Fourteen 82

FOURTEEN #82

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Chapter Three
The Blood of Immortality[30]

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1: Ohhh!! This is amazing!! Now it seems like even I've become a slave to the screen!!
2: Change the screen to her daughter, Betty.
3: Yes, sir.
4: I'll switch it right now, so please wait a second!!

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1: Dear!!
2: There's an even more exciting shot being shown on the TV.
3: Ehh?!
4: What?
5: How could a local broadcast beat out a government one...
6: Well you see, CNN, BBC,
7: Japan's Fuji TV and TBS, NNN, and ABC have all started a broadcasting war.
8: Carolus, switch the screen to TV mode.
9: U-unfortunately, we have TV frequencies shut out of the screens in the conference room to prevent wiretapping...

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1: You'll have to go to the living room to watch TV...
2: Damn it!!
3: Are you kidding me?!
4: We have to hurry to the living room!!
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1: click
2: Hello everyone, it is your newscaster Lloyd here.
3: We plan to broadcast the hotel incident to you all through the night. Now we're going to cut back to Betty, who I know you've all been worrying about.
4: Here she is!!
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5: Mamaaaa!!
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6: Help meeee!!
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7: If Betty slips any further, she will be swallowed up by the compression pipe flowing beneath the surface!!

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1: These pipes compress trash and then stuff them into the plates of the earth, washing them into the mantles. Since Japan has the most trash problems and number of plates, they were the first to implement this method.
2: The way this generation chooses to deal with trash is to return to the earth what we all received from it.
3: We will now show you an example of when trash is placed onto a plate and swallowed up into the mantle.
4: Normally, such a thing could never be visible. This TV station, however, has developed a special X-ray camera resistant to high pressures that allows us to see this deep below the earth.
5: Here it is!!

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1: And beyond this trash lies lava over 1000 C!!

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1: If she's swallowed up into here, Betty's life will be over!!
2: We have called a specialist onto the show here.
3: His name is Mr. Dark, a trash disposal specialist. How do you do, Mr. Dark?
4: Now then, Mr. Dark, how can we save Betty? In all my twenty years as a newscaster, I have never seen such a thing.
5: Not just myself, but everyone all over the world are dying to know whether Betty's mother, SOS #30, can save her or not, and can't even sleep.
6: In that case, allow me to explain.
7: There are two possible escape routes that can be used to save Betty before she reaches the plates.

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1: Here and here.
2: If she is not saved at the first exit, then the next will be the last chance.
3: But here, everything will speed up immensely, and begin to fall straight down.
4: As I'm sure you know, underneath this area lies a tectonic plate, where trash is carried into the magma of the earth.
5: Therefore, if she is not saved by the last exit here, we are out of hope.
6: And how does that last exit work, Mr. Dark?
7: It is a tunnel used for repairing the trash disposal pipes, and built with a thick cover.
8: So this means Betty can not open it from her side, then?
9: What will happen to poor Betty?!
10: Will SOS #30 really be able to save her daughter?!

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1: This is Vice President Martha Gorman's doing!!
2: Otherwise, things would have never gotten this dire!!
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3: Martha Gorman!!
4: Mr. President! Your face is telling me what you're thinking.
5: Yes, you're exactly right. This was all my doing.

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1: It's too bad you have such an experienced Vice-President like me at your side, isn't it?
2: You see, I always know exactly what you're thinking, Mr. President.
3: Shall I tell you about your fears right now?
4: Mr. President, you are afraid of letting your citizens know that all the world's plants have died. So right now, you have managed to keep their eyes away with it by the charm of SOS #30 and the fate of Betty's life!!
5: However, you fear that this excitement will not last forever. Eventually, the people will grow tired of this...
6: That is what you're worried about, Mr. President!!
7: But it is an entirely valid worry!!
8: And so I have a proposal!

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1: We have no choice but to announce that the immortality elixir has been completed!!
2: What?!
3: It's true that Rose bought the research on immortality from Dr. Chicken George, but I heard that the deciphering was still underway.
4: Hmph!! Why do you have such a closed mind, Mr. President?
5: Who cares whether it's still being deciphered or not?
6: What's important now is giving the people of the earth peace of mind, whether it's based on a lie or not.
7: Without plants, everyone will think that it's the end of the human race. But listen carefully, Mr. President.
8: If immortality is developed, what do you think will happen?
9: The human race will not end!!

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1: What greater peace of mind can there be than this?
2: How does it sound, Mr. President?! This is the only choice we have left!!
3: After the hotel incident, let's go straight to immortality. Of course, then we'll have to think of something else.
4: But Vice-President, if we announce that the serum has completed even though they're still in the process of deciphering, what will we do next?
5: Without proof that it has been completed, I think it will only make the situation worse.
6: Exactly.

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1: That's why we must really complete the serum, no matter what.
2: Then, if we begin to sell it, it will surely connect to a revival of the economy!!
3: Vice-President, are you really saying all this out of concern for the human race?!
4: Of course!!
5: The more I listen to your words, however, it really doesn't sound that way.
6: That isn't true.
7: I was a born as a woman who always rebounds from an attack with a new counter!! This is why my family has served yours as Vice-Presidents for generations!! You should already be aware of the character we Gormans possess.

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1: Leave the implementation of political decisions to me.
2: Additionally, Mr. President.
3: Our next goal should be to determine the whereabouts of Chicken George.
4: We must take advantage of him and force him to make immortality a reality.
5: Take advantage of Chicken George?!
6: Exactly!!
7: He too should currently be entranced by the charm of SOS #30.
8: No!! The truth is, I created this story with that very purpose in mind.
9: Please look at your TV.

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1: He should be glued to his screen as well right now.
2: Coming up right now should be a screen that will completely hypnotize him.
3: Betty!!
4: Mama!!
5: Betty!!
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