Red Ant
Lee was in the workplace and rushing his finger to the keyboard. Yoshida came and sat down beside him. "Hi" "I'm busy" Yoshida sighed. After a while, Lee finally stopped and stretched out. At that time, Nelson's face appeared on the large screen. "Hi, Lee and Yoshida" He had a serious face unlike usual. "Did something happen?" "Yea. The three red ants suddenly started to move this morning." "What!" "Wow!" "And even though we didn't give any instructions, they went to the program room and worked in front of the computer. Apparently, it seems that the three are making some kind of program. That's also amazing speed. They doesn't move even if we try to move them away from the computer. It's completely useless to talk to them. All we can do is look at the code they are making." "It's amazing. What kind of program is it?" "We still have no idea now. I'm sure it's going to be incredibly important. We'll ask you guys to look it up." The screen disappeared. Yoshida and Lee looked at each other. "We did it!" The two high touched. "I don't know the cause, but now the intelligence of the red ants is ours." Lee exaggeratedly spread his hands on the back of the chair and spread on his back. Yoshida stood up and kissed Lee upside down from above his face. "Is that all?" Lee complained. "Would you like to go out to town and have lunch together for the celebration?" "Wow! Let's do that. Let's go on a date." "Yeah, wait a minute." Yoshida said so and went back to his booth and was fumbling something. Then he came back to Lee. "Let's go" The two flew away from the room. They met Joe on the way. "Going out?" "We're going on a date," Lee said happily.
The boys came into Bottom's bedroom. On the bed was Bottom wrapped in a white bandage. Almost mummified. There was barely a gap only in the nose of the face. Joe was by his side. Danny gazed closer at his face. "Is he alive?" Bottom breathed violently from nose. "He seem to be alive" Virgil Will reached out and touched Bottom's nose. Then he closed Bottom's nostrils with fingers. "Kukukukuku!" The mummy-shaped Bottom moaned. "Stop it, he'll be dead." Ken removed Will's hand. "When will Bottom heal?" Virgil asked Joe. "He will heal soon. Recovery is quick, so he will be fine in several days." "Yes, I'm glad"
Crane and Joe were talking at work. "It seems that the ultimate weapon was not found in Brandon's body." Crane "Did you check all the clothes?" Joe "Of course, they looked inside Brandon's body, but they didn't find that. They're trying to figure out where he lived and is searching now, but they haven't found it yet." "Where did he hide it?" Joe tilted his head. Boys were playing with a computer in the booth. Newton has entered the work room. He had a bucket in his hand. Bobby came from behind. Newton came to the boys. "What is that?" The boys looked into the bucket. There was a small red frog in it. It was vainly jumping to escape from the bucket. "Wow! It's a frog! It's also a bright red frog." "Isn't it beautiful?" Newton smiled. "What a frog this is?" Ken asked. "Well, maybe it's a poison dart frog. Because this red guy isn't around here." "It's true. It's bright red like yesterday's ant." Virgil looked into the bucket and said so. Joe's ears at a nearby booth flicked. Then he slowly turned to the boys. Crane also turned to them. "Virgil, what did you say now?" Joe asked. "I said it was as bright red as yesterday's ant." "A bright red ant?" Crane "Yeah," Virgil nodded. Joe and Crane looked at each other. Faces of the two were pale. And They hurried to Newtons. Joe grabbed Virgil's shoulder. "Where did you see that ant?" "It was in a stone. A blue stone. It's mine. I gave it to Brandon." "Brandon!" Crane shouted. "Explain it clearly, Virgil. Where did you get the stone?" Joe shook Virgil's shoulder. "Originally it's mine. I got it from the bad guys who kidnapped me. And I gave that stone to Brandon for helping me. When Brandon collapsed last night, It rolled into the grass. I picked it up. That's why it's my stone. " "Okay, okay. It's yours. So what happened to the stone after that?" Joe "When I got home, I examined the stone with Ken and Danny. There was a small ant inside. There was one bright red ant." "Red ant!" Crane "So what happened to that ant?" Joe "I approached it to the candle to look it carefully, and suddenly the ant started to move." Joe and Crane opened their mouths. "Well then?" "The ant crawled out of the stone. I don't know how he did it, but he went out of the stone in no time. He fell to the floor and we chased, but he ran away. " Crane hung down. "Remember, Virgil, what time did the ant escape?" Joe "Well, it was 8 o'clock, it's just 8 o'clock at night." "Okay, thank you," Joe let go of Virgil.
"What's going on? I've heard that bright red ant is the ultimate weapon, but What happens to that?" Crane shook his voice and asked Joe. "First, the ant goes underground, and then multiply." "Increase? How fast?" "While eating the soil, it divides every 12 minutes. After 1 hour, it divides 5 times, so one ants becomes 32 ants." Crane sighed relievedly. "It's good. It's nothing serious." Newton scratched his head. "Crane, then how many ants do you think now?" Newton "It's not such a big number. It's just 12 o'clock right now. Well, it's been 16 hours since 8 o'clock last night, so it's split 80 times. Then 2 to the 80th power- --- " Crane stopped his mouth. "Roughly 10 to the 24th power" Newton "Gwannh!" A bell rang in the head of Crane. "Then, there are 10 to the 24th power ants in the basement right now!" Crane exclaimed. "It will be. Currently, there are probably red ants all over Gaia's crust." Joe "Well, what happens then?" Crane "After devouring the crust, they start to bite each other. In other words, cannibalism. Then they get bigger and bigger, and they get even more dense. Every time they eat their opponent, the size doubles and the density doubles. Some of them come out to the ground when they are about the size of a house. And they eat everything on the ground. Those in the crust become even more dense and eventually unable to support their mass. And it reaches the critical mass. Gravitational collapse occurs toward the center of Gaia at once, creating a neutron core in the center. In addition, the substance falls into the core and blows outward due to the reaction. It is a so-called supernova explosion. The outer core becomes gas and is completely blown away, leaving only neutrons with a diameter of several tens of centimeters. " Crane staggered and sat down on a chair. "What should we do ..." Crane groaned. "We can do nothing about it. We have very little time left. It's about time for ants to come out on the ground. A giant house-sized ant will eat everything." "What if EOS do something about it?" Proposed by Newton. "No. EOS can only interfere with macro-natural phenomena. It is impossible to interfere with the laws of physics itself. Of course it is impossible to interfere from the real world for the same reason. " "Well ... yes, it's a barrier. Where is Lee now?" "He's dating with Mr. Yoshida in town."
Yoshida was happy to see Lee stuffing his mouth full of food at the restaurant. The waiter brought something to Yoshida's table. And he gave Yoshida a small package. "What is it?" Lee stopped eating and saw Yoshida unwrap a package. A small box came out from inside. Yoshida handed it over to Lee. When Lee opened it, there was a ring inside. A large blue rough stone was fitted. "Wow! Is this a rough sapphire?" "Yeah, it looks like a diamond." "Well, I heard that blue diamonds are very rare. And this is very big. There seems to be 20 carats. How much?" "Ehehehe" Yoshida smiled with a smirk. "It's free." "Lie! Did you steal?" "It seems that Virgil picked it up from somewhere. He said it was his, but I picked it up when he was playing with it this morning." "Wow, poor Virgil" "Maybe Virgil took it from those who kidnapped Virgil. I gave candy to Virgil and soothed him. " "Do you give me this?" "Yeah," Yoshida nodded. "Maybe ---" Lee looked at Yoshida with a smile. "It's an engagement ring." "I'm happy!" Lee hugged Yoshida and kissed him. And again, he looked at the diamond and stared at it. "Hmm? There is a small gap inside." "Yeah, maybe it's scratched." "This gap is in the shape of a bug." Yoshida also brought his face closer to Diamond with Lee. "Like an ant shape" "That's right."
At that time, they heard a deafening sound. It was the sound of a siren. The two were surprised and looked around. "What sound?" Lee "It's a siren, I think it's an emergency evacuation siren." The restaurant's customers still couldn't understand what was happening and were looking around. There was a small corner near the edge of the room, where there was a TV monitor. Yoshida hurried there with Lee. The announcer was speaking in a excited voice. "--- I will tell you repeatedly. Do not go outside and evacuate to a safe place at home, preferably in the basement. If you don't have a basement, evacuate to a place with a basement in your neighborhood. Or evacuate to a nearby shelter. Please never go outside. Giant ants are appearing everywhere." "What!" Yoshida held Lee firmly aside. The current state of the town was displayed on the monitor. It was a wide, empty street in the valley of the building. Suddenly, the concrete on the street lifted up. Then the ground cracked and a huge ant appeared between them. It was a bright red ant about the size of a two- or three-story house. Several ants appeared in quick succession from the hole. "What's That!" Lee clung to Yoshida. "Oh my God!, it's the ant Joe said. That's the ultimate weapon ---" "No! That ant! Let's run away!" "All right" Yoshida and Lee headed for the exit. At that time the floor began to shake. When Yoshida looked up, the light hanging from the ceiling was swaying. The shaking is getting bigger and bigger. "Earthquake!" The people inside the restaurant stood up and jumped out. Yoshida also went out with Lee. "look!" Lee pointed to the street. The main street right there was rising. The concrete cracked with a loud noise. From the crack in concrete, the head of a large red insect peeked out. It was a head of ant, which size was about several meters. Yoshida looked around, there was a lot of rises around the street. Yoshida grabbed Lee and started running. There was a transfer box over there. They ran toward it. "Ah" Yoshida stopped in a hurry. The concrete beneath the transfer box was slowly lifting. The concrete ground swelled like a small hill with the transfer box resting on it. Then there was a loud noise, the concrete cracked, the box rolled down, and the ant's head emerged from inside. Yoshida turned around to turn back. "Waaah!" Lee screamed. A huge ant slowly walked toward them in the middle of the road. The height to the head was close to 10M. He was slowly moving forward with his metallic glossy legs underneath his bright red torso. People were running away under it. Yoshida took Lee and fled to a nearby building. They ran down the aisle in the building towards the opposite exit. The floor was shaking, and the entire building was making a loud noise. They heard the sound of a big thing collapsing somewhere. Yoshida jumped out with Lee from the exit on the other side. It was a narrow road. There was a transfer box at the intersection of the main street far away. They ran for the box. "Oh, oh, I'm tired." Just a few left, Lee held his chest and stopped. "Are you okay? Lee" "Let me rest," Lee put his hand on his knee and took a rough breath. When Yoshida turned his eyes back to the box, a giant ant's head peeped from the corner. Then he twisted his head and turned to Yoshida and Lee. A huge compound eye stared at them. Yoshida picked up Lee. Then he ran to the transfer box and ran inside. Immediately in front of them was a huge leg of an ant. Yoshida entered the address with his quivering finger. The ant's steel-like legs rose directly above the box and slowly descended onto the box. Suddenly the scenery outside changed. It was in the woods where Yoshida's dormitory was located. Yoshida sighed relievedly.
When they went outside, it was the usual forest scenery. "Good, ants haven't come yet." Yoshida looked around. Then the ground began to shake slightly. Lee's face turned pale. The shaking gradually increased. "Ah!" Lee screamed. The ground was starting to rise here and there. Yoshida pulled Lee and ran between the rising ground.
When Yoshida and Lee ran into the dormitory, the shaking was quite large. Cranes were waiting when the two ran into the work room. "I'm glad you two finally came back. We were wondering if you couldn't come back." Crane "Lee, lock it" Newton "I know" Lee hurried to the monitor. When Yoshida went up to the 3rd floor, the boys gathered and watched the outside from the window. Yoshida also pushed his face against the window together. There were many rises in the sandy beaches on the coast. Then the forests, roads, and everywhere else swelled, the soil crumbled, and giant insects emerged from inside. Many of them came out from the open space in front of them. "Wow!" The boys were holding their breath and staring. Eventually, it became full of huge ants. An ant in the immediate vicinity turned to Yoshida and boys, who were facing the window. And It came to the dormitory. "Wow oh!" The boys screamed away from the window. A giant ant's compound eye was staring at Yoshida and boys just behind the window. And suddenly the outside of the window became pitch black. Lee's security lock seemed to be on. Yoshida sighed with relief.
Everyone except Bottom of the dormitory gathered in the basement work room. "What will happen to us from now on?" Ken asked Yoshida. "It's safe to be here, because ants can't get inside."
"What's really going on?" Crane sneaked away from the boys and asked Joe. "Unfortunately, if Gaia is destroyed, we're done. Before that, we'll be exposed to heavy gravity and we'll all be crushed by our own weight. There's no way we can help." "Are you sure?" Crane said. "Is there no way?" "No---" Joe said so and closed his eyes. "I have to leave now." Joe left the work room. Then he headed to the Bottom's room.
"Hey, I'm kind of heavy." Lee said uneasily. "You're eating too much. Don't worry." Yoshida Yoshida also noticed that his weight was getting heavier. Boys were lying on the chaise lounge one after another. Newton and Bobby lay down and played the final Go. "Hey, how long do we hold?" Lee asked Yoshida. "hold what?" "We will die, right?" "Stupid, it's okay." Lee hugged Yoshida and buried his face in Yoshida's chest. "I'm scared" Yoshida said nothing and stroked Lee's back.
Crane was lying down and hugging Ganymede. "Sorry, Ganymede, I can't help you." "Yeah, it's not Crane's fault." "Ganymede, let's be together again when we are reborn." "Yeah, when I'm reborn next time ---- I want to have Crane's kids." Crane hugged Ganymede tightly.
Bobby, lying down, laid a rock-heavy stone on the board. Then he closed his eyes. Newton lay down and brought his face closer to the board. "Hmm?" Before he knew it, Bobby's many stone was in a state of 'atari'. 'Well, I can win!' Newton, who has never tasted a Go victory since he was born, grabbed a stone which seemed to weight tons. Then he desperately rolled the stone toward the target point. But before he got there, Newton's arm was exhausted. "Rats" Newton closed his eyes and lost consciousness.
Gravity rapidly became powerful. Yoshida also lay on the chaise lounge, holding Lee. He could no longer get up and raise his arms. The boys were groaning while lying down. Yoshida hugged Lee and gave the final kiss. And he closed my eyes. Yoshida's consciousness went away.
Yoshida suddenly opened his eyes. Lee's sleeping face was in front of him. Lee slept comfortably. "What?" Yoshida got up. It has returned to its original gravity. The boys were still sleeping in the chaise lounge. Crane also got up. And he met Yoshida. "What happened?" Suddenly, a huge monitor on the wall stood up. Nelson's face was reflected. Nelson smiled. "Everyone, I'm Nelson from the Public Relations Department. I think everyone is surprised. The crisis is over. There are no more giant ants here. We were saved. " Yoshida and Crane stood up and came near the monitor. Lee woke up and got up. "I think many people want to know how we removed that giant ants from Gaia. To tell the truth, it was impossible to remove ants, and unfortunately it was not possible to prevent the destruction of Gaia. Instead, we rescued 'ourselves' from the devastating Gaia. " Yoshida and Crane looked at each other. Lee approached the monitor and looked up. "Around this morning, red ants suddenly regained their function in Union's science department, and a communication device was developed with their help. It is a communication device to Gaia with black ants exiled to another dimension. " "Ah," Lee moaned. "And we used that communication device to send a huge amount of data to Gaia in another dimension at high speed. We sent the data of all of us human beings and androids living in Gaia to that different dimension of Gaia. " "Oh my God!" Crane moaned. Lee opened his mouth. "That is, this is another dimension of Gaia, and here we are a copy of all the inhabitants of the former Gaia." Yoshida dropped his chin. "Unfortunately all people in the original Gaia died in a supernova explosion. But a copy of it 'we' can continue our original life again with this new Gaia. " Yoshida and Lee sat down in a chair together. Crane was looking up at the monitor in a daze. "That's all. Finally, I would like to introduce a new leader. He is Gaia's new president." Nelson's face disappeared. The face of short mustache man was reflected. Hitler's mouth was slightly distorted and smiled. Then he raised his right hand at the highest while staring at the front.