Chapter 110: Preservation? IPC, what exactly have you preserved?!

[So you are an actor...]

[No wonder your clothes are so beautiful.]

Kakavasha looks at Aventurine's clothes,

and says with a smile.

[Actually, I am a... merchant.]

[But I do have a performance.]

Aventurine explains.

[Are you the same as the people in black in the sky?]

[But you are not wearing black clothes.]

Kakavasha asks curiously.

[Ordinary employees have to wear those clothes; my position...]

[Is much higher than theirs.]

Aventurine says with a smile.

[So amazing, I hope I can become a great person as beautiful as you.]

Kakavasha says with longing.

[You can.]

[You will definitely be better and more amazing than me.]

Aventurine says with a firm tone.

Furina: "Taking a photo for his past self, I feel this scene is somewhat indescribably romantic."

Paimon: "Taking photos again..."

Paimon: "Suddenly I remembered that photo of Ms. Firefly and Ms. Stelle before..."

Paimon: "After taking the photo, is something bad going to happen again..."

Lumine: "Sigh, this Kakavasha is just a phantom born from the Harmony."

Lumine: "From the beginning, the ending was already destined, right?"

March 7th: "Taking photos is clearly a very beautiful thing, but watching them take photos, I always feel blocked in my heart."

Stelle: "It's not that bad, right."

Stelle: "To some extent, is this also a kind of psychological comfort for Aventurine?"

Hu Tao: "It can also be considered making up for a small regret from his childhood."

Hu Tao: "After all, when he was a child, he didn't even know what he looked like..."

The video continues.

Kakavasha and Aventurine together,

arrive in front of the stage curtain.

[Behind this curtain is the big stage...]

[It's almost time to go on stage; are you ready?]

[I wish your performance a complete success.]

Kakavasha's smile remains,

he looks at Aventurine,

and sends his heartfelt blessings.

[Thank you.]

Aventurine smiles and thanks him.

[You still look very nervous...]

[Then let's do a palm-to-palm.]

[If we have the Mother Goddess's blessing, you can be more relaxed.]

[Palm-to-palm is a small ritual; we put our palms together, recite the prayer to Mother Finga, and she will bless us.]

[If you don't know how, I can teach you.]

Kakavasha wants to use this palm-to-palm ritual,

to relieve Aventurine's nervous emotions.

[It's okay, I know how.]

[Of course I know how.]

Aventurine nods with a complex expression,

then the scene shifts,

and his memory scene begins to emerge.

[We have to part here, Kakavasha.]

[The Katika people are coming.]

Under the gloomy sky,

Kakavasha's sister,

says to Kakavasha with reluctance.

[Why?]

[The Katika people have already taken all our money, food, and killed Mom and Dad...]

[What else do they want?]

Kakavasha says with a crying voice,

asking his sister in confusion.

[The Katika people are bloodthirsty, cruel, and insatiable.]

[They want everything, so they get nothing.]

[This is a trick, a revenge.]

[Remember? Today is Kakava Day, and also your birthday.]

[They know the Avgin people will definitely hold a festival on this day.]

[Taking advantage of this rain, they will come to destroy our caravans and take everything they want.]

[But the Katika people don't know that this time we will resist, and the people in black from the sky are also on our side.]

[The Katika people have no chance of winning against them and will definitely pay the price for their arrogance.]

[If there were no rain, the Katika people wouldn't act, and we wouldn't have a chance to maneuver.]

[This is all the Mother Goddess's grace, and you are Kakavasha; your good luck will protect Sister's success.]

Sister says to Kakavasha with a firm face, explaining the reason.

[But... but someone will die, and you will be in danger too...]

[How is this good luck!]

[Why are you doing this...]

Kakavasha cannot understand his sister's words.

[The Avgin people have revenge for every grievance.]

[The Mother Goddess is calling me, Mom and Dad are waiting for me, I must respond.]

[But she bestowed good luck on you, wanting you to live.]

[As long as you are still alive, the blood of the Avgin will never run dry.]

[So run, Kakavasha, don't be afraid, don't look back.]

[Go to the other side of the mountain.]

[The rain will always be with you, the rain will protect you.]

[And we will meet again under the next aurora of Kakava...]

[May the Mother Goddess close her eyes for you three times...]

[May your bloodline always pulse...]

[May the journey always be smooth...]

[May the trick never be exposed.]

[Goodbye, Kakavasha.]

[...]

[Interastral Peace Broadcast News Flash: The IPC Strategic Investment Department spokesperson confirms that a small-scale rebellion has broken out in the unowned star sector of Sigonia, and the situation has been effectively controlled—]

[The rebels come from a local clan called the Katika, which has long been dissatisfied with the IPC and has had a serious negative impact on the work of the Strategic Investment Department in the area—]

[The clan launched a large-scale attack on the Avgin clan under the protection of the IPC, causing 6,728 deaths, 3,452 missing, and the injured have been received by the medical relief organization Trauma Team—]

[The spokesperson expressed deep condolences for this profound humanitarian disaster and at the same time delivered an important speech to all interstellar citizens regarding this matter—]

[Finally, he stated: The hammer of Preservation will surely fall for all life, regardless of life or death, race, or thought, to defend our inherent basic rights...]

[...]

Stelle: "Broken defenses, you've broken my defenses!"

Stelle: "Preservation... is this the IPC's Preservation?"

Stelle: "What exactly did the IPC preserve?"

Stelle: "Could it be that the Preservation in the IPC's eyes is just preserving their own interests?!"

Boothill: "Otherwise?"

Boothill: "You only just realized this?"

Boothill: "The IPC is just a tumor organization that uses the guise of Preservation to wantonly earn black-hearted money!"

Boothill: "To the IPC, only things that have value and can generate profit have the qualification to be protected by their so-called Preservation!"

Furina: "So... the IPC deceived the Avgin people?"

Furina: "They didn't take action at all!"

Welt: "It seems the IPC was just using the Avgin people..."

Paimon: "What exactly is going on here?"

Paimon: "Paimon is still a bit dizzy."

Paimon: "Didn't the IPC say they would help the Avgin people?"

Paimon: "Why did they go back on their word?"

Paimon: "And, since the Katika people are so bad, why did the IPC keep letting them do bad things?"

Dr. Ratio: "The matter is actually very simple."

Dr. Ratio: "Although the Katika people repeatedly launched rebellions and disrupted the IPC's actions."

Dr. Ratio: "But out of humanitarianism, the IPC couldn't take direct action against them!"

Dr. Ratio: "Therefore, that bastard Oswaldo found an excuse to use the conflict between the Avgin and Katika people to find a reasonable reason for the IPC to take action."

Dr. Ratio: "So, from the beginning, the Avgin people were just a pawn in his hand!"

Dr. Ratio: "As long as this pawn was broken by the Katika people, then he naturally had a legitimate reason to annihilate the Katika people!"

Furina: "Then this Oswaldo is too bad, right?"

Furina: "That's the entire Avgin clan!"

Furina: "He sold them without even blinking?"

Aventurine: "To Oswaldo, everything else is not as important as profit."

Aventurine: "As long as profit can be achieved, then no matter how many sacrifices there are, they are not in his eyes."

Aventurine: "But I bet that one day he will pay a heavy price!"

Dr. Ratio: "In the IPC, it's actually not the case that everyone is profit-first."

Dr. Ratio: "But under Oswaldo's leadership, the Strategic Investment Department only has profit in their eyes."

Dr. Ratio: "They have always only focused on results, so they use any means necessary, without any humanitarian bottom line."

Dr. Ratio: "Oh, by the way, I'll reveal a little bit; actually, this Penacony reclamation action almost fell to Oswaldo."

Dr. Ratio: "Imagine it."

Dr. Ratio: "If the Strategic Investment Department really intervened in Penacony, it's not guaranteed that anyone in this sweet dream would remain."

Hu Tao: "Not... one would remain?!"

Hu Tao: "So ruthless?!"

Diluc: "Not surprising."

Diluc: "That spokesperson for the Strategic Investment Department said on the news that the Avgin injured had been rescued by them."

Diluc: "But... why is only Aventurine left now?"

Diluc: "And, if they really had a bit of conscience, they wouldn't have sold the only survivor, Aventurine, as a slave."

Diluc: "Even the last bit of negligible profit must be squeezed out..."

Diluc: "Heh, they have long had no bottom line, and are not worthy of being called human!"

Himeko: "Looking at it this way, the IPC's final statement is truly a kind of irony."

March 7th: "Doing such things, and still have the nerve to mention Preservation?"

March 7th: "I think if Qlipoth knew about this, he would probably be so angry he'd smash the Strategic Investment Department with one hammer!"

Dan Heng: "This Oswaldo was never a person who believed in Preservation."

Dan Heng: "On the contrary, his predecessor was a Nameless!"

Stelle: "Pah, such scum is not worthy of being called a Nameless!"

Stelle: "No need to say more, I have a premonition!"

Stelle: "Later, our train crew will definitely be able to meet this trash!"

Stelle: "At that time, watch me smash his dog head with a bat!"

Stelle: "Oh, no!"

Stelle: "I want to stab him to death directly with my fire spear that symbolizes Preservation!"

Boothill: "Then you'd better hurry up."

Boothill: "Otherwise, maybe one day this precious thing will be loved to death by me!!"

Xiangling: "Sigh... Kakavasha is so pitiful."

Xiangling: "Kakavasha's sister is also so heartbreaking..."

Xiangling: "They clearly just wanted to live their lives well!"

Xiangling: "But why are there always bad people who want to bully them!"

Sunday: "This is the exploitation of the weak by the strong."

Sunday: "In this tragedy, the Avgin people are weak, the Katika people are also weak, and only the IPC can be considered the truly strong."

Sunday: "The Katika people have no ability to fight the IPC, so they wield their knives at the even weaker!"

Sunday: "Sigh... this is the eternal tone in the universe."

Sunday: "If this point is not changed, tragedies will only continue to be staged."

Amber: "Then, how to change all of this?"

Robin: "Support the weak with the strong!"

Robin: "Only in this way do we have a chance to change all of this!"

Herta: "The Harmony's philosophy, right?"

Herta: "But forgive me for speaking bluntly, this is just a drop in the bucket."

Robin: "Even if it's a drop in the bucket, we have reasons that we must do it!"

Stelle: "Well said!"

Stelle: "No matter what, this evil act of bullying the weak must be punished!"

Stelle: "Otherwise, it will only fuel the arrogance of the abusers!"

Collei: "But... weak people, even if they want to resist, it will be of no avail..."

Dan Heng: "So this requires a stronger force than the abusers to preside over justice for the weak."

Dan Heng: "The Galaxy Rangers are such an organization."

Dan Heng: "And they are undoubtedly great!"

Boothill: "Hey, this brother Dan Heng, to hear you say that about us Galaxy Rangers, I feel everything I've done is worth it!"

Boothill: "If the scale of fairness in this world only tilts toward the strong, then let us Galaxy Rangers add some weight for the weak!"

Boothill: "Perhaps it's negligible, but it works!!"

Ei: "Hmm... since it works, then that is enough."

Nahida: "Yes, it's enough..."

The video continues.

[Kakavasha?]

[...]

[...Goodbye.]

Aventurine wakes up from his memories,

opens his eyes again,

and Kakavasha's figure,

has disappeared along with the Harmony's power.

From this point on, Aventurine is no longer affected by anything.

[Alright—the actors are in place, the good show should begin.]

[This performance is dedicated to you, I hope it can leave you with unforgettable memories...]

[...Kakavasha.]

Aventurine looks at the curtain,