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Just as Veneto was criticizing her silence, the gentle voice still rang out steadily: "This is her ninth 'resurrection'. Although there is some bad luck involved, I think her personality must also have something to do with the fact that she has 'sunk' so many times."

“Miss Saratoga must be a brave warrior.”

"warrior?"

Lexington seemed a little confused, then looked slightly embarrassed: "Sorry, it's not what you think. She's just too mischievous."

This time it was Veneto's turn to be puzzled, since in her mind, the word "mischievous" should never be associated with the brutal battlefield at hand.

"Yes, she was too mischievous... She would immediately follow any unfamiliar enemy ship without attacking it, and once she even used the communication channel to contact the enemy mage, and then she was shot down."

"..."

Veneto fell silent again, but for a different reason than before; she was simply speechless.

Perhaps sensing Veneto's thoughts, Lexington smiled and said, "At first, I, like Ms. Veneto, couldn't understand her... well, suicidal actions, but after I couldn't help but scold her once, she said this to me."

"Sister, we are weapons, right?"

"If it is a weapon, it should be like a weapon, completing the task without regard to cost when needed, and being idle or discarded when not needed. Nothing else matters."

"But wouldn't that be strange?"

"I possess a curiosity that weapons cannot, and I translate this curiosity into my behavior."

"Although each time it was a 'sinking,' I didn't actually 'sink,' and I even gained experiences that weapons couldn't provide."

"I could have gotten nothing in the first place, yet I've received so many things that don't belong to me. What reason do I have to feel despair?"

"……Eh?"

Responding to Veneto's bewildered gaze, Lexington continued, "At first, I simply couldn't understand her thoughts, and even suspected that she had collapsed like those androids who gradually lost their minds due to long battles. I even planned to 'sink' her to bring her back to her senses, but later I realized that Saratoga's idea was not wrong."

“Like you, Ms. Veneto, I also suffer from this long and brutal war, but that is no reason for us to despair. If even simple weapons can endure this pain, then what is it that we, who have acquired these ‘emotions’ that were not originally ours, cannot overcome?”

The construction pod door opened, and in the "resurrected" automaton, Veneto saw a blonde girl standing among them, looking around. Lexington, who was beside him, smiled apologetically and left. He walked up to the blonde girl, exchanged a few words with her, and then left. Throughout the whole process, what left the deepest impression on Veneto was the smiles on their faces.

"...This emotion is definitely not meant to make us despair."

Looking at her own palms, little by little, a certain understanding began to grow in her heart: "It is to make us stronger."

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The Main God Space Confidential Database, Research File No. 1107, "Intelligent Conservation".

Mechanical intelligence is subject to "constant" rules. The higher the efficiency, the greater the vulnerability; the smaller the vulnerability, the lower the efficiency. Therefore, mechanical intelligence has its own constant limits.

So, when mechanical intelligence no longer thinks logically in an "intelligent" way, but rather recognizes and improves itself in a "human" way, does this "constancy" still exist?

Time and Space Administration: Chapter 484 Resolute Struggle (Part 1)

Ring-printed galaxy.

Asteroid belt.

Unlike the stable environment of our solar system, although it has the same internal conditions that can give rise to life and civilization, the planets in the Ringing Indies system are constantly facing threats from the "external," one of which is the asteroids orbiting among the many planets.

According to the data calculated by the main god, these asteroids should have had a stable structure like most of the celestial bodies in the Ringing Indestructible System six million years ago. However, they collapsed under the impact of a passing meteor, and the entire celestial structure completely collapsed. The broken plates and land structures were not dispersed outwards under the gravitational pull of the planets but were confined within the Ringing Indestructible System. Under various disordered movements, they could collide with celestial bodies that were orbiting in constant orbits at any time. However, due to their speed, the impact was far less terrifying than that initial "meteor".

Even so, these "plates" falling from the sky can still cause devastating damage to all life on the surface. This is why the Ringing Star System, which has similar conditions to our solar system, has not yet given birth to any rudimentary civilizations. All that exists is a rudimentary food chain structure like that of Biju Star.

There were no conditions; it was simply "destroyed" before it could evolve into a rudimentary form of civilization.

However, while the asteroid belt formed by these broken structures brought annihilation to the "civilization" of the Ringing Indies system, it was undoubtedly good news for another group of outsiders.

Relying on the natural "barrier" of the asteroid belt, the Time and Space Administration firmly controlled the front line against the increasingly fierce attacks of the "Platinum Clan." While the numerous fragmented structures posed no threat to the automated humanoids created to adapt to interstellar warfare, they were quite effective in blocking the enemy's line of sight and firepower. In addition, the Time and Space Administration also had mages who were more adapted to this environment than warships. In just a few days, the battle situation, which had initially shown signs of decline, began to turn around.

Like many mages stranded in the asteroid belt, the members of Mobile Section Six also received orders from Headquarters. However, unlike most mages who were ordered to "resist the attacks of the Platinum Clan and not retreat," the mission assigned to Mobile Section Six was slightly different...

[Arrest the dangerous individual Eve; in extreme circumstances, kill her if permitted; retrieve her remains.]

The profound meaning behind the simple command is self-evident; at least this short sentence is enough for Nanoha Takamachi to organize into a definite message.

The new team members she accepted were not as "simple" as she had imagined.

"Eve..."

"Nanoha."

Despite her friend's attempts to comfort her, Nanoha Takamachi bit her lip, refusing to give up: "I still don't believe Eve-chan would be that kind of person!"

"...If you don't believe me, then go ask her yourself."

"Fate?"

Taking out a staff-shaped magical artifact, Fate Testarossa was ultimately unwilling to watch her friend fall into a dilemma: "This is Eve's magical artifact. Although its owner has left, she doesn't seem to have blocked her connection to the artifact... We can find her by following the artifact's connection."

“I can give it to you, but you must promise me one thing, Nanoha.”

"Yes?"

“If Eve is truly forced into this situation as you hope, then you can do whatever you want, and Gale and I will unconditionally provide you with all our assistance. But conversely, if Eve isn't what you think…”

He paused slightly, then, with an unquestionable tone, repeated, "Execute the Bureau's orders."

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"Is this really good?"

After watching her friend disappear into the teleportation array, Hayate Yagami, carrying the Book of Night Sky, walked to Fate Testarossa's side and looked into the distance with a worried and uneasy gaze: "Let Nanoha go alone."

"This is her own decision, and once she makes a decision, we can never stop her."

Looking back on the bits and pieces that happened during the three of them over the past ten years, Hayate Yagami smiled helplessly: "That's true."

"What about Gale? Do you believe Eve was really forced to do that?"

"I'd like to think so, but her behavior since joining Mobile Section 6 really makes it impossible to judge... What about you?"

"If it were before, I would have thought that Eve was only approaching us with a purpose because she was acting on orders from some being, rather than Nanoha's opinion, because I used to be like that too."

Hayate Yagami asked in a puzzled tone, "Is it different now?"

"Ah."

Looking at the magical artifact in her hand, whose magic core had been removed, she subconsciously gripped it tighter: "I believe that only she herself would make such a decision as this time."

Ringing galaxy, Saturn's rings.

Unlike Jupiter, Saturn does not have the conditions for life to arise... or rather, it does not have them now.

About a thousand years ago, this planet, which is close to the asteroid belt, was hit by multiple meteors, which destroyed its originally well-ordered ecological structure and has not been fully restored to this day.

Because of its unique environment, after Saturn's rings were damaged, a large amount of dust remained above the atmosphere and failed to settle. From a distance, it looked as if it was surrounded by earth-colored rings, hence the name Saturn's rings.

However, precisely because of these harsh conditions, Saturn did not become the focus of the struggle between the Time and Space Administration and the "Platinum Clan," and most of the time it was able to maintain peace.

As the cherry blossom-colored magic circle unfolded, the figure of the mage appeared from within it.

The intelligent program of the Rising Sun immediately activated defensive magic, isolating the external elements that were relatively fatal to the fragile human body. However, the mage did not pay attention to this at all, but froze when he saw the figure on the other side.

“…Eve-chan.”

"Yes, Captain."

The unprecedented positive response did not bring any joy to Nanoha Takamachi; instead, it gave rise to a sense of foreboding. Shaking her head to dismiss these thoughts, Nanoha Takamachi walked towards the girl in front of her: "Come back with me quickly, it's dangerous here."

"Isn't the Bureau more dangerous to me?"

The words, though not harsh, were more effective than any other. The mage, who had set foot on this land with great resolve, began to waver. She didn't want to hear what was to come, but the girl opposite her showed no hesitation whatsoever—

"After all, Eve is on the opposite side of the Bureau."

P.S.: Lots of social engagements during Chinese New Year... I'll catch up on yesterday's missed update tonight.

Time and Space Administration: Chapter 485 Resolute Decision (Part 2)

"what are you talking about……"

“Eve belongs to her father, and Eve’s father hates the Bureau.”

The electric current emanating from the fingertips revealed an unmistakable hostility. Even though she didn't want to believe it, the Rising Sun Heart in her hand, sensing the danger, still proactively activated its defensive array.

The next moment, the electric current and magic clashed violently, and the resulting shock blew away the dust and metal that filled the air.

"Therefore, we are enemies."

Along with the words appeared rays composed of particles, constantly dodging and chasing the leaping figure across the sky. The energy contained within them made Nanoha Takamachi have no doubt about the outcome if she were hit head-on.

Even so, she still refused to believe it.

"If it's really as you say, then why are you here?"

The magic light blast released in a moment of haste canceled out several particle rays, and taking advantage of this opening, Nanoha Takamachi approached Eve: "Tell me, Eve, is this really what you truly think?!"

"—!"

Just as Nanoha Takamachi was pleasantly surprised to see a hint of wavering in the girl's eyes, and was about to say something more, the girl didn't let her amplify that wavering, but instead resisted in another way—

"CODE: Photon flare!"

The sudden burst of intense light robbed Nanoha Takamachi of all her vision. As she dodged backward, she heard a faint hissing sound in her ear. Her instinctive premonition of danger prompted her to lean back.

Two seconds later, as Nanoha Takamachi's vision slowly returned under the healing power of magic, she was astonished to see a huge instrument floating in the sky.

The "Spiritual Cannon" that had just been released had not yet completely cooled down, and what remained in the air was a large amount of magic power that was different from what Nanoha Takamachi was familiar with, as well as a faint smell of oxygen ions.

Glancing once more at the bottomless hole less than twenty centimeters in diameter in front of her, the mage took a deep breath and then took a step forward without hesitation: "Eve-chan, is this really your own thought?"

"..."

Faced with this figure who had almost died just moments before but had never flinched, the wavering that the girl had barely managed to suppress resurfaced in her eyes, but this time she couldn't control it as easily as before.

Affected by the violent fluctuations in her heart, her originally precise and deadly attacks lost their accuracy, grazing past Takamachi Nanoha's body several times in a row. Facing these energy rays that could easily kill her, Takamachi Nanoha did not resist at all. In fact, in order to avoid the active defense of Rising Heart, she forcibly interrupted the supply of magic power to the magical artifact that had been with her for more than ten years.

"In my memory, you are definitely not the kind of person who would ignore the harm done to others for your own sake."

The girl's gaze darted away, as if unwilling to give up the fight: "I am."

"No, you're not. If you really were that kind of person, you wouldn't have held back just now."

"—!"

"Just now, you could have killed me using that device in the sky, couldn't you?"

Faced with the ever-approaching Nanoha Takamachi, Eve retreated for the first time: not because of defeat, but for other reasons... reasons she could not understand.

Eve hates this feeling, but she used to be able to ignore it because she didn't even have similar feelings back then. So what about now?

“Eve, the real you should be a pure and kind child. It’s not something you need to do, whether it’s hurting others or being hurt by others. Stop it… Whatever you’ve done in the past, it wasn’t out of your own mind. As long as you’re willing to change, it’s never too late.”

Looking at the hand extended towards her, Eve felt no malice whatsoever, only pity and affection. Involuntarily, the girl slowly extended her palm.

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[Direction 17.845, Distance 5574124.]

When repeating these familiar "attack procedures" again, Veneto did not feel the usual boredom, but rather an unprecedented sense of fulfillment.

—All of this was something Veneto, when he was still a "weapon," could never have experienced.

As a weapon, all you need to do is "attack" or "prepare to attack." Apart from that, you can't feel fulfilled or bored, and you don't even have a moment or space of your own.

So, having acquired these things that she could never have before, what reason did she have to allow these things she had never possessed to gradually corrupt her heart?

"This feeling is not meant to make us feel hopeless."

With practiced skill, Veneto felt better than ever before as he operated every component of the ship—almost as he had been back in the old days when it was newly built and set sail from the dock.

Yes, it's meant to transform us—

[Powering up complete. First sequence, second sequence, third sequence... eleventh sequence ready.]

"From a mere 'weapon' to a true 'human being'!"

[Main gun fired.]

The high-speed flowing electric current creates a magnetic field, which pulls the metal material inside. Driven by a huge repulsive force, it "throws" out a cannon barrel several meters long, which travels along a straight trajectory across the vacuum region of hundreds of kilometers in the middle, and hits a spacetime warship that has just completed its warp and has no time to release its magical defense.

Against the silent backdrop of the pitch-black space, a "firework" suddenly bursts into bloom and quickly fades away, changing nothing except adding a bit of new debris to this desolate world.

No... perhaps it indirectly prompted the decision to transform a "weapon" into a "human"?

Similar scenes are unfolding throughout the entire Ringing Galaxy.