Hero-san and Former General-san ch20: We Can't Be Stopped

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>Once a story gets going, nobody can stop it.

>That's right. My answer

>was already decided on ever since that day.

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>>The two of them should have found the right answer.

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>F-Finally...

>Finally, the time has come!!

>I kinda said that on impulse,
>but now that I've said it, I've got no choice but to follow through!

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>All you gotta do is hit her with everything you've got, Honey Trap!
>Hey, Hayate-san.

>About what we were talking about earlier. Do you mind if I start off?

>Alright.
>Go ahead, Honey-san.

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>Kya~~~~~~!!
>That look of anticipation... She really does feel the same way...!

>I can do this! With this...
>Um!
>Hayate-san, I...

>lo-...

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>Huh?

>Why...?
>I'm just telling her I love her, and yet...

>Although you once aided us in humanity's destruction, you decided to pursue happiness for yourself alone.
>Pretty cowardly of you, don't you think, Honey-chan!?

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>That's right.

>Even if I'm fighting alongside Hayate-san now,
>I'm still an Antinoid and a former general of an evil organisation.

>After all the horrible treatment I've given to humans,
>is it alright for me to have hope?

>Do I even deserve it...?

>...Hayate-san.

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>On second thought, could we...
>save this discussion for when the battle is finally over after all?

>...Eh?

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>...That battle just now reminded me
>that I used to be an enemy of humanity.

>I may have changed after meeting you,
>but
>that doesn't mean I've been completely forgiven.

>Until we can defeat X,
>I can't stand in the same place as you... as humans.

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>...
>I'm sorry, Hayate-san...

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>I...
>love you, Honey-san!!!!!

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>Hayate... san...
>Why?

>Why do you always...
>...I'm sorry for being selfish, Honey-san.

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>But even so,
>I need you!!

>Not as an ally to fight alongside,
>but as a partner to always walk by my side...!

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>...It's so warm...

>...Before I met you, Honey-san,
>I fought with absolutely no forgiveness towards Antinoids.

>They attacked people for no reason.
>They killed a young child like Yuumi-chan...

>Just like X desired,
>I was a hero driven by negative feelings.

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>But then I met you, Honey-san.
>When you lent me your hand and fought alongside me,
>...it made me really happy.

>You reminded me that I became a hero
>not because I couldn't forgive them, but because I wanted to protect this world.

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>These feelings of "wanting to protect" that I have right now
>all came from you, Honey-san.

>Ng...

>But I'm...!
>I'm one of those Antinoids you say you can't forgive!
>I'm different from humans...
>We're the same.

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>We're the same. I finally get that now.

>All this time, I've been thinking
>about where you and I...
>about where humans and Antinoids should be heading.

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>Antinoids were born from the negative emotions of humans.

>But just like humans, they laugh,
>they get angry,
>they cry...

>and they have hearts capable of loving others.

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>You say that you can't be forgiven until X is defeated, Honey-san,
>but that's not what I believe.

>I've made my decision.
>...No. In reality, I made it long ago.

>From the moment I decided to save you, who should've been my enemy,
>there has only ever been one answer.

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>I
>won't defeat X.

>Regardless of whether they are friend or foe...
>...I want to protect everyone.

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>...I'll say it again.
>I love you, Honey-san.

>Humans and Antinoids can understand each other.
>Whatever sins you're carrying, Honey-san,
>I want to carry them with you.

>So, Honey-san...

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>Will you help me
>in finding the answer that lies beyond good and evil
>and bringing my wish to fruition?

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>...Fu

>Wanting to make peace with an evil kaijin of all things.
>...You really are a naive and gullible person...

>But that kindness
>is what I love about you.

>It makes me want to be by your side and support you...

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>I love you too, Honjou Hayate.

>From the moment I first met you...
>I've always... always...!!

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>...Uuh...

>SO PRECIOUS.....
>Sh-She's crying...
>*Trying to disguise themselves as bushes

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>...Cool-san, don't tell me
>you dragged me all the way here just to show me this?
>Fufu. I figured you might like it.
>Not at all!

>I mean... they're just being selfish.
>Wanting humans and Antinoids to make peace after all this time...
>Hrm...

>...You think it's just lip service?
>O-Of course I do!

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>Then do you wish for war over peace?

>That's...

>You see,
>I'm very satisfied, right now.

>Be it species, good or evil,
>"love" is always able to overcome such barriers.
>That's what I see before me right now.

>...And now you've seen it too.

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>Eh...!?
>Where are you going!? You forgot your precious book!

>I leave that book in your hands.
>Why!??

>It looks like
>I have fulfilled my duty.

>Resonance...!!
>Wh-What's with her? Geez...
>I'll give it a read, though...

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>...I've seen it with my own eyes,
>Little Bunny-chan, Honey-kun.

>Now... it's all up to you two.