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Chapter 22 - Chapter 022: Truth Only Exists Within the Range of Artillery

Ruri Gokou remembered that the company that made "NieR: Replicant" had said that the next NieR series was under development.

In terms of plot, it would focus on androids, a stage for androids.

In other words, what was happening in A2's world right now was the theme of the next series.

So, if A2 wanted to know more detailed content about "NieR: Replicant," she could also inform her.

Because Mr. Golden Toilet's description could only outline the general picture, it seemed he couldn't remember all the detailed plot points.

Of course, if Black Cat were now asked to specifically detail all the contents of Grimoire Noir and Grimoire Weiss, she couldn't do it either—how could she possibly remember word for word?

But she could immediately look up the content and inform them.

However, right now, Black Cat wanted to tell everyone something else first.

[Fallen Saint Black Cat: Miss A2, please ask Mr. Golden Toilet to come online

Black Cat: Everyone, if you want to know about your worlds, you can ask Mr. Golden Toilet, because he might also know about your worlds

Dr. Kouzuki: Oh? Why do you say that?

Fallen Saint Black Cat: When everyone else was offline earlier, I chatted with him. He knows who I am, knows about my world, and also knows about Miss Saeko Busujima's world. Now he also knows about Miss A2's world, so he might know more about everyone's situations]

This statement made Yuuko Kouzuki find it interesting.

Then, A2, the group member who was called out, finally realized she still had the livestream on and turned it off.

However, it seemed she indeed informed Mr. Golden Toilet, who then came online.

[Golden Toilet: Hmm, quite a few people online, some IDs are quite interesting]

This statement also revealed considerable information; he was clearly wondering which works these ID names might belong to.

So, would her ID "Dr. Kouzuki" reveal any information?

Probably not.

[Martian: Um, Black Cat said you seem to know information about many worlds. Could you please analyze my world's situation?]

The Martian couldn't help but ask first, which didn't surprise Yuuko Kouzuki at all.

From their previous messages, Yuuko Kouzuki had already judged what kind of person they might be.

They seemed to be of noble birth, received the education they wanted, but appeared somewhat unworldly, like a sheltered young lady—somewhat naive, the kind of foolish girl who had idealistic views about things.

Yes, a girl, probably around fifteen or sixteen years old.

Such a person, though very kind, would be a nice person in peaceful times.

But in terrible times, one could only say they were utterly foolish, possibly even a liability, likely to do harmful things with good intentions.

Therefore, they would probably reveal information about their world next, which would allow Yuuko Kouzuki to observe and see what kind of person this new member with the ID Golden Toilet was.

The only male to join, and coincidentally knowing about many people's worlds (possibly everyone's), such coincidence would only make one feel like there was some conspiracy.

Therefore, Yuuko Kouzuki wouldn't foolishly immediately reveal information about her world to him and then obtain more information from him.

If he intentionally mislead something, and one carelessly believed it, who knows what terrible things might happen?

[Golden Toilet: Please go ahead]

Subsequently, the Martian began to narrate their world's situation.

In their world, during the Apollo moon landing in the mid-1970s, an ancient civilization relic [Hyperspace Gate] connecting the moon and Mars was discovered on the moon.

Thus, humans were able to achieve shuttle travel from the moon to Mars and conduct interstellar migration, with 300,000 in the first phase.

Of course, to investigate the situation on Mars, relevant experts were dispatched, and an investigation team was sent.

Among them, the key figure was Dr. Rayregalia, who successfully discovered the ancient civilization relic Aldnoah on Mars and was recognized by Aldnoah as the inheritor of this civilization, allowing him to activate Aldnoah's technological equipment.

Subsequently, the Earth side used various means to restrict Dr. Rayregalia's freedom, even threatening his life, all for the ownership of Aldnoah.

In the end, Dr. Rayregalia successfully escaped Earth's control, monopolized ALDNOAH, and established himself as emperor, founding the Vers Empire on Mars.

By the end of the century, the conflict between the two sides had reached its limit. With the choice made by Dr. Rayregalia's son toward Earth, the war between Mars and Earth officially began.

The sudden war against Earth also triggered the runaway of the Hyperspace Gate on the moon, causing the moon to be shattered, with countless fragments falling to Earth.

That year, about half of Earth's population died.

In this campaign, Dr. Rayregalia's son died in battle, and along with some supply issues, a ceasefire agreement was signed.

In terms of strength between the two sides, the Martian army with Mars's Aldnoah technology was overwhelmingly superior.

However, the population on Mars was too sparse. Even with Aldnoah's technology surpassing Earth's, it couldn't transform Mars into an environment like Earth's, so resources simply couldn't support a large development of Mars's population.

Therefore, this ceasefire situation emerged.

Now, more than ten years after the ceasefire, relations between Earth and Mars have become increasingly hostile.

So, to ease relations between the two sides, the princess of the Martian Empire will soon visit Earth as a goodwill ambassador, attempting to prevent the relationship from becoming more rigid.

[Martian: So, Mr. Golden, do you know about my situation?

Golden Toilet: Those counts or whatever in your family, do they each have a war robot, so they're called Martian Knights?]

This question was interesting.

[Martian: Yes, hmm? Ah!]

This fool finally realized, thus confessing without being prompted, confirming it.

Therefore, Yuuko Kouzuki sneered at this princess's action of serving as a goodwill ambassador.

As for how she could see through that the other was the princess, it was because when introducing the princess, the description had flaws—the kind of situation that occurs when one is introducing oneself, not truly describing another person as a third party.

[Martian: Mr. Golden, do you know who I am?]

Still so foolish.

[Golden Toilet: What do you think? I just want to say, if you don't have power, don't have political savvy or armed forces completely loyal to you—and ones with certain deterrence capability at that, you'd better not naively go as a goodwill ambassador. Just stay at home as a mascot, don't become the fuse that ignites the second war. If you have the ability, become an iron-blooded queen; otherwise, having ideals without strength is just delusion. Only talking big, believing love can change everything, becoming self-absorbed—such people often only make situations more hellish. In the end, both sides will despise such a person. Finally, let me offer you a saying I like—Truth only exists within the range of artillery]

Truth only exists within the range of artillery—Yuuko Kouzuki also liked this saying.

That being said, this Golden Toilet also knew the specific situation of the Martian's world and what would happen next.

And that this princess's act of goodwill would become the fuse for the second war—Yuuko Kouzuki could roughly guess how this would happen.

It would be nothing more than the most classic scenario: the princess meets with an accident, and the Martian Empire immediately uses this point to launch a war.

Yes, it seemed the princess would have an accident, and this accident would very likely be deliberately planned by the Martian Empire.

The princess was just a sacrificial pawn used to ignite the war.

As for why it wasn't thought to be caused by the Earth side, if the princess's description was true, with such a difference in military strength between Earth and Mars, the Earth side would be more concerned about the princess's safety than anyone.

They wouldn't be so foolish as to make something happen to the princess during her visit to Earth.

Even if there were extremists on Earth who hated the princess and attempted to attack her, the possibility would be much smaller compared to a conspiracy from Mars itself.

Therefore, the most likely scenario was that Mars had spies within Earth, who would disguise themselves as Earth people attacking the Martian princess.

Then, using the princess's incident, the Martian Empire could openly launch a war.

It was a very likely conspiracy, but also a tried-and-true tactic.

However, all of this was based on the premise that Golden Toilet wasn't lying, wasn't deceiving this child.

If there was malice, it might precisely be that if this princess didn't go to Earth as a goodwill ambassador, it would become the fuse for war.

So, Yuuko Kouzuki was quite looking forward to this princess's choice.

Would she walk toward hell? Or toward heaven?

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