7 "Darkness"
day 40
A week passed after Miki left.
her goodbye went surprisingly smooth. and the day before both Miranda and Caliche left as well and all the second - year students had been dispatched for practical training.
"Seina, how are you? ……"
seina watched the video mail he received from miki as he got ready to move his things back into the dorm.
Two emails arrived From Miki without notice to let seina know that she arrived safely at the decoy department and had departed for her first mission. Unfortunately they couldn't have a direct conversation with the time difference and their working hours, but seina was relieved to see how lively Miki looked.
"Well, this is going to be a departure from living at that giant comfortable house ... with maids...but at least you don't have to worry about any surprise visits from masume..." nb said
"You ... sure are developing an odd personality... Is it due to the environment or is it due to Amane's software? you know you don't have to stay with me right now, i don't need you to help me move. "
"I'm sorry, i was joking ... please ... don't throw me away, Seina!"
Seina looked puzzled as nb had said this in airi's voice.
"Okay, I won't just... Please stop using Airi's voice..."
"Seina, it's about time to go, is your baggage ready?"
Kiriko, Amane, and Karen came in.
"Oh, yes, sorry I'm still packing."
When Seina pointed to the bag next to the bed,
NB suddenly started to shine and began to take the form of a woman.
"... ... Anyone......help............"
"NB !?"
"Hey, what's up with NB ... ... did it break?"
"No, but something strange is happening!"
"Someone ... ... help ............"
As Seina watched it, the appearance and voice of NB changed to that of Miki, and froze up like a statue
"Kiriko! Amane!" erma said and she pulled them out of the room at a quick pace
"Erma, what's going on with NB ... ... ?"
Erma did not answer seina's question, and instead pulled NB away from Seina who stood there stunned.
"Karen, look after him I have to discuss something with the others"
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(The appearance and voice of NB ... ... It was definitely Miki-senpai ... ... what on earth is going on ...)
In Erma 's air car, Seina remembered the incident. The bad feeling did not leave his head, Seina's back, forehead, and palm were dripping with sweat.
"Erma, what happened? What happened to NB?"
Seina wanted to get rid of the doubts on his mind he noticed erma shiver
"Seina ..."
Erma was surprised to see Seina 's face.
erma had never seen him so shaken up.
"I haven't gotten the full details yet, but I was told by the GP I should hurry and bring you to the dorm."
"I'm confused... ... ... Maybe Miki-senpai is in trouble ... Hey Erma, do you know if anything happened to Miki-senpai!"
As expected, Erma knew the truth. But she was at a loss as to whether she should tell it to Seina who was upset more than ever.
(If he goes to the dormitory sooner or later he will know ... ...)
Erma stopped the air car and looked into Seina's eyes. Would he have been able to deal with what she knew? she looked into his eyes and figured that he would be able to handle it, she resumed driving.
"Seina, when you arrive at the dorm, you will definitely talk to a lot of of your friends .......... And then, as a result of that discussion, some thing might come out"
"eh?"
"... .... About 6 hours ago, a mobile relay station ship belonging to the second division of the decoy department was attacked by someone, the first GP ship sent for backup was destroyed by the assailant, When the second backup unit arrived, everything was over, there were no survivors in the station, no emergency pod had successfully escaped, it was completely annihilated. "
"completely ... ... annihilated?"
"Yes"
"... And, there were three GP Academy trainees there, Miki · Steinbeck was one of them."
"!! ............"
Seina did not know how to deal with the sense of loss he felt.
"Erma, what about NB ... ... What was that? Maybe Miki-senpai is still alive ..."
"When an accident or a Space pirate attack occurs ... ... ... ... various crew members' personal messages are sent off automatically ... Since super-high speed communication is only for business use, private communications can only be sent by normal priority, It takes time, so it seems that you're nb intercepted something that was being sent to headquarters. "
Seina remembered that time on the news when he had seen a cell phone connection was hijacked by an airplane communication and a family had heard it when using their cell phone.
"...... That's all?"
Seina recognized it as a fact and was irritated by his own calmness.
Miki - senpai is dead, so why am I not sad?
And then, he remembered Miki 's words from the time in their secret place.
Hey Seina. I wonder if you can check on my father for me...
(Ah!)
Seina remembered that person who would be even more sad than him would be Miki's father, Hiroshi. the shock he was about to receive is as unprecedented, as the one seina had just received.
Suddenly tears overflowed from the Seina's eyes and he thought about Miki's words and about Hiroshi.
"..............."
he cried silently.
Tenchi useless! GXP Volume 4 · finished?
The postscript is more or less: i have nothing to say in the postscript. here have a vignette.
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epilogue Theater
about a few weeks ago when Seina came to Amane's House:
"Kiriko-san, what is the time difference between here and the Earth?"
"Time difference? ............ Well, it's about thirty minutes currently, the academy and earth's orbits are different though so it will keep deviating from the earth's for just about twenty-four hours every year, so a little less than half a year from now it will be 12 am here and 12pm there. "
"I understand. Thank you very much"
"But why?"
"I want to call earth really quick while I check out my room."
seina said and then he ran up the stairs to his room.
"Hey, Seina-chan .........! Well... okay?"
"What the heck, Kiriko, haven't you told seina yet?"
Amane said sitting on the living room sofa. she raised her eyes from the magazine she was reading.
"What? ... .... oh well...uhm...."
kiriko laughed nervously
Seina sat on the bed and activated the monitor.
after a few seconds.............
"all incoming calls rejected? Why?"
Seina thought that it was a mistake in operation, he tried again, suddenly a video message of Seina's mother was displayed on the monitor.
"Seina, listen carefully. You left home to pursue your ambitions, so you don't have to contact home all the time. business is good, you don't want you to get in the way of that do you? you also have to keep busy and devote yourself to studying, right? kiriko is letting us know how you are doing so don't worry. so no need to bother us or anyone else... "
"Okay, business is going well ... Well then ... I guess I'll give tenchi's grandpa a call..."
Seina said but he didn't know that number
"Oh, uhm i guess i could ask Tenchi-senpai"
Seina entered the Masaki family's phone number. And a few seconds later, ryo ohki was displayed on the monitor ..........
"Mya! "
"............ oh ... ... That's the girl Sasami chan brings with her sometimes ... Ryo-Ohki-chan, right?"
"Miah! "
Ryo-Ohki responded with happy nodding.
"Ha ha ha, it's been a while." Hey, is anyone else in the house?"
"Mya! "
Ryo-Ohki went off screen
"What's wrong? is someone calling? "
a voice came approaching.
Did they understand her?
It was Sasami that appeared before Seina a bit surprised.
"Who is that ... .... Oh, Seina Onii-chan"
"Good evening, Sasami-chan, is Tenchi there?"
"Sorry, I'm told I shouldn't talk to Seina for the time being,"
"Why?"
"Sorry, Tenchi Onii-chan can't either."
"... ... Well ... ... then, what about Tenchi-senpai's grandfather ..."
"I'm sorry! That is no good either. "
At that time Seina finally realized the meaning of Sasami's apology.
"In other words, he's not accepting complaints about Airi-san at the moment ... ............?"
Seina sighed deeply, when he raised his head up again sasami was gone and ryo-ohki was back.
"........................... Hey Ryo-Ohki-chan, can you hear me?"
"Miah"
"Thank you ... ... ..."
seina began complaining about airi to ryo-ohki.
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