D-Genesis: Volume 1 [Complete] by KONO Tsuranori

Author:KONO Tsuranori
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Who else would reenact a scene from a Raymond Chandler novel with me?: From Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. On the eighteenth floor of the Los Angeles Police Department, the protagonist finds a bug in his office, and gently releases it into the flower bed outside. No matter how many times I read it, this incomprehensible scene always leaves an impression on me.

Ministry of Defense, Ichigaya

It was 14:00 on November 5, and as ordered, Iori’s team had visited the Ministry of Defense. Inside Terasawa’s office, they stood in awe before the orbs.

Seeing an orb for the first time, Sawatari—the most serious member of the squadron—hesitated. “Major, is it really okay for us to use these?”

After all, each piece of equipment had cost two billion yen, and once used, it would become the sole possession of one person. Quite possibly, none of them would ever be able to quit the SDF.

“Indeed, there were conversations about letting the younger soldiers use them, but...” Terasawa trailed off.

Currently, Sawatari was thirty-two years old. Despite being in the prime of his career, he wasn’t exactly young. Even Hagane was thirty-six. Thus, Sawatari nervously waited for the major to continue.

“I argued against that,” Terasawa concluded. “By the time any young soldiers grew capable of using these orbs, they would be your age.”

“Fair point,” Hagane said with a chuckle.

Merely giving young, untrained soldiers supernatural abilities wouldn’t allow them to survive on the battlefield. That was a simple fact of life. The number of troops who had died in the dungeons far outnumbered those who had lost their lives in war zones.

Kaiba—a relatively young member of the team—used one of the orbs without hesitation, checking for any bodily transformations.

“You don’t doddle,” Terasawa said. “How does it feel, Kaiba?”

“Well, standing around with somber looks on our faces won’t get us anywhere. Since this is my first time using an orb, I have nothing to compare it to, but... It feels like something inside me was born again.”

While viewing this conversation from the corner of her eye, Iori mentioned her misgivings to Hagane. “Still, I thought there would be more disputes over how to choose the users.”

“Due to the short life span of orbs, there’s no time for disputes,” Terasawa answered in his stead. “And because skills turn soldiers into living weapons, veterans are better suited to their use. Furthermore...”

When Terasawa hesitated, Iori sensed something off, urging him to continue. “Furthermore?”

“Looking at them, I had a strange feeling. Compared to these past three years, we’ll be able to obtain orbs more easily. Because of that, we can use them without any hesitation.”

“By them, do you mean D-Powers?”

“I do.”

“Just how many members make up their party?”

“Only two are registered with the JDA.”

“What? Only two?”

Iori was stunned; she had been imagining a large party. How had they gathered so many orbs with only two members? In the past three years, the entirety of the JDAG had only found six orbs.

“Does this bother you?” Terasawa asked.

“Well, yes...” Iori replied.

“Apparently, the higher-ups are bothered too.

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