Chapter 21:
The Quietus Cloud, The Witch Curve, and The Five - A mathematical, historical, and philosophical tale set in a world where the sun is about to end and a cloud covers the entire earth in eternal twilight
I will soon leave the alleinbahn track because I have almost arrived in the city of Guldendorf. That means I will leave one of the works of one of the members of High of Five. Yes, this high-speed Solo Track track for cars is thanks to the work of Ms. Dorothy Miriam Szyschulz.
Ms. Szyschulz is the creator of a special cable that allows cars to run at high speeds stably on the Alleinbahn. For now, only high-end cars are compatible with the cable. However, Ms. Szyschulz said that she continues to work with car manufacturers so that more cars of all classes can use the Alleinbahn.
In addition to the Alleinbahn cable, Ms. Szyschulz also makes various types of cables that are applied to various things. Among them are cables for non-satellite telecommunications networks and robot cables, and cables for national border fences. For robot cables and border fence cables, Ms. Szyschulz works closely with Mr. Wernherluft.
However, Ms. Szyschulz’s connections and collaborations were not only with Mr. Wernherluft and the car factories. She was known as the member of the Big Five who had the most connections with officials and important people abroad. Both in terms of science and social, the nickname “The Wire” seemed to fit Ms. Szyschulz.
Ms. Szyschulz herself once said, “There are many cables in this world, and The Wire is only one, namely Dorothy Mariam Szyschulz.”
Ms. Szyschulz did make many cable connections, but there was one connection she would not make. The connection that Ms. Szyschulz would not touch was the bond of marriage. She was not interested in getting married and having children—by any method—that is why she chose to use one of the mathematical symbols of knot theory, namely the “Unknot Rope” symbol.
Finally, my car had arrived at the stop, at the Guldendorf city station. Without stopping, I immediately directed my car towards the border. At the border later, I will encounter many works by one of the other Big Five members.
Certainly, the Big Five member I mean this time is Mr. Braun Bertram Wernherluft. He is the Big Five member who is most involved with military equipment and people. There is an issue that Mr. Wernherluft plans to establish a party together with Huttereich Blitzkaper Waldwuff, who is currently the Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Deutschtonia.
If that happens, Mr. Wernherluft will certainly be even more closely associated with the military. It has become public knowledge that Mr. Wernherluft designs many weapons. One of Mr. Wernherluft's works is a guard robot to help the soldiers—the reaction and movement of these robots are still far behind humans, so they are only limited to being assistants. In addition, there are submarines, shock tanks, movable bases equipped with giant AZ guns, and so on.
In addition to the items that are already known to the public, Mr. Wernherluft is also reportedly involved in weapons projects whose developments have not been released to the public. Mr. Wernherluft chose a personal insignia symbol in the form of a paper clip, which he said was a symbol of the weapons project that would become his masterpiece. The paperclip reportedly resembles the shape of the ship-plane 1023-O that he is working on.
The letter "O" in the name of the ship-plane 1023-O is an abbreviation of 'Ober Anderren,' which means 'Above Others.' The ship-plane is reportedly designed to be a multi-purpose combat vehicle. The 1023-O reportedly can be a giant submarine, an aircraft carrier for aircraft and combat drones, a fighter plane that can fly into the air with its giant size, and also a movable base.
However, Mr. Wernherluft did not get the nickname "the Paperclip" or anything else from his works. People often refer to it as “The Wynorrific,” something that is both beautiful and horrific or terrifying at the same time. Mr. Wernherluft’s tools can be said to be good and cool tools, but at the same time, they also give off a scary impression.
Mr. Wernherluft once said, “I would say it is not wrong if my works can make the headquarters of the Five in Niederdorla no longer the geographical and geometric center of this country, no longer the centroid or center of figure of the Federal Republic of Deutschtonia.” In other words, Mr. Wernherluft did not deny that the tools he created could be used to invade other countries. Attacking other countries is the same as seizing their territory, the same as increasing the territory of Deutschtonia.
People like Mr. Wernherluft are the ones who can make people in other countries view our country as a source of fear. This also applies to many citizens of the Republic of Polskachia. There are still many citizens of the country that I will visit soon who view my country with great caution.
Moreover, my country has been recorded as having attacked the territory of the Polskachia people several times. My country is also one of the big countries that once divided the territory of Polskachia so that the Polskachia people no longer had a country. From historical records, plus the existence of people like Mr. Wernherluft in the present day, it is not strange if there are Polskachia people who are antipathetic towards my country.
However, some citizens of the Republic of Polskachia think that they should form an alliance or something like that with the Federal Republic of Deutschtonia. Some of those who think like this say, "Throughout history, we have been attacked from all sides. Why don't we just act realistically?" "We will get much more benefits if we officially ally with those Niemcy people." "To be honest, their language is not easy to understand; how they create technology is also not easy to understand, but we clearly need the technology."
Other than that, there are also relations between Polskachia and Polskachia citizens that are not based on historical memory or current diplomatic and economic advantages and disadvantages. An example is the members of the Fates sect in these two countries who share the same ideas.
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January 2nd, around 11 am. I have put my luggage in the hotel room I booked in the city of Gmina Lubniewice. Now I am riding a folding bicycle with a bag on my back.
The folding bicycle that I am riding, although light, can carry my body and my bag. At that time, my backpack was already filled with things that I would need at the destination coordinates. In my heart, I said, "Immediately head to the Cellar in the forest!"
When my bicycle passed several adults gathered on a riverbank, I briefly heard the group of people discussing the Quietus Tourney, which would feature the gladiator Brando Landall Rotschwert.
Spontaneously, my brain turned my memory of what the crowd was talking about. "Ah, yes. Rahul in the country of Bharat is also waiting for the match that will take place tonight."
But immediately, my brain shifted its focus back to the road. It's not even midday yet, and this year's perihelion will still occur more than 12 hours later. But it would be better if I solved this puzzle as soon as possible.
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