1 "Selection of the those left behind"
in the Kamidake's new anti pirate operations section the girls watch as kaguya and kiriko fight each other so kiriko can practice using the replicas of the holy weapons that she acquired from the previous fight.
After it was over they returned to the command center.
"Ms. Kaguya, thank for your hard work what do you think of the new Godly Knight ?" Sajyu asked
" ...... Excellent. I cant believe it. there's no limit to it's power and the response times are instant..... It was like I was using my own body." she said like a girl in love.
"ms. kiriko please be gentle when fighting against the moonlight night, if anything happens to it we have to send it out for repairs and it could take quite a while to get it back."
"Oh... so it's like a rental?"
"No we own it, but we can't do maintenance here, there were originally only 5 companies that could repair it and only certain parts per company, but now they've consolidated and its only 3 and if your familiar with the technology used then you know it's not easy to open up without breaking it so it takes time to repair."
"Thank you for waiting!" Petit Washu popped up on the main monitor interrupting them.
" The Unit has been opened and my survey of the contents is finished ♡ "
kiriko who knew washu realized this interruption was absolutely intentionally timed.
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Everyone gathered together aboard the kamidake to receive the news.
"Well ... Washu what did you find? where you able to open the unit's black box?"
"I have done a lot of work, but that is mostly because i had to open the interior for maintenance, so and inside i found a larger system"
"Huh ... .... "
"So what kind did you open up?"
"The 12 Heavenly Knights, and 16 Aquius Knight that Kiriko got from defeating them in battle. I tried previously to open zinv but it was triple sealed and zinv itself really disliked me trying to open it up, but this was a breeze.
"Because there is a trace that sealed three times as a result of scanning, and ZINV itself is disliking the opening work," he says, "It's not a thing to open it over but it is a thing that seals it being damaged."
"So what was the inside like?"
"There were a lot of parts that couldn't be scanned, or at least ones that I can't afford to scan currently."
"Wow, Washu- sama, are you serious?" Kiriko was amazing.
"Even I can't scan it, I have some predictions, but I want confirmation before I open it."
"But I can't believe there is such a technology ... "
"Ha ha ha, about that, it's probably a thing that the Renzen people know about far better then us."
Petit Washu smiled and looked at souren.
"Huh we do?"
" ...... No way Are you saying it's magic crystal technology !?"
"I can't scan it with technology, so yes, that's my assumption."
"Magic crystals?"
Kiriko was confused she looked at hakuren.
"well there ... .... "
"Wait a moment, for now it's not important. Ask her later."Petit Washu stopped them
"Oh, I'm sorry, please keep on talking."
Puti Washu, cleared her throat and changed into adult Washu .
"Well, ... ... Before I tell you this information I need you to choose."
"Choose?"
"Yes ... ... it's your choice" She looked around with a serious face
"Regarding the contents of the main unit, there are some matters that conflict with Jurai 's confidential information on it, and among you only Kiriko is qualified to know what that is, but at this time it is necessary for all members to share this information. Judging from that, I got permission from jurai. Of course, you will not be allowed to talk about this after this so you will have to decide how to judge this information and how to act after knowing it."
" ............"
"Ok ... ... How secret are we talking? I need to know before I make any further decisions." Kiriko said in a trembling voice.
" It would be like discussing the top secrets of Jurai, plus then at the top secrets of the Galactic Federation."
"Is this a joke !?"Amane shouted unexpectedly .
"why are we being allowed to make such a high level judgment call?!"
"because this is our first contact with the renza federation... and seina's life is at stake... and he is a first generation master and kiriko a second, all of you are qualified to be top members of the galactic federation in the near future.
"Although the piracy forces on the Galactic Federation side have declined, still more time is needed to establish relations with renza , in a sense, Seina being treated as is he was captured by pirates. we need you to make the decision, do you want to go and retrieve seina and violate the laws of renza again and leave leave them to their pirate problem or do you choose to say inside recepshi and remain uninvolved until something gives. Your being allowed to make the call, it will take time for Jurai and the Academy to sway the others to believing your actions are the right call, it may even take hundreds of years, but we are willing to do so, We're leaving the decision of what to do next to all of you, whatever you decide will be deemed your orders.
"Before we decide anything is it possible for us to get accelerated training so we can handle the kamidake? If we have to act we need to be trained." miki asked
"It shouldn't be a problem to do that."
" Well then, We are Seina 's wives, so our husband's safety is our top priority."
Amane , Ryoko , Neeju also agreed with Miki 's opinion and Kiriko rushed to agree with them.
" ........... "After a moment Kiriko looked towards Souren.
" ... ... What about you in souren-san's group" are you dissatisfied here,you can come with us and leave this place."
kirko knew that if they did this souren and the rest of seina's anti-pirate team would be deemed traitors.
"Please do not hesitate because of us, it was requested of us by Ms. Hakuren that were were to work to make Kiriko 's will be realized/"
"Thank you. Thank you ... ... Washu- sama, that's it, so please continue with the explanation."
"It seems that the opinions of everyone have been unified ... OK."
Washu launched a huge monitor in the center, and changed back into Petit Washu in teachers clothes.
""Well ...... The armored knights Kiriko acquired are 12 Heavenly Knight class and 16 Aquius Knight class cavalry. In conclusion, all the Royal trees in the unit are larva-fixed trees like ZINV The problem is.... that the trees of all the units are a type of clone."
"What!? Cloned trees! ...... I'm sorry..."
kiriko hurriedly quieted herself
"From a single cell, cloning from genetic data can not produce a powerful Royal tree, but there is actually a way to make it possible. and cloning is easy even developing civilizations can do it... but... it requires the cloning to be done before the seeds begin to grow. It's the same mechanism by which the twins are born in other species."\
"No way! Is such a thing possible ?"
"Originally the probability of ripening Royal tree seeds that way is low, even with human intervention.
" ... ... No way"
Kiriko noticed something and stared at Petit Washu .
" Jurai doesn't do it, but there are cases of it happening naturally, so we don't have to bother experimenting."
"An case of it happening naturally?"
"Oh like Funaho land Misaki's trees...... "
the two had twin trees with unique abilities but the only time they ever got to demonstrate those abilities was when the empresses fight in battle which was rare.
" ... .... Well as i was saying, the pirate seem to have many third generations, but the main generations of trees are 5th and lower, the seeds that we mostly found were all 5th generation, at that generation it's possible to germinate clones by physically cutting the ripe seeds."
Dunk! Kiriko stood up with tremendous force and a murderous intent. Even the rest of her group who was used to her anger were scared by it and the newcomers fell back from the force.
"Calm down, Kiriko !" Amane was desperate to hold back Kiriko's anger.
" ... ... I 'm sorry" she muttered as she collapse back into her chair.
" No don't worry I understand how that must make you feel.... but let me finish."
Petit Washu resumed the lecture.
"In theory, seeds that have been classified as fifth generation or lower can maintain their strength up to four divisions, but they will usually die if they are cut more than that and there will have no power even if they are budded successfully after that. if they are 4th and higher they can be divided up to 6 times.
"I've never read anything about this in jurai's records, how do you know all this simply by analyzing the unit?"
"Actually... i know because an old disciple of mine studied and theorized this... but it was only a theory... and now that I've analyzed it. I can easily conclude they were right"
( Kagato !?) Only kiriko realized what that meant but she planned to tell the others later.
"I'm sorry I got us side tracked."
"No. feel free to ask questions that's why I'm here. Anyways, it seems the split seeds are unstable normally. Therefore it's difficult to age freeze it, the clones missing parts are then treated with various chemicals and supplemented with various materials, but this process that stabilizes the structure of the seed also sterilizes it so it doesn't produce a new generation, it's like cloning seedless fruits. And that's why they hid it in this thing... it keeps it confidential so other people don't try to make unauthorized copies of their own. The shell is designed so if it's opened up it's supposed to destroy all evidence so there's nothing to take out."
"THEY DO WHAT ... .... "
Kiriko clasped her fist strongly with anger again.
"It's terrible, but it's not much different from what happened with fuku and her clones is it?"
Miki said.
" AH!? ...... And it's just like us when we first got fuku-chan ... They see them only as tools!"
Kiriko 's anger woke up once again. but was again quelled by what miki said next.
"In the end, people can be heartless towards anything that doesn't concern themselves."
Previously, Kiriko was seen as only a part of the kamidake's systems. Renzan's couldn't be blamed for only seeing the seeds as weapons.
" Even those of us who are aware of it as being alive feel that way, we didn't know the full extent until you came here and explained things. I'm not surprised, none of us knew they had a will of their own."
"Well, that's true,"
"I see why washu was so serious about this, This can't leave here. not ever.
"That's right who knows how they will be treated if others learn they can be cloned this way ... "
Originally, the lower generation Royal trees were requested for by nations to help with their fighting power, but that would stimulate distrust in whoever they gave them too and jurai had refused on the grounds that the number they had of them was very small.
However, if it is known that it was possible to divide them, they might be forced to give them out to certain countries or to provide a certain number to the GP.
As a result, there is a high possibility that the lower generation Royal trees would suffer the same fate as those in Renza.
" Well , even if we are meeting at the Galactic Federation , the conclusion is decided , with the Royal tree lying down, it is natural that Jurai has to put a restless attitude to it. "
" Even Jurai doesn't know what to do with this information. So that's why it's being left to all of you."
" Clearly this is already well known by Renza so it's only a matter of time before it's known by the rest of the federation now isn't it?"
"Yes but we'd like to push that back as long as we can."
"Should we take a majority vote?" amane said.
"Well ... the best priority for me is still the safety of Seina. Of course I have sympathy for the Royal tree of Renza and that it also affects the trees of Jurai..." miki was the first to say something
"Well ... even if you can make that decision so easily, I can't forgive them ... "
Kiriko 's line of sight casually pointed toward Kaguya.
Although she was completely unconscious of it, Kaguya was also a master of the Royal tree called Moonlight Night . In a sense, she also had reason to feel the same as Kiriko .
" ... ... Oh !"
At that moment, Kiriko noticed something.
(Right Mizuki acknowledged her as one of their own. there is no difference)
Even though it was a Royal tree with no will , Kiriko greeted the moonlight night through Mizuki when they fought. Of course, there was no clear response from the moonlight night but Mizuki showed the same, intimate reaction with the Charon wolf and Fuku .
( There's no clear intentions in the lower generation Royal trees communications, but still some have reactions which resemble emotions.)
"Yomi-chan (charon wolf). When fighting, did you feel something from the opponent 's armored cavalry? "
"..... I don't know for sure. But......She seemed to be crying."
"It was crying? "
"yes for the same reason as the ones you fought earlier were crying, They were worried about being separated from their friends."
"Oh I see ... ... Thank you"
There was no point in asking more questions. it was clear now that the act of decapitating the head of the cavalry was indeed synonymous with separating the master from their Royal tree .
" ...... "
Kiriko took a deep breath and looked around in order to calm her mind .
"It is virtually impossible to stop the abuse of the Royal trees of Renza, and it's virtually impossible for us to disclose these findings to the rest of the Galactic Federation or to leave it to them to deal with it, we cant ignore the situation. But I think that we should ultimately judge what to do based off of what we know from the trees themselves."
they had received a maintenance request from the repair manufacturers to send in the moonlight night. There was a high possibility that the interior unit would be replaced when they returned.
"So you were saying you have the actual owners rights?"
"Yes, of course. and the manufacturer says this is just for normal maintenance but if they open the unit, who knows what they will do."
"Then there is no enforcement for the return request?"
"Well at worse they can impose some penalty on the moonlight night ... ... For example, they might refuse future maintenance on it."
"But remember kiriko there are only three manufacturers."Ryoko smiled a mischievous smile.
"Oh, yeah ... that is true...." Did Kiriko also think of something? She smiled a naughty smile.
"So what do you do with the moonlight night?"
washu said. kiriko and kaguya looked at each other.
"I'll leave it to you ms. Kiriko "
" ... Well ... Regarding the moonlight night,I'm going to maintenance and see what they do."
"OK" Souren responded promptly.
" Washu, then depending on the situation, can you perform maintenance on it here?"
"Did you just ask if I can I do it?"
"well obviously you can but before that there's something I want to investigate. I just need to consult someone on something first... .... "
"If it's a budget your worried about, Seto already approved one, Kekekeke"
"She knew all along that damn hag!!
Amane stood up and shook her fist.
"Kekekekeke, this is going to be fun." Petit Washu was laughing happily.
--------End of chapter----------
in the Kamidake's new anti pirate operations section the girls watch as kaguya and kiriko fight each other so kiriko can practice using the replicas of the holy weapons that she acquired from the previous fight.
After it was over they returned to the command center.
"Ms. Kaguya, thank for your hard work what do you think of the new Godly Knight ?" Sajyu asked
" ...... Excellent. I cant believe it. there's no limit to it's power and the response times are instant..... It was like I was using my own body." she said like a girl in love.
"ms. kiriko please be gentle when fighting against the moonlight night, if anything happens to it we have to send it out for repairs and it could take quite a while to get it back."
"Oh... so it's like a rental?"
"No we own it, but we can't do maintenance here, there were originally only 5 companies that could repair it and only certain parts per company, but now they've consolidated and its only 3 and if your familiar with the technology used then you know it's not easy to open up without breaking it so it takes time to repair."
"Thank you for waiting!" Petit Washu popped up on the main monitor interrupting them.
" The Unit has been opened and my survey of the contents is finished ♡ "
kiriko who knew washu realized this interruption was absolutely intentionally timed.
-----------
Everyone gathered together aboard the kamidake to receive the news.
"Well ... Washu what did you find? where you able to open the unit's black box?"
"I have done a lot of work, but that is mostly because i had to open the interior for maintenance, so and inside i found a larger system"
"Huh ... .... "
"So what kind did you open up?"
"The 12 Heavenly Knights, and 16 Aquius Knight that Kiriko got from defeating them in battle. I tried previously to open zinv but it was triple sealed and zinv itself really disliked me trying to open it up, but this was a breeze.
"Because there is a trace that sealed three times as a result of scanning, and ZINV itself is disliking the opening work," he says, "It's not a thing to open it over but it is a thing that seals it being damaged."
"So what was the inside like?"
"There were a lot of parts that couldn't be scanned, or at least ones that I can't afford to scan currently."
"Wow, Washu- sama, are you serious?" Kiriko was amazing.
"Even I can't scan it, I have some predictions, but I want confirmation before I open it."
"But I can't believe there is such a technology ... "
"Ha ha ha, about that, it's probably a thing that the Renzen people know about far better then us."
Petit Washu smiled and looked at souren.
"Huh we do?"
" ...... No way Are you saying it's magic crystal technology !?"
"I can't scan it with technology, so yes, that's my assumption."
"Magic crystals?"
Kiriko was confused she looked at hakuren.
"well there ... .... "
"Wait a moment, for now it's not important. Ask her later."Petit Washu stopped them
"Oh, I'm sorry, please keep on talking."
Puti Washu, cleared her throat and changed into adult Washu .
"Well, ... ... Before I tell you this information I need you to choose."
"Choose?"
"Yes ... ... it's your choice" She looked around with a serious face
"Regarding the contents of the main unit, there are some matters that conflict with Jurai 's confidential information on it, and among you only Kiriko is qualified to know what that is, but at this time it is necessary for all members to share this information. Judging from that, I got permission from jurai. Of course, you will not be allowed to talk about this after this so you will have to decide how to judge this information and how to act after knowing it."
" ............"
"Ok ... ... How secret are we talking? I need to know before I make any further decisions." Kiriko said in a trembling voice.
" It would be like discussing the top secrets of Jurai, plus then at the top secrets of the Galactic Federation."
"Is this a joke !?"Amane shouted unexpectedly .
"why are we being allowed to make such a high level judgment call?!"
"because this is our first contact with the renza federation... and seina's life is at stake... and he is a first generation master and kiriko a second, all of you are qualified to be top members of the galactic federation in the near future.
"Although the piracy forces on the Galactic Federation side have declined, still more time is needed to establish relations with renza , in a sense, Seina being treated as is he was captured by pirates. we need you to make the decision, do you want to go and retrieve seina and violate the laws of renza again and leave leave them to their pirate problem or do you choose to say inside recepshi and remain uninvolved until something gives. Your being allowed to make the call, it will take time for Jurai and the Academy to sway the others to believing your actions are the right call, it may even take hundreds of years, but we are willing to do so, We're leaving the decision of what to do next to all of you, whatever you decide will be deemed your orders.
"Before we decide anything is it possible for us to get accelerated training so we can handle the kamidake? If we have to act we need to be trained." miki asked
"It shouldn't be a problem to do that."
" Well then, We are Seina 's wives, so our husband's safety is our top priority."
Amane , Ryoko , Neeju also agreed with Miki 's opinion and Kiriko rushed to agree with them.
" ........... "After a moment Kiriko looked towards Souren.
" ... ... What about you in souren-san's group" are you dissatisfied here,you can come with us and leave this place."
kirko knew that if they did this souren and the rest of seina's anti-pirate team would be deemed traitors.
"Please do not hesitate because of us, it was requested of us by Ms. Hakuren that were were to work to make Kiriko 's will be realized/"
"Thank you. Thank you ... ... Washu- sama, that's it, so please continue with the explanation."
"It seems that the opinions of everyone have been unified ... OK."
Washu launched a huge monitor in the center, and changed back into Petit Washu in teachers clothes.
""Well ...... The armored knights Kiriko acquired are 12 Heavenly Knight class and 16 Aquius Knight class cavalry. In conclusion, all the Royal trees in the unit are larva-fixed trees like ZINV The problem is.... that the trees of all the units are a type of clone."
"What!? Cloned trees! ...... I'm sorry..."
kiriko hurriedly quieted herself
"From a single cell, cloning from genetic data can not produce a powerful Royal tree, but there is actually a way to make it possible. and cloning is easy even developing civilizations can do it... but... it requires the cloning to be done before the seeds begin to grow. It's the same mechanism by which the twins are born in other species."\
"No way! Is such a thing possible ?"
"Originally the probability of ripening Royal tree seeds that way is low, even with human intervention.
" ... ... No way"
Kiriko noticed something and stared at Petit Washu .
" Jurai doesn't do it, but there are cases of it happening naturally, so we don't have to bother experimenting."
"An case of it happening naturally?"
"Oh like Funaho land Misaki's trees...... "
the two had twin trees with unique abilities but the only time they ever got to demonstrate those abilities was when the empresses fight in battle which was rare.
" ... .... Well as i was saying, the pirate seem to have many third generations, but the main generations of trees are 5th and lower, the seeds that we mostly found were all 5th generation, at that generation it's possible to germinate clones by physically cutting the ripe seeds."
Dunk! Kiriko stood up with tremendous force and a murderous intent. Even the rest of her group who was used to her anger were scared by it and the newcomers fell back from the force.
"Calm down, Kiriko !" Amane was desperate to hold back Kiriko's anger.
" ... ... I 'm sorry" she muttered as she collapse back into her chair.
" No don't worry I understand how that must make you feel.... but let me finish."
Petit Washu resumed the lecture.
"In theory, seeds that have been classified as fifth generation or lower can maintain their strength up to four divisions, but they will usually die if they are cut more than that and there will have no power even if they are budded successfully after that. if they are 4th and higher they can be divided up to 6 times.
"I've never read anything about this in jurai's records, how do you know all this simply by analyzing the unit?"
"Actually... i know because an old disciple of mine studied and theorized this... but it was only a theory... and now that I've analyzed it. I can easily conclude they were right"
( Kagato !?) Only kiriko realized what that meant but she planned to tell the others later.
"I'm sorry I got us side tracked."
"No. feel free to ask questions that's why I'm here. Anyways, it seems the split seeds are unstable normally. Therefore it's difficult to age freeze it, the clones missing parts are then treated with various chemicals and supplemented with various materials, but this process that stabilizes the structure of the seed also sterilizes it so it doesn't produce a new generation, it's like cloning seedless fruits. And that's why they hid it in this thing... it keeps it confidential so other people don't try to make unauthorized copies of their own. The shell is designed so if it's opened up it's supposed to destroy all evidence so there's nothing to take out."
"THEY DO WHAT ... .... "
Kiriko clasped her fist strongly with anger again.
"It's terrible, but it's not much different from what happened with fuku and her clones is it?"
Miki said.
" AH!? ...... And it's just like us when we first got fuku-chan ... They see them only as tools!"
Kiriko 's anger woke up once again. but was again quelled by what miki said next.
"In the end, people can be heartless towards anything that doesn't concern themselves."
Previously, Kiriko was seen as only a part of the kamidake's systems. Renzan's couldn't be blamed for only seeing the seeds as weapons.
" Even those of us who are aware of it as being alive feel that way, we didn't know the full extent until you came here and explained things. I'm not surprised, none of us knew they had a will of their own."
"Well, that's true,"
"I see why washu was so serious about this, This can't leave here. not ever.
"That's right who knows how they will be treated if others learn they can be cloned this way ... "
Originally, the lower generation Royal trees were requested for by nations to help with their fighting power, but that would stimulate distrust in whoever they gave them too and jurai had refused on the grounds that the number they had of them was very small.
However, if it is known that it was possible to divide them, they might be forced to give them out to certain countries or to provide a certain number to the GP.
As a result, there is a high possibility that the lower generation Royal trees would suffer the same fate as those in Renza.
" Well , even if we are meeting at the Galactic Federation , the conclusion is decided , with the Royal tree lying down, it is natural that Jurai has to put a restless attitude to it. "
" Even Jurai doesn't know what to do with this information. So that's why it's being left to all of you."
" Clearly this is already well known by Renza so it's only a matter of time before it's known by the rest of the federation now isn't it?"
"Yes but we'd like to push that back as long as we can."
"Should we take a majority vote?" amane said.
"Well ... the best priority for me is still the safety of Seina. Of course I have sympathy for the Royal tree of Renza and that it also affects the trees of Jurai..." miki was the first to say something
"Well ... even if you can make that decision so easily, I can't forgive them ... "
Kiriko 's line of sight casually pointed toward Kaguya.
Although she was completely unconscious of it, Kaguya was also a master of the Royal tree called Moonlight Night . In a sense, she also had reason to feel the same as Kiriko .
" ... ... Oh !"
At that moment, Kiriko noticed something.
(Right Mizuki acknowledged her as one of their own. there is no difference)
Even though it was a Royal tree with no will , Kiriko greeted the moonlight night through Mizuki when they fought. Of course, there was no clear response from the moonlight night but Mizuki showed the same, intimate reaction with the Charon wolf and Fuku .
( There's no clear intentions in the lower generation Royal trees communications, but still some have reactions which resemble emotions.)
"Yomi-chan (charon wolf). When fighting, did you feel something from the opponent 's armored cavalry? "
"..... I don't know for sure. But......She seemed to be crying."
"It was crying? "
"yes for the same reason as the ones you fought earlier were crying, They were worried about being separated from their friends."
"Oh I see ... ... Thank you"
There was no point in asking more questions. it was clear now that the act of decapitating the head of the cavalry was indeed synonymous with separating the master from their Royal tree .
" ...... "
Kiriko took a deep breath and looked around in order to calm her mind .
"It is virtually impossible to stop the abuse of the Royal trees of Renza, and it's virtually impossible for us to disclose these findings to the rest of the Galactic Federation or to leave it to them to deal with it, we cant ignore the situation. But I think that we should ultimately judge what to do based off of what we know from the trees themselves."
they had received a maintenance request from the repair manufacturers to send in the moonlight night. There was a high possibility that the interior unit would be replaced when they returned.
"So you were saying you have the actual owners rights?"
"Yes, of course. and the manufacturer says this is just for normal maintenance but if they open the unit, who knows what they will do."
"Then there is no enforcement for the return request?"
"Well at worse they can impose some penalty on the moonlight night ... ... For example, they might refuse future maintenance on it."
"But remember kiriko there are only three manufacturers."Ryoko smiled a mischievous smile.
"Oh, yeah ... that is true...." Did Kiriko also think of something? She smiled a naughty smile.
"So what do you do with the moonlight night?"
washu said. kiriko and kaguya looked at each other.
"I'll leave it to you ms. Kiriko "
" ... Well ... Regarding the moonlight night,I'm going to maintenance and see what they do."
"OK" Souren responded promptly.
" Washu, then depending on the situation, can you perform maintenance on it here?"
"Did you just ask if I can I do it?"
"well obviously you can but before that there's something I want to investigate. I just need to consult someone on something first... .... "
"If it's a budget your worried about, Seto already approved one, Kekekeke"
"She knew all along that damn hag!!
Amane stood up and shook her fist.
"Kekekekeke, this is going to be fun." Petit Washu was laughing happily.
--------End of chapter----------