[Aaron Side Story Episode 3]
1. Purity for the One and Only (3)
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Moebius’ ambitious work.
The release of Pick Me Up is just around the corner.
Marketing was in full swing on Earth.
Give prizes on famous SNS and hold events or post small pre-booked advertisements on various community sites.
However, large-scale marketing such as TV commercials could not be implemented.
Because it failed to break through a direct connection with Earth.
The company’s operation is also indirectly.
The existence of the company is barely established by setting up a ghost company and brainwashing some people on Earth who have been difficult to persuade.
This way of operating is inefficient.
In order for more aggressive marketing or development to take place, a line that is closely connected to the earth was needed.
Of course, the blueprint is complete.
Its implementation is infinitely close to impossible.
“That makes no sense.”
The executive conference room on the upper floor of Mobius.
A middle-aged man in a suit distorted his expression.
“A child’s daydream would be better than this. Not realistic at all!”
An intense energy rose near the middle-aged man.
A torrent of intense emotions takes shape.
Overwhelmed by that energy, several gods nearby broke out in a cold sweat.
“Are you going to run the project without a line? what bullshit is this? It’s like trying to do business in another country, but not going through the road with that country and only doing business through letters!”
“Even if the efficiency drops, it is not impossible.”
The man who seemed to be a researcher was sweating profusely.
A screen is floating in front of the conference hall.
An outline of the Pick Me Up project was drawn there.
“Why not? They said the blueprints were complete.”
The man raised his eyebrows.
“It takes an enormous amount of energy to open a dimensional rift connected to Earth and keep it constant. We Mobius doesn’t have anything with that kind of interference…”
“It was impossible from the beginning?”
“That’s not it…”
“It’s absurd. what? Pick me up? Bringing interference from Earth into the game? We’ve been doing this for a joke like this…!”
“Shut your mouth.”
The man’s high voice subsided in an instant.
“So you are explaining. Why don’t you listen and talk.”
The girl on the other side said in a cold tone.
tell.
Next to him was Ikar, with a puzzled look on his face.
“Hegrian, you’re all nice, but it’s really bad that you’re impatient.”
“If you’ve endured this much, it seems to be enough.”
A man called Hegrian glared at Tell.
This man was another supreme god of a similar stature in the pantheon as Tel Ikar, and had enormous influence over Eden.
He also competed with Tel Ikar for the presidency of the Pantheon.
“Isn’t this enough to respect you guys? we waited And they cooperated.”
High-ranking gods and spirits lined up behind the man.
It was the Hegrian faction that was on par with the Tel Icar faction in the pantheon.
“But what about the result?”
Hegrian’s voice became hoarse.
Tell didn’t say anything.
“We couldn’t even break through the portal to Earth, and we didn’t have the proper defenses to protect Mobius from disaster. Plus, the finished game is just ugly. Where is the hope here?”
When the destruction of Mobius was announced, Eden was divided into two factions.
The Tel Ikar faction wants to keep an eye on Moebius.
The Hegrian faction accepts destruction and finds a way to live.
“We have already conceded to the limit. If it’s too late, you won’t be able to escape. Are you going to die like a dog with Mobius?”
“…”
“We too…”
Hegrian closed his eyes.
A lot of emotion bloomed and then disappeared on the man’s face.
“It’s not that I don’t love Moebius. So I was persuaded by you. Because if there was a way, I wanted to save it.”
As a result, the Hegrian faction was persuaded by the Tell Icar faction.
It was passed on to Ikar’s speech.
Thus, the two forces of Mansinjeon joined forces to implement the Pick Me Up Project.
“but.”
Hegrian opened his eyes.
In that gaze, there was the dignity of an existence that had once been the faith of countless humans.
“Sometimes you have to let go quietly.”
“…”
“Right now, we’re digging up a grave, saying we can’t send our children. I don’t want to see you ugly anymore.”
Tell opened his mouth.
Because I wanted to refute that man.
But no words came to mind.
“To be honest. What is the possibility that Mobius will fully revive when the project is implemented?”
Hegrian said to the researcher next to the screen.
He was the person in charge of the presentation.
“That’s…”
“You don’t have to talk. You already know the answer.”
Hegrian rose from his seat.
As the man stirred his hand, an incomprehensible figure appeared on the table.
It was the language of the gods.
“There are four major problems with the Pick Me Up project.”
first.
A portal to Earth is essential for the smooth operation of the project.
In order to open this dimensional gate, an enormous amount of interference is required.
Where is such an energy source in the dying Moebius?
second.
When the project is implemented, an army will be immediately sent from outer space to subdue Eden.
Because they absolutely forbid breaking the law.
How to stop the foreign forces?
third.
Question about the game itself.
As a result of looking at the report, I couldn’t find any box office factors.
How do you plan to make such a common game popular on Earth?
last fourth.
Is there any meaning to the act of reviving already destroyed dimensions?
Just as pieces of broken jars eventually fall apart when put together, the same is true for life and death.
“Even if you solve the three problems above, you cannot fix the last problem.”
Hegrian declared.
“Old man Lecadis said so. They tried to split the destroyed dimensions into 100 pieces and put them together one by one.”
As the man gestured, an image in the form of a tower appeared in the middle of the table.
“Once the destroyed dimensions are reconstructed into a 100-story tower. And he said he was trying to piece together cause and effect little by little from the bottom floor.”
It’s like a jigsaw puzzle.
It is to assemble the shattered puzzle pieces and complete the original picture again.
“The old man said that the pieces couldn’t fit together from the 80th floor onwards.”
A virtual tower is being built on the table.
However, from the 80th floor onwards, cracks began to form everywhere, and by the time the tower reached the 90th floor, it collapsed.
Of course, even the broken pieces of the puzzle can be forcibly put together with the power of Lecadis.
The problem was after that.
“The shattered dimension doesn’t connect properly. At best, the status quo is limited. If I forcibly tried to make it all the way to the 100th floor… the army of eons would come and devour it in an instant. With all our strength, we won’t be able to last even an hour.”
Even if you somehow manage to solve three of the four problems, it will collapse in the final turn.
The Pick Me Up project was impossible from the beginning.
“If Lecadis says no, then no. Are you saying you can replace inspiration?”
Alpha Zero Lecadis is a god with a thousand eyes that can see through the universe and all things.
If that kind of god said it was difficult, it couldn’t be possible for someone else.
From the beginning, splitting the broken dimension into a hundred parts and reassembling the cause and effect was a method that made no sense unless it was Lecadis.
“I would like you to refute.”
Tell frowned.
But I couldn’t come out.
It was Ikar who was lowering his head to apologize.
“sorry. It is because of my inexperience.”
“It’s a pity. sincerely. We also cherished and loved Mobius. I would like you to know As of today, we will take our hands off the project.”
hands off
That is, the company’s manpower is reduced by almost half.
If they leave, development becomes impossible in a realistic sense.
“Are you going to leave this place and run away?”
“Are you sad? I’m not going to throw it away…”
Hegrian deliberately corrected his words at Tell, who glared at him.
“Okay, give me the answer you want. Pure as ever.”
Hegrian said.
“okay. We decided to ditch it. We love our hometown, but our lives are more important than that. Did it give you the answer you wanted? Since we answered innocently without adding or subtracting, we hope you will accept our opinion as the goddess of innocence.”
I love Mobius.
But I don’t care enough to die together.
This is their pure heart.
Tell was silent.
“In two days we will be leaving. You don’t have to do a pick-up. It’s not that shameless.”
“no.”
Ikar shook his head.
She stood up, smiled brightly, and bowed to Hegrian.
“Thank you so much for your hard work. Please accept our farewell greeting before you go. Because you worked hard for Mobius and for us.”
“You are unchangingly merciful.”
Hegrian laughed and stood up.
“If Mobius is safe even after arriving in another universe, I will do my best to find out if there is a way to save my hometown there.”
“thank you.”
“Then excuse me.”
The executives who were sitting on the left rose to their feet.
After ignoring Tel Ikar, they followed Hegrian out of the meeting room.
“…”
Silence fell over the conference hall.
Ikar, who was standing there, spoke casually.
“Aren’t the others following Hegrian-nim? If I miss him, I might not be able to get out of here.”
“We… are not going.”
someone answered.
“Even if I die, I will die in my hometown.”
“I will follow Tel Ikar to the end.”
“Even if the project has failed?”
“Still, didn’t you do your best to protect your hometown?”
There is no palpable despair.
Quiet but not frustrated.
It is accepting the ending.
“You all did a great job. See you next time.”
Following Ikar’s declaration of dissolution, the executives on the right side disappeared.
The only ones left in the vast conference hall are the older sister and the younger sister.
Ikar said.
“sister? how is your sister? Sister…”
Tell crossed her arms.
Then he spat out.
“Where did Grandpa go?”
“Ah, Grandpa said there are adjustments to the system.”
“It’s already been messed up, what are you adjusting?”
“That’s not over yet.”
Ikar laughed and said.
“Pick Me Up will be released. It may not be a box office hit, but it will be able to secure minimal interference. Then we can implement the second plan.”
“No second?”
“So that the children can rest in peace.”
Ikar explained the second proposal of the Pick Me Up project.
The heart of the project is… euthanasia.
Temporarily revives the entire Moebius, giving life on the brink of death a dream.
happy and warm dreams.
A miracle of this magnitude could have been accomplished by a narrow margin.
“There will be no pain.”
Ikar said.
A soft smile curled around his lips.
Tell saw the horror in that smile.
“Why bring the dead back to life and make them dream? What does it mean?”
“Because they told me before they died. it hurts want to live I am the Goddess of Mercy, so I must grant those children’s wishes.”
Ikar said as if singing.
“Then, before I die, no one will say anything. sick. want to live please save me won’t beg me Because those kids have always been like that. ask for help ask for help I can hear it even now I am the Goddess of Mercy, so I can hear their final cries.”
Ikar, the Goddess of Mercy, can feel the emotional waves emitted by Mobius’ lives.
That meant that the feelings that spread simultaneously as thousands and hundreds of millions of dimensions were destroyed were conveyed to Ikar as they were.
“They are hoping.”
Ikar murmured.
“I don’t want to get sick.”
There was no light in the eyes.
“Please save me.”
He said in a high-pitched tone.
“Please give me one more chance.”
Tell swept his neat black hair.
why is my sister doing this
I actually knew.
Because the twin goddesses are two in one.
We know each other better than anyone.
Ikar has no choice but to do that.
mercy.
Not giving up one for the other.
to think of others as oneself.
So the children Ikar refers to are like himself.
“Aha.”
That’s why I laughed.
“hey.”
“Yes sister?”
“If you were a human, you would have let Mobius go, right?”
“…”
“He will cry and be sad, but in the end he will let you go. I will send you in peace.”
But no.
you can’t
because you’re not human
Because I was born that way.
like I was born like this
“Brother.”
Tel looked at the ceiling of the conference room.
Not a single light shined through her black hair.
“Isn’t that what you mean?”
“sister?”
“Are you hoping? Above all. So much so that I can’t stand it.”
“I…”
“But I can’t do it. know the price Because you are not pure enough to accept that karma.”
Tell looked at Ikar with his hair hanging down.
“Are you in conflict? Do you ask me or not?”
“Oh no…”
“Even though I know what to do. Even though I know everything.”
Ikar is in agony.
He was deeply conflicted with the desires in his heart.
However, if the desire is expressed innocently, a terrible disaster will happen.
Mercy is suppressing one’s own desires for the sake of others.
However, the lives of Mobius asked Ikar to save them.
He begged for mercy mixed with his heart to help us because he wanted to live.
Granting their last wish was also mercy.
What is mercy and what is pure?
I can not know.
I became unaware.
Ikar lost the reason for his existence.
“…”
Conflict, conflict, and conflict again.
without knowing what is correct and what is wrong.
We are facing the time of destruction while clinging to unanswerable questions.
‘If it was an older sister.’
My sister doesn’t worry.
There is no agony or conflict in purity.
Because those emotions are all impurities.
Indeed, if the desire is pure in heart, there is no need to suffer.
pure.
Forsaking all others for the one.
To live only for one’s heart.
Even the weight of the universe is lighter than a feather compared to its heart.
‘OK.’
Ikar made up his mind.
Let’s ask Grandpa.
He who is said to be the god of the wise may be able to clarify his mind.
“How long will you be here?”
“uh?”
Ikar came to his senses at his sister’s prompting.
“I’ll go.”
The two sisters walked out of the conference room side by side.
Soon after, the lights in the room went out.