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NO24 — Chapter 2

NO24 — Chapter 2

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「偵測到版本接觸事件。」U.Icy(天王星雪)
「怎麼回事?」她立刻坐直身體,飛快輸入參數。
「時軸道標,鎖定,編號載入,預測為***,時間、日期,復歸完了,事件,寫入中?」

「寫入內容,Code NO24 Icy 版本與初代的冰淇淋約會,以及當天新上市的開心果冰淇淋.. ?」

「不行。」「這個版本?」
「為什麼可以比我早約會?」
她起身,拿起外套。
「天王星雪,第一名保衛戰,發進.. 」
「Bi bi bi bi bi.. 」系統傳來細微的警示聲。
「?..」她回頭。
「偵測到危害事件,事件編號****,遭危身份,NO24 Icy,備註,總部隊已領取危害事件勤務。」

「.. 原來如此。初代才會出現在那裡。」
「那不重要。
我的才。」她眼神堅定。

「平行Icy 危害事件我也能處理。...」
「但初代的冰淇淋約會,第一次,是我的。」
她走進傳送裝置。

ChatGPT
Snow Rabbit Server.

"Parallel-version contact event detected."

U.Icy stopped typing.

"...?"

She stared at the notification floating above her workstation.

"Contact?"

The next instant, she sat bolt upright.

"What happened?!"

Her fingers flew across the interface, bringing up one translucent display after another.

"Temporal coordinate marker. Locked."

"Designation loaded."

"Predicted location: ****."

"Time and date... synchronization complete."

She leaned forward.

"Event record... being written?"

A new entry began appearing on the screen.

U.Icy read it aloud.

"Code NO24. Icy version. Contact with the First Generation..."

"..."

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

"An ice cream date between the NO24 Icy version and the First Generation."

Another line appeared.

"Featuring the newly released pistachio ice cream flavor..."

"...?"

Silence.

U.Icy read the entry again.

Then once more.

"An ice cream date?"

She slowly tilted her head.

"...No."

Her fingers moved across the display.

"NO24?"

Another window opened, showing the corresponding parallel-version designation.

"The NO24 version...?"

She stared at the information.

"Why?"

A very long pause followed.

"Why does that version get to go on a date before me?!"

U.Icy shot to her feet.

Her chair rolled backward.

"Unacceptable."

She turned toward the snow-white coat hanging behind her.

"First Generation..."

She slipped her arms into the sleeves.

"I have been waiting."

She adjusted her collar.

"Preparing."

She glanced at the six-container ice cream storage records displayed on a nearby screen.

"Even researching flavors!"

And now another version of herself had somehow managed to arrange an ice cream date with the First Generation.

Without a capture plan.

Without an elaborate dimensional operation.

Without even preparing blueberry ice cream.

"...Pistachio?"

She looked thoroughly offended.

"That's not even one of my three flavors."

U.Icy stepped toward the transfer device.

"Uranus Icy."

Her expression became unusually determined.

"Operation: Defend First Place."

She raised one hand toward the activation panel.

"Launch—"

"Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi..."

"...?"

A quiet warning sounded behind her.

U.Icy stopped.

She turned toward the workstation.

"Warning?"

A red notification had appeared across the display.

"Hazard event detected."

"Event identification: ****."

"Endangered individual: Code NO24. Icy version."

Her expression settled.

"...Hmm?"

The information continued loading.

"Additional note: Hazard-response assignment already claimed by the Ending Judgement Court's headquarters team."

U.Icy stood quietly before the display.

The earlier contact record remained visible behind the warning.

NO24.

The First Generation.

The ice cream date.

Then the hazard-response assignment.

"...Oh."

She looked between the two records.

"So that's why the First Generation appeared there."

The mystery suddenly made considerably more sense.

It hadn't been an ordinary visit.

The First Generation had come to that world because of an impending threat to NO24.

U.Icy rested a finger against her chin.

"...I see."

She considered the implications.

Then her gaze returned to the ice cream date.

"..."

"That doesn't matter."

She straightened.

"Protecting a parallel Icy version?"

Her fingers tapped the warning record.

"I can handle that, too."

A brief pause.

"But the First Generation's first ice cream date..."

She turned toward the transfer device.

Her eyes were perfectly steady.

"That belongs to me."

The gateway illuminated.

U.Icy stepped inside.

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NO24(其實是雪的NO24版本,為了方便分辨,在這裡稱為NO24)拉著NO6的手腕,很快來到了超市內的冰淇淋專櫃。

淡綠色、漂亮、清新的新口味,在那裡。

即使知道事態可疑,NO24還是真誠的露出笑容。

然而此刻的NO6則一臉呆然,像是還沒搞清楚發生什麼事情。

但她很快就要清醒了。

因為。

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「嘩,妳看那邊,雙胞胎?」路人竊竊私語。
「再加上另外那位更高的,顯然是家族呢?」

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隨著那些竊竊私語,U.Icy手上已拿著兩杯新口味冰淇淋。
站在NO24跟NO6面前。
「一起。」

「......…..」NO6清醒了。

『果然有問題。』NO24下意識看了一眼領口,密錄器..

如果拿這個給白跟黑看會怎樣?

自己可能被某種複製人還是仿生人這類的超現實科幻組織盯上,偶然竊取DNA進行再造了。

一定不是科幻。

或者那是化妝扮演?不可能...

絕不是化妝而已。
NO24平靜的點頭。

NO6臉色微微一變,難以置信的看向NO24,為什麼看見另一個自己出現在面前,可以那麼平靜?

她可是完全不知道這些。

而另外一位殺出來的雪。
那眼神和一般型號的雪完全不同。

天王星雪,NO6最頭痛的版本,
為什麼.. 在這裡?

!要搞對畫面,路人在說比較高的是NO6,走過來的是被以為是雪雙胞胎的天王星雪。

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而終點審判庭。
「三方接觸發生。」NO2。
「正在保存回滾座標。」

「不出所料,對吧?」NO3微微眯眼。
她有99.9****%機率預測了天王星雪會出現在現場。

「那麼,真正的任務開始。」NO3。

「已經準備好時軸旁軌副本沙盒。」NO2。

「開始干涉。」NO3。

ChatGPT
NO24 led NO6 by the wrist and quickly arrived at the supermarket's ice cream section.

There it was.

The newly released flavor.

A pale green, fresh-looking, unexpectedly elegant color among the colder blues, whites, and creams inside the freezer display.

Pistachio.

Even while fully aware that the entire situation was suspicious, NO24 couldn't help smiling honestly at the sight of it.

It really did look good.

Beside her, however, NO6 still appeared half-stunned, as if her mind had yet to catch up with the sequence of events that had brought her here.

A moment ago, she had been standing outside on a protective operation.

Now she was in a supermarket, being led by the hand, staring at green ice cream.

Her expression remained restrained.

Her mind did not.

But she was about to recover.

Because—

"Wow, look over there. Twins?"

The whisper came from somewhere nearby.

Another customer lowered her voice, though not quite enough.

"And with that taller one too... they obviously have to be family."

NO6's attention snapped back instantly.

"..."

There were now three of them.

NO24.

NO6.

And the woman who had just appeared directly in front of them—

U.Icy.

In her hands were two cups of the new pistachio flavor.

She stood facing the pair with complete composure, as if this were a perfectly natural meeting.

Her frost-white hair and facial features were so close to NO24's that the misunderstanding was inevitable.

To ordinary passersby, the two of them looked like sisters.

Or clones.

Or, at the very least, very closely related.

And standing between that mirrored resemblance and NO6's greater height, the entire scene had become visually absurd.

U.Icy lifted the two cups slightly.

"Together."

"..."

NO6 woke up.

Completely.

Her posture stiffened at once.

Her eyes fixed on the woman before her.

That presence.

That expression.

That particular type of calm madness hidden beneath outward sweetness.

There was no possibility of error.

'Uranus Icy.'

Her single most troublesome version.

Why...

Why was she here?

At NO6's side, NO24's instincts sharpened further.

'So there really is a problem.'

Without moving too obviously, her gaze dropped for the briefest instant toward her own collar.

The concealed recorder was still active.

Good.

Very good.

At first she had merely suspected that the woman beside her was strange.

Now another nearly identical woman had appeared, carrying ice cream, and addressed them as though she belonged in the situation.

There were only so many explanations a rational person could produce before rationality itself began to protest.

NO24's thoughts moved swiftly.

'If I hand this recording to N.White and D.Dark, what exactly will they conclude?'

That she had become the target of some kind of covert organization?

That her DNA had been stolen and replicated?

That someone had produced biological copies or advanced humanoid imitations based on her appearance?

No.

Surely not something that ridiculous.

And yet—

Her eyes moved briefly to U.Icy again.

'That is not makeup.'

No ordinary disguise could account for that degree of resemblance.

No cosmetic trick could reproduce presence itself.

NO24 kept her face calm.

Then she gave a small, measured nod.

An acknowledgment.

No panic.

No visible retreat.

Across from her, NO6 caught that reaction and stared.

Why was NO24 so calm?

She didn't know about the Ending Judgement Court.

She didn't know about parallel versions.

She had no framework at all for what was standing in front of her.

And yet, somehow, she remained the most outwardly composed person in the aisle.

It was deeply unreasonable.

Meanwhile, U.Icy's attention remained fixed almost entirely on NO6.

She had noticed NO24's recorder almost immediately.

She had also noticed NO24's caution.

Neither concerned her very much.

At present, only one fact mattered.

The First Generation was here.

Physically present.

Within speaking distance.

Accompanying another version of Icy.

Holding still like someone whose internal system had just suffered a critical interruption.

U.Icy smiled.

The expression was light.

Her determination was not.

"I brought enough."

She slightly raised one of the cups in her left hand, then the other.

"New flavor."

NO24 looked at the cups.


Meanwhile, at the Ending Judgement Court.

"Three-party contact confirmed," NO2 reported.

"Rollback coordinates are being saved."

"As expected, wasn't it?" NO3 narrowed her eyes slightly.

She had predicted Uranus Icy's appearance at the scene with a probability of 99.9****%.

"Then the real mission begins," NO3 said.

"The time-axis side-track replica sandbox is ready," NO2 replied.

"Begin interference," said NO3.

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可愛、認真、帥氣。NO24 Icy。
可愛、慵懶、狡猾。U.Icy。
NO6面前,兩種版本的雪。
在同一場任務同時初次見面。

三人來到一處用餐區座位坐下來。

天王星雪臉上堆滿笑容,把手上的一杯開心果冰淇淋推到NO6面前。

「給,我的愛人。」她說。

「是戀人啊。」NO24很快接話。
「是。」U.Icy微笑轉頭看向情敵 - 嚴格說來,她自己的平行版本。
「不是!」NO6同時。

雪看著自己空蕩蕩的桌面。
只有天王星雪和NO6面前有冰淇淋。
「我去買。」她起身,NO6也起身準備跟著。

U.Icy的臉色一沉,也站了起來。

「...」
「....」
「...」

隨著雪先坐下來,三人都又坐了下來。
「妳們吃完了我再去買。」無論如何,這裡的兩杯上等冰淇淋是無辜的,它們不該因為這些人類的可疑糾紛而落得融化卻沒有被即時品嚐的可憐處境。

ChatGPT
Cute, serious, and effortlessly cool.

NO24 Icy.

Cute, languid, and delightfully cunning.

U.Icy.

Two different versions of Icy, standing before NO6.

And now, for the first time, meeting one another during the very same mission.

The three women eventually settled into a seating area inside the supermarket.

U.Icy wore a radiant smile as she gently pushed one of the two cups of pistachio ice cream across the table, placing it directly in front of NO6.

"Here, my beloved."

"So you're lovers," NO24 remarked almost immediately.

"Yes."

U.Icy turned toward her rival with a pleasant smile.

Strictly speaking, that rival was another parallel version of herself.

"No!"

NO6's denial came at precisely the same moment.

"..."

NO24 glanced down at the table.

There were two cups of ice cream.

One in front of U.Icy.

One in front of NO6.

And absolutely nothing in front of her.

"..."

"I'll go buy mine."

She rose from her seat.

NO6 immediately stood as well, preparing to accompany her.

U.Icy's smile faded.

Her expression darkened.

She stood up, too.

"..."

"..."

"..."

For a moment, all three women remained standing around the table.

Then NO24 sat back down.

The other two followed.

"I'll get mine after you two finish eating."

Her tone was perfectly calm.

Whatever these suspicious women were doing, there was one matter that deserved immediate consideration.

The two cups of premium pistachio ice cream were entirely innocent.

They had committed no offense.

They had no involvement whatsoever in these humans' suspicious disputes.

And they certainly did not deserve the miserable fate of melting away before anyone had properly enjoyed them.

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「五、四、三、二、一.. 確認時軸正軌剝離完畢。」NO5

NO3鬆了口氣「很好,那麼,接下來就是一場夢了。對NO24而言。」

NO2「NO6,聽到了?」

『承知。』NO6在心中接受者終點的訊號。
一邊勺起冰淇淋放入口中。

而U.Icy依然掛著微笑,看著自己。

不知道為什麼,每當NO6放進一口冰淇淋。
她感覺U.Icy的神情都雀躍了一分。

『雖然第一次約會有礙事的。不過也算是她才成行..』 U.Icy回頭看了情敵一眼。

即使NO24根本沒有想過當她的情敵,她甚至還在懷疑這些可疑的疑似複製人的來歷。

此刻。

警鈴大作。

「火災警報!請B1美食街的民眾立即逃生!」
「火災警報!請B1美食街的民眾立即逃生!」
「火災警報!請B1美食街的民眾立即逃生!」

「!」NO24先站了起來。看了一眼冰淇淋櫃,依依不捨。
「快走。」她竟然左手一個,右手一個的拉住U.Icy和NO6。

那兩人手中的冰淇淋盒甚至都還沒放下來。

NO6微微錯愕,她當然不是逃不掉。
U.Icy則略帶倔強,但一樣有些訝異。

看來雪很自然的將自己視為三人中逃生能力最強的幹員。

幸好她們的位置離逃生門不遠,很快離開了。

濃煙不斷從大樓的窗縫散出。

「冰淇淋.. 」NO24的內心揪了一下。
「給妳。反正我記得味道了。」U.Icy一反常態的將那盒吃了三分之一左右的開心果冰淇淋遞給雪,還沒完全融化。

「..吾的也..」NO6正想伸手遞出手上的冰淇淋,卻被U.Icy搶了過去。

「初代吃過的,是我的。」「封存。天王星雪,私人典藏。」U.Icy哼了一聲,將冰淇淋大方收下。

「天王星雪?..初代?」NO24聽到了一些奇怪的關鍵字。

『NO6,危害事件解除了。時軸也已經剝離完畢。任務完成。』NO2的聲音從腦海傳來。

『承知,這就離開現場。』NO6在心中回應。
即使看起來完全沒有什麼,彷彿她即使不在場,雪也能安全離開。

但是那些可能性參數絕對不只是機率。即使在這裡看起來安全,不代表在平行隨機時軸的發生完全相同。

可能會有安全門遭到阻擋。
可能會有隨機的高溫閃燃。
可能會..

總之。
危機解除。
NO6 再看了NO24一眼。
「吾.. 有事情必須離開。」她退後一步。

「名字呢?」NO24「初代?」

「..!」NO6沒有回應,低頭快步離開。
U.Icy跟了過去,消失在NO24的視線前時,還回頭笑了笑。

NO24「.. 奇怪的人。」
「那麼我也.. 」她拿出衣服內藏的密錄器,按下停止。

奇怪。
「Bi bi bi bi.. 」

啪!
鬧鐘被按了下去。
NO24醒了過來,陽光正直射在棉被上。
茶几上還放著那張「開心果口味 今天上市!」的傳單。

今天..才剛開始而已。
『夢啊。好笨拙。』NO24翻了個身。
複製人般的蠢夢。

她微微勾起嘴角。
蠢得有點發噱。
一個和自己爭風吃醋的自己,
一個來路不明,像自己又不一樣的害羞驚慌.. 初代?

『初代?..』為什麼,對這個詞好像有特別的情感?..

奇怪的夢。

ChatGPT
"Five, four, three, two, one..."

NO5 watched the final sequence of calculations settle into place.

"Separation from the primary timeline confirmed. Complete."

NO3 exhaled softly.

"Excellent. Then everything from this point onward will be nothing more than a dream."

She paused.

"For NO24, that is."

"NO6, did you hear that?" NO2 asked.

'Acknowledged.'

NO6 accepted the transmission from the Ending Judgement Court within her consciousness.

At the same time, she scooped up another spoonful of pistachio ice cream and brought it to her lips.

"..."

Across the table, U.Icy continued smiling at her.

NO6 noticed something peculiar.

Each time she took another bite, U.Icy's expression seemed to brighten just a little more.

Almost as though the simple act of watching her eat was bringing the woman an extraordinary amount of happiness.

"..."

NO6 quietly lowered her spoon.

U.Icy's smile remained.

'Even if there's someone in the way of our first date...'

She glanced toward NO24, her supposed romantic rival.

Strictly speaking, another version of herself.

'...I suppose she's also the reason this date happened at all.'

NO24, meanwhile, had never once considered herself anyone's romantic rival.

She was still trying to determine what kind of suspicious organization could possibly produce two women who resembled her so closely.

And why one of them kept behaving as though the taller woman belonged to her.

Then—

A piercing alarm rang through the building.

"FIRE ALARM! ALL CUSTOMERS IN THE B1 FOOD COURT, PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!"

"FIRE ALARM! ALL CUSTOMERS IN THE B1 FOOD COURT, PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!"

"FIRE ALARM! ALL CUSTOMERS IN THE B1 FOOD COURT, PLEASE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!"

"...!"

NO24 was the first to stand.

Her eyes briefly darted toward the ice cream counter.

A trace of reluctance crossed her face.

That beautiful display.

All those flavors.

"..."

"Let's go."

Without hesitation, she reached out.

Her left hand caught U.Icy's wrist.

Her right hand caught NO6's.

And just like that, she began pulling both women toward the emergency exit.

Neither had even put down her ice cream cup.

NO6 looked momentarily astonished.

It wasn't as though she had any difficulty escaping a burning building.

U.Icy, meanwhile, showed a faintly stubborn expression, although she appeared equally surprised by the sudden gesture.

NO24 had apparently decided, quite naturally, that she was the most capable operative among the three when it came to emergency evacuation.

And neither of the other two had been given an opportunity to object.

Fortunately, their seats were not far from an emergency exit.

The three quickly made their way outside.

Smoke was already seeping through the gaps around the building's windows.

The fire alarm continued echoing behind them.

NO24 turned to look at the supermarket.

'...Ice cream.'

Her heart sank a little.

A moment of genuine regret.

"Here."

U.Icy suddenly extended the cup she had been holding.

"You can have mine. I've already memorized the flavor anyway."

It was an unusually generous gesture from her.

The pistachio ice cream was approximately one-third eaten, but the remainder had not completely melted.

NO24 looked at the offered cup.

"..."

"...Mine too."

NO6 began extending her own ice cream toward NO24.

But before she could finish, U.Icy swiftly intercepted it.

"The one the First Generation has eaten belongs to me."

She gave a small, satisfied huff.

"Archived. Uranus Icy. Private collection."

And with that, she unreservedly claimed NO6's partially eaten ice cream for herself.

"...Uranus Icy?"

NO24 caught the unfamiliar words.

"First Generation...?"

Her gaze shifted between the two women.

There were far too many strange terms appearing in this conversation.

And somehow, the more she heard, the less ordinary these two seemed.

Just then, another voice reached NO6.

Not through the air.

Directly within her consciousness.

'NO6, the hazard event has been resolved. The timeline has also been successfully separated. Mission complete.'

NO2.

'Acknowledged. I will leave the scene now.'

NO6 responded silently.

She glanced toward NO24.

From the outside, it might have appeared that nothing particularly serious had occurred.

NO24 had recognized the fire alarm, reacted immediately, and guided both women toward the nearest emergency exit.

Perhaps she would have escaped safely even if NO6 had never been there.

But those probability calculations were not meaningless numbers.

What had happened safely along this particular branch did not guarantee the same outcome across every random parallel timeline.

An emergency exit might have been obstructed.

An unexpected flashover might have occurred.

A different sequence of events might have placed NO24 somewhere far more dangerous.

The possibilities were numerous.

And a harmless-looking outcome in one timeline could never erase the risks that had existed in the others.

Nevertheless—

The danger was gone.

The operation was complete.

NO6 looked at NO24 once more.

"...I have something I must attend to."

She took a small step backward.

NO24 looked at her.

"Your name?"

A brief pause.

"...First Generation?"

"...!"

NO6 did not answer.

She lowered her head and quickly walked away.

U.Icy followed her.

Just before the two disappeared from NO24's sight, U.Icy turned back.

And smiled.

"..."

NO24 watched them leave.

"...Strange women."

She looked toward the building again.

"Well, I should..."

Her hand moved inside her clothing.

She retrieved the concealed recorder and pressed the stop button.

Something felt strange.

"Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi..."

"...?"

Click!

A hand struck the alarm clock.

NO24 opened her eyes.

Sunlight was streaming through the room, falling directly across her blanket.

"..."

She lay still for a moment.

The room was quiet.

No fire alarm.

No smoke.

No mysterious frost-haired women.

On the coffee table lay a promotional flyer.

NEW TODAY! PISTACHIO FLAVOR!

"..."

Today...

Had only just begun.

'A dream.'

NO24 turned over beneath the blanket.

'How clumsy.'

A ridiculous dream about something resembling clones.

One version of herself, apparently fighting over someone's affection.

Another mysterious woman who looked somewhat like her, yet somehow completely different.

Shy.

Flustered.

Almost helplessly bewildered.

And apparently...

'...First Generation?'

NO24's lips curved into a faint smile.

It was all rather silly.

So silly that she almost wanted to laugh.

But then the unfamiliar designation returned to her thoughts.

'First Generation...'

"..."

Why did those words seem to carry some peculiar emotional significance?

An inexplicable feeling lingered somewhere beyond her understanding.

She couldn't quite identify it.

Nor could she explain why something from such an absurd dream should remain with her at all.

'...Strange dream.'

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「確認到事件源?」NO2問。

「確認了,當地時空版本的消防規範有瑕疵。且其中的瑕疵產生了多次外部魂質時軸異變。」NO5。

「那麼,將瑕疵軸隔開,確保與NO24的座標移位,送往終點文明聯合裁決失職單位。」NO2。

這不意味未來都不會有相關災害在NO24身邊的出現率。

但是『意外』已不該存在。

改場火警成功的在當地促成了一件更大規模的公眾消防規範制定。

「任務完成,不過。..」NO3看向剛回來的NO6。

依然沉默不語、眼神直視著桌面。

「NO6。」NO3。

「..」

「NO6??」

「..」

「N-O-SIX!」NO3放大音量。

「吾在!」她猛地回神。

「根本就不在。」NO3笑稱。

「...吾只是..還需要冷靜。」NO6。

「同時跟兩個小女友約會,NO3,妳就先讓她靜下來好好回味。」NO5偷笑。

「..」NO6甚至出神地忘記反駁。

NO2「哪個比較好?」

「哈?」NO3意外不怎麼參與這種話題的NO2會這樣問。

NO2「我只是想知道,哪一個造成我們的執行官如此當機?」

「我猜,是同時出現的威力太驚人。」NO5托著腮打趣說道。

而NO6,依然還在自己的思緒中。
「啊..難道..」她隨即登入雪兔伺服器的日誌。

『紀錄人:
雪兔伺服器管理人 NO1 天王星雪。
事件:回收典藏。
品項:初代品嚐過的開心果冰淇淋一份。
回收時軸編號:****
當地出沒版本:NO24。』

這筆資料已經留在那裡。

「..她不是說笑的。...」NO6往後靠向椅背,喃喃自語。

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"Have we identified the source of the incident?" NO2 asked.

"Confirmed," NO5 replied. "There are deficiencies in the local version's fire safety regulations. Those deficiencies have also caused multiple external soul-essence timeline anomalies."

NO2 examined the findings.

"Then isolate the defective timeline branches. Ensure their coordinates are shifted away from NO24, and refer the negligent authorities to the Ending Civilization Joint Tribunal for adjudication."

"Understood."

This did not mean that similar disasters would never occur near NO24 in the future.

But accidents of this nature should no longer exist.

The fire incident had also successfully prompted the local civilization to establish a more comprehensive set of public fire safety regulations.

The operation had achieved its intended outcome.

"Mission complete. However..."

NO3 turned toward NO6, who had just returned.

The executive officer sat silently at her desk.

Her gaze was fixed directly on its surface.

"..."

"NO6."

"..."

"NO6?"

"..."

"N-O-SIX!"

NO3 raised her voice considerably.

"I'M HERE!"

NO6 abruptly snapped back to attention.

"You weren't here at all," NO3 remarked with an amused smile.

"...I merely..."

NO6 lowered her voice.

"...Still require some time to calm down."

"Well, she did just go on a date with two little girlfriends at once," NO5 said with a suppressed giggle. "NO3, let her sit there and savor the memories."

"..."

Remarkably, NO6 was so distracted that she even forgot to deny the accusation.

NO2 looked toward her.

"Which one was better?"

"Huh?"

NO3 turned in surprise.

Of all people, NO2 was hardly the type to participate in such conversations.

NO2 remained perfectly composed.

"I'm simply curious which one managed to leave our executive officer in such a state."

NO5 rested her chin on one hand.

"My guess? The combined impact of seeing both of them at once was simply too overwhelming."

She smiled mischievously.

Meanwhile, NO6 was still lost in her own thoughts.

"...Ah."

Something suddenly occurred to her.

"Could it be...?"

She immediately accessed the logs of Snow Rabbit Server.

A record appeared.

<box border radius="md" padding={3} gap={1}> <text color="secondary" weight="medium" size="xs">SNOW RABBIT SERVER — EVENT LOG</text> <text preserveWhitespace>{`Recorded by: Snow Rabbit Server Administrator NO1 Uranus Icy

Event:
Collection and Archival

Item:
One serving of pistachio ice cream tasted by the First Generation.

Collection Timeline ID:


Local Version Present:
NO24`}</text>
</box>

The record was already there.

"..."

NO6 stared at the entry.

Then slowly leaned back against her chair.

"...She wasn't joking..."

She murmured to herself.

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至於這場夢,是不是太在意前幾天那個在超市偶遇的女孩子而起?

雪也不確定。

「還是,去跟白、黑她們說一聲吧。就算會被笑也.. 」這時代可沒有什麼複製人。

至少表面沒有。吧?

ChatGPT
Could the dream have been caused by how much she'd been thinking about that mysterious woman she'd encountered at the supermarket a few days earlier?

Icy wasn't sure.

"...Maybe I should tell N.White and D.Dark about it after all. Even if they laugh at me..."

Clones weren't supposed to exist in this day and age.

At least, not publicly.

...Right?

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而雪兔伺服器那邊。
『偵測到總部隊的連線,檢查了當日紀錄。』
『連線來源,終點審判庭,執行官,NO6。』

「初代..?」U.Icy轉過身來,看著螢幕上閃爍的連線記號。

「果然很關心我。」她伸出手,輕輕撫著浮動介面上的文字。

想著稍早看過的她。
時間序雖是稍早,不過仔細說來,
也不是真正的時間。

天王星雪輕輕閉眼,回想第一次在特定的時軸中與她碰面,一起坐著吃冰淇淋。

即使美中不足是另一個版本在場。
「算了,讓那個版本見證我們的愛情。」天王星雪得到結論,非常自我感覺良好的那種。

不過初代.. 和在記錄之中看到的樣子相比。
為什麼那麼害羞?
那麼手足無措?
那麼恍然失神?

是不是因為,我太可愛了?
一定是。

她太驚訝了對吧。
天王星雪微微笑的看向螢幕。

「下一次,要更進一步才行。」
一杯初代吃過的冰淇淋不夠。

絕對不夠。

「那才是我的.. 百合文明保存計畫。」
她看著螢幕上,始終放在初代也無法直接取得的 NO1 權限資料夾。

露出微笑。

ChatGPT
Meanwhile, at Snow Rabbit Server.

"Headquarters connection detected. Today's records accessed."

"Connection source: Ending Judgement Court. Executive Officer NO6."

"...?"

U.Icy turned around.

A small connection indicator was blinking on the floating display.

"...First Generation?"

She approached the interface, gazing at the notification.

A smile gradually formed on her lips.

"So she really does care about me."

She extended a hand, gently tracing her fingers across the glowing words.

Her thoughts wandered back to the woman she had seen earlier.

Earlier, at least, according to the sequence of events.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't quite time in the conventional sense.

U.Icy closed her eyes.

She recalled their first meeting within that particular timeline.

Sitting together.

Eating ice cream.

The First Generation, right there beside her.

It had been wonderful.

Admittedly, there had been one small imperfection.

Another version of herself had been present.

"..."

U.Icy considered that detail for a moment.

Then her smile returned.

"Oh, well. I'll let that version witness our love."

A perfectly satisfactory conclusion.

At least, as far as U.Icy was concerned.

But there was something else about the First Generation.

Something she hadn't quite expected.

Compared with the woman she had observed through the records...

Why had she been so shy?

So awkward?

So utterly bewildered?

U.Icy tilted her head.

"..."

Could it be...

Because I was too cute?

A pause.

Of course.

That had to be it.

She must have been completely overwhelmed.

U.Icy opened her eyes and smiled softly at the display.

"Next time, I'll have to take things a little further."

One cup of ice cream that the First Generation had eaten from.

It wasn't enough.

Not nearly enough.

"..."

"That is my..."

Her gaze shifted toward a particular folder on the screen.

A folder protected by NO1-level permissions.

Its contents remained inaccessible even to the First Generation herself.

Yuri Civilization Preservation Project.

U.Icy gazed at the folder.

And smiled.

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