U is for Universe in Danger! ch1

Bye-bye~
See you tomorrow~

Hah~ It's finally over~
Time to head home.

Ah.
Did they give us homework today?

I kinda dozed off in the afternoon class.
Haha...

!

...So,

What're you gonna do?

Eh?
I'm asking what you're going to do.
Can you not hear me?

I've already asked you twice.
Should I ask a third time?

No, I heard you, but
what am I gonna do about what?

Heh?

That.

Huh!?

p6-7

A-
A...

A METEORIIIIITE!?
Yep.

It's 400km in diameter
and will hit the Earth's surface in 30 seconds.

As for where it'll land,
...Well, it's more or less right here.
Doweeh!?

Wh-
Wh-
Wh-
That's why I'm asking what you're gonna do.
Ah, this is the third time.
Wh-
What am I gonna do?
What am I gonna do!?

Wh-What's gonna happen...
when that thing lands!?

It will unleash energy equivalent to the destructive power of 64 trillion tonnes of TNT,
extinguishing all life on this planet.
To put it simply...

Earth will be destroyed.
Like I said!!
What do you expect me to do about it!?

Hah...

You can
do something about it, right?

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...Huh?
What can I do again?

My specs are...

Name: Kudou Kukuri
Spec:
*15 years old
High school first year
Gender: Female
Human

Kudou Kukuri -> "Completely average high school student!"

I can't do anything!
Is that so?

That's a shame,
Kuu Kubris.

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!!

UWAAAAAAAAAAAH

p12

UWAAAH!!

...Huh?
A dream...?

This is...
my room...

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What a bad dream...
I thought I was gonna die.

That was no dream.
Owah!?

This girl is...
my cousin Hisuuchi Nuruka...?
What are you doing?
Get ahold of yourself.

Kudou Kukuri.
No.
Kuu Kubris.

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What're you doing in my room!?
Waiting for you to wake up.
You sleepyhead.

How long do you think I've been waiting?
You were taking so long...
?

that I've finished reading all of those
peculiar doujinshi
that you had stashed away in your drawers.
So you like that kind of thing, huh?
Seriously, what are you doing here!?

Even if you're my cousin, there are things you should and shouldn't do!!
That was a lie.
A lie!?

...
Did I make you cry?

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...Explain.

I don't understand anything that's going on.
Why are you in my room...

and why are you immediately...
Just explain.
It's gonna take a while.
I don't mind.
Very well.

In the infinite reaches of the cosmos,
everything began with what was known as the Big Bang...
STOP! STOOOOP!!

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Why'd you stop me?
I didn't say to go that far back!

I'm talking about the current situation.
Explain it
simply.

Understood.
I will keep things simple then.
If you could...

Kudou Kukuri.
You were an agent of the Interstellar Intelligence Organization's "Reconnaissance Department",
Kuu Kubris.

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And I
was your scouting ship, "Null Point".

To be precise, I am the ship's AI.
...Huh?

Null Point is equipped with a super powerful engine capable of shuffling world lines,
but you used that mass of energy to get out of a crisis and made a big mess of the universe.
As a result, you became Kudou Kukuri, a high school girl living in modern day Japan,
and I became your cousin, Hisuuchi Nuruka.
Incidentally, we are living together.

End of explanation.

...

...Eh? What?
One more time.

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Huh?
Why are you so pissed?

I explained it simply, didn't I?
It was too simple for me to understand!!
This is why humans are so...
You're human too, aren't you!?

Much to my dismay, I am.
For now.

Hah...

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Did I make you cry?
I'm not crying.
I'm just trying to keep my cool.

Just be quiet...
Wait, don't actually be quiet.

..Okay.

I'll ask things one at a time, so please answer me.
Who
am I?

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Kuu Kubris.
And that's my name?
Yes.

And I'm some kind of agent?
Not just any agent.
You're from the "Reconnaissance Department".

And I
am Null Point, your personal scouting ship.
You've hopped around the galaxy as you please while riding me,
managing to escape death at the hands of powerful races countless times.

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To put it simply,
you're a pretty capable agent.

Th-...
There's no way that's true.

I'm just a high schooler
and you're just my foul-mouthed cous-
in...
...Huh?

p23

!?

It's fragmented, but the memories are there!?
Wha-...
What is this? What's going on?

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Do you remember now?
No, not clearly...
Is that so?

...So like,

why are you bringing this up today of all days?
These memories
didn't come back until you mentioned it either.

That's because...

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this world
was created just five minutes ago.

...Huh?
And...

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as I'm sure you witnessed too earlier,
this world's Earth was hit by a huge meteorite
and destroyed.
...Huh?

Even though the meteorite was approaching,
it seems you were of no use whatsoever,
and so
I took it upon myself to evade this emergency by leaping us through time,

taking us back to three days before the meteorite hits.
...Huh?

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The meteorite will hit three days from now,
and I don't have enough energy to perform another time leap.
So,
please do something about it in three days.

H-
Hold on...

p28

Looks like Chiyo's here.
Chiyo?

Karatama Chiyo.
Your childhood friend.

Why don't you just head outside already?
I woke you up, after all.
"Just like always".

p29

Coming!
Coming!

Yes!?

Ah!
Kuu-chan!
Good morning!

You're up early today~
Open up.

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That's right. I've been a sleepyhead since grade school,
so she's been coming to wake me up every morning.

Morning~

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Now then~ Let's get ready!
R-Right.

I'm hungry.
I'm gonna pinch some bread.

You'd better get changed quickly
before I eat your share, Kuu-chan.

That's right.
You'll be late if you don't get ready.
Nuru-chan.
Morning~

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What's up?
You're normally the first up.
I was late getting up today.

Let's go to school together.
Yeah.
Let's go.
She seems...

pretty kind towards Chiyo.

What are you waiting for?
Get ready already.
Unlike with me.

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Hah...

Seriously, what is all this...?

A galaxy hopping reconnaissance agent?
Me?
Haha... What the heck?

...Kuu Kubris.

Is that
really my name?

p34

Ah.
Kuu-chan.

Geez. You don't have time to sit around and eat anymore.

Here.
At least eat this.
Eat me~!
Th-
Thank you.

p35

...What is it?
I'd like to continue our conversation, but

should I save it for later?
It'd be bad if Chiyo heard us, right?
There's no need for that.
We can talk without her hearing us.

Like this.
!?

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Can you hear me?
Ah~
Ah~
What is this!?
She's speaking directly to my brain...

You can do it to,
so let's communicate like this from now on.

Sorry for the wait~

Come on!
We need to go before we're late.
Hurry! You can eat while we move!

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Ahaha.

You seriously came with the toast in your mouth?
You're the one who said I could eat while we move.

You're like someone who'd bump into a transfer student around the corner.
Indeed.
I can confirm that if you turn a corner like this,
there is a high chance of your colliding with something.

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...So
you should be careful.
What am I supposed to be careful of?

!?

What is this strange feeling?
I shouldn't take another step!

p39

Bwah!?
What the!?

It's a sniper.