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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 23
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Kokona, from Painting Utopia’s Special Investigation Team.
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Special Investigation Team...!?
PUS's highest-authority team--
Kokona's rank is higher than even Nobunaga...!?
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HA!
So when you pretended to get knocked out by me, that was the Special Investigation Team’s doing?
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Well...
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Buying time was the main idea,
so in a sense, your thinking isn't wrong.
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Now its two versus one.
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pat
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(...I really was injured just now.)
(Fortunately, you were there to stall and let me treat myself.)
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(So that's how it is...)
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...Michele, you're still so pathetic.
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Your beloved PUS doesn't even trust you!
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But it's true...a dog like you deserves to be kept in the dark.
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No, it's not like that!
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It’s not that PUS doesn’t trust Michele with these matters, as even Nobunaga doesn’t know what I’m doing.
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…I’m the newest member of the Special Investigation team, and even my identity hasn’t been internally published within PUS.
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Huh?
Then what's your purpose?
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Pfft, what kinda question is that?
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-of course I'm a prevention measure for you Scissors.
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This is an elite force PUS established with no restrictions based on affiliation.
There’s no way The Scissors wouldn’t want to get involved, so we definitely had to employ preventative measures.
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You hid your identities to participate in the assessment. PUS members can as well.
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Hehe, we did the same thing as you guys.
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Tch…didn't expect there to be a fox among hounds.
As expected, there’s nothing good about PUS’s lackeys.
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PUS as an organization-
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WHOOSH
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WHIZZ
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WHIZZ
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clack, clack, clack
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Michele!
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HURL-
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catch
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AIM-
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-It's already two versus one,
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You are in no position to resist.
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…your organization has no redeeming qualities.
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Tampering with data, sowing discord,
framing innocents, causing panic…
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Fuchsia didn’t attack Maddelena, and neither did Maddelena betray Urbino.
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But I also…saw her and Alaya together.
Then…Freya’s testimony…was all fake!
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Your goal was to make neutral organizations like Urbino lose trust in us,
thus destroying the balance of power, correct?
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...tch.
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Then your Collapse Syndrome...
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Hm?
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Why did you pretend to have Collapse Syndrome!?
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Huh? If I didn’t do it that way, how else would I get you to let your guard down?
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Also...
It conveniently let me steal data.
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So that's why...
...you pretended to have Collapse Syndrome!
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What's wrong, and what's with that expression?
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Surely you’re not thinking of ”oh, Collapse Syndrome causes pain for so many Strinovans,
how could you Scissors use it like this-” kind of boring excuse?
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What triggers me the most is your righteous attitude, you government lapdogs!
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YOU...!
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...go ahead,
shoot me if you dare.
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buzz, buzz
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Even if it’s two versus one, I’m not losing to you-
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mumble, mumble
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mumble
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TSK
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-is it a retreat order?
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None of your business. I need to get rid of you anyways before I leave.
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Are you sure you’re not leaving?
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Urbino won't lose to you Scissors, after all.
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Huh? What's the meaning of this?
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Since you openly provoked Urbino,
Do you think they'd just give up?
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I'm sure you know why Bai Mo withdrew from the assessment.
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I’ve simply done everything I wanted to do here.
I was intending on staying and observing for a bit…
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That time...
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If Bai Mo is doing something secretly,
he wouldn’t just be sitting around twiddling his thumbs. This would be the perfect time for him to get involved with us investigators.
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...tch,
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steps back
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How infuriating...
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THUMP
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thump, thump
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She's gone...
then...