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Barrierkeeper (flashback): There’s only one big reason why I took up this job in the first place.

“For a better world..!”

Barrierkeeper (thinking): Money. To someone who has only known poverty, money is everything.

Barrierkeeper: For the sake of the country. For the sake of the people, I am willing to exhaust myself.

Barrierkeeper (thinking): The selection process for choosing candidates was just one bluff after the other: And I slipped right through them. It’s not for me to say, of course but I imagine that they were blinded by my words. I don’t even have to risk my neck out there in the fields. All that’s left for me to do is sit here, in this safe zone of mine for two more years..Once my term ends, a massive sum is going to be deposited straight into my banking account.

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Izaru: And you’re.. alright with this? Weren’t you supposed to use that money for your p-

Barrierkeeper: ..Hurry. Hurry up. Kill me, while I still hold this brave face.

Izaru: ..You’re a good man.

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AND HERE COMES HOKUTO OUT THE FUCKING GATES

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Barrierkeeper: D-damn it..!

Kugara (?) saw it all.

Hakuri: ..Kill.. one of your allies?!

Hagiwara: They plan to give the barrier full control, but return the electrical fields in exchange.

Hakuri: …?

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Hagiwara: HEY. Just now.. you summoned a sword, did you not? You think you could take out one 140 meters towards the direction of my finger?!

Hakuri: Wh-

Kugara (?): MY DETECTION ABILITIES DON’T COME CHEAP, YOU KNOW?!