《Hajimeru Sekai Ka (Part 1 'Everything')》 The Dream In A Place unknown void of space and time, 2 entities finished their battle to the death. The background begins to fade as one of them walks to the fallen. Covered in wounds and scratches, armor, claws and long blood covered hair, the other on the floor battled and scarred, bleeding to his ultimate demise. The winds blow the dust away as one questions the other, ¡°Did you achieve it?¡± To which he replies, ¡°Yeah.¡± Taking a pistol out and ending his misery. `Bang` [Beep] [Beep] [Beep] ....... The alarm ferociously ringing in the morning waking one up. Set at 7:30 but snoozed till 7:41. `eyes open` "Another dream." [Time: 7:41 am location: Hotaru Residence, Kagoshima Date: 2016/04/11] He keeps his hand to the ceiling light, sweating a lot. "That dream felt real, my illusions keep on dragging me even in my dreams?" Ch.1 -The Dream Where It All Began- He goes to the bathroom to freshen up. To take a good look at himself, he zooms in on the mirror. A long scar cutting right through the right eye ran down. His fuzzy green hair from the night''s sleep. His eyes were black and centered with a white pupil. Very unusual for a human. [Ninomiya Hotaru Age: 17 Student, and next candidate to the Hotaru Project] He comes to a stop, the metal object stuck to his chest. It was small and had been there since he was a child, it made some sort of beeping noise as well when he felt like he was drifting from reality. ¡°Does it help with my condition? The doctor did say yes.¡± A million unanswered questions barged into his mind that he couldn''t start with a particular. He touches it, placing his hand on his chest. I''m still alive was all that he could think of. ¡°Alive?¡±, a voice asks him in his head. An unbearable pain screeches his chest, he grabs his chest. A sudden flash of memories hits him, A small girl, shadowed by the light behind her telling him, ¡°You have to live.¡± He falls raising his hands towards her as a blast hits. Ninomiya snaps back to reality, ¡°Again.¡± He holds the base of the slab and gets up. Exiting the bathroom the slab seems to have been crushed but he didn''t notice it. A phone call can be heard. The call drops before he reaches it. He checks the notifications to see who the caller is. It was his dad, with two missed calls. He ignored them. Below that notification, there was a message from Akise. "Come fast. School starts at 8,". That catches him off guard. He didn''t know that, but he couldn''t have known. Because today will be his first day. He doesn''t bother to check out the notifications piling up below that. Ninomiya takes a quick shower and dresses up for school. He calls his chauffeur to pick him up and heads to the kitchen. There, he finds a young woman sleeping on the couch. It was his sister, Hiori. He grabs his lunch cautiously, making sure he doesn''t wake her up. She must''ve fallen asleep while eating, as a bucket of ice cream lies on the small table in front, melted. Hiori mumbles something in her sleep, ¡°Just one more upgrade just oneeee one more ti-.¡± Before she stopped and said, ¡°I will win.¡± He gives a sigh of reaction. Ninomiya says, ¡°You really spent the whole night playing games?¡± He holds a blanket and places it on top of her.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. He spreads butter on bread and rushes outside, holding a cup of milk in his other hand. The car waiting for him was ready to leave. A maid holding the passenger door open for him to enter bid him farewell when he stepped him. "Have fun on your way to school, young master," she said before gently closing the door. From the window, he could see the front view of his mansion. With a beautiful garden atop a hill, the workers and maids did their best to bring life to the otherwise ghost house. But it was home for him. The gentle breeze coming from the sea to scan the compound would turn his attention at the sight of the majestic mountain. He would always wonder what lay behind that beautiful mountain. And what about his life, the reality as he knew it? What about the dream he has had for all his life? Were they all true? He could sense a profound mystery somewhere. Sometimes, he would strain himself trying to uncover the hidden truth lurking underneath reality. But to no avail. The color of sakura blossoms gives a sharp contrast to the colors of his thoughts. That brings his head back inside the car. Gulping down milk after finishing his bread, he orders the driver to drive faster. He looks at his watch. Only 7 minutes remained. The car arrives at the school gate just on time. Once inside, Ninomiya rushes to the building. Everyone outside and in the windows gazes upon him like he is someone. [Background Whispers](¡°Hey! Look he is here.¡± ¡°The next candidate? His son?¡± ¡°I heard he is filthy rich. But he lives like a peasant.¡±) ¡°That''s right, wealth. My life was filled with it. As the world¡¯s wealthiest man is my dad. Of course he won''t let me attend such a school without having guards.¡± The chauffeur sweats alot, as the AC depicts a temperature of 101¡ãF inside the car. ¡°Damn it, why do I have to be the one to always do it?¡± A person on the radio speaks up, ¡°AL reply.¡± The chauffeur replies, ¡°On his way to the building over.¡± ¡°Confirmed visual over.¡± ¡°All units on standby.¡± [In the school] Rushing up, he meets Akise in the staircase. "Yo, Ninomiya.", said Akise "You mother fucker, why are you here instead of inside the classroom.", Ninomiya replied with an annoyed face. A grin on his face. Akise hits him with the lie, "I lied, class begins at 8:15." ¡°I knew it-¡± Ninomiya shrugs it off like any other friend would, "Well whatever, let''s go." Akise replies, "I was excited, you know. Seeing you in my school, sharing a desk with you. I''m happy you came." Ninomiya then asks, ¡°Well, I think I''ll do fine today. It seems under control.¡± Akise looks towards him speaking with a high tone, ¡°Your condition has been going okay, how many events did you have today?¡± Ninomiya looks happy, ¡°Only 2 times. Regularly it''s 270 per day.¡± His bland honesty was eh... Awkward and uncalled for. "Nino, tell me. Are you..." Akise paused for a bit to emphasize what he was about to ask next, "Happy?" Heh? That was sudden. Was he happy? Ninomiya could only stare at him, with his mind in the thinking abyss looking for an answer he feels uncomfortable. He first thought of Hiori. Then he thought of his father and his late mother Emma. Finally, he thought about their family business. Was he happy? He has almost all the things a man would want, wealth, family, a friend. He turned 17 just a while back can''t be bothered to just say, "Yes.¡± A faint voice asks him, ¡°you didn''t protect us did you?.¡± Ninomiya sees a field of red grass with black blood on top. He snaps back to reality. He holds his right side of his head, squeezing firmly on it. Akise asks him about his condition, ¡°Yeah I''m okay.¡± After a bit of comfort Ninomiya calms down. Ninomiya was suffering from a condition where his life was divided into a conscious and an illusion-like state. Scans showed his brain had been badly damaged, a part of him was erased in some horrific accident. Due to that he lost whatever memory he had, even including language. There would be haunting encounters and unreal imaginations, probably linking to his old life. These panic attacks came out random and the only way to get him out of those was to shake him off from it or wait for him to snap himself out of it. The students enter the classroom. ¡°Oh, Y''all are here Akise and Ninomiya.¡± Ninomiya looks at them and his lips go on auto pilot to whisper, ¡°They know us?¡± Akise hears him, ¡°Of course they do, because we are famous.¡± [8:15 AM] [Tsurumaru High School] [Class-1 B] The teacher comes in, everyone takes their seats, Akise was assigned another seat a bit to the right of Ninomiya. After attendance, the teacher introduces a transfer student named Akame. Ninomiya looks at the door as he feels an uneasy feeling. His white pupils contract as she enters the door, he feels a sort of attraction. Akise is surprised he displayed emotion to someone else than him. ¡°I''m Akame Hoshino, Age 16.¡± That was the introduction she gave, not a good one. He notes it. The teacher makes Akame have the vacant seat at the side of Ninomiya. Ninomiya never felt such a presence in his life. A sudden illusion takes him over. Seeing a red haired woman in front of him instead of the black haired Akame, he pauses. Akame looks at him, ¡°Hey, how much are you gonna stare at me? Creep.¡± Akise quickly rushes to shake him off. Ninomiya looks at his hands, mutters ¡°Red hair.¡± Akame hears him and clenches her fist. Sitting in the class, Ninomiya never felt this much pressure on him. Introductions go by and the classes as well. [Lunch Break] [12:04 PM] [Roof] ¡°Hey Akise, that new girl is suspicious. P.E. is on par with me, has excellent English, knows history too well. It''s like-¡± Akise cuts him off, ¡°You¡¯re overthinking it man. After school, go and apologize for what happened this morning.¡± Ninomiya realizing ¡°You''re right I should.¡± As Ninomiya¡¯s pupils fall into a deep illusion, he begins to mutley say, ¡°My offering is for you.¡± ¡°I will serve-¡± A bright light wakes him up, Akise shaking him off. ¡°Hey are you back?¡± Ninomiya sweatingly says that he was okay. ¡°You are not an okay man. You need to relax here. Don''t fall into one until you''re home.¡± Ninomiya looks okay, ¡°Sorry I made you care.¡± [Tower 3] ¡°Everything seems fine now, subject out of illusion.¡± [Radio] ¡°Good, continue surveillance.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± A figure was behind the guy surveying, ¡°Are we done?¡±, a female spoke. A silent shot is fired from a pistol that went through his head, killing him on spot. She puts her fingers on the earpiece, ¡°Akari, I''m in position.¡± Bzzt, [Noise] ¡°Proceed as planned, main target ¡®Akame¡¯.¡± Awakening from an ever lasting dream The Students Arrive inside and class begins at 8:15 A male teacher comes in, their homeroom teacher Sasaki. He introduces that a new student was gonna enroll today. The teacher turned his head towards the door. Everyone else followed. "Come in, Ayumi." `foot steps` ¡°Hello everyone, I''m Ayumi Hoshino.¡± Black messy hair, red scarlet eyes and a wrist band made of metal. Ayumi seemed to be a normal looking girl but Ninomiya smelled something wrong. Her appearance looks normal, but her eyes seem dead on the inside. The teacher saw an empty desk at the side of Ninomiya¡¯s window seat and asked Ayumi to sit there. Ayumi sat there and Ninomiya tried calling her out but she didn''t respond. Ninomiya thought of her as this weird gloomy girl but too perfect. But Ninomiya kept staring at her like something wasn''t right. Akise began to take notice, he writes something on a note and passed it to the guy sitting next to him. After the lunch break started, Ninomiya and Akise went to the roof to eat lunch. Akise keeps eating while Ninomiya is looking at the sky, he falls into another illusion. Ninomiya keeps looking, Akise begins to panic. ¡°I will follow your orders, for the sake of our-¡± Akise goes in front of Ninomiya and shrugs him off. ¡°Hey! Wake up.¡± `Shake` Ninomiya in his state says, ¡°Why do we keep losing? Why can''t we use that-¡± ¡°Wake UP!¡± Ninomiya snaps back to reality, ¡°Was I gone for a second?¡± Akise, ¡°A second? You were gone for a whole 2 minutes my guy.¡± Ninomiya sits on the bench, ¡°Why am I like this?¡± Ninomiya has the look of a depressed person. Akise looks at him and offers him some food. ¡°Calm down buddy, your father told me to look after you so you don''t go into another deep thought.¡± Ninomiya walks down the stairs, Akise stays on the roof and points out a thumbs up at a direction. He seems to shed a tear, and questions himself. ¡°Why do we need to still lie?¡± At a distance, [Radio] ¡°Come in C1.¡± A guy in a building surveying Ninomiya tells, ¡°Subject went under another illusion. Recovery success. Good sign by Candidate, over.¡± The person behind the radio, ¡°Ok copied, over!¡± A hooded figure appeared behind the guy doing the surveillance, a woman pulled a silent shot on his head. ¡°Alice here, Position Confirmed. Tell me info about the terrain for a clear shot Akari.¡± , Akari replied, ¡°Good, get a good shot of the chest slightly above the heart. Make sure you don''t hit the head, Alice. The bell tower should be fine, you sure you don''t need a bipod?¡± Alice, ¡°Affirmative, that recoil is nothing.¡±Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. ¡­.. Time 4:07 pm School ended at 4:05 pm Akise and Ninomiya pack their bags, ¡°Where are you headed to Ninomiya?¡± ¡°Nowhere I guess, you?¡± ¡°I got some work at my uncle''s place.¡± ¡°Good luck I guess.¡± Ninomiya leaves the building, Akise looks through the window, takes out his watch and presses the screen 3 times. `Broadcasting` Akise speaks on the watch. ¡°All units advise, Ninomiya has left the building. High alert.¡± . . [Somewhere] `Lightning strikes` `rain` `Wind Breeze` A blond woman speaks on her suits left hand, ¡°Alice, follow the Prototype.¡± .. She looks at the rain, ¡°It begins, doesn''t it.¡± Someone in the room puts down the pen. ¡°What begins Akari?¡± ¡­. She smirks. ¡°Something in the past.¡± ¡ª---------------- Hiori wakes up, ¡°Huh? Did I over slept?¡± [Phone Ringing] [Akise Calling] ¡°My phone is ringing? Hello, Akise.¡± Hiori pauses for a while. She puts the phone down. Time: 4:12 pm Ninomiya, ¡°Fuckin driver, why isn''t he here yet?¡± Ninomiya is on his phone texting the driver to get to the school soon. At the side he sees Ayumi taking a soda out of the vending machine. Ninomiya tried to start a conversation but she denied. ¡°Why am I getting denied?¡± ¡­¡­¡­ `Scene Change` Hiori with a dead look goes under the mansion basement. ¡°I''m gonna swap. Prepare the procedure.¡± `Back to School` ¡°Let me introduce myself cause you didn''t let me talk.¡±, said Ninomiya ¡°I know who you are, idiot, everybody in this world does. The only son of Akito Hotaru, the richest successor. I''m looking for someone and you are the least of my issues. Please stop talking to me.¡±, replied Ayumi. She begs Ninomiya to let her go. Akise gets himself out from the back of school. At the top of a tower, a sniper gets ready. ¡°All preparations complete Akari.¡± Eyes on the scope, the rifle powers up. [Core Reactors Max Output] [Energy Transfer Ready] [Reactor Stable] ¡°Target Priority, Prototype #1, A.K.A.M.E.¡± `Tower bell rings` Ayumi is talking to Ninomiya, She sees a flash of light behind Ninomiya just in time to react and dodge it. She tosses Ninomiya to the side. ¡°Eyes on the prize.¡± ¡°Boom.¡± [Projectile Fire,] `A gust of super heated plasma surrounds the barrel as a flash of light strikes the leg of Ayumi.` Tower¡¯s ceiling and bell flys off from the recoil. The school grounds cracks open, and the energy from the bullet shakes the whole area like an earthquake. The impact area melts away and all that remains is dust. The people who were inside the building get killed on the spot. Alice on the broken roof of the bell tower, She kisses the rifle. She gets a burn from the barrel being too hot. ¡°Hot¡±, she comments. , ¡°Easy there Alice, they aren''t dead.¡±, said Akari , ¡°Wait she tanked a whole 70 gvr load? That''s crazy.¡±,replied Alice Alice gets her rifle and prepares another shot. [Cooling Required 20 Seconds] [19] [18] Ninomiya gets up from the rubble. He doesn''t feel pain, almost like a dream. He sees Ayumi and tells, ¡°Hey, what''s happening? Is this an illusion?¡± He clearly is scared. Ayumi grabs his hand and gets in cover. ¡°We¡¯re under fire, that C Rifle is ridiculously powerful.¡± ¡°Like how powerful?¡± Asks Ninomiya. Ayumi is pissed. ¡°It''s a fucking C Series rifle. It shoots rounds powered by a reactor. It can shoot a hitscan projectile. Or shoot heat rounds.¡±, replied. Ninomiya calls it a day, ¡°I''m imagining shit right now.¡± She punches Ninomiya and tells him, ¡°This ain''t an illusion, it''s reality!¡± ¡°Wait, wait, that punch hurts.¡± Ninomiya begins to panic thinking he would die. ¡°The hell should I know, go fuck yourself.¡±, replied Ayumi. [Charge complete] ¡°Visibility is zero in this smoke. I''m switching to instruments.¡±, said Alice [Switching To Instruments] [Refined Thermal] ¡°Tch everything looks red except for one spot, that seems a bit cold than other. Here goes nothing.¡± [Bang] The cover gets blown to bits, Ninomiya is very scared. A faint voice asks him, ¡°Why are you scared? Can''t you remember? These hands saved me one day. You scared you would lose me like your friend?¡± Ayumi looks at Ninomiya, he seems different and he is quiet now. Ninomiya grabs Ayumi on his back and begins running through the smoke. With a evil smirk, Alice screams ¡°Where are you GOING!?¡± [Charge Complete] ¡°I must survive, no matter what. No matter what I¡¯ve been through.¡± Ninomiya slides through the smoke and rubble holding Ayumi. ¡°These dreams, these people are my illusions. Are they real?¡± The smoke clears. A Bright Flash Of Light is seen by Ayumi. ¡°Oh no¡­..¡± A bullet pierces Ninomiya¡¯s chest. The force of the blast doesn''t obliterate Ninomiya and Ayumi falls quite a distance away. `swirl` ¡°Secondary Target is dead.¡±, Alice Akari replied, ¡°Mission Complete, restock ammo and proceed with plan 2- Alice grabs her communication device and breaks it. Ayumi looks at the now dead Ninomiya, shocked that someone tried to save her and died a horrible death. She looks at his blood, ¡°Black¡­.. Why isn''t it red? Who is he?¡± The blood begins reversing into his body. ¡°Passive Active¡±, said Ninomiya as his eyes are closed. His body flows in the wind. A shocked face Ayumi had. ¡°Huh¡±, Akame thinks. The wounded area turns golden yellow and it regenerates. ¡°That''s not possible, what the fuck.¡±, Ayumi doesn''t believe her eyes. Ninomiya falls on the ground after healing, Ayumi grabs him and takes him to a hole in the sewer system. A devastated landscape soon follows above, a school in ruins. Half the tower broke apart due to the recoil, Alice seemed unharmed using the rifle. ¡°I have been given a second chance, thank you Akari.¡± A Future Broken Apart [Somewhere] The windows were open. Outside, flashes of lightning struck without pause. The rain stopped, and the clouds started to clear. The room was dark. But the computers screens were lit. The date below was 2199/Jan/22. A photo of a guy hugging a woman with torn sleeves was on the wallpaper. The woman on the window asked someone over the radio. "Follow those two for me, please." [Door Opens] A man approached her wearing a grey hazmat suit. The woman near the window asked the man, "Enjoying it, are you Kage?¡±Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. [Scene switches] Under the sky, people were walking on the street. They were all covered in heavy hazmat suits. Her eyes went for the market that sold sealed foods. Food is life. And life went on, even in this ugly landscape, despite unsurvivable levels of radiation. She took out a photo from her pocket, ¡°You know, when I was young. My whole life was stolen. I was orphaned at the age of 1, loved my family. Family became no more at age 22, everyone died. I had no biological children, nor anyone left cause of that one project.¡± She looks at the clouds clearing, "I ''had'' a human son, I cried desperately trying to bring him back to life. I was powerless despite being a literal god. His corpse melted in my hands, vaporized into thin air. At that moment I had nothing to lose." "Akari, why are you going this far?" Asked Kage with a serious face. Akari looked at Kage with a smile. She had blonde hair, black eyes with a white pupil. "To fix a world where I am currently on." Kage was confused, "Fix the whole world, Akari? After you came, all we have known is death and destruction. You killed the wife of our leader, gave that little child trauma.¡± Akari questions, ¡°You mean ''Hiori'' by that ''little child''?¡± Akari laughs, laughs as much as she could. Kage seems questioned, ¡°Hiori¡­. Ah that name. The one person who is mentally capable. She is the most intelligent person I have ever seen no child has that much of a brain.¡± Said, Akari. Kage asked, with a surprised face. ¡°What do you mean?¡± She had turned her gaze back to the people outside the window. ¡°Akito¡¯s rise caused a nuclear war. The planet is now in fallout. Hiori¡¯s manipulation will cause the death of billions. You forgot Kage, I said I''m from twenty thousand years in the future. I know exactly what happens. ¡®We are mere puppets in the face of inevitable doom¡¯ a phrase father spoke in his state that mom¡¯s diary had. It was the truth. No one in this world holds true will. We''re stuck in this world that keeps on running, letting us decide with us making it feel like we are the ones in control." "I couldn''t stop the death of my son." She looked at the photo again. [The Clouds Cleared] The full moon shines brightly upon the earth. Akari sheds a tear. The photo was of Ninomiya, Akari while sobbing said, "Father¡­ you are not the one to blame." A file was at the side on the desk with the picture of Akame and title, ¡®THE EFFICIENCY PROJECT'' ''By Idenfrost Hotaru'' Sewers Of Lies [Walk] ¡°This guy is heavy.¡± carrying Ninomiya, Akame limps at the side of the sewers. She thinks to herself that the bullet did quite a bit of damage to her leg. She talks to herself, ¡°Thanks professor for this amazing armor.¡± The hole in her leg is not bleeding and circuits fry. ¡°I need repair for sure.¡± She lets Ninomiya off on the side and sits there. The dirty water flows on the middle as dry space with moss is on the sides. Ninomiya is asleep, so she took her chance and rants about him being an asshole. All that ranting wakes up Ninomiya, his eyes slowly open as he looks at Akame. His sleep is slowly opening up. ¡°Akame?¡± Ninomiya gets up, but is pushed back to the ceiling from his own strength. He doesn''t feel pain, but immense strength. He falls to the ground, ¡°huh?¡± Confused, he asks Akame. ¡°What''s going on, another dream? Another illusion? Weren''t we being hunted down by a sniper?¡± From the edge of the sewer a shadowy woman like figure appears, ¡°It isn''t a dream nor an illusion, what you saw and experienced was reality.¡± Akamei senses something wrong, ¡°Who are you?¡± The figure gets out of the shadow,You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. ¡°I''m the one who saved you, Akame.¡± Hiori appears, ¡ª-------------------------- Ninomiya shakes his head, ¡°Why are you here in a place like this Hiori, explain to me!¡± Akame is stuck in a state of thinking. Hiori tosses something to Ninomiya, ¡°Wear this on your right arm.¡± Ninomiya grabs it. ¡°What''s this?¡± Hiori explains that it is a device that suppresses his powers to a minimum. Just him being in a state of rest without suppression is enough for a mere human to disintegrate into ash. ¡°But is this all true?¡±, asks Ninomiya. Akame comes back to her senses, ¡°How did you survive that professor? I need an answer! Please, tell me you haven''t sided with that monster?¡± Hiori touches her neck and Akame goes to sleep mode. ¡°What did you do?¡± ¡°Oh nothing, just made her sleep so I can examine her later.¡±, Hiori states with a cold look. Hiori explains to Ninomiya that Akame was a cyborg. Ninomiya¡¯s eyes widen as Hiori says, ¡°Open left arm.¡± A top of her skin pops off, revealing a cyborg arm with 5 glass like memory chips. Hiori is filled with excitement, ¡°Good, it''s still there.¡± Ninomiya questions why this is his sister, she turned out to be a freak. He can''t believe that a world like this exists. But he has no clue why they are in a place like this. He questions Hiori demanding answers to which Hiori places her hands on Ninomiya¡¯s shoulder and says. ¡°Listen Ninomiya, forget what you were told as a kid.¡± Ninomiya freaked to the point of insanity, laughing. ¡°Was it all even real?¡± Hiori punches his face, ¡°Ow.¡±, said Ninomiya. Hiori rubbed her fist, ¡°Everything is real to the bone.¡± Hiori looks at Akame, ¡°Our world is dead, the year is 2195. I was six when she came, in a day my mother died at her hands. Dad and I escaped with a small army using the only time machine we had. Seeking hope we went to pray, in that prayer we found you. A kid who fell from the skies, fate we must say. An alien that you are, you were wounded I must say. Your brain was so damaged it was a miracle you survived. Your body was so hot it would melt the room you were in. Dr.Sez developed a small machine capable of suppressing your powers to one of a mere human.¡± Hiori got tired of explaining, ¡°So that''s it, I really am not human. These illusions and dreams are really true. Then it must be who I was.¡±, said Ninomiya with his eyes down to the ground. Hiori looks at Ninomiya from the side and lifts Akame. Hiori said to Ninomiya, ¡°You hold great power, Akari is of the same species as you. Defeat her and you might gain what you are looking for. Your memories.¡± Ninomiya feels uneasy, ¡°My whole life just turned out to be a big fat lie. What are you even expecting me to do?¡± Ninomiya thinks at the corner while Hiori is looking at him with calm eyes. Ninomiya had one last thing to say, Ninomiya asks Hiori, ¡°If you can surely guarantee myself being able to escape this illusion of a world, how can I be a help to you?¡± Hiori laughed and replied, ¡°You need to save the world, idiot.¡± Hiori disappears into the darkness and Ninomiya follows soon. [Outside the sewer] ¡°Instruments show targets moving towards a tunnel leading to the forest.¡±, Alice says while on the radio. [Year: 2199] Kage sitting sipping coffee, ¡°What''s this photo on the desktop? Who is that?¡± Akari had a face down look, and Kage understood. ¡°Did he die a good death?¡± ¡°No, he didn''t deserve to.¡± [A flashback of Akari crying with a corpse fading away in her hands burning away and the scraps of cyborgs filling the whole area as if a mass battle took place.] I missed you In the sewers Hiori carries Akame and walks along with Ninomiya. ¡°Hey Hiori, what did you do to Akame?¡± To which Hiori responds, ¡°I pressed the button behind her spine that makes her go to sleep mode.¡± ¡°You said something about cyborgs. I want to know more about your world.¡±, Ninomiya asked Hiori for the information. Hiori stopped, Ninomiya sensed someone approaching. ¡°Yo!¡±, Says Alice. Hiori lets out a cry, ¡°RUN.¡± Hiori runs to the side tunnel along with Akame but Ninomiya isn''t so lucky. A beam of light goes through his shoulders. The device still suppressing his powers isn''t able to much. Ninomiya begins to heal, his tissue regenerates at an incredible pace. He doesn''t feel pain at all, He looks at the attacker, he begins to have illusions. A little girl with 4 horns on her head and blond hair approaches him, ¡°Don¡¯t forget your promise. You carry our will. End this war once in for-¡± If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. He snaps back to reality, in front of him is a woman with blond hair, black latex suit. It had the name, ¡®Alice¡¯ on it, a rifle on her left hand she throws it on the ground. She comes near him, ¡°It¡¯s been a while, Ninomiya.¡± Suddenly, Ninomiya¡¯s body begins to ache. Pain consumes him, holding his 2 hands on his head he screams. ¡°NA GA NO?¡± His black blood vessels tighten, eyes turn to black and the pupil to white, ¡°What did you do to me?¡± He screams, in agony. Hiori had found a way to the side Ninomiya was on. Leaving behind Akame she comes, looking at Alice and Ninomiya. Alice, ¡°Vons Tres Juvum Akae.¡± Raising her hand, she points at Ninomiya. ¡°Forgot the truce we made that very cave.¡± Hiori watches what was happening. ¡°You forgot, everything. I was waiting for this moment. Where you and I go home.¡± Hiori thinks, ¡°What does she mean by ¡®home¡¯?¡± ¡°We fix our mistake, Ninomiya. We should''ve never used it.¡±, Alice Hiori see¡¯s an opportunity and strikes at Alice. ¡°Oh, who do we have here?¡±, Alice Alice blocked Hiori¡¯s first strike. ¡°That force, you''re not human are you Hiori?¡± Asks Alice. ¡°Show me your true self Hiori.¡±, Alice says with a menacing laughter. Alice raises her hand towards Ninomiya, ¡°Sorry Ninomiya, I''m gonna borrow what once was mine.¡± A light comes through Ninomiya¡¯s body and into the hands of Alice. Alice grabs it, ¡°Relic Of Creation, activate passive.¡± Ninomiya loses consciousness. Everything turns to dark as Alice heads towards Hiori. [A bright light] ¡°A room?¡±, Ninomiya wakes up. ¡°What happened to me, to Hiori, is everyone fine? Who was that woman?¡± Two sleek arms of a woman grab him, whispered his ears ¡°I missed you.¡± Ninomiya¡¯s pupils contract from fear. As Alice is behind him. ¡ª--------------------------------- [Somewhere] An old businessman, hair as white as snow, looked at his phone. It was ringing. He was in a meeting, so he had to reject the call. But when he saw the caller''s name, he had to pick it up. This call was far more important than the meeting. From the other end, a gentle voice of a teenager spoke to him with subservience. "Sir, it has begun. What''s our next move?" He stopped to think for a moment before answering him. "Issue the military. Meet me at the island of Yakushima.¡± He called off the meeting after hanging up. The other businessmen who had come here just to talk to him were disappointed and began expressing their anger. "Jake." he talked to his main bodyguard, who was standing next to him. As he walked outside, the staff brought the businessmen who attended the meeting face down on the table and slit their throats. One of them spoke up, ¡°Akito, one day you will pay for your sins. There will be a day you will be drowned into des-.¡± As he said that the door closed and blood splattered across the frosted glass. He took a cigar out and lit it. A car waiting in front of the hotel. The man the world feared the most, power and money. He had it all. The leader of the future, Akito Hotaru. Last Bastion of Humanity Ticonderoga [Year-2187] [Hoshino Residence, Ticonderoga Megastructure] ¡°I''m off to work Akame! Food is on the table.¡± A woman kisses her daughter on her head in bed as she heads out. A little while later, A young Akame runs towards the table and grabs the food, turns on the computer and starts playing games. A while later, she goes over to the pressurization chamber and dresses up in a hazmat suit. Putting on the ID she heads out. A list of things pop up in a hollowgram. [Grocery List] [Sealed MRE ¡Á 60] She walks down the streets of Ticonderoga. A large megastructure in the future holding the last remaining humans on the planet. [Narrator] A large scale war occured 81 years ago that destroyed most of the life on the planet. Half the world went divided using nuclear weapons to end the other half. After the dust settled as few as a hundred thousand humans remained. After decades passed, they built the Megastructure as their last line, a bastion built in the alps.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. To ensure another war would never happen, they devised the codex of the human federation. The codex had rules in check. A fair judicial system, and equality based living quarters, food and comfort. No matter how rich you are, you will still live like the poor. Ticonderoga has 6 main entrances, along those entrances runs streets and mini residential areas. The main building towers over 120 meters in length. Followed by 4 support towers and an interlocking bridge system that connects it all. The walls have sentry cannons as huge as a normal house, preventing hostile enemies from entering Ticonderoga. But the enemy was already inside.] A banner lit, advocating for military service in the army of the Human Federation. As Akari watches the ants(humans)below from the top of Ticonderoga. ¡°Wish they had just joined my army they would be free after 10 years of service and lifetime of facilities.¡± An errand runner comes decked in armor, ¡°Godmother, the research team is here. Their reports over the efficiency project are kind of here and there.¡± Akari smirks, ¡°Good, bring them here.¡± [Back at the streets] A young Akame shops for groceries, she places the order for 60 MRE¡¯s and heads to home. ¡°Hey look at that, somebody is getting executed.¡± As the crowd panicked, Akame looks at the top of a public broadcast television. Someone had started to live telecast a zoomed footage of the top of the tower. As a young Akame watches it, the hazmat helmet falls off the victim. It being her mother, she gets down on her knees. The body catches on fire as Akari burns her alive. The young Akame runs off, unable to handle the mental pressure. She crashes into the rocks outside of Ticonderoga. Small cuts have formed in the suit. ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Why did mother have to die?¡± She cries, as radiation leaked into the suit. [2 Days later] In a construction pipe, 3 miles away from Ticonderoga. The helmet screen lights up, [S.O.S. Failed] [Dehydration Detected] [Contamination Detected] [Lifespan Estimation 12 Days] ¡°Help me¡­.¡± ¡°Help me.¡± ¡°I want to live¡­.¡± She raises her hands, ¡°I want to kill her-¡± [Eyes Open] [Year-2016] [Base DOGMA] Akame wakes up, ¡°How long has it been since I had that nightmare as a dream?¡± ¡­.. She looks around, ¡°Where am I?¡± A power cord hooked up to her spine supplies energy and nutrients. She looks infront of her, Her eyes widen as she sees her previous body hanging on the wall. ¡°Oh you woke up?¡± A voice of a woman behind her, As she walks to Akame, Akame remembers. ¡°This voice.¡± She tears up, She looks at her face, ¡°Professor Hiori!¡± She gets a sudden flashback of how Hiori used to look like. A grown woman in her mid 30¡¯s with a mechanical body and a human head. But now it was a teen girl who looked a lot like a human rather than a machine. Akame hugs Hiori crying in her arms. ¡°I thought I lost you.¡± Hiori is taken aback by what she means. ¡°It''s okay, everything will be fine.¡± A Genuine Friend An armored helicopter takes off from Makurazaki. Destination: Yakushima Island, Base DOGMA Passengers: 3 At the edge of the horizon a large fire was visible. Kagoshima was on fire. In the helicopter, Akito reaches to the pilot¡¯s communication for a little chat. ¡°Try to avoid the heat, take the long route. We should have enough fuel.¡± ¡°Copy that.¡±, replied the pilot. [In A Room] ¡°I missed you.¡±, says Alice. Ninomiya with a scared expression tells, ¡°Who are you? What happened to Hiori? Where are we?¡± Alice crosses her legs, with a smile says ¡°Beats me, I know a little about myself as well. The one thing I know is we made a vow in a cave.¡± Ninomiya¡¯s lips talk themselves following her sentence, ¡°That we should not use it for personal gain.¡± He tries to stop his lips, ¡°Why did I speak without thinking?¡± Alice puts her hands to the side, ¡°I don''t know, muscle memory maybe?¡± Alice thinks, ¡°If I can''t say much to him, I''ll try to make him understand with body language.¡± She opens her mouth, ¡°Hiori is fine, because we made a deal together. I left the army of Akari to join your fighting force. However there is a catch, what I want in return is you, Ninomiya.¡± Ninomiya is frightened, as Alice advances on him. He has no choice but to give in. The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°I¡¯ll always be by your side, the man I fell in love with, was you.¡± Says Alice with a lustful voice. [Kiss] Ninomiya closes his eyes. Alice throws a pen from the desk at the side of the bed towards the camera. Breaking the camera, the feed goes away. At the other side was Hiori watching, Akise was also with her. [The following is in German] ¡°So what now? We let her fuck him?¡±, asked Akise with anger. ¡°I nearly lost my life there, what are you even angry about?¡± Replied Hiori with anger. Akise gives a sigh, ¡°The act is over, his life is his. Let him make the decision. Also how is this new girl doing? You said you had vague memories of her.¡± Hiori looks at the screen, ¡°I don''t know either, It seems natural to me. I had met her before, somewhere, I had saved her somewhere. The fact that she has my research is ridiculous.¡± Akise puts his hand on the table, ¡°So an outcast from another timeline, she broke the laws of time travel and infiltrated into ours creating a 3rd timeline. What was her name again? Akame Hoshino?¡± Akise is in deep thinking, ¡°Pull the records from 2190. I read an article about a Hoshino who was executed.¡± Hiori is astonished by his intellect. ¡°You''re actually smarter than me huh?¡± Says Hiori with a weirded out face. ¡°Stop that and open the records.¡± Akise is dead serious. [Codex Records] [Year 2150-2190] [Search: Akame Hoshino] [.....] [Search Complete] [Akame Hoshino] [Age 7] [Status Dead] [Citizenship Revoked] [Reason: Traitor] [Daughter of Researcher Ava Hoshino deceased as of 2190, father status expired as of 2185] [Father Identity Unknown : Not registered] [Reason of death of Akame Hoshino: Radiation Poisoning] [PPE found at death site with a rotten corpse.] [Rest of the information is classified] ¡°Classified?¡± Hiori is shocked, as more information is not accessible with her 4 star access card. ¡°So she is dead in our timeline.¡± Points Akise. He looks at the clock above him, ¡°So which alternative timeline did she come from?¡± Hiori looks at Akise, ¡°I have a task for you. It might give us some information about Akari or some leads.¡± ¡°I''m in.¡± Akise looks directly at Hiori¡¯s dead eyes. Hiori brings up a map on the screen, ¡°There is an abandoned building about 20 miles off from the alps. Suspicious activity has been detected there, like a woman with blonde hair entering and exiting. I''ll give you some protective armor we reverse engineered from Akari¡¯s soldiers. Also this blond woman might be Akari, you know she is blond. Just make sure you stay alive.¡± Akise gulps, ¡°Fine, take me to the room where this armor is later on.¡± Hiori yawns. ¡°Keep this between us, father shouldn''t know of it. He can access all the information, having a higher access card than me is such a cheat.¡± Akise questions, ¡°Why shouldn''t uncle know about this?¡± Hiori rubs her eye, ¡°He is worried about you more than me, you''re his successor. He shouldn¡¯t have his candidate run off collecting information, risking himself.¡± Akise always wondered why Hiori wasn''t chosen to be his successor. He thought of a moment in his childhood where Hiori lost all her emotions after they escaped to 2005 Earth via the time machine. He noticed Hiori wasn''t very playful from an early age. She would rather spend her life in a lab studying how to make weapons. Uncle Akito tried to make her stay out of it. But her sheer determination kept her going. She was blessed with intellect, with an IQ of 190. Now looking at the Hiori in the present day, her humanity had vanished away. A hollow husk filled with knowledge is what she was now. Akise felt something bad would happen to her if she kept going at this rate. ¡°What''s gonna happen to Ninomiya then? He was frankly ¡®dragged¡¯ into our scheme of taking back the world.¡± Akise is concerned. Hiori walks towards the door, ¡°I don''t know, he is our only hope against her. I''ll respect his decision at the end after he gets rid of her.¡± ¡°I have liked him as a real human being, my friendship was genuine. I would like to do something good towards his trust in me so I wouldn''t have to lie to him a second time.¡± states Akise. [Door Closes] SS An empty research room lights up. [System Online] [Portal Open In 10 Minutes] [Open Time 25 seconds Estimation] Hiori looks at the screen as Akise suits up ready to go. ¡°Rifle check, secondary check, suit function refresh check. No bugs detected. All right then.¡± [Location : The Alps, Switzerland] ¡°See ya later, Hiori.¡± Putting on the helmet, Akise goes through the portal. [On the Other side] [Snowfall] [The Alps, 51 Kilometers away from Bastion Ticonderoga] [Instruments Online] [7 Kilometers away from the mission point] [Background: 390 rads] Akise walks through the snow. [Back In 2016] Hiori receives a text from a close friend. (Your father will be arriving tonight.) She texts back, (I''ll meet him tomorrow.) If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. [On the other end of the phone] A woman with a scar on her lips, a lab coat fluttering in the wind smiles on top of a balcony. She then goes over to an elevator up the roof, and the armored helicopter makes a landing. Akito exits, greeted by. ¡°It''s been a while, Akito, 3 months?¡± Akito gives a sigh, ¡°What is it Sez?¡± Sez gives a small giggle, ¡°You still haven''t changed much have you?¡± Akito looks at the ground while walking towards her, ¡°What is there to change anyways.¡± Sez pulls a cigarette and starts smoking, ¡°Kagoshima went up in flames, having a demi-human no- an alien as a kid was gonna get you in trouble. We only had a few thousand casualties rather than a few million. However we still lost roughly a thousand of our men. You as our leader will bear responsibility.¡± Akito¡¯s eyes look away from Sez. ¡°I warned most of you, yet you station unnecessary man power in places we must not.¡± Sez puts her arms around Akito, whispers around his ears. ¡°At least you are alive, that''s what matters to me, leader. Let''s continue our talk in your room.¡± [VIP Room 315] Moans could be heard, Sez with a voice of a lustful woman. As Akito man handles her, she screams. ¡°I''ve wanted you for so long, but you always¡­. Oo¡­ went towards her.¡± Akito puts his hand in her mouth as he pounds her, ¡°She was the only person I ever loved. You will not replace her Sez¡± Sez tries to push him away, but fails. She ultimately loses consciousness. Akito finishes then pops a cigarette. After drinking a glass of whiskey at the side, he cries ¡°What kind of man have I become Emma.¡± A photo of a young Hiori, Akito and a woman (His former wife Emma] is there at the side of the bed. ¡°What did I even do to lose you?¡± [30 Minutes Later] Akito exits the shower, Sez is still unconscious from the rough sex. ¡°She¡¯s been chasing me for such a long time now, this dumb fuck. ¡®The most brilliant inventor'' title for a stupid woman who chases a single man after his wife has died. When did we first meet again?¡±, Akito thinks to himself. He remembers a memory from his early married life, as he was elected to be the next leader of Humanity. [Year 2186] It was a decade before Akari attacked. I was 22 years old. A young lady with dyed brown hair comes over to him. ¡°Yo, my name is Sez Senya. I''m the head of RnD for weapons and gadgets. You can call me by my nickname Dr. SS¡± She raises her hand towards him for a handshake. He takes it. ¡°And who this young lady might be?¡± Akito is genuinely curious ¡°Umm me? I''m kind of embarrassed, I''m Emma Vondenfurst. I work under Dr.SS.¡± ¡°My name is Akito Hotaru, I''m gonna be leading you all from next year as your next leader of Humanity.¡± [Scene changes] [Room 450, Tower 3 Ticonderoga] A drunk Sez looks at him ¡°Akito! When we first met. I fell for you so hard. It wasn''t very visible right? But deep inside it felt like I was made for you!¡± [Hicc] ¡°You''re way too drunk, go to sleep.¡±, Akito tried to calm her down. ¡°Why are you so cold to me you married fuck?¡±, asks Sez ¡°Is it because of Emma? Who used to work under me snatched you away.¡± ¡°Is it because I''m not her?¡± ¡°It hurts my heart, knowing I can never be yours.¡± ¡°Please one time, embrace me.¡± Akito looks away and exits the room before things escalate. Sez falls to sleep as her dream and love both crumble away. [Present 2016] ¡°I was married to the woman I loved, and I looked at Sez as a friend overall. Times have changed, now she is my 2nd in command.¡± ¡°Maybe if Akari didn¡¯t exist, we would all be living our life in Ticonderoga with peace. Looking for a future for humanity.¡± The Relic Of Creation [7:00 AM] [13 Hours after the Kagoshima incident] [Room 617] ¡°I can''t sleep.¡± Says Ninomiya naked with a blanket and Alice as his woman at the side. ¡°We went from enemies to intimate in a span of what like 10 hours?¡± Ninomiya laughs hysterically Alice curls her fingers on his chest, ¡°I never had any intention of hurting you in the first place. I had to do it because you weren''t in control.¡± ¡°You mean my family did this to me?¡±Ninomiya asks. ¡°You would''ve recovered your memories if this device wasn''t placed on your chest. That''s a theory, but you''re now in a constant state of illusion and reality.¡± States Alice. ¡°Now that you talk about it, I don''t feel hungry, nor sleepy, not any desire to drink. My illusions have disappeared?¡± Ninomiya feels shocked. ¡°What is inside of me?¡± He asks with a scared face. Alice takes a deep breath, ¡°The Relic Of Creation.¡± This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. [Office 55] [Hiori¡¯s Quarters] Hiori has been researching the Relic of Creation from the looks of papers around her office. [Alice Explaining] ¡°The Relic of Creation is a relic older than the universe- no it is what made this universe.¡± ¡°Why is something that precious doing inside of me?¡± Ninomiya questions. ¡°Who knows, I have a limited memory like you. I''m still trying to piece together the puzzle. But it felt like you and I found it in a cave. I just remember the conversation we had. ¡®We found it, we can now end the war without the curse. Now you don''t have to use what the empress gave you. Never use it.¡¯ That''s all I remember.¡± Alice has a headache after that. Ninomiya puts his hand towards his head, ¡°Never use it, huh. ¡®we should have never used it.¡¯ A war we wanted to end. Like me, you are stuck with illusions. What am I even getting myself into?¡± Alice comforts him, ¡°For me it isn¡¯t illusions, It will work out in the end for the both of us.¡± ¡°For the Empress, we kill, we live. Death is nothing more than a service to the empire.¡± Ninomiya states in an illusioned state. Alice takes notice, ¡°There still is hope.¡± She realizes. Ninomiya exits his state and returns to reality. ¡°Was I gone?¡± ¡°Yup for good, at least it seems you still are there.¡± Alice cries. [Office 55] Hiori sketches something, as Akame enters her quarters. ¡°Professor, you called me?¡± Hiori still focused, ¡°We begin in 1 hour, your body swap surger.¡± ¡°Thank you professor.¡± Akame then heads towards sector 4 of Dogma. [Sector 4 Hallway] [Base Dogma, Yakushima Island] [Department of RnD] [8:30 AM] The view from the window was eye catching. The elevator goes down as a big open space in the middle of the building has rain coming over from an open roof. The building had approximately 210 floors. Akame reaches the room Hiori gave. She takes off her clothes. She heads naked in the surgery room. ¡°I have given you a temporary body for now. Let''s give you a permanent one shall we?¡±, Hiori puts on a mask and gloves. Akame lies down, and the surgery begins. [Occupied] [Surgery Going On : Brain Transplant] [DND] [In a place unknown] A man with a red eye halo above his head, senses an energy he is familiar with. ¡°Is that where you are now, Ninomiya.¡± A portal opens up in front of him. ¡°You took everything from me, and I will take everything from you.¡± [Surgery Complete, Status Success] [Model A-02, The Akame Series] A Request [21 Hours After the Kagoshima Incident] [Base Dogma, Yakushima Island] A suited individual knocks at the door. [Room 617] Ninomiya goes over to open it with his pants on. ¡°Sir, Private Ted reporting. Leader wants you two suited up and over towards floor 208 immediately under an hour.¡± Ninomiya is confused, ¡°Who is this leader? May I ask?¡± ¡°Your father sir, Akito Hotaru.¡± Ninomiya looks down, ¡°Ok we will be there.¡± ¡°I was told to deliver this armor crate over to you, please if you would excuse me.¡± Pvt.Ted puts the crate inside and bids his farewell. Alice exits the shower and her body starts steaming. Ninomiya opens the crate, there were a few sets of clothes and a set of armor for the both of them. Ninomiya gears up, a long coat, black latex inner wear and a metal vest. He looks over to Alice, she just has a black latex wear the entire time. ¡°You always wear that?¡± He asks Alice replies, ¡°It''s more comfortable than wearing the C Series Armor.¡± Ninomiya opens the door and they both exit. He asks a man stationed at the edge of the corridor.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°Can you tell me where the elevator is?¡± The man tells him the directions and they head over. After taking the elevator they reach floor 208. The door opens to a quiet hallway. ¡°Hiori should''ve told you what you were, Ninomiya.¡± Akito sits there on the chair and puts his hands forth on the desk. A glass pane that is heavily reinforced is in the middle of them for protection. ¡°Father, why did you lie to me all my life? Set Up a town just to contain me?¡± asks Ninomiya with a thousand questions in queue on his mind. ¡°It wasn''t to contain you, your existence itself is world ending.¡± Akito points out. Alice sits on one of the chairs, ¡°A mere human, raising a being as powerful as a literal god.¡± ¡°Right hand of Akari, you joined my side. I am thankful but if God existed shouldn''t the human race be not at her mercy.¡± Akito says Alice gets a bit angry, ¡°If I want to I can end this planet with these bare fists. There won''t be a conventional weapon that can hurt me. You know which position you stand in right now Akito.¡± ¡°Hey, he is the person who raised me. Don''t say such things.¡± Ninomiya tries to hold her back. ¡°So you still love me after all the things I have done to you. As a father as selfish as this sounds, I have a final request. Help us win this war, Ninomiya.¡± Akito puts his hand on his head. ¡°Father¡­¡± says Ninomiya Akito starts losing it, ¡°Please, I beg. It''s for our survival as an independent species.¡± He starts crying, a mental breakdown was in the progress. ¡°Please, I have lost too much. I don''t wanna lose more again.¡± Some guards come over trying to handle the situation, they take Akito away. A guard comes over to the glass pane and requests Ninomiya to leave this room. ¡°He¡¯s been traumatized beyond recovery. Living off depression meds and therapy.¡± Alice says that with a straight face. Ninomiya looks over at his father one last time and exits the door. Alice follows him. [In the Elevator] ¡°I will fight for his sake. So that they won''t have to suffer.¡±Ninomiya bangs the elevator glass pane with his hand and it breaks into smithereens. Alice says something, ¡°In this world, feelings drive a person crazy to commit anything if it means to attain it. I think we were that way. But it doesn''t mean we should do it, there are lines to be drawn.¡± ¡°If I were to fight Akari, who would win?¡±, Asks Ninomiya. ¡°You would die in the first 2 seconds. You have no battle experience and output to your name. The potential is in you, it''s just unawakened.¡± States Alice. [You have Arrived at Sector 2] ¡°I want to get stronger.¡± Alice smiles, ¡°I''ll make you.¡± The elevator door opens, Hiori stood in front of the door. Ninomiya gets a jump scare and tells, ¡°Oh it''s just you.¡± ¡°What do you mean by it''s you? I need you at Sector 4 tomorrow at 6pm , don''t be late.¡± ¡°Hiori, how was our father before the war?¡± Asks Ninomiya ¡°Ever since mother died, he hasn''t been in the greatest shape.¡± She states Alice goes first and Ninomiya soon follows. Alice turns around, ¡°Scrap, do you have a battle room?¡± Hiori says, ¡°Yea, just wait a month. We took the outpost building a bit seriously this time. You guys will be sparring on Europa.¡± ¡°Isn''t that in Europe?¡± Ninomiya guesses Hiori puts a palm on her head ¡°Idiot that''s on Jupiter. It''s a moon. My team is building an outpost using robots. It''s scheduled to be completed next month.¡± ¡°Why should an outpost be that far away? Oh right, so we don''t accidentally destroy this world. I get it.¡± Laughs Alice. Ninomiya doesn''t find it that funny nor does Hiori. ¡°Did I crack a bad joke?¡±