-The Chikyuu Project was created for monitoring, following and guiding the human race after the events that culminated in my creation the being replied, in an enigmatically.
-Guide the human race? I asked, seeing I hadn t understood what she meant by that.
-Yes, seeing that this race is unable to walk on their own feet, seeing they always tangle them on each other making them trip and fall replied the being, so sure of its reply that made me shiver.
-If you allow me Kitagawa said, entering the conversation you said that you were created to guide the human race, correct? You don t mention at all the nekomimi race he then added is that because you mean they are sufficiently able to take care of themselves? Or they were left for a future point you would make a little later?
-The humanoid race of those having the feline features, as you the being replied, looking towards the elder wasn t included in this explanation as they didn t exist at the time I was built.
-What? I exclaimed shocked, seeing the nekomimi presence was registered four thousand years before Mewsus! what do you mean by that HR HR - suddenly I realized that I couldn t remember her name could we call you by another name? that serial number is way too hard to remember.
-My creators programed me to accept any name that the responsible for activating me in this secondary mode gave me the being looked around and asked which of you did that?
-It was him Enma and Kitagawa replied together, pointing to me.
-By which name do you wish for me to answer to? she asked then, looking to me.
-You said that the name of the project that created you was Chikyuu , correct? to which the being just quickly replied yes alright, what do you think of being called Chi or Chi-chan ?
-Android Chi or Chi-chan - I heard a noise as if something was being processed, a light passed inside the being s eyes and soon it vanished, she said name saved! Do you wish for something else?
-Yes we wished to know the motives that nekomimis didn t exist at your time I asked, barely understanding what was happening before my eyes.
-There are no motives Chi replied, looking at me with those lifeless eyes the existence of those humanoids was unknown until my creation s day.
-Refer to those humanoids as nekomimis, alright Chi? I ordered the android, seeing that the way she was referring to the nekomimis was bothering me.
-Yes master she then processed the data information saved, do you wish any more information regarding this subject?
-Yes however this doesn t make any sense I was replying, when Enma interrupted me.
-Richard, I believe that we need to change the kind of questions we are doing Enma then neared Chi and analyzed her allow me to ask her a few questions?
-Of course Enma, be my guest I then looked at Chi and said Chi, you can reply any question she makes you.
-Yes master Chi replied, nodding in sequence.
-Chi, which year is present on your system on today? Enma then stopped before the android.
-Year of sixty four thousand and thirty three AD the android replied, quickly.
-As I guessed Enma commented, pointing to Chi she is using a timeline different from ours, which is the reason we are not being able to understand quite a lot of things -But how will we know where our scale meets with hers? I asked Enma, thinking myself.
-We need to historical events present on both timelines that us both know the exact date they happened Enma explained, continuing so we can make a proportion out of the two and compare them! If possible, make the two as father apart as possible.
-I understand! A good example would be the first time the name of the Montecchio family is stated in history a fact that happened right after church s fall, for bravery in combat the king Constantine gave a nobility title to our family on the year of fifteen thirty two Chi?
-Montecchio, word pronounced in Veronese, processing equalization with the human language the android then seemed to be processing information the similar in my original language is Montague she then processed for some more instants fifteen ninety seven Chi promptly replied.
-It is sixty five years of the mark from the actual date Enma I commented, looking at the kitsunemimi it was right after the war against the church, it isn t too little of discrepancy to justify the difference between that date and today s date?
-Actually it is too little indeed, that difference cannot be irregular as well - Enma then pondered for some more moments as a timescale cannot have geometric progression, but rather an arithmetic one - she then looked at the android where the Montecchio name showed up at that year?
-The name Montecchio appears on a written play composed by a writer named William Shakespeare named Romeo and Juliet -A book? I exclaimed shocked are you trying to tell me that the name of the second most influent family on Verona s history just appears on a book of an artist that is unknown to me? I stared at Chi, whom didn t show any reaction at all now you will want to convince me that there is no mention to the nekomimi race in that book or world at that time?
-Yes master Chi replied while bowing there is no mention to the nekomimi race in that time and until around five hundred years ago there are no other mentions to Montecchio s family name aside plays, adaptations and animes.
-Something is extremely weird here I commented, looking at Enma either this android came from another planet or I am certainly not understanding anything from what is going on!
-It is actually really strange Enma said, pondering for some moments, exclaiming in sequence I know! Chi, I want you to tell us the planet s general history from the first day of your timeline until today, it doesn t matter how long it takes!
-Yes Enma Chi pointed to the big screen before us do you wish to see images and videos stored inside my data banks? So I can transform my speech into something more illustrated.
-Yes Chi-chan I pointed to the mainframe be my guest.
Chi touched her ears that resembled those DJ s earphones and something that reminded an USB plug connected to a cable left the side of that device, then the android headed to where Kitagawa s crucifix was and removed it giving it back to its owner, then she stretched and plugged her own connector on the place and, moments later, images and texts began showing up on the gigantic screen, everything followed by an explanation:
The first year on our timeline is marked by the birth of a historical person that would be known at that time as a prophet , Jesus, her was killed by the meaning of his preaching , *funny* I thought *very similar to the history of our own prophet s history* there was even the creation of a religion based on said prophet, that had its power peak until around the seventeenth century, when various reforms and counter reforms made it lose its influence without, however, ceasing to exist .
Theories about the end of the world were always very popular and shared among the populations, however three centuries before the great catastrophe they had stronger signs Chi then showed images of countless wars and confrontations, each of them more and more bloody; she showed the making of something she called fire guns that threw pieces of metal at so unbelievable speeds that could penetrate any armor or protection that I could dream of, making me completely horrified with that world; my loathe for that world reached its peak when in the screen appeared the image of a cloud that resembled a mushroom, she said in sequence then:
-According my creators, the humans began showing their own self-destructive power at the years nineteen forty five, when history s the first atomic bomb was dropped at the city of Hiroshima in Japan Chi then pointed a place in the map I just recognized from satellite pictures, seeing that area was still on the forbidden zone over seventy thousand people died instantly, whereas other two hundred thousand died from three days to five years after the explosion, radiation victims -Seventy thousand instantly? I exclaimed astonished how can bombs be that powerful? How could those humans conceive something that bad even during war? How much dynamite was used? Were all victims near each other as if they were in a musical show?
-No Richard, we are talking about the habitants of a city that disappeared in a matter of tenths of seconds Chi replied, reporting me a fact that made me become paralyzed normal explosives weren t used, even if the measurements are made using and equivalent the android then showed onscreen the material used uranium was used, and the destruction power was equivalent as if thirteen tons of your actually most potent explosive were used.
-T T T Thirteen tons? I stuttered, that was way much more than I could even have dreamed of, it was almost the same amount my mining business used in a whole year! in a single artifact? Were those time s humans insane?
-I think I already know what happened Enma commented while I was shocked more of those things you just showed us were used and the previous humanity self-terminated, correct?
-Not exactly Enma Chi replied, changing the screen s image actually it was an unfortunate sequence of coincidences that culminated into something much bigger the android then showed a date of December twenty-one of two thousand twenty-one as I said, theories about the end of the world always existed, however that day, a just thirteen years old teenager managed to invade, without being noticed, a computer that controlled the access to one of the bunker of the extinct USSR, place we are inside right now, and accidentally activate a pioneer experiment she then pointed to an graph that showed onscreen we still don t know why, but apparently the sum of circumstances made several protective systems to shut off and firewall protections, added with boy s skill resulted in the catastrophe that followed -My Saint Meow - I commented, fearing more and more the path things were going.
-The experiment was launched and detonated it in the middle of South America she then showed satellite images and with the impact alone it pulverized the whole continent, ninety seven percent of its inhabitants had perished after two years, thanks to the nuclear winter she then showed a scene from the place we were into now the scientists that created me were one of the few that had chances to survive, as around five thousand people were doing a simulation to actually being prepared for situations like that one, the other three percent were people that were doing similar activities around the world when this happened.
-But what happened to the other places? I then pointed to the dots where Chi showed places like this one for instance, in the forbidden continent to the west our explores found a desolate land, the ones that managed to return died from illness that made them completely deformed would it be a consequence of said weapon?
-Yes Richard, the radiation causes cancer and disfigures in more severe cases; five hundred years ago the continent still had way too high radiation levels that would kill any living being, the situation would have been completely different in case they had arrived there now, where we are having tolerable levels in them.
-Alright, I understood it until there Enma commented, stopping her thinking however that still doesn t explain how we arrived here now! What happened to the human survivals? The mimi races had already appeared?
-No Enma, but according to my researches, they showed up way later Chi replied, changing to another graphic the survivals stayed approximately ten years inside the bunkers, seeing the vast majority of them weren t ready for such a disaster, however just the ones that left from this place and another more to the north of Verona managed to survive longer; for some unknown reason to my sensors, the land ranging from the far west of this continent to the extreme east of Verona the radiation decayed rather quickly so as in a decade, opposing the rest of the world, being powerless to be fatal, despite old Europe presented tolerable levels of radiation, it was very drained from resources, part of the survivors headed to the extreme east in the old Middle east Asia Chi then showed the path on the map however that moving had an unexpected side effect.
-First things first I asked, as I had a doubt if the survivors left the bunkers, why didn t they use the technology that existed?
-They didn t used the technology because they wanted to start from the beginning and avoid making the same mistake again Chi replied, pointing to herself and that is why they created me, so as to keep the history of both worlds and to guide new humanity, protecting them from themselves or from someone that wanted to unscrupulously wanted to use this information for evil.
-And what would be that unexpected side effect that you mentioned about the people that headed towards Verona s Far East Chi-chan? Kitagawa asked curiously.
-As the humans restarted all over, they needed to directly deal with planting and animal raising for survival Chi then began showing some videos made by herself while she was observing the new intelligent life on Earth however the radiation from there, different from here s in one aspect, made that especially between the pet which the human being are so found of, some genes present in them mixed with the owner s, staying passive inside the human s genome, depositing themselves in the sexual chromosomes she then pointed to a chart that explained what she was explaining you can guess the surprise of the parents when the first nekomimi offspring and those with dog traces appeared.
-That would explain the motive that nekomimis and inumimis are way more common! Enma explained, punching her own paw because, together with the rabbits, they were the most common pets among humans! But how can you explain cases like mine, who am a kitsunemimi?
-There were cases in which the fox genes passed to humans when those hunted your kind for food or skin Chi replied, leaving me completely dizzy with so many revelations.
-My Saint Meow are you telling me that the nekomimis kitsunemimis - I commented, needing to sit down seeing that the world began spinning around me due the amount of information I received until that moment were something that happened by chance? A coincidence?
-According to my systems, yes Chi replied a coincidence.
-I n need to rest a little, it is too much information all at once! I exclaimed pointing to the monitor Chi, while you are at that monitor the six people that are inside the sealed room and warn me in case they leave.
-Yes master! Chi replied energetically, still talking with Kitagawa and Enma.
I then stopped to think; This isn t possible! This is almost inadmissible! New races that just exist today as a consequence of a negligent and egoistic one! How could they! I pondered for a while longer no wonder we forbade the gunpowder! We knew instinctively that it would a catalyst of great catastrophes! It didn t matter however, because not even one living being changed! We continue to be as egoistic and self-destructive as before! ; that was when something that was on the ground drew my attention, it was something I knew very well and just one person in all Verona had it, damnation, I can t believe it is you!