The Day You Vanished with the Stars/Story/Solution to the Insoluble

Solution to the Insoluble is the 21st chapter of the The Day You Vanished with the Stars storyline.

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Last updated: May 2, 2026

Characters Present

Captain

Zhuge Kongming

Tesla - Zero

Soldier A

Rita

Start

Captain

Huff... huff...

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Zhuge Kongming

Are you alright, Captain?

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Captain

...

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It's Kongming's room. Where... where did I wake up the last time?

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...After my many times of teleportation, it's taking longer and longer for me to regain consciousness.

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But I'm getting close now. At least I could make sure Rita and Theresa won't die for the last few times.

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Almost there. Only have to keep Kongming alive now... This time, I'll...

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Zhuge Kongming

Captain, you passed out all of a sudden, and I couldn't wake you up anyway, so I told the guards to carry you back.

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Captain

Why would you do that! Why didn't you listen to me?

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Zhuge Kongming

Wha-what?

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Captain

I told you if I passed out, you had to wake me up on the spot no matter what.

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Zhuge Kongming

I tried but you were like a rock. It took too long, and I... became worried...

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Captain

What time is it now? How much have I lost? The paths and conditions... all changed...

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Captain

Forget it. Do as I said. Take the alley behind the sugar figure stand, stay five minutes in the textile shop before...

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Zhuge Kongming

Why...

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Captain

Don't ask why! Just do it if you wish to live!

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Zhuge Kongming

Captain... did you have a nightmare?

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Zhuge Kongming

Enough talk now. You should rest well... I'll have the handmaiden bring an ice pot to cool down the chamber.

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She took a towel to help me wipe off the sweat.

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Captain

Don't... touch me.

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Captain

Stop looking at me like that...

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I came back, and it means I failed again. I couldn't take it...

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Captain

I can't bear your eyes... your expecting eyes.

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Captain

I...

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Zhuge Kongming

Mr. Assassin...

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Captain

I'm not your Mr. Assassin!

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Captain

The Mr. Assassin in your memory can do everything, but I...

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Captain

You know how many Qixi nights have I been through? How many times have I watched you disappear?

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Captain

I'm afraid... afraid to meet your eyes when I wake up again... afraid to run into another dead end...

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Captain

I want to run away from this, but where to? Running is a choice I don't have...

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What am I saying? Why am I saying this? Did I say this to her before?

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Zhuge Kongming

You have a choice. You can always give me up and shake off the nightmare.

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Zhuge Kongming

Without me, Rita and Theresa would still take good care of you. You could erase me from your memory and live happily.

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Captain

Live happily... without you?

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Zhuge Kongming

If you give me up now, I'd never hold any grudge against you. I never did.

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Zhuge Kongming

In the distant past, if it wasn't for you, I'd have died in the woods.

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Zhuge Kongming

But I know you can't possibly stay by my side every step of the way... I need to rely on myself and become stronger.

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Zhuge Kongming

Then you showed up again and warned me about Huodou. You risked your life to distract Huodou for me.

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Zhuge Kongming

You found the missing troops and you set the table for the three kingdoms to cease fire and reach a deal.

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Zhuge Kongming

You found the connection between the explosive lanterns and the craftsman, and the traitor among the Shadow Guards.

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Captain

Anyone could have done this.

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Zhuge Kongming

It's you who saved me from certain death time and again.

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Zhuge Kongming

You still have no faith in yourself, after everything you've done for me?

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Captain

I...

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Zhuge Kongming

Yes, every time, you could only take one small step ahead and make one small change.

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Zhuge Kongming

But it's a gigantic mistake to admit defeat and deem yourself worthless because you haven't reached the final goal.

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Captain

You don't have to comfort me... This is no excuse for my failure...

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Tesla - Zero

I refuse to see it as a failure... How many times now? How many time travels?

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Captain

...I've lost count long ago.

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I answered this question without thinking and immediately realized something was wrong.

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Zhuge Kongming

Miss... Ironfist? You... you're awake?

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After a moment of silence, Miss Ironfist spoke alongside the electric buzz...

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She yawned deeply, jumped out of the giant palm, and adjusted her glasses.

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Tesla - Zero

Good timing. You're still alive, Fortune Teller.

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Tesla - Zero

I have to warn you though. You'd never be able to reach the future you look forward to if you tear me apart.

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...Fortune... teller?

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Tesla - Zero

Oh, skipper, you're here too...

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She sounded arrogant and funny, but in her cold and mechanic voice, I sensed a trace of emotion.

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Tesla - Zero

...Never mind, it would take less time to search the records myself.

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Tesla - Zero

I've been running on low power, but the background modules were still functioning and keeping records.

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Tesla - Zero

Are you serious? You've rewritten the past this many times? You're the biggest tryhard I know.

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Tesla - Zero

...Oh, don't get me wrong. I mean the future you who set the threshold number of consciousness mapping.

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Captain

Threshold number? Future me? Wait, what are you talking about?

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Tesla - Zero

It's all calculated. He left me here to point out the direction for you when you're desperate.

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Tesla - Zero

But the wake-up is conditional. The future you set a threshold number of consciousness mapping to trigger my wake-up.

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Captain

So... you're the final insurance the future me left?

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Tesla - Zero

Correct. But if somehow you give up before reaching the threshold, I'd still be asleep now.

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Captain

But why? The future me should know better than to trust me... He set too high a target for me.

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Tesla - Zero

Ha, that's him being naive. He somehow still believes the past him who has failed so many times can still make it.

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Tesla - Zero

He expects... that you can find a completely different path than his, however small the chance is.

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Captain

A different path?

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Tesla - Zero

What? That sounds super lame to me. Only an idiot can come up with that.

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Tesla - Zero

I'd say it's very characteristic of you.

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Zhuge Kongming

Miss Ironfist, maybe you could explain to us everything we've been through now?

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Tesla - Zero

Everything? It all started with the three years when fortune teller was away and Huodou broke the seal.

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Tesla - Zero

The ruins were damaged, and Golem the wish granter too.

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Tesla - Zero

But instead of being disabled completely, it went into hibernation.

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Tesla - Zero

As a compensation mechanism, a self-driven management program was activated to act in its stead.

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Captain

Self-driven management program? Is it...

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Tesla - Zero

Yes, it's the true enemy that has tried and succeeded in eliminating Fortune Teller on every timeline.

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Zhuge Kongming

But why does it hold such strong hostility against me?

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Zhuge Kongming

It's the Golem that granted me immortality. Why would the program act against its will and try to undo the wish?

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Tesla - Zero

Remember what I said? Things began to fall apart in the three years you were away.

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Tesla - Zero

At that time, you were not in this world.

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Tesla - Zero

Before your return, the program had indexed and archived the profiles of everyone who'd been granted a wish.

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Tesla - Zero

Thus you became an anomaly in the system, an unidentified individual not meant for this world.

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Captain

And the men in black?

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Tesla - Zero

They're mass-manufactured agents to enforce the directive - erase you, the anomaly from the system.

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Zhuge Kongming

It's beginning to make sense now.

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Zhuge Kongming

The assassin reminded me of someone serving the last Corsair Queen in Jormungond.

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Zhuge Kongming

The man who addressed himself as the "messenger". He should have died in the fray for the Jormungond throne.

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Tesla - Zero

Hmm, if my calculations are right, his death is simply a improvised play to distract attention.

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Tesla - Zero

He is probably the incarnation of the pre-hibernation Golem to roam freely in the world.

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Tesla - Zero

In contrast, the men in black you met were simply mindlessly machines to execute the elimination order.

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Captain

If you told the truth and the program's goal is to wipe out Kongming.

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Captain

Then why would the Corsair Queen, Arch Imperator, Rita, and Theresa also die on the timelines I've traveled to?

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Tesla - Zero

For the program, everything in this world is but data.

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Tesla - Zero

In eliminating the anomaly, containing collateral damage to other data is not a priority for it.

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Zhuge Kongming

Of all the endings... isn't there one where I can live?

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Tesla - Zero

No... not in my simulations, and the skipper's experience is also factual evidence.

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Tesla - Zero

The thing is... the program's directive is binary.

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Tesla - Zero

If it deems it impossible to erase the anomaly, it may resort to the ultimate solution - reset the whole world.

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Zhuge Kongming

What? This is ridiculous.

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Tesla - Zero

Ridiculous? Well, the Golem in the ruins is ridiculous enough.

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Tesla - Zero

Have you ever thought about it? Maybe itself is the greatest anomaly in this world.

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Captain

Huh?

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Tesla - Zero

Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway.

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Tesla - Zero

That's enough explanation for you. Let's focus on the problem at hand.

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Captain

Is there really a solution? You said it before. The program will not rest until it achieves its goal.

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Zhuge Kongming

No, Captain, there's a solution.

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Captain

Wha...

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Tesla - Zero

Fortune teller, you're smarter than I calculated. I didn't expect you to be able to think outside the box.

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Zhuge Kongming

The only way to keep myself alive is to leave this world, right?

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Captain

Leave? You... you are saying I should bring her on board Hyperion?

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Tesla - Zero

That's the only way.

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Tesla - Zero

Fortune teller leaving this world would count as mission accomplished for the program.

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Captain

But can you really do that? What exactly are you?

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Tesla - Zero

There seems to be some misunderstanding.

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Tesla - Zero

After all, I'm but a man-made item. I'm not the cause of your consciousness mappings. It's all you.

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Captain

Me?

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Tesla - Zero

Until now, you have not yet grasped the true nature of the Hyperion sailing on the Sea of Quanta.

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Tesla - Zero

Built by your memory, it's the manifestation of your power and the path leading to tomorrow.

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Tesla - Zero

I'm not the game changer you wish me to be. I'm merely left here to help you change the game yourself.

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Tesla - Zero

What's mission impossible for you now might be possible for the future you.

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Tesla - Zero

The one who built this timeline loop and sent the past self into the future is you.

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Captain

That still makes me a pawn on the chess board.

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Captain

But the one playing the chess game is also me, the future me.

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Tesla - Zero

Yes, the game is meant for the future you to beat the ill fate in this world.

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Tesla - Zero

But you were not made into a pawn by anyone. Instead, you chose to be part of the game willingly.

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Tesla - Zero

"But if you wish to understand humanity, you can't just be an onlooker." You have to get close and study carefully.

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Tesla - Zero

You said this to me in the distant future.

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Tesla - Zero

And that future is built by both you and the future you.

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Tesla - Zero

You keep saying there's nothing you can do, but you've only been doing one thing.

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Tesla - Zero

To return to the past and walk back into the darkness. That's the only way to reach the light.

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Tesla - Zero

You chose to throw yourself back into the darkness, time and again.

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Tesla - Zero

Once wasn't enough, so you tried ten times more, hundreds of times more...

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Tesla - Zero

It's your tireless attempts that awakened me.

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Tesla - Zero

You chose to become the future you. You chose this future.

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Captain

...I see.

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Tesla - Zero

Good, but before you fully understand the nature of your power, you won't be able to travel across the bubble universes.

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Captain

Eh?

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Tesla - Zero

That's why I'm here. To stabilize and amplify your power.

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Tesla - Zero

Fortune teller, what's on your mind?

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Zhuge Kongming

It doesn't seem like I have a choice, does it?

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Zhuge Kongming

I've never wished to rule Emberya to begin with.

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Zhuge Kongming

Duty and honor pushed me to the throne, but if I had a choice, I'd rather become an explorer roaming the realm.

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Zhuge Kongming

Thousands of years can turn anyone insane. If not for Rita, I'd probably be known as the Mad Empress now.

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Captain

Kongming...

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Zhuge Kongming

According to Miss Ironfist, this program would stop at nothing to eliminate my existence.

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Zhuge Kongming

I've watched this world for a thousand years, but still, there are views here I'd like to see again someday.

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Zhuge Kongming

Leaving this world is the best thing I can do to protect it...

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Tesla - Zero

So you've made up your mind.

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Zhuge Kongming

But Rita...

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Tesla - Zero

...I know what's on your mind, but even with my amplification, Skipper cannot take two people away from this world.

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Tesla - Zero

The enforcers of the program may find you any minute. Time is running out.

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Tesla - Zero

If you can leave before the program intervenes, Emberya will still be able to enjoy a wonderful night.

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Zhuge Kongming

Ha... looks like I'll miss the firework show tonight after all.

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Kongming and I gently pushed the door open and found Rita taking a nap by the desk with scrolls and a pen beside her.

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Kongming stood by the door for a long while, and eventually took a woolen blanket to cover Rita up.

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She stood beside Rita and quietly watched her.

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Captain

We're not waking her up?

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Zhuge Kongming

Shh...

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Kongming reached out her hand, but eventually took it back.

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Zhuge Kongming

This will suffice.

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She watched Rita intently and nothing could make her eyes move.

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Zhuge Kongming

Just like the last time... I'm still... not used to saying goodbye.

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Zhuge Kongming

We live in a world where we always leave without saying goodbyes properly...

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Captain

It's time to go.

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I had to play the bad guy and interrupt her. I took her hand and dragged her out of the room.

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In the distance, Tesla Zero was flickering with strange lights.

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I looked at Kongming and saw her lips quivered, but nothing came out.

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I nodded to her.

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"See you in the not so distant future."

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Soldier A

Grand Chancellor...

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Rita

Huh?

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Soldier A

The festive celebration is about to start.

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Rita

...The hour has already come?

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Rita

...I'll be right there.

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Rita

...Wait, where's Her Majesty?

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Soldier A

I was going to report it. We couldn't find Her Majesty anywhere in the city.

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Rita lifted her head and seemed to realize something.

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Rita

Ah...

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Soldier A

What's wrong, Grand Chancellor?

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Rita

Never mind. Her Majesty is probably out of the city looking for new adventures.

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Soldier A

Should we send guards to look for Her Majesty?

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Rita

There is no need. You're dismissed.

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After the guard left, Rita began to stroke the blanket and fixated her eyes on the blue fan by the window.

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Rita

Your Majesty...

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Rita

Looks like you're on a long journey now...

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Zhuge Kongming

You're finally back... How's the past me doing?

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Captain

Hmm... what should I say? You were a handful even as a small child.

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Zhuge Kongming

I'll take that as a compliment.

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Captain

After I leave T here, events that involve you should end now. The seed was planted and the story is to be continued.

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Captain

The journey started with you but won't end with you.

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Zhuge Kongming

Even now, there are travelers like the Hyperion crew who have lost their footing in a bubble universe.

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Zhuge Kongming

"To provide shelter for these children." I don't think that sums up the meaning of the journey.

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Zhuge Kongming

What exactly are you seeking?

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Captain

...

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Zhuge Kongming

Humph... still so secretive...

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Captain

Sorry, it's a speculation of mine and only time can tell if it's right or wrong.

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Zhuge Kongming

If you say so... Right, I've been archiving the observation data of bubble universes and I found a few curious points.

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Zhuge Kongming

I plan to compile a collection of reports based on the data... and I'm going to name it Valkyrie Persona.

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Captain

Ahem... that sounds... great.

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Zhuge Kongming

Hmm, it's quite to my taste. Also, you seem to have a habit of recording the events after every mission, right?

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Captain

Wha-What? How do you know?

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Zhuge Kongming

Do I have to remind you what an accomplished astrologist is capable of?

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Zhuge Kongming

The Al database should have covered every detail of past events, but I feel your account is more entertaining.

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Zhuge Kongming

For reference, these files should also have a name of their own. I'm thinking...

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Captain

Hold on, my friend. As the author, I feel I'm entitled to name the series myself.

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Zhuge Kongming

Humph, I'm certain mine is better... but I'll hear you out nevertheless.

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Captain

Hmm...

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I pretended to think hard, and uncannily, the first thing that popped up was a story that I used to love reading.

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Captain

Hmm... it's decided. I'm gonna call it...

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Captain

Cap's Bizarre Adventure.

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End