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An empty research room lights up.

[System Online]

[Portal Open In 10 Minutes]

[Open Time 25 seconds Estimation]

Hiori looks at the screen as Akise suits up ready to go.

"Rifle check, secondary check, suit function refresh check. No bugs detected. All right then."

[Location : The Alps, Switzerland]

"See ya later, Hiori."

Putting on the helmet, Akise goes through the portal.

[On the Other side]

[Snowfall]

[The Alps, 51 Kilometers away from Bastion Ticonderoga]

[Instruments Online]

[7 Kilometers away from the mission point]

[Background: 390 rads]

Akise walks through the snow.

[Back In 2016]

Hiori receives a text from a close friend.

(Your father will be arriving tonight.)

She texts back,

(I'll meet him tomorrow.)

[On the other end of the phone]

A woman with a scar on her lips, a lab coat fluttering in the wind smiles on top of a balcony.

She then goes over to an elevator up the roof, and the armored helicopter makes a landing.

Akito exits, greeted by.

"It's been a while, Akito, 3 months?"

Akito gives a sigh, "What is it Sez?"

Sez gives a small giggle, "You still haven't changed much have you?"

Akito looks at the ground while walking towards her, "What is there to change anyways."

Sez pulls a cigarette and starts smoking, "Kagoshima went up in flames, having a demi-human no- an alien as a kid was gonna get you in trouble. We only had a few thousand casualties rather than a few million. However we still lost roughly a thousand of our men. You as our leader will bear responsibility."

Akito's eyes look away from Sez.

"I warned most of you, yet you station unnecessary man power in places we must not."

Sez puts her arms around Akito, whispers around his ears.

"At least you are alive, that's what matters to me, leader. Let's continue our talk in your room."

[VIP Room 315]

Moans could be heard, Sez with a voice of a lustful woman.

As Akito man handles her, she screams. "I've wanted you for so long, but you always…. Oo… went towards her."

Akito puts his hand in her mouth as he pounds her, "She was the only person I ever loved. You will not replace her Sez"

Sez tries to push him away, but fails. She ultimately loses consciousness. Akito finishes then pops a cigarette.

After drinking a glass of whiskey at the side, he cries "What kind of man have I become Emma."

A photo of a young Hiori, Akito and a woman (His former wife Emma] is there at the side of the bed.

"What did I even do to lose you?"

[30 Minutes Later]

Akito exits the shower, Sez is still unconscious from the rough sex.

"She's been chasing me for such a long time now, this dumb fuck. 'The most brilliant inventor' title for a stupid woman who chases a single man after his wife has died.

When did we first meet again?", Akito thinks to himself.

He remembers a memory from his early married life, as he was elected to be the next leader of Humanity.

[Year 2186]

It was a decade before Akari attacked.

I was 22 years old.

A young lady with dyed brown hair comes over to him.

"Yo, my name is Sez Senya. I'm the head of RnD for weapons and gadgets. You can call me by my nickname Dr. SS"

She raises her hand towards him for a handshake.

He takes it.

"And who this young lady might be?" Akito is genuinely curious

"Umm me? I'm kind of embarrassed, I'm Emma Vondenfurst. I work under Dr.SS."

"My name is Akito Hotaru, I'm gonna be leading you all from next year as your next leader of Humanity."

[Scene changes]

[Room 450, Tower 3 Ticonderoga]

A drunk Sez looks at him

"Akito! When we first met. I fell for you so hard. It wasn't very visible right? But deep inside it felt like I was made for you!"

[Hicc]

"You're way too drunk, go to sleep.", Akito tried to calm her down.

"Why are you so cold to me you married fuck?", asks Sez

"Is it because of Emma? Who used to work under me snatched you away."

"Is it because I'm not her?"

"It hurts my heart, knowing I can never be yours."

"Please one time, embrace me."

Akito looks away and exits the room before things escalate.

Sez falls to sleep as her dream and love both crumble away.

[Present 2016]

"I was married to the woman I loved, and I looked at Sez as a friend overall. Times have changed, now she is my 2nd in command."

"Maybe if Akari didn't exist, we would all be living our life in Ticonderoga with peace. Looking for a future for humanity."