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Mages might be surprised by the appearance of "Laplace's Demon," but Laplace's Demon is destined not to be swayed by the existence of a mere human individual, not even by an individual with powerful human strength—after all, there is one behind it.
Faced with the mage blocking its way, it simply drew the rapier hidden within its staff and thrust it at the mage, only to be blocked by the defensive magic circle that had been deployed.
Laplace's demon seemed to have anticipated this, abandoning preparations for a second attack almost as soon as it launched its first strike. Seeing this, it decided to simply fly over the mage's head, leaving the mage in a precarious situation.
Before the mage could react, the attacker who swept towards her had already launched an attack. Amidst the deafening roar that tore through the air, she seemed to hear a faint growl—
"The restricted area is liberated."
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 457 Fallen Light
Almost the instant she stepped into this world, Eve noticed something amiss.
"Not the real world."
Against the backdrop of Japanese architecture from the 1980s, the sudden appearance of the young woman was so striking that Eve, despite having nothing on her, attracted the attention of many newcomers. As several young men eagerly tried to approach her, the girl frowned slightly.
"...It's very noisy."
The energy overflowing from the raised fingertip transformed into particle rays that swept through the crowd. However, the expected scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere did not appear. Instead, there were only ripples and distortions on the water's surface. Behind this distortion, another "world" emerged.
"As expected of my sister, this level of N-domain really can't hold you back."
Amidst the laughter, a girl with long silver hair and jet-black wings appeared before Eve.
Faced with this voice, which left not a trace of memory, Eve instinctively called out her name.
"Mercury Lamp...who are you?"
"Hehehe, you know my name but don't know who I am? How arrogant, my sister."
Black wings fluttered gently, and feathers drifted down to the ground: "Who am I? Don't you know best?"
The outstretched fingertips were stopped just before touching Eve's cheek. With the full activation of the energy circuits within her body, an invisible electromagnetic field spread outwards from Eve herself, pushing away all tangible matter along the way—including the individual named Mercury Lamp.
Even when faced with Eve's rejection, Mercury Lamp seemed unperturbed, merely looking at her with his usual sarcastic gaze: "What, have you revealed your true nature so quickly?"
"...This is your last chance. Who are you?"
A surge of energy gathered at her fingertips, and Eve made her decision: regardless of whether she received an answer, she would kill the being before her. It wasn't driven by meaningless emotions like anger, but by a more fundamental factor she couldn't comprehend.
"Do you want to kill me?"
As if she felt no hostility or threat whatsoever, Suigintou's tone remained mocking: "Give up, my foolish little sister~ You can't kill anything in this N-domain world."
"Yes, you can't kill anything, it's like..."
Eve's resolve remained unaffected. Almost the instant she received this answer, which was hardly an answer at all, she released a massive amount of energy compressed at her fingertips in the form of particle radiation. However, just as Mercury Lamp had said, this enormous heat could not "kill" anything. The only thing it could do was to eliminate this still illusory world once again, revealing yet another world behind it, one whose reality was unknown.
But there was one thing Eve was certain of: the "self" before her was absolutely real.
It was at this moment that the last voice, which should have disappeared along with the illusion, came again, still carrying a hint of irony: "...just like you can never kill 'you'."
The same face, the same pupils, the same Rosa Mystica, yet the "Eve" dressed in black uttered a sentence she would never say to "herself"—
"Hello, defective product." (The rest of the text appears to be a fragment and doesn't translate directly.)
Then she raised her hand, and behind her, black metallic wings, unlike her own completely energy-based form, slowly unfurled, responding to "Eve's" will and transforming into sharp blades that pierced down: "Goodbye, defective product."
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"What exactly is going on with that person?"
In the city center, which was almost reduced to ruins, Takamachi Nanoha, who was struggling to maintain the last bit of defense with the internal defensive magic circle of the Rising Sun Heart, was filled with anxiety. For a moment, she even forgot that there was no one around to talk to.
Takamachi Nanoha had no choice but to do this; the battle was simply too bizarre—both for herself and for the other.
First, they appeared on this "Earth" for no reason and discovered two powerful beings who were not like Earthlings at all. Forced by their duty, they had to intervene and dissuade them, but then they became completely hostile.
If they're enemies, that's fine; defeating the other side will stop the fighting, but...
"It could have been blocked."
The metallic fist struck the center of the magic circle once more, adding several cracks to the surface of the cherry blossom-colored magic circle while Nanoha Takamachi gathered her magical power—
"Increase, Phase Two."
The impact force erupting from the surface of the fist shattered the entire magic circle, and the magic power it had been raising was also scattered. However, compared to the mage himself, the attacker was the most miserable.
The light in the remaining eye quickly dimmed, but the attacker ignored it and swung his only remaining movable right hand down.
Without the protection of a magic circle, the mage had no chance of survival. However, the attacker seemed unable to adapt to the completely "dark" world for a while, and the originally sure-kill attack went terribly off course. The mage tried his best to block the attack with his staff, and in the end, he managed to block the sure-kill attack. In exchange, he was punched hundreds of meters away and fell into a daze.
After a long while, Takamachi Nanoha slowly recovered and immediately looked at the ruins in the distance.
Unexpectedly, the attacker did not continue the attack, but simply stood still. Just as the mage was feeling genuinely confused, he suddenly noticed the blood flowing down his ear.
"Can't you hear me?"
Gritting his teeth, he used his magic wand to support himself as he stood up.
Even though the "criminal" in front of them had lost his sight and hearing, the mage, who had almost died in the previous battle, showed no sign of relaxing.
"...The magic power is already sufficient. If it is converted into a simple magic power impact form, it will not cause too much damage to the surrounding area."
Taking a deep breath, the figure gathered all the magic emanating from the air into the sky above. As if sensing the presence of this power, the figure standing in the center of the ruins seemed to want to move, but suddenly collapsed as it took a step. Ultimately, it was bathed in the magical light without any resistance.
The power of the wide-area cluster bombardment—the starburst—lasted for more than ten seconds before slowly subsiding. In the city center, which was almost completely leveled, Takamachi Nanoha found the unconscious "criminal." Only after confirming that he had completely lost consciousness did she breathe a sigh of relief. The joyful shouts coming from the sky made her lower her guard to the last bit.
Using her last remaining magic, she flew towards Fate's location, but suddenly noticed the look of terror in her friend's eyes, and turned around in astonishment—
"Eh?"
[Complete genome sequence collapses, countdown to death begins]
【3】
Against a silent backdrop, the entire landmass is collapsing—starting from the center and spreading towards the horizon.
【2】
As everything else "sinks" downwards, only one beam of "light" rises in the opposite direction.
【1】
In the instant before its most dazzling light was about to burst forth, the entire world froze. Then, little by little, it began to crumble...
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 458 Eve and "Eve"
Only when the illusory world before her eyes completely disappeared did Nanoha Takamachi emerge from the lingering effects of death.
Faced with the worried gaze of her friend who arrived just in time, she only gave a slightly pale smile: "Sorry, Fate, I'm fine."
Fate breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and only then did she have the mind to observe her surroundings.
"Indeed, this world is different from the world we've encountered before?"
"no the same?"
“That’s right. Just now, Gale analyzed it with Asura’s detector. This world itself does not have a real concept. Everything is just a reenactment of people’s past behavior. So it can also be considered a virtual world.”
"That is, what I just saw..."
"It's all fake, but dying in that situation could have unpredictable consequences, so we have to be careful!"
Receiving a warning in Fate's tone, Nanoha Takamachi could easily guess that her previous reckless entry into this world had angered her. She could only try to change the subject: "Eve-chan is still here. Although it's just a virtual world, she might be trapped there just like me. Let's go find her quickly."
Before leaving, the mage glanced seemingly unintentionally at the place where the "illusory world" had disappeared, and a certain idea vaguely surfaced in his mind.
"The recurrence of the past... does that mean that person really exist?"
In the moments before destruction, she truly understood the meaning of that beam of "light"—not hatred or anger towards herself, but rather…
"……relief?"
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The same faces, the same core, even their tone of voice and habitual movements when attacking are exactly the same, but these "twins" who seem to be a match made in heaven are engaged in an undisputed battle - with the ultimate goal of completely destroying each other.
The particle laser beam shot out in a concentrated manner, and the ozone emitted from the high temperature in the air became increasingly strong. Eve, the target, simply manipulated the metal around her body to quickly combine and block the laser beam. The plane with scattering effect decomposed the terrifying heat contained within, and the last bit that remained was insignificant to her.
As if responding to an attack from another version of herself, after dismantling one of Eve's attacks, "Eve" also used the surrounding metal to quickly assemble a black spear several meters long. It made a sharp sound in the field formed by a large amount of electromagnetic rotation, and the next moment it tore through the air and pierced Eve's torso.
Just as Eve was intimately familiar with Eve's attack patterns, Eve was equally keenly aware of this "Eve's" attacks. Faced with an attack capable of piercing through an entire mountain, she simply raised her palm—
Under the electromagnetic reversal, the originally sharp whistling sound quickly subsided until it was completely stopped, and then scattered back into small metal parts and returned to the back of "Eve".
For a moment, an eerie silence fell between the two.
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It sounds ridiculous, but it's true: Eve is contemplating how to kill herself. Eve believes that the "self" on the other side feels the same way, because their existence is a denial of each other's "perfection."
"There should only be one Our Lady of the Rosary from beginning to end."
Yes, there is only one.
"Then you are a fraud."
"Then you're fake too."
"—I am real."
"Then I am real too."
"..."
"..."
The verbal exchange was pointless. Just as one can never logically deny oneself, Eve was equally unable to deny the "self" before her. And the more she could not deny it, the more horrified she became to realize a reality.
Clearly, Eve noticed this emotion: "Are you scared, defective product?"
"……shut up"
"The fear of being discovered by your father that you are just a 'defective product' and not the real Alice."
"shut up."
"There's no need to be afraid."
With a light touch of her fingertips, using the same yet different power, the weapon constructed by "Eve" slowly approached: "After I destroy you, 'Eve' will be the only and perfect Alice."
"shut up!"
The clash of forces ended in a draw once again. Even though energy becomes unstable due to emotional fluctuations, the "Eve" before them is no exception. It was this situation that made Eve notice a reality: "You are also afraid."
This time, Eve fell silent, but this silence brought her no joy whatsoever; instead, it intensified her fear. For the concept of "perfection," this division was like a cruel irony to the concept itself—and to her very existence.
"Alice was a perfect girl born from everything her father had. From the moment of her birth, she should have been perfect, both for her father and for herself."
"But 'we' are different."
The truth, which had been deliberately ignored, was cruelly revealed in an atmosphere of irony and fear: "Because there are two fathers who created 'us'..."
“——————!!!”
Amidst a voice that sounded both mocking and lamenting, memories that didn't belong to them, but rather to this now-silent world, surged in wildly.
Cangxing stone...
True Red...
Mercury lamp...
Snow Flower Crystal...
Rozen Maiden...
Alice Game...
Laplace's Demon...
……
……
……
At the end of all the scenes, the focus returns to the moment when "Alice" was born.
—The main god, energy simulation, capturing every detail.
[Command confirmed, energy property conversion in progress...frequency adjustment...proportion input...]