Part 103: Tomi Kisaragi 8 (FINAL)
Chapter 103: Tomi Kisaragi 8 (FINAL)
Time to finish off Tomis story.
Music: Feeling Left Out (Composer: Azusa Chiba, Arranger: Mitsuhiro Kaneda)
Theyre showing it at the theater right now.
Tomi backs away from Juro.
Hes talking to himself again
Would you like to get crêpes on our way home?
Id love to, but Ive kinda got somewhere to be.
Aww Okay
From behind, Juro approaches!
Sorry, Juro, but youll have to be a lot stealthier than that to catch Tomi unawares!
Er Not really, sorry
Juro heads back to the corner to continue muttering to himself.
Youve been acting strange lately. Are you okay? You seem kind of stressed out.
But youre just fine, right?
Hey Im worried about you.
Shall we go home together?
Sorry, I have plans
You too ?
Sorry, Miwa-chan.
Its okay. Ill go home by myself.
Well, its about that time.
Yeah
I should head out too. See you, Miwa-chan.
Bye.
Its nothing. *leaves*
Juro then leaves as well.
But maybe thats for the best.
Im heading out!
See you!
Fuck off, Tomi. Dont be so judgmental.
I just didnt get a chance to change. As I said, this is a necessary disguise.
Sorry, sorry. Anyway Youre going to do this for me, right?
*wince*
Music: The Sector Theorem (Kazuki Higashihara)
Kisaragi?
Amiguchi!?
Thats what I should be asking you! Well, whatever. Whos that lil cutie?
*amused chuckle* Hear that? Youre a cutie, apparently.
Oh, shut up.
Im not complaining
They might be with the black suit guys.
BJ says he knows them.
Natsuno ?
Youre here too? Why?
Sekigaharas robot?
The two of them will speed up the process.
I am like this now, but
Youre Miura. Sekigahara told me.
What is your goal?
To save the girl trapped in orbit.
Then were on the same path.
My own Sentinel is there.
Sentinel No. 17 So thats how it is. Both 16 and 17 were put into orbit.
They went to an unknown man-made artifact in space.
Weve briefly gotten a hold of it from here But we dont quite understand what it is.
No. 16 would know the answer.
Last time, we got through to her when I touched something over there. But now
It wont respond. Not even with Kisaragis biometric ID. Shes completely inaccessible now.
Shu Amiguchi may know the reason.
Ida did it himself. He shut down her Sentinel.
Ida, huh.
Yeah. Something about authorization.
He must have used his security authorization to issue the command So thats what happened.
You created the Sentinels. Perhaps you can clear the authorization.
Worth a try.
But seriously! You too, Usami? I cant believe youre all time traveling.
Funny thing about that is
This is actually where Im from.
Whoa! You came from the future?
No.
Does anyone else know about this stuff?
Lets see Yuki-chan from class 1-A. Miura-kun, too.
What? That guy?
I cant turn down a cry for help. Especially not from the one and only Miyuki Inaba.
Use Miyuki Inaba on Shu Amiguchi
You mean that idol?
Well, yeah. She talked to me through a TV program. You guys call her No. 16, but Shes actually another you.
Consider Miyuki Inaba
(I knew it That song. It sounded a little different in the style of the 80s But its just like one I sang back in middle school. And Inaba Thats my username. I became an idol? Seriously?)
Kisaragi. As you scan your ID to grant access The authorization will be reset and the Sentinel will reboot.
Another glowing button to press. This ones red, though. Nifty.
Music: Staring Into The Void (Yoshimi Kudo)
The Sentinel started up normally.
I I see. Ida-kun shut me off
Sorry its a little late.
Access is clear.
Dont worry Universal Control doesnt suspect a thing. To it, this appears to be a simple video broadcast.
Also known as Tomi Kisaragi. Just like you.
Please tell me. What is all this? Whats going on?
I would like information as well.
Well, youre me, right? I wont get anywhere if I cant even trust myself.
A healthy attitude, Tomi.
Command ship?
For the second phase of the interstellar development project. Its an artificial satellite that presides over terraforming.
Terraforming?
The very ground you stand on is proof. The second phase was a resounding success.
No way
So the D-forces were used to develop land?
Originally Yes, they were designed as heavy machinery for that purpose.
*gasp* Wait, no, we already put that together. That came from this characters story, after all! We found that out from the destroyed kaiju wreckage in 2025 in Tomi Kisaragi 2! The only semi-new bit would be
You mean its really true? Were not on planet Earth
Huh!?
Ive seen it with my own eyes. The whole citys less than 30 kilometers long. I thought it was on a spaceship, though
Right, the new bit is that the planet they were terraforming was this one.
Unbelievable. What about the other countries Id been investigating?
Universal Control alters the information you receive. It does whatevers necessary to make things appear consistent.
I can see the entirety of the residential ward system. All of the terminal controls, too.
Youre able to control the satellite from your Sentinel?
It does have some limitations, of course. But it is possible.
?
Shes the one who designed the second phase of interstellar development. She was a terraforming researcher. Watch this log of hers.
Weve reached the point where watch this log sends me into an irrational rage, this game cant keep doing this.
Music: STAGNATION (Yoshimi Kudo)
I ran the simulation. This was our 25th terraforming attempt. We believe the planet is a type 57B. In order to reach a habitable state for humanity The process took 1,800 years. A bit longer than hoped. No further issues up to this point. Oh, and I almost forgot. At Professor Morimura's suggestion I updated the system on the command ship. It's set to monitor the final phasesurface facilities. Before any harm may come to these facilities It will determine whether the final phase needs to be redone. As the professor always says, it can't hurt to be safe. Work has been coming along well But I honestly can't wait to return to the surface.
The log ends. Im curious about the phrasing of determine whether the final phase needs to be redone, though. Could that be related to the reset Ryokos 2188 self forced?
A log from Tomi Kisaragi in the year 2188.
She said some curious things. Like redoing the final phase.
Well, what now?
The command ship will fall below the horizon soon. We'll be disconnected for quite a while.
Are there any measures we can take?
Yes But I believe there's only one way through this.
And what's that?
Universal Control. It needs to be altered. And the only ones who can do that are all of you. Trust in me And get into the Sentinels.
Get in the robot!
And thats one more completed story. Were at 7 out of 13 finished stories now. Weve gotta be at least 50% done now, right?