"Serious incident, research block E-2 is now closed. All personnel must evacuate immediately. I repeat, all personnel must evacuate immediately.

　As the inorganic mechanical voice announces a warning, I'm trying to wrap my head around how this could have happened. I can see my mom screaming from the other side of the block.... Enough of this, she wants us to evacuate quickly!　Don't worry about anything because I'll punch in the program to shut this thing down.
　I didn't do anything I shouldn't have done in the first place, and that's how it happened. I'll take the blame. I'm going to turn to my mom, who's still screaming about something without evacuating the house.

Thank you for raising me,

I opened my mouth as wide as possible to get the message across and said.




Eventually, my vision suddenly disappears...........




----Kouki Arakawa's point of view..........................

　Today, I'm taking a break from school to come to the Spatial Particle Research Facility, where my mother works as the main researcher. My mother asked me to help her observe the new particles. I'd be of no use to her even if I were there, but I couldn't say no to her when she smiled and said "please" to me... or maybe I couldn't because if I said no, I'd end up following in the footsteps of Macho.

''Kunuki-kun, over here.''

　The people at the facility will show you around. Hm, but there's a lot of stuff in there, that's a personal heavy particle rifle, right?　Why is that thing here? As I'm thinking about this, I'm looking sideways, and the person showing me around notices my gaze and explains to me.

He says, "We use those to study the particles. It may be completely unrelated, but you never know where you'll find a clue.

　While explaining this, he further informed me that there was an armory in the E-2 block where my mom was waiting for me, where everything from military suits to prototype gravity decay bullets were stored. If Saito-kun heard this, he'd get all excited and weird... as he walked along, he seemed to have arrived at his destination.

'Gongju's here too, then we'll start the experiment in five minutes.

　Mom greets me with her eyes, and then she herself begins to furtively prepare for the experiment. Hey....I'm really out of place here, aren't I? The researchers around me are also looking at me and whispering to each other, mostly saying something like 'why the hell is the brat here? When I look at them, they look away from me as fast as they can, and I'm starting to cry a bit.
　I move to the desk in the corner of the room so that I don't get in the way.......rather, I move to the desk in the corner of the room so that I don't get in the eyes of the other researchers and sit quietly. And honestly, I try not to show my feelings, such as, "I want to go home early and laze around at home," while watching the experiment.

Then, the experiment begins.

　After Mom declares, an alarm goes off in the room and the machine goes off. But nothing happens.... Once again Mom operates the machine, but nothing happens, and a subtle air fills the room. And then the researchers all go bah!　And then he turned to me, making a noise.

What do you think?

He asked me. 　I don't understand the research, and I don't know the purpose of it. I asked my mom what kind of reaction would be a success, and apparently it would only glow for a moment. Mom said that if the particles are observed as theoretically possible, a tunnel to another space will connect and the machine will momentarily fly into another space around that machine. At that time, the particles would collapse and release their heat, and so they would glow for a moment.
　Hmmm........I have no idea. But there's no way I can say that when people are expecting this much, so I'll just say something like that.

Let's darken the observation area so that we don't miss even the slightest glow. And please increase the power of the machine a little more.

　The experiment is conducted again, with my input, but still nothing happens. Well, of course it does. If the experiment succeeds with what I had in mind, then Mom alone will succeed in the first place. I've been spending my free time watching the researchers begin their meeting in disappointment, picking up the particle structure model on my desk and reassembling it, but

''Gongju, that's........ I see!　That's what I thought.

　Suddenly, my mom raised her voice as she looked at the model I was holding in my hand. Wait, I have a bad feeling about this........ This is that, the same feeling I had when I knocked down a ballistic missile before, when I was 'somehow misunderstood'.
　I hurriedly tried to make an excuse to my mom, but she said, 'Don't worry!　He doesn't listen to me, saying 'I know everything you want to say, Kou-chan.

'Mom you don't understand anything.

　I whisper to him, but he doesn't listen. There's no way I can stop Mom in her serious mode of giving instructions at a furious pace, and I can only watch in silence. Eventually, when she finished her preparations and conducted the experiment again

I've got a visual on this.

　Everyone in the room cheered. I was peering at it from a distance, but I noticed something.





　The light seems to be getting stronger...




　The others must have noticed, and they rush to stop the machine, but apparently it's not working. Then, as if sensing an abnormality, an alarm goes off.

A serious accident has occurred. Researcher, please evacuate immediately. I repeat...

　The people in the room are all running for the exit at once, and my mom is being evacuated by the other researchers, who are grabbing my arm. I, on the other hand, can't keep up with the suddenness of the situation, and I'm lightly sitting up and unable to move.

Can someone please...

　I thought about asking someone to carry me, but my voice just faded away in the void. I mean, this is when the skinheads come into play!　Where the hell is he?　






And then the bulkhead in front of me closed completely.






---- Miki Arakawa Viewpoint----

　Today, I was in a good mood this morning because Conju is coming to help me with my research. Partly because I'm usually proud of myself, but also because when Gongju came to the lab, my subordinates around me were

That's her son?

Last time I heard, they made a cure for The Tragedy of Europe.

　I can hear him whispering about what he's doing. The person in question is sitting in a desk chair in the corner of the room, watching, probably planning to take his time and watch.
　This experiment is designed to prove that there is in fact another dimension using the formula that Gongju constructed. It has been decided that the particle that is supposed to be observed will be named the 'Arakawa Particle'. I had actually wanted to name it "Kouki Particle" after the builder, but it was rejected because of its incredibly bad punctuation.

Then let the experiment begin.

　Everything is ready to go, I declare that and hit the start switch. But nothing happens........I try again, but still nothing happens.

'What do we do now?'

　A subordinate says something like that. I was so troubled that I blurted out, wondering what Gongju was thinking. At that moment, everyone at once turns back to Gongju. As they stared at him, Gong-Ju was dumbfounded.

Darken the observing area so that you don't miss the slightest glow. Then turn up the power on the machine a little more.

And they gave me their opinion. I took his opinion and ran the experiment again, but he didn't respond. I gathered my subordinates and held a meeting, but in the end I had no choice but to conclude that the experiment had failed.
　I looked at Gong-Ju and saw that he was doing something with the particle model. And the quick reassembly of the soles shocked me....




My assumption of particle bonding is different!



　Perhaps Gongju knew from the beginning that the experiment would fail?　But if I dictate to them from the beginning, I will hurt our pride. I believe that he decided to do so and showed us the 'solution' only now, after the experiment had failed. I input the coupling model that Gong-Ju had made and performed the experiment three times.

'Confirmation of the luminescence phenomenon!'

　When the report was made known, I rejoiced!　Gongju's formula was not wrong. But he soon realized that there was something unusual about the situation, and rather than the luminescence not stopping at all, it was gradually spreading.

We have a major accident. Research Block E-2 is now closed. RESEARCH BLOCK E-2 is now closed. I repeat...

　Then the emergency alert was issued. I evacuated with my subordinates, but Gong-Ju wasn't there.

'Where's Gongju!　Did the boy evacuate?

　At the same time as I was yelling, I saw that Gongju was still on the other side of the block. He's smiling bitterly, as if a chotty problem has arisen... why don't you evacuate if this isn't the case!　Then I saw Gongju pick up the emergency stop manual that was left by the 'particle converter'.

''Did you stay behind to shut it down?''

　I couldn't help but scream. While we were evacuating the building, prioritizing our own safety, that girl was the only one thinking about shutting down the machine. We forced Gong-Ju to do the job that should have been done by the staff, and everyone must have realized that, and they are now trying to gouge open the bulkhead to do it themselves.
　However, once the bulkhead is closed, it cannot be opened without following the regular procedure. In the midst of all this, I saw Kouki turning to me and crunching his mouth in my direction


Soda te kre a re.


'Thank you for raising me,' he probably said something like that.... I hit the bulkhead, not even noticing the bleeding palms of my hands.

'Goki!　Gongju!

　It could be the last goodbye, a nightmarish thought comes to mind. He looks back at me with a satisfied expression on his face, probably having finished entering the stop program....





Gongju disappeared from before his eyes along with the research block.









　On May 20, 2102, a serious accident occurred at the Spatial Particle Research Facility. The researchers and civilian staff were not injured, but Dr. Koki Arakawa, son of PI Miki Arakawa, was involved in the accident and has not been heard from since. In addition, since many prototype military equipment was stored in the lost research block E-2, the search for the missing person and the missing equipment is also underway.