Chapter 88

Cheshire Cat: "So you're saying I got lucky, turning a disaster into a blessing?" —— Unbelievable

Gordon: "Yeah, don't you believe it?"

Cheshire Cat: "Of course not. Can something like a protagonist's lucky encounter in an anime or novel happen to me? Am I that lucky?"

Gordon: "Didn't I tell you before, 'Following me, you'll have plenty of such lucky encounters,' and you didn't believe it?"

Cheshire Cat: "So you're saying it's all your doing? Because of your good fortune?" —— Sarcastic

Gordon: "See, see, you've indeed gotten smarter, finding the root cause right away!" —— Completely unconcerned, taking the sarcasm seriously

Cheshire Cat: "You really have the nerve to take credit."

Gordon: "It is my doing, so of course I'll take credit. If you don't believe me, ask the others and see what they say."

Cheshire Cat: "Hmph, the others? Maybe you've already colluded and rehearsed your lines. Asking them would be pointless. I might as well rely on the records in my CatFace." —— Checking the real-time image records in the CatFace

Lin Youde: "..." —— Nervous

Gordon: "Don't worry, Loki must have taken care of it." —— Whispering to reassure

Cheshire Cat: "..." —— Stunned

Gordon: "See, I was right, wasn't I?" —— Confident

Cheshire Cat: "What are you right about? There's no record of that time at all."

Gordon: "Ah? No record? You don't think we deleted it, do you? That would be a huge injustice..."

Cheshire Cat: "Don't rush to cry injustice. I didn't say the record was deleted. It's just that there's no record at all, as if that time vanished into thin air."

Gordon: "Oh, that could be due to the chaotic magic array. You know, we don't have the capability to do that."

Cheshire Cat: "Even though my CatFace has a backdoor program, you can't do that without the ship's computer on the White Horse." —— Acknowledging Gordon's explanation

I (Voiceover): "So quickly defeated? It seems Cheshire Cat's intelligence hasn't improved much."

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Gordon: "You understand now, that's good. Let me continue with what I was saying (seeing Daly and Sercy working together to cast a spell)... Hey, hey, you started without hearing my analysis? What monster are you summoning?"

Sercy: "Listen to your analysis on witchcraft? You must be joking."

Daly: "What monster? Of course, the giant sea monster from the North Sea — the Kraken. The large monsters on land and in the sky have already been defeated by the enemy."

Gordon: "The Kraken? The giant squid from Norse mythology?"

Daly: "Yes, it seems you know its capabilities..."

Gordon: "Are you kidding? Do you think the ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet are like the Black Pearl from 'Pirates of the Caribbean'? This 'big' monster would be like a small squid on a large iron plate compared to the Seventh Fleet's main battleship, the USS Kitty Hawk. It would only end up being blown to pieces. Besides, isn't the Kraken a monster from Norse mythology? Do you think the Norse gods wouldn't have a way to deal with it? You're wasting your efforts."

Daly: "Even if it's a waste, we still have to try. The monsters from the Gate of Doom are varied. Who knows which one might help us repel the enemy? We must try them one by one, from the largest to the smallest."

Gordon: "Why try them one by one? Hasn't Sercy already found a monster that can repel the enemy? Now the enemy is waiting for your response to their ultimatum and won't launch another surprise attack on New Siro without concrete information on the Gate of Doom. What you're doing will only waste the hard-earned breathing time and alert the enemy."

Sercy: "I found a monster that can repel the enemy? You mean these low-level, unintelligent monsters that can only be cannon fodder? Do you want to combine them into a super monster to repel the enemy?"

Gordon: "Yes, can't you do it?"

Sercy: "..." —— Not affirming or denying, but asking a specific question

Gordon: "I need to calculate. It needs to be able to injure the USS Kitty Hawk... (calculating) At least 80 meters tall and weighing 1,200 tons, in a humanoid form."

I (Voiceover): "A humanoid monster? Old man, are you trying to create a super monster or a super robot?"

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Sercy: "80 meters tall and weighing 1,200 tons? That's too big. It's beyond the limit, impossible to achieve. And the density is too high; those monsters are made of flesh, not iron..."

Gordon: "Limit? Does your magic have a limit? What is it, tell me."

Sercy: "At most 18 meters tall and 60 tons." —— Revealing the limit

Gordon: "At most 18 meters tall and 60 tons? You're giving me a Gundam when I asked for an EVA?" —— Dissatisfied

Sercy: "What EVA, Gundam? Speak in terms I understand!" —— Equally dissatisfied

Gordon: "In theory, as long as there's enough material, it should be possible. You said the monsters from the Gate of Doom are endless. What's causing the limit in your magic? It's not that you can't put them together, right?"

Sercy: "Of course, it's not a lack of material or my inability to put them together. The problem is that after exceeding the limit, the super monster becomes uncontrollable and immobile, just a pile of dead flesh."

Gordon: "Control and mobility issues? You can't supply magic energy and remote control them like these laborers?"

Sercy: "Exactly."

Gordon: "That's easy to solve. Just set up a core inside the super monster to provide commands and magic energy directly from the inside."

Sercy: "You want me to 'wear' a pile of dead flesh and go to the front line to fight the enemy? Are you kidding? I'm a witch, not a warrior. I don't have the skills..."

Gordon: "How is this a trick? You're not only a witch but also an excellent fighter, the most suitable person. You are the first eligible one (first_children) to serve as the core. There's no other choice."

I (Voiceover): "Is it really as the old man says, that there's no other choice? Or does he have other methods but is too lazy to use them, and is using this simple and understandable tactic to send Daly to the front line to fight, without sending his own people?"

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