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This is Ver4.00 in 2051. The final battle preparations are finally complete, and this is the story Orange 9 years before they overturn the world’s destruction.
「Let’s challenge the final battle with leg-copters!」
Mishima Kanji shouts excitedly. Kōmitsu Momiji sighs, thinking 「Here we go again,」 and rests her elbow on the table as she prompts him to continue.
「…Can I hear about the mechanism for reference?」
「We’ll make the legs of the Apollyon Fusion rotate at high speed like a helicopter! Spinning them at several rotations per second!」
「The final battle would turn into a surreal scene!」
「What are you talking about? By also incorporating a transformation mechanism between flying and bipedal types, we can see an awesome scene of them all transforming at once! Isn’t that amazing?」
「It’s weird to have such perverted mechanisms in the final battle!」
In a room on the artificial satellite Osaka. Four individuals are gathered in the room labeled 「Planning Department.」
Kōmitsu Momiji, a Cyborg and current president of Kōmitsu Solutions.
Shiroinu Reina, a second-generation Beastkin.
Nakamoto Tsuyoshi, the strongest Apollyon user.
And Mishima Kanji, the idiot known as Prophet Orange.
Despite already being in their 30s, their interactions haven’t changed one bit from the old days. This was abnormal in this world where quotation information had been decided. Of course, there’s an aspect of acting. If they, the leaders spearheading the current battle against 「UYK,」 were to give off a serious air, the whole atmosphere would naturally become stagnant.
But more than that, it’s the presence of this idiot that determines the atmosphere.
「Listen, in the final battle, we’ll descend to the ground and gouge out UYK’s body, right?」
「Yeah, that’s right.」
「For that, we need some bombing capability while maintaining altitude, and close combat power that can make a suicide attack into UYK’s body.」
「Well, that’s true. That’s why we’re trying to make humans into half-machines, ‘Subordinates,’ so they can log in and attempt to board the Apollyon Fusion.」
At this point, the purpose of logging into the half-machines was being developed solely for boarding the Apollyon Fusion. Boarding the Apollyon Fusion is difficult for normal humans. While this was a measure for that, there were still unresolved issues.
「But with normal jet propulsion, attitude control isn’t intuitive, so players who suddenly log in won’t be able to use it, right?」
「Well, yeah, that’s true.」
「That’s where the leg-copter comes in! If you operate it like a helicopter, the difficulty level drops by one notch!」
「That conclusion is wrong! If we’re doing that, we should improve the flight unit!」
「That’s not romantic at all!」
「This is the decisive battle with the fate of humanity at stake! Don’t you think it’s weird, Reina and Nakamoto?」
While the two are arguing, Nakamoto Tsuyoshi, who has finished combat training, is leisurely rehydrating, and Reina has gone so far as to relax by resting her head on Orange’s knee. Both Orange and Momiji had tried to remove Reina, but they were defeated by the second-generation Beastkin’s physical abilities and reluctantly accepted it.
「I think it’s fine either way, as long as we can defeat them.」
Reina mumbles, opening her eyes slightly before resuming her fake sleep and enjoying the lap pillow. Judging her as hopeless, Momiji turns her eyes to Nakamoto Tsuyoshi. Responding to Momiji’s pleading gaze, Nakamoto Tsuyoshi nods deeply.
「I promise results even with leg-copters.」
「That’s not the point!!! We’re talking about ditching the leg-copter idea altogether!!!」
「It’s romantic. The sight of legs spinning several times per second while flying, truly a new generation of robots!」
「Kanji, I understand you’re tired of ordinary robots, but let’s restrain ourselves to games for that kind of thing!」
Momiji is genuinely flustered. She can’t afford to have resources diverted from the firepower enhancement plan they’re currently working on. If this decisive battle fails, their relationship with the 「Reformists」 will crumble, and humanity will revert to being gradually cornered.
In a situation where they can’t afford to lose under any circumstances, there’s no time to be using leg-copters.
Momiji racks her brain. But no matter how she thinks about it, there’s no way to stop this romantic machine enthusiast. Instead, she desperately throws out words.
「…If we have enough military strength to spare, then fine. But there probably won’t be such a convenient solution, right?」
Momiji tries to end the conversation. She already has numerous tasks to handle: negotiations with the 「Reformists,」 coordinating the people living in space, and strengthening forces for the final battle. In this constant state of sleep deprivation, she can’t afford to entertain an idiot’s foolish ideas.
As Momiji is thinking that if only he wouldn’t go off the rails, but that’s just how he is, a bomb is thrown at her.
「Oh, in that case, how about this idea I came up with in -Ver2.00?」
「What is it?」
「How about human nuclear bombs and a Nakamoto multiplication plan?」
「???????????」
Momiji’s head spins at these unexpectedly outlandish force enhancement strategies coming from an unexpected direction. However, after hours of discussion, it becomes clear that this jumble of incomprehensible words is practical and can significantly enhance their fighting power.
「Species establishment for login capability can use the same mechanism as artificial ‘SOD,’ and multiplication can directly use a modified version of the Apollyon Fusion cultivation device and the ‘Reformists” artificial human creation technology… I see…」
「So the leg-copters are okay now, right?」
「Where do you come up with these ideas… Alright, but be careful about safety…」
And so, in the decisive battle of 2060, a few Apollyon Fusion machines quietly using leg-copters were born in a corner.
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