Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: VindiFan#1
The senate.
This place originally was as rowdy as a market, where the President and the senators were arguing back and forth.
But when all their Holo-Brain light up at the same time, they looked at it only to become stunned.
âImpartial Goddess! Who gave you the right to do this!â an angry senator screamed at his Holo-Brain.
Impartial Goddessâ voice when replying to him is calm and free: âConsidering the urgency and priority of the situation, my calculations believe that the current situation is suitable to enact Confederate Constitution article 17, 21 and 37â
Everybody thought about it for a bit, then finally understood.
Many of them looked at a well-groomed old man with grey streaks of hair in the room.
The old man contemplated for a bit, then sighed: âConfederate Constitution article 17, 21 and 37 when merged together, certainly does provide such a chance for Impartial Goddess to overrule all 37 of the current limitations we have on regular citizens and make a direct decisionâ
Heâs the highest authority on the Constitution that they have.
Everyoneâs first reaction was a unanimous sigh of relief.
Because this shows that Impartial Goddess has not violated any laws, or is moving against the will of humanity.
But very quickly, their faces become wry smiles, together with a hint of helplessness.
First of all, the Constitution which represents the highest level of benefit for the Confederate itself, basically cannot be changed ââââ-even if they do, the process to boot it up is extremely complicated, and not something to do at this urgent moment.
Secondly, Impartial Goddess is an AI that only follows scientific logic to act, once it has decided on a measure, it would immediately carry it out.
Which means, this matter already cannot be retracted.
In this case, who can they blame?
The President suddenly stood up, asking in a low voice: âImpartial Goddess, what is the current situation?â
Impartial Goddess replied: âPlease take a lookâ
A screen appeared in the middle of the senate.
âCurrent people rescued: 59812. More and more and being rescued at we speakâ
The Presidentâs face shows no signs of a smile.
He stared at the senators below, speaking coldly: âIf we had done this earlier, then so many innocent people would not have to dieâ
âBut have you thought about what would happen after that? If everyone owns a Mech that they can use, then everyone has the ability to kill! The ability to kill anyone!â a senator stood straight up and shouted.
âIn the current situation, I fully believe that the first thing any citizen would do when they carry these weapons in their hands is to protect themselvesâ the President didnât back down.
The senator said sarcastically: âSure, theyâll protect themselves first, but then what? Competing for food, kidnapping women, stealing houses, creating their own armed force to fight against the government and the aristocrat. When that happens, can this country even be called a country anymore?â
The President sighed deeply, stared at him heavily: âBecause of possible crimes that the citizens had not even commit, you would take away their hope to survive? How can you live with yourself?â
The senatorâs face twisted, scoffed, stood up and angrily walked away.
Bai Sha county.
The once rich and beautiful city center has now turned into a hells cape, with Man Eater Fiends and Man Killer Fiends everywhere around.
In the total silence, a ringtone could be heard.
The man looked at his Holo-Brain, seeing a familiar name.
This name has given him so much warmth, so much joy, it has been with him through countless beautiful memories.
All sorts of emotions well up in his eyes, finally turning into an almost undetectable pain.
The man just stared at his Holo-Brain for a while, before sighing and picked up.
âLetâs break upâ the voice in the Holo-Brain said.
âWhy?â He was shocked, unconsciously asked.
âThe current era is no longer the one weâre used to, and I want to surviveâ the female voice said.
âIâŠCanâŠâ the hesitantly said.
âYou can?â the voice in the Holo-Brain seems to contain a bit more emotion: âNo, no you canât, right now the only ones that can save me are the Aristocratsâ
âYou mean him? Youâve always hated him, no, are you saying that, you now want toâââââ
âI am, goodbyeâ
Then she hung up.
Silence.
After a while, the man touched his Holo-Brain again, calling a certain number.
A different number.
âMom, how are you over there?â He asked.
The other side spoke for a long time.
He seems relieved, saying: âAh, so it was thanks to the Mechs that you were saved in time, I have to thank Impartial Goddess for saving youâ
âAristocrats? They definitely wouldnât do that; it must have been Impartial Goddessâ
âHah, you donât have to worry about me, mom. Iâm telling you Iâm very safe here, my life here is goodâ
âBut I have a very important thing that I have to tell youâ
âDonât panic, itâs good newsâ
âYou might not be able to contact me for a very long time after thisâ
âBecauseâââ-â
The man purposely made his voice sound cheery.
âIâve been accepted by a secret department in the Confederate!â
âThatâs right, your son is definitely the best hereâ
âTreatment? My treatment is very good, everything is perfect here, I even got a house and a shuttle, the only bad thing is that I canât frequently contact people outsideâ
âYes, yes, the Confederate is already like this, everything is collapsing, so the higher-ups are very strict with us now. After this I wonât be able to call you for quite a while, if you miss me then send me a record message, Iâll return whenever I have the timeâ
âGirlfriend⊠yes, Iâll definitely find a beautiful girl to bring home for you to seeâ
âItâs alright, after such a disaster, the Confederate lacks people everywhere, I was able to find a good job with good conditions, everything will be alrightâ
âOh yeah, Iâll send you some money now, make sure not to skim and use it ok?â
âMy salary is month is quite a lot you know, that much money is nothing, so definitely donât be stingyâ
âDonât save any money for me ok?â
âIf you save again, I swear I wonât bring a girlfriend back!â
âRight, you have to use money for yourself, live a little better, that way I can be assured at work tooâ
âOk mom, I have to hang up, the boss is comingâ
âHmâ
âHmâ
âTake care of yourself momâ
The man put down his Holo-Brain, slowly calm his emotions.
Everything that I have to worry about is dealt with, thatâs great.
There was no wind blowing, the sky is also clear and bright, enough for anyone to see far away.
Out of habit, he kicked his left leg forward, the motion was fluid.
His left knee was once hurt in a car accident, severely injuring him enough that it wasnât easy for him to get a job.
Unfortunately, the one that crashed into him was an Aristocrat that doesnât know the word âkindnessâ, otherwise he may be couldâve at least gotten a bit of money out of that.
And he wouldnât have had to go through such a rough time.
Fortunately, his knee is?now?healed.
âââ-perfectly healed.
He raised his hand unconsciously to correct his glasses, but found nothing there.
He suddenly realized, his sight has also been corrected, having no need for that thing anymore.
Of course there are some demerits as well.
His eyes that were originally clear is now replaced by a bright shade of red, all the desires in his mind is gone, replaced with a single thought.
To kill.
The man stood atop a mountain of corpses, looking far into the distance.
In the city, there was a similar mountain to where he was standing on.
But this mountain was only similar to his, there were still some differences.
The similarity is that it was also made up of corpses, piling up to over 100 stories.
The difference is that the mountain was alive, spewing out a dark yellow fumes.
âYou want to be the same as me?â
The man said as he licked his lips âââsimilar to how one would look at an afternoon desert and couldnât help but crave it.
Suddenly, a terrifying pair of wings made of bones sprouted from his back.
The bright red eyes became frenzied and cruel.
âBut you canât! I wonât allow it! All living beings in this city belongs to me!â
The man roared towards the sky, as a visibly solid red glow surrounded his body.
When he did, the world itself became silent âââas if any and all creatures were trembling in his wake.
And then, stepping on the corpses, he jumped up, turned into a blood-color streak of light as he flew towards the mountain of corpses covered in yellow fumes.