Chapter 26 - "True Paradise"
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Strinova

Tomorrow's Eventual Arrival

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Artist / Wusebi

Proposed by Makoto Fukami

Author / Ishigaki

Coloring / Caicai

Editor / 99

Publisher / Kadokawa Group

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Chapter 26

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…Good morning, Maddelena.

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Good morning, Michele.

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So...

How's your injury?

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It’s already recovered. My Strinovan body has already completely fixed, and there’s no abnormalities in my data!

That's good...

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…I would like to apologize for concealing a lot of things from you during the assessment period.

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Oh...!

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I understand, you were doing tasks for Urbino.

I expected that you wouldn’t tell these things to me as an outsider.

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Right, these are things we definitely take for granted…

After all, we belong to different factions.

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Wow,

Our Michele seems to have matured, saying grown-up stuff like that.

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You don’t have to force yourself.

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No, not at all!

I’ll get there eventually.

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Sorry for the wait.

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Ah, thank you~

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Thanks!

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Did I miss your touching reunion~

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Yeah, we already hugged and cried, ha ha.

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Ah, but I haven’t said the most important thing yet.

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Michele,

Congratulations on passing the assessment and becoming a Blue Parasol member!

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That’s too formal! And too embarrassing…

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Michele’s still so shy~

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I’m so happy I got to see you today, Michele.

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Same here!

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Michele’s future work will definitely be very busy…

But, when we have time, why don’t us three go hang out? I’m sure Celestia feels the same~

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Of course!

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That’s great! I’ll keep an eye out for you guys!

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Until the next time we meet, Michele.

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Ok, bye-bye…!

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Wait..! Maddelena!

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Hmm?

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I...

I have to apologize!

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…during the assessment, a member of The Scissors told me a bunch of lies.

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For example…

Maddelena being suspicious…and so on…

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At the time…I…

I didn’t immediately refute them…

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I couldn’t tell them that I absolutely trusted Maddelena…

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I’m really…

An absolute shame…

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…sorry…I…

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Huh?

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SNAP

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OW!

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C'mon, I just said you were more mature!

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Looks like I’ll have to take that back!

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Since you’re an investigator, it’s right to remain skeptical! Isn’t that right?

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Maddelena...

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As a PUS investigator, of course I would get mad if you say “because she’s my friend, I trust her!”

I should definitely teach you to take your work seriously!

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But…but

it’s because we’re friends that…

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...Michele,

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Regardless if it’s you or us, we all have things we must do in our respective positions.

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One step at a time! Right?

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And…

Since we’re friends, even if we don’t agree, we will still respect and understand the other person’s position, right?

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Right. Duty and friendship are two different things,

but we will still be friends at the end of the day.

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-We,

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We will always be friends.

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Maddelena...

Celestia...

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Until next time!

Little Michele!

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…duty and friendship are two different things…

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CLACK, CLACK

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Yo, government dog.

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CLICK

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Fr-

Ming...!

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PLOP

Quiet down.

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If you alert anyone, my gun will show no mercy.

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…is there something you had to find me for?

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Heh,

I just wanted to see the stupid faces of the people who passed this low-level test.

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…I will continue to protect this world.

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This is the government’s duty, and also PUS’s duty.

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…I want to destroy this world and let people return to their original home, Earth.

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This is the duty of The Scissors.

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And that's why-

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I won’t EVER lose to you.

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…Blue Parasol, right? I don’t know what the hell that is.

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With all this fanfare, it must not be just a throwaway program.

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Tsk.

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YOU-YOU SCARED OF ME?!

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HOP, HOP

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...duty and friendship are two different things.

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Still decided to treat you as a friend.

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Strinova...

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I still think this is an ideal world.

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But-

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This still isn't a true paradise.