Chapter 47: Uta ni Katachi wa Nai Keredo
Ade remembered that in his previous life, he had an experience of getting a super-powerful prop in a game and waited to use it in the final boss battle. The result is that the official suddenly released a patch and removed the prop. Now he is in such a mood.
But now is not the time to curse, as a scientist, he decided to confirm with his own eyes before cursing.
This time it was Loran who personally accompanied him to the secret warehouse where TurnA was stored. The matter was so serious that no second person was allowed to exist at the scene.
Ade looked at the twenty meters height TurnA, once again felt a sense of dissonance. As this trip to Earth, he saw more up-and-coming MSs, and this sense of dissonance became more and more intense. As an expert in MS, one of the few experts in the entire human activity circle, he felt qualified to make such a judgment - TurnA is not something from this world.
All the MSs in this world are "referred", even if they are not designed and manufactured by him. From Zaku to The-O, all the MSs have been changed in order to exist in this mixed world in a reasonable way. Some have become completely different, like Lancelot; some are slightly adjusted, like ZakuⅢ; but none of them remain exactly as he remembers.
Except for TurnA.
Whether it's the logo on the forehead, the comically shaped boar-like head, the core fighter in the crotch, or the overall color scheme, everything is exactly the same as the TurnA he remembers. It's not like it was developed naturally, but rather like moved directly from the anime. Now thinking about it, even Moonlight Butterfly's weird power radius can be explained - the original design of the power radius is to Jupiter, nothing conspiracy here. He thought too much.
So the question was thrown at him again: where did TurnA come from?
"Dr. Adrien, it's too difficult to explain, just see for yourself." Loran led him over to the core fighter that had been unloaded and put aside, the cockpit had been opened, "The problem was first discovered on the night of February 14, and TurnA has been like this since that day."
Ade nodded to Loran and climbed into the cockpit and opened the operating system.
TurnA's operating system was not quite the same style as any mainstream operating system in this world. After the boot screen, the system loaded the main interface, and then there was no more. Loran's description is very professional, its system indeed halted. No matter what button he presses, the system does not respond, and the only thing he can do is to reboot, and of course he did it. But after the reboot, the situation is still the same.
Since reboot is not working then the only solution is to reinstall the system. Where can I buy TurnA's operating system?
"I've tried all the buttons and button combinations, nothing works. The dismounting of the cockpit itself has no effect on the MS, no need to waste time on it." Loran watched Ade and explained, "The only function that works in the main interface is to change the operating system language."
As Loran said, Ade found the function to change the language in the corner of the home screen, which was clickable. He changed a few to try, good, he could enjoy the halted interface in various languages now. Wait … halted?
"Your Highness, I'm afraid we've fallen into a misconception." Ade felt a bit flustered, "I always thought that the 'locking up the files' function was set by TurnA's designer, it was TurnA itself limiting its own functions, and that's how I explained it to you and Her Majesty Diana. But… is there any possibility that TurnA has no traps of its own, it's just a super-powerful MS, and the locked file is because TurnA is being attacked by a computer virus?"
"Computer … virus?" Loran was dumbfounded.
"Yeah, that would make sense. There's some kind of virus that's eroding TurnA's operating system, but TurnA itself is doing the resistance, so it's making slow progress. The erosion wasn't serious before and only the files were locked by the virus, and now TurnA itself finally couldn't hold out and the whole system started to crash." The more Ade said, the colder he felt on his back, "If you can be sure that this is how TurnA has been since its discovery, then what you picked up in the first place was the infected TurnA."
"Are you saying that TurnA was infected from the beginning?"
Ade nodded, "Just kind of guessing. TurnA should have a previous user, but in the process of use, it was placed a virus that was powerful enough to destroy TurnA's system, then it was abandoned…"
Loran was obviously shocked by this conclusion and could not accept it for a while, and Ade could understand his reaction. He did not want to accept it either, but it was the most reasonable explanation he could find at the moment.
"Your Highness." Ade felt that his voice had little energy, "May I take the liberty to ask, is there anything else excavated that has the same problem as TurnA?"
"No, only TurnA is faulty. The others are not as broken as TurnA… although I don't know what they are and what they can be used for."
"What about TurnX?" This was the last hope.
"What's TurnX?" Loran looked confused, "What does it have to do with TurnA?"
"What was the name of the dedicated MS that General Ghingham drove in the Earth-Moon War?"
"Dedicated MS?" Loran doesn't understand what Ade is talking about, "Didn't he drive a mass-produced common MS?"
That's what happens when you don't learn history well. The history books do not record what Ghingham drove, only that it was an MS. But the existence of TurnA and Ghingham made Ade subconsciously thought that Ghingham's MS is TurnX.
"I'm not holding out much hope, but I'll struggle a little more …"
The dying struggle proved to be of little consequence, Ade eventually found nothing, and he returned home with a tired body after 4:00 am. The house was dark, and he remembered that he forgot to inform Lacus that he would be late, but never mind, Lacus must have gone to bed.
It would be dawn in a few hours, and every organ in his body was protesting loudly, urging him to sleep, but his brain was sleepless. He did not bother to turn on the light, just lying on the sofa and look at the ceiling to launch a daze.
Will the moon lose its force deterrence? Loran was worried about this, right? He was worried about this when he first heard about it, and was thinking about how to try to improve the moon's armament level. But compared to what's in front of us, is that a problem?
If only TurnA existed, it was a little better. But now he has known that the solar system was a battlefield of two big shots once upon a time. It is better to pray that these two big shots have died together. If they came back to the solar system, the aftermath of the fight may be able to destroy everyone. Oh, yes, there is ELS we need to worry about too. Without Moonlight Butterfly, how can we defeat ELS?
By the way, he doesn't know what the virus will eventually become. Maybe TurnA will blow up one day. If that happened, he didn't have to worry about anything - because everyone is doomed to be screwed facing that situation.
This garbage worldview is such bullshit. Gundam plus Geass, oh, you can accept it? Then aliens and ELS. Oh, you are still calm? Then give you something stronger. In a word, the goal is to drive you crazy.
It's really tired to face these. And this time, this time, I really do not know how to do …
Suddenly came the sound of the door opening, followed by the voice of Lacus, "Ade-san, you're back?"
Is she still awake at midnight? But he didn't want to talk, he just gave a breathless mmm. Lacus perceptively didn't turn the light on and walked over to the couch in the dark. Ade felt a person sitting down next to his head, close enough to feel the temperature of the body.
"Is something going on, Mr. Ade?" Lacus's voice was gentle, "Or are you in some kind of trouble?"
"… Hmm."
"It must be a problem that only Ade-san can solve, right? His Highness Loran looked anxious." The young girl continued to ask softly, "Or is it a problem that even Ade-san can't solve?"
"… Hmm."
"This problem must be very serious, right? So Ade-san is in this worried look." The young girl placed her hand gently on his head, "Is it something that I can't understand? Is it a distress that only Ade-san can understand?"
"… hmm."
"But sometimes the world is like that. There will be things you can't do anything about. Mr. Ade is very powerful in my mind, but he's not omnipotent either. Why would you want to solve everything by yourself? It's natural that there are problems that can't be solved." Lacus's voice is getting lighter, "But even so, Ade-san wants to continue fighting, right? You are a person who doesn't know to give up."
"…I'm just a little tired and complaining." Ade closed his eyes, "Just let me sleep. Tomorrow everything will be back to normal. It's okay, don't think too much about it."
"I can't be of much help at a time like this, but at least I can sing to you." The young lady laughed softly, "Ade-san said before, you slept well when listening to my song? What do you want to hear? Now you can order songs."
"… whatever you want."
"When I cleaned up the house during the day, I found a lot of sheet music in the cracks under the table, full of dust. But they are all tunes I have not seen before, are they the songs that Miss Alice has stored?" Lacus did not mean to ask seriously, so she did not wait for Ade to answer and continued, "There is a song in it I particularly like. Can I sing it to you?"
Oh, it fell into that kind of place. No wonder I can't find it.
"… hmm."
The young girl cleared her throat and took a deep breath, "Cherry petals color early spring (薄紅の時を彩る花びら) I had expected to be able to smile (ひらひら舞う光の中) In swaying lights (僕は笑えたはず)…"
The clear and quiet song echoes gently, the cold and dark living room seems to have become a little warmer. Ade emptied his brain in the song, relaxed his body, let go of his spirit, the heavy load on his heart seemed to be melted partly by the gentle song, and his consciousness seemed to be less stagnant.
"… I'll sing for you (僕は歌うよ) I'll support you (笑顔をくれた君が泣いてるとき) When you, who gave me smiles, are crying (ほんの少しだけでもいい) Even if I can do little for you (君の支えになりたい)…"
It is clear that it is a madrigal, why do I feel that I hear the accompaniment? Suddenly I have a delusion that I may be able to struggle a little more. Maybe I should find Loran tomorrow and try again?
"… All things I send to you (僕が送るものは全て) Are formless things (形のないものだけど) But I want them to shine (君の心の片隅で) In a corner of your heart (輝く星になりたい) ."
