A/N: Before the final chapter begins, a few words. While I wanted to continue on telling the story and how things actually played out. A combination of low viewership compared to my other fics, lack of motivation, changing ideas in my head, and the creation of a new writing strategy had reduced my will to carry it out fully to the end.
However, I wasn't willing to end it on an ambiguous note, so this is the chapter that was gonna be made much later, where the conclusion was to be. Take the inferences by the comrades as you wish.
As the author of this small fanfic series (and this fic in particular), I am sorry I wasn't able to write Dissension War fully and deliver on the things it was made.
1 January 2025
3:05 P.M Central European Time (CET)
Tribune's Quarters, The Fortress, Czechia
"They're asleep. Would you wish to wake them up?"
"They're tribunes, mister Jelusic. They should be able to awake at this time."
"If you say so, mister Bian."
Miroslav reluctantly switches the lights on and begins to shout commander-style. "ALL FIVE OF YOU! WAKE UP!"
The trick succeeded with all five tribunes of the Fifty-seventh Squadron awoke from their slumber and getting to the main room of the quarters, with a circle couch with an entrance section cut from the rest and two meters apart. Where both men did. The tribunes sat in the main section. Staring at the new face, one within their thirties, with thick black hair, a cheek tattoo, tanned skin, and brown eyes.
Miroslav clears his throat with a cough, "I apologize for waking you all up. Regardless, Lieutenant Bian of the Twelfth Squadron arrived at the Fortress an hour ago and specifically wanted to talk to you two."
"Suiiki's squad lieutenant… Why is he…"
Bian looks at Stanislav with a chuckle, speaking with a barely present Chinese accent, "I do have a name, tribune Ivanov. How long was it ago when you guys came back from that incident?"
"The day after Christmas."
"Hmm… Twenty-twenty-four's been a rough year for you guys. Didn't catch a break from everything. From the incident in Ho Chi Minh City in June, the incident in London, and you guys return from a fictional world."
"Did our counterparts in your squad return?"
"Truth is… No. However, my squad managed to track down where they went. If you're interested, you can help find them."
Stanislav's head raised up, his face becoming more determined for the moment.
"Plainly simply, two you both know about. Zai and Ningxiao are trapped in a place called Genshin Impact, or as my assistant called it, Teyvat."
Drahoslav snickers. "Really?"
"Me too… Can I go to Teyvat with Draho?"
"Tribune Ivanov, no. Not with the potency of your power, my assistant warned me about the leadership and the general culture of the peoples. But, the second one, the one where Suiiki is trapped in..."
"Huh…"
"It's someplace that mister Jelusic said is in line with where the threat that Kong arrived here for four months ago was from."
Jaraslav snaps his fingers. "Isn't it the world of Date a Live?!"
"Yes, it is." Miroslav nods. "Can you please provide your perspective on the situation with Kurumi?"
"Okay then, I will." he smiles. "We encountered a scheme in Glowgen involving lost AST members diverted away from the DAL world. We made allies in three. Two older ones named Shu and Asami, and a more typical aged AST wizard named Niya. Zeli and Niya got along rather well…"
Zelislav turns his head away, closing his eyes and blushing.
"Basically, it was a mess with a massive fight that nearly blew a town in America off the map. I also realised that nothing in the main series of events in its story have happened yet. I fear that as that date… The fifteenth of April twenty twenty-five, passes… She'll use the experiences against us to affect how she approaches the situations she'll be in. Especially when Shido is concerned…"
"Yet also if you go there by any means, could it incite her further and cause her actions to become worse or even she exposes you for who you are?"
"It's a legitimate concern I'm scared about actually, despite it very likely we might get pulled into such a situation, whether we want to or not."
"The third one…" Bian spoke again from the gap of no words between Miroslav and Jaraslav, "Both Gyun and Jin, is in the world that UNION is responsible for. With all that information in mind, what do you wish to use that information for?"
Dvianslav spoke up. "I agree with the sentiments my other comrades share. I want to go!"
"Where then?"
"The Closers world. The other two I don't have much knowledgable about, and I wish to see Kong in his own world."
Zelislav joins with her. "I will go too. Draho, Jara-ji, and Stani have it covered with those other two."
"I'm going to Teyvat."
"Me and Stanislav are going to go to the DAL world. Both so he can see Suiiki after so long, and so a greater eye on Kurumi as things go forward progress."
"It's set. In February, come to my squad's headquarters in Hong Kong. The operation to retrieve them will begin. In the next few days, my guys will prepare a series of instructions and papers to make sure you guys aren't going to be targeted, unlike what has been with your insertion into the Sword Art Online world."
They nod, then the tribunes rose from their sitting.
"Sorry to disturb you five, but get some sleep. You're gonna need it in the prelude to your extradites to Teyvat, the DAL world, and the Closers world."
Both Biao and Miroslav depart from the quarters, the lights closed and its door locked. Then, silence.
End of Section Two, Project S.A.O
To be continued?
