Me, Her, and the Ballistic Weaponry [Antique]

"I don't know if I deserve to say that now that I've killed so many people."

After a lot of silence, the phantom cut out.

"You'll never be able to say it's just like that. But I think I still have my own ethics. If I lose it, I'm not a human anymore. At least that's what I think. The only thing that killed me was the beast that I thought was not supposed to be in this world."

With that said, the phantom leans against the door with its arms together. There Marl's voice came, "I disagree, too."

“Killing people outside of war or self-defense is something you should never do. Even if it can save a lot of people, we should at least think of it as a last resort. If not, I think Phantom is right about you as a person."

Taro nods, "It's me," in response to Marl's words. He said, "We are," and looked around, then turned to Dean again.

"Well, there's one of the best assassins in the galaxy." Whether you're the president of a rival contractor or not, you've been able to wipe out all the people in your way. But I'm proud that I didn't do it, and I don't want to change that stance anymore. "

Assassination. If you've never been attracted to that temptation, you're lying.

It would have been much easier to fight the Mercenaries if we had wiped out the upper echelons, and maybe prevented the Enzio Alliance from destroying the EAP's civilian station. I don't know how to fall, but I think I can contain the human damage.

In the many battles that Taro has visited, she has lost many of her familiar faces, as well as many of her subordinates and acquaintances. To save them, and to save a great multitude by slaying a few, even though they lined their heads with every cause as an excuse: but the command that they had eaten their teeth, and had never given, was assassination.

“General Dean, will the Emperor, who sometimes rules the galaxy, be the tyrant who torments the people?”

Kome's sober voice. Dean didn't look at you and denied "no," and went on to say "no."

"Basically, I'm only reigning, but I have the courage to take the necessary action when I need it. You're a poor woman, but... hmm. Well, she's right, the line of assassination should be last resort. If he knew the current situation, he would want it, but in the unlikely event of exposure, it would be dangerous. 2nd Proposal and Ikko"

Dean talks about it without looking bad. At any rate, the Taro who had intended to do so from the beginning, put the Tsukumi in his heart. Dean is a general in the Galactic Empire, but he is also one of the directors of Rising Sun and receives regular information about the company's operations. If so, there's no reason why we don't know what people are thinking and what policies they're following.

"Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" I suppose you want to rescue me in a streamlined way, but that's fine. More than that, what does it mean to maintain the status quo? "

Alan raises his finger. With a nod that Marl agreed with, Taro gathered his gaze.

"Why, it's just as it is." There have been massive communications disruptions before, hasn't there? "

Taro answers without any hesitation. Alan had a look of what he was talking about, but he finally raised his face as if he had noticed something.

“The collapse of the neural net! I see, damn it, that's what I'm talking about. So the mastermind wants you gone, huh? I don't care if your Majesty isn't here right now, but if the throne has the final say."

"Oh dear. Even now, we can still live as human beings, because His Majesty managed to do it with all his might." Sometimes I think, if it wasn't for the Imperial government, it would have been stuffed with humans. "

"I don't think so... but if that happens, will the network collapse again?" Oh, no, it's not. You're saying it's already starting to happen. The information is not communicating correctly. The network is of no use to me. "

"That's right, that's what it is." I don't know, but I guess I couldn't do it in the same way as before because I was relaying the communication boat. That's why it was possible to change the method and confuse the information. That's how many twists and turns fit together. It's not completely disconnected like before, and it's subtly usable. "

"Hmmm... hey Dean. I know it's confidential, but where's the military intelligence department?" I'm sure there's a lot of new secrets you'll learn when you become a general. What is the source of this chaos? "

Alan's words gather hope for Dean. But he shrugged his shoulders and said briefly, "I don't know." The people who ate the shoulder stick unfortunately twisted their faces, but Dean raised his eyebrows and said, "This is important."

“There's a huge amount of deceptive communication going on across the galaxy on such a vast scale. In theory, it is impossible for the source to be unknown. But it's important that it's happening in reality. At least from this one point, we know the identity of the source."

Dean then turned his gaze to the system map on the screen. He said, "There are two possible sources of communication throughout the galaxy," and he continued, "On the other hand, there will be one more human being than the source."

I knew it, Wind?

Marl's slippery murmur echoed over the bridge. Dean nodded in agreement and opened his mouth.

"Your reports have been very helpful." Although it is a nightmare itself, such as computerized Wa India, it is also proof that there is such advanced information technology. The usefulness of Enigma has also given us evidence that they are forming a sophisticated network. That way, we can talk quickly. This is an attack. to humanity. "

Dean's words descend into a heavy silence. The content of the talk was one of the facts expected by Taro and the others, but if it was affirmed, the impact was also great.

"I read the investigation report on the neural network collapse among the undisclosed information. It was tightened in the form of the service life of the element, the flying stone effect of the pulsed radiation particles, etc., but there was an interesting description there. It is possible that there is a backdoor in the device itself."

The system diagram on the screen disappears, and instead displays an enlarged picture of the drive particle detector. It is translucent and arrows with various annotations appear everywhere. However, the central part, which accounted for half of the entire element, was creepily painted black.

“As you know, the neural net is a communications network that uses drive particles. Without exception, this element is used in all communication devices. However, as is well known, there is no technology to create this element in humankind. The area where it is filled remains unknown. But without it, it won't move. There is a back door to these things."

Dean's words were silent again. Taro had a very bad idea, which made her face twitch.

"Even though it's corrupt, the military isn't all stupid. It appears that all the elements installed in the communication equipment were fitted with some kind of safety device during the spread of the communication ship due to the unexpected circumstances mentioned earlier. At least to the extent that such a thing can be done, the analysis of the device is progressing. And now I think maybe it's the network that's holding up.”

New parts are added to the elements on the screen, and the wiring is connected like the roots of a tree. Although it was inferior to the complexity of the original elements, the new parts seemed to be a difficult substitute.

When that happens, the neural network collapse is definitely due to their work.

Alan said bitterly. There Marl goes, "Wait. That's true, but wait," he said, thinking with a steep face.

"Dean, if you're right, you're terrible. I mean, yeah, right? If that happens, that means you're mastered in an area of unknown use. That's not true....."

That was a very bad idea that came to Taiyo's mind. Taro took over her remarks and opened her mouth, saying, "Maybe."

"Is a drive particle detector a bespoke wind? Or maybe it's just that the analysis is in progress.

It would have been quite a shocking statement, but perhaps everyone thought the same, and I didn't see anything upsetting. When asked, Dean took a breath and shook his head, “I wonder.”

"I don't know, but it's the same either way." This is an attack, and we must defend ourselves. And among the answers that are derived, there are points that I don't really want to admit, but I have to admit. It means that we underestimated the existence of Wind. "

Of course, we are also included. Dean with his eyes down. "I see," Xiaomei said in his usual tone.

“They were already climbing more than we expected, General Dean.”

Kome said, holding the skirt in a polite posture. She nodded and confirmed the general.

"Battle, tactics, they're this far as we thought they would be. But if you look at it this way, you see. They already seem to be mastering a strategy. I can't help but think about it."