9 "Everyday is just the calm before the storm"
---Start of Episode 23----
After the battle Seina had returned to the GP academy and things were like when he started. Today he was training at the Package Sorting Office.
"I haven't done something like this in a long time."
"Oh It seems that this kind of work is unsatisfactory for Seina. Are you upset that there's no opponent to take down?"
"Both are important tasks, and to be honest, I'm more relieved that there isn't."Seina smiled and made an error.
"Oh no I made a mistake" Seina, who noticed that the package was misplaced in the wrong section, paused the conveyor and tried to move the package to a different route. But the conveyor didn't stop and the packages flowed in front of Seina.
"Ah! It's over there ...!!"
He tried to reach it but his sleeve got caught on the end of the conveyor, Seina was dragged into a tunnel.
"Huh, Seina!"
"Why didn't the sensor detect him !? Stop the conveyor! Emergency stop!"
The inspector who noticed the commotion hurriedly performed an emergency stop and Seina escaped from the situation which had him half lodged in the tunnel.
"Boy, no matter where you work your bad luck just doesn't change."
"Isn't that the truth" Kenneth and Rajau laughed.
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Airi and Nakita were sitting opposite each other in the GP Academy Chairman's Office.
"... ... And what is your request?"
"It's about the Kamidake's treatment. I'll put it straightforwardly, I think that the Kamidake's place is in the GP army not the police .... After destroying Big Daruma, the leadership feels it is time to take extreme actions to strengthening our arms. The damage the lucky ships have caused must also be restored."
"So where does the army come in?"
"Pirate assassination is essentially our field of work."
"At this time, I want to knock off the the rest of the Space Pirates entirely ... but it's the Galactic Federation's decision, I have no say in it ..."
"Even so, we need a watchdog to keep them in line, with the Kamidake the army will be able to keep them in check."
"Nevertheless, I don't want to hand it over ... ... not because of the militaries behavior or anything."
"It's already been decided." Nakita said quietly, but in a firm voice.
"……I see."
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"It not often that I see you with an injury of this degree, it's usually worse."
Seina was in the medical office being treated by a female doctor.
"Hahaha ... ... I'm used to it ... ...!"
"Aren't you the one who took down the Daruma guild?"
The female doctor's hand gripped Seina's gently and she pulled her body onto his. Looking closely her outfit had been left in a revealing state and she had on far more makeup then was standard. He knew that this wasn't up to standard. The girl had a relaxing air like Kiriko's, but was an attractive person with a strong atmosphere.
"Uhm excuse me……?"
"Hey Seina do you dislike older women? I can cure whenever you get hurt, I can even nurse you back to health."
"Oh, well thank you very much, and if there is anything else I'll let you know."
"uuunnn! Hey, Seina!"
He shook himself out of the doctors grip and jumped out into the corridor. There were Kenneth and Rajau watching him with a grin.
"Nice going Seina,"
"If you were looking why didn't you help me Kenneth! Rajau you said that you helped me ..."
"Seina you're the star of the GP, The Leadership thinks you show promising talent, you're just going to have to learn how to deal with things like this in the future."
"Oh... yeah! We won't always be there to help."
"You there now weren't you?"
"I don't want to be known for treating women badly, I especially don't want to be on the bad side of that female doctor she's the one in charge of many things around here."
"Oh yeah! Don't worry we can still see if we can have Miranda senpai help with this."
Since their reunion, Kenneth frequently contacted Miranda and Caliche.
"... ... It's a blessed friendship."
"There's no need for that .... she'll just tell everyone in the class and that will be even more of a mess."
"Is that so! You know we heard you went to" Imuim " with Professor Kiriko?"
"I Told them I wanted to take you with me, but there were problems with the capacity, only the kamidake's crew could come, it won't happen next time. Besides Kenneth, you were in training and couldn't come any way. "
"Damn! And we had no luck the entire time we were there ..."
Their peeping efforts were not successful at the branch office orbiting Earth.
"Oh well, it was OK if you called me, and with Seto there you wouldn't even have been able to enjoy Imium because of her presence."
Seina spewed a sigh of relief. Everyone in the class knew that Seto was with him they just wanted something to be angry about.
"However, Gyokuren was there and we all know how that probably went.."
"Please keep silent about that, I don't want anyone giving me a hard time over it"
"... Fine"
------In the afterstory extra which I'm not translating it's revealed that they didn't keep it quiet and so he had to give an interview explaining the Imuim trip to the fanclubs.--------
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"... ... So the decision has already been made?"
"If it's is a command from above, it can't be helped, and I think that the capabilities of the Kamidake alone classifies it as unfit for the decoy division."
After all, the Kamidake was made to do battle with Space Pirates, and was unable to cooperate with other decoy units. For that reason alone it was always deployed independently.
"However, the captain Yamada Seina is still a student, and the Kamidake is still immature."
"So isn't education necessary at such an early stage? Most combat experiences are similar to what it would see in the army."
"... ... It sure is wonderful right?"
The power of Kamidake was amazing. the power it wielded required great personal judgment from its commander. That was why as long an organization controlled it strict observation was important. However, Airi, as a member of the academy, felt a bit dissatisfied with this situation.
"But the Kamidake's power is dangerous if it's misused or worse be allowed to go out of control."
"I'd like to avoid any unnecessary confrontation with you.With respect to the operation of the Kamidake, we're planning to operate it after consultation with you, that's why I came here in advance today."
"Please do so carefully."
"Formal notice will arrive from the Galactic Federation tomorrow, at that time I would appreciate your favor."
"I understand." He raised a salute to Mikami who had been holding tea silently for what felt like the whole morning. He didn't even try to salute Airi. Nakita headed for the transfer gate.
"... ... so the time has finally come." Mikami said with a sigh after Nakita left.
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--------the dinosaur scene from the anime is missing, probably was a nabeshin filler add in---
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"Why!?" Amane hit the table with great strength.
Kiriko's group was invited to Airi 's private house downstairs from the office room of the Chairman's office. This wasn't an official meeting with her as the chief director, although it was a private area, she still used it when talking about things politically important.
"Why should I give The Kamidake to the army!?"
"The document is formal, we can't refuse them if they issue this."
Before Amane's eyes, appeared not only the monitor but also the request which was printed on paper and signed by hand.
"Oh... ....!" as soon as Amane saw it, she sat down on the sofa.
"But Mizuki is in the Kamidake ..." Kiriko continued Amane's outrage.
"We're transferring only the Kamidake, I won't hand over your personally owned royal ship."
"If that's so then The Kamidake is owned by Seina! That was transferred from Washu ... ...."
"I'm sorry, but that's not the case."
"What!?" everyone looked at Airi all at once.
"There are omissions in it's airfare registration that were made by Jurai, The Kamidake is treated as a renovation the first kamidake ... that is to say, on paper it's supposed to be a ship made by the GP."
"Why did they do that!?"
"Because of all the troubles that come with admitting how it was made."
"UGHHHHHH! I'll change it then!" Kiriko regretted her complacency.
"... ... then, please proceed to change the name!"
"Even so, it won't be recognized immediately, and it would be difficult to prove that the Kamidake is not a refurbishment of the former aircraft."
"If you show the waste records and survey data from the previous aircraft ... ...."
"Because it was a ship planned to be Jurai's next main flagship, it was handled in confidentiality and that information can't be divulged to the military."
"What about Fuku-chan? She wont accept the authority of anyone other than Seina."
Kiriko put forward the best reason she had. The military would treat her like a machine part. It most likely wouldn't work any better then before kiriko build the subsystem. Of course it wouldn't have been an issue if Fuku was mentally mature, but it was cruel to force a young Fuku into such a situation now. It was like trying to put a kindergartner in the military. And if by chance, she tried to escape like before, she would be charged with the crime of desertion.
"It is only the hull that's being handed over to the army, they plan to use the subsystem controls built by Kiriko-chan, if they need to they will convene your team together."
"... Well maybe that isn't so bad." Kiriko was beginning to feel like Airi contacting them over such a non issue was a sign that something was up.
"... so is the real reason its being taken to investigate the Kamidake? Is it not only the army but also the Galactic Federation, GP, and Jurai, are they responsible too?"
"What do you mean? Kiriko" Amane looked at Kiriko surprised.
"Everyone in here knows that The Kamidake was created by Washu, but Washu-sama's survival hadn't been released yet, so the Kamidake itself isn't officially known to be made by her."
Kiriko said that and looked at Airi.
"Well, since it was originally a privately owned ship, It was unknown where it came from."
Airi enjoyed accepting Kiriko's question.
"But after the unbelievable fighting power you showed against the Big Daruma ... ... It's only natural others want to examine it regardless of it supposed origin."
"It's power is comparable to Jurai's royals ships, of course they do."
"But royals ship are handled with top secrecy by Kurai ... ... but the GP owns the Kamidake."
" ... It's natural that they want to investigate the technology."
"But Kiriko, They could have just done so with it here, so why haven't they?"Neiju added.
"That's a good question……"
"Everyone quit making such scary faces." Seto, who had been listening silently till then, breathed a sigh.
"As Kiriko's guessed, the investigation of the Kamidake is their primary objective, what did you expect after it showed such power?
"If I knew that was going to happen we'd never have fought it!"
"I'm not surprised we've received requests to examine the royal trees in the past but we've denied them every time."
Of course each time Jurai rejected the request in a way that was nearly half a threat. The royal Trees had free will, so at least in Jurai they had human rights. That's why if royal Trees refuses to disclose information, it can't be forced. They were able to make threats because the Trees had such irreconcilable power, that it was possible to destroy the Galactic Federation entirely if they did something to bring it to want to enact such violence. and technically the trees were originally Jurai's indigenous people, not the Juraians.
"The Academy has problems of it's own" Airi said.
"Washu-san's technology is a ridiculous powder keg, many people want to know about that technology ... they're swarming like piranha, and the investigation requires the formation of teams and it's a big challenge for anyone to take the initiative,those with strong sponsors are the easiest to get organized. "
"Well ... ... Of course, it'd be a problem if it was lead by Seniwa or any of the other countries."
Amane looked at Mikami quickly. Mikami smiled silently and affirmed the opinion.
"... but, it's okay to have it lead by the Galactic Federation?"
"That's right, but ... the leaders of the current Galactic Federation have no idea what's going on especially not with Washu." Airi diverted her line of sight with a bitter smile.
"Indeed ... ... that's why we don't want them to be the ones conducting the investigation."
If it was confirmed to be made by Washu's hands, the retaliation would be horrible.
"I don't care I just don't want the military to take it away."
"The situation is touchy. We can't risk fighting with the military right now."
"So you're just going to let Fuku be as a political tool !?"
"Yes, I'm afraid I have to" Seto remarked coldly.
"Airi-sama! Fuku-chan is Washu-sama's daughter ... well ... you said ..."
"How can you let this happen ... Are you really just going to stand by and do nothing Airi-sama?" Neiju stood up and said.
"That's right." Although it was expected, Kiriko was shocked to hear such a blunt answer.
"How can you say that ...?"
"As soon as we separate the Mizuki unit from the Kamidake we will transport it... you have until then to take care of any business you have with it." Airi said to Amane cryptically.
"……I understand"
Kiriko glanced at Airi and Seto and left the room.
"Hey, wait! I'm coming with you!" Amane chased after Kiriko, only Neiju remained in the room.
"I know what being subject to politics is like, but I don't care right now I'm going to act as an individual, I act as Neiju now."
"Don't you think you should go catch up with Kiriko?"
Seto lowered her head to Neiju.
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Together with Hakuren, Kiriko and others started the removal of the Mizuki Unit and the re-registration of the Kamidake in Airi's dock that stored the Kamidake.
"We've completed the transfer of Kamidake's subspace residential district and warehouse to Mizuki.... Let's improve the controls for the subsystem as much as possible before the army arrives, we need to buy a little time."
Even if Fuku wasn't a part of it, if they could make it have reasonable performance, then they wouldn't need to borrow Fuku in the future. In any case Kamidake wasn't something that could be so easily analyzed.
"How's the registration change for the Kamidake?"
"Thanks to what Washu taught us I should be done ... ... Now! The application has been accepted!"
A sigh of relief leaked out from all of them when they heard Karen's report.
"How long will it take to get permission to rewrite the registration?"
"The scheduled time is ... 36 hours."
"36 hours? That's a bit long, isn't it?"
"I think it's probably intentional." Kiriko felt a bit daunted.
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The changes in this from the anime are all plot hole filling ones, it makes no sense to take Fuku if she is an AI in the novels since they've clarified they have human rights, it also makes no sense for the ship to be a GP ship because it uses the old kamidakes parts... because it was all ready to go the second that the damaged ship made it to Jurai. this was a bit of a plot hole in the anime that no one noticed.
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"Oh wow, The registration application has passed already, ho ho ho."
Mikami who was monitoring Kiriko 's activity seemed to be having fun. She looked like a mother watching her children's mischief.
"Washu-chan sure has a soft spot for Seina."
"If we certify its use of patents, then they'll have to recognize it as privately owned."
For any product, a list of used patents is registered in the tag and embedded.
If you checked on what kind of patent was used and who was allowed to use it by checking the access code and disclosure code into that tag, it would be solid evidence that it was the Private property of Seina.
"The patent that was used is used only for The Kamidake, and it only had permission for use by Seina, it will be impossible to deny it."
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"Hehe ... ... if this works, they'll have to take it illegally by force to move forward."
"...... Kiriko-chan, is doing her best, but it still seems like her attempts at resistance will be useless."
"I wish I could help ...... But I'm not one for cloak and dagger antics uhuhuhuhuhu but you don't you mind at all do you Seto? Ho ho ho."
"If it works, You get to claim someone else as the bad guy. Regardless I'm on the side of Seina and Fuku." Seto said
"You look happy." Airi said
"Don't act like you aren't also going rouge by telling them, Airi you're getting better at it, but you need better timing, that's half the battle"
"Whatever you say boss."
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"When this is done, let's change the processing order by accessing the office processing computer."
"You know that's illegal right?"
"I won't force you."
Erma turned into Ryoko suddenly.
"Did you forget? I'm a Space Pirate." She smiled and began working on it.
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"Minaho are you ready?" Seto asked.
"Deployment is completed, we can make our move at any time."
"If the Kamidake is brought in to the coordinates we predicted, then there's no doubt that it's the location of Tarrant's home base. Our primary goal is to rescue Miki Steinbeck, detain Tarrant, and retrieve the Kamidake, worst case scenario if it's too difficult to retrieve it's destruction will be permitted. Please do your best!"
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"... Was it possible to change the hull registration time?" Amane asked
"No it was useless .... an AI kept preventing it." Kiriko looked tired and leaned against the chair.
"But in two days the name change will go through and they'll have to return it to us, isn't that enough?"
"I'm not so optimistic, I doubt it will be returned so soon, we might even lose it forever."
"No way! what gives you that idea?"
"They might act like we voluntarily submitted it to them, in any case, I don't think we'll get it back until they've managed to do some investigation on it ..." Kiriko exhaled a small sigh and looked around.
"Were is Ms. Neiju and Fuku?"
"I didn't want to bore them, Seina is back home, So I had them returned to my house with Karen."
"Oh that's right ... ... I still need to explain this situation to Seina ..."
"Kiriko-sama! The Army is here!"
The external monitor showed warships jumping out one after another around the dock, and the circumference was surrounded in a few minutes.
"The GP military will be taking the Kamidake immediately. Please hand it over promptly. "
an officer displayed documents issued by the Galactic Federation.
"The Kamidake's crew will be under our supervision until we're done. Stay where you are and don't move " And immediately the military stormed into the control room and turned their guns at Kiriko.
"Hey! What are you doing !?"
"Don't move! We're authorized to shoot to kill if you resist." The muzzle remained oriented towards Kiriko.
"Isn't this a bit much for taking the Kamidake?"
"You didn't expect us to just stand by while you illegally hacked the registration system do you?"
"Oh!?" Kiriko was silenced.
"If you don't resist then there'll be no need for things to get rough."
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Neiju who came home to Amane's penthouse embraced Fuku and went out to the terrace.
The sea breeze was comfortable and it was very relaxing.
"huaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..." She yawned
"I hope big brother comes back soon."
"Miah?"Fuku turned to face the garden, and noticed a carrot rolling there.
"Miaa ......!"
She jumped out of Neiju 's arms and ran after the carrot.
"Stop! Fuku!"
Neiju immediately felt something was unnatural, she stopped Fuku, but the next moment, the area about a meter past Fuku was enveloped in a time freezing barrier.
(I sense evil!)
She felt the wind pressure change and felt a light shock as something pressed up against her neck, she threw herself forward. she felt like she had just avoided an attack meant to make her faint but couldn't look back to confirm it. But that small action resulted in a big advantage as things started to occur.
"Ms. Neiju!"
Karen immediately felt a strange feeling, she sensed the enemies lurking around her in camouflage, and attacked without hesitation.
"Gaah!" This forced them out of hiding.
"Freeze! " Karen, who confirmed that the muzzle of the gun of the now camouflage-free enemy was directed at Neiju, quickly stopped her resistance and she received a blow from enemy in the back of the head and fell down where she stood.
"Check if Seina Yamada is here, seal the entrance and all exits!
"You bitch! You killed him!" That was probably in reference to the man who was attacked by Karen earlier, who ever said it pointed a muzzle at Karen.
"Don't act against a subordinate of the devil princess if you cant stand to face retaliation!"
"Huh!?"
The man who was standing up hurriedly raised the muzzle of his gun at her.
The "Retaliation of a subordinate of the devil princess" was a kind of urban legend. Fear of terrorism and illegal activities, and retaliatory warfare created such a legend. There was no limit to the number of organizations that have been annihilated by Seto's information network, which was said to be the best at gathering intelligence, and their fighting power was legendary too. They showed no mercy when it came to illegal trickery. So in response to people who carried out illegal activities they were known to be harbingers of death.
─ ─ ─ ding dong.
At that time, the chime indicating Seina was coming home came from the entrance, the men immediately took Fuku and started withdrawing.
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Shortly before that, Seina was on the elevator heading for Amane's home with NB.
"Wow that must have been a dangerous job you have lots of bruises."
"But the courier business is fun because there'ss no one to fight, I was able to make it through a long training session and have plenty of stories to tell."
"Well, That sure sounds like fun Mr.Master... ... oh!"
When the elevator passed a certain point, NB went silent.
"What's wrong?"
"Something has happened I sense a wireless blockade!NB said Seina readied for the worst.
"Mr. Master is anyone waiting for you upstairs?"
"Neiju-chan Should be up there!"
"I understand, but for now we shouldn't go rushing in to save them."
NB said with a serious expression Seina gave up on persuading it. For now Seina could ensure his safety but for Neiju it might have already been too late. Of course he could have been wrong about that but there was no way for him to know.
"I understand" Seina had no intention of launching an assault. He could sense something wrong in the atmosphere. He activated a special Guardian System which Seina had been given. It wasn't suitable for combat, but it was perfect for protecting himself.
He got out of elevator while examining the situation. He cautiously approached the entrance.
"It seems like all the alarm systems have been taken over. a dummy signal is being sent to the outside and Master's communication system is obstructed."
NB attached a terminal to the wall, he began looking at the state of the inside.
NB detected the sound Karen was knocked down.
"oh!"
Seina felt something, he pressed the intercom switch.
─ ─ ─ bing bong.
"... It seems that they've started withdrawing."
"let's go!"
Seina went inside. As he opened the front door and slid in. And when he felt that there was no dangerous atmosphere and checked for signs of intruders inside, he came running to check on the girls.
"Neiju, Karen !?"
Seina saw Karen collapsed beside Neeju. she was bleeding.
"I'm okay, I'm just stunned, Fuku-chan needs your help!"
A slight fluctuation blur appeared in the sky where Neiju pointed. It was a flying ship disappearing in camouflage. Even with his Bio - Enhanced vision it was totally undetectable unless he looked carefully. Perhaps Neiju wouldn't've noticed it unless she had been taught to.
"Please help Karen!"
"You don't have much time, Master!"
Seina started running like a rabbit. He and Nb jumped into the small ship that Kiriko borrowed from Airi, which was on the way up the stairs.
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Although The Kamidake was taken away already by the military, Kiriko 's detention continued. Moreover, each girl was isolated in a separate room individually under the supervision of the military.
【Karen! Karen! ...... No, she hasn't returned to normal consciousness yet.]
Kiriko, whose normal communication was blocked, was conducting secret communication with Hakuren and the others. Although there was some interference, it wasn't enough to inconvenience her hearing.
[Kiriko-sama, Seto is trying to get in touch with you. Apparently there seems a privacy block on the communication network.】
[Amane's house has no abnormal readings coming from it but I think that a communication block and camouflage are probably being done on it. I can't get in touch with the entrance staff of the apartment.]
They were completely isolated.
【How about you? If we were alone, it would be possible to escape from here, but ...
[The enemies are surrounding us, we can't do anything. And if I resist, who knows what will happen with Amane and Ryoko ... I need to find out what's going on ... and I can't move until I know how Neiju and Karen are doing.]
[There's something behind this other than a survey of the Kamidake.]
It was a divide and conquer situation. The information that was blocked was being monitored by Seto. But no gaps in the communication block were found at all, so it wasn't possible to do anything for Kiriko.
[There's no choice but to have this situation play out for a while.]
"Seto-sama! I have word from the staff at the entrance to Amane's apartment. It seems that Fuku has been taken away in an attack by the military. "
An emergency communication came from Minaho which boiled Kiriko's blood.
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"This is Nakita! It's done!"This situation was also a bit unexpected for Seto.
"I'm sorry. It seems that a military spy had gotten a job at the entrance of Amane's apartment. They said that the majority of their facilities were disabled. "
"Nakita ...... You don't have to work so hard at pretending like you didn't know right now ... ... Have you regained Fuku-chan yet? "
After all, she didn't want to put Fuku in danger or to upset Seina.
"Not that it matters. No matter what happens I'll just be seen as a crusty old hag."
In other words, she knew she would suffer hardships from this operation.
"Still failure on that matter is unacceptable."
"Ok ... .... Well... Huh!"
"What's wrong?"
"A small ship has left from Amane's apartment, Seina is on it. Ms. Neiju and Karen have confirmed it. He's going after Fuku. "
"Seina ... ... you don't have to work so hard right now!" Seto, was shocked. A call came in.
【...............】
The communication was instantaneous, but the color of Seto's face changed.
".... What's that about fuku chan?"
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On Seniwa's main planet Washu was standing surrounded by huge snow mist trees.
As the petal danced and scattered, a monument of black crystal of about 2 meters tall was floating in front of Washu's eyes.In it Mikumo's body was sealed, but the insides couldn't be seen.
"...... I see, that sounds a bit inconvenient Naja."
"In terms of technology, Tarrant poses a considerable opposition to the Academy, so I didn't think it will end up anywhere but in the hands of another philosopher. I think we both know who the most likely candidate they would get to handle it is ... and I'm sorry. It seems that is so, so be wary."
"The Daruma guild's extinction was so sudden that nobody noticed him disappearing in post processing .... or maybe it was because of Seina's probability bias ... Well I have Ryo-Ohki with me to hold the fort down here so don't worry about me. But I couldn't bear it if something were to happen to Fuku." said Washu
"I'll make sure she is saved. See ya." Seto ended communications, Washu took a deep breath.
"...... uhuhuh. Anyway, it's Dr clay ... ... It's not a bad idea to bring another philosopher in to examine her."
"Oh were you busy?"A voice called from the behind her, Washu slowly turned around, there was a young man with the nurse that was in love with Mikumo.
"Huh, Aren't you supposed to be somewhere else?" Washu's voice contained a mild anger. And it was directed to the young man.
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A few minutes after following the small ship carrying Fuku, the ship that Seina took came into satellite orbit of the Academy's main planet.
"Mr. Master, You shouldn't jump after them!"
"Why because of orders from the GP?"
"You'd be disrupting a military exercise."
"We have to stop them! They kidnapped Fuku and hit Karen!"
"No matter how unjustifiable, orders are orders."
"Their orders are pointless!"Seina replied immediately.
"Well, you might get fired from the GP, or be arrested if you take actions against that ship."
"What!? ... .......... There's no use thinking about that! If I stop tracking them now, I might never see Fuku again!"
For a moment, Seina had on an expression of anguish but after a bit he decided to ignore NB's warning.
"If you understand the risks and want to go after her I can take the brunt of the blame and shield you from the worst of it."
"What? What are you talking about? You're my NB, I'll still be held responsible ...!"
NB began to change in front of Seina's eyes and she turned into Kirche.
"Huh NB !? That body is ... ...."
He couldn't recall anything about meeting Kirche and spending time with her in his dreams, but Kenneth was an enthusiastic fan of hers, So he knew her as an Idol. However, if a missing celebrity suddenly appeared in front of you're very eyes you might doubt their authenticity.
"... .... Well are you going to go after her?"
The aura woman in front of his eyes was enough to convince him that she was real. and so he was embarrassed by her undressed appearance.
"I'll explain afterward. We have to chase them now!"
"Oh! That's right! ... But, they did a short distance jump, I can't predict where they went only guess."
If you couldn't predict the jump destination, you needed to detect where the opponent jumped out at and then jump to it. Of course, that distance could be too great. it would be over if it requires a long distance jump.
"─ ─ ─ Can we attack?"
"only to stop the target, but it is a far more serious crime then an order violation. We don't want to risk killing someone or worst the possibility of hurting fuku."
(... ... how can we go up against a ship like that?)
"It's okay, Seina, this ship is Airi-sama's ...... It's the ship of a philosopher." Kirche smiled nicely like she read seina's thoughts
"Huh?"
"The ship has jumped out, we identified the position! Time to jump!"
Airi 's small ship immediately identified the enemy' s position and shifted to super spacial navigation.
"Oh, this is!! The Top secret super space !?"
-----The one only Juraian ships are supposed to know about--------
Seina recognized it and as he soon as he did they jumped back out to normal space. The target ship was still in front of them. Without hesitation, Kirche shot at the power generators of the target ship.
"Great aim……" Her aim was comparable to Amane's.
They hit it with a tractor beam and the target ship became immovable.
"Seina Yamada. Your actions are a serious violation of orders. "
Finally the other party opened the communication line with voice only.
"I would like you to return Fuku immediately."
"This is the decision of the Galactic Federation."
"Return Fuku ... ...!"
"The delivery should have only been the hull of Kamidake, And I can't help but ask you what kind of legitimacy there is in the act of attacking civilians and depriving them of their property. We demand you transfer her back to the GP."
"Is there an order to withdraw? "
"This is an emergency measure, Fuku has human rights She is a presence with and astral, the protection of her rights take precedence."
"chh! ... You'll regret this."
The other's party's words proved illegal intent. However ... ...
"Somethings jumping out!" Kirche shouted, a large scale army ship jumped out at a close distance which caused intense shaking.
"Chh!" Seina quickly cut the tractor beam.
"Avoid them!"
"Ah!"
"Oh!?"
Kirche backed off a moment later a beam of high power passed through where Seina's ship would have gone if they hadn't stopped.
"Damn it!" Fuku and the evidence to prove the illegality of her capture were on that ship and they were getting away. Without it all Seina had was evidence of himself violating orders. However, the large ship looked like it could easily take out the one Seina was on.
"Seina, wait a minute!"
Kirche did something that made the ship quickly approach the small ship and bypass the large ship.
"huh!?"
The inertial control couldn't catch up, intense G force attacked their bodies. Despite its size, the small ship approached while emitting a beam with a fairly powerful output, but as expected it was impossible for them to penetrate the armor or shields of the heavy armored war ships.
"Ah!!"
Individual bullets launched from the small ship and split in to hair like pinpoints of energy shield and together they managed to weaken the shields enough to barely pass though, it made a bright red spot on the outer armor of the enemy battleship. The enemy ship quickly became transparent and invisible.
"Their withdrawing! Emergency jump!"
The small ship jumped out to a point several light years away from the warship after a only a few seconds using a super spatial jump.
"Kirche, those bullets were they ... ...."
"Yes those obnoxious ones that hit the kamidake 1."
"How do you know about those... ..."
"Because I've seen everything as NB" Kirche smiled with a smile.
"Oh, I see ... ... that makes sense."
Acting as NB, she would have seen everything going on aboard the Kamidake. It was no wonder that Kirche had so much skill in ship to ship combat.
"But such a large ship, are the paint bullets going to be effective ...?"
"I mainly hit them with it for the marker function, so that way we can follow where they go."
"Does that mean ... ... Can we still follow that ship?"
"Yes, it's impossible to follow them with no long distance hyperspace navigation drive, but once they get where they're going we can make a series of normal long distance jumps. we should have about a week of supplies on board, but if you are concerned about safety we can go back to Amane's and consult with Kiriko. "
"... I don't think we can, something is obviously wrong, ... ... I have a bad feeling about going back."
"How about notifying the people of the earth about Fuku-chan? There's nothing preventing it, Washu-sama, Tenchi-san, and Ryo-Ohki-chan would make for powerful backup."
"If these actions are the will of the Galactic Federation, as you've said, there's the danger of putting Tenchi-senpai in a bad position in the current situation without clear evidence. So first of all I'm going to see where the other party goes. "
"Okay, then please know I'm here to serve you."
"I know but uhm well ... ...."
"oh ... I…… uhm..." Kirche returned back to her nb form.
------She's naked-----
"So what will it be do we go on a long trip without alternating personnel, or do we go back and get the others? We have to decide quickly."
"I know ... ... Let's just go! We have to Help Fuku!"
Seina said with out hesitation. Even with the stigma of rebellion on him, he had more to regret if he lost Fuku. Miki disappeared out of reach of Seina, but Fuku was right in front of him. It was still possible to reach for her.
"We've received data from the marker! We've set a course to jump!"
"Alright then let's jump!
"Okay!"
After a moment Seina's small ships jumped after it's goal.
【Tenchi useless! GXP Vol. 12 · finished】
This ends around the 11:58 mark in episode 23 of the anime.
This volume seems to have no afterword.
The concluding theater is just seina answering an interview from the girls fan club members about his trip to imuim there is no point in translating it.
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---Start of Episode 23----
After the battle Seina had returned to the GP academy and things were like when he started. Today he was training at the Package Sorting Office.
"I haven't done something like this in a long time."
"Oh It seems that this kind of work is unsatisfactory for Seina. Are you upset that there's no opponent to take down?"
"Both are important tasks, and to be honest, I'm more relieved that there isn't."Seina smiled and made an error.
"Oh no I made a mistake" Seina, who noticed that the package was misplaced in the wrong section, paused the conveyor and tried to move the package to a different route. But the conveyor didn't stop and the packages flowed in front of Seina.
"Ah! It's over there ...!!"
He tried to reach it but his sleeve got caught on the end of the conveyor, Seina was dragged into a tunnel.
"Huh, Seina!"
"Why didn't the sensor detect him !? Stop the conveyor! Emergency stop!"
The inspector who noticed the commotion hurriedly performed an emergency stop and Seina escaped from the situation which had him half lodged in the tunnel.
"Boy, no matter where you work your bad luck just doesn't change."
"Isn't that the truth" Kenneth and Rajau laughed.
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Airi and Nakita were sitting opposite each other in the GP Academy Chairman's Office.
"... ... And what is your request?"
"It's about the Kamidake's treatment. I'll put it straightforwardly, I think that the Kamidake's place is in the GP army not the police .... After destroying Big Daruma, the leadership feels it is time to take extreme actions to strengthening our arms. The damage the lucky ships have caused must also be restored."
"So where does the army come in?"
"Pirate assassination is essentially our field of work."
"At this time, I want to knock off the the rest of the Space Pirates entirely ... but it's the Galactic Federation's decision, I have no say in it ..."
"Even so, we need a watchdog to keep them in line, with the Kamidake the army will be able to keep them in check."
"Nevertheless, I don't want to hand it over ... ... not because of the militaries behavior or anything."
"It's already been decided." Nakita said quietly, but in a firm voice.
"……I see."
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"It not often that I see you with an injury of this degree, it's usually worse."
Seina was in the medical office being treated by a female doctor.
"Hahaha ... ... I'm used to it ... ...!"
"Aren't you the one who took down the Daruma guild?"
The female doctor's hand gripped Seina's gently and she pulled her body onto his. Looking closely her outfit had been left in a revealing state and she had on far more makeup then was standard. He knew that this wasn't up to standard. The girl had a relaxing air like Kiriko's, but was an attractive person with a strong atmosphere.
"Uhm excuse me……?"
"Hey Seina do you dislike older women? I can cure whenever you get hurt, I can even nurse you back to health."
"Oh, well thank you very much, and if there is anything else I'll let you know."
"uuunnn! Hey, Seina!"
He shook himself out of the doctors grip and jumped out into the corridor. There were Kenneth and Rajau watching him with a grin.
"Nice going Seina,"
"If you were looking why didn't you help me Kenneth! Rajau you said that you helped me ..."
"Seina you're the star of the GP, The Leadership thinks you show promising talent, you're just going to have to learn how to deal with things like this in the future."
"Oh... yeah! We won't always be there to help."
"You there now weren't you?"
"I don't want to be known for treating women badly, I especially don't want to be on the bad side of that female doctor she's the one in charge of many things around here."
"Oh yeah! Don't worry we can still see if we can have Miranda senpai help with this."
Since their reunion, Kenneth frequently contacted Miranda and Caliche.
"... ... It's a blessed friendship."
"There's no need for that .... she'll just tell everyone in the class and that will be even more of a mess."
"Is that so! You know we heard you went to" Imuim " with Professor Kiriko?"
"I Told them I wanted to take you with me, but there were problems with the capacity, only the kamidake's crew could come, it won't happen next time. Besides Kenneth, you were in training and couldn't come any way. "
"Damn! And we had no luck the entire time we were there ..."
Their peeping efforts were not successful at the branch office orbiting Earth.
"Oh well, it was OK if you called me, and with Seto there you wouldn't even have been able to enjoy Imium because of her presence."
Seina spewed a sigh of relief. Everyone in the class knew that Seto was with him they just wanted something to be angry about.
"However, Gyokuren was there and we all know how that probably went.."
"Please keep silent about that, I don't want anyone giving me a hard time over it"
"... Fine"
------In the afterstory extra which I'm not translating it's revealed that they didn't keep it quiet and so he had to give an interview explaining the Imuim trip to the fanclubs.--------
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"... ... So the decision has already been made?"
"If it's is a command from above, it can't be helped, and I think that the capabilities of the Kamidake alone classifies it as unfit for the decoy division."
After all, the Kamidake was made to do battle with Space Pirates, and was unable to cooperate with other decoy units. For that reason alone it was always deployed independently.
"However, the captain Yamada Seina is still a student, and the Kamidake is still immature."
"So isn't education necessary at such an early stage? Most combat experiences are similar to what it would see in the army."
"... ... It sure is wonderful right?"
The power of Kamidake was amazing. the power it wielded required great personal judgment from its commander. That was why as long an organization controlled it strict observation was important. However, Airi, as a member of the academy, felt a bit dissatisfied with this situation.
"But the Kamidake's power is dangerous if it's misused or worse be allowed to go out of control."
"I'd like to avoid any unnecessary confrontation with you.With respect to the operation of the Kamidake, we're planning to operate it after consultation with you, that's why I came here in advance today."
"Please do so carefully."
"Formal notice will arrive from the Galactic Federation tomorrow, at that time I would appreciate your favor."
"I understand." He raised a salute to Mikami who had been holding tea silently for what felt like the whole morning. He didn't even try to salute Airi. Nakita headed for the transfer gate.
"... ... so the time has finally come." Mikami said with a sigh after Nakita left.
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"Why!?" Amane hit the table with great strength.
Kiriko's group was invited to Airi 's private house downstairs from the office room of the Chairman's office. This wasn't an official meeting with her as the chief director, although it was a private area, she still used it when talking about things politically important.
"Why should I give The Kamidake to the army!?"
"The document is formal, we can't refuse them if they issue this."
Before Amane's eyes, appeared not only the monitor but also the request which was printed on paper and signed by hand.
"Oh... ....!" as soon as Amane saw it, she sat down on the sofa.
"But Mizuki is in the Kamidake ..." Kiriko continued Amane's outrage.
"We're transferring only the Kamidake, I won't hand over your personally owned royal ship."
"If that's so then The Kamidake is owned by Seina! That was transferred from Washu ... ...."
"I'm sorry, but that's not the case."
"What!?" everyone looked at Airi all at once.
"There are omissions in it's airfare registration that were made by Jurai, The Kamidake is treated as a renovation the first kamidake ... that is to say, on paper it's supposed to be a ship made by the GP."
"Why did they do that!?"
"Because of all the troubles that come with admitting how it was made."
"UGHHHHHH! I'll change it then!" Kiriko regretted her complacency.
"... ... then, please proceed to change the name!"
"Even so, it won't be recognized immediately, and it would be difficult to prove that the Kamidake is not a refurbishment of the former aircraft."
"If you show the waste records and survey data from the previous aircraft ... ...."
"Because it was a ship planned to be Jurai's next main flagship, it was handled in confidentiality and that information can't be divulged to the military."
"What about Fuku-chan? She wont accept the authority of anyone other than Seina."
Kiriko put forward the best reason she had. The military would treat her like a machine part. It most likely wouldn't work any better then before kiriko build the subsystem. Of course it wouldn't have been an issue if Fuku was mentally mature, but it was cruel to force a young Fuku into such a situation now. It was like trying to put a kindergartner in the military. And if by chance, she tried to escape like before, she would be charged with the crime of desertion.
"It is only the hull that's being handed over to the army, they plan to use the subsystem controls built by Kiriko-chan, if they need to they will convene your team together."
"... Well maybe that isn't so bad." Kiriko was beginning to feel like Airi contacting them over such a non issue was a sign that something was up.
"... so is the real reason its being taken to investigate the Kamidake? Is it not only the army but also the Galactic Federation, GP, and Jurai, are they responsible too?"
"What do you mean? Kiriko" Amane looked at Kiriko surprised.
"Everyone in here knows that The Kamidake was created by Washu, but Washu-sama's survival hadn't been released yet, so the Kamidake itself isn't officially known to be made by her."
Kiriko said that and looked at Airi.
"Well, since it was originally a privately owned ship, It was unknown where it came from."
Airi enjoyed accepting Kiriko's question.
"But after the unbelievable fighting power you showed against the Big Daruma ... ... It's only natural others want to examine it regardless of it supposed origin."
"It's power is comparable to Jurai's royals ships, of course they do."
"But royals ship are handled with top secrecy by Kurai ... ... but the GP owns the Kamidake."
" ... It's natural that they want to investigate the technology."
"But Kiriko, They could have just done so with it here, so why haven't they?"Neiju added.
"That's a good question……"
"Everyone quit making such scary faces." Seto, who had been listening silently till then, breathed a sigh.
"As Kiriko's guessed, the investigation of the Kamidake is their primary objective, what did you expect after it showed such power?
"If I knew that was going to happen we'd never have fought it!"
"I'm not surprised we've received requests to examine the royal trees in the past but we've denied them every time."
Of course each time Jurai rejected the request in a way that was nearly half a threat. The royal Trees had free will, so at least in Jurai they had human rights. That's why if royal Trees refuses to disclose information, it can't be forced. They were able to make threats because the Trees had such irreconcilable power, that it was possible to destroy the Galactic Federation entirely if they did something to bring it to want to enact such violence. and technically the trees were originally Jurai's indigenous people, not the Juraians.
"The Academy has problems of it's own" Airi said.
"Washu-san's technology is a ridiculous powder keg, many people want to know about that technology ... they're swarming like piranha, and the investigation requires the formation of teams and it's a big challenge for anyone to take the initiative,those with strong sponsors are the easiest to get organized. "
"Well ... ... Of course, it'd be a problem if it was lead by Seniwa or any of the other countries."
Amane looked at Mikami quickly. Mikami smiled silently and affirmed the opinion.
"... but, it's okay to have it lead by the Galactic Federation?"
"That's right, but ... the leaders of the current Galactic Federation have no idea what's going on especially not with Washu." Airi diverted her line of sight with a bitter smile.
"Indeed ... ... that's why we don't want them to be the ones conducting the investigation."
If it was confirmed to be made by Washu's hands, the retaliation would be horrible.
"I don't care I just don't want the military to take it away."
"The situation is touchy. We can't risk fighting with the military right now."
"So you're just going to let Fuku be as a political tool !?"
"Yes, I'm afraid I have to" Seto remarked coldly.
"Airi-sama! Fuku-chan is Washu-sama's daughter ... well ... you said ..."
"How can you let this happen ... Are you really just going to stand by and do nothing Airi-sama?" Neiju stood up and said.
"That's right." Although it was expected, Kiriko was shocked to hear such a blunt answer.
"How can you say that ...?"
"As soon as we separate the Mizuki unit from the Kamidake we will transport it... you have until then to take care of any business you have with it." Airi said to Amane cryptically.
"……I understand"
Kiriko glanced at Airi and Seto and left the room.
"Hey, wait! I'm coming with you!" Amane chased after Kiriko, only Neiju remained in the room.
"I know what being subject to politics is like, but I don't care right now I'm going to act as an individual, I act as Neiju now."
"Don't you think you should go catch up with Kiriko?"
Seto lowered her head to Neiju.
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Together with Hakuren, Kiriko and others started the removal of the Mizuki Unit and the re-registration of the Kamidake in Airi's dock that stored the Kamidake.
"We've completed the transfer of Kamidake's subspace residential district and warehouse to Mizuki.... Let's improve the controls for the subsystem as much as possible before the army arrives, we need to buy a little time."
Even if Fuku wasn't a part of it, if they could make it have reasonable performance, then they wouldn't need to borrow Fuku in the future. In any case Kamidake wasn't something that could be so easily analyzed.
"How's the registration change for the Kamidake?"
"Thanks to what Washu taught us I should be done ... ... Now! The application has been accepted!"
A sigh of relief leaked out from all of them when they heard Karen's report.
"How long will it take to get permission to rewrite the registration?"
"The scheduled time is ... 36 hours."
"36 hours? That's a bit long, isn't it?"
"I think it's probably intentional." Kiriko felt a bit daunted.
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The changes in this from the anime are all plot hole filling ones, it makes no sense to take Fuku if she is an AI in the novels since they've clarified they have human rights, it also makes no sense for the ship to be a GP ship because it uses the old kamidakes parts... because it was all ready to go the second that the damaged ship made it to Jurai. this was a bit of a plot hole in the anime that no one noticed.
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"Oh wow, The registration application has passed already, ho ho ho."
Mikami who was monitoring Kiriko 's activity seemed to be having fun. She looked like a mother watching her children's mischief.
"Washu-chan sure has a soft spot for Seina."
"If we certify its use of patents, then they'll have to recognize it as privately owned."
For any product, a list of used patents is registered in the tag and embedded.
If you checked on what kind of patent was used and who was allowed to use it by checking the access code and disclosure code into that tag, it would be solid evidence that it was the Private property of Seina.
"The patent that was used is used only for The Kamidake, and it only had permission for use by Seina, it will be impossible to deny it."
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"Hehe ... ... if this works, they'll have to take it illegally by force to move forward."
"...... Kiriko-chan, is doing her best, but it still seems like her attempts at resistance will be useless."
"I wish I could help ...... But I'm not one for cloak and dagger antics uhuhuhuhuhu but you don't you mind at all do you Seto? Ho ho ho."
"If it works, You get to claim someone else as the bad guy. Regardless I'm on the side of Seina and Fuku." Seto said
"You look happy." Airi said
"Don't act like you aren't also going rouge by telling them, Airi you're getting better at it, but you need better timing, that's half the battle"
"Whatever you say boss."
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"When this is done, let's change the processing order by accessing the office processing computer."
"You know that's illegal right?"
"I won't force you."
Erma turned into Ryoko suddenly.
"Did you forget? I'm a Space Pirate." She smiled and began working on it.
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"Minaho are you ready?" Seto asked.
"Deployment is completed, we can make our move at any time."
"If the Kamidake is brought in to the coordinates we predicted, then there's no doubt that it's the location of Tarrant's home base. Our primary goal is to rescue Miki Steinbeck, detain Tarrant, and retrieve the Kamidake, worst case scenario if it's too difficult to retrieve it's destruction will be permitted. Please do your best!"
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"... Was it possible to change the hull registration time?" Amane asked
"No it was useless .... an AI kept preventing it." Kiriko looked tired and leaned against the chair.
"But in two days the name change will go through and they'll have to return it to us, isn't that enough?"
"I'm not so optimistic, I doubt it will be returned so soon, we might even lose it forever."
"No way! what gives you that idea?"
"They might act like we voluntarily submitted it to them, in any case, I don't think we'll get it back until they've managed to do some investigation on it ..." Kiriko exhaled a small sigh and looked around.
"Were is Ms. Neiju and Fuku?"
"I didn't want to bore them, Seina is back home, So I had them returned to my house with Karen."
"Oh that's right ... ... I still need to explain this situation to Seina ..."
"Kiriko-sama! The Army is here!"
The external monitor showed warships jumping out one after another around the dock, and the circumference was surrounded in a few minutes.
"The GP military will be taking the Kamidake immediately. Please hand it over promptly. "
an officer displayed documents issued by the Galactic Federation.
"The Kamidake's crew will be under our supervision until we're done. Stay where you are and don't move " And immediately the military stormed into the control room and turned their guns at Kiriko.
"Hey! What are you doing !?"
"Don't move! We're authorized to shoot to kill if you resist." The muzzle remained oriented towards Kiriko.
"Isn't this a bit much for taking the Kamidake?"
"You didn't expect us to just stand by while you illegally hacked the registration system do you?"
"Oh!?" Kiriko was silenced.
"If you don't resist then there'll be no need for things to get rough."
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Neiju who came home to Amane's penthouse embraced Fuku and went out to the terrace.
The sea breeze was comfortable and it was very relaxing.
"huaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..." She yawned
"I hope big brother comes back soon."
"Miah?"Fuku turned to face the garden, and noticed a carrot rolling there.
"Miaa ......!"
She jumped out of Neiju 's arms and ran after the carrot.
"Stop! Fuku!"
Neiju immediately felt something was unnatural, she stopped Fuku, but the next moment, the area about a meter past Fuku was enveloped in a time freezing barrier.
(I sense evil!)
She felt the wind pressure change and felt a light shock as something pressed up against her neck, she threw herself forward. she felt like she had just avoided an attack meant to make her faint but couldn't look back to confirm it. But that small action resulted in a big advantage as things started to occur.
"Ms. Neiju!"
Karen immediately felt a strange feeling, she sensed the enemies lurking around her in camouflage, and attacked without hesitation.
"Gaah!" This forced them out of hiding.
"Freeze! " Karen, who confirmed that the muzzle of the gun of the now camouflage-free enemy was directed at Neiju, quickly stopped her resistance and she received a blow from enemy in the back of the head and fell down where she stood.
"Check if Seina Yamada is here, seal the entrance and all exits!
"You bitch! You killed him!" That was probably in reference to the man who was attacked by Karen earlier, who ever said it pointed a muzzle at Karen.
"Don't act against a subordinate of the devil princess if you cant stand to face retaliation!"
"Huh!?"
The man who was standing up hurriedly raised the muzzle of his gun at her.
The "Retaliation of a subordinate of the devil princess" was a kind of urban legend. Fear of terrorism and illegal activities, and retaliatory warfare created such a legend. There was no limit to the number of organizations that have been annihilated by Seto's information network, which was said to be the best at gathering intelligence, and their fighting power was legendary too. They showed no mercy when it came to illegal trickery. So in response to people who carried out illegal activities they were known to be harbingers of death.
─ ─ ─ ding dong.
At that time, the chime indicating Seina was coming home came from the entrance, the men immediately took Fuku and started withdrawing.
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Shortly before that, Seina was on the elevator heading for Amane's home with NB.
"Wow that must have been a dangerous job you have lots of bruises."
"But the courier business is fun because there'ss no one to fight, I was able to make it through a long training session and have plenty of stories to tell."
"Well, That sure sounds like fun Mr.Master... ... oh!"
When the elevator passed a certain point, NB went silent.
"What's wrong?"
"Something has happened I sense a wireless blockade!NB said Seina readied for the worst.
"Mr. Master is anyone waiting for you upstairs?"
"Neiju-chan Should be up there!"
"I understand, but for now we shouldn't go rushing in to save them."
NB said with a serious expression Seina gave up on persuading it. For now Seina could ensure his safety but for Neiju it might have already been too late. Of course he could have been wrong about that but there was no way for him to know.
"I understand" Seina had no intention of launching an assault. He could sense something wrong in the atmosphere. He activated a special Guardian System which Seina had been given. It wasn't suitable for combat, but it was perfect for protecting himself.
He got out of elevator while examining the situation. He cautiously approached the entrance.
"It seems like all the alarm systems have been taken over. a dummy signal is being sent to the outside and Master's communication system is obstructed."
NB attached a terminal to the wall, he began looking at the state of the inside.
NB detected the sound Karen was knocked down.
"oh!"
Seina felt something, he pressed the intercom switch.
─ ─ ─ bing bong.
"... It seems that they've started withdrawing."
"let's go!"
Seina went inside. As he opened the front door and slid in. And when he felt that there was no dangerous atmosphere and checked for signs of intruders inside, he came running to check on the girls.
"Neiju, Karen !?"
Seina saw Karen collapsed beside Neeju. she was bleeding.
"I'm okay, I'm just stunned, Fuku-chan needs your help!"
A slight fluctuation blur appeared in the sky where Neiju pointed. It was a flying ship disappearing in camouflage. Even with his Bio - Enhanced vision it was totally undetectable unless he looked carefully. Perhaps Neiju wouldn't've noticed it unless she had been taught to.
"Please help Karen!"
"You don't have much time, Master!"
Seina started running like a rabbit. He and Nb jumped into the small ship that Kiriko borrowed from Airi, which was on the way up the stairs.
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Although The Kamidake was taken away already by the military, Kiriko 's detention continued. Moreover, each girl was isolated in a separate room individually under the supervision of the military.
【Karen! Karen! ...... No, she hasn't returned to normal consciousness yet.]
Kiriko, whose normal communication was blocked, was conducting secret communication with Hakuren and the others. Although there was some interference, it wasn't enough to inconvenience her hearing.
[Kiriko-sama, Seto is trying to get in touch with you. Apparently there seems a privacy block on the communication network.】
[Amane's house has no abnormal readings coming from it but I think that a communication block and camouflage are probably being done on it. I can't get in touch with the entrance staff of the apartment.]
They were completely isolated.
【How about you? If we were alone, it would be possible to escape from here, but ...
[The enemies are surrounding us, we can't do anything. And if I resist, who knows what will happen with Amane and Ryoko ... I need to find out what's going on ... and I can't move until I know how Neiju and Karen are doing.]
[There's something behind this other than a survey of the Kamidake.]
It was a divide and conquer situation. The information that was blocked was being monitored by Seto. But no gaps in the communication block were found at all, so it wasn't possible to do anything for Kiriko.
[There's no choice but to have this situation play out for a while.]
"Seto-sama! I have word from the staff at the entrance to Amane's apartment. It seems that Fuku has been taken away in an attack by the military. "
An emergency communication came from Minaho which boiled Kiriko's blood.
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"This is Nakita! It's done!"This situation was also a bit unexpected for Seto.
"I'm sorry. It seems that a military spy had gotten a job at the entrance of Amane's apartment. They said that the majority of their facilities were disabled. "
"Nakita ...... You don't have to work so hard at pretending like you didn't know right now ... ... Have you regained Fuku-chan yet? "
After all, she didn't want to put Fuku in danger or to upset Seina.
"Not that it matters. No matter what happens I'll just be seen as a crusty old hag."
In other words, she knew she would suffer hardships from this operation.
"Still failure on that matter is unacceptable."
"Ok ... .... Well... Huh!"
"What's wrong?"
"A small ship has left from Amane's apartment, Seina is on it. Ms. Neiju and Karen have confirmed it. He's going after Fuku. "
"Seina ... ... you don't have to work so hard right now!" Seto, was shocked. A call came in.
【...............】
The communication was instantaneous, but the color of Seto's face changed.
".... What's that about fuku chan?"
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On Seniwa's main planet Washu was standing surrounded by huge snow mist trees.
As the petal danced and scattered, a monument of black crystal of about 2 meters tall was floating in front of Washu's eyes.In it Mikumo's body was sealed, but the insides couldn't be seen.
"...... I see, that sounds a bit inconvenient Naja."
"In terms of technology, Tarrant poses a considerable opposition to the Academy, so I didn't think it will end up anywhere but in the hands of another philosopher. I think we both know who the most likely candidate they would get to handle it is ... and I'm sorry. It seems that is so, so be wary."
"The Daruma guild's extinction was so sudden that nobody noticed him disappearing in post processing .... or maybe it was because of Seina's probability bias ... Well I have Ryo-Ohki with me to hold the fort down here so don't worry about me. But I couldn't bear it if something were to happen to Fuku." said Washu
"I'll make sure she is saved. See ya." Seto ended communications, Washu took a deep breath.
"...... uhuhuh. Anyway, it's Dr clay ... ... It's not a bad idea to bring another philosopher in to examine her."
"Oh were you busy?"A voice called from the behind her, Washu slowly turned around, there was a young man with the nurse that was in love with Mikumo.
"Huh, Aren't you supposed to be somewhere else?" Washu's voice contained a mild anger. And it was directed to the young man.
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A few minutes after following the small ship carrying Fuku, the ship that Seina took came into satellite orbit of the Academy's main planet.
"Mr. Master, You shouldn't jump after them!"
"Why because of orders from the GP?"
"You'd be disrupting a military exercise."
"We have to stop them! They kidnapped Fuku and hit Karen!"
"No matter how unjustifiable, orders are orders."
"Their orders are pointless!"Seina replied immediately.
"Well, you might get fired from the GP, or be arrested if you take actions against that ship."
"What!? ... .......... There's no use thinking about that! If I stop tracking them now, I might never see Fuku again!"
For a moment, Seina had on an expression of anguish but after a bit he decided to ignore NB's warning.
"If you understand the risks and want to go after her I can take the brunt of the blame and shield you from the worst of it."
"What? What are you talking about? You're my NB, I'll still be held responsible ...!"
NB began to change in front of Seina's eyes and she turned into Kirche.
"Huh NB !? That body is ... ...."
He couldn't recall anything about meeting Kirche and spending time with her in his dreams, but Kenneth was an enthusiastic fan of hers, So he knew her as an Idol. However, if a missing celebrity suddenly appeared in front of you're very eyes you might doubt their authenticity.
"... .... Well are you going to go after her?"
The aura woman in front of his eyes was enough to convince him that she was real. and so he was embarrassed by her undressed appearance.
"I'll explain afterward. We have to chase them now!"
"Oh! That's right! ... But, they did a short distance jump, I can't predict where they went only guess."
If you couldn't predict the jump destination, you needed to detect where the opponent jumped out at and then jump to it. Of course, that distance could be too great. it would be over if it requires a long distance jump.
"─ ─ ─ Can we attack?"
"only to stop the target, but it is a far more serious crime then an order violation. We don't want to risk killing someone or worst the possibility of hurting fuku."
(... ... how can we go up against a ship like that?)
"It's okay, Seina, this ship is Airi-sama's ...... It's the ship of a philosopher." Kirche smiled nicely like she read seina's thoughts
"Huh?"
"The ship has jumped out, we identified the position! Time to jump!"
Airi 's small ship immediately identified the enemy' s position and shifted to super spacial navigation.
"Oh, this is!! The Top secret super space !?"
-----The one only Juraian ships are supposed to know about--------
Seina recognized it and as he soon as he did they jumped back out to normal space. The target ship was still in front of them. Without hesitation, Kirche shot at the power generators of the target ship.
"Great aim……" Her aim was comparable to Amane's.
They hit it with a tractor beam and the target ship became immovable.
"Seina Yamada. Your actions are a serious violation of orders. "
Finally the other party opened the communication line with voice only.
"I would like you to return Fuku immediately."
"This is the decision of the Galactic Federation."
"Return Fuku ... ...!"
"The delivery should have only been the hull of Kamidake, And I can't help but ask you what kind of legitimacy there is in the act of attacking civilians and depriving them of their property. We demand you transfer her back to the GP."
"Is there an order to withdraw? "
"This is an emergency measure, Fuku has human rights She is a presence with and astral, the protection of her rights take precedence."
"chh! ... You'll regret this."
The other's party's words proved illegal intent. However ... ...
"Somethings jumping out!" Kirche shouted, a large scale army ship jumped out at a close distance which caused intense shaking.
"Chh!" Seina quickly cut the tractor beam.
"Avoid them!"
"Ah!"
"Oh!?"
Kirche backed off a moment later a beam of high power passed through where Seina's ship would have gone if they hadn't stopped.
"Damn it!" Fuku and the evidence to prove the illegality of her capture were on that ship and they were getting away. Without it all Seina had was evidence of himself violating orders. However, the large ship looked like it could easily take out the one Seina was on.
"Seina, wait a minute!"
Kirche did something that made the ship quickly approach the small ship and bypass the large ship.
"huh!?"
The inertial control couldn't catch up, intense G force attacked their bodies. Despite its size, the small ship approached while emitting a beam with a fairly powerful output, but as expected it was impossible for them to penetrate the armor or shields of the heavy armored war ships.
"Ah!!"
Individual bullets launched from the small ship and split in to hair like pinpoints of energy shield and together they managed to weaken the shields enough to barely pass though, it made a bright red spot on the outer armor of the enemy battleship. The enemy ship quickly became transparent and invisible.
"Their withdrawing! Emergency jump!"
The small ship jumped out to a point several light years away from the warship after a only a few seconds using a super spatial jump.
"Kirche, those bullets were they ... ...."
"Yes those obnoxious ones that hit the kamidake 1."
"How do you know about those... ..."
"Because I've seen everything as NB" Kirche smiled with a smile.
"Oh, I see ... ... that makes sense."
Acting as NB, she would have seen everything going on aboard the Kamidake. It was no wonder that Kirche had so much skill in ship to ship combat.
"But such a large ship, are the paint bullets going to be effective ...?"
"I mainly hit them with it for the marker function, so that way we can follow where they go."
"Does that mean ... ... Can we still follow that ship?"
"Yes, it's impossible to follow them with no long distance hyperspace navigation drive, but once they get where they're going we can make a series of normal long distance jumps. we should have about a week of supplies on board, but if you are concerned about safety we can go back to Amane's and consult with Kiriko. "
"... I don't think we can, something is obviously wrong, ... ... I have a bad feeling about going back."
"How about notifying the people of the earth about Fuku-chan? There's nothing preventing it, Washu-sama, Tenchi-san, and Ryo-Ohki-chan would make for powerful backup."
"If these actions are the will of the Galactic Federation, as you've said, there's the danger of putting Tenchi-senpai in a bad position in the current situation without clear evidence. So first of all I'm going to see where the other party goes. "
"Okay, then please know I'm here to serve you."
"I know but uhm well ... ...."
"oh ... I…… uhm..." Kirche returned back to her nb form.
------She's naked-----
"So what will it be do we go on a long trip without alternating personnel, or do we go back and get the others? We have to decide quickly."
"I know ... ... Let's just go! We have to Help Fuku!"
Seina said with out hesitation. Even with the stigma of rebellion on him, he had more to regret if he lost Fuku. Miki disappeared out of reach of Seina, but Fuku was right in front of him. It was still possible to reach for her.
"We've received data from the marker! We've set a course to jump!"
"Alright then let's jump!
"Okay!"
After a moment Seina's small ships jumped after it's goal.
【Tenchi useless! GXP Vol. 12 · finished】
This ends around the 11:58 mark in episode 23 of the anime.
This volume seems to have no afterword.
The concluding theater is just seina answering an interview from the girls fan club members about his trip to imuim there is no point in translating it.
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