Lysis - "Is it going to be that amazing?"
Me - "Yeah, it's going to be a feat that will go down in human history, something that has never been achieved before."
Kana - "And aren't you going to tell us what this goal is?"
Me - "As I just told Lysis, if I ever tell you, first of all, there is a risk that my plan will leak and secondly, the surprise effect will not be optimal."
Kana - "So, by doing what you tell us to do, we are going to achieve something never done before, without us even being aware of what we are going to do? "
Me - "You can look at it that way. But to be more precise, you're going to train for this purpose and then, during the war, I'll announce it to you and then the real purpose of it all will begin to unfold, even though it's going to be a very long road."
Shanlen - "How long?"
Me - "Being optimistic, it would be at least a year from now."
Shanlen - "And if you are pessimistic?"
Me - "In the latter case, even I can't tell you how long it will take, maybe 10, 20 years or more, but it's not impossible."
Shanlen - "Does that mean we can lose several decades of our lives just for this goal?"
Me - "Knowing that from the moment we go to a score zone, we stop aging, waiting 20, 50 or 200 years will change absolutely nothing. And while that may seem like a very long time, I can promise you that after that, the war should take an incredible turn."
Shanlen - "Should?"
Me - "Yes, I have plans in place, but I can't be sure of anything, so everything I say is just a guess."
Shanlen - "Yes, I thought so, but you didn't understand what I meant. When you say you should, you say it as if you already know the repercussions of what you have planned."
Me - "Yes, it is precisely because I know the repercussions it will have that I can make that assumption."
Shanlen - "Personally, I think I know more or less the scope of your project, even though I have no idea what it's about."
Me - "Yes, given what I just told you, it's normally not very complicated to guess that. But anyway, don't worry, I'll explain everything to you all in due course."
Shanlen - "Yes, I'm sure you will."
Me - "Okay great. Well, now that you know more or less what I plan to do, I can tell you about the duties you'll have to do according to your roles."
Shanlen - "That's it, the interesting part is finally starting."
Me - "Okay, let's start with Group 1. You, Nomiko, will have to specialize in everything related to long-range shooting and supporting Shanlen. And you, Shanlen, should try to specialize in more or less everything and be as versatile as possible, so that you can deal with any problems that may arise."
Shanlen - "What? That's it? We don't get a super detailed plan with everything we have to do in it?"
Me - "I wish I could have done that for you, but I only had 10 short minutes to prepare my entire speech, so I did the best I could from the beginning."
Clearly, the 10 minutes I was given before the speech began was far too short. Taking away the time I took to talk to Sonia, I was left with no more than 3 minutes, so it was totally impossible for me to anticipate how the speech was going to turn out and speak accordingly, so I decided that I would improvise according to the choices made by everyone.
Me - "Then, let's go to group 2, Lysis you... "
Lysis - "Uh, don't blame me Yùichi, but if you are going to make this kind of speech with each group, I think it is a total waste of time."
Me - "Yes, you are not wrong. But I have other things to tell you.
Angelo - "Again?"
Me - "Yes, it's long, but I have no choice. First of all, you will have to communicate as little as possible with the other groups, then, as I told you before, each group will have to go to a point of information with the rights and prohibitions that I gave you. Then you will have to choose a kind of base, a place where you will be most of the time, this base will have to be known only by the two members of the group and myself. Fourth, you will each have a total of 10,000€ to use as you see fit, keeping in mind that you won't get a single euro extra if you ever decided to spend it all foolishly. And last but not least, our ultimate meeting will be on 01/01/500 at 12:00 am, here at the same place. That's it, my speech is finally over, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask me."
Kana - "As for the weapons, how do we get them?"
Alia - "That I'll take care of, don't move, I'm coming."
[ 08/07/499 17 h 45 ]
After five short minutes, Alia finally returned with the bag full of all kinds of weapons.
Alia - "Well, you can all start to come and get your weapons, don't worry, they have all been repaired beforehand."
I must say that I had not even thought about it, I really thank her for having done it, because I think that very few weapons would have been in working order if she had not gone to repair them.
Me - "Okay, now that you each have your weapons, I'm going to give you all your 10 000€.
Kana - "10 000€? How did you manage to get that much cash?"
Me - "Once again, thank Alia, because all this money came from her pocket."
Kana - "Really, so with the weapons as well as the 10,000€ for each of us, I'm doubly grateful to you, thank you very much."
Alia - "Don't worry, it's not much."
Kana - "If I insist, one day I will be grateful to you."
Me - "It's okay, the money is distributed. Any other questions?"
May - "What about my horses?"
Me - "For your case, May, you will go to Alia in a few seconds so that she can tell you what you have to do.
May - "Great, thanks Yùichi."
Me - "You're welcome, no problem. Well, this time, my speech is closed, I have nothing more to say to you. I know that it was long, because I have been talking to you for more than 50 minutes I think, but everything I had to tell you is done and I don't think I have forgotten anything. But before I release you, you will all have to meet me here tomorrow morning at 11:00 to tell me the place you have decided to be your base. I'll give you all night to think about it with your partner. And this time really, I'm releasing you, because my speech ends here."