episode_0327

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Contrary to NB’s words that the drone’s changed movements would soon be known, NB headed to Aaru alone for over two weeks.

When I wake up in the morning, I have now become accustomed to seeing the ribbon that NB tied swinging back and forth in the wind on the tree branches.

My life has also changed a lot. First of all, the A-11 base has become quite convenient.

At first, it was like a friend’s house I went to, but the bed was uncomfortable and I ate too much food, but now it’s as comfortable as my own house.

I became familiar with the way into the base, what to watch out for, and the secret passages from one base to another.

More than anything, I got used to spending time in this base without NB.

The wind blowing from somewhere, the smell of burnt smoke faintly tickling your nose, the sound of metal and the sound of the city’s facilities moving and clanking.

Those things that looked like heartbeats and blood flow made the city of Aaru feel like a living thing.

Since there is an absolute ruler called ‘Ark’, this may not be incorrect.

There isn’t much I can do at base until NB returns.

Among the items brought from Aaru, I organize those that have not yet been sorted due to lack of time, and check to see if there are any drones approaching nearby.

It would be nice to be able to read a book, but even though I can write the alphabet, I can’t read English at all.

And I just lie down and think about various things.

What exactly is this dimension?

Will I end up with someone again?

What happens to me?

I forget the things I realized while moving through dimensions and ask them again.

As if ridiculing the idea that I understood everything and could handle it, new problems greeted me, and I repeated the same mistakes I made, proving that I am still immature.

“It would be nice if I could meet the god of this world.”

There is a god in charge of each dimension, and the gods are also ranked. This probably means that there is a hierarchy in the dimensional management scene.

If so, there is a possibility of meeting a dimensional management god who can solve this problem.

“It’s frustrating not knowing how to meet.”

The reason I was able to meet Solari was because she had an incarnation of herself in the church, and I intervened in the process of choosing Maria as her representative.

In other words, even if you are a dimension manager, you cannot notice my existence unless you carefully examine your world.

[Because it is a form of possessing the body of an existing person, it may be more difficult to recognize.]

What Solari said comes to mind.

– Buuuung.

“!!!”

Lost in thought, I jumped up when I heard the sound of a machine in my ear.

It was the sound of a drone. It can be heard from a distance that is neither far nor near.

They covered their base with a tent and hid behind a rock.

I look outside through the small hole in the tent.

Above the abandoned building near the base, drones were flying in formation.

The A-11 base is located in an old city adjacent to Aaru. It is a place ruined by desertification and infectious diseases.

I’ve seen drones regularly searching the area near Aaru, but this is the first time I’ve seen them moving around like they did today.

“It’s just as NB said.”

The Ark is looking for something.

And I haven’t found that something yet.

This can be seen from the fact that the drones that were insufficient to search the inside of Aaru were sent out to the outside of Aaru.

“Please, nothing should happen.”

Looking at the swaying ribbon tied to a tree branch, I was worried about NB, who had not yet returned from Aaru.

***

Drone patrol routes are changing day by day.

A drone was seen floating in the blind spot of CCTV, where it was supposed to hide.

As he watched the blind spots he had discovered while wandering around Aaru for a long time gradually disappearing, NB was reminded of the remaining safe zones.

“Cooling is required.”

Due to overload from long-term activities, NB needed a place to rest for a while.

If the temperature of the gas cannot be lowered, normal calculations cannot be performed.

The result of abnormal calculations will result in mistakes, and those mistakes will leave clues.

“Move to the next safe zone.”

NB lifted his backpack again and started walking.

Shortly after NB leaves.

– Buuuung.

The drone, which was in CCTV’s blind spot, slowly rose into the air and began to fly somewhere.

Clearly, the destination was another CCTV blind spot.

***

“So, there was no way to send me there?”

“There is a way. But, I won’t do that.”

“What?”

“At a time when there are already mortals using my power to cross dimensions, I don’t want to add more people. Because I don’t want to be stepped on by dragging my tail on things that need to be handled quietly.”

“Are you saying I’m worse than that bastard?”

“…Yes, in the long run. Do you know that the power you have… in your world, the power called inner energy is finite?”

The white-winged goddess pointed her finger at a woman’s chest.

“Finite? The energy accumulated in my body is considerable, and there is also energy gained from nature…”

“In a world without inner strength, you have no way to obtain inner strength. Because that concept itself does not exist. So, you will only use the energy accumulated in your body? Do you know when this dimensional shift will end? As you move through dimensions repeatedly, your power will gradually deplete, and you will eventually become a powerless being. Unlike her…”

“…No. I will find a way. So take me now…!”

As if to cut off the cry of a woman overcome by evil, the finger of the white-winged goddess touched her forehead.

“So… let’s go back to your own world.”

As soon as the goddess finished speaking, the woman fell backwards, as if she had been sucked into something.

And my eyes widened at the scene unfolding before me.

The landscape of square stone buildings disappeared, and an unfamiliar space came into view.

“This is….”

Because it was a mountain with few people. However, seeing that there was no feeling of heterogeneity, it seemed like it was a world he originally belonged to.

“…What these so-called absolutes do is worse than municipal mischief.”

The woman stood up and shook off her dirt-stained clothes.

“Yeah, it doesn’t matter.”

“I will somehow find a way.”

Her red eyes glowed in the darkness.