Kira froze for a moment, then smiled. "Inori's plans are always so perfect."
"I merely prepared everything in advance," Inori Yuzuriha said. "I am a tool that guides humanity, but humans themselves are the ones who make the decisions. If humanity does not take that crucial step on its own, then nothing will happen."
Kira nodded. "Mm!"
He was the one who made the choice, so he had to bear this responsibility.
Author's note:
Second update, continuing~
Severing (Revised)
"I am a tool for expanding humanity, leading humanity to see more possibilities. From my perspective, the Coordinators represent another direction, but that direction does not necessarily represent the future."
Elsewhere, Metis was sorting through the forces Aura possessed.
"And aside from the Coordinators' plan, you have nothing else?" Metis looked at Aura and Orphee before her.
"Please show some respect when speaking to Mother!" Orphee frowned.
Clearly an AI, yet she behaved so much like a "person." That made Orphee very uncomfortable.
"I do not mind," Metis said. "You do not actually like that Lacus person either, do you? Is that really alright?"
"It is already decided." Orphee did not like Lacus, but both she and Lacus were "Coordinators," so whether she liked her or not did not matter.
In a sense, Orphee merely viewed it as a "political marriage."
But when those words came out, ordinary viewers did not find anything wrong with them, while the viewers from the Naruto World burst out laughing.
[1][Wait, weren't you head over heels for Lacus?]
[1][Fun fact: this blond guy nearly NTR'd Kira in the movie edition.]
[1][Huh?]
[1][You really can't tell.]
[1][Didn't you notice Aura had grown up? This blond beauty is pretty too. In the original work, Orphee was quite filial.]
[1][???]
[1][Got it. Her filial piety is gradually turning