Part 109: Natsuno Minami 8 (FINAL)

Chapter 109: Natsuno Minami 8 (FINAL)




It shouldn’t be a problem if the Sentinel pops up here.
Are you going to summon it right now?



Well, we’re going to send it right back, aren’t we?
If it’s only for a second, then we should be fine.




Music: Beyond the Memories (Rikako Watanabe)

Wait… Right here? Why?
I was previously using Miura’s ID. However, the ownership of the ID returned to him.
It’s because I operated Sentinel No. 19…
I can… no longer pilot a Sentinel. In order to shift to the Sentinel… it must receive a new pilot.




Wait… that’s not good.
Then what do we do?
……



If it’s done at the same time we change the registered pilot… I should be able to secure the log data.



Natsuno… From now on, Sentinel No. 17 will be—
Right, right, no problem! I’ll be the one who pilots the robot.



……
As long as Nat-chan isn’t in any danger…
Sentinel No. 17 will protect Natsuno.
If anything, I should be the one fighting…



What’d you say?
You must work together… and survive.
You know it!



Natsuno… It’s time to activate.
Okay!








Now send it back, Nat-chan.
Uh… how do I do that?




It…
It disappeared…




…Oh dear.



Music: Living in the Moment (Yoshimi Kudo)



What…?
BJ was the only one who could retrieve the log data. But the storage capacity on a scout unit like that is limited… He couldn’t store both the log data and his own AI data.



No… No, you’re wrong.






Damn, RIP to a real one. A real robot, that is. Because that’s what he was. Not an alien.



We won’t go into the Mystery Files for this one yet because I actually swapped the order of this update and the next one, for the first time ever, due to a story detail. Side note: this update took less than five minutes to record. Shortest one in the game!