Just a reminder about this chapter is that Jiro is working as a janitor for West Genetics as a disguise for being a bodyguard at Ravensbourne Nucleotide for Maria Lancelot's body so that the Chevalier doesn't get suspicious about it. Anyway enjoy!
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(West Genetics, Main Building, Central Command Room)
In the Central Command Room, there was a Pandora in a communicator commanded by the VP and Operational Director, Col. Leonard Schweitzer.
"What the hell...?! That's not possible! It's been only 2 hours, 15 minutes since it disappeared from in Yokohama..."
Col. Leonard Schweitzer was very shocked he saw 2 nova appeared in West Genetics.
"and it reappears at West Genetics!"
(WIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGG)
As the alarm and announcement alerted throughout the West Genetics, all Pandora were preparing running to their stations, including Chiffon Fairchild and Ticy Phenyl.
"Code 1 Alert, Code 1 Alert! Attention all West Genetics students! Equip with level 1 reinforced uniform immediately! All units assemble immediately and move to your respective areas!"
"President! Apel and Eugene are already heading toward the assembly hall!"
"Got it!"
As Chiffon and Ticy was heading towards their positions, Chiffon was shocked that nova appeared in West Genetics out of all places.
"A third of the 4th years in West Genetics were deployed to the east for support! Did they attack here because they know about that...?"
Chiffon thought about possibility why the Nova appeared.
"No, it can't be that simple! There type S Novas, i have bad feeling about this..."
(Scene Change, inside Ravensbourne Nucleotide)
As 2 type S Nova arrived started to produce the absorbed Pandora with Nova form including Cassie Lockheart, Jiro already sensed something amiss while he was drinking his sake at a place where Maria was stored.
"..."
While Jiro continues drinking his favorite sake, he spoke to cylinder that Maria is stored.
"They are here for you, aren't they Maria...?"
(Scene Change, an hour later after battle started with Nova Pandora in West Genetics, elevator)
Sister Margaret was taking the elevator of Ravensbourne Nucleotide to the place where Maria was stored.
"The Novas are attacking West Genetics, their target is most likely..."
*Ding*
As the elevator opened at the underground restricted access area of Ravensbourne Nucleotide, Sister Margaret exited out of elevator and saw Jiro sitting down in front of the body of Maria Lancelot.
"The Novas are targeting this place, the source of our power... Jiro-sensei"
Jiro fully turns around and continues to drink his sake while sitting down.
"Fufufu... I already know Margaret-Chan, those Novas are persistent aren't they?"
While Jiro finishing up his last bottle of sake, he saw that Margaret still had very worrisome expression.
"You shouldn't be worried too much, the students here defending here right Margaret-Chan?"
"Yes, but..."
"Have faith in them, after all... They are all very strong young ones"
As Jiro smiled towards Margaret, she also smiled as well.
"Yes... you're right, Sensei"
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(Scene Change to Ravensbourne Nucleotide, after the Genessa protects Satellizer from Nova Blast while Satellizer slowly turns Nova)
*Boom*
As Novalized Milena drilled through the hole of the wall of Ravensbourne Nucleotide, she found the body of Maria Lancelot with Jiro sitting in front of it drinking a bottle of whisky.
"My my, you managed to get this far despite the entire school defending it, I'm impressed."
Milena ran up to Jiro and attacks him with the drill but...
*Clang*
"!"
only to be stopped by one finger.
"Don't be too hasty now Pandora-chan, you shouldn't be focusing on me when..."
"they're your opponents"
"!"
Behind novalized Milena was Chiffon Fairchild and Ticy Phenyl ready to engage in combat.
"It is really amazing that you got this far with whole school defending it, is it the Nova power doing this or is it the fourth year's specs that are that good...?"
As Chiffon prepares her gauntlet, she continued speaking.
"Unfortunately for you, defending this point is what I've been assigned for. You won't fall back if i asked you to... right senpai?"
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(Scene Change, ending of battle)
"To all Pandoras on the battlefield: Defcon 1 state of emergency is hereby cancelled! I repeat, to all the Pandoras on the Battlefield: Defcon 1 state of emergency is hereby cancelled! Return to base! Today, as of 17:36 hours, Defcon 1 state of emergency is hereby cancelled! All enemy Novas have been defeated. Additionally, the movement of all Pandora possessing abnormal stigmata have halted. Return to base! Today, as of 17:36 hours, Defcon 1 state of emergency is hereby cancelled! I repeat..."
As the announcement was repeating throughout the West Genetics, Jiro was still sitting down the same place he was.
"ho ho ho... everyone did well defending from the Nova, i knew they would do well..."
"especially you Chiffon and Ticy-kun"
Lying down was unconcious Milena who went back to normal while Chiffon and Ticy bowed to Jiro.
"It's an honor to be praised by the Godfather of All Limiters..."
"T-thank you sir!"
While Chiffon bowed normally and Ticy bowed being embarrassed and shy, Jiro smiled humbly.
"Ahahaha... you can go back and rest now, the attack is over, i'll handle the rest of the mess here"
As Chiffon and Ticy went back to the elevator, Jiro looked at the hole that Milena caused and talked to himself.
"Now what are those idiots at Chevalier gonna do now...?"
(Scene Change, Grand Canyon, Chevalier Command Center)
"Starting with the 5th Nova clash in 2037, Nova clashes have occurred in 2045, 2053, and 2061. For some reason, these Nova clashes have been occurring regularly at 8 year intervals."
In the command center, there was a meeting with 5 people who seemingly high ranked officials and one of them continued talking.
"However, the 9th nova clash occurred only three years after the last clash in 2064 and as all of you know, a year after that the 10th Nova clash occurred this year, 2065. On top of that, this time we were completely caught off guard being attacked by four Novas at once."
"So basically, is there a possibility of another Nova clash occurring next year?"
As the other unknown official asked the the one that was talking, he replied.
"To be honest, it wouldn't be all that surprising if the 11th clash were happen next month.
The other one with the beard started talking as well.
"We've already lost a considerable numbers of Pandoras in the 10th Nova clash. If it was like before and we had eight, no 3 years, to replace them, we could manage, but if we're attacked consecutive times in such a short span, we will in all likelihood..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the other one who was bald
"Should we invest in Dr. Oohara's project after all?"
The last one with the mustache spoke about project to the bald one and continued speaking.
"That plan should've already been rejected by Dr. Aoi Gengo!"
"Aoi Gengo worked out the basis of the Pandoras and completed the stigmata system. The fact tha he is an authority on this matter is unmistakable, but we absolutely cannot allow a shortage of Pandoras to befall us. Even if he is against it, in light of recent events, it seems to be the perfect time to set Oohara's project into motion doesn't it?"
As the one with the mustache finished speaking, the one with the beard responded to the question.
"That unnecessary e-project made to better cultivate Pandoras... To think that the day would come where I would have to consider investing in such an illogical plan."
"...What about Mr. Jiro?"
The room went silence as the name was mentioned in the meeting.
Everyone knew who he was talking about, it was the man who stood side to side with legendary first Pandora, Maria Lancelot and known for his achievements and powerful freezing, the "Godfather of all limiters", Freezing Master Jiro.
"I doubt that that old man can do anything at this point, he is way past his age"
As the one with the beard doubted, the one with the mustache spoke.
"No, I've heard rumors that he's still has his power to this day, it's just that he's pretending to be a frail old man."
"..."
While everyone stayed silence for few second, the one with black hair only spoke.
"Well, even if that's true, Mr. Jiro already retired from Chevalier and living currently with Dr. Gengo Aoi and became a Janitor at West Genetics. We cannot convince him anyway since he is a stubborn old man."
"I still can't believe a man at his caliber became a Janitor..."
The bearded man went back to topic about Oohara's E-Pandora project.
"Still, is it really best to rush into things like this instead of waiting for someone with sufficient aptitude to be born...?"
The bald one spoke as he hit the table with his fist
"The current situation more than warrants it!"
'''''No matter what the risks may be...!"
(Scene Change, few days later at Grand Canyon, Chevalier Headquarters)
"As we have seen in the case of the 10th Nova clash, the interval between Nova clashes has been growing shorter and shorter."
The judge of the Chevalier was speaking through the mic in very large meeting room where all the high officials and leaders gathered, including Gengo Aoi.
"Looking at the current situation, the committee has ruled that our current plan of action is unsuited for the action is unsuited for the problem we now face. There is a mutual agreement that we must quickly choose a fundamentally different way to resolve this issue."
The judge made his announcement and he used the court hammer to approve the project.
"Thus, the head committee has ruled, that as of today, May 30th, 2056, in the name of the Chevalier, the initiation of the "E Pandora Project" is hereby officially recognized."
As everyone left the building, the media was swarming in front of the door taking pictures and trying to get answers by asking questions.
"To think the Chevalier would start up a new Pandora project!"
"Is this due to the severity of the current situation?!"
"Please give us answer!"
"Doctor Aoi!"
When Gengo was leaving the building as well, the media swarmed him to ask question about the project approval.
"Did you agree to this as well?!"
"To this plan of implanting stigmata in not just those with aptitude, but into normal people as well?!"
"Even though you were morally opposed to it up untill now?!"
Gengo responded to the questions with careful answers.
"The way things are now, my personal feelings on the matter have no meaning whatsoever. What matter now is that the situation is rapidly heading to a state far worse than any of you can imagine. We no longer have the luxury of waiting for suitable Pandora candidates to be born!"
The media asked more questions as Gengo leaves with no further comments.
"Does that mean that you think even the Chevalier have become unable to handle the situation?!"
"The E Project is aimed at normal citizens, but what are its chances of success?!"
"Will you be openly recruiting citizens to participate in this new plan?"
As Gengo continues to ignore the questions, he thought to himself about the situation.
"The Chevalier are in such a dire position that they have no choice but to ignore even my opinions. Publicly announcing the E project at a press conference like this is their last resort... That's how far we... how far mankind has been pushed back."
Gengo was frustrated and worried in general about the situation.
"I can only hope that your dying wish, does not bring a whole new chaos upon mankind... Maria."
The news about the E-Pandora project spread like a wildfire throughout the newspaper, TV and the internet.
"Wow... This E Pandora project is causing an uproar, doing something like this when we're not even done cleaning up from the 10th clash! What are those idiots thinking?!"
While Kim Yu-mi was browsing through the internet about the E Pandora project, Elize Schmitz responded to Yumi while drinking coffee.
"I can't say i don't see where the Checalier are coming from."
"What?"
"If we keep having battles like this, we'll run out of Pandora in no time.
"Yeah, you're right. but..."
"The're talking about optimized Pandora with both high transplant and corrosion rates. It's inevitable that they have to produce suitable candidates who can take in the stigmata we've made. Up until now... all we've been able to do is wait for them to be born..."
Yu-mi talked after elize was done
"No matter how much people say they envy us... Just because we had the necessary traits, we were forced to accept a fate of living on the battlefield. No matter how great it may be to be born with the power to perfect the normal people out there, the ones who have to risk their lives fighting are us..."
"And now even the people we were meant to protect are being forced to fight, when i think of that... it hurts, i just can't bear it"
"Yeah..."
As Yumi and Elize stared at the sky with sad and pity expression, they heard the door slide open in their office.
"Ho ho ho, may i come in?"
When Yumi and Elize turns around and see the door, they saw Jiro with janitor clothes while taking his gloves off.
''Mr. Jiro!''
They were both surprised to see Jiro with janitor clothes of West Genetics.
"Please have a seat here!"
Yumi was frantically cleaning the sofa and the table neatly while trying to get coffee for Jiro.
"It's all right young lady, for me, the sake that I've brought with me is good enough for me."
As Jiro shrugged off Yumi, Elize saw the type of sake brand that Jiro brought out from his pocket and sweatdropped.
"Mr. Jiro, you do know the alcohol of that caliber is not allowed in the academy..."
Jiro looked at Elize and casually poured sake to the cup he had in his other pocket.
"As long as i don't give it to the students, it'll be fine right?"
When Jiro gave the biggest grin to both Yumi and Elize, they both sighed in defeat.
''I guess your right''
Jiro finished pouring sake to the cup and offered the bottle to Yumi and Elize.
"You want some too?"
Both Elize and Yumi shaked their head.
"Sorry, Mr. Jiro, we can't afford to get drunk while we are in work and besides... i think that sake is too strong for both of us..."
When they declined his offer, Jiro felt sad and disappointed.
"Awww... shucks."
While Jiro drank the sake from the cup, Elize was still dumbfounded about the fact that out of all the people; Jiro, who is known as the "Freezing Master", is working as a Janitor of West Genetics.
"I still can't believe that you work as a Janitor..."
As Jiro finished drinking sake from his cup, he responded back to her.
"Gengo was always nagging to me about being a too much of a freeloader i was and told me to go get a job... this is the only one i could do i guess eheheh..."
Both Elize and Yumi was dumbfounded and sweatdropped as Jiro scratched back of his sheeply.
When Jiro put down his cup to the table, he spoke to the girls about a serious topic.
"I overheard you girls worried about the E Pandora project..."
As Elize and Yumi was silent as they looked down to the floor, Jiro continued.
"I can understand where you both coming from, but those idiot Chevaliers had no choice..."
Jiro looked up to the sky seriously while his eyes were slightly open.
"The only thing we can do is to hope that it will be successful..."