Pilot and Angels

Chapter 13: Defend and Conquer

[Project Binah]

[Binah is the Third Prophet of Decagrammaton. It is said to be lying dormant buried deep somewhere in the Abydos desert. According to our sources, this entity is depicted as a humongous, snake-like creature, armed with an array of highly-advanced technology, even for the corporation standard.]

[Taking advantage of this opportunity will be akin to finding a gold mine. Research must be conducted to see if this entity is able to be subjected to the company's control.]

[For that reason, the progress of acquiring the Abydos district must be accelerated. The success of this project requires the removal of the remaining Abydos High School students by any means necessary so that this project may proceed unimpeded. The soon-to-be-acquired Abydos School should be turned into the Kaiser Training Academy.]

You sighed as you reviewed your device. Was this the cause of this fiasco in the first place? Simple greed? That was it? Kaiser seems to be playing with fire this time around. A fire that could burn everything down. This was going to be Typhon all over again, wasn't it?

[Decagrammaton]

[An Artificial Intelligence system that claims to be the Divine Seeker. The other name for this entity is the "New God".]

Okay, that was gibberish. At least you know that the Decagrammaton is an AI that may have gone rogue or something. There was still one more thing you need to see. However, reviewing the other project proved to be much more complicated.

[Project Atlas]

[|REDACTED|]

[NUMBERS COMPLETED: 1]

You closed your device in disappointment. It was currently morning the day after your little operation. The birds chirped cheerfully as light poured in through your window, crushing your hope of earning any semblance of sleep. You heaved a deep sigh as you got out of your bed to prepare for the day.

And like a lightning, it struck. Something big was about to happen soon. And it started with your phone ringing. You picked it up, only for your heart to drop.

"Sensei! H-Hoshino has resigned from the school!"

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You came rushing to the Abydos school. Clad in your pilot's garb, you slammed the door to the club room open. Everyone was already seated there, minus Hoshino. Their attention turned to you immediately. The atmosphere was tense and heavy, everyone had a frown on their faces, tears threatened to spill out of their eyes. "What happened?", you asked them. Ayane just pointed to a few pieces of paper on the table. You eyed them carefully. You took the mail and read its content.

To the Abydos Foreclosure Task Force,

Forgive me for doing this with a letter. It felt more old-fashioned this way, which suits me perfectly. There's something that I've been keeping from you.