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Chapter 101

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“Terrible… I am laughing too much, the camera is shaking…!” (Mira)

“Mira, cut! Let us go with that cut, please!” (Staff)

“Kouta, you cannot cut during a live broadcast.” (Mira)

“That was splendid, Kouta. To think, when asked what left the greatest impression upon you during the terrorist incident a few days ago, your answer was Emilia’s softness and her tearful face. Truly remarkable, Kouta!” (Haruka)

“Then, I suppose I must begin preparing myself for marriage!” (Emilia)

Please stop! That had only slipped out as my true feelings!

I buried my head in my hands and collapsed forward.

A few days earlier, in the Toyota Dungeon, there had been a terrorist assault. The reports stated that 108 assailants were confirmed. The Self-Defense Forces who engaged them suffered eight dead and many more wounded, yet by miracle, the casualties remained few.

The declaration of responsibility was made under the name of a famous animal rights group in Britain. Of course, the actual organization denied all involvement, and rumors spread that their name had simply been crudely misused. The supposed British group, yet with attackers almost entirely of Asian descent… that alone reeked of falsehood.

Nearly all of the terrorists perished. The few survivors, once information was extracted from them, were fated to follow after the others. Unlike ordinary death row convicts, there was no possibility of wrongful conviction, and so the executions would be carried out swiftly. To keep such men alive at the expense of public taxes was deemed wasteful. Their injuries would not even be allowed to heal before the sentence was enacted. What information was drawn out of them was, of course, never reported. Neither was the manner of its extraction.

As for us, we were subjected only to a brief questioning before being allowed to return home. However, in case of mental or physical aftereffects, the Self-Defense Forces promised to provide care, and they handed us a telephone number for that very purpose. There had been nearly 50 explorers caught on the scene. They could hardly give each one extended attention.

The livestream of the incident spread across the world in an instant. Though it was flagged with age restrictions in some places, since it had been a genuine event, many platforms permitted it to bypass such filters. Afterward, it was taken up by media outlets worldwide, and became a subject of great attention.

This month’s streaming rankings were already secured. Mira sold copies of the data to various places, converting it into funds for future activities. As an additional broadcast, we conducted a kind of mock interview, and the earlier exchange was the result.

“…N-next qu…que… buh!… No, impossible!!” (Mira)

“I shall take over, Mira.” (Haruka)

“Th-thank you… hi… fuh…” (Mira)

“Haruka, Haruka! Ask him what he likes most!” (Emilia)

“Splendid idea! Let us proceed with that!” (Haruka)

“Please stop!?” (Kouta)

 

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