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Chapter 832 - Re: The Observers

"────...This is proceeding more or less as expected, I see."

"Yes, it is."

In a dimly lit room, illuminated only by the light bleeding from multiple large monitors, sat one man, an observer in his designated seat, and beside him stood his employer.

The screens reflected in their eyes were vibrantly painted with the tales of a distant, dreamlike world they could never touch. A grand stage where chosen players lived and played, as if personifying heroic sagas──── a stage that depicted dreams and infinite possibilities.

Yet, as the two gazed upon this radiant spectacle...

""..................""

For now, their faces were devoid of any excitement or elation. They simply stared at a single entity, an indescribable "blackness," observers on the outside, contemplating the future to come.

Suddenly, their four eyes synchronized. Their own black eyes—as black as the "blackness" on the screen, yet holding the will of living beings—turned toward the same individual.

Who could that be──── only they themselves knew. And so, one of them, the employer who had been standing on his own two feet, turned on his heel, his back to the bank of monitors.

"Are you leaving already?"

"In this case, I already know the outcome."

To the words that were not meant to detain him, Yotsuya Togo replied in a calm voice.

"I shall go on ahead and prepare for the problems to come."

With that, a single presence vanished from the dim 'room.' As if seeing him off, or perhaps just glancing back without thinking, Chitose Kazuharu's eyes fell upon...

"..................My deepest respects. From the bottom of my heart."

...nothing but the empty air filling the cube-shaped room, which had no entrance or exit.

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I'll post another chapter today, but I'm just starting to write it now, so it'll be around 23:00 at the earliest. Good little Arcadians should sleep soundly and wait.