episode_0113

Quiet space.

A private space with no one around.

In a quiet cockpit, unconnected to anyone, I entered the colony and manipulated some data.

“Call sign, Paladin.”

Connects to a special system that does not exist on the aircraft.

Although it is not originally installed in the aircraft’s OS, I connected my visual aid device to the Paladin Mk.2 and installed a new program in the internal data.

[Paladin, check connection.]

As soon as the familiar simulator voice comes to mind, the monitor inside the cockpit unfolds with a new scene.

[In accordance with the activation of the Galactic Charter, all authority regarding Paladins has been adjusted to level 00 as of now.]

Level 00.

Among the classifications that indicate confidentiality levels made up of numbers, a number that is the only number and represents another mark.

Double O.

In some cases, it is a special license that allows you to make arbitrary decisions that risk the survival of humanity.

A being that can negotiate peace with an alien race that could pose a threat to humanity, or can annihilate that alien race even if it is a solo battle that lasts more than a week.

No responsibility is taken after that.

Although historians may make various judgments, they are not responsible for those judgments.

I have that authority.

And it has the ability to do so.

“Sapphire.”

[Did you call me?]

An infinite source of energy that can power a war for a week – the beast of creation.

And the ability to wage war for a week with that energy source and bring about victory – Trev Cloud.

“Sapphire Unicorn, to what extent can the chairman intervene?”

[It’s quite narrow. Currently, the Scorpie colony is silent. They said it was a terrorist attack committed by their own ‘sect’.]

“…as expected.”

I am naturally irritated by the words of the Sapphire Union Chairman.

“No matter how much we shout for peace, in the end, people who commit such evil acts appear in our galaxy.”

[Was there not enough publicity? There is a publicity that says if you fool around, you will fall behind.]

“Even if you talk for 24 hours a day, people who can’t hear you will keep popping up. Or even after hearing that story, they say ‘I am different’ and look at the liver.”

[What are your expectations?]

” Either an asshole or an idiot who gained the power of the Creation Beast.”

I also get a little irritated and angry.

“Sapphire. Enter the Sagittarius Colony. Remote access to all black boxes within 1km.”

[approval.]

As soon as I asked Sapphire for permission, numerous images appeared on the monitor in front of me as Sapphire carried out her commands.

“…….”

The Scorpio Colony’s terror against the Sagittarius Colony.

All of the processes unfold before your eyes.

-What is that? Is something procrastinating?

-It must be a haze. Let’s go quickly. Praying for the safe return of the shrine.

-…Wait a minute, I think there’s something strange over there.

-Scorpie dog? Why is something like that here? You’re not trying to commit a terrorist attack without a shrine, right?

-…Oh, no way. You do something like that in defiance of the Zodiac Union charter?

Group injection of ultra-small aircraft through an invisibility cloaking field.

-Now, wait a minute! Gate C9 is open! who is this! Why are you opening it like you want?

-Gate opening…sudden appearance of an unknown aircraft…entry without warning… Ha, this is a terrorist act like something out of a cartoon.

-We’re being attacked?! Hey, you crazy scorpions! Block the gate immediately!

Using the traitor inside, disable the safety device, open the gate, and enter the city hall.

-Send the National Guard! hurry! Even if it means dispatching all AS to stop it… ugh!!

-Those bastards! Well, head out into the street and destroy the buildings… Wow!

-Wake! Ugh, protect the citizens! Declare martial law! what?! Can’t you contact the chairman’s office? Damn it…!

And what follows is a massacre.

-Save me, wow!

Random shooting aimed at civilians.

An extermination that leaves no one alive.

Utilizing microautomata and drones to enter buildings.

“That….”

[It’s a drone. Weaponized ultra-small drone.]

A small scorpion has venom strong enough to kill an animal dozens of times larger than itself.

[It is a more vicious model than Automata. That’s actually like walking around with a rifle attached to your legs.]

“If the scorpion venom is considered the mother, it is safe to say that all of those small scorpion-type lethal weapons are the offspring.”

[yes. Really….]

The same goes for Scorpio Colony.

[They have decided to eat the Sagittarius colony, which is much larger than themselves. really.]

It is true that the Sagittarius Colony is powerful, but it still collapses when exposed to extreme poison.

[What are you going to do?]

“……I have to look for it. This is data extracted using ether.”

I am sending down all information about the massacre that took place in the Sagittarius Colony.

“It is legally invalid evidence. A special way of seeing using ether, two centuries ahead of the scientific technology known to the world.”

The black box was remotely hacked and the data contained within it was scanned.

This is not something that ends up being an invasion of privacy.

They even check the black boxes of the small weapons that Scorpie Colony treats as strategic weapons, that is, the data on the weapons they tried to move in secret, and reveal it to the world?

-How do you have this skill? Paladin, do you have the ability to view confidential information in the black box at will?

Rather, I am in crisis.

[It’s true that it’s technology from the 2500s borrowed from another world.]

“I know. That’s why I’m just checking.”

A technology that cannot be explained by the civilization and technology of the time.

The moment this begins to spread, humanity will begin research on ‘second dimensions’ and attempt to jump across time and space to another world.

Otherworldly technology.

Earth’s resources are limited, and there may be weak countries on other worlds that we can easily overpower.

If such thoughts spread to the world-

“Sapphire. Is dismantling and analyzing lethal drones to understand what happened here a violation of the ‘singularity’?”

[It’s not that bad. It is not much different from opening the black box and checking the contents when a fatal accident occurs due to a collision between space mobiles or spacecraft. The difference is that now there is a lot of intentionality, and massacres have occurred on a larger scale than expected.]

“Yes.”

Perhaps it is rare for such a serious fatal accident to have occurred in the history of ‘our Earth’ within the past 10 years.

“Inside the colony, a city has evaporated.”

As many as 70,000 people died in one section of the Sagittarius Colony, a place that could easily be called a city.

70,000.

Although the number of people in the Universal Century is said to be equal to stardust, the population of the Sagittarius colony is said to be over 100 million.

Still, the fact that 70,000 people died is a reality that cannot be ignored.

“Is there a period of mourning?”

[yes. That should be it. The same goes for Sagittarius Colony enemies and other places as well.]

70,000 died.

If you don’t hold a solemn funeral, you’ll be criticized even more.

And a funeral like that is exactly the perfect situation for an attack.

“Sapphire. What are the chances that those Scorpies will turn into criminals?”

[It is still being analyzed, but they are the ones who sent the baby scorpions as soon as the shrine was empty. What should we do?]

“Are you making the same excuse again?”

I sighed deeply.

“I can’t help it. I have no choice but to step forward again.”

[please. I will do my best to create public opinion here.]

“Lazeo.”

Beep beep beep.

With the sound of an end sound that I haven’t heard in quite a while, the blue light that was filling the cockpit fades away.

“……..”

Cold liquid flows from the eyes.

Fortunately, the water that escaped from the body was tears, not blood, and it was cool as if it contained various nutrients.

“Ha.”

In the meantime, this prank.

Although it is not a treatment, I decided to quietly accept Chang Se-su’s consideration in relieving the burden on my eyes.

Hwiiing.

Under the blackened cockpit.

I can feel people coming out one by one.

Even in the midst of countless deaths, it is visible that hope is rising from the frustration caused by death after seeing one ‘aircraft’.

“…….”

I can hear it.

The senses that had expanded due to the connection with the sapphire spread throughout the body, and soon the senses of a superhuman, outside of the human, focused on hearing, and people’s voices were heard.

-Is that a paladin?

-Paladin…why?

-Paladin, is it true?

Paladin.

A symbol of hope that saved humanity.

There is confusion as to why Paladin is here.

But no one can deny the existence of paladins.

-Paladin came to save us…?

It is not a direct cause.

However, taking advantage of the shrine’s absence, the scorpion dogs attacked the colony.

People thought

It’s like the shrine caused great damage to them.

The status of the shrine was so overwhelming in this colony that I criticized its actions.

Someone has to take the place of the shrine.

Even if it means bringing back the ghosts of the past.

Even if it means a lot of hassle.

-Pa, Paladin!! Wow!!

I have looked around many worlds in the Universal Century.

‘It is definitely necessary.’

Someone had to become a symbol of hope.