Solnus 32. Blitzkrieg; Buriki kan no Burakku's Response, Tsuhimi Kanade's Female Substitute, Solnus

55 days, or 1 month and approximately 25 days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one night.

A smile spread across Haoto Nawa's face. Against the dark night, he watched as the complex being built somewhere in Ibaraki Prefecture was about to be fully completed.

Haoto commented, "About one hundred and seventy-eight days, or approximately three months. Good job, my fellow bladderites. Good job too, you humans who have no idea what this complex will be used for. Hahahaha..."

Shortly after Haoto laughed, he heard his cell phone ring. He immediately responded to the call, “Hi, hello. Yes. I estimate that in about twenty days, our Bladderbase complex will be completed. After that, we will be able to begin producing special rifles for our soldiers. As for our antennas, I estimate it will take longer. Maybe another fifty days.”

(000)

34 days, or one month and about four days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one evening.

A high-ranking military official, Issei Jinnouchi, was seen getting out of his delivery car. Two other people also got out of the car. The delivery car was currently parked at the Bladderbase complex—which, to ordinary humans, is referred to as an “integrated telecommunications and biology research facility.”

Issei commented, “Blitzkrieg! I’m quite satisfied that we were able to get everything done at such a high speed.”

The two people beside Issei, both high-ranking officials and having been taken over by bladderites, nodded their heads.

(000)

29 days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one evening.

Professor Hoshimu Kimura praised the movements of the woman before him. "Good, very good, Fotiou-san. In such a short time, you've mastered the wrapping technique."

Professor Kimura extended his hand into a narrow space. The narrow space was shaped like an octagonal prism. Each side of the octagonal floor of the room was 0.9 meters long. With that figure, the distance between the opposite parallel sides of the floor was 2.17 meters.

It could also be stated that the distance between the opposite sides of the floor was 2.35 meters. In other words, the floor area of ​​the room was slightly narrower than the area of ​​a circle with a diameter of 2.35 meters.

The height of the room compared to its diameter was 1:2.414. In other words, the distance from the floor to the ceiling was only about 0.9735 meters.

A hand appeared to emerge from the narrow space. The hand reached out for Professor Kimura's outstretched hand. A moment later, it appeared who had emerged from the cramped space: none other than Seira Ito Fotiou.

After Seira left the room, another hand appeared, offering Seira a handshake. It was Tsuhimi Kanade, who shook Seira's hand and said, "That's amazing, Fotiou-san. No wonder you're taking over for me operating this octagon. I'll always support you!"

Seira smiled, "Kanade-san is amazing too."

Professor Kimura commented, "Yes, you're both amazing. In such a short time, you were able to grasp the concept of the "solnus," or the unit for measuring sound, to "that light." You're also able to put it into practice well."

Professor Kimura stated, "What makes the difference between you two is your favorite foods. And in this case, Fotiou-san happens to be a better fit."

Seira, of course, understood what Professor Kimura meant. Yuukyuritoo had told Seira that the food she consumed frequently could affect the strength of her jarhand's pendants.

Almonds, lemons, and especially the tea brewed with Clitoria ternatea flowers, which Seira had been regularly consuming for a long time, made her jarhand so strong.

(000)

21 days before the Omatsuri Circumadversum, one afternoon.

In a limousine passing through the streets of Tokyo, Marika Inman Anno was transporting two passengers. She remarked to the person sitting next to her, "You're quite brave, aren't you?"

The person Marika was talking to, Eiru Inman Anno, immediately replied, "Brave? You must be referring to the title of my latest album."

"Yes," Marika replied.

Eiru expressed her opinion, "Yes, of course I'm brave. I'm an artist who has to perform in front of a large audience."

Eiru's latest album is titled "Eirian," written in katakana. The word is an abbreviation of her full name. However, "Eirian" is a Japanese loanword meaning "alien."

Eiru continued the conversation, bringing up another topic: "It turns out having a human body and being an artist is really fun. I'm excited about my new album, but there's something that makes me even more excited."

Marika smiled and said, "I guessed, and I'm sure I guessed right. You're excited because our Bladderbase tower will be operational, right? Where will you be the main operator?"

Eiru smiled. "Yes, that's right, exactly. I'm so excited because the copper and antimony tower will soon be operational. And only we bladders know about it; I feel like I have something very exclusive."

Of course, Eiru and Marika didn't know that any humans understood the tower's working principles. The only humans who did were Professor Kimura and the members of the Buriki kan no Barakku. Not only did they know, but the Buriki kan no Barakku had even been able to create a similar device—it didn't even have to be a tower.

The tower's materials, copper and antimony, were crucial. The elements copper and antimony were actually depicted by the women of Utsuro-bune. Among the symbols in Utsuro-bune, one depicts a sphere or circle with a cross above and below it.

This symbol is actually a combination of two symbols: the globus cruciger and the Venus symbol. The globus cruciger represents a circle with a cross above it. The Venus symbol represents a circle with a cross below it.

In alchemy, the globus cruciger represents antimony, while the Venus symbol represents copper.

(000)

13 days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one night.

Issei Jinnouchi addressed a line of soldiers standing before him. These soldiers, like him, were humans whose bodies had been taken over by bladderites.

Issei declared loudly, "Our rifles are complete! We're getting stronger!"

(000)

Twelve days before the Circumadversum Omatsuri, one morning.

All members of the Buriki kan no Burakku received a rifle. Professor Kimura stated that the rifles distributed were the latest generation, able to maximize their loot.