Section 13: Missiles for the Unwanted Guests

Are you okay, Master? It looked very uncomfortable in there...

Th-this is just how I am built. There is nothing I can do about it.

So hot... Especially around Mecha Eli-chan's exhaust vents...

Th-that is just how I am built. I wouldn't expect someone who loves torture the way you do to complain so much about that.

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Never mind that. What is all this...!?

Took the words right out of my mouth. There's no way this machinery belongs in Csejte.

It appears to be a factory. This must be where Mecha Elisabeth was created, and the guardian statue modified.

And, of course, this factory was also delivered with free assembly by

Yes, we know. Thank you.

Yes, of course.

Hehehe, hehehe, hehehehehe!

So, you've finally made it here...!

Welcome to the Mecha Eli-chan Mk. II mass-production factory I made before Mecha Eli-chan went rogue!

What were you thinking!? This could destroy the world...no, the Singularity!

R-really?

Mass production... I like the sound of that.

Entering into mass production is the sign of a perfect-grade product. My model is sure to sweep all the design awards this year.

Hehehe, you cannot stop this densha now that it's left the station!

But to be perfectly honest, I'm a little concerned that I might've let this get out of hand...

Ah well! As long as I don't get caught up in it, everything will be daijokay!

Um... I'm afraid that since you are the origin of this disaster, it is all going to come crashing down on your head...

You don't know that!

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...This is wrong. I admit I was excited for a moment, but this plan is terrible.

There are too many of me. Wetheywould end up making this nation perfect. TOO perfect.

Its citizens would forget the value of labor and stay holed up in their homes. Eventually, it would even lead to a decline in the birth rate.

Such sloth doesn't suit humans. Those who are capable of growing should devote themselves to labor.

...Hey, if people wanna spend their lives working like chumps, they can. But I'm dekinot gonna.

Do you really believe a never-ending Halloween is going to be a good thing for everyone?

...That's the idea.

Pilot candidate Fujimaru, you're a fan of realistic robots.

What do you think? Is she really doing a good thing for everyone?

I am, aren't I, Master?

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I knew it!

...W-well, you're wrong.

...W-well, that's not true. After all, I'm not doing anything wrong.

What you're doing is wrong, Osakabehime. ...Actually, that was a poor choice of words.

You're entirely in the wrong here. Or at least, you feel like you are. And yet, you can't seem to stop yourself.

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Your argument doesn't make sense. You're supposedly doing this all so you can take it easy, and yet that choice is itself causing you to suffer.

And now look where you are. Like me, you're trying to distance yourself from the very festival you dedicated your time to creating.

I'm nothing but cold, unfeeling steel, so I can handle the resulting lack of fun, but you are merely lazy flesh and blood, and so cannot deal with it.

...How ludicrous. There is nothing at all fun about being lazy.

I can make it even simpler. Ready? There's only one solution:

FIIIGHT!

Yes, that sums it up nicely.

Forget it!

I don't fight, I don't work, and I don't cozy up to anyone else! That's my motto!

Really? 'Cause you looked pretty cozy with Master not too long ago!

That's the exception that proves the rule!

Even the purest princess can do a little bit of you-know-what, and the most gallant warrior can be you-know-what, too!

Besides, I thought Master would be easy to wrap around my little finger...

...but that turned out to be murimpossible!

My original plan was to take him hostage and use him as a bargaining chip in my plan!

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At any rate, I am determined! My laziness will not be denied or abridged! Now rise, mass-production models!

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I tried to count them all, but I keep losing track!

Please don't say anything that might invoke Heroine X!

They've almost completely covered all classes!

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Oh, and don't expect the mass-production models to say anything. They're all my obedient puppets!

I see. Then they really are robots, rather than mecha.

Good. Then I don't have to feel bad about sending them to the scrap heap!

IRON FIST ROCKET PUUUNCH!!!

(Cough, hack)...

Those missiles are blasting everything! Including us!

I can't tell whether these mass-produced Mecha Eli-chan Mk. IIs are idiots or just...very simple manifestations of evil, but they're certainly giving us plenty of time to plan our moves.

Hmm, we should think positively about this. The giant Mecha Eli-chan is being very intelligent about this.

She has clearly decided that attempting to shield Osakabehime from potential collateral damage as she attacks us is not a priority.

It's extremely logical!

How dreadfully coldhearted!

...Eh? Where did Osakabehime go?

It looks like she's escaped yet again. But there's nowhere left for her to run.

We've finally cornered her, Master. Let's go save Elisabeth!