Chapter 1677: with translation of chapter title

NO．291：An Qi Jun, who seems to have many parents.

NO．291：An Qi Jun, who seems to have many parents.

NO．291：An Qi Jun, who seems to have many parents.

Make sure no extra spaces inside brackets? We'll output "【1】 NO．291：An Qi Jun, who seems to have many parents."

The name of Heaven's Gate City comes from the three original star gates that, under the influence of dimensional shocks, serendipitously formed a semi‑permanent "Heaven's Gate".

Translation: "The name of Heaven Gate City comes from the initial three star gates, which, under the influence of dimensional shock, serendipitously achieved a semi-permanent 'Heaven Gate-ization'." Need to keep meaning. Let's produce: "The name of Heaven Gate City originates from the initial three star gates, which, under the influence of dimensional shock, serendipitously completed a semi-permanent 'Heaven Gate-ization'."

That is, a stable link has been established to the entrance of another world.

Translation: "That is, it stably linked to the entrance of another world."

Nowadays, Heaven's Gate City has 14 Heaven Gates, while the star gates used for regular interstellar jumps number 27, far surpassing the boundary gate region, not only earning the Federation's current traverser special‑zone treatment and name, but also attracting countless external hidden dangers and risks.

Translation: "Nowadays, Heaven Gate City has 14 heavenly gates, while the star gates used for regular interstellar jumps number 27, easily surpassing that border gate region; it not only secured the Federation's current transmigrator special zone treatment and name, but also attracted countless external hidden dangers and risks."

We need to keep numbers exactly: 14, 27.

Regarding this, the early Heaven's Gate City initially relied on the armed forces stockpiled and cultivated during the colonial era to enforce law, but soon found itself stretched thin in the rapid expansion and development of what could be called a city, essentially a nation.

Translation: "Regarding this, the early Heaven Gate City still insisted on using the armed forces stockpiled and cultivated from the colonial era to enforce the law, but soon it became stretched thin in the rapid expansion and development of what could be called a city, but is practically a state."

Although there were times when they sought help directly from Earth, the Federation, or the Star Alliance, ultimately Heaven's Gate City chose a more permanent solution.

Translation: "Although there had been times of directly seeking help from Earth, the Federation, and the Star Alliance, in the end Heaven Gate City chose a more thoroughgoing solution."

— — Using traversers to police traversers, and outsiders to police outsiders.

Translation: "——Using transmigrants to punish transmigrants, and outsiders to punish outsiders."

Heaven's Gate City has gathered too many outsiders and accepted too many traversers, so it naturally needed to, before this group could organize and overthrow the regime, divide them, co‑opt them, and finally implant a deeper, more intangible educational mark than a soul curse.

Translation: "Heaven Gate City has gathered too many outsiders and accepted too many transmigrants, so it naturally sought to divide and co-opt them before they could organize and overthrow the regime, finally implanting an indoctrination mark deeper and more intangible than a soul curse."

It is called:

Translation: "Its name is:"

"Social Form."

Translation: ""Social Form.""

"Do you really wish to submit to something like this? This man‑made fabrication, formed in merely a thousand years, is as fragile as a lock that can be broken with a snap of the fingers."

Translation: ""Are you really willing to submit to this? This man-made construct, merely taking a thousand years to form, is as fragile as a bolt that can be broken with a flick of the finger.""

In the underground bar at No. 3 Lutet Street, Luotu District, western Heaven's Gate City, someone is loudly pounding the table and issuing a particularly rebellious declaration.

Translation: "In the underground bar at No. 3 Lu Te Street, Yiluo District, west Heaven Gate City, someone was pounding the table loudly, issuing an especially rebellious declaration."

"They are monsters that submit to no collective will, no social form; and you, who exploit their appearance, strength, and very existence as merchants, should know better than anyone what you are dealing with. You should know exactly what power you wield—yet you still choose to obey the regulations that hinder us?"

Translation: ""They are monsters, not submitting to any collective will, not submitting to any social form—monsters, and you, who exploit their appearance, power, and very existence as merchants, ought to be clearer than anyone about what you are dealing with. You ought to be clearer than anyone about the power you wield! Yet you still choose to obey the regulations that hinder us?""

That hand—the left claw of the apocalyptic demon Kippu—gradually dents and deforms the tabletop.

Translation: "That hand, the left claw originating from the Destroyer Demon Kipubu, made the tabletop depress little by little, deforming it."

Rather than deliberate intimidation, it is more the excitement of heightened emotion, since the figure is actually just a middle‑aged man in purple robes, a bishop, merely staring at these people with eyes full of anger and sorrow.

Translation: "But rather than saying it was deliberate intimidation, it was more like an impulse arising from emotional agitation, for the purple-clad bishop who actually still looked like a middle-aged man merely stared at these people, his eyes full of anger and sorrow."

And mockery.

Translation: "There was also mockery."

"Take a look, everyone."

Translation: ""Take a look, everyone.""

"Take a look at yourselves."

Translation: ""Take a look at yourselves.""

"You have clearly grasped the power to obtain freedom, and you have clearly tried to fight for freedom, so why do you still submit to authority, resigning yourselves to that fragile peace and the oppressed, makeshift existence?"

Translation: ""You have clearly laid hands on the power to obtain freedom, and you have clearly attempted to struggle for freedom, so why do you still submit to tyranny, willingly accepting that fragile peace and the precarious existence under constant oppression?""

"So foolish, so..."

Translation: ""So foolish, so……""

Slapstick—the sound of this phrase is like hearing it through a gauze curtain, just as indistinct as the preceding text.

Translation: "Slapstick—the sound of that phrase, as if heard through a gauze curtain, was indistinct just like the preceding text."

However, this means nothing to An Qi.

Translation: "However, this was nothing to An Qi."

He has a partner who always manages to conjure up strange yet powerful devices; even this kind of sonic‑proof booth is nothing to him.

Translation: "Thanks to the creations of his partner, who always manages to conjure up some weird yet powerful gadgets, even this kind of source-energy soundproof private room was nothing special to him."

The fantastical color‑shifting transformation that works from the data universe to the real universe—like how Digimon can emerge from tiny data and still be powerful in the human world—is a hypothesis with many proponents but none that have been conclusively proven.

Translation: "A fantasy-colored transformation that remains effective from the data universe to the real universe—just as Digimon can somehow come from tiny data to the human world and still be strong—is a hypothesis with many proponents but none that can be fully proven."

But he never cared about those things anyway.

Translation: "However, he originally didn't care about these either."

Just as he is not now listening attentively to the words of the gang that dragged him into this illegal gathering.

Translation: "Just as he wasn't honestly listening to the words of this bunch who had bumped into an illegal gathering."

Bang!

Translation: "Bang!"

"What?"

Translation: ""What?""

"Who?!"

Translation: ""Who?!""

"Beast Cult! I'm here to arrest you!!"

Translation: ""Beast Sect! I'm here to arrest you!!""

"It's actually the police!"

Translation: ""It's actually the police!""

Boom!!!!

Translation: "Boom!!!!"

"Ahhh… he just grew huge like that, just like that idiot over there."

Translation: ""Ahhh……he just grew huge like that, just like that idiot over there.""

In an area filled with numerous skyscrapers, countless flying cars, airships, space shuttles, and all kinds of aircraft filling the lower and upper skies—where a sudden enlargement would feel especially cramped in Heaven's Gate City—Belssta Beast, sheltered by the image data on the building screens, uses the eyes of the female protagonist in the advertisement to gaze upon the showdown between the Magmar‑star‑blade‑wielding apocalyptic demon Kippu and the Guraito knight, and lets out a deep sigh.

Translation: "In the urban area of Heaven Gate City, filled with numerous skyscrapers and countless flying cars, airships, space shuttles, and various aircraft occupying the low and high skies, where becoming huge would feel especially crowded, the Beastsita Beast, under the cover of the building screen's image data, gazed through the eyes of the female protagonist in the advertisement at the showdown between the Destroyer Demon Kipubu wielding the Mageman Alien's blade and the Gulte Knight, and let out a deep sigh."

"At least I'm using the line I told him, so it looks like police enforcement."

Translation: ""At least he's using the lines I told him, so it looks like police enforcement.""

Several hundred li away, while accompanying Biezé to receive the puppet Ōmu of Miss Shōka, wearing earphones, he chuckles lightly.

Translation: "Several hundred li away, while receiving Miss Zhuohua's puppet Aomo together with Bi Ze, he wore earphones and chuckled lightly."

"But he's already transformed—do the police have Guraito knights?"

Translation: ""But he's already transformed—would there be a Gulte Knight among the police?""

"The point isn't whether he's a police officer, but whether he heard the police identity and acted on impulse."

Translation: ""The point isn't whether he's the police, but whether the other side heard the police identity and acted impulsively.""

"Are you only targeting that guy?"

Translation: ""Are you only targeting that guy?""

"That's a breakthrough, Bei Zi," Ōmu murmured, "although the Beast Cult has become cautious and conservative after changing leadership, not every member acts with extreme caution."

Translation: ""That's a breakthrough, Prince," Aomo murmured, "although the Beast Sect became cautious and conservative after changing leadership, not every member's activities are necessarily careful when broken down to the individual.""

"After comparing the signal locations of that black‑clothed bishop with Heaven's Gate City, we spent nearly eight days filtering down to over a thousand names; among those, only this one was explicitly identified as having contacted monsters."

Translation: ""After Xizi and I compared the signal locations of that black-clad bishop's contacts within Heaven Gate City, we spent nearly eight days filtering down to over a thousand names. Among those over a thousand names, only this one was explicitly indicated by intelligence as having touched the monster.""

"Isn't it obvious? His arm isn't even human…" Belssta Beast gazed at the battlefield.

Translation: ""Isn't it obvious? His arm isn't human…" the Beastsita Beast said, gazing at the battlefield."

I thought An Qi Jun would quickly fall behind, but instead he unexpectedly managed to suppress his opponent with agile movements.

Translation: "I had thought An Qi Jun would quickly fall to the disadvantage, but instead he unexpectedly managed to suppress the opponent with agile movements."

"Maybe he's doing business with a Beast Cult liaison? When I was eavesdropping with little An Qi, that guy seemed like… a typical chuunibyou among humans."

Translation: ""But maybe there's a chance to do business with the Beast Sect's liaison? When I was eavesdropping on the conversation together with Little An Qi just now, that guy seemed like that kind of… the chuunibyou type among humans.""

"That's why I sent An Qi to investigate." The voice on the other end replied.

Translation: ""That's why I had An Qi Jun check it out," replied the other end of the call."

"Intense chemical reactions always reveal a substance's true nature."

Translation: ""A vigorous chemical reaction always reveals the nature of the substance completely.""

"Are you playing with Suzi‑chan? Why are you talking like that, partner?"

Translation: ""Are you playing with Suzi-chan? Why are you talking like that, partner?""

"No, I'm waiting for Biezé to notice I'm still here; if you're asking about my true form, I was just being bullied in dialect by a certain big‑name painter."

Translation: ""No, I'm waiting for Bi Ze to remember I'm still here. If you're asking about my true form, I was just being bullied by a certain great painter, Fangyan.""

"And this? You're not going to mess with him, are you?"

Translation: ""And this? You're not going to mess with him?!""

"That's Ling's younger sister, Miss Xi; do you remember her?"

Translation: ""That's Ling's younger sister, Miss Xi. Do you remember?""

"Uh… well, we have to fight back, can't let ourselves lose, partner! You can't go looking for trouble at Ling's place!"

Translation: ""Uh… well… we have to counterattack, can't suffer a loss, partner! You can't go cause trouble at Ling's place, can you?""

"Don't rush—I've already found a suitable dialect translation plug‑in; once installed, I'll strike back!"

Translation: ""Don't rush, I've already found a suitable dialect translation plug‑in. Once it's downloaded, I'll dominate back!""

"Great! Strike back! By the way, it looks like the opposition is starting to adapt to little An Qi's rhythm—can I help?"

Translation: ""Good! Dominate back! By the way, the other side seems to be starting to adapt to Little An Qi's rhythm—can I help?""

"No, stay on standby—this is Heaven's Gate City."

Translation: ""No, stay on standby—this is Heaven Gate City.""

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Translation: ""Huh? What does that mean?""

"Heaven's Gate City isn't short of vigilantes; surely someone will help him while we're chatting."

Translation: ""Heaven Gate City isn't lacking vigilantes; surely someone would have helped him while we were chatting.""

"Oh! Indeed, now that you mention it, I notice a lot of swords flying toward him in the air!!"

Translation: ""Oh! Indeed, after you said that I noticed a lot of swords flying toward him in the air!!""

"...? Maybe they're headed for him, with no one else helping him?"

Translation: ""…? That might be heading for him, with no one else helping him?""

"Oh, yes, yes! It looks like those swords, after hitting him, turn back on their own—as if they're really helping him."

Translation: ""Oh, yes, yes! It seems even those swords, after hitting him, turned back on their own, as if they were really helping him.""

That belated realization of possibly impaired judgment, he might also be considered criminal personnel now, right?

Right? You didn't turn your head again this time?

Besides, Anqi himself is strong enough; a temporary disadvantage isn't worth you revealing yourself. Don't forget he once switched to an imitation monster form in the Ultraman Universe.

All right, he now has the upper hand completely, but I seem to have seen Alexis hiding on the other side of his screen. You don't still have some plan hiding from me, do you? Partner.

No, but I guess He probably followed Xiao Xi's orders.

Will that guy actually listen obediently?

Although they are all desktop pets, there are still differences and compatibility among them. Whether it's the Witch Beast or the Belzebu Beast, they can only get along with Alexis while watching a show; otherwise they can't really talk—mainly because they can't stand the other's oily, slick talk, as if they were treating themselves like a high school girl.

If it's interesting, He will do it; everything in His eyes is scored based on fun. Moreover, in that algorithm, familiarity tags also count as bonus points.

Ha~ That's really being cared about by everyone, little Anqi.

If you said that to his face, the replica knight's holy sword would probably have already come slashing.

What the heck! Is there something wrong with that?

Actually, that's not wrong.