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"Cassius...Tesla...Wind...Clifford...Kazuya..."

"'Kazuya' You mean my older brother?"

"They are all...my brothers..."

"...What!?" Kazuha could only stare at Luke in shock.

"Which make YOU my sister."

"I...I...I don't understand..." Kazuha said as she scratched the back of her head.

"Understanding each other's true intents using mere verbal communication...in such a primitive way. Sharing one's true intentions is simply impossible. Have YOU ever experienced it, Kazuha Aoi? That other kind of existence? Which allows you to go beyond your true self-consciousness?"

Kazuha couldn't help but shrug her shoulders nervously.

"By the way, do you know why the Nova appear as giants? Or why humans like us are fighting intelligent beings from another dimension?" asked Luke.

Kazuha shrug again at Luke question.

"It's because you refused to listen. You refused to use the medium named 'Maxwell'...to hear what they were trying to say as humans."

"Uh...right," said the Japanese Limiter girl nervously. "I...I, OOPS! Look at the time! I gotta—"

But before she could run away, Luke grabbed her by the arms...and KISSED her!

"MRPH?!" Kazuha tried to push away the Viking that was forcefully kissing her, when all of a sudden, I saw things...things that he had never seen before. Eventually, she managed to break free and fell backwards onto her rear, violent coughing and trying to wipe anyway the saliva on his mouth. "*COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH* *HACK* WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?!" she furiously yelled at the silver-haired Viking.

"You'll understand your place in all of this soon," said Luke coldly, "and why humans cannot understand each other."

"WHAT THE FUCK, LUKE-SAN!?" shout someone right behind Luke.

It was Osaka. He violently pushed Luke out of her way so she could tend to her cousin. "Brother, are you okay?"

"WHAT WERE DOING TO MY SISTER!?" Osaka furiously screamed...no one. "He's gone."


"Are you okay, sister?" Osaka asked his cousin as he offered her a glass of water; they were now in Kazuha's dorm room, and Kazuha sat on her bed.

"*SIP* Yeah, I'm feeling better now," Kazuha said after drinking her water.

"*SIGH* Please tell me, sister: what did Luke do to you?"

"...N-Nothing. I just felt a little dizzy, and thanks for catching me."

"...Right...if you say so, sister. But there seem to be some aspects of Luke that even us Vikings don't understand."

"Well, n-neither do YOU? YOU'RE a Viking as well after all."

"I know," the Viking said after taking his cousin's empty glass of water. "We were all extremely young at the time we joined the Viking Project and took part in Dr. Aoi's training. Tarzan, Franklin, Christpher and I were members of the team since the very beginning. Luke joined about one year ago, and Dr. Aoi used her influence to allow him to join gthe Vikings as a special trainee."

"'Sp-Special trainee'!?"

"I don't know anything about his past...but since it was something Dr. Aoi decided, no one objected, especially considering his skills. But to be frank, we Vikings NEVER trusted him. So, I'm going to ask one more time, and THIS time...I want the TRUTH: WHAT THE FUCK DID LUKE DO TO YOU?"

"And I told you...NOTHING, okay? Relax!" said Osaka's Limiter cousin nervously.


Meanwhile, Akatsuki Seiga was reviewing the current placement of the Faylan Generators for tomorrow's joint exercise.

"Excellent work, Seiga-sama!" said his colleague from behind. "Would you like a cup of coffee?"

"Oh, sure, thanks," Director Seiga said as he took his coffee cup to drink.

"Man, these devices are incredible. The operational area of Genetics' artificial island is covered by only twelve of them."

"I know. The effective range of a single Faylan Generator is about 2 km, positioning them so the effects of every single Faylan Generator will be maximized."

"Really impressive! They'll be several Type-S dummies as well, right?"

"Yeah, my company produced those models specifically for this occasion."

"Thanks to the Faylan Generators, the Vikings will be able to express their true potential, so I understand you want your Nova dummies to be at their best. Well, keep working hard on that. Good night."

"Good night," Director Seiga said with a smile. But as soon as the colleague left, the smile vanished as he turned back to the Nova displayed on the computer monitor. "Yes...I MUST do everything I can...to make the Nova work to the best of their abilities..."


The next day, the third-year Pandora and Platoon 13 members were positioned for the joint exercise. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the joint exercise!" said Father Marco. "Before we begin, there are a few things I need to say: I'd like to thank the personnel of Seiga Heavy Industries for their day-to-night organization of this event, as well as Dr. Aoi for her hard work for this project to become a reality. Now, there will be six Type-S Nova dummies within Genetic's perimeter. We shall simulate events that are similar to the events of the 11th Nova Clash in Alaska. The goal of this simulation is simple: Team 13 and four other teams, led by their strongest Pandora of Genetics, must destroy all the six dummies within the assigned time; the whole operation will take place within the effective range of the Faylan Generators to allow the Vikings to test their real skills; the exercise will be held for a total of four hours between 1PM and 5PM," he explained to the Pandora and Vikings. "And so, let the joint exercise...BEGIN!"

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