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From: Takahashi Akio

To: Ubukata Tsuya

Subject: Patrol

Point of Origin: Kyoto

Encryption Level: 重畳

Importance: 重畳

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Konnichiwa,

Today I was escorting one of our freighters to supply our base then went on a patrol with one of our gunboats when we ran into a police gunboat codenamed Minato Takahasi. Both Minato and our gunboat captain attempted to persuade each other to the other side then it look like Minato was being tortured from his ship and then he ran off. we attempted to follow but lost him. Then we went back to Kyoto

Sayonara

高橋昭雄 | Takahashi Akio
錦鯉 | Nishikigoi

Black box recording

[29.03.2022 21:52:23] >BD<Susanoo: Well. You were expected.

[29.03.2022 21:52:29] Minato_Takahashi: I could say the same thing

[29.03.2022 21:52:35] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Hai

[29.03.2022 21:52:52] >BD<Susanoo: You have two of our men on board. Release them.

[29.03.2022 21:53:05] Minato_Takahashi: You mean these ones?

[29.03.2022 21:53:11] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: indeed

[29.03.2022 21:53:32] Minato_Takahashi: You can take them from my dead body

[29.03.2022 21:53:48] >BD<Susanoo: Are you really that stubborn?

[29.03.2022 21:53:56] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Apparently he is

[29.03.2022 21:54:00] >BD<Susanoo: Surely you realize you fight on the wrong side.

[29.03.2022 21:54:09] Minato_Takahashi: The wrong side? *laughs*

[29.03.2022 21:54:19] Minato_Takahashi: I have witnessed the horrors of your allies

[29.03.2022 21:54:32] Minato_Takahashi: If you stand and work with them, I want nothing of your kind

[29.03.2022 21:54:50] >BD<Susanoo: What they do is not our concern. They are purely a stepping stone on our way to reclaim what Samura stole.

[29.03.2022 21:54:56] >BD<Susanoo: Nothing more.

[29.03.2022 21:55:10] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Hai is so

[29.03.2022 21:55:14] Minato_Takahashi: And your goal is to...?

[29.03.2022 21:55:20] >BD<Susanoo: Do not mistake our alliances with them for condoning what they do.

[29.03.2022 21:55:26] >BD<Susanoo: We merely tolerate it.

[29.03.2022 21:55:30] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 21:55:38] Minato_Takahashi: Hm

[29.03.2022 21:56:03] Minato_Takahashi: I still do not see anything good that your cause has created

[29.03.2022 21:56:40] >BD<Susanoo: We have opened the eyes of many people in this nation. You just don't see it on the news, because it's all controlled.

[29.03.2022 21:56:51] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 21:57:12] Minato_Takahashi: Opened the eyes to your dream of a peaceful kusari, which you destroyed?

[29.03.2022 21:57:18] >BD<Susanoo: The truth of Kusari is that it is a wretched and corrupt nation which neglects the care of its people.

[29.03.2022 21:57:26] >BD<Susanoo: Peace cannot be earned without war.

[29.03.2022 21:57:34] Minato_Takahashi: Small price to pay

[29.03.2022 21:58:07] >BD<Susanoo: You are naive to think otherwise. Peace is not a goal, but a benefit of our goal.
[29.03.2022 21:58:31] Minato_Takahashi: And your goal is?

[29.03.2022 21:58:59] >BD<Susanoo: To reclaim what Samura stole from us centuries ago. Of course, they don't teach that in history classes.

[29.03.2022 21:59:13] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Not at all. Shame, isn't it?

[29.03.2022 21:59:17] >BD<Susanoo: Many many years ago, Samura betrayed us in its quest for more power.

[29.03.2022 21:59:34] Minato_Takahashi: Honor and all that I assume?

[29.03.2022 21:59:43] Minato_Takahashi: Hai, it is a shame, kusari could use mroe of it

[29.03.2022 21:59:45] >BD<Susanoo: They forced the emperor at the time to commit suicide, and chased us out of our homes.

[29.03.2022 21:59:57] >BD<Susanoo: Killing anyone willing to support us.

[29.03.2022 22:00:09] >BD<Susanoo: And that is why they are so powerful now.

[29.03.2022 22:00:40] Minato_Takahashi: So you are saying that Samura killed your emperor, so you ravaged the country in revenge for centuries?


[29.03.2022 22:01:00] Death: K'Hara|Hahcus was put out of action by a hostile vessel.

[29.03.2022 22:01:03] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 22:01:04] Minato_Takahashi: Your kind has caused more problems than you know

[29.03.2022 22:01:13] >BD<Susanoo: I know not of the motives behind it, or the reasons why the old government deserved an upheaval. Those are lost to time.

[29.03.2022 22:01:23] >BD<Susanoo: We know of the problems we cause.

[29.03.2022 22:01:30] >BD<Susanoo: Do not think us ignorant.

[29.03.2022 22:01:35] Minato_Takahashi: And yet you do nothing about it

[29.03.2022 22:01:37] Death: Aoi|Mia was put out of action by Mia|Aoi (Gun).

[29.03.2022 22:01:54] Minato_Takahashi: You fight a battle whos origins are lost to time

[29.03.2022 22:01:56] >BD<Susanoo: Everything we do, we do for the sake of Kusari. Stubborn ones such as you will understand, one day.

[29.03.2022 22:02:11] >BD<Susanoo: One could say the same for you. Why do you fight?

[29.03.2022 22:02:31] Minato_Takahashi: I have seen traders murdered, pirated, stripped of their goods

[29.03.2022 22:02:39] Minato_Takahashi: And I had to do something about it

[29.03.2022 22:02:41] Minato_Takahashi: So?

[29.03.2022 22:02:46] Minato_Takahashi: Here I am

[29.03.2022 22:03:19] >BD<Susanoo: We do not spill blood pointlessly. We give every one of our enemies a fair chance to turn back, or join us. This is always how

[29.03.2022 22:03:20] >BD<Susanoo: it has worked.

[29.03.2022 22:03:27] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 22:03:37] >BD<Susanoo: If we kill, it is because there was no other option.

[29.03.2022 22:03:56] Minato_Takahashi: Looks like we have that in common...

[29.03.2022 22:03:57] Death: W'lan was put out of action by Mia|Aoi (Gun).

[29.03.2022 22:04:26] >BD<Susanoo: A war is never one sided. Both sides share that commonality.
[29.03.2022 22:04:40] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 22:05:28] >BD<Susanoo: Fighting, killing, stealing, to survive. It is what we are born into as Dragons. It was never a choice. But we do so willingly.

[29.03.2022 22:05:33] >BD<Susanoo: Because we know the truth.

[29.03.2022 22:05:42] Minato_Takahashi: Anything more to "convince me to your cause"?

[29.03.2022 22:05:56] Minato_Takahashi: Because this just reinforces my judgement


[29.03.2022 22:06:15] >BD<Susanoo: Judgement? You believe yourself righteous?

[29.03.2022 22:06:30] Minato_Takahashi: What? No

[29.03.2022 22:06:37] >BD<Susanoo: Let me ask you something, seeing as you are a police officer. How well are you treated?

[29.03.2022 22:06:46] Minato_Takahashi: By whom?

[29.03.2022 22:06:55] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Your superiors

[29.03.2022 22:07:02] Minato_Takahashi: Well

[29.03.2022 22:07:03] >BD<Susanoo: Your superiors. The people that pay you.

[29.03.2022 22:07:08] Minato_Takahashi: Its complicated-

[29.03.2022 22:07:19] Death: K'Hara|Hahcus was put out of action by a hostile vessel.

[29.03.2022 22:07:20] >BD<Susanoo: If it's anything like I've heard from others like you, it's not that good.

[29.03.2022 22:07:41] Minato_Takahashi: Only because thats the way the emperor wills it

[29.03.2022 22:07:50] >BD<Susanoo: The emperor wills you to suffer?

[29.03.2022 22:08:01] Minato_Takahashi: To become stronger

[29.03.2022 22:08:08] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: What sense does that make?

[29.03.2022 22:08:25] Minato_Takahashi: It- well-

[29.03.2022 22:08:32] Minato_Takahashi: It does

[29.03.2022 22:08:36] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: How?

[29.03.2022 22:08:59] >BD<Susanoo: This nation has always neglected its police. The government doesn't see the worth in individuals such as yourself.

[29.03.2022 22:09:05] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 22:09:07] >BD<Susanoo: They see you as cannon fodder, to be fed to the likes of us.

[29.03.2022 22:09:21] >BD<Susanoo: In place of the imperial navy.
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29.03.2022 22:09:37] >BD<Susanoo: Every officer I see, it's the same story.

[29.03.2022 22:09:48] Minato_Takahashi: '....

[29.03.2022 22:10:01] Death: K'Hara|Hahcus was put out of action by a hostile vessel.

[29.03.2022 22:10:17] >BD<Susanoo: Long ago, I met a veteran officer once. He was on the brink of retirement, having finally saved enough money -

[29.03.2022 22:10:22] >BD<Susanoo: to send his daughter to college.

[29.03.2022 22:10:30] >BD<Susanoo: Where they could earn a degree and find a peaceful job.

[29.03.2022 22:10:40] >BD<Susanoo: Hearing his story, I spared him.

[29.03.2022 22:10:54] >BD<Susanoo: Even provided him some of our warchest.

[29.03.2022 22:11:06] >BD<Susanoo: Unfortunately, the name escapes me now...


[29.03.2022 22:11:28] Minato_Takahashi: And what is your point in all this?

[29.03.2022 22:11:43] >BD<Susanoo: The point is that we are human beings, much like yourself.

[29.03.2022 22:11:57] >BD<Susanoo: I am deconstructing the propaganda in your head that we are nothing but senseless killers.

[29.03.2022 22:12:07] >BD<Susanoo: The fact that we didn't shoot first should be enough for that.

[29.03.2022 22:12:27] Minato_Takahashi: Its not propogan-

[29.03.2022 22:12:57] Minato_Takahashi: Well

[29.03.2022 22:13:00] >BD<Susanoo: It's those cardamine junkies you should be more wary of. They snap at a moment's notice.

[29.03.2022 22:13:14] Minato_Takahashi: I am well aware of that

[29.03.2022 22:14:07] >BD<Susanoo: We do not condone their use of it. But because of our position we must accept it.

[29.03.2022 22:14:17] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: indeed

[29.03.2022 22:14:29] >BD<Susanoo: Yet unlike the navy, we know their secrets. The locations of their installations.

[29.03.2022 22:14:46] >BD<Susanoo: If we were to return to power, cardamine would be wiped off the map in Kusari.

[29.03.2022 22:14:53] Minato_Takahashi: *Looks more interested*

[29.03.2022 22:14:58] Minato_Takahashi: You know their base locations?

[29.03.2022 22:15:11] >BD<Susanoo: Of course.

[29.03.2022 22:15:17] Minato_Takahashi: Would you be willing to...

[29.03.2022 22:15:27] Minato_Takahashi: It would help out with the cardamine situation....

[29.03.2022 22:15:44] Minato_Takahashi: And I would be willing to

[29.03.2022 22:15:58] Minato_Takahashi: Give something of value...?

[29.03.2022 22:16:11] >BD<Susanoo: Not while they're still useful to us.

[29.03.2022 22:16:25] Minato_Takahashi: Expected that

[29.03.2022 22:16:46] >BD<Susanoo: Surely you understand, the Shogun plays her cards masterfully.

[29.03.2022 22:16:54] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 22:17:17] >BD<Susanoo: The Chrsanthemums, they are one of those stepping stones I mentioned earlier.

[29.03.2022 22:17:27] Minato_Takahashi: Very good....

[29.03.2022 22:17:41] >BD<Susanoo: Once they outlive their usefulness, I am more than happy to divulge everything about them, and their Outcast friends.

[29.03.2022 22:17:51] >BD<Susanoo: Although we know much less about the Outcasts.

[29.03.2022 22:17:58] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Unfortunatly

[29.03.2022 22:18:35] >BD<Susanoo: But you. The fact you've stood this long with patience, holding your fire, proves you have great potential.

[29.03.2022 22:18:43] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Indeed

[29.03.2022 22:18:52] Minato_Takahashi: I am always willing to give you a chance to talk

[29.03.2022 22:19:41] >BD<Susanoo: You mentioned your police life is complicated. How so?

[29.03.2022 22:20:06] Minato_Takahashi: It is...

[29.03.2022 22:20:11] Minato_Takahashi: Well...

[29.03.2022 22:20:29] Minato_Takahashi: It can be good or bad....

[29.03.2022 22:21:12] >BD<Susanoo: As all things. Go on.

[29.03.2022 22:21:34] Minato_Takahashi: Well the others are helpful and well

[29.03.2022 22:21:43] Minato_Takahashi: But the superiors...

[29.03.2022 22:21:49] Minato_Takahashi: I shouldnt get into it...

[29.03.2022 22:22:16] >BD<Susanoo: If you don't get your woes off your chest, they'll only fester.

[29.03.2022 22:22:53] Minato_Takahashi: '...

[29.03.2022 22:23:13] Minato_Takahashi: Theres something wrong

[29.03.2022 22:23:29] >BD<Susanoo: Hm?

[29.03.2022 22:23:39] Minato_Takahashi: With them...

[29.03.2022 22:23:55] >BD<Susanoo: '...!

[29.03.2022 22:24:09] Minato_Takahashi: I ~Connection flickers~

[29.03.2022 22:24:21] Minato_Takahashi: They could ~Cuts~

[29.03.2022 22:24:24] >BD<Susanoo: Masaka... Akio, you don't think...?

[29.03.2022 22:24:35] Minato_Takahashi: ~Pain~

[29.03.2022 22:24:38] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Hmmmmm thats odd

[29.03.2022 22:24:40] Minato_Takahashi: They promised freedom

[29.03.2022 22:24:47] Minato_Takahashi: And ~disruptions~

[29.03.2022 22:24:49] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Nani?

[29.03.2022 22:24:54] >BD<Susanoo: Could the Nomads be invading Kusari again?!

[29.03.2022 22:25:03] Minato_Takahashi: No they ~...~

[29.03.2022 22:25:07] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Not again

[29.03.2022 22:25:11] Minato_Takahashi: I should go

[29.03.2022 22:25:22] Minato_Takahashi: They are listening

[29.03.2022 22:25:34] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: *suspicous indeed noises*

[29.03.2022 22:25:35] Minato_Takahashi: I cant let them know

[29.03.2022 22:25:40] Minato_Takahashi: Sayonara

[29.03.2022 22:25:40] >BD<Susanoo: Oh my god...

[29.03.2022 22:25:55] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: The hell....?

[29.03.2022 22:26:06] >BD<Susanoo: Whatever this was, we need to report it to the Shogun immediately.

[29.03.2022 22:26:11] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Hai

[29.03.2022 22:26:13] >BD<Susanoo: Akio-san, let's return.

[29.03.2022 22:26:46] Minato_Takahashi: ?: They know they know they know they know ~connection cuts~

[29.03.2022 22:27:06] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: I am concerned

[29.03.2022 22:27:26] >BD<Susanoo: What do you mean, they know? Hey, where are you going?!

[29.03.2022 22:27:40] Minato_Takahashi: ?: Sayonara

[29.03.2022 22:27:49] >BD<Takahashi.Akio: Hey come back

[29.03.2022 22:28:23] >BD<Susanoo: Chikuso...

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