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With that out of the way, I'm quite surprised at the number of people that reviewed after the last update... thank you for all the follows, favorites and reviews everyone!

I'm glad that some of you spotted certain details in previous chapters - I won't say much more regarding it so you all would just have to take a wait and see approach. I have a general plan of what's set to occur in the future (I have written a good portion of the initial Lastation visit already) so I may or may not take suggestions.

As for what I can answer at this point...

Regarding 'Astral Dress' - in the off chance that Shidou would actually use an Astral Dress (I'm still undecided about this), it would probably be more in line with the Limit Astral Dress that's usually seen from the spirits in their sealed form. If Shidou ends up using the full version, it would obviously be a male version of it.

In regards to the strength of the CPU, they'll definitely be stronger than what is seen in the games. As I understand it, CPUs are not overwhelmingly stronger than those who aren't in the game - which is fine, but since this is a story and not a game, I'll be taking liberties with this. Some of such liberties will be alluded to in this very chapter. As for the full extent, then please wait for future chapters.


The distance between the white-haired woman and Neptune was a mere 1 meter.

Seeing as the white-haired woman had given enough clues as to her possible speed, the moment that the mood began to change, IF had acted and tackled Neptune out of the way.

If she hadn't done so, Neptune would have been sliced in half by the large, almost-a-great-sword weapon that the white haired woman brandished.

"Nepu… Are you one of those people who snap when you think someone made fun of you?" Neptune grumbled, pulling herself off of the ground alongside IF.

"If you intend to keep up with this farce, then perhaps I might tell who you are after you beat me!"

The white-haired woman dashed forward, but as enough time has passed, Shidou had met the woman midway and used his great sword to parry the blow.

He had already learned his lesson from the fight with the mysterious woman a few days ago – if he had attempted to block the attack, he would surely lose feeling within his hands quickly if it didn't outright power through him.

"Miss…! Can't we talk this out? Whatever it is that Neptune did, she doesn't remember it!"

Shidou continued to parry blow after blow, but despite not receiving the full brunt of the attacks, his hands were slowly beginning to numb. The attacks that the white-haired woman sent his way were fast that despite having trained with and fought alongside IF, her attacks were merely a blur to his eyes.

The only reason why he was still able to keep fighting was that he was using minute movements to telegraph 'openings' in his guard which he then used to anticipate where the attacks would go.

But even then, he had a feeling that the person before him was simply taking it as she didn't seem to be aiming for his life. The way that she used her sword alluded to a skill that was being consciously held back for Shidou's benefit.

"And that makes it alright?!"

Impossibly fast, much faster than the slashes she was attacking with earlier, the white-haired woman lashed out with a kick towards Shidou's solar plexus, sending him skidding through the floors of the cavern.

"GAAH!"

"Mr. Shidou!"

Compa rushed over to Shidou's side as Shidou attempted to stand back up, only to fall to his knees as he clutched the part that had been kicked by the white-haired woman.

Seeing that, IF's eyes narrowed in anger.

"Nep, go and transform! I'll buy you time!"

"You got it!"

IF knew that the woman in front of her was not someone to be underestimated, and given the allusion of speed that she must have to have reached this location and scoured it before they had, the odds were stacked against them. Even if Shidou were to use Sandalphon, there was no guarantee that the battle would end in their favor if the first attack missed.

Thus, they could only reliably rely on Neptune.

If Neptune was as strong as the white-haired woman when transformed, Neptune should be much faster when comparing their weapons. Nevertheless, it wasn't a clear cut result – the woman was fast, but there was no telling how fast she could go.

To effectively buy time, she had to make sure not to engage the opponent in close combat for long periods of time.

"Spout from the depths of the underworld, Demon Flames!"

While IF could not be considered a magician by any stretch of the word, she had studied a fair bit in the arcane arts when she had passed by Lowee. Given her title as 'Wind Walker', a title that referred to her currently nomadic way of life, being prepared for a wide variety of situations would be necessary for her continued survival.

Magic spells are one of the few ways she could arm herself in the instance she had lost her weapon – furthermore, it allowed her to attack the enemy from a distance to either decimate the enemy or buy time.

At the moment, she was using her magic for the latter situation.

Flames erupted from the ground, sending pillars of fire and molten rock spewing into the air. The heat produced by those flames made it difficult to breathe within the cavern, but the flames temporarily created a wall of fire that would normally make it impossible for anyone to cross unscathed.

Normally being the key word.

Despite the flames holding heat close to half the temperature of plasma and one that would normally make any human feel first degree or second degree burns upon exposure within the general area, the flames were suddenly blown away with a single strike of the white-haired woman's blade.

Upon doing so, she burst forward as if the flames had done nothing but annoy her.

The action displayed a ridiculous sort of power that IF had a sinking feeling she would be facing more and more situations like she was facing now if she continued to hang around Neptune.

"Ugh… whatever, I sort of expected that!"

Nevertheless, IF was not the kind that would shy away from a challenge.

If she was, she would have never taken up Shidou as her partner!

IF dashed forward, and once she had entered her opponent's range, she nimbly avoided the attacks while sending out her own. Naturally, the attacks missed as the opponent was not only fast with her attacks, her movements were quick and dexterous.

She had already seen how the opponent fought with her blade when Shidou had engaged the opponent, thus IF had a better perception of what the opponent would be capable of doing and act accordingly.

IF however knew that whatever she perceived from her opponent was lacking. It was the same with the mysterious woman they fought a few days ago – because she could not fully ascertain the capabilities of her opponent, she could not plan or anticipate all possible attacks. Not only that, despite having confidence with her own agility, the white-haired woman was a level above her in speed making this sort of fight a disadvantageous one from the very onset.

And soon enough, the tides of battle changed.

Using the flat end of her weapon, the white-haired woman struck IF at her sides sending her flying towards the cavern walls. IF was able to retain her consciousness, but until she recovered her breathing, she could not hope to participate in another bout with any form of success.

"Iffy! I'll take it from here!"

Before the battle could decisively devolve into IF's incapacitation, Neptune in her HDD form intervened and had warded their foe back.

"So you've finally come, Neptune! To think that you would involve even civilians in to our dispute!"

The white haired woman clashed blades with Neptune, but their power was relatively even that as the two fought with almost divine-like grace and skill, it was difficult to tell who well decisively win the bout. Unlike the fight with the mysterious lady a few days ago, the flow of the battle was keenly different. In terms of skill, it could be said that the white-haired woman was more skilled with the blade as she deftly manipulated her sword to parry, thrust, and slash that kept Neptune on her toes. If it weren't for Neptune's unique instinct in battle, the battle may have ended long before.

"Civilians? Why are you making that form of distinction! They are my friends!"

The battle was not going towards her favor, that much Neptune was peripherally certain. The white-haired woman was not as strong in terms of brute strength, but her speed and skill with the blade made it so that recklessly charging in with a skill would spell her end. If it weren't for Neptune's much more lighter blade, she was sure that the battle would not look as even as it did now.

"Friends… huh?"

The mysterious woman's eyes narrowed in anger, the word 'friends' making her irate in a way that Neptune nor IF could tell the reason as to why.

Neptune had simply said what she had believed and whether she was aware of it or not, those within her party had thought of her the same way. IF had stuck with her despite the less than stellar first meeting, Compa had come and joined her quest upon finding her and Shidou had even risked his life just so that everyone could make it out relatively unscathed in the fight against the mysterious woman.

Despite the time that they've known each other could be counted with two hands, it was strong enough for Neptune to admit this fact without any hesitation.

"Then let me tear you away from them!" The white-haired woman forced Neptune back with a wide swing before she took a stance. "Paralyzing Fencer!"

Surprised at the coming attacks, Neptune could only hold her ground and defend herself.

The white-haired woman was not as powerful as Neptune in her transformed state, her attacks were delivered with speed and skill – but comparing her to Neptune would be like the difference between a master sword practitioner and one that was taught entirely by experience. Regardless of the skill level however, both positions are susceptible to weakness should one be caught off guard.

The white-haired woman rushed forward, her blade coated with crackling electricity. With blinding speed, she thrust her sword in quick succession towards Neptune.

Neptune, despite being caught off guard, managed to avoid the first few blow and when one of the blows would come close, she used her blade to parry the attack –

A fatal mistake.

Once Neptune's blade had touched the white-haired woman's blade, electricity ran through her blade and towards her body.

"!"

With the electricity having run through her, the follow up attacks had hit their mark and with an ending kick, sent Neptune sprawling towards the cavern floor.

"…so you really lost your memories, Neptune." The white haired woman walked towards Neptune's form.

Neptune tried to stand up, but could only heft herself up to her knees. Her muscles would spasm involuntarily making any form of movement difficult. It was a light shock and the wounds she had sustained were light as well, but it would take a bit longer before her body could recover from the shock – a moment too long as she was sure the white-haired woman would not give her the opportunity to do so.

"If it were you from before, you would have never tried to engage me in close combat once electricity had coated my blade." Within seconds, she was in front of Neptune her sword held aloft. "Any last words?"

What had been her relationship with this person before she had lost her memories? Neptune thought to herself, looking up towards the glint of light reflected upon the blade held aloft by the white-haired woman. No matter how much she thought about it, she could not recall who she was. She could not recall what she had done to earn the woman's ire enough to allude to a past of fighting with her.

What was she like in the past?

It was evident she had power, but how did she use the power given to her?

Would it have been better if she never tried to remember her past?

"Neptune!"

A male voice tore through her thoughts and from the shadows of the cavern, Shidou burst forth his great sword swinging down towards the white-haired woman. But it was a blade that would never hit its mark.

In comparison to the woman's speed, Shidou's current speed was like that of a descending cotton ball to that of a descending rock. It was simply far too slow.

With only one hand holding on to the blade, the white-haired woman blocked the blow with almost casual ease.

"You may be her follower, but I have no intention of killing you." The white-haired woman announced, not the least bit perturbed. "Stand down, this is a problem that doesn't involve you."

But Shidou was having none of it.

"'It doesn't involve me?' Like heck it doesn't! Neptune is our friend! How can I call myself her friend if I would just stand down and have her be struck right in front of me!"

The white-haired woman's expression turned bitter, shifting her grip on her blade, she forced Shidou back with a single swing.

Despite the difference in strength, Shidou's eyes remained challenging and undaunted.

"You mentioned before that just because Neptune has forgotten, that it isn't right for her to remain blameless and I agree with you. But does that make it right for you to deliver judgment to someone who can't even remember the wrongs they committed? Does it make it right for you to not even give them a chance for redemption? I can't agree with a path that doesn't allow someone a chance to make up for their wrong doing when they can't even remember what it is!"

Shidou gripped his blade tighter, and to the white-haired woman's surprise, his eyes had shifted. His iris had whitened, and his normally brown eyes turned a golden amber.

"If you're not going to give Neptune a chance, then by all means I will do everything it takes to stop you!"

Neptune, after hearing his words, realized what it was that Shidou was planning to do. She knew what the result of Shidou's action will be and it was for that matter that she opened her mouth in protest.

"Shin, no! You shouldn't - !"

But Shidou did not heed her voice as he planted his great sword to his left.

"What are you planning to do…?"

The white-haired woman suddenly felt cautious, as if an instinct within her was telling her that something was going to happen. As if a premonition of a storm was brewing.

Shidou raised his right foot from the ground and upon reaching a foot in height, slammed his foot onto the ground and a few inches to the right of his foot, a crack tore open and from it, the top part of the structure that Neptune had witnessed several days ago manifested. It was not at its full height this time, and was only up to the height of Shidou's waist.

"Lend me your strength… Sandalphon!"

Pulling the great sword out with his right hand, the pearl white blade with pulsing blue lines and a golden hilt made itself apparent and upon doing so, the structure soon faded away into wisps of light.

Compa, who had been aiding Shidou before this point, had ran towards Neptune's side, performing her job as a nurse. Shidou momentarily turned back towards her, while the latter gave a small smile of assurance.

"I'll be depending on you, Miss Compa!"

"Yes!"

Shidou dashed forward, the white haired woman doing the same and in less than half a second, their blades clashed.

The white-haired woman was expecting Shidou's blade to be deflected to the side and once that had occurred; she would have incapacitated the boy with a much stronger kick. Even if the civilians with Neptune were her followers, she did not condone killing those unrelated to their quarrel.

However, her expectations were thrown out the window when Shidou had not only kept his blade within his hands; he was actually keeping up with her strength.

"H-how…?"

The white-haired woman disengaged her blade and attempted to slash at Shidou, but Shidou had foreseen the attack as he ducked from the blow and attempted to get a hit in with his own. In comparison to Neptune's attack however, the speed of the blow – while fast – was slow enough and predictable that the white-haired woman ducked at the blow and she jumped back to get some distance from the blue-haired boy.

The boy did not look too different from how he was before, but the sudden jump in strength reminded the white-haired woman eerily of her own power. It was different to be sure, as it had to be as there were only four of them around, but the unexplainable way that strength suddenly gathered to match her own made her feel uneasy.

A green glow encompassed the boy's form and it took a moment before the white-haired woman realized that it was the telltale signs of someone in the receiving end of a healing skill.

Did that mean the boy was far from optimal condition? She didn't think she had incapacitated the boy too badly, or perhaps this was due to an earlier injury before entering the dungeon? She did recall that the boy's partner had shot the blue-haired boy worried looks every now and again which was quite evident before she had left to pick up Neptune a few minutes ago.

While the white-haired woman was cautiously gauging Shidou's strength, the boy in question kept his breathing as smoothly as possible. At this point, it wouldn't do at all if his foe figured out that he was under a time limit and that extending the battle would only end in his own defeat.

If there was anything that Shidou recalled from IF's teachings in regards to combat was that to never reveal all your cards at the get go especially when one didn't know the cards that the opposing side held. Once his cards were all out on the table, then it would only be a matter of time before his defeat was ensured.

Shidou's power wasn't so convenient that he could keep it up indefinitely. If the pain was absent and that it did not damage his body from within, he might have been able to fight in a way that didn't involve quickly overwhelming his opponent – but with that possibility out of the window he had no choice but to provide an illusion of pure power.

Compa's help allowed Shidou to maintain his consciousness and to allow him a wider range of movements as time went on, but Compa's own reserves were of an unknown factor that might end up shortening his own battle time.

With this awareness, Shidou resolved his mind for another route –

"Tell me miss… is there something that Neptune did that would justify you killing her?" Shidou breathed out. "I know that we don't know the Neptune that you might have known, but even with the small amount of time we have had together, I don't believe that there's anything that she could have consciously done to earn anyone's anger enough to kill her."

"I'll ask you the same question – why do you risk your life to defend her when you barely know her? For all you know, she could have been a serial murderer before that feigned memory loss of her." The white-haired woman shot back.

"Because the Neptune that I know would not be someone like that."

Shidou did not even hesitate in his reply.

It was a naïve answer, but if Shidou always held such doubts in his minds to every new person he met – it would drive him mad. He had no wish to live a life cautious of everyone new that he would meet.

"You would carelessly ignore someone's past to that extent –"

"It's not careless!" Shidou refuted. "Who you are is not solely dictated by your past! If that was the case, then what's the point of releasing criminals who had finished their sentence? If their history painted a dark picture, why ever let them out? Why even try to reform them? It's the present that decides who you are! It's what you do now, that truly matters!"

"T-that's…!"

A vague feeling of familiarity passed by Shidou's mind - as if the situation he was in had happened in a different instance in the past.

And like that unknown instance, Shidou could not condone the condemnation of someone whom he grew to care about when the other side had not even tried to see things outside of their own limited perspective!

"I know it's a naïve way of looking at things, but I'd rather be naïve than forever condemning those who made a mistake!" Shidou gripped the handle of his blade tighter, his eyes shining brighter than it had been before. "If you don't wish to accept that, then I'll fight you! I won't allow you to hurt Neptune!"

Before Shidou could take a step forward however, a pair of hands had held onto his left and right shoulder.

From his left, was IF giving a wry smile despite her somewhat tattered jacket, while on his right was Neptune with a soft smile. Her cheeks were lightly red, but she had a smile that told him everything would be all right.

"That's enough, Shidou." IF said. "You don't need to fight alone. You were never really the type to fight solo. And what do you mean 'I'? It's 'we'."

"Furthermore, since this battle has my memories on the line, it's only fitting that I should see this through to the end. Also… there's no way I wouldn't fight after you had said those words…" Neptune said her last few words barely louder than a whisper.

"Neptune…?"

"And please don't forget about me!" Compa added cheerfully. "So long as I'm here, I won't allow any wounds to remain unhealed!"

The white-haired woman grit her teeth at the sight. To her, Neptune was a detestable woman, but how did she end up garnering such loyal allies? She was mad at her, yet she knew that doing so would only make her out as the bad guy.

"Well, then let's begin round 2… prepare yourself!"

Neptune burst forward, her blade arcing through the air like a crescent moon. The white-haired woman backed off from the attack and narrowly avoided the following two slashes. Bringing her own blade to the fore, her eyes widened in surprise when she felt an abnormal resistance with her blade.

"Tch! Looks like I'll need a new set of katars after this!"

IF had, for a moment, used her left katar to 'stop' the white-haired woman's attack but due to the sheer power held by the woman, all she could do was slow it down. Nevertheless, it was all that IF needed to do – Neptune had ducked from the blow and used the opening that IF had created to kick the woman back.

"Guh…!"

The white-haired woman's resolve to fight had been shot from the very onset of the reengagement of hostilities. Hearing the boy's words, made her own resolve falter despite the stakes involved.

Even if her actions were prompted by a greater cause, if she could not determine if her own will to carry it out was due to a personal reason rather than the reason she had held when she went out to seek Neptune, she could not carry through with the act with a clear mind. Her mind was simply not in the right state to make a decision to pour all of her energy towards to.

Her indecision began to decisively show itself when instead of avoiding the shots that Compa fired with her weapon, she had raised her weapon to block. The shots that Compa fired impacted the long sword that the white-haired woman held and upon doing so, threw up pink dust that robbed her of her sight.

"Shin!"

"Shidou!"

Hearing the name of the blue-haired boy, the white-haired woman leapt backwards to gain distance from the smoke. She was already wary of what Neptune might do as she knew of her skill with the sword, but the boy's power was something that was still of an unknown that carelessly engaging would hasten her defeat.

"Haaaa!"

Parting the pink dust thrown up by Compa's attack like a hot knife through butter, a thin light blue shockwave rushed towards her position with a speed only slightly slower than that of a bullet.

The white-haired woman had enough presence of mind to narrowly side step the attack, but doing so had shattered her balance and form. The destruction caused by the shockwave as it carved a trench above and below the cavern walls shook her own resolve greatly making a quick recovery impossible.

It was exactly that state that Neptune and IF had been aiming for.

They understood the ability of their foe much better than Shidou and Compa, and had thus planned accordingly.

Shidou was powerful, but limited by the very power that made him powerful.

Compa was not particularly strong as her forte lay in the other side of battle – which is healing. Given her occupation, it wouldn't be wrong to assume she had things that allowed her to distract foes or buy time for an escape or for someone to help.

Both Shidou and Compa could not participate in direct engagements due to their separate limitations, but IF had taken that into account when devising of the plan to overwhelm their foe.

Shidou was not aware of what the plan had been, as he had been busy keeping their foe from attacking Neptune, but he had been partners with IF for over a year, and that meant he could get the basic gist of a plan simply through actions that he had seen before in previous battles acting as a form of indicators or signals of what he should do next.

For the 'plan' that was executed almost all on the fly in Shidou's perspective, his part in the plan was merely to serve as a distraction – to limit what their foe would be able to do.

Once that had succeeded, IF and Neptune were capable of accomplishing the next step.

IF rushed into the fray, barely keeping up with Neptune's reduced speed. By the time they had reached the white-haired woman, she was about ready to regain her balance – but it was a moment too slow.

"Shine! Let down judgment to the unworthy! La Delphinus!"

Using her unarmed hand to gather energy, a white light shined brightly on IF's open palm. Once the light had gathered into a spherical shape, instead of directing the energy towards her opponent as she would normally do, she slammed it towards her remaining katar.

The katar began to shine with the same white light that had gathered earlier but cracks began to appear as the energy was haphazardly inserted into a weapon that wasn't meant to contain it.

IF knew this, but still pursued the course of action – it was only needed for a moment after all.

"Nep!"

"I got it!"

With a burst of speed that made her previous run seem slow in comparison, Neptune had reached within sword reach of the white-haired woman and began a flurry of slashes to keep the opponent from regaining her foothold.

"Tch!"

Despite the situation, the white-haired woman skillfully used her blade to parry the worse of the attacks. Receiving minor wounds that were shallow at best was a demonstration of the skill that the white-haired woman had in terms of battling.

Neptune had anticipated this however, as her own one-on-one battle with the white-haired woman had given her experience in that regard. She knew she couldn't rush into the fray carelessly as the woman before her knew of the way she fought, but Neptune herself could not say the same.

It was due to this reason that Neptune had accepted IF's plan from the moment she suggested it.

"Ha!"

Slamming her sword down with all of her weight onto it, Neptune used her blade to pin the white-haired woman's own blade into the floor of the cavern.

"Iffy!"

From behind Neptune, IF leaped into the air and with a shining katar, she descended towards her foe.

The white-haired woman abandoned her weapon and leaped back to avoid the attack, instinctively knowing the difference in strength from IF's earlier attack with the one coming towards her.

The attack narrowly missed the white-haired woman, but IF had anticipated that. Rather, she would have been more surprised if the attack actually connected.

Without pausing, IF threw her katar towards the white-haired woman.

"Burst!"

With that single command, the katar that was shining brightly, exploded moments before the katar would have impacted the white-haired woman's body. The explosion shook the caverns, sending rock fragments to descend from the roof of the cavern and throwing up dust that reduced visibility all around the area.

Light entered the cavern as the resulting explosion had caused the roof of the cavern entrance to burst open, revealing the sunlight of the setting sun. It was mildly surprising that the only cave-in was the part directly above the explosion, but if it weren't for the fact that they didn't want their foe dead nor were they seeking to run away, they would have most likely abandoned the cavern for the day due to fear of more cave-ins.

"Is it over?"

Compa had hefted up Shidou, acting as a human crutch for the blue-haired boy after Shidou had sent the shockwave that knocked the white-haired woman off balance. She had skills to reduce the overall pain and increase the regenerative capability of the target, but Shidou simply received far too much damage in a short period of time that it would take a while for him to recover.

"Are you alright, Shidou?" IF asked worriedly.

Shidou gave a wry smile and said, "It isn't too bad. At least, not as bad as a few days ago… maybe I'm getting used to it?"

Thankfully, it seemed that the injuries that Shidou had inflicted unto himself this time was minimal in comparison to a few days ago. While Shidou felt horrible, it wasn't to the point that he'd be blacking out any time soon.

The dust that had gathered soon cleared, but to their surprise however, the white-haired woman was no longer there.

"Did she run away?!"

IF was doubtful that their foe would have run further into the dungeon as injured as she probably was, but seeing as no one had gone past them since the explosion, it only left one alternative…

"Nep, the roof! She probably flew away!"

The white-haired lady had wing-like appendages floating behind her. If it was anything like Neptune's own wings, then that must mean she had the ability of flight!

"Right! I'll go af-"

Whatever Neptune was going to say was halted in its tracks as a light gathered around Neptune encompassing her for a moment before Neptune's normal form appeared.

"Aw man… I'm out of juice again!"

"Of all the… Compa, we'll leave Shidou to you! Come on, Nep! She can't have gotten far with those injuries!"


Author's Notes:
And the battle ends... I'm sure some of you may have questions as to how or when they'll find out that Neptune's true identity, but that will come eventually. I'm actually not sure when it would be though since I'm conflicted as to what the circumstances would be that leads up to the revelation.

Shidou of course had to say those words out even in the middle of a battle - because that's who he is. Even devoid of memories, he's the kind of guy that would like to talk things out and only fight when there's no other choice (of course, monsters are out of the question hence no words needs to be spoken there). Well, that and I've been watching the last arc of Date A Live season 2 quite a bit lately so that may have contributed to me making that particular scene...

As a reiteration for those that asked - this follows (roughly) the Re:Birth 1 timeline. But like I said before, I'll be changing things about like how the world works and even how certain plot points come about. The exact details however will come in future chapters.

Now, I'm not entirely sure when the next chapter will come. Sure, I have stuff already written (enough for several chapters), but the next chapter is woefully incomplete (since I just realized I wanted to add something to it) and that recent happenings in real life has the amount things I've written for the past month to be far less than acceptable. Hence I need to 'catch up'. With the arrival of my laptop, hopefully that will be sooner rather than later.

For a rough estimate... the next chapter might come in 2-3 months time. Maybe earlier if I get a lot of free time (which has been quite sparse as of late due to real life stuff). That said, this is not a promise. It could be longer or shorter.

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