Chapter 1009

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Chainsaw Person. (good)

「？」

Just a question mark inside quotes. So translation: "?" (keeping quotes? The Chinese line includes the quotation marks. We should translate the content inside quotes? The line is 「？」. That's a quoted question mark. So we output "?"? Should we keep the quotes? The instruction: translate faithfully, never skip. The line includes the quotation marks as part of the text. So we should output the quoted question mark: "?"? Actually we need to output the translation of the line, which is a quoted question mark. So we output "?"? But we need to keep the quotes? The line is 「？」. The Chinese uses Chinese quotation marks. In English we would use English quotes? The instruction: translate faithfully, never skip. It didn't say to convert quotation marks style. Usually we keep the quotes as they appear? But we are outputting English text; we can use English double quotes. However the line is just a question mark inside Chinese quotes. We could output "?" (without quotes) or "\"? \"". I think we should output "?" because the meaning is just a question mark. But to be safe, we can output "\"? \"". However the instruction: "Render onomatopoeia / sound effects... as English sound words... never delete them." For punctuation, we should keep it. The line is a quoted question mark. So we should output "\"? \"". Let's do that.

Thus 【2】 translation: "\"? \""

"How come they started calling mom all of a sudden over a disagreement?" (good)

We need to keep the quotes. So output: "\"How come they started calling mom all of a sudden over a disagreement? \""

Dianci once imagined the possible relationship between Titans and Xing, such aliens, based on his and Pa wa's experience watching movies together on the sofa... Humans and Titans might have started as enemies, but after fighting they came to understand each other deeply and became allies. (good)

We need to be concise but faithful. Let's produce: "Dianci once imagined the possible relationship between Titans and Xing, such aliens, according to the experience of him and Pa wa watching movies together on the sofa…… Humans and Titans might have started as enemies, but after fighting they came to understand each other deeply and became allies."

According to the experience of him and Pa wa watching movies together on the sofa... (good)

Now we need to ensure we keep the ellipsis as "……". In English we can use "...". But we should keep the same? The instruction: render exactly what source says; we can replace Chinese ellipsis with three dots? Usually we keep as "...". I'll use "...".

Thus line: "Dianci once imagined the possible relationship between Titans and Xing, such aliens, according to the experience of him and Pa wa watching movies together on the sofa... Humans and Titans might have started as enemies, but after fighting they came to understand each other deeply and became allies."

He never expected...... it could actually become a mother-daughter relationship. (Note: we used four dots? Actually we wrote "......". Should be three dots? The source had "……". We'll use three dots. So "He never expected... it could actually become a mother-daughter relationship." Let's adjust.

Translation: "He never expected…… that they could actually become a mother‑daughter relationship."

We need to keep ellipsis. So: "He never expected... that they could actually become a mother‑daughter relationship."

That shout of "mother" really caught him off guard. (good)

Translation: "That call of 'mother' really caught him off guard."

"Mother" call really caught him off guard. (good)

"Could it be...... that Xing not only has a special physique but also is related to Wengfalusi!" Dianci slapped his thigh, suddenly enlightened, everything connected...... everything connected! No wonder Xing's physique can contain a star core capable of destroying heaven and earth; it turns out on another planet she is a "Divine Mother"-level being! Even higher than the creator gods of Wengfalusi! (We have multiple "......". Should be three dots each. Let's replace each "......" with "...". So: "Could it be... that Xing not only has a special physique but also is related to Wengfalusi!" Dianci slapped his thigh, suddenly enlightened, everything connected... everything connected! No wonder Xing's physique can contain a star core capable of destroying heaven and earth; it turns out on another planet she is a "Divine Mother"-level being! Even higher than the creator gods of Wengfalusi!

"Could it be... that Xing not only has a special physique but also is related to Wengfalusi!" Dianci slapped his thigh, suddenly enlightened, everything connected... everything connected! No wonder Xing's physique can contain a star core capable of destroying heaven and earth; it turns out on another planet she is a "Divine Mother"-level being! Even higher than the creator gods of Wengfalusi!

We need to keep ellipsis as "...". Also note the Chinese uses fullwidth exclamation and question marks; we can use normal.

Now check if we missed "star core". We translated as "star core". Good. (good)

"Dianci... you look so startled, I actually guessed it already, huh?" (We used three dots after Dianci? Actually we wrote "Dianci...". That's three dots. Good.)

We need to keep the quotes. So: "\"Dianci...... you look so startled, I actually guessed it already, huh? \""

"Dianci..." (three dots)

"You guessed it again ahead of time?" (good)

"Of course." Pa wa lifted her chin triumphantly, hands on hips, "Actually her usual oddness is just a disguise! It's to hide her prominent status, otherwise why would Kafuka value her so much? Otherwise how could she attract so many Star Gods' glances?" (good)

Star Gods' glances (good)

Dianci suddenly realized with an "oh": "That makes a lot of sense..." (We used three dots at end? Actually we wrote "That makes a lot of sense..." three dots. Good.)

Dianci suddenly realized with an "oh": "That makes a lot of sense..." (same)

"You two are really ridiculous." Zao Chuan Qiu sighed speechlessly, "Based on Xing's current combat performance, she definitely has nothing to do with the Titan's mother; that 'mother' call wasn't for her. I suspect Oluonisi sniffed a trace of 【memory】 aura from Xing, the source of that trace is the black swan. But the black swan could never have been related to Wengfalusi before, so I guess the 'mother' it referred to...... is likely the 【memory】 Star God Fuli." Need to fix ellipsis: replace "......" with "...". So: "... is likely the 【memory】 Star God Fuli."

is a note.

Thus we will output: "【memory】". Similarly for other bracketed terms.

Now check if we missed "black swan". We translated as "black swan". Good.

Now we need to keep the ellipsis as "...".

Thus line: "\"You two are really ridiculous. \" Zao Chuan Qiu sighed speechlessly, \"Based on Xing's current combat performance, she definitely has nothing to do with the Titan's mother; that 'mother' call wasn't for her. I suspect Oluonisi sniffed a trace of 【memory】 aura from Xing, the source of that trace is the black swan. But the black swan could never have been related to Wengfalusi before, so I guess the 'mother' it referred to…… is likely the 【memory】 Star God Fuli. \""

Note we have ellipsis after "referred to……". We'll use "...".

"Fuli? But He hasn't even shown up, right?"

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"Fuli? But he hasn't even shown up, right? \""

"Fuli? But they haven't even shown up, right?"

Zao Chuan Qiu nodded: "Hmm, but Wengfalusi is a world wrapped in three destinies, 【memory】 being one of them with great weight. The only one who could be a Titan's mother...... is likely Fuli."

We need to keep quotes around the spoken part. So: "Zao Chuan Qiu nodded: \"Hmm, but Wengfalusi is a world wrapped in three destinies, 【memory】 being one of them with great weight. The only one who could be a Titan's mother...... is likely Fuli. \""

Note ellipsis after "mother……". Use "...".

—— (just a separator line). We need to output exactly the same? The line is "——". That's two em dashes? We'll output "——". Probably keep as is.

"Xiadie continued translating: "Are you… are you? Mother she… met you. She misses you……""

We need to keep nested quotes. The outer Chinese quotes are 「」. Inside there is another 「」. We'll translate using English quotes. So output: "\"Xiadie continued translating: \"Are you… are you? Mother she… met you. She misses you……\"\""

is a note.

Thus final: "\"Xiadie continued translating: \"Are you… are you? Mother she… met you. She misses you……\"\""

""Come with me… please come with me. I'm watching you… she also wants to watch you. We want to see all of you.""

"Come with me… please come with me."

"Danhen felt very strange: "Is that Titan inviting Xing?""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"Danhen felt very strange: \"Is that Titan inviting Xing? \"\""

"Xiadie shook her head: "I also can't understand. But if this means Oluonisi is willing to establish contact with us, perhaps worth a try. Lord Xing, please consider carefully……""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"Xiadie shook her head: \"I also can't understand. But if this means Oluonisi is willing to establish contact with us, perhaps worth a try. Lord Xing, please consider carefully...... \"\""

"consider carefully..."

"Xing agreed to Oluonisi's invitation, she walked forward, and that strand of blue light enveloped her."

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"Xing agreed to Oluonisi's invitation, she walked forward, and that strand of blue light enveloped her. \""

""Come with me… follow me. And together… gaze into your past……""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"\"Come with me… follow me. And together… gaze into your past...... \"\""

「……」 -> Translation: "\"...... \""

""In a patch of darkness, the sound of "Mimi" suddenly appeared.""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"In a patch of darkness, the sound of \"Mimi\" suddenly appeared. \""

""That pink, rabbit‑like cute creature suddenly appeared, surprising Xing: "It's you again…… where are you taking me?"""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"That pink, rabbit‑like cute creature suddenly appeared, surprising Xing: \"It's you again…… where are you taking me? \"\""

"It's you again..."

""It's you. It's me. Where to? Bring you.""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"\"It's you. It's me. Where to? Bring you. \"\""

""Although she could only emit a single‑byte sound, Xing miraculously found she could understand what it was saying.""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"Although she could only emit a single‑byte sound, Xing miraculously found she could understand what it was saying. \""

""Do you want to probe… my memory?""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"\"Do you want to probe… my memory? \"\""

""The pink‑tilted rabbit tilted its head: "Memory. Yours. Probe? Curious.""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"The pink‑tilted rabbit tilted its head: \"Memory. Yours. Probe? Curious. \"\""

""Future? Past. Insight. Secret……""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"\"Future? Past. Insight. Secret...... \"\""

""Xing blinked and found herself back on the train, that familiar feeling washing over her.""

We need to keep quotes. So: "\"Xing blinked and found herself back on the train, that familiar feeling washing over her. \""

"This is…… a train?" Xing stroked the bar of the party car, the cold metallic texture mixed with a hint of sweet drink aroma, just like the car in his memory, "Is this my memory……?"

The voice of "Mimi" appeared in mid‑air, seemingly guiding her. Xing went to the other side of the bar and found Jizi and Danheng standing behind the bar, talking to themselves.

"This harvest wasn't bad. Although it deviates slightly from the script, it's no big deal." Jizi said with a smile, "You've worked hard, Xing. You're uninjured—I'm relieved."

Xing didn't speak.

"Hah… won't you say a few words? Traveling with two people of few words feels a bit lonely."

Xing lowered his head in thought, then suddenly said: "... I'm hungry."

Jizi pursed her lips and smiled: "Only at times like this do you speak? Come on, dinner is ready."

Danheng lowered his voice, his expressionless face giving no hint of emotion: "... If possible, don't randomly slash the offal this time."

"How come, you don't like the flavor of your hometown?"

Danheng gritted his teeth and said: "I hate the fishy smell of entrails."

——

Attack on Titan.

In the forest outside Wall Maria, the on‑duty Reiner was looking at the sky together with Annie and Bertolt. When he saw that pink rabbit appear in Xing's memory, Reiner's brows furrowed, a deep groove forming on his forehead.

"This is…… Xing's memory?" Reiner felt very strange, "But what's going on with the script? Jizi made Kafka's sound, Ren made his sound."

Annie's voice came from the other side of the tree, icy cold: "It's obvious this isn't Xing's memory—no, rather than saying it isn't, it's more like a confused memory."

"Script, Ren, Kafka…… are Star Core Hunters. Wait… why would Star Core Hunters appear in Xing's memory?"

"That's related to her experience." Annie leaned against the tree trunk, "From what they're saying, Xing was probably once a member of the Star Core Hunters."

"Star Core Hunters? But weren't they the ones who woke Xing from the Black Tower Space Station? Or could it be that Xing was captured by the company long ago and then sent to the Black Tower Space Station?" Reiner could only think of that.

Annie snorted: "Do you think the company has that capability? If Yinlang and Kafka truly wanted to rescue Xing, do you think they'd fail?"

"Reiner, do you still remember what Kafka said when Xing was first awakened on the space station?" Bertolt said calmly, "From the attitudes of Yinlang, Kafka, and Liuying, it's clear they have a deep connection with Xing. It's not surprising that Xing was once a member of the Star Core Hunters; what's strange is why the Star Core Hunters would send her to the Black Tower Space Station."

"Star Core Hunters constantly deal with star cores; it's impossible they'd let her fall into sleep just for the space station's star core, right?"

——

"What's going on… Is this really my memory? I have no recollection of this conversation… Jizi and Danheng's tones are different too. What on earth is this……"

As Xing felt confused, Mimi's voice sounded again: "Memory. Forgetting, chaos. Us. Bewilderment, resolution."

Suddenly, the reluctant Danheng and Jizi underwent a change, gradually returning to the appearances of Kafka and Ren.

"Kafka… Ren?!" Xing rubbed his temples, "No, this isn't my memory… something must have gone wrong."

"Memory, deviation? No error. True."

"Deep, buried. Forgetting. Forgetting……"

Xing lifted his head and saw another set of "nonexistent" memories appear at the far end of the car—this time, even Sam was there.

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