Me, a Genius? I Was Reborn into Another World and I Think They’ve Got the Wrong Idea! Volume 2 (eBook)

Nyun (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
319 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-0156-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Kouki Arakawa has been reborn in a Japan that's unlike the one we know, and everyone seems to have gotten the idea that he's a genius.
When Kouki and his friends decide to spend their summer vacation visiting a lunar base, Kouki inadvertently unlocks the secrets of an ancient alien civilization without realizing he's about to once again change the world forever. As the nations of the world become increasingly fearful of Kouki, it's only a matter of time before the world's leaders try to take control of him and his friends.
In an all-out effort to protect her son's freedom, Miki decides it's time to execute Project Ark. 'Just think of it as a slightly unconventional holiday villa.'
Now Kouki's the messiah in another world?! Kouki continues to go from one misunderstanding to another in volume 2 of this insane sci-fi comedy!!

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Kouki Arakawa has been reborn in a Japan that's unlike the one we know, and everyone seems to have gotten the idea that he's a genius.When Kouki and his friends decide to spend their summer vacation visiting a lunar base, Kouki inadvertently unlocks the secrets of an ancient alien civilization without realizing he's about to once again change the world forever. As the nations of the world become increasingly fearful of Kouki, it's only a matter of time before the world's leaders try to take control of him and his friends.In an all-out effort to protect her son's freedom, Miki decides it's time to execute Project Ark. "e;Just think of it as a slightly unconventional holiday villa."e;Now Kouki's the messiah in another world?! Kouki continues to go from one misunderstanding to another in volume 2 of this insane sci-fi comedy!!

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Moon Exploration Shuttle Captain, Daniel Weir’s Point of View

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary as I arrived at the conference room for today’s flight briefing. As I entered the room, however, I realized that the flight controller had been joined by a woman with the rank of major general. I stopped and saluted her.

Why would a major general be attending a flight briefing? I wondered.

“Lieutenant Colonel Weir, you may sit,” she directed.

I followed the major general’s request and took a seat on a folding chair.

As I waited to be given my flight briefing, the major general began to speak as an image appeared on a screen. “Lieutenant Colonel, the passengers that you’ll be transporting to the moon today are not ordinary people. Take a look at this.”

The image made my jaw drop to the floor. I could understand why Miki Arakawa was included in the passenger list; she was leading the construction of the main base and the moon survey. It was the remaining four names that grabbed my attention.

Shingo Saito... Several months earlier, he’d used autonomous AI robots to alter the orbit of an asteroid that was coming close to colliding with Earth, successfully preventing a collision. Even here in the United Nations Space Forces, he was regarded as a hero by many. Myself included.

Alice Alford... The girl who’d developed a drug effective against mankind’s greatest enemy, the European tragedy virus. There were many doctors who held extreme admiration for her. She was rumored to have turned down an invitation from the World Health Organization for a position as a lead researcher.

Megumi Aikawa... Although she hadn’t made any particularly notable achievements, she had numerous publications relating to space exploration, and her ideas received high praise for being ingenious yet practical. I’d read several of her publications myself, and my impression was that she was a genius who was likely to lead future space exploration efforts.

But what troubled me most was the last name on the list... Kouki Arakawa.

He’d successfully developed the eighth-generation powered suit by himself, rescued a passenger ship, and was even rumored to have brought down a ballistic missile by causing it to collide with a measurement drone.

Then last month, he’d flown into space, re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, and fiercely attacked an island held by enemy forces, all for the sake of rescuing his abducted girlfriend. He acted as a decoy and managed to hold out until a larger force reached the island.

He wasn’t even combat trained, and yet he supported a paratrooper unit that even the United Nations considered elite. By “supported,” I mean he single-handedly destroyed every last anti-aircraft installation on the island, saved his girlfriend without their help, and then withdrawn from the island. What’s more, the way the nations of the world were abnormally careful in their dealings with Kouki Arakawa made me suspect that there was something more to him—something I wasn’t authorized to know.

Is it too late to hand in a letter of resignation and return home safely? I wondered. Being entrusted to transport someone that the world’s leaders considered so important felt like too much pressure. Flying with these five VIP passengers won’t be so bad once we reach space, but how are they going to handle security while we’re still on Earth?

“There is no cause for concern,” the major general told me. “Fortunately, the shuttle has no windows, so once you’re in the air, the United Nations can use the full power of their air force to handle security. There will constantly be at least 40 aircraft forming a tight perimeter about the shuttle until you reach the stratosphere. They’ll shield the shuttle from any incoming attacks. The security force that ordinarily protects them on Earth will be standing down while another unit takes over.”

“If I recall correctly, the security team at the shuttle’s launch site is a special forces unit with specialist training. Is it safe to have them stand down?” I asked. I’ve got no use for a team of unspecialized rangers.

The major general seemed to guess what I was thinking. She grinned and told me, “Security will be handled by a unit belonging to the United Nations Special Operations Division. The name of the unit hasn’t been disclosed to me, nor am I authorized to access that information.”

I see. I understand why she’s grinning. There’s only one unit that not even a major general would be given information about. The “Ghost Unit” rumored to have brought down a nation state single-handedly.

“Lieutenant Colonel, your assignment for today is to escort these five VIPs safely and swiftly to the surface of the moon,” she informed me. “My superiors have also stated that special hospitality is to be given to Kouki Arakawa.”

“Special hospitality” in a military craft? We don’t have a beautiful cabin crew on board, and the in-flight meals are hardly extravagant. That doesn’t leave me many options... What does she expect me to do?!

“I’ll leave it to you to handle the ‘hospitality,’ Lieutenant Colonel,” she added. “I’ll be praying for your success.”

She brushed off my remaining questions before making a swift exit. It seemed she was going to leave all the problems for me to deal with.

I think I better call my wife before I leave...

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Once we reached orbit and docked with the service ship to receive additional boosters, I went to greet the passengers instead of overseeing the operation. I’d been frantically trying to think of some form of hospitality after the major general’s departure, but in the end, all I was able to think of was to deliver my usual announcements in person. I stood before a wash basin while I smoothed the creases out of my uniform. Then I put my hat back on before opening the door to the passenger area.

“I’m pleased to meet you all. My name is Daniel Weir. I’m the captain of this shuttle.”

Everyone’s attention was focused on me as I greeted them.

Mrs. Arakawa... I wish you wouldn’t look at me as if you’re deciding my worth, I thought unsteadily. That uneasy feeling grew in my stomach as I glanced at the real concern—Kouki Arakawa. He was looking at me as if I had his approval. Great!

“It’s an honor to be carrying you all to the moon today. I’d like to assure everyone that our safety protocols are flawless, and your trip through space today will be a safe one. However, we will be flying at ultrahigh speeds from this point on, so I must ask everyone to activate their life-support systems and put on their helmets.”

If anyone managed to hit their head against the walls while we accelerated, my job would be on the line. At best I’d be demoted. More likely, I’d be reassigned to some remote region or perhaps even find myself court-martialed.

I need to stop thinking so negatively. This is really getting me down.

“Up till now, we’ve been using a gravity generator to reproduce the same gravity you’d feel on Earth here in the cabin,” I continued. “However, this generator will be shut off as we accelerate toward the moon. Please store any food or drinks in the special compartments in your seats. In the event of an emergency, the passenger module will detach, and passenger safety will be top priority. In such an event, a rescue ship from Earth will be launched immediately, and you can rest assured that you’ll be rescued within three hours.”

I kept sneaking glances at Kouki throughout my speech. He followed my instructions by fastening his seat belt, storing cookies and a drink in the appropriate places, and checking his life-support system.

I worried that this special hospitality might lead him to make selfish requests, but he appeared to be a decent and down-to-earth young man. He certainly didn’t look like the sort of person who’d take on an armed group single-handedly. I headed back to the cockpit feeling relieved.

The vice-captain, who held the rank of captain, thanked me before asking a strange question. “Thank you for your efforts, Lieutenant Colonel. What sort of person is Kouki?”

I described the impression I’d gotten as straightforwardly as possible, and the vice-captain listened with an uncomfortable expression. When I asked the vice-captain why he was looking at me like that, he went quiet and tried to avoid the question. I pressed him for an answer.

“I find this hard to believe, too, but...” he began, “one of my friends in the Navy has a friend in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. So I think this information comes from the self-defense forces. When Kouki was still a child, he made and launched his own cruise missile. Twice, in fact. The second one caused a lot of trouble because it wasn’t intercepted in time. It self-destructed in the end.”

I doubt that! I laughed it off as some overblown rumor, but I was shocked to hear what the vice-captain said next.

“I heard about a rocket that the space forces were tracking after it launched a few years ago. I heard they lost track of it. I wasn’t with the space forces back then, but you must know about it, Lieutenant Colonel?”

It had happened back when I was a major. That incident...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.6.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Me, a Genius? I Was Reborn into Another World and I Think They’ve Got the Wrong Idea!
• Reihe/Serie: Me, a Genius? I Was Reborn into Another World and I Think They’ve Got the Wrong Idea!
• Illustrationen: Sakana
• Übersetzer: Shaun Cook
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Schlagworte: alternate world • Comedy • Genius • Invention • Isekai • Sci-fi
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-0156-1 / 1718301561
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-0156-6 / 9781718301566