Unspeakable bubbles

"wrong!"

"The biggest difference between them is their authenticity. Victoria's story is true, while your story about the cockroach alien is fake."

"Uh"

Ryo Murata was taken aback: "You, you're saying Victoria's story is true?"

"Isn't it just a booklet pieced together from many clippings of newspaper articles? Does it have any authenticity?"

"Hmph, you can tell at a glance whether a bubble is real or fake."

The little girl pointed to her booklet: "Of course, some of the content has been artistically adapted. But overall, it feels very realistic!"

"You mean, the 'Victoria and the Aliens' series is based on true events?"

Bubble gave Murata Ryo a thumbs up: "That's right, exactly like that."

"..."

"How did you know?" the boy asked, voicing the question everyone would ask.

"Bubble just knows."

Murata didn't dismiss the girl's words; instead, he took them seriously.

"Bubble, can your mystery reveal the truth of a story?"

"Bubble can tell which story is true!"

'But I heard that Bubble's mystery is that it never loses in any competition?'

Thinking to himself, Murata Ryo said, "Talk is cheap, let me test you."

"I'm going to show you two reports, one true and one false. You have to choose the true one."

"..."

"What's wrong? Is it not allowed?"

"One article is true, the other is false. Murata, you're lying."

The little girl shook her head: "It's wrong to lie, don't lie."

"hiss"

Murata gasped; now he was starting to believe it!

He originally planned to show Bubble two fake reports, but she immediately realized he was lying.

"Okay! The reports I'm about to present are one true and one false. Take a look."

"kindness."

The little girl casually flipped through the newspaper Murata had brought her, and quickly picked up the one on the left.

"Is this true? A family gets struck by lightning every time they turn sixty-three? They're so unlucky."

"...One doesn't count, let's have another one!"

"A heartless restaurant uses gutter oil to cook for its customers! This is outrageous!"

"The boss's cash flow dried up, he couldn't pay his employees' wages, and his hair turned white overnight. Sigh, everyone's having a hard time."

"Wild man spotted in primeval forest? That's a hoax."

"Pluton's new weapon destroyed a UFO? Fake news."

"Representative Shingo Fukai accepted bribes and owns seven properties? That's false."

"..."

"......"

It might be luck once or twice, but if it's accurate ten or more times in a row, then it's no longer just luck!

The girl was still young, and Murata didn't believe the follow-up reports of those fake news stories. She had read them all.

"Bubble, you're amazing!"

Murata quickly opened a bag of potato chips for the little girl: "You've learned something new, you've learned something new."

"Well, so you admit that the 'Victoria and the Aliens' series is amazing, right?"

"Amazing! This is beyond my imagination!"

"...I, I have an idea."

Murata Ryo looked around the club room: "There are so many magazines, newspapers, and novels about aliens here, most of which are obviously fake."

"But, but what if it's true?"

"Bubble, if you're willing to help us figure this out, maybe, just maybe, we can uncover some incredible truth!"

"what?"

The little girl paused, her hand holding the potato chips pausing, and then she showed an interested expression.

"The dark secrets hidden by the state, the truths forgotten by history, are aliens all around us?"

"All the mysteries will be solved by Bubble herself!"

"Wow!" The little girl's braids trembled.

"Murata-kun, let Bubble uncover the truth buried within the 'Fifth Kind of Contact Society'!"

"Yahoo!!!"

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"Your Majesty, look, this is our latest discovery."

Inside the shadowy space, Emperor Stuart the Lizardman watched with great interest the little black man bound hand and foot before him.

"Untie me, let me have a good look at you."

Stuart stepped down from the throne and circled in front of the little black figure.

"Aren't their body proportions too disproportionate? Their heads are so big, and their arms and legs are so short. How can they escape from enemies they can't defeat?"

"And it doesn't have claws either."

Stewart casually tore off one of the little black man's arms: "It's not sturdy at all, it's practically a defective product!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Seeing that Stuart had lost interest, the minister waved his hand, and soon guards dragged the little black boy who was rolling on the ground away.

"Your Majesty, besides 'beasts' and 'sorcerers,' 'defective products' are our recent major discovery."

"They live in a city and use some simple tools."

"City?"

"I thought they lived in burrows," Stewart said in surprise.

“Your Majesty, although that city is dilapidated, its level of civilization is not low, and it could not have been created by those ‘defective’ people.”

The minister paused for a moment: "The masters speculate that these 'defective products' may not have been shadow creatures in life."

"Ok?"

"A city of an unknown civilization was pulled into the shadow space for some reason."

"The original inhabitants inside were alienated into the current 'defective products' because of the different spatial rules."

"..."

"Do those 'defective products' coexist with 'beasts' and 'sorcerers'?" Stuart suddenly asked.

“The ‘beast’ would occasionally launch small-scale attacks on the city, but because they were really small, the ‘defective products’ barely managed to hold on.”

"Oh? Why don't they launch a large-scale attack and simply wipe out all the 'defective products'?"

“Your Majesty, that’s because the leader of the ‘Defective’ group has a very good relationship with the lord on the other side.”

"Although the lord did not issue an order forbidding attacks, the 'beast' did not dare to be too presumptuous."

"Lord..."

Stuart narrowed his eyes: "Where is it?"

"Your Majesty, we haven't yet located that lord's whereabouts. However! Several masters have already infiltrated the other side, and I believe it's only a matter of time before we find or even kill that lord."

"Do not act rashly."

Stuart immediately said, "They just need to gather intelligence; they don't need to do anything else!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Section 509, Chapter 508: Exploitation

"Bubble, where have you been going after lunch lately?"

In the cafeteria, Patty asked curiously, "You used to go back to the classroom and take a nap for a while, have you found some new fun?"

"Bubble has gone to the Fifth Kind of Contact Society to uncover the truth!"

The little girl took a sip of soup and invited, "Patty, would you like to go with Bubble today?"

"Okay."

Since I have nothing else to do, I might as well go and check out my friend's 'little secret'.

"good afternoon!"

"Okay, the fruit platter is ready. Please have a seat!"

As he spoke, Murata looked at Petty and said, "Grant is here too. There's not enough fruit platter for today. Let me make you some tea."

"Oh, no trouble at all. I just came with Bubble to take a look."

Patty asked curiously, "Have you been meeting here a lot lately? What secret activities are you up to?"

“We are uncovering the truth,” Murata said with a serious expression.