended>
Aoe’s Board Mode: In DT Central Redford District[edit]
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
Yuo stands in front of you.
Her eyebrows are somewhat lowered while she looks right at you. Meaning of the expression is unknown.
Aoe: “Oops. That surprised me a bit, so I ended up in Board again.”
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
Yuo is wrinkling her brow with tears in the corners of her eyes. She looks troubled.
Yuo: “You’re hopeless. I finally get out what’s been on my mind since returning to DT and this is the response I get? You’re supposed to hug the heroine and try to calm her down.”
Aoe: “Cut me some slack. …So you never gave up on searching out your past, did you?”
Aoe: “But should you really be telling me this?”
Yuo: “Don’t worry about it. This is almost certainly me jumping to conclusions. We both lost our memories, after all. I keep telling myself I’m just imagining this because he’s so kind to me and our circumstances are similar.”
Yuo: “I could bear it when it was just a baseless guess, but after reading too much into that message and thinking about how tomorrow is his final day…well, I just wanted to tell someone.”
Aoe: “Mh. You can always come to me if you need an ear to listen. I don’t mind at all.”
Yuo: “Yes, you have always been a good listener.”
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
Yuo wipes away the tears with her right hand.
Her eyebrows are drooping and her mouth somewhat tense. Meaning of the expression is unknown.
Aoe: “Is something still bothering you?”
<Aoe’s Board Mode has ended>
Aoe’s Sight Mode: In DT Central Redford District[edit]
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
Aoe returned to Sight.
His lowered vision saw the dark street. He felt the bumpy dirt ground below his feet.
But he could not feel the thickness of the weeds growing on the ground. Nor could he feel the softness of the soil.
It was all fake.
He had already known that, so he thought it was weird to only notice it now. He also told himself he had more important things to focus on at the moment.
He only had to look up to see the proper target of his attention: Yuo.
She was looking at him with her eyebrows drooping a bit.
She had not Downloaded or Grandloaded, so that was only a piece of data known as a PC Body that was given her shape. Her Lives data stored in DT’s intermediary layer resonated with it and subprograms moved it around.
But Yuo was looking at him, so he looked back at her.
He thought he saw some sadness cast over her face illuminated by the windows.
He realized the windows around her were beginning to close. They had been set to automatically close if left idle for a period of time, so they started flashing and then closed in the order they had been opened in.
<I misinterpreted the growing darkness as sadness.>
Yuo glanced at his window and responded.
“No. I am…worried. You interpreted correctly. As weird as it is to say it myself,” she said with no change of expression.
She moved her hands to bring two windows up next to her: the list of names possibly related to Kobayashi and the Word Mail sent by her adoptive mother.
In their light, she seemed to be working up the nerve to say something.
“Um, Senpai?”
“Mh,” he grunted with a nod and she nodded back.
“I said I think Suedomsa might be my father, right? Set that aside for the moment. We are searching for Alternative’s father. The father of the tiny Alternative we met during the day.”
“Mh.”
“Do you think her father is…an ordinary DT citizen?”
He didn’t know what she meant at first, so he replied with confusion.
“Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?”
“This city is made of falsehoods. For example, the night sky you see above us has no moon.”
Now that she mentioned it, he realized it did lack a moon.
“The position of the stars is set to match the sky in the outside world, but doing the same with the moon had it out for around 1000 hours and I’ve heard there were complaints from Glossolalians.”
“So you hid the moon?”
“The Glossolalians are influenced by the real moon in the outside world, so it would actually be more accurate to show it that way here, but they say it feels wrong to see it up there for so long.”
“Mh,” grunted Aoe. “Get to the point.”
“This is part of my point. Again, the night sky only has stars.”
When he looked up and strained his eyes, he could indeed see a very bright starry sky.
“The moon received complaints, but no one has ever complained about how the stars are displayed. Do you get what that means? This sky is fake, but it’s close enough to the real one that no one cares.”
Aoe said nothing as he kept his eyes on the sky above and waited for her to continue.
After a bit, she spread her arms and gestured toward the city around them.
“Similarly, DT has been remade several times, but its boundaries and the layout of the streets remain almost identical to before the Word Bomb destroyed it. It’s all nearly the same as the industrial city of Detroit that built cars and aerial ships.” She took a breath. “So don’t you think people would use the same basic image of their wild name when creating their handle?”
Aoe looked down.
<Aoe’s Over Zoom>
Yuo was within arm’s reach in front of him.
She wasn’t standing up straight, but she had a hand on her chest and looked straight at him.
The shade of sadness remained on her face.
She opened her mouth with only two windows illuminating her face now.
“I will now explain my theory to you. I have a question too, so please answer if you can.”
“Mh.”
“First, think about the handle Archon Suedomsa. An archon is a type of governor. Suedomsa is the demon Asmodeus spelled backwards. Asmodeus is a demon of pleasure and fertility, so it is a good name for the person in charge of the amusement park and medical facilities and the person who led the creation of NPC Bodies long ago.”
“Mh.”
“Then there is Alternative. Her father would be her uncle’s brother, right? Even an idiot can figure that much out, right? Right?”
“Mh? Mhh? Um, you mean…?”
“Moving on. Alternative’s uncle was your and Algo’s master and his name was Kobayashi Ungyou. In Japanese, the ‘un’ is the second half of ‘aum’ and the ‘gyou’ means dawn.”
“Mh. So the um is the ending and the dawn is the beginning.”
“Now what are the opposites of both?”
“In aum, the opposite of um is ‘a’. And the opposite of dawn would be dusk or ‘kon’.”
“And what do you get when you combine those two?”
He started to give the answer but stopped.
He tried the name out in his mouth for a bit and subtly adjusted the pronunciation to end up with something that sounded very familiar.
“Kobayashi…Archon.”
<Aoe’s Sight Mode has updated>
Algo’s Board Mode: Inside the White Castle[edit]
<Algo’s Over Reload>
You are in the Top Level Hall, a Top Page of the Central Administrative Building, White Castle, South Amusement Park.
The current time is 2:34 AM.
The only thing in the 30yd room is red carpet and four windows each on the south and north walls.
You are standing by the south windows.
A single old-style NPC Body accompanies you. She is Alternative Kobayashi Asb. She is using a cartoony old-style NPC Body as a terminal for her Mind Lives.
She is seated on your left shoulder.
Algo: “I can’t see the adjacent Page since I’m in Sight, but I’m guessing it’s dark out.”
Alternative: <You love coming here at this time, don’t you?>
Algo: “The empty amusement park reminds me of when my mother abandoned me. It was also in an amusement park that I tried picking a fight with Master Ungyou when he was on a trip to America and got punched really hard.”
Alternative: <So it’s where you were betrayed and abandoned, but also where you were taken in and found someone you could trust?>
<Algo’s Over Reload>
Alternative’s eyes are closed but bent. She is smiling.
Algo: “My mother left me behind, but I wouldn’t have been taken in by my master or met you if she hadn’t.”
Algo: “They say some of the fairy species like the long lived still have a habit of making changelings. Because that change is supposed to transform one answer into another.”
Alternative: <Are you saying that our betrayal of Shouzou will eventually lead to another answer?>
Algo: <Does it sadden you that Aoe and Yuo are our enemy?>
<Algo’s Over Reload>
Alternative’s eyes are closed with the eyebrows drooping. She looks exasperated.
Alternative: <You had a smile in your voice when you said that, didn’t you?>
Algo: “It’s true. Because it makes me happy that Aoe is still searching for the ‘strongest attack’ even though he said he was giving up on fighting.”
<Algo’s Over Reload>
Alternative’s eyes are only partially closed. Meaning of the expression is unknown.
Alternative: <So what is the strongest attack he’s searching for?>
Algo: “Let’s see. Could you tell me what the strongest defense is?”
Alternative: <Eh? I guess it would be something that can protect against anything.>
Algo: “Yes. So the strongest defense is the power to eliminate your opponent’s attack power.”
Alternative: <So would the strongest attack be the power to eliminate your opponent’s defenses?>
Algo: “In the simplest sense, yes. But your opponent can keep fighting even if their armor has been shattered. They won’t accept defeat as long as they still have their attack power. But as attackers, we can’t steal their attack power from them. Normally, we would stop them by breaking through their defenses and taking their life.”
Alternative: <But that’s a “deadly” attack. What would a “strongest” one be?>
Algo: “The answer is tricky but simple at the same time. Think about how you can use your strength.”
Algo: “When you get down to it, a deadly attack is just another kind of strength.”
Algo: “As attackers, the strongest is an ideology that leads to the best possible result where we break our opponent’s spirit without killing them.”
Algo: “You could look at it like an equation of Plus and Minus – of attack and defense.”
Algo: “So the strongest would be an equation where the attacker achieves both at once. The question is what kind of equation will end a battle without either side going Minus.”
Algo: “But finding that answer requires understanding the equation and its meaning.”
Alternative: <Hm? The equation…and its meaning?>
Algo: “Yes, because people aren’t numbers. We can liken them to Plus and Minus signs all day long, but it’s the analog people who actually throw the punches. You can work out the perfect equation, but even that is only a guideline.”
Algo: “I feel like you can express anything as an equation if you use Plus and Minus signs, but you’re really just using symbols. To achieve the strongest attack, you need to consider the true meaning behind the equation. After all, is it possible for people to calculate out two numbers using symbols…and do they even want to?”
Alternative: <I can’t believe you. Are we still talking about martial arts? You sound more like you’re telling riddles.>
Alternative: <This is what you were expecting Shouzou to figure out? You must have a lot of faith in him.>
Algo: “He hasn’t reached that point yet. Yuo must betray him again so that we can achieve the three factors. The Quartet said the past resignation will continue, remember?”
Algo: “And all through the program we built to recover Suedomsa’s memories.”
Alternative: <The program actually fully rewrites someone’s memories. It will erase his present self by overwriting his new memories with the ones that were sealed away.>
Algo: “No one knows what will happen then. Tomorrow, on the Day of the Oracle, if either Suedomsa’s 1st phase or our 2nd phase goes as planned, the two of us will live on. We will preserve our lives. Although with the 2nd phase, that might not count as living.”
Alternative: <Are you sure this will work? What about the Yard?>
Algo: “I’m sure some of them have noticed, but most of them should see our actions as a terrorist threat. …Oh.”
<Algo’s Over Reload>
You are coughing.
Alternative: <Are you okay, Algo? You had a bad fit when facing Shouzou during the day too.>
Algo: “I’m fine. I was prepared for this. This cough is the reason I can never return to the Plus World of reality.”
Algo: “Because it means I have taken on your Words Warn.”
<Algo’s Board Mode has ended.>
Algo’s Sight Mode: Inside the White Castle[edit]
<Algo’s Over Reload>
The dark hall stretched out before Algo’s eyes as his coughing fit settled down.
He looked up at small Alternative on his left shoulder and then viewed the empty hall.
The windows on the opposite wall were still open.
They gave a blurry view of the dark DT streets.
“Phew. Suedomsa said they lost everything in the 2nd Godtact experiment, so this is their revenge, atonement, criticism of their own stagnancy, and apology to those they abandoned.”
He turned just his head to look to the sky behind him.
The dark sky with sparkling specks of white light was blurry from here.
Babel’s silhouette jutted into that sky.
A window floated above Alternative on his shoulder.
<What will Shouzou think once he learns more about Yuo?>
“He’s an idiot, so he’ll probably worry over it.”
Alternative opened a window simply saying <My.> in response to Algo’s character assessment. Her eyebrows were raised in a look of reproach.
But Algo’s bitter smile only grew.
“But once he learns the truth about her, I know he’ll come to her. As long as he doesn’t fear the falsehoods and his own fists, he will try to save her and eliminate her worries.”
Algo stretched his hand out the window and toward Babel before clenching his fist.
“The shape of the falsehoods is plain to see in this city.”
<These thought windows and their strings of text with no tone of voice behind them are a lot like a falsehood. You can think of them like the empty shell of someone’s true will. So if you consider falsehoods to be a betrayal, then all of these thought windows are a betrayal.>
“Ever since the invention of writing, people have been fighting back against reality’s security and defensive measure that prevents writing along from expressing emotions. And…the power of a fist is the same.”
Alternative lowered her gaze in response to Algo’s statement. She did not express agreement or disagreement.
Then a footstep ran through the hall.
<Algo’s Over Zoom>
Someone was standing in the landing connecting the hall to the stairs.
The slender figure in green had a dove on his shoulder.
His gray hair was swept back, but he had the face of a man in the prime of his life. He pushed his glasses up his nose and turned toward Algo and Alternative.
Algo turned toward him and Alternative raised her gaze from Algo’s shoulder.
<Dad.>
<Algo’s Sight Mode has updated>
Aoe’s Sight Mode: In DT Central Redford District[edit]
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
The first place Aoe looked was Yuo’s hand after she said Suedomsa might be her father.
Her hand was teasing the hair spilling over her shoulder.
Then he looked to her face.
He viewed the expression there.
But before he could identify that expression and consider what that meant, he made a different decision.
He took action before that decision could appear in a window above his head.
He pulled Yuo toward him and hugged her.
He took a step forward himself and held her in his arms. She twisted her shoulders in protest at first, but only for a moment. When he held her tighter, she stopped.
She leaned into his chest, pressing her nose against him and bending her long ears.
Then she let out a quiet breath resembling a cough.
“I know I’m thinking too much and I have no real evidence of it. But if it’s true…then it means I met my own sister in Japan without knowing it.”
“Mh.”
“What if Alternative was so nice to me because I was her amnesiac sister and she never said anything for my sake? I-I just can’t stop thinking about it.”
Aoe felt Yuo’s shoulders trembling in his arms.
He wondered what he should do and settled on showing he was listening.
“Mh.”
It was only a quiet grunt, but she nodded, coughed, and sucked in a breath.
“I-I’m jumping to so many conclusions, aren’t I?”
She coughed again. She took another quick breath and calmed her breathing, but her voice grew scratchy in response.
She used that raspy voice to speak directly into his chest.
“I’ve lived in this Minus city for 600 years since then, but I still remember that brief time I spent living a Plus life in Japan and I just can’t seem to decide which one is for me. I have to wonder if I can never be an elite of either and that I might be a dropout who can’t choose one or the other. So if you’re a Plus dropout, then I’m a Minus one.” She hung her head further in his arms. “I know…I know I’m just stacking assumptions on top of assumptions,” she said, pressing her face into his chest with her long ears still bent. “So why does it worry me so much?”
Aoe held her even tighter when he heard that. The hands he usually clenched into fists were open and rubbing her back that felt so small right now.
Feeling her back below his hands, he suddenly remembered what Algo had once asked him.
<Why is the wind so cold?>
He responded to both Yuo and Algo’s questions and to neither.
“Yes, why is that?”
I’m no help, he realized afterwards.
I’m so inexperienced, he added.
He sensed Yuo moving in his arms.
He looked down to see her looking up.
<Aoe’s Over Zoom>
Her eyebrows were gently angled and her eyes were closed.
She still had tears in the corners of her eyes and her lips were somewhat parted. Those lips were moving a bit.
“Why is that?”
He didn’t have an answer for her, so he lowered his head.
He brought his lips toward her face.
He started with her tears and sucked them up.
The tears left a piercing saltiness on his tongue.
“Ah.”
A tremor ran through her face, but he ignored it. He ran his tongue tip down the bridge of her nose to the tip. When he pulled away from there, she angled her face a bit upwards to accept him.
And just as he brought his lips toward hers, the last two windows closed.
<Aoe’s Over Zoom>
His eyes instinctually searched for details, but he shut them to block that out.
He pressed his lips against hers.
And…
A sound like colliding stones came from between their mouths.
<Aoe’s Sight Mode has ended>
Aoe’s Board Mode: In DT Central Redford District[edit]
<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.”
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
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.>
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
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.”
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
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.”
<Aoe’s Over Reload>
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>
Algo’s Sight Mode: Inside the White Castle[edit]
<Algo’s Over Reload>
The man standing on the landing was definitely smiling. His smiling lips parted and he spoke in a deep voice.
“I’m sorry, Alternative. I had forgotten about you all this time.”
The eyes behind his glasses remained somewhat unfocused as they moved from Alternative to Algo.
“Algo, thank you for your help over the past 50 years. And for the rest of the help I am sure you will give me.”
“Are you really going to do this, Master Suedomsa?”
“I don’t want to hear that from the man who accepted Alternative’s ring and her Words Warn.” Suedomsa smiled bitterly and coughed once, but he soon swallowed the breath. “50 years ago, when Ungyou tracked me down based on my handle and informed me by Word Mail that Alternative’s condition was worsening, I had no idea what it meant. Because I had lost my memories.”
“That message found its way to the Quartet and my master learned the whole truth. One day, Master Ungyou challenged me to a match and told me about you just before he collapsed.”
Algo pulled a book from his pocket. That was an object from the outside world, which were very difficult to bring into the virtual city. It was the original bible he had received from his master Kobayashi Ungyou.
Suedomsa finally looked to it with his eyebrows somewhat lowered.
“Was my brother a good man? When I knew him, he was my polar opposite – a Plus person through and through.”
Algo hesitated for a moment before swiftly forming his usual smile.
“He gave everything his all. When I began drifting toward the Minus, he asked me if I was going down that route and then he did everything he could to teach me the strongest.”
Algo put the book away and pointed toward his own face. The ringed finger indicated his eyes: one green and one yellow. That was the result of the Live collision that occurred when he took the title of Martial Arts Master through combat.
“I see,” said Suedomsa. “So my brother did what he could to fulfill the Plus side with his Kobayashi School. That leaves the Minus side to me. I must restart everything that was stopped after the failure of the 2nd Godtact Experiment 2000 years ago.”
After that, more people climbed the stairs behind them. Four to be exact.
They were the same anonymous old-style NPC Bodies who had gathered here during the day.
Suedomsa asked a question while watching them line up in front of the northern windows.
“We are short on time, so can you show me what you have planned?” He took a breath. “How do you intend to bring DT under your control and carry out a 3rd Godtact Experiment tomorrow?”
<Opening Word Mail Window>
Anon1’s Word Mail: To the Group[edit]
Preliminary Information
A successful godtact experiment will summon a great god and also sublimate the ley lines over a wide area. Based on the Godquake records from SF, Japan, and various cities, a radius of approximately 120-200 miles will be sublimated to summon the great god, so this is currently considered Death Techno.
This great sacrifice is worth it because the great god’s almighty power will save the entire world.
The experiment will be held tomorrow at 3 PM, the same time prophesied as the Day of the Oracle.
If Master Suedomsa fails, we will abandon the castle, transfer the duplicated Questron data trigon to Babel, and continue the godtact experiment there under Master Algo’s command.
Necessary Steps
1: Take control of the castle where the Questron is located.
2: Take control of a reactor to power the Questron and a reactor to extract the great god’s Lives.
3: Set the properties for the vessel to contain the great god’s Lives.
4: Keep the guards away.
Status
1: Several of the NPC Bodies in the castle and city have been swapped out in preparation to take the castle. This is thanks to the high-level old-style NPC Body creation program that Master Suedomsa manages as a Demigod. Master Suedomsa and we will use them to take control of the castle tomorrow after he arrives in the castle to authorize the boost settings change and open release.
Queen Akalabeth Bubezleeb has the Questron control program, the Babel control program, and Portal, her Demigod Program needed to alter DT’s settings.
Thus, the key to our plan running smoothly is capturing the queen and stealing those programs from her.
2: Babel can play both roles. After stealing the Babel control program from the queen and fulfilling steps 1 and 3, we will surround Babel and the castle with a protection shield and use an enchanter’s spell to transfer its power to the castle. The equipment needed to repair the Questron has already been programmed during the past 50 years.
3: The vessel will not be a problem because we already know someone who is immortal and unsullied, and thus godlike. That person is sure to accept their role as the vessel to carry the great god’s Lives.
4: 7 of the 13 Demigods are in the outside world holding negotiations related to tomorrow’s boost setting change.
Problems
Not even making this world almighty can justify the possible consequences. We have already asked that DT’s citizens be evacuated from the city. And we will do everything we can to establish a separate defense shield to protect anyone who fails to evacuate from the Live sublimation caused by the summoning.
<Returning to Algo’s Board Mode>
Algo’s Board Mode: Inside the White Castle[edit]
<Algo’s Over Reload>
The night breeze blows in through the windows.
Algo: “We can work out the details later, but it looks like things are progressing well.”
Suedomsa: “First, I will begin a godtact experiment to make up for the past and, if that fails, Babel will be nice and warmed up for you to begin a second godtact experiment.”
Suedomsa: <Sorry for insisting on that. But I can’t let them get away with this.>
Algo: “Let who get away with what?”
<Algo’s Over Reload>
Suedomsa looks up at the ceiling before nodding.
Suedomsa: “My former companions for covering up the aftermath of the godtact experiment I put a stop to. All because they feared the destruction of the great Godquake.”
Suedomsa: “They claim to be Minus Elites, but they couldn’t stick to the Minus path. Besides, I didn’t stop the 2nd Godtact Experiment for such a silly reason.”
Anon1: “It was because you sensed the temporal separation between your immortal self and Lady Alternative who remained in the outside world, wasn’t it? You realized whoever was left with the great god would become separated and isolated from all other people.”
Suedomsa: “You talk too much.”
<Algo’s Over Reload>
Suedomsa is smiling bitterly.
Suedomsa: “But yes, I did say that back then. Yet here I am trying to summon the great god. I know I lost a lot of time from having my memories hidden away, but I never imagined I would be taking on Akalabeth and the others’ role from back then.”
Suedomsa: “But this is far better than having it all swept under the rug as a failure. Algo, you say someone will come to stop us just like I did back then, don’t you?”
Anon1: “You mean Aoe Shouzou? I saw him once during the day.”
Anon2: “We have a very good reason to meet with that man.”
Algo: “To prove your resignation?”
<Algo’s Over Reload>
Your words made the four by the window freeze in place.
Algo: “Our method for achieving step 3 seems awfully dirty to me. What do you four think? We will be making someone give up on everything and sacrifice themselves to summon the great god.”
Algo: “That means we are forcing resignation onto the vessel, doesn’t it?”
Anon1: “That is fine. Because we once supported that same person’s resignation.”
Alternative: <Eh?>
Anon2: “During the 2nd Godtact Experiment, we supported that person when their resignation led them to take on the vessel role. And we fought back against Master Suedomsa. However…”
Algo: “Just as that resignation was going to lead the experiment to success, Master Suedomsa’s intervention caused it to fail. Although even that fact has been scrubbed from history.”
Anon3: “Indeed. We were not given the result our actions provided.”
Anon4: “E-even though…we worked hard…to help.”
Suedomsa: “Yes, and I had a member of my family stolen from me along with my memories.”
Suedomsa: “I will be taking that piece of my past back from Akalabeth. Because only then can I be whole again.”
<Algo’s Over Reload>
Of the four by the windows, the man on the far right bows toward Suedomsa.
Anon1: “We shall accompany you. To see if our past actions were correct.”
Suedomsa: “Yes. And I will accompany you to the very end as a Minus Elite. Who needs the outside world? I will meet my end as a liar who took on a handle to pursue his own limits in the Minus World.”
Suedomsa: “To help with that, I will be altering your settings later. That way you can remove that anonymous setting at any time. And I will make sure you can call her by the name that has been set to hidden.”
Suedomsa: “You will finally be able to call her Kobayashi Yuo again.”
<Algo’s Board Mode has ended>
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