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[…To be honest, I’m already regretting making this weapon.]

[“What’s going on? Is there something wrong with this G1?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke, sensing something unsettling in her words, frowned and asked softly.]

【“…You’ll find out if you follow me.”】

[Ebina silently opened the drawer of his desk, pulled out a crystal card from it, and walked past Kousaka Kyosuke and walked straight to the door.]

【As she walked, she spoke.】

[“Since you, Kosaka-kun, are so eager to gain the power to fight against those unconfirmed life forms, it’s okay to give the G1 to you. After all, with your personality, you won’t use it to do anything harmful. However…”]

[Patter. 】

[She suddenly stopped moving forward and turned to look at Kousaka Kyosuke who was following behind her, with a complicated look in her eyes.]

[“…I hope you won’t regret it when the time comes. I can tell you in advance—”]

[“G1 is a weapon that shouldn’t even exist.”]

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Chapter position: 203 / Chapter price: 30 / Word count: 6274 / Update time: 2023-08-09 02:44:44

23. Secrets of G1 (6K)

Redrawing: Yoshiki Mokuza

[“G1, its birth is actually because of you, Kosaka-kun.”]

[Ebina's clear voice echoed in the sealed dark corridor, forming an accent. Kousaka Kyosuke followed her closely, and the two walked together in this corridor that they had walked through once before.]

【"What's the meaning?"】

[Her words made Kousaka Kyosuke frown slightly, and he looked at Ebina in confusion.]

[“Do you remember the stones you brought back from every battle since the unconfirmed life form No. 26?”]

[“Could it be…”]

[Thinking back to the mysterious stones he had found at the Gurongi death sites several times before, Kousaka Kyousuke suddenly realized something and looked at her with a pointed look.]

[“Yes, that’s it.”]

【Snapped. 】

[Ebina snapped his fingers with his right hand and spoke in a brisk tone.]

[“G1 was originally designed with the same concept as the GO series, but when I designed the data model using a computer, I found that almost no material in today’s era can be used to create the shell of G1, because the data output of the model setting is too large. If we only use the same materials as when making GO, then before defeating the enemy, the entire armor and the wearer will be smashed like a watermelon—”]

[Ebina turned around and walked backwards. She faced Kousaka Kyosuke and cupped her hands together to her mouth, using her mouth to simulate the sound of a watermelon breaking.]

[“Pah!”]

[She spread her hands and looked at Kousaka Kyosuke, whose expression changed slightly, with a half-smile.]

[“——After such a sound is made, the two will experience an absolutely earth-shattering ‘implosion’.”]

[“…So, you used those stones to forge G1?”]

[After imagining the scene that Ebina described, Kousaka Kyousuke couldn't help but sweat a few drops on his forehead. He shook his head to dispel the bad imagination and asked.]

【“Yes.”】

[Ebina put away the funny smile on his face, turned around, put his hands behind his back and continued walking forward. ]

[“I have analyzed the slices of the stones and found that their tissue components have an incredible toughness and regenerative properties. From the perspective of materials science, these stones are simply the ideal Swiss Army knife-type materials, which can be applied to almost any scientific field. Based on this property alone, their value has even far exceeded rare earths, a strategic material that every country is competing for.”]

[“Although I am not a religious person, after learning through experiments that these stones are omnipotent, I still feel that they are simply treasures given to me by God to overcome the current difficulties. With them as materials, I will definitely be able to create the most perfect anti-Gurrongi weapon I have imagined.”]

[“And that weapon is the G1, so you’ve completed it, right?”]

[…Yes, I did finish it.]

[In contrast to the cheerful tone just now, when he said this, Ebina's cheerful tone gradually became inexplicably low, and his eyes became dark and unclear. ]

[“But it wasn’t until I finished it…that I realized what I had created.”]

[“…Sometimes, the treasure that appears before your eyes may not necessarily be a gift from the gods, but may also be a temptation from the devil…I should have chosen to stop at that time.”]

[“What happened?”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke finally realized that something was wrong. The emotion he heard from Ebina Himena's words was not only pride, but also - the most vivid fear.]

[Fear? What is she afraid of? Could it be...G1?]

[Is it possible for a scientist to be afraid of his own creation? How absurd! Shouldn't he be absolutely proud of it?]

[“…Hey, Kousaka-kun.”]

【But Ebina did not answer his question, but changed the subject. 】

[“Do you know what is the most important thing for scientists and what everyone desires most?”]

【“Uh…knowledge? Funds? Fame?”】

[Although it was unclear why she suddenly said this, after thinking for a while, Kousaka Kyosuke tentatively gave these three universally applicable template answers.]

[“Well… according to the common people’s thinking, it is true, but you can’t be said to be wrong. Even if you are wrong, there is nothing you can do about it. After all, you are a police officer, not a scientist.”]

[After a short silence, Ebina shook his head with some emotion, a self-deprecating smile on his face. ]

[“Indeed, all scientists hope to learn more advanced knowledge in order to take another step forward to the door of truth; funding is of utmost importance, because scientific research is the most expensive activity in the world, and all scientists dream of one day being able to conduct research freely without worrying about funding; fame is even more so, which scientist would not want to become a great man like Einstein who will be remembered forever in history and admired forever by those who come after him on the road of science?”]

[“But, these cannot be said to be what scientists desire most. What we really desire is——”]

【"--'inspiration'."】

【"inspiration?"】

[This answer was beyond Kousaka Kyousuke's expectations and he couldn't understand it.]

[Inspiration? This kind of thing has always only appeared in the exams in the past school in Kousaka Kyosuke's life. He doesn't need this kind of thing at other times, so he doesn't understand why scientists want this the most. ]

[“You will never understand, Kousaka-kun…how important inspiration is to us.”]

[At this moment, Ebina's eyes turned into a sigh of regret, and he continued. ]

[“It was because of the momentary inspiration generated by the apple that fell from the tree and hit his head that Newton Isaac was able to discover the existence of gravity; Philip de Falworth was also inspired by the fact that photos are composed of decimal points when he was looking at old photos, and thus invented the world's first television; Alexander Graham Bell was inspired by the connection between sound and visual circuits that he accidentally discovered in his research, and invented the telephone...”]

[“…There are many other examples like this. Artists who have left their names in history have more or less had similar inspirations. It was because of the inspiration that flashed through their brains that they invented scientific creations that could change the world. In a sense, it can even be said that the history of scientific and technological research and development is the history of the pursuit of inspiration.”]

[“Although I know there is so much evidence to support the existence of inspiration, I have never experienced it in my past life, so I always have doubts in my heart, until——”]

[“Did you feel this kind of inspiration while making G1?”]

【“…That’s right.”】

[Ebina's steps suddenly stopped. She looked at the spotlight that lit up above her head and slowly raised her palm until it blocked the light that was shining on her cheek.]

[She looked at the shining light through the gap between her palms. Her eyes narrowed slightly due to the stimulation of looking directly at the light, and her eyes were also covered with a layer of blurry mist.]

[“It was not until I personally felt the existence of inspiration that I finally understood why so many predecessors in the past had worked tirelessly and spent countless efforts just to find that feeling that flashed through their minds in a short period of time that could not even be described in a moment... It was really wonderful.”]

[“During the research process, the brain constantly generates more and more novel ideas, like a train running wildly in the wilderness without brakes. Every nerve seems to have an electric current jumping, driving the mind to run rapidly, thus generating countless unheard-of concepts. New doors open in the brain one after another, and behind the doors are knowledge that has never been in life before. Every time a door is opened, it feels like I am one step closer to the ultimate truth of the world, and a corner of a brand new world is revealed in front of me——”]

[“——Finally, I can turn the idea brought by inspiration into reality with my own hands——that feeling is really wonderful and incredibly comfortable!”]

[“If I have to give you an example that you can relate to, Kousaka-kun, it’s just like what you men feel when you reach the end! Your mind goes blank, and you’re only driven by the desire to keep going!”]

[“Cough cough cough!!!”]

[Kousaka, single from birth, virgin for a thousand years, Kyosuke could not have imagined that he would suddenly hear such explosive words from a woman like Ebina who looked elegant and quiet. He was actually a big boy and felt overwhelmed for a moment. Even his weathered, mature and resolute face flushed red in surprise.]

[Kousaka Kyosuke couldn't think of a way to respond to this, so he lowered his head, blocked his mouth with his fist, and started coughing violently, to remind the other party that there was a man present, so please don't say such vulgar words.]

"Cough cough cough...!"

It's not just the "Kyosuke Kosaka" on the light screen. Now, the sound of men coughing one after another in all countries around the world, especially the men with other women around them, who are almost coughing their lungs out. They are all so embarrassed that they want to dig a hole on the spot and bury their heads like an ostrich.

[“Just like that, I let myself be driven by that inspiration and kept moving forward in the direction it pointed…”]

[Ebina, who had already immersed herself in her memories, did not notice Kousaka Kyosuke's reminder. She raised both hands together, as if she wanted to hold the light shining down from above her head in her hands, and her five fingers slowly moved towards the center.]

[“And then I did it. I caught the inspiration and used all my knowledge and talents in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a masterpiece that is the culmination of all my scientific research achievements so far.”]

【Snapped--】

[His hands suddenly clasped together with a crisp collision sound. From this angle, it looked as if Ebina himself had grasped the shining light with his hands, like Jesus who had received a revelation from God, and even his words were as devout as those of a believer.]

[“I am sure that no matter how far I go in the future on the path of science, I will never be able to create a work that can rival G1.”]

[“Its birth was full of too many coincidences and unreplicability, and the specific technical black box was an accident among coincidences. It is the only creation of science in this generation. Its design concept transcends the current era and all previous scientific theories of mankind. It is a unique piece in the world.”]

【“Wait, Ms. Ebina.”】

[After hearing this, Kousaka Kyosuke's inner doubts reached their peak, and driven by this thought, he asked Ebina. ]

[“Since this is such an amazing work, why did you choose to seal it up, Ms. Ebina? And even destroyed the design data?”]

【“——”】

[Hearing his words, Ebina's originally excited expression instantly froze on his face, like a solidified wax model of a real person's face, with a sense of funny yet inexplicably terrifying weirdness. ]

【“…Because I regret it.”】

[She slowly lowered her raised hands, and finally let them hang limply on both sides of her body, and spoke in an extremely low voice.]

[“Many times… people don’t realize what they are doing when their brains are overheated, but when you calm down, you will find a lot of problems that you didn’t realize before.”]

[“Now that I think about it, it’s not so much that I was inspired, but rather that… I was possessed by a demon.”]

[Ebina lowered his head and looked at his raised hand, his eyes filled with confusion, doubt, and unresolved worries.]

[“At first, I was really proud of what I had created up to G1, but slowly, I realized one thing…”]

[“I… may have created a weapon that absolutely cannot appear in this world.”]

[“——Especially after that experiment, I was completely sure of this idea.”]

[As the conversation ended, the two of them had reached the end of the corridor. In front of them was the iron door that Kousaka Kyosuke had seen once before. It was in the room inside that he got the GO that had accompanied him in battle until now.]

[“Remember everything you see next, Kousaka-kun.”]

[He reached out from the pocket of his white coat and took out the crystal card and inserted it into the newly replaced smart lock on the door. After fully confirming the program, Ebina held the door handle of the iron door and turned his head to whisper to Kousaka Kyosuke beside him.]

[…This is G1’s masterpiece.]

[She opened the door, revealing everything inside.]

【"this……"】

[Seeing the scene behind the door, Kousaka Kyosuke's brows immediately knitted into the shape of a "川" character, and he spoke with a look of surprise.]

[“What’s going on!?”]

[The research room behind the door is no longer as clean and tidy as it was when Kousaka Kyousuke first came here. It can even be described as a mess.]

[The ceiling, floor, and walls were all severely damaged and cracked. Many wires were torn off and exposed behind the cracks. All the scientific research equipment inside was destroyed. This place did not look like a place where intellectuals worked, but a refugee camp in a war-torn area.]

[What caught Kousaka Kyosuke's attention the most was a human figure wearing armor lying on the floor. The head and helmet of the human figure were gone, but the armor he was wearing looked very familiar to Kousaka Kyosuke.]

[“That armor was manufactured in the same batch as the GO you are using. It is a test machine. Although its power is not as high as the updated α, its function is not much different from the GO prototype.”]

[Ebina stepped into the rubble-filled laboratory and looked at the GO worn by the humanoid with a heavy look in his eyes.]

[“That humanoid is a highly intelligent AI robot that I developed. It is specifically used to test the output data of the armor and then adjust it to a level that the wearer can withstand. I also entered your combat data into it, Kousaka-kun. Through the built-in AI control, if you wear GO, you can exert about three times the combat power of your peak.”]

[“Then why… has it become like this now?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke walked to the robot and squatted down, reaching out to touch the GO's blue armor, his eyes narrowed slightly.]

[There is a hole of about ten centimeters on the left chest of this armor. There are wires sticking out of the edge of the hole. Judging from the direction of inclination, they are being pulled out from the inside.]

[He raised his right hand, slowly clenched his fist and put it into the hole, his eyes paused.]

[This hole is just the right size for a human arm.]

[“…Ms. Ebina, you said before… this scene was the masterpiece of G1?”]

[“Do you mean to say that G1 is not a mechanical armor of the same type as GO, but a combat weapon similar to this robot?”]