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Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan - Volume 18 - Chapter Prologue

Published at 31st of October 2020 08:29:35 AM


Chapter Prologue

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Prologue: Justice and Evil

The scene is back to where Prime Minister Bakuga Tsukikage, Kouzou Kazamatsuri, Rinna Kazamatsuri and Sara Bloodlily are at the destroyed Rebellion HQ in the Alps. They are being taken towards inside the building by Abraham Carter and his PSYON unit. They can’t refuse since their bodies are moving against their will due to Abraham’s ability. Inside an elevator that goes down, Abraham talks with Tsukikage and the others about the truth of World War 2. What really happened was that “Tyrant” used his abilities to brainwash various ruling people around the world to drive the war. This was in order to fulfill the goal of making people with supernatural abilities as the dominant class, which was an idea that existed for hundreds of years even before Rebellion first appeared in history. “Tyrant” inherited the idea and dragged the world into an undesired war but his ambition was crushed due to “Lord Whitebeard” Arthur Bright. When Bright was part of the British forces and Italy was forced to surrender, he realized there was a mastermind behind the war. He gathered Blazers that he trusted and formed a special task force. Eventually, Rebellion HQ at the time was attacked by main forces of nations that eventually became key players of the League of Mage-Knight Nations with “Tyrant” repelled by Bright and Ryouma Kurogane. The war stopped when people were released from “Tyrant’s” brainwashing and the US which had suffered humiliation by Ryouma during the Battle of Midway at the time agreed to peace. However, Abraham says it was a mistake because they were deceived by the current League of Mage-Knight Nations. When the elevator door opens, Abraham and the others arrived at an area where there is a throne in the middle. The throne is where the “Tyrant” sits and only the executives, the Numbers, are allowed to enter here. Abraham releases a flame from his hand and scatters it to illuminate the dark area. It is revealed that the one sitting on the throne is a frozen corpse crucified by a Japanese sword like an insect specimen. Bright and the others reported that they only managed to repel the “Tyrant” and that he was still alive. But the truth is they killed the “Tyrant” and they hid this fact. Abraham says the League lied about the “Tyrant” being alive and seized control of Rebellion. He then says the League is the enemy of the world while staring at Kouzou who is one of Rebellion’s Numbers.

Kouzou denies Abraham’s accusations because it is not the whole truth. The US and the rest of the Union also knew “Tyrant” was dead. The world was hurt at the time and the war had caused deep resentments in many people. The hatred left behind could start up the war again and so the world needed to stay calm. The existence of Rebellion was needed in the post-war situation and so certain people from both the League and the Union secretly meet and maintain the necessary evil. From a global perspective, the system has worked well until this day. Kouzou says Abraham can’t pretend not knowing this since his father, the “Grand Professor”, is also one of “Rebellion’s Numbers on the side of the Union. Abraham denies this and keeps insisting that all of it was the League’s doings which irritates Kouzou. However, Tsukikage realizes that the US is planning on making the League taking all the blame and using justice as an excuse to start another war. Then, an old man in a white robe who is obese like a barrel comes out from behind the throne and says that Tsukikage’s suspicion is correct. The man is the “Grand Professor” Carl Islands. He treated Sara’s illness in the past and asks if her condition is good now. But Sara does not respond to him favorably and Kouzou looks at him with strong hostility. Islands says that the world is inevitably moving into a new era so it’s natural for a nation to gain initiative of that era. He also says his nation needs Tsukikage and the others cooperation to make that happen and they should talk about it in a nearby US military base.

Two days after PSYON took Tsukikage and others from Rebellion HQ and recovered “Tyrant’s” corpse, Ouma Kurogane who now has short hair has arrived at the Alps. After the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival was over, he came straight here to face the “Tyrant” again. But when he arrived at the mountain, he also received a call for help from Charlotte Cordé. At the destroyed Rebellion HQ, Ouma meets with Charlotte who is unwell from the cold weather as shown in a pic. Charlotte was hidden by Sara’s Noble Art “Stone Gray of the Roadside” and the effect is gone once she calls out to Ouma. Charlotte tells Ouma that Rinna and the others were taken by US forces and begs him to save Rinna. Charlotte points to the direction where they left and Ouma then manifest his Device. He uses a technique called “Ryuugan (dragon’s eye) to read and listen to the wind. He follows the trail of traces of magic power scattered by the wind, and shortly after he has found the location of the magic power that he knows.





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