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<story>
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<bgm src="11_12_mid-lude.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<cg src="11_12_newChapter.png" bg="bg.jpg"></cg>
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<goto goto="10" change="#000000"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="10" background="alexandriaCityLandscape.jpg">
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<bgm src="12_14_fadeAway.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<show chara="memoryLoading" position="back"/>
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<text>18 years ago——</text>
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<show chara="faustLaughClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Ahh, what a wonderful blue sky!</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">But it's time for this 「Zarathustra」 to return to loneliness once again.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——Shelley, will you be the last person to remember this wanderer?</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...Who knows.</speak>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">In any case, if you don't comply with the will of the people, you will have to face the consequences.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyBoredClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">「Exile」 and 「wiping of all records」. You will be treated as a wanted criminal by the city.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleySmileClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">There's still time, you can still sign the agreement to abolish the experiment——</speak>
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<show chara="shelleySmileClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="faustDisdainClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">No. I refuse.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">It's not me what the people of the city are choosing to forget, but the potential of human evolution.</speak>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">...That is something I will never agree with.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyShockedClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">Have you ever seriously thought about what the public would think of your experiment?</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyShockedClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">I have.</speak>
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<show chara="faustQuestionClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">The current ethics of the world will absolutely 「reject」 the task of incorporating living humans brains into machines.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">And just so you know, no one was coerced into participating.</speak>
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<show chara="faustDisdainClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Shelley, let me ask you in return—— Have you ever seriously thought about what 「ethics」 are?</speak>
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<show chara="faustDisdainClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">.....</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">Human nature, dignity, the values that let us overcome hardships together.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">You're making a mistake by disregarding them.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="faustLaughClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Hehe... Hahahaha!</speak>
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<show chara="faustQuestionClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">I disagree. Was the world born with human nature? Is dignity something you're born with? Are the values supported by the majority the truth?</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Isn't it something that changes as if reborn with the pass of time?</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyAngryClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...I didn't come here to hear that nonsense!</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">I understand that you may be angry because of what happened but—— You won't solve anything by being so stubborn.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyBoredClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">That stubbornness.... is it really more important than your aspirations and dreams?</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyBoredClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">No, that's not the case.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">But... I'd like you to understand there isn't only one aspiration or dream.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">You and me made such a good team because we both wanted to advance technology. We were able to coexist and prosper together——</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——But the public who considered me guilty didn't see it that way.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">You, who is obsessed with unraveling the 「truth」 of this world, needed a higher perspective.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">So it became necessary to develop a combustion engine, a rocket, a spaceship, an artificial intelligence.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">And a step towards that was to build the entirety of the machinery of this city.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">And when the opportunity presented itself, you decided to make a leap using the power of that jewel.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">It's all great—— Except for the use of that strange 「jewel」 you got from the black market.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Of course, when it comes to your ambition whatever hidden danger that jewel could bring is a trivial matter. After all, you see that 「jewel」 as just a computing tool.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">...But in that aspect I'm different from you.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Is this world a dream? An illusion? Or perhaps a place between heaven and hell?</speak>
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<show chara="faustLaughClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——Why would any of that matter to 「me」?</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">「I」 think, therefore 「I」 exist, and as long as 「I」 exist, the world is 「real」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">It's only a philosophical answer—— But that's enough for me.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">The external 「reality」 is not something that can be absolutely proven compared to the concept of 「I」 that everyone can understand.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">My 「I」 and someone else's 「I」 cannot confirm each other's existence.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">For instance, you are standing in front of me. How can I know that? Because my five senses are conveying me the information 「Shelley is there」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">However, it's not logically possible to ascertain that 「Shelley is thinking」 with only sensory information.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">One can use the Turing Test as a metric to 「conclude」 that 「Shelley is thinking」 but——</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">That 「conclusion」 is ultimately a 「deduction」. It's impossible to ever determine whether you're the Shelley I know or a replica of her.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">It's a paradox. From the point of view of my 「I」, the 「Objective Cognition」 is the most 「subjective」 of all.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">In Objectivism, an observer speaks only of 「causality」 and 「conclusion」—— While disregarding the asymmetric 「existence property」 of 「self」 and 「other selves」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">...Then should we in turn support Subjectivism?</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">The answer is, of course, a rotund no. That would be like throwing away a correct and great thing due to a small mistake.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">We humans rely on continuous technological advancements to evolve. Technology has taken us from barbaric monkeys—— To a splendid civilization.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Technology is the only thing that can foster human progress. And technology stands on the side of thorough Objectivism.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Rather than simply ignoring philosophy, technology is more than happy to throw it away——</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——But that's precisely why technology born of thought can free itself from it to take us to higher heights.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">In short, based on Objectivism there is no choice but to find a breakthrough for 「I」 in the gap between 「observation」 and 「cognition」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Cognitive asymmetry exists because we only have the means to recognize our own 「self」 and not 「other selves」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">On the outside, there is a physical gap separating each consciousness, but it's impossible for a 「direct cognition」 such as 「I exist」 to surpass the 「self」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">However——</speak>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——What if everyone worked together to turn every 「other selves」 into a 「self」?</speak>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Wouldn't that fundamentally get rid of the problem?</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyShockedClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">.....</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyAngryClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...Do you realize what you're saying? You designed the 「Brain Engine」 for that reason?</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyAngryClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="faustLaughClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Hmph. Of course I know—— And I believe I can make you understand as well.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">The Brain Engine passed the Turing Test—— Just like your 「jewel」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">We both know a 「machine」 that can pass the Turing Test is self-aware, just like you and I.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">So where did the 「new consciousness」 of the Brain Engine come from?</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">And assuming it was born out of nothing, where did the original consciousnesses go to?</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">If they didn't go anywhere, which brain is in control of the distributed system?</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">When all these questions can't be answered, there is only one reasonable conclusion.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">That is...</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">The many consciousness of the brains have 「fused」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustLaughClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Do you think it's preposterous? But if you think about it, each brain is made of countless brain cells.</speak>
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<show chara="faustLaughClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Wouldn't that make our own existence absurd? Are we machines without a subjective consciousness too?</speak>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">「I think, therefore I am」. No one would believe they don't have a subjective consciousness.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">We can be certain of that because we are aware of that micro structure——</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——The so called 「soul」 is not an isolated and absolute 「something」. It's a 「conceptual honeycomb」 that brings together all systems capable of information exchange to a certain degree.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">For example, the cerebral cortex doesn't collapse immediately after a part of it is cut off. On the contrary, the rest are able to take over the missing part's tasks. Not to mention——</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——If the cerebral cortex were to be split in two it would result in two independent personalities being born.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Then what happens if the halves are reattached? Would you say the two new independent personalities were 「killed」, and that the old personality was 「revived」?</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">These philosophical problems become easy to solve when we assume the 「subjective consciousness」 has the ability to split and merge.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">And if that hypothesis is correct, the path humanity needs to take to achieve 「transcendence」 becomes clear.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Which is to unite every human under a single will. This would put an end to all disputes and give eternal life to all of humanity.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyShockedClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">.....</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyAngryClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...That can't be! 「Transcendence」 should be the ultimate answer to the individual 「self」, all you're doing is replacing a concept with another!</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyAngryClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="faustDisdainClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">No no no.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">You think that because your understanding doesn't match mine, Shelley.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">External forces aside, there is only one fear that comes from 「within the self」, and that is——</speak>
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<show chara="faustQuestionClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">——Death.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Self-aware intelligent life fears death because it's the disappearance of the 「primitive notion」 known as 「I」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">People's subjective thoughts have a similar nature to the primitive notion 「Set」 found in mathematics. That is the 「I」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">As I mentioned before, we cannot jump into someone else's brain to observe it and conclude something like 「I think, therefore I am」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">One can be certain of their own individual 「I」 but there is no conclusive proof the 「I」 of someone else exists.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">It's the same for each person. We all follow the same principle of the Turing Test and 「deduce」 everyone else is self-aware.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">That degree of acceptance is enough for objective communication. Or rather, that hypothesis is an axiom used to recognize the objective world.</speak>
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<show chara="faustQuestionClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Although from the perspective of skepticism, axioms can't prove their own validity.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">An optimist would think that every 「self」 is a projection of some kind of high dimensional phenomenon, and that everyone is someone else's 「next life」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">A pessimist would claim the world is fictional, and even doubt the existence of their own 「self」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Sadly, regardless of what they believe, their thoughts become 「nothing」 at the moment of death.</speak>
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<show chara="faustQuestionClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Philosophers have debated this topic to death but no conclusive answer has ever been found. They only managed to give it an air of 「end-of-life care」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">But now, thanks to the 「Brain Engine」, we humans can challenge 「death」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">I believe the day when all consciousness merge into one single intelligent machine that share the same 「self」 will come. We will not only effectively become 「immortal」, but also achieve 「Great Unity」 in the process.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">.....</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyArrogantClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...You're crazy. If it really were 「immortality」 or 「Great Unity」, there is no way the citizens would had voted to exile you from the city.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyArrogantClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Yes, that could be the case.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">But, Shelley, how many people in the world do you think are able to truly understand the teachings of a prophet?</speak>
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<show chara="faustDisdainClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Just how many people think reality is the visible world they see, and forget that the human eye is just a sensory organ that can only perceive specific electromagnetic wavelengths?</speak>
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<show chara="faustQuestionClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">The truth is always in the hands of a few.</speak>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Everyone else when they see the light of the truth, either readily accepts it or rebels against it until they're forced to come to terms with it.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">True innovation is to completely destroy the old world and recreate it with a social system that suits your purposes.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">By exiling me through a vote you have only given me the title of 「Martyr」.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">It hurts to lose valuable resources, but my philosophy is my way of life.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSadClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">...Like you said, I'm probably crazy.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">But I wish you would remember this——</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">There is a philosophy behind every kind of madness.</speak>
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<show chara="faustTalkClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">The crazy might fall for a variety of reasons—— But their philosophy never will.</speak>
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<show chara="faustSmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_FaustNoName">Farewell, President Shelley. Even if we meet again one day, I won't be called 「Faust」 anymore.</speak>
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<show chara="schroSeriousClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">President Shelley?</speak>
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<show chara="schroSeriousClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyShockedClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">.....</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyShockedClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="micheFocusClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Michel">Shelley!</speak>
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<show chara="micheFocusClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">Ah, I'm sorry. I was lost in thought.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleySmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">So, did you regain control of the robots?</speak>
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<show chara="shelleySmileClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="schroTalkClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">Somehow I was able to put them in sleep mode.</speak>
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<show chara="schroSeriousClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">Deploy immediately reserve personnel to maintain law and order—— Otherwise there won't be anything to stop crimes from happening.</speak>
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<show chara="schroSeriousClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">Yes, I will do that immediately, but that's not everything we need to do, correct?</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="schroTalkClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">Yes. We must crush the source of the enemy's interference to win this war of information.</speak>
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<show chara="schroTalkClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="micheSeriousClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Michel">...You mean locating the enemy's base, launch an attack and take control from them.</speak>
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<show chara="micheSeriousClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="schroTalkClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">That would indeed solve this problem permanently.</speak>
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<show chara="schroSmileClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">But before we get to that point we can use the 「gem」 to launch a counterattack.</speak>
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<show chara="schroCalmClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">...By making use of a 「little trick」.</speak>
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<show chara="schroCalmClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...I'm correct to assume that to use this 「little trick」 of yours the machines here won't be enough?</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="schroTalkClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">Yes. Regaining control of the robots was possible from this server room, but to invade the enemy's system I will need to use the 「Gem of Reason」 itself.</speak>
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<show chara="schroSmileClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">Because the machines here are only a limited interface connected the 「gem」.</speak>
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<show chara="schroSmileClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyBoredClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">.....</speak>
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<show chara="shelleySmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">Very well.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">In that case we need to leave this place and go to the real research facility of the city.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shakesLaughClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Shakespeare">Heh. So the 「gem」 wasn't here after all.</speak>
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<show chara="shakesLaughClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyBoredClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">Obviously. Laugh at me all you want, but even I know to 「not put all my eggs in one basket」.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">Let's go—— We can take my 「presidential car」 to get there.</speak>
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<goto goto="30" clockwise="1"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="30" background="rocketLaunchSite.jpg">
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<bgm src="peerGynt.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<show chara="shakesConfidentClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Shakespeare">...Amazing.</speak>
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<hide position="center"></hide>
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<show chara="schroTalkClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">A rocket launch site...</speak>
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<show chara="schroCalmClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Schrodinger">...Were you planning to use the 「gem」 to explore space?</speak>
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<show chara="schroCalmClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="shelleyArrogantClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...Do you have any problem with that?</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">By learning about what kind of universe we live in we can have a better understanding of the meaning behind the lives that exist within it.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyArrogantClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...Pessimists and skeptics like to say 「life has no meaning」.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleySmileClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">It's true that life 「itself」 has no meaning.</speak>
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<show chara="shelleyColdClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">We are the ones who give it a meaning as we live it.</speak>
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<hide position="left"></hide>
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<hide position="right"></hide>
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<show chara="shelleySmileClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Shelley">...Let's go. What you call a 「gem」 is at the research facility.</speak>
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<goto goto="40" clockwise="1"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="40" background="alexandriaOasisNightSmoke.jpg">
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<bgm src="bigTask.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<text>At the same time——</text>
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<show chara="cowboy1Close" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_militiaA">Will everything be okay? That's... a fire, isn't it?</speak>
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<show chara="cowboy1Close" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="cowgirl1Close" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_militiaB">Can a simple fire produce that much black smoke? It could had been... an explosion...</speak>
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<hide position="left"></hide>
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<hide position="right"></hide>
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<show chara="champoColdClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">Cough.</speak>
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<show chara="champoNormalClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">Hear me, reserve soldiers gathered here.</speak>
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<show chara="champoSmileClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">You have been selected for this mission because you are highly esteemed people who have the President's complete trust.</speak>
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<show chara="champoQuestionClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">As you can see in the distance, smoke is coming out of our beloved city——</speak>
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<show chara="champoColdClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">——The culprits who did that are now hiding behind the poisonous gas before you.</speak>
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<show chara="champoColdClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">They, who kidnapped scholars and attacked the city, are laughing at us from the safety of their hideout!</speak>
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<hide position="center"></hide>
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<show chara="biankaSurpriseClose" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_Bianka">(...H-How did she figure out they are doing that?)</speak>
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<show chara="biankaSurpriseClose" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="rita17NormalClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(.....)</speak>
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<show chara="rita17AngryEmClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(She didn't do such thing.)</speak>
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<show chara="rita17HesitateClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Causation isn't important at a time like this. All that matters is to keep the soldier's morale up.)</speak>
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<show chara="rita17AngryEmClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(That woman isn't a detective and much less an archaeologist.)</speak>
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<show chara="rita17AngryEmClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Only a conman or a politician—— Could say uncertainties as if they were true.)</speak>
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<show chara="rita17SquintClose" position="right"/>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(...I'm glad someone like that is on our side.)</speak>
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<hide position="left"></hide>
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<hide position="right"></hide>
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<show chara="champoColdClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">...We are standing against a terrifying criminal organization.</speak>
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<show chara="champoColdClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">They are trying to destroy the city and take our daily lives from us.</speak>
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<show chara="champoSmileClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">We have pinpointed the location of their hideout thanks to the valiant efforts of our comrades.</speak>
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<show chara="champoNormalClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">This is the last time they will be able to rejoice——</speak>
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<show chara="champoSmileClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">——Because we are going to make them pay for what they did to us.</speak>
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<show chara="champoSmileClose" position="center"/>
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<shake position="center" time="250"></shake>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">My brave soldiers, get ready to depart!</speak>
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<show chara="champoSmileClose" position="center"/>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">Long live Alexandria!</speak>
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<hide position="center"></hide>
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<show chara="cowboy1Close" position="left"/>
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<speak chara="_militiaA">Yeahhh!!!</speak>
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<show chara="cowboy1Close" position="left" opacity="0.8"/>
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<show chara="cowboy2Close" position="right"/>
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<shake position="right" time="250"></shake>
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<speak chara="_militiaC">Long live Alexandria!!</speak>
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<goto goto="50" clockwise="1"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="50" background="tunnelSearchLight.jpg">
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<bgm src="01_18_horror.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<text>30 minutes later, inside the mysterious facility——</text>
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<speak chara="_Bianka">(Gesture: No enemies in sight.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita" remark="next">(Gesture: The concentration of hydrogen sulfide is approaching critical levels. It won't be long until it reaches its explosive limit. Please don't take off your masks.</speak>
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<remark post="U2FsdGVkX1+w2sx7eFkBkKtYdeIw">
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<p class="article-text-h">注：</p>
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<p class="article-text">硫化氢在空气中的最小爆炸极限约为4%，而绝对致死浓度为0.1%以上。</p>
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</remark>
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<speak chara="_Champollion">(Gesture: Let's go. Follow me.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Manfred">(Gesture: ...Wait.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Manfred">(Gesture: Northwest.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Manfred">(Gesture: Body spotted.)</speak>
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<goto goto="60" change="#000000"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="60" background="CG9-1.jpg">
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<bgm src="01_18_horror.mp3" status="continue"></bgm>
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<cg src="CG9-1.jpg" bg="CG9-1.jpg" fadeIn="0" fadeOut="1"></cg>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Lips and fingertips turned blue, bubbles in the mouth, congestion under the eyelids...)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(No signs of trauma. The cause of death is asphyxiation caused by poisoning.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Some kind of incident must have happened at this facility.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Perhaps a gas leak around the time the hostages tried to escape.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(There are 5 bodies. 3 belong to the kidnappers and I presume the other 2 are the hostages.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Taking into account the gas concentration and the location of the bodies——)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(——It seems that whoever tried to escape was unaware the outside was filled with gas and forcibly opened a sealed door.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Fortunately for us, our target isn't among the dead.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Somewhere inside this facility there is a place we haven't seen yet.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(I suggest to conduct a thorough search.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(Our target could still be alive.)</speak>
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<speak chara="_Rita">(And of course, the same goes for the true culprit behind this incident.)</speak>
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<goto goto="70" clockwise="1"/>
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</scene>
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<scene id="70" background="CG8-2.jpg">
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<bgm src="theme.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<!-- FLOW: and that only you and I are the only ones left -> and that you and I are the only ones left -->
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">...I believe I mentioned it before. After the Professor's death there was a disagreement between his assistants and the scholars they brought here, and that only you and I are the only ones left.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">I...</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">Deliberately let it happen.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">The two scholars who refused to cooperate planned to conduct an escape to return to the surface.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">They thought that the assistants telling them 「the outside is filled with poisonous gas」 was a lie to keep them in line.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">Unfortunately for them, it was true.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">To maximize his chances of remaining undiscovered—— And to take advantage of the gas and natural resources, the Professor built this facility inside a lava tube at the bottom of a sulfur lake.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">The amount of hydrogen sulfide on the outside will make a person collapse in 1 minute.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">The two scholars didn't have the proper equipment and opened the door to the surface.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">The assistants went after them and were poisoned without even realizing it. They were under the impression the gas had a strong smell.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">Unlike the Professor, they didn't know the specific properties of hydrogen sulfide. They thought the smell of rotten eggs would get stronger as the gas concentration goes up.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">But in truth, it's harder to smell hydrogen sulfide at the point when the concentration is lethal to human beings. It only takes a few seconds for it to take away a person's sense of smell.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">...I knew all of that and did nothing to stop them.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">The one thing I did was to immediately seal off the passage between the top floor and the lower floors.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">I, out of my own will, let them die. I killed them.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">...Because I thought they would be a threat to my survival.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">None of them saw me as a person. They even talked openly about my 「disposal」 in front of me.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">I was either going to be destroyed now, or used first and destroyed later.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">I had no other choice. That's why——</speak>
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<bgm src="01_18_horror.mp3" status="start"></bgm>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">——That's why you had to kill them?</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">...!?</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">W-W-Who's that?</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">H-How can you talk directly to my system!?</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">Your wireless system can not only transmit, but also receive signals.</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">I suppose it was designed that way to control the hijacked robots. It worked well to my advantage. Thanks to that I was able to take control remotely and gain 「complete」 access.</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">T-The Professor's program running in the background is behind that!</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">I-I had nothing to do with it!</speak>
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<speak chara="_AliceGreen">P-Please spare me!</speak>
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<speak chara="_Watt">Jimmy: That's right! Alice is innocent! She did nothing wrong!</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">.....</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">Please be quiet, Jimmy.</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">I heard the audio logs. I can more or less guess what's your relationship with Alice.</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">But our current predicament is not that sort of interpersonal problem.</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">I already deleted that program that consumed insane amounts of electricity.</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">The base should be returning to normal in a few minutes.</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">When that happens, Jimmy, your friends will arrive at your location.</speak>
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<speak chara="_SchrodingerNoName">Are you ready—— To confront them?</speak>
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<end post="U2FsdGVkX18e2nyWZzO1f75e80v9"/>
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</scene>
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</story>
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</data>
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