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FOURTEEN #134

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CHAPTER FIVE
CHOOSING CHILDREN [13]

232)
1: gssssh
2: Hello?!
3: gssssh
4: Hello?
5: gsssh
6: Hello?
7-8: klik

233)
1: boop
2: It turned off.
3: Whatever, at least I got to talk to Kiyora.
4: Now I have to hurry.
5: The test...

234)
1: rattle
2: Haa, haa.

235)
1: How can I make Kiyora into the President of America's son?
2: Kiyora nodded, but...

237)
1: Ladies and gentlemen of the United States of America...
2: It is finally time to decide members of our children's outer space expedition!!

238)
1: All children were tested fairly, and 300 have been selected.
2: These 300 children will live apart from their parents in outer space. It is all for the sake of our bright future.
3: However, you are free to decide on your own. You will tell us yes or no.

239)
1: Now then, I will call you all myself.
2: And we're off air.
3: click
4: Hooo.

240)
1: Mr. President?!
2: Good work.
3: Please call all the children at once. The Earth's peril is creeping up on us.
4: First, let's start with your son.
5: Please look. He came out at the top of the list.

241)
1: Ehh?! Impossible.
2: Ohhh.
3: My son...America.
4: It's true. His results were amazing.
5: Your son is probably also waiting for your call. Go ahead.
6: Thank you.
7: But my son will be last.
8: Why, Mr. President? I can't stand to sit by and watch you like this any longer.

242)
1: Vice-President Gorman?
2: beep
3: You're too hard-headed, Mr. President. Now hurry up and make the phone call.
4: If your son appears on TV, don't you think he'll elicit great admiration from the citizens?!
5: Japan has already finished their selection, and are in the middle of training now.
6: It also seems like Japan chose their children based on luck, under the conditions of 1. foresight, 2. virtue, and 3. luck itself.

243)
1: I know! But Japan is Japan, and America is America.
2: I want to use the American way of valuing freedom and equality.
3: And I do not agree with the business-centric approach of utilizing artificial humans!!
4: I absolutely despise those "commodities!!"
5: What are you talking about? For the sake of your approval rating, this has to be.
6: click

245)
1-2: boop
3: beep
4: Father.
5: America.

246)
1: Congratulations, America. You were chosen.
2: Eh?
3: Really?!
4: So I can go to outer space?