Kuzu Inou【Ondo wo Kaeru Mono】 no Ore ga Musou suru made

"Give me your head, Mr. Merliah. You'll never apologize like that."

A black skyscraper that exudes an international presence among a group of buildings that stand in Tokyo's new central city, Teito, the former capital that vanished during the Great War. On the top floor, in the executive floor of the Japanese Army, there were figures of Meliá Kurono and Kagenobu Kurono.

It was the room used by Masamune Mishima, the most important figure of the Japanese army entrusted by Emperor Tian (Mikado) with the task of representing his full powers and the proprietor of Mishima Heavy Industries "Kirishima Corporation", one of the world's leading giant munitions companies.

"Sorry, Masa (...)"

"Xuanno, if I can apologize to you, I'm sorry. Because this is the one who relied on your help to keep her daughter. [M] Initially, child protection is the responsibility of parents. I'm not trying to hold you accountable."

"No, General Mishima... this is a scandal for our school. I don't think it's enough to apologize more than once for letting your son, who took care of you responsibly, get into that kind of sight. I'm really, really sorry."

That's what I said, Meria Kurono, who doesn't move with her head down. Next to it stands Kagenobu Kurono, principal of Emperor Weird High School.

"I've already accepted enough of your apologies. Above all, there is also a great deal of discrepancy in this case, which did not properly disclose the information about my daughter (Kaname). If I had that information first, things would have been different again. Anyway, give me your head, Mr. Merriam. You're gonna get in trouble."

"... Yes"

Meria Kurono, who gives her head, which was deeply bowed to the word, and corrects her posture.

In front of her, beside the executive desk loaded with mountains of various documents, stands Masamune Mishima, a large man dressed in a unique black uniform for Japanese army executives. His back length does not extend slightly to the Xuanno Kagenob, which is as long as 195cm, but nevertheless his forged body carries with it the majesty that can decorate the top corner of state power.

"I have also heard that there is important information obtained on the side of Emperor Weird High School… Let's talk about why our daughter was captured first. First of all, it looks better."

The man didn't look like the body, he cut it out to both of us with a polite talk.

"Do you have any idea?

"Oh, yeah. And that's also the story I have to apologize to you. Well, stand-up or whatever. There's a chair there, hang it up."

Masamune Mishima said so, urging the two of them to sit on the reception sofa, watching them sit back and slowly opening their mouths again after one breath.

"Our three-woman kanami is the final stage of the [plan to increase the production of aliens] during the war, the" Outside Individual (EP) "of Project Six. First, I should have told you that before school."

To the words, Melia Kurono opens her eyes.

"Project Six...... then Mr. Mishima is still......!

"Hey, where are you going?

"Right, Mr. Merliah seems to have already guessed... that Kaname is the one with the 'artificial' powers. It is a human being who transcribed (copied) my xenopathy [the one who amputates everything (Divider)] as an original (original). Just like the two sisters."

"Are you an [Outside Individual (EP)] of the [Increasing Genius Production Plan], a confidential subject that is not recorded? Only the number of subjects I've seen in the paperwork..."

"Oh, yeah. The eldest daughter, Satsuki, was treated when she was 11 years old under plan 4 in the medium term, and the second daughter, Setsuna, was treated when she was 7 years old under plan 5 in the late period. And they expressed the alien powers of [the one who amputates all things (Divider)]. And the next thing I know, in the final stages of Project Six, it was Kaname."

"Eight-leaf bastard research? You let him mess with your own daughter?

"Oh. You can laugh at me. I genuinely believed that was for my daughters at the time. What it takes to survive this unusual time, it must gain powerful powers of alienation."

"... that's what everyone thought if it's during the war"

Masamune Mishima smiled slightly at Meliá Kurono's words and nodded quietly.

"But it was long after I realized the mistake. An inviolability agreement was reached in the nine [sites] and a long war ended...... a peace treaty was also concluded between the opposing forces at the bottom of it, and a single peace came.

Yet they also try to go out of their way to fight on the battlefield from themselves. Because I had half the power. "

……

To the sentiments of regret seeping out of that voice, the two people standing in front of Masamune Mistya were just silently listening.

"I was able to bring such power. Ultimately, level five... Xuanno, I thought you knew I was no match for superiors like you."

"Nothing, I don't think it's a waste."

"Ha, that would be a little distracting if you told Kurono that."

There Xuanno Meliá plunges into question.

"But surely Mr. Kaname is the first..."

"Yeah, you're right. Mr. Merriam.

Kaname was not like them. According to the Eight Leaves, the procedure was successful, but for some reason, the allergy was barely expressed. In the end, it seemed that the transcription of abilities failed. "

"Failure, is it"

"But soon after the war was over, I began to think it was lucky for her."

"... lucky?

"While I'm in the position of a key military position, I don't want that kid (Kaname) to step into this barren (...) realm if possible. At some point, I was beginning to hope so.

Kaname doesn't have any extra power, you just have to live peacefully every day. These days forgive me for it. If only something with power could protect it. He seemed unhappy with it, but it seemed better to me. … what a convenient story. "

"... General Mishima"

"Hehe, really, that's not what people in positions like me say. I'd love it if you thought it was a silly father's soliloquy."

"Hey, what's the reason you got caught? Why were only the sea turtles targeted?

"Oh, you did"

Masamune Mishima shuts up to think about it for a while and slowly opens his mouth again.

"We don't know for sure yet. But I know two things."

"Two?"

"The first is that, as a result, but with the end of the war, the destruction of the [Incredible Production Plan] made the sea turtles the last (...) subject of the guy (Hava). He was obsessed with the plan. It seemed to transcend the boundaries of the task of a top-secret national project and view research as its own viability. For this reason, it is not surprising that we may be targeting sea turtles that have been treated halfway through our efforts to continue our research."

"... one more thing, what is it"

"Another idea is face-to-face. Satsuki and Setsuna, they are not familiar with Eight Leaves because they were indirect treatments for caution, but only Kaname meets him directly (...)"

"In person, are we seeing each other? Do we know each other's faces?

"Oh. Although, Kaname was five years old at the time. You won't remember. But that was really my downfall. At the time, I was mistaken for" Ryuichi Hachiba ". He's already had a complete success with his two daughters, and as a subordinate, you can trust him. I misjudged his nature and showed a gap. I was just caught off guard with a researcher, not to mention a department dealing with top-secret research on alien powers."

"... Eight Leaves is never a good person to forgive. Now I can tell you..."

"Eight leaves had already made a strange move at a stage when the plan was decided to stop. There were indications that research materials and subjects were brought outside in the name of the experiment. Now that I think about it, I should have immediately disposed of him when I sensed it."

"Is that what you call information?

"Oh, this is the information I should have disclosed. You know what I mean? It was my downfall when I didn't tell you this."

"No, because we are still responsible too..."

"Hey, Melia. That's enough. And then we'll talk about this one."

"Oh, do that. May I ask you something, Mr. Merliah?"

That's what Masamune Mishima tells me, and Melia Kurono begins to tell her the information she was preparing.

"Yes. Two from here. The first one is about your son, Kaname Mishima."

"You mean the sea turtle..."

With his own daughter's name out, Masamune Mishima dropped her gaze a little and pushed her silence.

"This is only unconfirmed information, but this time the mastermind said he was very concerned."

"What do you care?

"That's what I heard. He said," There are three [root systems] here, "

Biting the words out of Xuanno's mouth, Masamune Mishima turns her thoughts as she hands on her chin beard.

"That's with the example boy who rushed me to the scene and Kurono... and one more?

"Yeah. I thought you might be referring to your son, Mr. Kaname Mishima, to deduce from the circumstances under which the man probably spoke"

"Oh no... that kid? That sea turtle that was suffering from only expressing weak aliens?

"On that point, we need to investigate because it is not confirmed. Nevertheless, Mr. Kaname's alien abilities showed incredible progress during the recent anti-school war commotion. It was such a rapid change that the rating was changed from [the one who cuts everything (Divider)] to [the one who manipulates the blade" Edge Manupirator "], but it is usually not possible. There are a lot of strange things about her psychic abilities from her perspective as an exam examiner."

"... well. But no way [root system]... is that really a possible story, Mr. Merriam?

"We haven't decided yet, but we think there's room for thought given how things have been so far"

"... what an irony. That girl I was trying to keep the most out of my power."

For a while then, Masamune, the father of Misty Island Kaname, seemed to think with his gaze down on the ground.

Xuanno speaks when he sees it.

"We haven't decided yet, have we? Not until we find out."

"Oh, right. Can I leave that investigation to you? Intelligence has an expert (specialist) with that hand. I want her to see it too. I'll report the results to you, too. I would also like to hear Xuanno's opinions as a [root system] alien"

"Yeah, please"

"Next, then. Merliah."

In response to the man who began to look a little further forward, Xuanno Kagenob urged Xuanno Meliá to talk about the next topic, looking at the dial of the watch.

"Oh, please."

"Yes, the other will be information about" Eight Leafs Ryuichi ""

"Eight leaves? I think you heard on the phone before the meeting about the mastermind of this raid."

"He wasn't Eight Leaves. I saw it first hand, so I'm sure."

"Yeah, that's what I've been getting reports from the military's investigation department. The DNA extracted from the blood stains left on the scene was determined to belong to" Kiryu Yosuke ". Does that have to be your information, too?

"Yes, but nevertheless, it is believed that the mastermind" Kiryu Yosuke "had (...)" Knowledge "and" Personality (...) "of Eight Leaves"

"What? What the hell is that all about? No way......"

"Perhaps Eight Leaves makes copies of themselves (...). That could be more than one, too. Purpose unknown. But we have to create a force to deal with it."

"The possibility that the army's Genius Police Corps will add a force zone created by that Eight Leaves (...) to the current state of affairs in the response of Faction III,"

"Yeah. We have a pretty good chance of seeing those forces being reinforced under the water, and we also think we need to do future intelligence."

Gen. Mizushima Masamune dropped his gaze and groaned potpourrily, biting the meaning of Xuanno Meliá's words.

"... Also, war"

"... I think we need to move quickly in order not to"

For a while, the office was surrounded by silence and the three stood silently.

"Masa, I'm the only one you can talk to right now. I'm sorry, but I'll let you go. Next thing I know, I'm supposed to meet Achicht."

It was Kurono Kagenob who broke the silence. He's checking his watch as he mouths his next appointment.

"General Mishima, I am truly sorry, but Genno (your father) is right. We'd like to apologize for this."

Meria Kurono turns back to Masamune Mishima and bows her head.

"Oh, I'm sorry. My soliloquy made me take extra time."

Misty Island Masamune accidentally calls out on the backs of two people trying to walk away from the office that way.

"Hey, Mr. Merriam."

Meria Kurono stops at the voice and looks back.

"Yes, what is it?

"It may be odd for me, a military man, and head of a munitions industry company, to ask this...... Merliah. Don't you like war?

"... Yep. Sure."

"What's the best thing about war, I don't like it?

"I hate people dying on the battlefield."

"That people die on the battlefield."

"Yes. I think people should die like people. Humans should not be half-melted, become finely sliced pieces of flesh that no one knows, or burst to death like balloons. If I could, I wouldn't want anyone to die that brutally."

"... your words are heavy"

"I killed a lot, too. Even in the recent raid. That's where you affirm it. And war makes all (...) a battlefield. No one should ever let that happen again, at least for the next generation."

"Right, I think so too. I'm still selling weapons as a tool of war, not what I was able to say."

"No, General Mishima. Power is a way to use it. It depends on the mind of the person who uses it. It can be a weapon of murder and a tool of protection."

"Depends on how you use it, huh"

"That's why the next generation of psychics must have the right (...) strength to be able to jump irrational. That's what I think. That's supposed to prevent that from happening."

"That's why Xuanno built that school as a 'bottom line' that brings up psychics falling out of society."

"It's not that hard. There are too many kids off the road right now as capable as they are. I just made a place for them."

"Hehe, I initially wondered if I could handle a few more names... but now I think of it as a good name."

"Hey, that's enough. Old stories."

"Oh, I'm sorry I held you back. You got my bad habit again. As an army and as a Mistya Heavy Industry, I will spare no effort to cooperate with you. Say whatever you think I can do.... oh, and"

"What, there's more?

Kurono Kagenob looks at the man in front of him with a nagging and fed up look. This man looks quiet at first sight, but he knows that once he starts talking, he will be very long.

"If you are a politician who seems to be hanging out with a third faction like Enon (Inou) before, you will soon crush it. If you have any information, please feel free to report it."

"Yeah. But don't overdo it, okay?

"It's okay. I'll follow the law until now. Otherwise, we'll go back to those days. You know that much, don't you?

"Yes, keep order. Otherwise, it's just like them."

"Oh, I know"

"Then we're on our way. Don't call me that anymore, okay? I'll bring some booze next time."

"Oh, see you later. Looking forward to it."

As such, the big man dressed in a black uniform takes a big breath sitting in the desk chair as he sees the two of them leave the office.

"... if you don't talk a lot to Kanami too, no, I'll start by apologizing properly..."

The man murmured quietly, thinking about his daughter, who was temporarily returning home, to work on the approval of the mountain and the pile of permit application documents.