"Why?" asked Haneda. "If this keeps up, the crater will fill with water."
"That's my point," said Isurugi.
"How is that a big problem?" asked Haneda, guiding the Pave Hawk to circle the area.
"Because that thing is roughly around where ground level would have been, the bottom half will be submerged," said Isurugi. "You can't see what might come out of it besides water."
"Where's the water coming from, anyway?" asked Haneda. "I don't see any pipes or anything connecting to it."
"I dunno," admitted Isurugi.
Aegis-Japan Transport Tezuka-maru, 9:52am
"So the anomaly is at the exact location of the High Energy Physics Experimental Lab?" asked Professor Natsume.
"Yes, Professor," said Iwasawa on the videophone. "I have the files on the personnel believed present at that lab, but data on the experiment itself was apparently stored on campus."
"Which is currently a crater surrounded by wreckage," observed Natsume. "So what DO we know?"
"Professor Tomoe," said Iwasawa.
"Papa?" said a startled Hotaru.
"Yes," said Professor Iwasawa, not able to see her from the video pickup. "Sorry, Hotaru."
"Oh no," said Hotaru, burying her face in Ranma's chest.
Ranma awkwardly held the young girl. "I thought he had that thingie out of him."
"Yes, but there may have been some taint," said Iwasawa. "He continued to experiment with high energy physics. Since the others involved were Professor Taniyama and Professor Nakamatsu, we think they were experimenting with quantum fields - particularly those associated with magic such as the Senshi can access."
"That doesn't explain blowing up a campus," pointed out Ranma.
"We think what they did was to try and duplicate a Senshi powersource and ended up opening a hole in space-time," said Iwasawa.
"Brane space? Manyworlds theory?" asked Natsume.
"Exactly," said Iwasawa.
"Uhm, 'scuse me," said Ranma, still holding Hotaru. "Plain Japanese or English or somethin' else I can speak?"
"They blew open a hole in this universe and it's currently connected to another universe through that hole," explained Natsume.
"Yes, that's what we think here as well," agreed Iwasawa.
"Okay, that I can understand, kinda," admitted Ranma. "They tried to do something like what I do with my Gate power or like the Senshi do with that magic they do."
"Who do?" asked Hotaru.
"You do," answered Ranma.
"Voodoo?" asked Iwasawa, wondering if the connection was getting bad as the transport widened the distance between them.
"If we can avoid any comedy routines?" asked Natsume. "So what about that JSDF team? Have they determined anything else about that liquid?"
"Still analyzing it," said Iwasawa, "but the sample appears to be-"
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