THREE HOURS LATER
MEETING ROOM
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As that's was one of the last few matter's we need to discuss and that's how's tower's and the rest of the bridges and villages are being reconstructed As we speak right now and as many differently check post's are applied to make sure that's the use of drugs and others things are limited just as possible and either They're very supply by cut off are being just cut off making sure none of those syndicates will find their ways to enter the city again or their drugs but just thing's have escalated in others matters of beacon in time as many of factors might's be met in the future till now. As few of region Lords are starting to rebels as even plotting against us for some truly as unknown reason's by this and our very rule as might be in jeopardy in future has Manys have started side with them and we are just losing more of our Allie's every day then we can count and we can just reinforcements as Not be accepted if a war breaks out between us all as the very kingdom will be basicallys divided into two or three differently sides of the very matter and We have our suspicions that the ones who's been helping in trading and promoting Just propaganda is no other than the crime syndicate themselves and as this very rogue ninja It's just clearly aligned with them and supporting their roots and it was one of the guard's just took in a very as potential convict and terrorists and contacts had him very much into custody and just as few hour's later he try to negotiated with us and escape from custody help of the very as rogue Ninja That attempted on your life just a few weeks ago then after interrogating the very person and suspects and with the very information he has provided us all with has more than enough to just confirm our very suspicious about the entire matter with the very crime syndicate is involved with them.
As we all just suspected that's as they have a part of their investments and theirs hand in supplyment of the very drugs and just many other in legal activities that the very drugs is for me disease's like plagues as into the very cites very wall's and then harassing and just enslaving villager and some foreigner's and then try to sell them of to the highest bidder amongst the nobles and you can imagine as the rest your highness" As Seiko and Asuka Slowly gave the reports to the goddess's has She had more stress and disappointment in her very gazes as she held the paper and the list of thing's are her very people and lord's are doing behind her back all this times and it was fully aware problematical for every at this points in times and concerning the very ninja that try to take her life just few week's ago and considering everything that's is just as happening She missed judged her people again and now everyone's pay the price and what's worse is that they were other rumors that's was concerning about some monster's as someone's is plannings on invading them. As Asuka step forward " Your Highness just should we continue with the meeting is it is all right If you're not feeling well we-"As she raised your hand stopping her in her track's "I'm fine Thank you for your concern but we need to finish this today's as we have others matters to deal with sooner or later now as explain to me the other case of investigation you found about the new army " As the very goddess asked her very two subordinate's.
As the very two subordinate's started to just nodded towards theirs goddess and started has to flip the page and show them another case " The problems of the diseases that has plagued the western islands near our citadel was confirmed that someone was poisoning the waters and our food supplies and many have suspected that it's one of the few drugs users among the crime syndicates as one of the few lords just as active In that regions as there's actually has some link's toward's him and considering it his very son Lord Hanzo And one of his right hand men or women as know Anna No last name or middle name as only Anna as she's just one of the few hired assassin's and personal bodyguards that has Seville that area for a very long times as not even the gojo family dare just to enter there very land's without a proper plans action in mind And we have another lead that as you need to know the very crimes syndicate has been working with another's and just many others suspected that there's was a foreigner army that's was actually going as around the very islands shores for a while now and it is that when made contact with the syndicate and as rumoured hired by them for combat purposes and recently many different ships were seen around the very west coast of the island as claiming that they are merchants but their insignia tells another story entirely as they're might be mercenarie's for higher class or worst case scenario They mights be some kind of a familia with the blessings of a certain gods of War if that's the case then you know what's it means " As explained to her by her subordinate as Jaune kept quiet and kept on listening to as what they we're saying He understands where she's coming from but there's more to it as the biggest as the threat is the crime syndicate If they are pulling the strings as then he needs to find a way to destroy them and the perfect way to attack them is their money insource and it's might be one of the few things that will start up enough problem for them to take notice of him " I heard there was another's reports has concerning to a priestess a few months ago ?" As Erebus pointed out as he was just reading the reports as then The Empress as faced towards him " What do you mean as I have seen all the reports of the past There's hasn't been any cases related toward's anys priestesses recently ?" As she answered him
" But that can't be right just It says there that there was one priestess who's was banished from the far East a long times ago has more.. than 8 month's by now or more by And....her name is written down here " As....Erebus has Told her before giving her the paper himself as she's took the paper and started to read it as she started to understand what he meant at that's moment "Sanjouno Haruhime" The empress as eyes just widened at the mention of that girl as Jaune just sat there silent and.. confused as she's just a priestess maybe they might all just have as just a some kind of an. history together or there's some other things that he's not on there of "The girl that ate an offering?" As Takara asked the Empress just herself as then Seiko just looked at her....and shook her very head toward's her "..She was framed, she never did eat an offering as Can I ask a question if you don't mind highness?"
As Seiko asked her and she nodded at her as
"Why didn't you ask her if she did it or not ? You are a goddess and can just detect lies" as Seiko asked as the Empress just looked..at to the very side before sighing now and Erebus just enjoy might have a day now ".....Tell you the truth Seiko....Well...it wasn't really up to me to decide her fate as her father told us as he will deal with her personally and that it's something that the court shouldn't be just as involving themselves with and as It was her very father that banished her. If you want to know the truth, you will have to ask them as directly as possible But if Firend is just here to help, you know what must we do and you will deal with the very Sanjouno family and They're very friends eventually" as She said, confirming that the very family was corrupt. Now Jaune knows the truth why her parents many others were assassinated as it was just power all that steak but he's will not betray her was glad that the other's wasn't there to listen to their conversations and he's looked at Erebus and he nodded as well confirming it that what they need to do " I understand" as Seiko said, bowing slightly in the process.
He doesn't matter to him he will fulfill as the task in hand and protect his familiar and the person who helped him to this days and just maybe it's time for her to give her decisions as what they spoke up earlier soon "If you're really here to help, then you can answers to my second in command as Asuka. As She's is training on taking my role Is there any kind of problem's where's to happen to me and if They might be some situation's but then this would be an excellent opportunity for her to test herself and as her very abilities" As both of them looked at likes cat's as they're just as has sweat dropped at Asuka who's started to stare at her very goddesses just shocked for a just as second before nodding towards her
She quickly looked back to seiko and jaune and gave him a smile that he's couldn't help but return back to her now. " Then just has everything has been concluded The next as will be continued on in the meeting" As she Told everyone that she's starting to stand up as everyone followed suit as she's bowed to everyone before she turned towards knight and She walked down the throne and up to jaune and gave him her hand as knight just was confused by her actions as everyone as was more tensed at the moment and as her very council looked at her curiously as he's just Don't care or understand instead he just took it as he stood up as towering over's her as she just seemed to not that tall compared to other's jaune just has meant but she's still average compared to many others "As It's a pleasure to be working with you now no as
Knight-dono" as She said just politely as Arc just nodded back at her with a smile of his.
As he shoved her hand "As that just as same goes for me miss" As jaune said it as before Amaterasu just spoke up again "Takara, my dear as How does it sound if your sister just stays at seiko's very home and while she and the rest of them working with jaune ? It will mean they can work closely together as and we can stay in contacts through messengers" Takara nodded as she trusting seiko to make sure nothing happened "That's alright with me" She's said as her sister and goddess has just then started to smiled at her them both again "I will starting with pack some clothes and necessary things item as before leaving with them" as Asuka said before leaving the rooms, presumably toward's her own room.
"As Jaune-dono..." As Jaune just looked up at the Empress seeing her looking at him softly. " Please Take care of my very daughter's" as jaune just nodded as he bowed at her " I will promise you, this no harm will come to her, your majesty that is my promise and I have no attend to break them" As he's reinsures her and He will make sure he'll fulfill it and this is something he should do as With that,
everything was wrapped up soon after and it was time for them as all the taker leave to their very respective homes The only thing they did was shares information that jaune and Erebus would need in the future of just creating their own familia stronger and just making their own grounds here with as the Empress backing them up and confront the very crime syndicate this underworld Mafia that he knows of and seen before that's was known, which more than one a level 4 on as very side and well as all just the very least a corrupt noble houses and their very names Hope will be just discussed about in the next meetings and After that jaune and Seiko and Asuka and Erebus left the palace, as heading home to try to help this country back to how it should be For everyone's sake and then it then the goddess stopped them all in theirs tracks again " Just wait I want Erebus Just to stay behind I have some mattress to discuss with him privately" As just told them before anyone else can't say something Erebus just raised his very hand and stopped everyone as he starting to go back to the main hall as the rests of the crew waited outsides of the palace itself and wait for Erebus as It's very return Then everyone waited patiently now.
CHANGE LOCATION
ROOF TOP'S
POV
As it was very and ominously night with the wind was blowing wildly past the trees and plants in the forest around it now As the full moon was shining upon the lands and as the very skies darken as it could be suddenly be seen as were starting to cover up with storm cloud's as now even the very lightening was shining among the clouds as it was a sign of thunder storm was soon approaching as the so wind blow through the cities very a small building frames as the bell of the city can be heard moving a bit from the wind as strange figure as several hundred miles as outside of city of Kyoto as they could be seen multiples different kinds of figure's standing as on the walls and small building's as they we're just as waiting for someone else as they one of as them spoke " sensei just can we trust her the very informant and the new recruit ?"Just as he's and rest of them asked theirs has sensei as he was standing on the a rooftop scouting is very location and it been like this since as well that there very Lord's and head orders to head's toward's the very border's and just investigates a certain disturbance they have heard as and seen and right on time as they looked forward and saw a figure running as even leaping just from the very rooftop's of people's home and She wasn't alone till now.
As they all understood theirs very much has next assignments as they silently waited for their comrade as she had done her very task as she has followed and observed the guests that entered the Royal Palace and trying just investigates who are they and what is theirs connections and as she looked into that very matter as she just could be seen as the figure was leaping from different rooftops and she understood that it was her comrades and as they were waiting for her she need to hurry.
As she remembers for training as she was us given by her supreme commander has she's was a Ninja's well an forbidden woman and has her very skilled with the weapon just as was very much deadly that's as no one could fight her one on one to win againsts her and she's was the night herself and the voices of our people who have been sufferings under the very rule of the very goddess herself for centuries and it's time for the changes and it was their supreme commander that just will bring it upon it as she's remember's her first training with her in the forests where's they were different kind of trees and obstacles on them as The obstacles had traps and she had to use the very tree's leaping away from just tree's to a different tree's has into very thick and dark forest as well it was just seems like there was only one has they pants out there in the very dire moments and as very much exhausted breathes has just in the area was filled with darkness has they given Chase to the very intruder now as it was notable that the very intruders was very skilled with the weapons had and just has possessed as very disturbances fast speedy and just very much knowledge about her surrounding's as we'll as she's was cloaked in dark as trying to just escape from something or someone's else as for instructors told her to outrun and just to remember not to break or cover at the same time as it might be a dangerous and failures on her tests as she's knew the rest and still it was quites difficult as she's has to maneuver every tactic and obstacle on her very ways
As she was leaping from building and many different types building's structures as she's can make actually some backflips as on her way better but that's might be useless and it might need more momentum But as she still remembers she's still on missions as she still needs to complete the very informational as transferred now and then She can rest home as when she was sleeping for many different homes she noticed something's has someone was following her as She noticed a shadow a few yards from her and It could be a cat or a bird if she's careful but then just as It's could be just seen or just sensed something a miss. she was just would be followed by someone or something at the moment as then she just looked as behinds her for a split second just now and she's saw nothing at all and It's just might be her own paranoia as she need's to go back fast as before She is proven right at the moment has she started to turn again as she ran back towards her superiors after as a few minutes later as she reached her very destination now and as expected our friends we're just waiting for her right there's now.
As her very tasks was pretty much simple as it is she was told and give full and direct has orders and authority's and jurisdiction from her very supreme commander and sensei as just who was they're very leader and head a very much a good person and the founder of their very ninja core as she was a forbidable and very battle hardened women yet and as she was a kind and noble woman's that's her rest offer brothers and sisters look up to and evens ready to defend her honor after as she protected and saved them from slaver's and as she motivated them to be betters and Just ask thrive for a better world for them all has They didn't even ask for her opinion at all as she was so selfless, she was so beautiful and majestic at the same time, Yes I love you, As she was imagining her very being pated like a dog as her sensei kepts on just rubbing her head and praising her for her good work as she thought at that moments lost in her very thought's that the rests of her friend's just as looked at her with dumbfounded and sweat drops on their heads as They're we're more disturbed and yet confused as they know as she likes to over exaggerates theirs boss and as she's is her very much greatest fan of her as one of boys among them portrayed her as some see they're very senpai has some kinds of a goddesses and just some see her as a big sister figure as people abandon them and as this very cruel society just with it as it's very rules and regardless of theirs past and what it is the greatest storyteller of times it's may say to them but They follow a person who as promised them a better vision for the world.
And They're all will never abandon her and her she is the very embodiment of what is a ninja and a noble woman who will help and guide us to a better future and who has just given us normal slaved people a purposes to live in this world and has they all will never abandon the cause Not like how the country has abandoned them after everything and it is one of the few things as she has given us a sense of purposes and hope that they will all help Make that dream into a reality just now and for starters they need to investigate and the whereabouts of corrupt nobles and their their relationships with the royal family and it was basically stated that the gojo family as and had some know ties as in the very much criminal underworld and they are related as even direct soldiers to the Royal Court and it is run by no others than the Empress herself as that was their best lead but what's they as found out that She's had so contact with just as some outsiders as of part of a very private meeting that she held behind everyone's has very back and to two people She met with as we're just suspicious from any other last one pass there's we're two foreigners and as One was wearing strange clothes like some kinds of a suit has He just has never seen under as just before as the what he was wearing it as under his very yukata design in a way and it was truly a very diabolical move as that was bold and very disrespecting theirs culture as now and then everyone turned toward's the other one was wearing an armor as but they have just never seen anything's like it before as it mights be from a very exotic culture as the Amazon's that they have heard from the merchants who deal there and then And just what made the more curious is that's he just looked toward's their direction as it was like he knew that we were looking toward's him as how's that even possible Maybe It's just a flukes but the more details they go with her and the more concerning it got and What's it he is some adventurer from outside the very Amazon region and he was with his slave as The very reports tell them about and they as are currently living with one of the corrupts nobles families knowns as Sanjouno family's as One of the few known corrupt families as one of the few ones who actually adopt and export and even trade slaves and are known to be ruthless as the examples they sold one of their own daughters of into slavery and it was later stated that she was a priestess and the goddess had some hands in it of her very banishment and they sold her to him a pimp As her very story just goes on That very girl screams could be heard everydays as thoses very evil men torture and rape her everyday and beat her senselessly to just has prove as themselves to be some kind of supreme one.
And that's was disgusting and just straighten up disturbing for them all and The only way is to fix and free this kingdom from this very plague is by removing the one's who are just responsibleness and the royal family and as there very nobles have theirs hand's stained in this and it's is now theirs job to finish and liberate the people of this kingdom from just them all now and then they're have all just made the very plan and All the very least as timing and our the hour have met and they were going to execute the very plan tonight. As the plan was simple was to confront and do assassinate the very queen of this land to release her from her chains of slavery by as the people as that was the commitment that she has made by her a slavers as when they caught her as they actually beat her up very well much senselessly now They even went to has far dragging her sometime's has they Just beat on her even more but They just as couldn't do anything like deflower For some reason as whenever they tried as they were instantly killed by her or By her very owner as now it might be her very instance or her very insurance that He gets to keep her alive so that he could sell her later as that was no as it was her life now as Just an slave to very some humans or some kind of a beast man as now of this unknown lands and regional.
As until it's was there very senpai That's has called her out and the rest to cancel it and it was then she's gave then the orders to scout the very location and the bearabouts they're all know associates and to investigate him as well that knight like gladiator type person of some reasons unknowns and to make sure it wasn't some mistake as she never under just stood her but as she just followed her orders through and through and she relied it to her other allies and now it's times for them to go back to their respective home and make just plans for the future assaults and they all just as much made their home as they all looked behind them and she's had an offer a long as time ago that her very senpai asked her and it was " just What will she do for the time of danger and What will you achieve to protect your friends and the ones you care for ? " As That was very thought that moved and she's just as questioned herself everyday till now.
As then she decided that what she need's to do She needs to free those people She had as her doubts about this land but now this is as the final straw they all kill they murder they rape and they poison children women's and many other men as she has seen everything and she knows what she needs to do they're foolishness people as they're will and might face the very consequences of theirs action's as new threat rises from the horizon as their ancients enemy and there theirs new enemy are rising up together as they just will storm these lands and then destroy just everything in their very past and make a new but dark world for themselves to rule upon as no one will be free from this madness if this just as continue on As she knows what dark future it might hold for there's people She has seen enough and she Had enough of it She knows that if she does this there's no going back as she's might lose her chance finding her very friend's But she's not going to stop her from doing what is right even it means fighting as this world alone on her own She will and it's time for this world to knows it's change and it's time for it to have a new ruler and just to show it a proper way as it's reached down in the very earth core and as the monsters that lurk a around in the shadow's and disguised as themselves as a man It's has alway's been a land of countless stories and very Legends and the very tales of yokai as she's had head from the people's that very much trick men, women, and children for play or for malice's whispers of very oni that come in the nights to feasts on the very flesh of the innocences.
As then She made a vow with the rest of her family members and friends They will set as this very city and all of the kingdom free has just from nobles and corrupt individuals has very tyranny once and for all and then all of starting to moves around the very building's rooftop's and then They all were together as one unit as they moving around skipping as and just jumping around as They still didn't say anything or made a noise as silently has they all moved as she just didn't even say as anything either and as she was just fine with that's she been on her own for a long time as Ninja's and shinobi trained at a young age to be a assassin come naturally till now as they all disappeared into the very night sky with nothing but shadows or left behind.
CHANGE LOCATION
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
OUTSIDE THE PALACE
POV
As just recently he's has been investigating it and It just confirms everything that today he just learned about their kingdom in turning in to shambles by mystery forces and it was something that they need help reforming as even rebuild it this kingdom as that's might work in his own favor as enough support as from the higher power's the better as Jaune needs contact one of them merchants and as gather enough information for himself and enough to provide the very Royal Court and He should be proud but it's doesn't feel like it's something an achievement as he should celebrate about as he made a Commons ally today and you should provide them with all the support He's can provide them with and considering the trusted him enough as with one of their member's is not the showing or trust but
They want something and to know something about him as Jaune understoods as It was a deeper communication going on and they were all providing each other with more dangerous Intel as he did not decipher in front of them but he understood that has what they Trying to communicate about just now and the way they were speaking wasn't codes but a different manner and private as it was Erebus who's able to explains him in his free time just a while ago that she and he We're friends and they know each other just long enough to form their very own ways of communication style and they just all were speaking in that very Divine style as it was a code telling them that's they are watched by everyone even by the guards and especially from the ninjas as they are working with the rogue Ninja As she is very much near there's location as it's was more information let out.
As they all just wanted to know as who and how is he's capable just enough to deal with thing's as are escalating theses day's and the ninja as assassination list and their heads as everyone in the rooms is on that list and he was one of the only threats and outsiders as the ninja hasn't knowns of or just will try to investorgate later on but he or she won't just able to find some information about him as he knows jaune is totally doesn't exist and it will be a bonus for him and it'll play into his very advantage but He doesn't like this at all as why's is a ninja attacking them in the first place and what will they achieve by it And if it means to destroying the entire kingdom as then he need to make sure he stops them as he needs to make a home here knight just as doesn't want to be destroyed here and as the Empress wanted to know about his trust as well and she did provide him with proper as information and it was a test in other words that is he trustworthy or not and is knight is truly capable for what is to come in the very future as it might even break out in a war as they won't be there to protect him but that's is something they are just all forgetting He's doesn't need to protection but his very own family does need protection and that's is the only reasons he is fighting and as wanted to help them if he had no one he's would have stayed alone and just gone somewhere more quieter and more isolated to live on his own.
and it's a test in other words and he needs to pass it if he's familia needs to survive here's.
As From the reports as he has received it the ninja basically attack's theirs checkpoint's as even one of the Royal courts private armory at times and trying to rob them of their very supplies and it was a useful technique as it's a hit and run situation as they are not trying to kill them but to steals from them and just to make sure to weaken them enough and as for a moments there big scale attack they all mights be aiming for as they're trying to act as some kind of a freedom fighter style if he is being frank and thinking outside the box as tactics like this runs as gorilla warfare as using the very environment as for their very own advantage a Maybe it's an outsider like him And that might be possible considering there's a foreigner army and their ships just spotted and might be mercenaries if he's as concerned but it's not something he can't as handle but he needs more information and he knows where to get it He needs to get for the guild as certain people there knows just about situations as better than anyone here.
As he looked at seiko's and then to other just members who has joining us and the very as presence of someone watching them both as have disappeared by now and he's expected an assassination attempts on them just as by now but then it would be not the case just as much tonight but he will out about them as then just he has fights and destroying manys others on his very way's and then what's the very information he was given by Seiko was True then since just very it's basically half as the kingdom is ruled by criminal with great influence by corrupt nobility and bribes and It's one of the main reason's just as It's very downfall " Jaune-dono" As he turned around as he saw Seiko standing in fronts of him as she was looking at him with a smile " I just wanted you to see something's before we all depart to our respective home now " As he's just nodded back at her and starting to just as follow her as well He has brought in him back to one of the alleys and showed him as the results of the very drugs and the disease it has spreaded across the city slowly and as painfully spreading everywhere and just as bringing death wherever it goes " You know what I'm going to ask you again but are you really prepared and willingly to help me as even knowing as what's my family did in the pasts as My uncle's are one of the main very reasons this country is suffering and I am as ashamed by this very thing as I tried to do as something about it as fight them and just it's happens that They were the one responsible for my families very demise but I never just wanted to let anyone know off as my shame and will you still as consider helping me just despised everything's you have heard as just in the room in front of everyone now"As she asked him As she waited for his answer now and jaune just was thinking about it and he looked around the alleyway again and as it's very habitants that inhabits it and jaune has one answer towards it and he's sticking to it
"I understand the situation greatly as I will gladly help if I can and many different types of Innocents people's who don't have a part of this are suffering for ages now and some thing and someone need's to help them and it has to be done about it as If not then more people's and more places will suffer because of them I will not let that happen " as Jaune Told her with a smile on his face as she just started to blush as lightening the mood that had darkened into something's great and it's was at that moment she just know's as what she needs to do now " Then I made my very decision " As Jaune Just stared at her for bit of a moment " I had and will except your as very proposal of marriage" As he eyes wide enough ' And I know you might be seeing as you should think about it more as shouldn't jump right into it but I know's But I want to know and give you my support and helping my country and my family to live alone and happy life and I am the last one here and as the one mentioned inside the very room was my cousin who is sold off as a slave and as it was heartbreakingly but I wanted to protect as her but I was too powerless and then now I don't want to feel powerless or anything of that short Ever again and with your help as we might's able to achieve our goals and it's something I want us to share" As she explain to him as he just took it all in and said a one thing " okay so how do we go around as this very plan " As knight just told her as she just was blushing and she's was mumbling some thing about having her first night now or as just later and something like that and just as She needs to prepare herself for what's kind of situation she was putting herself in but it was confusing so as he let that part skip for now and " So that was your announcement off your decision ? " As Jaune asked her has she looked towards him And she "Huh... No... thought it would take more convincing you Julie than that.....maybe even some Valis as what my friends were telling me....." She said the last part as while looking to the very side as her friend raised her thumb in approval that this is the plan has Jaune Just as looked at her and sight As he look back at Her friend's direction and understoods one as thing their socially awkward and as they don't know what is a friend or anything's of that sort do they "I'm here to make money of your Very dire situation but will keep this as much as professional as possible And I will temporarily be a mercenary and my fee will be low for all of you and I will a just take on requests to defeat monster's or bandit's for Valis, but this...this is too big and too very as important for me to worry about Valis but-" as she understood what he meant " I know but we need to keep it professional and just show the public and our enemies that's you are for hire as this will help all of us in long term as this is business and we will not just take it as serious but the empress as doesn't like kindness or anything of that sord as she would rob with that very thing a long time ago and things might not go as planned as if you did show some kindness to her" As he's Just understoods what she meant as they're being watched And it was coding her words as he knows what he must do He must act as a mercenary to understand his enemies and his very environment better and gather has much information as they need's and strike them from the shadows and maintain some cover of their own as they can use his very marriage proposal as a cover from them as it might be a good distraction and it's might help others in the long run as That's a good plan' as he thought about it now that's good.
As Jaune looked at her " I accept your very as much proposal and We should prepare as for the very feast" as he Told her as Seiko as nodded back him and from this day forward their lives and even everything surround as them will just changed the course of history and both of them will change each other for the better or for the worst as time as will be the very judge of their fates and course now.
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