Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"Starboard propulsion engine, damaged by debris. Compressor Repair in Progress"

"How did you get shot..."

"Are we, after all, hostile..."

"No, no, you said earlier, Mr. Victor, that he (...) got close, didn't you?

"I think that's natural to be shot...... is this airship better than that, okay?!

Energia was suddenly shot, but the shield didn't make it, and was to take a direct hit of the beam from the crestling. On that ship, though everyone was surprised... Not all of us seemed surprised by the unexpected events, either because they were everyday tea events or because they were disruptive.

The question is can we keep flying like this? And how much damage the hull has taken......

"… there is no significant damage to the hull itself, so I don't think it will crash. The propulsion engine or the engine broke, rather than being shot and broken... the weak part of the hull peeled off at the beam and it just caused a glitch because it was sucked into the engine, so I think it's okay to remove the debris..."

"You can't be sure..."

The hull vibrated, so there's not necessarily anything wrong with the rest of it.

and energy mk2 explaining the condition of the hull to those who were there. Though about 50% of her words were speculations...... For Julia and Dahlia, who have no idea what the situation is, it seems to have been an adequate explanation. As for them, it would have been nice if the energy hadn't even fallen.

"Well, for now, that means peace of mind..."

Julia exhaled and then opened her mouth about the next thing she had to do.

"But why did Master Deprexa shoot this one? Because I was kidding? If we don't make it clear around here, we're not gonna get anywhere near Crestling, are we?

What caused the shooting...... It was too dangerous to get closer to the crestling that was visible on the other side of the mountain range than I could see it. If Deprexa starts turning hostility against Energia, it is likely that he will be shot again if he approaches it inadvertently. For Julia, who doesn't know the circumstances, it must have seemed like suicide.

To Julia's concern like that, mk2 disputed it in a way that she couldn't boil it down somewhere.

"What do you think...? I don't think it's a coincidence..."

Then mk1 asks back, not Julia.

"Why?"

'Cause the timing is too good. As soon as I got my head out of the mountains, I got shot, didn't I? Isn't it impossible that there's no spare motion at all on the crestling side? Were you willing to shoot me from the get-go?

And mk2 came to mind.

… or was there something behind us…… "

'... why do you say that kind of scary thing?' Bullshit.

'Cause that's all I can think of.

Such mk2 predictions were met, and in fact, Crestling attacked Carmen Ring, far beyond the energy.

However, Energia could not capture the appearance of Carmen Ring on radar. … Active Stealth System. Since a system that actively absorbs normal radar waves was mounted on the exterior surfaces of carmen rings and crest rings, it hardly reflects radar waves —— that is, it does not appear on radar unless it comes close. Still, the deprexer was able to recognize the trend of the carmen ring because, for one thing, it was possible to detect the position beacon by superior authority... How could energy without its authority detect carmen rings on the other side of the continent?

'Then what were you trying to shoot at?

Um, isn't that a ghost? Look, Master Deprexa, she's a goddess, isn't she? I did about one or two of the ghost exorcisms... "

"... well, let's leave that story behind"

Either because the stories of energy mk1 and mk2 have begun to derail step by step, or Julia makes orbital modifications.

"Regardless of whether you targeted a ghost or not, I support the prediction that you shot a beam at something on the other side of this ship? If not... between Master Waltz and Master Deprexa, it would trigger an all-out war, and if I did that, I would go back to the future, and I would be unable to achieve my purpose of helping this planet..."

'Right...'

What are you gonna do?

"Anyway, why don't you connect me to Mr. Deprexa? Ask him what happened, and he'll have an answer soon?

Julia answers that as if to imitate Waltz's tone...... Start the communication system--,

"... Speaking of which, how do you connect communications to Master Deprexa?

—— But I don't know how to connect to the deprexer, and I hold my head. Well, fortunately --,

Brrrrrrrr!

—— I just got a comm in from the Deprexa side, so it didn't seem like a problem though.