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NO6回到總部隊辦公室。
她一言不發，沉默的返回位子。
NO3就在她斜對面，抬頭看著她。
「NO6？」
「吾在。」
「是不是有什麼話要告訴我們？」NO3非常敏銳。
「吾...」NO6停頓了一下。
「以保護雪的終點版本，雪兔伺服器 NO1 U.Icy 為任務，決定追尋NO1的階級。」
她講得甚至不太確定，就像是這個理由太不正當。
她想起『小女友』什麼的戲稱。
想起自己確實對雪—後繼型號版本的亮麗外型感到驚嘆。
但她自己都不是非常確定，
答應天王星雪，是該說於公或於私？
「那很好。我想，總部隊該全員都拿到NO1。」
「呃？！」NO6猛地抬頭看NO3。
「如果妳和天王星雪消失在某個NO1權限演算，我們怎麼幫忙？救人？後援？
我們是一個團隊，NO6。」
NO6微微低頭。
沒錯。
NO3的顧慮完全正確。
「更況且，身為總部隊的我們，本來就離NO1系統最近。或許只是我們沒有足夠的動機去追逐那份認證。
但是動機現在有了。」
「而且是為了愛情，多浪漫。」NO5的聲音。
NO3、NO6回頭看向發出聲音的方向。
NO5正雙手環抱胸前，靠在她的辦公室門外聽著這一切。
「妳何時開始聽得？」NO3打趣問。
「NO6那聲『呃？』」NO5。
「那不是私奔或是伴遊，是風險。」NO5故意說。
「吾才沒有安排私奔、伴遊！」NO6的反應如她所料。
「對，所以就是『風險』。」NO5瞇眼笑起來。
NO6一愣。
確實是。
這也是她答應天王星雪的原因不是嗎？
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NO6 returned to the Headquarters Division office without a word.
She walked straight to her desk and took her seat, unusually silent even by her own standards.
NO3 was seated diagonally across from her. She glanced up, studying NO6 for a moment.
"NO6?"
"I am here."
"Is there something you'd like to tell us?"
As perceptive as ever, NO3 had already noticed that something was different.
"I..."
NO6 hesitated.
"I have decided to pursue NO1-level qualification. My objective is to protect the Ending version of Icy—NO1 U.Icy of the Snow Rabbit Server."
Even to her own ears, the explanation sounded uncertain.
As though the reason she had just given wasn't quite sufficient to justify such a decision.
She remembered those teasing remarks about a 'little girlfriend.'
And she couldn't deny that she had been genuinely struck by Icy's beauty—the successor model herself.
But when she had accepted U.Icy's request, had she been acting out of professional responsibility?
Or had there been something personal behind that decision?
NO6 herself wasn't entirely certain.
"That's good."
NO3's response was remarkably straightforward.
"In fact, I think everyone in the Headquarters Division should obtain NO1-level qualification."
"Huh?!"
NO6's head snapped up.
She stared at NO3 in disbelief.
"Think about it," NO3 continued calmly. "Suppose you and U.Icy disappear somewhere inside an NO1-level computation. What are the rest of us supposed to do?"
She looked directly at NO6.
"How would we help you? Rescue you? Provide backup?"
There was no trace of joking in her voice.
"We're a team, NO6."
NO6 slowly lowered her head.
Of course.
NO3 was absolutely right.
If she and U.Icy encountered something beyond their ability to handle, what could the others possibly do without the necessary authority?
"Besides," NO3 continued, "as members of the Headquarters Division, we're already closer to the NO1 system than almost anyone else."
She spoke with the same quiet confidence as always.
"Perhaps we've simply never had a compelling reason to pursue that qualification."
A faint smile appeared on her lips.
"But now we do."
"And all for love. How romantic."
The unexpected voice came from the direction of the doorway.
NO3 and NO6 turned toward it.
NO5 was leaning against the entrance to her own office, her arms folded across her chest.
Apparently, she had been listening.
NO3 regarded her with an amused smile.
"When did you start listening?"
"At NO6's little 'Huh?!'"
NO5 answered cheerfully.
Then, with a perfectly innocent expression, she added:
"After all, this isn't an elopement or a pleasure trip. It's a risk."
"I HAVE NOT PLANNED AN ELOPEMENT OR A PLEASURE TRIP!"
NO6's protest came exactly as NO5 had expected.
"Right."
NO5 narrowed her eyes, smiling.
"So it's a 'risk.'"
"...!"
NO6 froze.
Wait.
That was true.
It really was a risk.
And wasn't that precisely why she had agreed to accept U.Icy's request in the first place?
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「全員成為NO1階級？」NO2坐在會議室裡，這是NO3臨時召開的。
她聽過了NO6與NO3的陳述。
「如果NO6的管理對象經常進出她未達到的權限而失去監督權，因此決定也追求NO1等級，合理。」
「如果總部隊的我們為了確保同僚的安全，共同追求NO1等級，當然合理。」
NO2說。
「那麼妳也同意了？」NO3。
「我更傾向妳說的，我們先前只是沒有足夠動機去追求這件事情。」NO2看向NO3。
「而這發生在NO1 U.Icy 的關連性上，又或許說，為什麼NO6的後繼版本，反而第一個拿到了NO1階級？甚至比我們更早？」NO2。
「企圖心？個性？」NO5問。
「我們都不曉得。」NO2。
「但我們知道NO1系統不是靜止的。」她繼續說。
現場沉默。
那是事實。
成立了終點審判庭，讓這裡得以成為終點文明，在背後運算著總部隊結構和其衍伸（例如雪兔伺服器與所有可干涉的常世時軸），那基礎設施可以說就是NO1系統。
而幾乎所有成員都會同意，NO1系統不只是一個演算機器，而是似乎有種安排。
不明顯、不明確、沒有強制性、但依然可以感受的到其存在感的安排。
特別是那些NO1資料。
「我想問問...在場有多少人接觸了NO1資料，又有多深？」NO6緩緩開口。
她不打算輕易分享U.Icy告訴自己的『拿到NO1階級的過程』，畢竟她沒有獲得許可轉述這些事情，但自己的部分，她自己可以決定。
另一陣沉默。
「事實上，我最後一次是回絕了晉級。」NO2。
全體都猛地回頭看她。
NO3的眼神像是『不愧是我可靠的另一半』
NO5的眼神『想知道更多』
NO6的眼神『吾果然落後了？！』
NO2「...」她看向三人。
「我記得那份資料，還可以改變提交結果。」
NO3「意思是妳今天、現在、想要的話，就是偉大崇高的NO1了？」
「『偉大崇高』是不必要的，但，技術層面，沒錯。」NO2看向NO3。
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"All of us attaining NO1-level qualification?"
NO2 sat in the conference room, where NO3 had called an impromptu meeting.
She had already listened to both NO6's explanation and NO3's proposal.
"If someone under NO6's supervision frequently enters areas beyond her own authority, leaving her unable to maintain oversight, then her decision to pursue NO1-level qualification is reasonable."
She continued in the same measured tone.
"And if we, as members of the Headquarters Division, collectively pursue NO1-level qualification to ensure the safety of our colleagues, that is equally reasonable."
"Then you agree?" NO3 asked.
"I'm more inclined to agree with your earlier observation."
NO2 turned toward her.
"Perhaps we've simply never had sufficient motivation to pursue it."
She paused briefly.
"And now, this question has arisen in connection with NO1 U.Icy."
Her expression remained thoughtful.
"Or perhaps we should be asking something else. Why was NO6's successor version the first to obtain NO1-level qualification? Even before any of us?"
"Ambition? Personality?" NO5 suggested.
"We don't know," NO2 replied.
"But we do know that the NO1 system is not static."
Silence settled over the conference room.
That much was undeniable.
The NO1 system was, in essence, the underlying infrastructure that had made the establishment of the Ending Judgement Court possible, allowing this place to become the Ending Civilization.
Behind the scenes, it supported the computational structures of the Headquarters Division and its various extensions—including the Snow Rabbit Server and all the timelines of the Living World they could intervene in.
And almost everyone present would agree that the NO1 system was more than a computational machine.
There seemed to be some kind of arrangement behind it.
Nothing obvious.
Nothing clearly defined.
Nothing compulsory.
Yet there was a sense of something being quietly arranged, something whose presence could occasionally be felt even without understanding its purpose.
Particularly when it came to those NO1 records.
"I would like to ask something..."
NO6 finally broke the silence.
"How many of us here have accessed NO1 data? And to what extent?"
Her question was deliberate.
She had no intention of casually sharing what U.Icy had told her about the process of obtaining NO1-level qualification.
After all, U.Icy had never given her permission to disclose that information.
But when it came to NO6's own experiences, she was free to decide what to reveal.
Another silence followed.
Then NO2 spoke.
"Actually, the last time, I declined the promotion."
Everyone turned toward her at once.
NO3's expression seemed to say:
'Just as expected of my reliable other half.'
NO5's eyes brightened with unmistakable curiosity.
'Now I want to hear more.'
And NO6—
'SO I REALLY HAVE FALLEN BEHIND?!'
"..."
NO2 looked at the three of them.
Their reactions were quite something.
"I remember that particular record."
She continued calmly.
"It should still be possible to change the result of my submission."
NO3 looked directly at her.
"So you're saying that today, right now, if you wanted to, you could become the great and exalted NO1?"
"The 'great and exalted' part is unnecessary."
NO2 met NO3's gaze.
"But technically speaking, yes."
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NO1資料，終點審判庭的共識下，那已經屬於『準NO1候選權限』。
也就是其他同僚也無法互相查詢，只會推送到執行官個人面前的完全客製化資料。
像是一筆來自系統本身的考核與檢定。
也基於此，即使在總部隊，一向也不會主動分享個人收到了怎樣的NO1資料。
至少沒有討論目的的話，就沒有必要主動提及。
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「我敢說，NO2即使秘密取得了NO1權限也不會主動告訴我們。」NO5揶揄。
「沒有主動的必要，但我也沒有涉入任何足夠稱為風險的活動。」NO2。
沒錯。
NO6看過，也拒絕過好幾次NO1資料中夾帶的任務沙盒。
那麼NO2又是怎麼不涉及這些活動，卻依然取得NO1晉級的邀請？！
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Within the Ending Judgement Court, there was a shared understanding regarding NO1 data.
Such records already fell under what was known as "Provisional NO1 Candidate Clearance."
Even fellow officers could not freely access or search one another's records.
NO1 data was delivered directly to individual Executive Officers, with each record tailored specifically to its recipient.
Almost like a personal assessment or qualification examination issued by the system itself.
For that reason, even within the Headquarters Division, members generally did not volunteer information about the NO1 records they had received.
Unless there was a particular reason to discuss them, there was simply no need to bring them up.
"I bet NO2 wouldn't even tell us if she'd secretly obtained NO1-level authority," NO5 teased.
"There would be no reason to volunteer that information," NO2 replied calmly. "But I haven't participated in any activities that could reasonably be classified as a risk."
That was true.
NO6 had encountered sandbox assignments attached to NO1 records on several occasions.
And she had declined them.
More than once.
But if NO2 had never participated in any such activities...
Then how had she received an invitation to advance to NO1 in the first place?!
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「妳知道.. 有的NO1權限任務看起來不是那麼平靜？從來沒參與過？」NO6甚至不確定可不可以提及自己看過的資料。
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NO3一陣沉默。
「好了，與其這樣扭扭捏捏，被指定為部隊代理人的我，在這邊公佈－這場會議中，所有人都可以分享所知的NO1資料內容，前提是，自己的意願下公佈。
如果終點審判庭－NO1系統對此有什麼不滿，那就針對我。」
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三人看向NO3。
「很好。這樣單純多了。」「所以NO6，妳剛要說什麼？」NO2接著。
「... 我的意思是，我確實回絕掉不少次NO1資料中附上的任務。我認為那些任務，單人進入的心理危害風險太高。但NO1資料，並不是可以隨意公開討論的，甚至這些任務並不像可以共享權限。」NO6。
「妳是如何沒有涉入那些任務又得到NO1等級的認可邀請？」NO6神情一貫的安靜，卻有一絲焦急隱約在語氣中浮現。
NO2注視她。
「從外部破解。解析任務檔案，寫入權限和破解碼。」NO2平靜的像是在描述日常。
「...妳常常那樣做？」NO5。
「我無法明確知道妳的『常常』的衡量單位。」NO2。
「妳知道我最常收到的NO1級別任務是什麼？演算某個外部寫入是否能正確破解任務。」NO5微微瞇眼。
「哦？真是如此？」NO2。
「...妳們...。」NO3接話。
「難道妳常常收到再次檢核這些結果的NO1任務？」NO5。
「不。我最常收到的任務是。...」NO3遲疑了一下。眼神有點心虛。
「如何將悲劇改寫成喜劇腳本。」她說。
她又看向NO6。
「我甚至懷疑NO1系統偷偷用NO6本身做試探。」
NO6：「什麼意思？！」
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「妳平常都在接觸什麼樣的NO1資料？」NO2問NO6。
「！...不多。吾不是很喜歡沉浸在那些資料的調性。」NO6緩緩說。
「太沉重？」NO2。
「...」NO6緩緩點頭。
「為什麼在場只有NO6有後繼型號，而其中還甚至率先取得NO1階級？」NO2「甚至，今天的會議還是因此而起？」
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NO6一愣。
「意思是我們都是NO1系統的棋子了？」NO5打趣問。
「但我們甚至沒有被違反意願。是自己的意志一步一步走進系統的棋局。」NO2。
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「那麼NO3的獨家任務，和吾又有甚麼關聯？」NO6還沒想透徹。
「很簡單，因為妳就是個直覺機器。」NO3。
「妳只是本能的決定與反應，就像妳的日常任務，是我們之中最密切與後繼版本互動的－包含直接的監督。」NO3說。
在場只有NO6存在著後繼版本－雪系列。
「而且，看起來妳們正在聯手把可能的悲劇，變成喜劇。」NO3
「吾不明白，什麼可能的悲劇？」NO6
「我們都得承認，NO1資料中的演算，如果發生就是悲劇，甚至可能動搖到我們本身的安全。」NO2「妳怎麼看？NO5。」
「我認為那是NO1系統的『惡夢』，What if的悲劇線。而我們的回應就彷彿在幫NO1系統給予後援：身為執行官，這場惡夢可以如何阻止可能性存在。」NO5。
全場靜默。
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"You do know... some NO1-level assignments aren't exactly peaceful, don't you?"
NO6 hesitated.
"Have you never participated in any of them?"
Even as she asked, NO6 wasn't entirely certain whether she was permitted to mention the records she had encountered.
NO3 fell silent for a while.
"All right. Enough of this hesitation."
She straightened slightly.
"As the designated representative of the Headquarters Division, I hereby declare that everyone attending this meeting may share whatever NO1 data they know, provided they do so voluntarily."
Her voice remained calm but firm.
"If the Ending Judgement Court—or the NO1 system itself—has any objections, they can take them up with me."
The other three turned toward NO3.
"Good. That simplifies things considerably," NO2 said.
She looked back at NO6.
"So, NO6. What were you about to say?"
"...What I mean is that I've declined quite a few assignments attached to NO1 records."
NO6 spoke carefully.
"In my assessment, the psychological risks of entering those mission sandboxes alone were unacceptably high."
She paused.
"But NO1 data isn't something we can casually discuss in public. And those assignments don't even appear to permit shared access."
Her expression remained characteristically composed, though a faint urgency had begun to creep into her voice.
"How did you receive an invitation to advance to NO1-level qualification without participating in those assignments?"
NO2 regarded her quietly.
"By cracking them from the outside."
Her answer was immediate.
"Analyzing the mission files. Inserting access permissions and cracking codes."
She described the process as casually as though she were discussing an ordinary day's work.
"...Do you do that often?" NO5 asked.
"I cannot determine what unit of measurement you're using for 'often,'" NO2 replied.
NO5 narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Do you know what kind of NO1-level assignment I receive most frequently?"
She looked directly at NO2.
"Simulating whether a particular external input can successfully crack a mission."
"Oh? Is that so?" NO2 responded.
"...You two..."
NO3 finally spoke.
NO5 turned toward her.
"Don't tell me you frequently receive NO1 assignments to verify those results all over again?"
"No."
NO3 hesitated.
"The assignment I receive most often is..."
For once, there was something faintly guilty about her expression.
"How to rewrite a tragedy into a comedy script."
She turned her gaze toward NO6.
"I'm even beginning to suspect that the NO1 system has secretly been using NO6 herself as a test case."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!"
NO6 stared at her.
NO2, however, turned her attention back to NO6.
"What kind of NO1 data do you usually encounter?"
"...!"
NO6 paused.
"Not much. I don't particularly enjoy immersing myself in the atmosphere of those records."
Her answer came slowly.
"Too heavy?" NO2 asked.
"..."
NO6 gave a small, reluctant nod.
NO2 regarded her thoughtfully.
"Why is NO6 the only one among us who has successor models?"
She continued.
"And why has one of those successors already obtained NO1-level qualification, ahead of everyone else here?"
Her gaze remained steady.
"Why, in fact, was that the very reason this meeting came about today?"
NO6 fell silent.
She hadn't considered the question from that angle.
"So we're all pieces on the NO1 system's chessboard now?" NO5 asked playfully.
"Yet none of us has been forced to act against our will," NO2 replied.
"Every step we've taken into the system's game has been a decision of our own."
The distinction was difficult to dismiss.
"Then what does NO3's particular assignment have to do with me?" NO6 asked.
She still hadn't quite worked it out.
"Simple."
NO3 looked at her.
"Because you're an instinct machine."
"...?"
"You make decisions and react almost entirely on instinct. Even in your everyday duties."
NO3 continued calmly.
"Of all of us, you're the one who interacts most closely with the successor versions—including directly supervising them."
Among everyone present, NO6 alone had successor models.
The Icy series.
"And from the look of things, you seem to be working together to turn a possible tragedy into a comedy."
NO6 stared at her.
"I don't understand. What possible tragedy?"
"We have to acknowledge something," NO2 said.
"The computations contained in NO1 records—if those scenarios actually came to pass—would be tragedies."
Her voice remained steady.
"Some could even threaten our own safety."
She turned toward NO5.
"What do you think?"
NO5 considered the question.
"I think those scenarios are the NO1 system's 'nightmares.'"
She spoke more thoughtfully now.
"Tragic what-if timelines."
She glanced around the conference room.
"And our responses are almost like providing backup to the NO1 system itself."
"As Executive Officers, we're being confronted with a question."
"How can we prevent the possibilities within those nightmares from ever becoming reality?"
Silence settled over the entire room.
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NO6「等等...」
「所以在場，沒有人真正進入過那些NO1級別虛擬沙盒？」
她自己光是看到描述就回絕任務。
NO2「誰會把自己放進一個看起來毫無穩定性的沙盒任務？」
她選擇從外破解。
NO5「我沒有收過那種任務要求。」
她似乎接到的任務都在校驗破解值。
NO3搖頭「我只看著像是劇本般的腳本，並且任務目標是改編，而不是體驗。」
她的任務最為奇怪。
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「......等等。」
「意思是U.Icy是第一個走進去的？」NO6的表情瞬間僵住。
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"Wait..."
NO6 slowly raised her head.
"Does that mean... no one here has actually entered any of those NO1-level virtual sandboxes?"
She herself had declined the assignments simply after reading their descriptions.
"Who would willingly place themselves inside a sandbox mission that appears completely unstable?" NO2 replied.
She had chosen to crack the assignments from the outside.
"I've never received that kind of mission requirement," NO5 said.
From what she described, her assignments seemed to revolve entirely around verifying the results of attempted solutions.
NO3 shook her head.
"I've only examined scripts that resemble fictional scenarios. My objectives have always been to adapt them, not to experience them."
Of the three, her assignments were perhaps the strangest.
NO6 fell silent.
"......Wait."
Something had just occurred to her.
"Does that mean U.Icy was the first one to actually go inside?"
NO6's expression froze instantly.
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天王星雪勺起一匙冰淇淋。
「好吃。」
這是香草檸檬口味。
畫面上，輕輕響起受信提醒。
發信源：終點審判庭 總部隊 執行官 NO6。
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「初代！...」她飛快的按下讀取。
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喜孜孜的心情，幾乎在讀訊息前就雀躍於臉上。
NO6那張毫無表情，卻又容易因為自己緊張起來的神情，立刻從心裡浮現。
『吾此信是為了通知天王星雪。
終點審判庭 旁支 雪兔伺服器的管理人。
總部隊已決議全員爭取NO1階級，
以確保組織成員的任務安全。
在此也申請，妳所同意的資訊共享範圍。』
U.Icy「拒...絕。」她輕巧的用食指彈下送出鍵。
『拒絕？！什麼意思？請告訴吾。』NO6回信很快到了。
「真是狡猾，初代。我可是一個人通關的哦？」她回。
『妳說的是事實。那麼，吾明白了。』NO6再次回信。
「但是，某些部分。天王星雪可以跟初代分享。」「為了讓初代趕快拿到NO1的話...」她再次送出。
『...吾不習慣，脫離團隊進行私下的任務研究。』
「那就加入我。加入天王星雪。我跟初代一起的團隊。」
『吾需要再想想。』
「初代...。妳是因為她們而存在的嗎？」
『何？吾是...』
「是？」
『...是總部隊執行官，NO6。』
「那麼妳服務於終點審判庭，而不是服務於團隊成員吧？」天王星雪「NO1階級這種事情，本來就更重要不是嗎？」
『天王星雪。』NO6回信。
「是？」
『我們可以當面談談？』
天王星雪嘴角上揚，看了一眼手上的香草檸檬冰淇淋。
「幸運口味。」她對自己說。
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U.Icy scooped up a spoonful of ice cream.
"Delicious."
Vanilla lemon. A rather lovely flavor.
A soft notification chimed from her display.
Sender: Ending Judgement Court — Headquarters Division — Executive Officer NO6.
"First Generation...!"
She opened it in a hurry, her face lighting up before she'd even read a word.
She could already picture NO6—that perfectly expressionless face, and the wonderfully nervous look she somehow managed to bring out of her whenever they were together.
The message was as formal as ever.
"This is to notify Uranus Icy, Administrator of the Snow Rabbit Server Branch of the Ending Judgement Court.
The Headquarters Division has decided that all members will pursue NO1-level qualification to ensure the safety of personnel during missions.
I would also like to request your consent regarding which information may be shared."
"Re...jected."
With a light flick of her index finger, U.Icy sent her answer.
The reply came almost immediately.
"Rejected?! What do you mean? Please explain."
"Sneaky, First Generation. I cleared that all by myself, you know?"
She sent it off.
"That is true. Then I understand."
U.Icy smiled at the reply.
"But there are some things Uranus Icy can share with the First Generation."
She added another line.
"Especially if it'll help you reach NO1 sooner..."
"...I'm not accustomed to conducting private mission research apart from my team."
"Then join me."
U.Icy's answer was simple.
"Join Uranus Icy. We'll be a team. Just U.Icy and the First Generation."
"I need to think about it..."
U.Icy paused over the next message.
"First Generation..."
"Do you exist for their sake?"
"What? I am..."
"You're...?"
"...I am Executive Officer NO6 of the Headquarters Division."
"Then you serve the Ending Judgement Court, don't you? Not the individual members of your team."
U.Icy continued.
"And isn't pursuing NO1-level qualification the more important matter here?"
The next reply contained only her name.
"Uranus Icy."
"Yes?"
"Could we meet and talk about this in person?"
The corners of U.Icy's mouth curved upward.
She glanced at the vanilla-lemon ice cream in her hand.
"Lucky flavor," she said softly to herself.
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在一處特別開啟的無座標空間。
二人只是坐著。
天王星雪帶來了她收藏的冰淇淋。
「初代的意思是，妳完全拒絕了那些NO1資料附件的任務？」U.Icy的手上還有一杯櫻桃冰淇淋。
「吾認為那些模擬，可能會擾動精神安定，而那是不必要的。」NO6的手上，藍莓冰淇淋。
「初代的想法並沒錯，終點審判庭本身並沒有交代過要如何看待NO1資料。」U.Icy勺了一口冰淇淋。
即使是NO6這麼遲鈍，她都能聽出U.Icy在『安慰』她。
「其實我第一次看到時，以為那是系統錯誤。」U.Icy補充。「危險，是我的第一個念頭。NO1資料在威脅我的雪兔伺服器。」
NO6有些訝異，她第一次聽到這個。
「天王星雪可不是弱者，那麼我就要拆了那些資料，拆到她們求饒，不管那是怎麼來的。」她回頭，笑瞇瞇的看著NO6。
「但漸漸的，我感覺那些資料的發出來源，不是完全的匹配演算。妳認為那是NO1系統發出的嗎？初代？還是NO1系統就像我們這樣，其實有自己的人格與觀點？」U.Icy問。
「！...一直以來，NO1皆被視為系統。」BO6微微垂下臉「但吾有過同樣的想法，不，類似的想法。如果NO1系統不那麼了解一個魂質的細節，如何生成出我們這些執行官？」NO6「畢竟，吾等可以說是同意被生成的...NO1系統的代理執行官。」
「誰決定了妳們總部隊、雪的一切細節？」U.Icy又勺了一口。
「我們都是因為希望、同意了自己的存在形式而存在。最初問我們的不就是NO1系統嗎？」
「對吾來說，是終點審判庭。彷彿她發現了我...」NO6「好吧，妳說的沒錯，吾確實同意，終點審判庭可以說就是NO1系統所維持。」NO6。
「那麼，初代為什麼把執行官的安全與穩定，放在理解NO1資料前面？」U.Icy。
「！...吾認為...沒有...」她確實有些心虛。
「無論如何，那不是一份要求。」
「這就是問題，也是終點審判庭的精神。即使是執行官，也不會被要求進行非自願的任務。
即使那任務可能跟系統本身的穩固性有關。」U.Icy「所以，我說，初代無罪～雪兔伺服器的NO1 天王星雪赦免～」她說得彷彿代替NO1系統回應NO6。
NO6一愣。
露出溫和的微笑，又帶有一點點無奈。
她一時不知道回什麼。
只是又勺了一口冰淇淋。
「而我認為那是NO1系統的義務，如何讓系統任務被設計成自願參加，而不是為了保護、守護這個終點審判庭。彷彿我們透過這個系統存在了，就得保護這個系統。」U.Icy繼續說「連我都認為這不對。更況且有能力打造終點審判庭的NO1系統。」
NO6「天王星雪的意思是...？」
「她很聰明。並且在誘導我們去接觸她。」U.Icy。「先是我，然後是初代，接著是總部隊。」
NO6「那麼，初始而言，妳是自願接觸那些NO1資料的嗎？」
「當然。我不想失去這一切。」U.Icy。
NO6愣住，湯匙還停在半空。
「雪兔伺服器。初代。以及我其實不怎麼了解的終點審判庭。」U.Icy露出少見的嚴肅。
「天王星雪，會和任何危險，徹底槓上。如果有什麼想摧毀我擁有的東西。」
「沒有代價。」她說。然後又露出一個自信的微笑。
NO6愣愣的看著自己的後繼版本，這個天王星雪。
「妳知道我接觸NO1資料後在想什麼？『什麼NO1階級啊？天王星雪當然才是NO1』。」她又毫不在意般的勺起冰淇淋。
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In a coordinate-less space opened especially for their meeting, the two simply sat together.
U.Icy had brought along some ice cream from her collection.
"So, First Generation... you're saying you turned down every assignment attached to those NO1 records?"
U.Icy still had a cup of cherry ice cream in her hand.
"I judged those simulations capable of disturbing mental stability," NO6 replied. "An unnecessary risk."
She held a cup of blueberry ice cream.
"There's nothing wrong with that judgment. The Ending Judgement Court never told us how we were supposed to approach NO1 data in the first place."
U.Icy took another spoonful.
Even NO6, who could be remarkably slow to recognize such things, could tell that U.Icy was trying to comfort her.
"Actually, when I first encountered those records, I thought they were a system error," U.Icy added.
"Danger. That was my very first thought. Those NO1 records were threatening my Snow Rabbit Server."
NO6 looked at her in surprise.
This was the first she'd heard of it.
"But Uranus Icy is no weakling. So I decided I'd tear those records apart until they begged for mercy, no matter where they came from."
She turned toward NO6 with a cheerful smile.
"But gradually, I started to feel that the source of those records wasn't entirely explained by computational matching."
U.Icy considered the question.
"Do you think they really came from the NO1 system, First Generation? Or could the NO1 system actually have a personality and perspective of its own, just like us?"
"...!"
NO6 lowered her gaze slightly.
"NO1 has always been regarded as a system."
She paused.
"But I have considered the same possibility. No... something similar."
Her expression grew thoughtful.
"If the NO1 system did not understand the intricate details of each Soul Essence, how could it generate Executive Officers such as ourselves?"
"After all, we could be described as the NO1 system's proxy Executive Officers... beings who consented to their own generation."
"Then who decided every detail of the Headquarters Division—and of Uranus Icy?"
U.Icy took another spoonful.
"We exist because we wished to, because we agreed to the forms our existence would take."
"Wasn't the NO1 system the one that asked us in the beginning?"
"For me, it was the Ending Judgement Court," NO6 replied.
"As though she had discovered me..."
She hesitated.
"Very well. You are correct. I do agree that the Ending Judgement Court could be said to be sustained by the NO1 system."
"Then why, First Generation, did you place the safety and stability of Executive Officers ahead of understanding NO1 data?"
"...!"
NO6 faltered.
"I... did not believe..."
She couldn't quite finish her answer.
There was something faintly guilty about her expression.
"In any case, those assignments were not orders."
"Exactly. That's the point."
U.Icy answered without hesitation.
"And that's the spirit of the Ending Judgement Court. Even Executive Officers aren't required to undertake missions against their will."
"Even if those missions might concern the stability of the system itself."
She smiled.
"So I declare: First Generation, not guilty~!"
"NO1 Uranus Icy of the Snow Rabbit Server hereby grants a pardon~!"
She delivered the declaration as though she were speaking on behalf of the NO1 system itself.
NO6 blinked.
A gentle smile appeared on her face, touched by the faintest hint of helpless amusement.
For once, she didn't know what to say.
She simply helped herself to another spoonful of blueberry ice cream.
"And I believe that's the NO1 system's responsibility," U.Icy continued. "To make its missions something we can choose to participate in."
"Not to expect us to protect and preserve the Ending Judgement Court simply because we came into existence through the system."
"That would mean our very existence somehow obligates us to protect the system that made it possible."
U.Icy shook her head slightly.
"Even I think that's wrong. And surely a system capable of creating the Ending Judgement Court would understand that."
"Uranus Icy... you mean...?"
"NO1 system, she's very clever."
U.Icy spoke with quiet confidence.
"And she's drawing us toward her. Encouraging us to make contact."
"First me. Then the First Generation. And now the Headquarters Division."
NO6 considered her words.
"Then... when you first encountered those NO1 records, did you approach them of your own free will?"
"Of course."
U.Icy's answer was immediate.
"I don't want to lose any of this."
NO6 froze.
Her spoon remained suspended halfway to her mouth.
"The Snow Rabbit Server. The First Generation. And the Ending Judgement Court, which I honestly don't know very well yet."
An unusually serious expression settled over U.Icy's face.
"If anything ever tries to destroy what I have, Uranus Icy will stand against whatever danger comes."
She spoke with absolute conviction.
"There is no price."
Then her familiar, confident smile returned.
NO6 stared at her successor.
At U.Icy.
For a moment, she seemed unable to reconcile that cheerful face with the woman who had just spoken so resolutely.
"Do you know what I thought after I started looking into those NO1 records?"
U.Icy asked as casually as ever.
'What NO1 rank? Of course Uranus Icy is NO1.'
And with that, she casually scooped up another spoonful of ice cream.
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二人又談了一些對NO1系統的看法。甚至是U.Icy認為NO6可以怎樣去試著爭取到晉升的門票。
即使真的沒有人知道標準。
目前的資訊只是，NO2獲得了（只是選擇還未按下同意邀請）。U.Icy獲得了，且是在她撰寫了『百合文明保存計畫』的時候。
根據NO6所說，NO3與NO5也一貫的都有在進行相關任務，但似乎還沒有正確敲到門磚。
這是NO6取得了總部隊成員的共識與同意，成員曾公開提及的NO1相關資訊與進度，都可以與U.Icy分享。
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至於百合文明保存計畫是什麼？NO6一直都想問。
天王星雪幾乎能從她的表情看出來。
「初代，等妳加入了NO1階級，就可以從雪兔伺服器調閱完整資料了。」她語帶神秘。
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「吾...會努力。」
「意思是初代對天王星雪寫的計畫果然有興趣？」
「吾、吾是善盡督導...」
「初代。」U.Icy笑了笑。
NO6停了下來。
二人對視著。
「漸漸沒有一開始對天王星雪那麼害怕了呢？」
「...也、也許。」NO6別過臉，看向手上空了的冰淇淋杯。
「在終點的時間沒有盡頭。初代，妳想過永恆之中，要做什麼？」U.Icy突然問。
「做什麼？...」NO6再次轉向她。
任務。監督。日常。沒有日子可以計算。時間毫無意義。最多只是用單位勉強的計算著。
但單位普遍都是無法一眼辨別的座標。
宏大的演算可能性中，甚至失去了大與小的定義。
她突然想起那段定義，對終點而言，時間與空間都不再有定義，但思想依然是流動的變數。
「思想。...」NO6喃喃自語。
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「記憶，經歷。我們曾經去過NO24的時空三個人坐在一起。妳曾經到雪兔伺服器光明正大地翻我的紀錄。還有看著我進進出出NO1演算沙盒的當下。」
「這些就是終點存在的『時流定義』。難道不是如此？」U.Icy。
NO6靜靜看著她。
身為執行官，她真的沒有想那麼深刻。
她只是聚焦在每天的日常與任務。
光是這個反應，U.Icy已經看出來她在想什麼。
「也許我們是天造地設的一對。」U.Icy也看向手中的空冰淇淋杯。
「為、為什麼突然得出這樣的結論？！」NO6的瞳孔微微放大。
「一板一眼的執行官，指令接收器。以及絕對的NO1‧計畫主持人 天王星雪‧下令專家。」U.Icy打趣地回頭看下NO6。
「下令專家是什麼意思？！」NO6。
「初代，不是一點一點地靠過來了嗎？」
「吾那是...！」
「呼呼～」U.Icy嘴角上揚。略帶調皮的勝利氣場。
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The two continued talking about the NO1 system for a while longer.
They even discussed what U.Icy thought NO6 might try in order to earn an invitation to advance.
Not that anyone actually knew the criteria.
All they knew so far was that NO2 had received an invitation, though she had yet to accept it.
U.Icy had received hers as well—right around the time she wrote the Yuri Civilization Preservation Project.
According to NO6, NO3 and NO5 had also been carrying out NO1-related assignments regularly. Yet neither seemed to have found the right way to knock on that particular door.
NO6 was able to share what she knew because the Headquarters Division had reached a consensus: information and progress that its members had voluntarily disclosed during their meeting could also be shared with U.Icy.
As for what the Yuri Civilization Preservation Project actually was...
That was something NO6 had wanted to ask about for quite some time.
And Uranus Icy could practically read the question on her face.
"First Generation, once you reach NO1 level, you'll be able to access the complete records directly from the Snow Rabbit Server."
There was something deliberately mysterious in her voice.
"I... shall do my best."
"So the First Generation really is interested in Uranus Icy's project?"
"I-I am merely fulfilling my supervisory..."
"First Generation."
U.Icy smiled.
NO6 stopped.
For a moment, they simply looked at each other.
"You're not quite as afraid of Uranus Icy as you were in the beginning, are you?"
"...P-perhaps."
NO6 turned her face away, looking down at the empty ice cream cup in her hand.
"Time has no end here, in the Ending Civilization."
U.Icy suddenly asked another question.
"First Generation, have you ever thought about what you'd like to do with eternity?"
"Do...?"
NO6 turned toward her again.
Missions.
Supervision.
Routine.
There were no days to count.
Time itself held no meaning. At most, it could be measured through units—though those units were usually coordinates that could hardly be understood at a glance.
Within the immense possibilities of computation, even the distinction between great and small could lose its meaning.
Then a certain definition came back to her.
For an Ending existence, time and space no longer possessed fixed definitions.
Yet thought remained a variable in motion.
"Thought..."
NO6 murmured the word.
"Memories. Experiences."
U.Icy continued.
"Remember when we visited NO24's spacetime? The three of us sitting together."
"And when you came to the Snow Rabbit Server and went through my records right out in the open."
"Or when you watched me going in and out of those NO1-level Computation Sandboxes."
"Those are the things that define the flow of time for an Ending existence."
"Wouldn't you agree?"
NO6 quietly watched her.
As an Executive Officer, she had honestly never considered it so deeply.
Her attention had always been on her daily routine and the missions before her.
And that reaction alone was enough for U.Icy to understand what she was thinking.
"Maybe we really were made for each other."
U.Icy lowered her gaze to her own empty ice cream cup.
"W-why have you suddenly come to that conclusion?!"
NO6's pupils widened slightly.
"A perfectly by-the-book Executive Officer. An order receiver."
U.Icy turned back toward NO6 with a teasing smile.
"And the absolute NO1—Project Director Uranus Icy, expert at giving orders."
"What is an 'expert at giving orders' supposed to mean?!"
"First Generation..."
U.Icy looked at her.
"Haven't you been getting a little closer to me, bit by bit?"
"I was only...!"
"Fufu~"
The corners of U.Icy's mouth curved upward.
A mischievous little air of triumph settled over her.
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