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Visitors Dyed in Red

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In an infinite cycle of rebirth, time itself loses significance. 🔗
Where certainty approaches probability,🔗
The intangible inherits the tangible.🔗

If not for that first choice 🔗
Might there be another conclusion?🔗
Once reflected in your eyes,🔗
What kind of scenery is it, again?🔗
O, Creator?🔗

Shoukaku

The storm is too strong! If we keep advancing, we'll probably be wiped out!

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Zuikaku

We've already staked so much on this, we can't back out now! I assure you, we'll break out of this storm very soon!

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Shoukaku

Huge object ahead, course 150! Planning evasive course immediately...

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Zuikaku

An unknown object? In the middle of the storm? Quick, tell me your position.

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Shoukaku

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Zuikaku

Answer me, Shoukaku, tell me your position!

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Shoukaku

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Shoukaku

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Shoukaku

Quick... run...

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Zuikaku

...In a radio dead zone, huh? Looks like we're in deep trouble now...

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Zuikaku

Rats... And I haven't even settled the score with that person...

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Zuikaku

Hold on, what's this light ahead?

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Zuikaku

!!!

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Zuikaku

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Zuikaku

...Where ...am I?

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Zuikaku

Hey!?? I evaded disaster again??

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Zuikaku

But, my head really hurts, and I've completely forgotten everything from that an instant ago...

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Zuikaku

Rats, I can't even get in touch with Shoukaku. The circumstances haven't improved even a bit.

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Zuikaku

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Zuikaku

No, I take that back... At least, I've finally found you...

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Zuikaku

The fabled "Sanctuary"

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Storm's End Part 1🔗

Zuikaku

Wow! They actually used the storm to envelop the waters here. Such a terrifying power...

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Zuikaku

I suppose that those who tried to solve this riddle before already cram the seafloor. If it wasn't for my good luck...

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Zuikaku

Anyway, I need to try to establish radio contact with Shoukaku first. This place is giving me a kind of uneasy feeling.

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Storm's End Part 2

Zuikaku

You mass-produced imitations are so annoying! How many of you are there? Come at me all at once!

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Akatsuk

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Zuikaku

Isn't it Akatsuki? Good timing! We got separeted in the tempest a bit ago, and I've been worrying about you ever since. I'm glad you're OK!

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Zuikaku

Come help me drive away these pests!

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Akatsuki

...MISSION...DESTROY...

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Zuikaku

What in the world! What are you doing?! I was THIS close to being hit! Be careful!

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Zuikaku

Wait, Akatsuki, you're...

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Akatsuki

...MISSION...EXTERMINATE...

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Zuikaku

...a Pawn, huh... Even though it entered the "Sanctuary" not long ago. Such great velocity!

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Zuikaku

Pitiful and disgusting puppet... let me free you from this curse.

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Zuikaku

All Zeros, take off!

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Interlude

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Akagi

That child from the Fifth Carrier Division again? She's so dedicated and so very stupid.

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Akagi

That pest really came for the bait.

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Akagi

Routine system inspection in progress... hehehe... all systems apparently running normally.

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Kaga

To be able to handle everything within purview as one pleases... As expected of the proving grounds of the divine.

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Kaga

The weak who dares to resist the strong will ultimately pay the price of their own arrogance...

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Akagi

Just sending them will do. This is the perfect opportunity to "inspect" the new weapons granted to us by the gods.

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Akagi

Anyone who wants to hinder my reunion with "that person" must be properly punished, hahaha...

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Distress Signal Party, Part 1

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Zuikaku

Damn! They just keep on sending counterfeits to stall me! If it weren't for the storm that cost me so many planes...

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Zuikaku

Hmm? The distress signal from up ahead... Could that be Shoukaku?

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Zuikaku

Wait for me, I won't lose you again!

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Distress Signal Party, Part 2

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Zuikaku

The source of the signal is actually... Ise and Hyuuga?! You're alright---

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Zuikaku

...Not just Akatsuki's, but even forgeries of you two were ready, huh?

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Ise

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Hyuuga

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Zuikaku

I thought so... All hands to battlestations!

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Recall

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Zuikaku

Shoukaku! Look what we found! This is the key to the "Sanctuary"!

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Shoukaku

This is... Where did you get it?

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Zuikaku

Heheh, as for that intelligence, it was Akatsuki's contribution! This time, you surely can't refuse me, right?~

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Shoukaku

If the intelligence is correct, we need to get moving. Call everyone together and move out!

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Zuikaku

This time, their plot must be exposed!

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Zuikaku

Come to think of it, maybe this trap was also just part of the plot.

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Zuikaku

Bad seniors! They fooled us again!

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Sanctuary Protectors, Part 1

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Yamashiro

Dear Zuikaku, you can't go any farther!

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Zuikaku

Yamashiro, even you have become a counterfeit?

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Yamashiro

Of course not! Yamashiro is still that same~ high~ spi~ri~ted Yamashiro-chan!

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Yamashiro

It's just~, I have orders to, you know. Naturally about keeping you from continuing to cause trouble in the "Sanctuary".

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Yamashiro

So, please be a dear and let me knock you down!

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Zuikaku

Since "you" are still "you", tell me, where is Shoukaku?

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Yamashiro

If you can defeat me, I'll tell you!

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Zuikaku

Are all the seniors these days so troublesome?!

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Zuikaku

Fine! Let's have a battle!

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Yamashiro

Yamashiro-chan's tip: They transformed me with some strange equipment! These are the designs those wooden-heads couldn't figure out!

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Yamashiro

So~ Now Yamashiro-chan is very strong! I can finally throw aircraft... Waah! Why are they attacking me before I give them orders?!

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Sanctuary Protectors, Part 1

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Yamashiro

(Whimper) Yamashiro was defeated... even using the power bestowed by the gods didn't save me from being utterly defeated by Zuikaku.

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Zuikaku

You just held back at the very last moment, didn't you?

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Yamashiro

D-Definitely not! No one was goint to tell you that Shoukaku was actually locked up by them inside that big house in the center of the Sanctuary!

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Zuikaku

Thanks~ I'll be going now.

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Yamashiro

Wait!

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Zuikaku

What, feeling remorse?

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Yamashiro

Please save our future... those girls aren't bad by nature.

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Zuikaku

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Zuikaku

Ok, I promise!

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Interlude-2

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Kaga

That snot from the Fifth Carrier Division left directly for the engraving room. What a nuisance.

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Akagi

Just for how long do they intend to get in my way? Why can't simply they comprehend "that person's" will!?

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Kaga

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Kaga

Sister, please control yourself. Since the molds are already in place, the carving process probably won't take long.

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Kaga

Next, we only need to watch for the awakening response, per the god's instructions.

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Akagi

Let's send out that child. Just buying time will suffice.

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"Lucky" Warship, Part 1

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Nowaki

This next mission target... it's unexpectedly big and strong... Mmm, I'm not even the type for frontal assaults.

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Zuikaku

Sorry, but Shoukaku's in danger, so I can't stay and play. Let's get this over with quickly.

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Nowaki

It's a formidable target... but Nowaki is also unexpedly big and strong, too...

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Nowaki

Carriers or whatever, I've sunken quite some numbers of them as well... probably...

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"Lucky" Warship, Part 2

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Nowaki

Ow... Lucky ship, yadda yadda... sure enough, it's all a scam.

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Zuikaku

Hehe, maybe your opponent just has a higher luck stat, that's all~

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Zuikaku

Now then, tell me everything you know about this conspiracy.

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Nowaki

(Whimper)... I was also one who stumbled into this 'Sanctuary'. Then... I saw Lady Akagi and Kaga who had disappeared for some time, here....

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Nowaki

Lady Akagi continuously researches the technology granted by the divine right here, intending to rely on the tech to turn the war around...

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Zuikaku

You were brought here... It's really the same as what the intelligence said about the Sanctuary. Apparently you weren't lying.

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Zuikaku

Come with me to help Shoukaku. The more there are of us, the stronger we become.

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Nowaki

I don't want to go against Akagi's will.

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Zuikaku

Even if the gods she believes in are a complete lie?

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Nowaki

Akagi is the one who gave us hope. Even if this road is perhaps a mistake, we will...

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Zuikaku

I understand... Good luck, then.

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"Sister's" Fetters, Part 2

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Shoukaku

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Zuikaku

Shoukaku! I'm so glad you're safe and...

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Shoukaku

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Zuikaku

...a Pawn... oh...

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Zuikaku

Why?! Why do you want to do this?!

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Akagi

If one is to wish for even more bestowments from the divine, then isn't it a given that making premium offerings is the way things go~?

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Kaga

This is all for the sake of Sakura Empire's future.

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Zuikaku

..... "Sakura Empire's future"... Ha. How many times do you still want to deceive us with such words?

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Zuikaku

You even thought nothing about treating your brethren as test subjects in order to obtain power...

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Zuikaku

This accursed power simply cannot come from the gods! It will not deliver our future!

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Zuikaku

From the first action, I vaguely sensed your intentions.

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Zuikaku

And this time, I am furious, because you chose the wrong target to pick on!

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Akagi

Hehehe, before we get to that, how about you think hard as to how to deal with the opponent before you~

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Akagi

Even if it's as a soulless body, this too will become your journey's end.

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"Sister's" Fetters, Part 3

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Kaga

Pawns only have this level of fighting power in end, huh? Then while I'm at it... victory belongs to first move!

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Kaga

Your soul is ours!

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Zuikaku

Rats! There's no time to evade!

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Zuikaku

Sho...Shoukaku?

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Shoukaku

...I promised......I would always............protect you...!

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Zuikaku

Shoukaku...?

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Kaga

What?! The pawn....?

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Akagi

Hehehe... So the manufactured Pawn actually picked this time to stand up for her 'little sister'.

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Akagi

(A mere manufactured Pawn, for the sake of her younger sister...)

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Kaga

I-is this what's called an "Awakening Reaction"? So long as the most important experiences deep in the heart are stimulated at a suitable location...

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Akagi

Kaga, fall back first. If there are Pawns that display Awakening Responses, in accordance with our arrangement with the gods, prioritize making daily reports about them.

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Kaga

Understood.

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Zuikaku

...Wait!

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Shoukaku

Ow...

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Zuikaku

Shoukaku? I finally found you, are you OK?

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Shoukaku

Zuikaku... You've come... Felt like I've had a very long dream...

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Shoukaku

In the dream... I...

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Shoukaku

That Pawn... Looks like it's all over.... Ugh, my head hurts.

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Zuikaku

Shoukaku, I'm sorry... After so long, I've never been able to grow. I always look ahead of me recklessly like this...

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Shoukaku

So long as you are safe and sound, there's still hope... Only then will you be able to defeat that opponent.

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Shoukaku

Before that, I will always be by your side... protecting you...

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Shoukaku

So long as you... confidently look ahead... only looking at that one goal...

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Zuikaku

Shoukaku...

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Shoukaku

Go... and catch up to them... Get to the bottom of their motives. Do not let Sakura Empire's future... be undone in their hands...

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Red-Dyed Protectors, Part 1

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Akagi

We've already given all our logs to the gods. Now we can recieve even more power, hahaha.

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Kaga

However, that child from the 5th Carrier Division is still hot on the heels.

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Akagi

The task granted to us by the divine have already been completed anyway. How about we go for a proper round with her?

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Kaga

Your nature still really hasn't changed a bit.

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Crimson Protectors Pt. 2

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Zuikaku

You who faked your own deaths in the AF operation, what kind of tricks exactly are you playing?!

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Akagi

As you can see, this is the Sanctuary granted to us by the divine. In here, we can obtain unlimited power.

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Akagi

So long as we continue to offer even more excellent quality souls... then 'that person'...

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Zuikaku

Those things... are not so-called divinity!

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Zuikaku

The power obtained by trusting in such wickedness at face value and betraying your own compatriots cannot prevail over her, cannot defeat that Ghost.

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Akagi

Shut your mouth!!! Do not mention HER before me!!

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Zuikaku

The future will not be found in constantly escaping like this! Trust me, there's still time if you turn back——

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Akagi

All I ever hear from all of you is 'ghost this', 'ghost that'! How can I have been... by that kind of person! AAAAAUGH!

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Kaga

There's no use for more words! Whether it's the strong or the weak, let us decide through what comes next!

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Crimson Protectors Pt. 3

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Akagi

Hehe... O divine being, have you seen it...? The gleaming radiance stimulated by clashing souls... Is this also your desired "Awakening"?

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Akagi

Beautiful yet frail... It makes one unable to resist crushing it in one's palm... Hehe... HEHEHEHE..

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Kaga

*sigh* ... She slipped back into this state after all... No matter. This time's show is almost nearing its end as well.

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Akagi

Is that so? What a pity~ In that case, make preparations~ Hehe... Towards the 'Sanctuary' of the next place...

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Zuikaku

Ugh... Don't, don't think about leaving yet... I still have words——

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SYSTEM

WARNING—— RETRIEVAL PROCESS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THIS AREA IS ABOUT TO BE JETTISONED

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SYSTEM

WARNING—— RETRIEVAL PROCESS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THIS AREA IS ABOUT TO BE JETTISONED

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SYSTEM

WARNING—— RETRIEVAL PROCESS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. THIS AREA IS ABOUT TO BE JETTISONED

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Kaga

Oh brethren, all things in the world have their own causalities. But is fate truly so deterministic?

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Kaga

In this endlessly-regenerating "Sanctuary", we are always seeking another possibility of fate.

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Kaga

One day, you will understand... what we do... and why we do it...

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Kaga

May the protection of the myriad deities always go with you——

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Tester

Experimental Station ɣ... another round of testing has completed.

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Observer

Oh? Let me see, expiremental Station ɣ... Oh, that's the "critters" expirement logs... this is...

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Observer

The sculpted 'Pawn' displayed empathetic reactions...?!

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Tester

A burst of power born for the sake of rescuing one's kind, is it? Well, that counts as performance that exceeds projections.

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Observer

They keep trapping themselves in their own webbing while trying to break free from fate's net. They thought they alone could handle everything, while not knowing that everything was just hypothesis from the very beginning.

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Observer

But, is this kind of phenomenon really the mental awakening the "Creator" is looking for?

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Tester

No idea. The so-called awakening phenomenon might only be faulty observation created by the faulty use of the wrong data at the wrong time.

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Tester

There are still too many unknowns awaiting our research on these girls who have the "Creator's" unlimited attention.

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Observer

"Wisdom Cubes" ...What kind of possibilities does the Creator want to seek from within them?

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Tester

As for now, even more experiments and tests are needed. Before we reach further conclusions, the variables need to be strictly regulated.

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Observer

Hehehe, that too. Put all Pawns back in place, reset all machinery, raise index by 5%...... release the "key"...... Begin the next round of testing——

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