Type-Moon, What Do You Mean You summoned Tiamat?!

The earth trembled. The sky was covered in dark clouds, as if the end of the world had arrived.

At that moment, time seemed to stop.

Even the Beasts — humanity's evils dwelling on the fringes of Chaldeas — stared solemnly at the grotesque alien monster reflected in the water mirror.

However, Tiamat tilted her head slightly, a thoughtful expression appearing on her elegant face.

She clearly recognized the colossal beast radiating a terrifying aura... Wasn't this the "robot vacuum cleaner" that used to sleep on the floor together with her inside Matou Yuu's "portable warm bed"?

Marisbury slightly furrowed his brows. His previously calm expression had completely vanished.

Even as the Lord of Astronomy, he had never witnessed ORT's true form. Because on this planet, any lifeform that had directly seen that "colossal spider" had long since turned into crystalline dust.

Even so, Marisbury believed he still possessed a certain degree of understanding about ORT — or rather, about the cosmos itself.

In this universe, "Gaia," as the will of the planet, was actually one of the colossal lifeforms.

Between the various planets existing in the sea of stars, there existed a "low-level communication network" used for mutual communication.

ORT was a scavenger that descended upon Gaia after Gaia sensed its death crisis and sent a distress signal into the cosmos.

Its actions held no concept of good or evil. It simply followed simple logic. Like antivirus software detecting a virus, it crossed the galaxy to "kill the virus" and, in the process, devoured the "planet."

However...

Why had such a large-scale interstellar disaster erupted from Matou Yuu's Reality Marble?!

The silver-haired man took a deep breath and tried to maintain his composure, directing his lifeless gaze toward ORT.

Stay calm... The opponent is an extremely powerful lifeform, but it is currently inside Chaldea.

It was important to understand that this "Earth-type" machine's computational ability far exceeded the limits of human cognition. Otherwise, how could Chaldea have independently predicted humanity's future for the next 100 years, and even created billions of virtual humans possessing independent thought, souls, and the concepts of birth, aging, illness, and death?

According to the original perfect blueprint, as long as Chaldeas completely dominated the real world, this fully functional virtual Earth would perfectly replace the broken planet outside on a one-to-one scale.

Even if a foreign object was forcibly inserted now, if its computational ability increased even slightly, it might not be impossible to use the planetary-level rule barrier to forcibly eliminate this "colossal virus" called ORT from the inside.

Just as Marisbury was desperately trying to think of a solution, his gaze suddenly froze.

Inside the water mirror, ORT's eight towering crystal legs had already deeply pierced into Chaldea's earth.

Click... click...

From the spot where ORT landed, an extremely clear and rhythmic cracking sound echoed repeatedly. At the same time, the ground unexpectedly overflowed with an unbelievably eerie yet dazzling deep blue crystal.

Immediately after, an indescribable roar resounded deep within everyone's hearts.

That sound did not belong to the language of carbon-based lifeforms. Rather, it was a sound emitted from an immeasurable cosmos.

Marisbury's heart tightened. He immediately used his analysis ability to decipher the meaning of that voice.

Buzz!

The moment his power touched that voice, his entire brain buzzed and alarms rang inside his head!

[Ancient covenant conditions have been met. The current celestial will has been judged to have disappeared.]

[Assimilation into the alien environment is in progress — Crystal Valley's physical laws are being forcibly overwritten.]

[Alien magical energy supply circuit has been fully activated. Target's spiritual origin quality has improved...]

[This planet's predation risk assessment in progress... Assessment complete: Extremely high nutritional value.]

[Restrictions lifted]

[Current specification: Ultimate One – ORT]

A series of notification sounds rang loudly inside Marisbury's head. With each notification, it felt as though ORT was growing exponentially.

Even more astonishingly, although there seemed to be nearly a hundred of these notifications, in reality they did not even last 0.1 seconds.

Marisbury felt his entire body turn as cold as ice, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

He had thought that even if ORT was incredibly powerful, it would be impossible for it to devour the planet Chaldeas — home to "tens of billions of people" — in one bite. But he had never expected the opponent to actually be capable of "evolving"!

No, rather than evolving, it would be more accurate to say it was recovering its original power based on the difficulty of absorbing Chaldeas!

At this moment, due to ORT's spiritual origin level, Marisbury's brain temporarily froze.

Wait a minute...

Your current spiritual origin level is being displayed!

UO?!

Before he could react to the absurdity, the ORT inside the water mirror was already releasing terrifying magical energy — powerful enough to obscure even starlight.

It deeply pierced its eight crystal legs, which resembled pillars supporting the sky, into the earth.

Under Marisbury's terror-filled gaze, the magic hidden within ORT's body suddenly exploded!

The expected planetary explosion or grand spectacle did not occur.

However, the entire interior of Chaldeas was being forcibly rewritten at a visible and terrifying speed, transforming into a magnificent yet deathly silent deep blue crystal.

The virtual humans who had multiplied and prospered on Earth, the towering buildings, and even the century-long historical concepts inferred by this machine were all being completely frozen at this moment by ORT's "Crystal Valley."

However, when ORT's power crystal spread to Matou Yuu's feet, its movement seemed to stop for an instant. This was highly unnatural.

ORT slowly rotated its colossal body. Its eerie star-like four pairs of eyes emitted a faint light as it stared at the small human young man before it.

Then, suddenly, it slightly tilted its massive head.

Matou Yuu also tilted his head. "Huh?"

When ORT first began Gaia's plan, its intention had been to wait until Gaia died before carrying out the "Great Judgment" upon the planet and all its inhabitants.

Matou Yuu was naturally one of the targets for elimination.

However, he currently held several trump cards.

First, because he had been directly granted the blood of the True Ancestors by Crimson Moon, from a racial classification standpoint, he was no longer a pure human born of Earth.

Even if the situation truly worsened and reached the stage of purge, Crimson Moon would find a way to get him out of Chaldea — even if it was only for her own sake.

Therefore, at this very moment, Matou Yuu was gambling... gambling that the alien colossal spider's friend-or-foe identification system would bring him good fortune.

The two stared at each other for a while. Then, an extremely clear and pleasant system notification sound rang inappropriately inside both of their heads.

[Ding! Hidden quest "Another Planet's Star-Landlord" has been activated!]

[Quest Content: The alien glass octopus has just woken up, and its morning grumpiness is at its peak. However, its logic circuits have sharply detected the scent of the "Portable Warm Bed" coming from you. Prove to this dangerous resident that you are the "landlord" and calm its rampaging feeding instinct.]

[Quest Reward: Glass Octopus-type Eco-Friendly Home Decoration (Beginner)]

[Skill Description: As thanks for accepting us, the alien glass octopus has decided to provide you with free environmental modification services. Once activated, it will create a special domain within a certain range and forcibly transform everything on this planet into sparkling crystals.]

[Note: This skill increases according to the alien octopus's favorability. Current favorability: 15]

Matou Yuu's eyes twitched slightly. Isn't this a weakened, rejuvenated version of ORT's "Crystal Valley"?!

And it can be upgraded according to affection level... When the bond reaches maximum, will I be able to create a complete version of Crystal Valley myself?

Seeing the system's evaluation, Matou Yuu inwardly cursed and tried to activate his Reality Marble. Dense magical energy quietly overflowed from the portable warm bed...

Almost at the same time, a breath was exhaled.

The colossal, mountain-like ORT had initially been rapidly expanding outward. The deep blue "Crystal Valley" seemed to have momentarily stopped.

Buzz...

Then, its massive metallic spider legs slightly bent, as if a beast was confirming a scent. Its terrifying body, which covered the sky, slowly descended toward Matou Yuu.

An overwhelmingly oppressive feeling — enough to shatter an ordinary magus's mind — assaulted them.

Everyone present held their breath at the sight. Waver unconsciously clenched his fists. Mash covered her mouth in shock, her pupils trembling as she stared at the scene. From the girl's perspective, it looked as though Matou Yuu was about to be devoured by this Ultimate One.

However, amidst this terrifying oppressive feeling, Matou Yuu simply slowly exhaled.

Because a line of light-blue text had suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Crunch!]

[After finishing sniffing, the alien glass octopus has detected the scent of the "Private King-Size Bedroom with Temperature Control Function," and its morning grumpiness has rapidly disappeared.] [Quest Reward: Glass Octopus-type Eco-Friendly Home Decoration (Beginner)]

When the system notification disappeared, ORT slowly straightened its colossal, mountain-like body.

The power of the Ultimate One — capable of assimilating everything in the world into crystal — flowed quietly beside Matou Yuu, as if it possessed self-awareness.

Immediately after, ORT's previously suppressed destructive laws erupted once more in all directions!

This power... Was it trying to completely devour Chaldea?!

Seeing this sight, Marisbury's expression changed. He immediately used Chaldeas's internal computational ability to activate isolation walls and planned to isolate uncontaminated plates.

However...

They didn't even have time to act.

Just one second ago, the map had only shown a red dot for "Snowfield City" absorbed by Crystal Valley. But in the next instant, the entire American continent had turned into a bright red alert state.

And when he blinked again, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans had simultaneously collapsed into desolate "Crystal Valleys."

The virtual humans living on the simulated Earth didn't even have time to scream in pain or cry out in terror the moment disaster struck and they sensed danger. They froze in place while cowering in fear and instantly transformed into lifelike crystal sculptures for eternity.

In just a few breaths, the surface of Chaldeas — symbolizing the "planet" located above the Crystal Mountain Hotel — was completely frozen by ORT's power.

Countless buildings, tens of billions of people, and even the 100-year-long history unfolding inside Chaldeas were all transformed into alien nutrients and continuously flowed into the immeasurably colossal body of ORT.

Click—!

The next moment, a sharp cracking sound echoed in the sky.

Without warning, countless dense cracks spread across the surface of the Chaldeas.

Chaldeas was on the verge of collapse!

However, just when everyone thought Chaldeas would be completely destroyed by ORT, something unexpected happened.

The planet that should have been completely frozen by crystal and devoured without a trace by ORT shattered into pieces like a peeled eggshell.

However... As long as Chaldeas' "core" existed, it could never be completely erased.

When Chaldeas completely collapsed, the "core" that had been hidden deep within the planet finally appeared before everyone's eyes.

The moment that object became clearly visible, everyone in the room held their breath.

ORT's movements stopped for an instant. Marisbury's eyes held a profound meaning, and even Matou Yuu inside the barrier was shocked.

Even with the power of ORT's Crystal Valley, it could not immediately completely freeze and digest this "core."

Because the core of Chaldeas — the supercomputer that predicted the planet's fate — was neither a precision machine nor a conceptual gear.

It was a soul.

She was a small girl who looked about 11 or 12 years old, with soft silver hair and shining golden eyes.

She wore a simple white spaghetti-strap dress and tightly hugged her knees with her slender arms, quietly curled up in the empty space like a newborn baby.

However... The moment Matou Yuu saw her, his expression froze for an instant.

Meanwhile, on Marisbury's side outside Chaldea, a more meaningful light appeared in his eyes.

Nearby, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash — who had witnessed everything through the "water mirror" — were completely stunned.

They stared blankly at the silver-haired girl floating in the air, their minds in chaos.

There was no doubt they had never seen this girl in her childhood form.

However...

They had seen her as an adult.

She had seemed strict and arrogant, but in reality she was kinder than anyone.

No one knew how long this silence lasted.

Fujimaru Ritsuka finally came back to her senses. Her eyes burned hotly as she muttered in a trembling voice,

"Director...Olga Marie... ?!"

Yes... There was no doubt.

The pure soul that had quietly stood deep within Chaldeas was none other than Chaldea's former director — Olga Marie Animusphere.

After Marisbury committed suicide, that girl had been forced to shoulder the burden of her entire family alone.

She had always been diligent and sincere. She had worked ten times harder than necessary to handle Chaldea's administrative duties, trying to hide her lack of talent through effort.

There was no doubt that Olga Marie — daughter of the Lord of the Department of Astromancy and heir to the Animusphere family — possessed extremely high-quality magic circuits and talent.

Unfortunately, fate played the cruelest joke on her. She had absolutely no talent for "Spiritron Transfer."

In other words, despite being the highest authority of an organization dedicated to saving humanity, she could not even become a basic "Master."

The girl who had lived in the shadow of her genius father since childhood had always yearned for her father's praise and approval. She had secretly sworn that she would never ruin the crystallization of her father's efforts with her own hands.

Chaldea was an incredibly expensive organization. Even while Marisbury was alive, he had been able to maintain his authority through his own ability and financial power.

But after his death, the greedy politicians of the Clock Tower — like sharks that had smelled blood — secretly coveted Chaldea's technology and planned to cut off financial support to Chaldea.

Therefore, in order to repel the politicians at the Clock Tower, she had been strict with her employees and even stricter with herself.

All of this was to prove to her deceased father, Marisbury, that his daughter was worthy of the name Animusphere.

However...

This person, who seemed foolish at first glance, hid a truly kind and responsible personality beneath her arrogant appearance. And she had been betrayed twice by the cruelest forces in the world.

And the two people who betrayed her were the two people she had trusted most in the world.

One was an older man who had been like a foster father to her and had always been very kind and tolerant... Lev Lainur.

This man had personally detonated explosives at the girl's feet, destroyed her physical body, and finally pushed her soul into Chaldeas.

The other was her real father, Marisbury, whom she had respected throughout her life.

"Why... is the Director still alive?!"

Finally, Fujimaru Ritsuka's disbelieving voice broke the deathly silence.

She unconsciously covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face like broken beads as she stared at the curled-up sleeping girl's soul.

The Director who should have been killed by Lev back then... was now inside Chaldeas?!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Matou Yuu was also blankly staring at the girl inside Chaldeas with eyes full of shock.

Although he could easily recognize that the person before him was indeed Olga Marie, she was different from what he had expected... She was not in her adult form, but in the form of an 11 or 12-year-old child, as if her self-perception had been forcibly sealed in her childhood.

"Unexpectedly, after the outer layer that served as a protective shell peeled away, you revealed your true form... With your soul's density, you should have been able to supply enough energy to sustain yourself for a little longer."

Seeing the trembling girl staring at the water's surface, Marisbury sighed as if driven by deep regret, without showing any paternal emotions.

Finally, Fujimaru Ritsuka came back to her senses and unconsciously muttered, "Why... why? Why did the Director become Chaldeas' core——!"

"This is naturally an indispensable part of the plan."

Marisbury's cold voice quietly broke the silence.

He slightly raised his chin and stared silently at the girl's soul with an indifferent and superior expression.

"EX-rank magic circuits naturally adapt to Chaldeas' core spiritual structure... And she possesses a foolish personality that is extremely susceptible to emotions and suitable for use as the 'core of a planetary-level lament furnace.'"

Marisbury calmly said, "This child is indeed a hopeless failure both as a magus and as the heir to the family. However, by stripping away her physical body and performing modifications, she has become the only perfect vessel in the world that fits the specifications for the 'descent of the Alien God.'"

"..."

Everyone was clearly in extreme confusion and bewilderment. No one knew how much time had passed, but Matou Yuu was the first to regain his senses from the extreme absurdity.

"Modifications?" he unconsciously repeated.

The exact timing was unclear, but ORT seemed to have stopped its planet-devouring activities. Its countless eerie star-like eyes were now directed at the soul core called "Olga Marie."

It was not out of sympathy, but rather from a predator's perspective — instinctively evaluating how terrifyingly high the nutritional value of this "supreme soul crystal" was.

"It seems you don't understand this great truth at all. That's why you're trying to cause a natural disaster to stop my plan, isn't it?"

A pathologically elegant smile reappeared on Marisbury's face.

The gaze he directed at Olga Marie was filled with admiration... It resembled the gaze of a pathological artist admiring an artwork into which he had poured his own life, rather than the gaze of a father looking at his daughter.

"This child is the most perfect vessel I have ever created... Once Chaldea is officially activated, she will ascend to become the true... 'Alien God.'"

"True... Alien God?"

The people in Chaldea's control room looked at each other. Their brains were clearly unable to process such an enormous amount of information.

The silver-haired man had no patience to explain to these humans.

He simply stepped forward and said impatiently, "Olga Marie, although Chaldeas has been completely 'destroyed,' as long as you are still here... there is still hope."

"Now, stop the core and think of a way to escape from here!"

Yes... Even though Chaldeas was full of holes and ORT still existed... There would definitely be a way — even if only data traces remained. The possibility of re-implementing "Planet Replacement" in the future would always exist.

However, just as Marisbury had been looking forward to the core's activation, he was shocked to notice that the girl before him wasn't moving at all.

The girl who had been curled up slowly — and with great difficulty — opened her shining golden eyes.

There was no joy in the father-daughter reunion, nor anger at being used. She simply stared blankly at her real father with empty eyes.

No...

She had understood long ago that to this man, she was not a "daughter," but merely a disposable pawn to be used to achieve the "absolute continuation of Human Order."

"Give up... Father."

Finally, the girl's extremely frail voice broke the silence. Her voice carried traces of exhaustion.

"I don't want to stay in this world anymore."

Marisbury's smile instantly froze. As if he had realized something, he hurriedly raised his face and said in a desperate voice, "Olga Marie, what are you doing? Stop!"

However, before he could finish speaking, he could only helplessly watch as the girl slowly released her arms from her knees.

Barefoot, she carefully took one step at a time away from the last safe "core" remaining in Chaldeas.

The moment she was released from protection, ORT's highest-level "Crystal Valley" laws pounced like sharks that had smelled blood.

Almost simultaneously, deep blue crystal rapidly spread upward from her slender ankles, swallowing the remaining soul and skin of the girl.

"Director—!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka finally recovered from the shock. She rushed toward the water mirror and tried to grab it. Tears streamed down her cheeks like broken beads.

However, she could hear the girl on the other side of the mirror whisper in an unbelievably gentle and frail voice, "Ritsuka... It's already too late."

"This body... Even if I leave here now, it will probably disappear immediately."

Fujimaru Ritsuka blankly stared at the water mirror located beyond the vast space-time.

No one knew when it had started, but the silver-haired girl's gaze had passed through her enraged father and the collapsing Chaldea, and was now pouring endless kindness toward the Chaldea Master on the ground.

Fujimaru Ritsuka blankly stared at the sight.

Back when she was at Chaldea, Olga Marie had always stood with her hands on her hips, scolding them in an intimidating manner, but she had often been seen staying late in the office helping them with their unfinished work... as if she had endless energy.

But at this moment, she looked so fragile — as if she would be blown away by the wind at any moment — and the surface of her skin was already completely covered in deep blue crystal.

Yes... It really was too late.

For Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had been outside the family, their parting had not been that long.

However, for Olga Marie, who had been inside Chaldeas, she had endured 100 years in subjective time within this black hole.

This former director of Chaldea's consciousness had been forcibly kept in an awakened state for the past 100 years.

She could not die, because Chaldeas would always reconstruct her. She could not hibernate, because the "humans" inside Chaldeas would always dissect and experiment on her.

She was always strapped to a cold operating table. Every time she opened her eyes from unbearable pain, she always saw the same grayish-white ceiling.

When Olga Marie's physical body was destroyed in the real world, her soul did not truly disappear. Instead, it fell into Chaldeas' inner world.

And during this effectively 100-year-long history, she had been regarded as an extremely dangerous "alien lifeform" by the humans born from mechanical reasoning.

Because of language barriers and conceptual differences, she had to endure the cruelest vivisections and mental dismantlings countless times over the course of a century.

Under the terrifying gazes of the virtual humans, she was torn apart, burned, and reassembled again and again without finding peace, endlessly repeating the cycle.

However, what appeared to be inhumane human experimentation conducted by the virtual civilization was actually the work of the true culprit — orders that Marisbury had already engraved into the system's foundational code.

Olga Marie possessed EX-rank — the highest-grade magic circuits.

Thus, Chaldeas' humans extracted her nerves, stripped away her circuits and mental tissues, and incorporated them into a global ultra-high-speed communication network. Furthermore, they used her brain and heart as energy cores to continuously support the prosperity of the entire virtual civilization.

It could be said that the remarkable high-tech civilization across all of Chaldea was built upon Olga Marie's suffering soul.

Furthermore, the simulated Earth "Chaldeas" was ultimately nothing more than an empty mechanical shell. It did not possess the true will of Gaia.

Therefore, by breaking down his daughter's soul and transplanting it piece by piece into Chaldea, Marisbury transformed the once-empty shell of Chaldeas into a "planet with self-awareness."

If this man's original plan had been carried out, the moment Chaldeas officially replaced the current world, Olga Marie's personality would have been completely erased and remade into an emotionless "personality comparable to an Alien God."

Her spiritual origin would have directly ascended from a mere human to the level of a "Beast" possessing world-destroying power.

However, the meticulously planning Marisbury had never expected that Matou Yuu would hold a card capable of flipping the entire chessboard.

The Ultimate Single Species — ORT.

If the alien laws of Crystal Valley completely covered this domain, this so-called "perfect planet" would be instantly devoured by that colossal cosmic organism.

In Marisbury's original plan, as long as Olga Marie — the "core" of the planet — existed, he could continue to have hope of starting over and turning the tables.

But... He had underestimated human coldness.

She had voluntarily abandoned the core's protection and faced ORT's assimilating laws that would destroy everything, accepting death.

Matou Yuu's expression slightly changed. He took a step forward and tried to pull her back.

"Don't worry about me..."

However, an extremely frail yet strangely powerful girl's voice suddenly echoed inside his heart.

After 100 years of vivisection, the nerves in her face were almost paralyzed, but she still managed to force a painful smile onto her face.

"If I can crush Father's plan, I don't care what happens."

"Actually... Matou Yuu, I'm truly grateful. Thank you for coming to end all of this... Thank you."

"But I can no longer leave this place."

Yes... From the moment she was pushed into Chaldeas, the girl named Olga Marie had already fallen into an inescapable abyss.

For these 100 years, she had been used as a living vivisection subject by the "humans" of this world every day, every hour, every second. Now, even if she forcibly left Chaldeas, her shattered soul would disappear from this world like bubbles.

Olga Marie slowly closed her eyes and calmly and quietly accepted her end.

Since the so-called "continuation of Human Order" was born from Animusphere's madness, she — as the head of the family — bore the responsibility of ending it.

This was her atonement, and at the same time, her fate.

"Director..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash watched this scene with deep sorrow, while Marisbury wore an expression of complete incomprehension.

Matou Yuu also stood there blankly, silently staring at the frail girl floating high in the air and the mutated crystal that had almost completely covered the surface of her body.

"Crimson Moon, I need your help for a moment," he suddenly thought in his heart.

The moment that sound rang, the golden-haired mature woman inside the young man's body slowly opened her captivating deep crimson eyes.

"Explain."

"I want to make another deal. In exchange, I can relinquish control of this body and give you one hour of free time."

Crimson Moon seemed to have already understood what was happening and unusually showed a surprised expression. "Oh? What do you want me to do?"

"Sever the gravity net that Chaldeas is using to restrain her and get her out of this broken sphere alive," Matou Yuu said.

"..."

His heart was instantly wrapped in a deathly silence.

"Pfft!"

"Hehehe..."

Hahahahahaha!!!

The next moment, this Ultimate Lifeform sitting on the Moon's throne burst into loud laughter as if she had heard some ridiculous joke. Her high and ample chest slightly trembled.

"Matou Yuu... You really are, truly interesting."

After a while, Crimson Moon elegantly extended her jade-like fingers and wiped the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes. A gradually amused expression appeared on her beautiful face.

"I've tempted you with deals again and again, but you never wavered. And now... For a complete stranger — a human whose soul is rotting — you're actually making a deal?"

"You're probably the most worldly-ignorant man I've ever met... But I don't dislike your persistence. Though I don't understand what you call compassion."

Matou Yuu grinned and said, "I'm just doing this so I don't feel guilty. If you ever get into any trouble, I'll definitely help you."

"..."

"Fufu..." After a moment of silence, she suddenly sneered. "How arrogant. There is no existence in this sea of stars that can put me in danger yet."

After she finished speaking, she lazily glanced at the owner of this body and stared at him several times.

"Very well. From now on, this body will be under my control for one hour."

Matou Yuu slowly raised his face and looked up at the sky.

The terrifying gravity emanating from Chaldea was tightly binding Olga Marie's soul to her crumbling core like a precise net.

The next moment, the black-haired young man's eyes were faintly dyed crimson, and his voice perfectly overlapped with Crimson Moon's mystical and languid voice.

A blood-red moon silently descended from the sky.

He slowly extended his right hand into the void.

The supreme weapon symbolizing the UO of the Moon — "Magic Sword: Truth of the World" — condensed in his palm.

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