Ranma reacted in an instant, all the years of his training kicking in... “Right, our first priority is to stop that lava flow from hurting anyone! We’ll get another chance at getting the crown back, but human lives are more important… Tatsuki, Naruto and Serenity, you guys try to stop the volcano at the source. Bakura and me will try and help out the people in the town… Now, let’s do this!”
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#Several hours later, somewhere in Nerima#
“That’s right Urashima…” A female reporter with pink hair and eyes on the TV, that everyone in the room was watching intently, replied to her co-presenter in the studio. “Several hours ago, a volcanic eruption rocked the little town of Toride. Due to the unexpected nature of the eruption, there was no chance to evacuate everyone in an orderly manner, leading to widespread panic. Casualties were expected to be in the high hundreds, along with millions of yen in property damage. That is, until five mysterious strangers, each dressed as a unique member of an as-of-yet unidentified incarnation of the famous American super-heroes: the ‘Power Rangers’; showed up. The Red and Black Rangers aided with the evacuation of the town, rescuing several stragglers, while the Blue, Pink and Yellow Rangers made the way up to the base of the volcano.” Footage of the red suited warrior shoving an abandoned car out of the way, then ripping off the warped door of another car to free a trapped woman and her child, played while the reporter continued to speak. “Using their highly advanced technology, the three on the mountainside were apparently able to snuff out the lava flow at the source, leaving the other two to deal with the remaining lava flow.” The clips now showed the Black Ranger slamming his hammer into the ground, opening a massive chasm in the outskirts of the town that the remaining lava flowed into. “Despite the fact that there was no loss of life and very little property damage, several burning questions remain unanswered… Who or what caused the blast, why did it happen and finally, just who were these masked heroes? But the people here are just grateful that these new heroes arrived when they did, as the situation could have been much worse, if not for their prompt response! This is Tamao Tamamura, reporting for JNN, signing off…”
“Thank you, Tamao!" The anchorman replied. "Now, joining us from CNN; over in the US are two experts on the Power Rangers, Farcus Bulkmier and Eugene Skullovitch. They’ll be talking with us about their past encounters with previous generations of these heroes and what this could mean for…”
The TV was suddenly switched off, causing the brown-haired girl who had been watching the report with a great deal of interest to shoot a glare of annoyance at her younger sister, who was holding the remote: “Hey! I was watching that Akane… Turn it back on; we might still be able to hear more about these new heroes…”
“What, those guys as super-heroes? Yeah right! More like they’re a bunch of posers,” Akane snorted derisively in response, as she waved the remote about. “You actually believe that those guys were the real deal? Get real sis, no-one has the technology to put out a entire volcano! The whole thing sounds a lot like a publicity stunt for a new TV show or something like that… Even if they’re the real deal, they should leave the superhero work to the Sailor Senshi!”
“Are you kidding me Akane? If it was a publicity stunt, it wouldn’t have been on the news, not to mention as a breaking news report… And those guys far outclass the Sailor Senshi, since they helped out in a natural disaster and the Senshi have never done anything like that,” Nabiki responded in disbelief. ‘Were we even watching the same broadcast,’ she wondered, baffled at how Akane could call these new heroes fakers after seeing what they’d done. “They saved that town and everyone in it, from a freaking lava flow and then stopped the same flow from going any further than the first suburb! And they did it, I might add; without anybody getting seriously hurt or killed and hardly any property damage… Sure I’ll admit that the Senshi might, if they were in a similar situation, have been able to resolve the problem faster, but their way would have more then likely done a lot more damage to the surrounding area. Also, since there have been very few Sailor Senshi sightings outside of Tokyo itself, someone has to deal with all the Youma and other threats that pop up out there!”
“Oh please Nabiki, everyone knows that the Jûban district is THE hotspot for monster activity for Japan, if not the whole world...” Akane snorted as she continued to speak in a dismissive manner, ignoring all the points Nabiki had made, despite the fact they were fairly logical… “Besides, that footage looks faked to me… After all, how could those ‘heroes’ get that close to the lava without a special suit to protect them? And their suits looked far too thin for that purpose…”
“I’m with Akane on this one,” Kasumi now spoke up, not giving Nabiki a chance to try and pick more holes in Akane’s statements. Secretly, her thoughts turned a little malicious: ‘This is a good chance for me to show Akane that, while our sister may have betrayed her trust, I’ve always been on her side… Nabiki had no right to ruin Akane’s special day the way she did! She deserves a good smack,’
“You would be, Kasumi…” Nabiki replied, while trying to keep her features neutral, having made a reasonable guess at why Kasumi was siding with Akane. “Can’t you see that Akane could be wrong about these guys? I’ve seen faked video footage before and let me tell you, that report was made with some fairly high quality footage… Most faked footage is deliberately made to a low standard, so as to make it hard to tell what parts are real and what parts were faked! Even if the footage really was faked, it’d have to be done by a real professional to make it seamless. And why exactly would someone go through all that effort to fool everyone? It just doesn’t make any sense! Besides, the suits may have been designed to be able to withstand the intense heat while remaining streamlined, which is quite possible nowadays... Technology isn’t so primitive anymore, despite what you two may think; it has advanced greatly over the years, despite the Nerima district being stuck in a sort of early 80’s time warp with only the most basic technology trickling through to us. And that’s thanks to most of the Kuno clan being luddites, who can’t even work a mobile phone properly! Also, you should know that the Senshi can’t be everywhere at once in Tokyo, not unless they split their focus and they’re just not as effective in smaller teams… We’re just lucky that whoever’s in charge of the Youma has never bothered to try and strike more then one target at a time; since the Senshi seem to need Sailor Moon to deliver the final blow on every Youma, at least that’s been the case most of the time! That is a potentially fatal flaw that I’m really surprised hasn’t been taken advantage of more often… Besides, the standard method of dealing with a Youma the Senshi have is also flawed; their basic tactic is to use so much magical firepower to wear it down, that there’s always massive collateral damage to the surrounding area. All well and good, but there’s always a chance that there’ll be a Youma someday that’s designed to be agile enough to keep dodging every blast until the Senshi are too tired to fight back anymore. Sort of like what Ranma did, whenever you two sparred, at least until you lost your cool…”
“That’s enough Nabiki!” Kasumi’s voice was still reasonably calm, but the smallest bit of heat had started to creep into it. “Just what is your problem with Akane’s opinion? Also, did you have to belittle her skills, just like Ranma did…?”
“My problem, what do you mean ‘what’s my problem’!” Nabiki asked, incredulous at Kasumi’s blind refusal to accept the truth that was placed right in front of her. “Why exactly should I apologize to Akane for, having a different opinion from her and pointing out a potential flaw in her fighting style…? It’s a free country and everyone should be entitled to their own opinions… Yet she’s trying to force me to admit that her point of view is right, even when it’s obvious that there may be a slight flaw in her way of thinking! And I really do respect the Sailor Senshi and Akane’s skills, but they need to learn how to vary their attacks and not be so predictable… Most, if not all, of the Senshi seem to go through the same motions to launch their attacks every time, no matter how fast their target is moving! That is only really effective on the slow, lumbering targets… Meanwhile, Akane keeps telegraphing her moves, before she even makes them! If both parties don’t try to break their ingrained habits, they’ll be in serious trouble against an opponent that w. Ranma and I were only trying to help Akane by pointing out the potential weak spots she has… It’s not our fault, if Akane’s so thin-skinned, she’d take any advice we tried to give her as an insult!”
Nabiki paused after this, shocked at what had come out of her mouth. Her response had been much more heated then she’d intended, as her own temper was apparently starting to fray… ‘I can’t believe this,’ she mentally growled to herself, ‘Kasumi is really being judgemental and only listening to one side of the story, Akane’s! She can’t even be bothered to think for herself and take a look at things from a different perspective. Sis, I know you’re trying to mend your relationship with Akane, but you’re going about it the wrong way entirely… The more you try to inflate her ego by pretending she’s right about something, the harder she’ll take it when the truth of the matter comes out!’ Taking a deep breath to bring her temper back under rigid control, she continued: “Besides, Akane’s claim that Japan’s the only country that has to deal with constant monster attacks, with the Jûban district being ground zero for most of them, that’s a complete load of rubbish… I’ve heard of a place over in America that had to deal with a similar situation over six consecutive years, with the first attacks starting back in the early nineties. It was called Angelic Forest; or something like that, in fact I think those two guys they were about to interview came from that area…”
“That’s enough girls,” Soun interrupted, seeing that the tension between all his girls was rapidly approaching the point where they’d attack each other physically. Once he was sure he’d got their attention, he continued: “Kasumi, Akane; you should really keep an open mind like Nabiki does... While she may not be quite as skilled in martial arts as Akane is, she makes up for it with her keen eye for detail and knowledge of other areas. I’d never noticed the potential flaws the Sailor Senshi had until she explained them just there and now that she pointed them out, they’re obvious! She’s also right about the monster attacks over in America; I remember reading all about the bigger incidents in the newspaper at the time…” The tension was instantly broken, with various reactions. Kasumi started to clean up the kitchen, looking a little ruffled at the unexpected outcome to the debate… Akane stomped out to the dojo to work out her frustrations, wearing a thunderous look! Nabiki went upstairs, presumably to her room, while wearing a slightly stunned expression. Finally, Genma got up to retrieve the Shogi board to continue the game he and Soun were playing before dinner… Soun himself just sighed and bowed his head in shame as he remained sitting at the table to mull over recent events, knowing that he’d almost let things get out of hand. ‘That was close, but it’s clear now, the girls are drawing up battle lines! And it looks like while Akane is still a little angry with Kasumi, they’re both willing to join forces against Nabiki for the moment; since they feel that it was at least some of her fault that the wedding fell through…' He sighed, 'Why did I have to dote on Akane so much in the past? She’s got Kasumi wrapped around her little finger, by making herself out as the innocent victim that Ranma picked on, despite the fact she has started just as many fights with him as he did! It’s no wonder things got so bad, if she expects me to support her, no matter what she says or does... And I did just that in the past, even when I knew she was in the wrong! As for Kasumi, well she’s just too trusting of family members and friends; she’ll believe anything she’s told, so long as the person appears to be truthful. Oh, I’ve been a terrible father to my girls alright, Nabiki in particular! Out of the three of them, she’s been the one that I never really paid that much attention to, unless she caused problems. Has she felt that ignored by me, she never expected me to side with her against Akane and Kasumi? Well that’s going to change! I’ve got to treat them all fairly from now on, praising them if they do well and disciplining the guilty parties if they get into a fight…’ With that vow made, he started to help his oldest daughter clean up the kitchen before Genma came back, much to her surprise.
Nabiki sighed deeply, the last of her anger draining away from her as she entered her room. ‘Man, I really underestimated just how bratty Akane has getting lately,’ she grumbled to herself as she got out her schoolbooks, trying to get both her homework and money-making plans sorted out for the next day. Her stomach chose that moment to growl loudly, protesting at the small quantity of food that she’d ended up with, causing her to scowl darkly. She had been unlucky enough to be stuck sitting next to Genma during the afternoon meal. While Kasumi had given Genma more then enough food to start with, his sheer greed meant he’d still gotten up to his old habit of stealing food from other people’s plates. And without Ranma to bear the brunt of his thieving efforts, he had stolen most of it from Nabiki’s plate, despite her best efforts to defend it! Even when she’d tried to go for a second helping, Genma had quickly grabbed most of that portion as well… ‘I can’t believe I spoke to Kasumi like that,’ she sighed again, replaying the argument they’d just had in her mind, their first major one in a long time. ‘But she just made me so angry,’ she briefly growled before taking a deep breath and counting to ten to rein in her temper again continuing with her analysis: ‘siding with Akane like that and blindly agreeing to all the garbage that was coming out of her mouth without even trying to look at the whole matter logically… Can’t she see that she’s just going to make things worse, fuelling up Akane’s already massive ego by catering to her every whim?’
‘Actually,’ Nabiki suddenly realized, ‘Akane’s had that problem with her ego taking over at the worst possible moments for over two years now…’ Before Kuno had made that stupid announcement about first beating Akane in a fight before you even had the right to date her, everyone had seen Akane as just an average but popular girl, who was fairly grounded and a good friend to all! After that announcement and the first formation of the Hentai Horde however, while Akane had managed to win the fights every morning for two whole months, her ego had slowly started to swell out of control... ‘She began to think she was untouchable, that no-one could defeat her.’ Nabiki shook her head, still a little stunned at the memory of how her sister had reacted to the mere suggestion that she could lose in the morning fights after only two weeks of them. But Akane just wasn’t aware enough of her surroundings to see that the only reason she was winning all the time was for two factors… The first one should have been easy enough to spot, if she had really been as skilled as she claimed to be: because of all the infighting the Hentai Horde did with its separate members trying to gain an advantage over each other; they actually just ended up making themselves an easier target for Akane. The other, slightly less obvious one was that Kuno kept going easy on her, due to his stupid crush. ‘If he’d only used a bit more tact in his attempts to woo Akane, he’d have won her over easily…’ Nabiki chuckled a bit, knowing how much of a sucker Akane was for romantic things, before sobering up. ‘But Kuno had to try and ensure that no-one would have her except him…’
Once Ranma had showed up however; he’d shattered any illusions Akane had held of how skilled she was by beating her easily in a spar in his cursed form. Then, once the curse had been revealed; both Kasumi and Nabiki, a little freaked out by it, had dropped the Tendo part of the engagement onto Akane’s unwilling shoulders and her father had ignored her protests about it. It had been the first time in years that she’d not gotten her way with her father, once she’d thrown a temper tantrum… Ranma’d then interfered in her morning battle and had showed her that Kuno had been holding back on her for all that time! From there, things had only gotten worse for Akane… Everything that Akane took pride in or wanted to achieve, Ranma had either already surpassed her or someone would show up that was an expert in that field to challenge Ranma, which meant he was forced to quickly master it. But, while he may have sometimes rubbed her the wrong way, with some playful (to him) teasing, he never intentionally insulted her unless she started it. Right about the end of the first year though, they had finally started to get along better… While there were a few little hiccups along the way over the next year, for the most part it was all positive progress. But now, after the failed wedding, it was as if all that progress had never happened! Nabiki moaned as she remembered the way Akane regressed: ‘How Akane remains so popular with most of the other students, despite her violent mood swings and sometimes reckless actions like the incident six months ago; is beyond me…’
While Nabiki knew that she wasn’t the most popular girl in Furikan, not by a long shot, it still stung her a little when she heard certain people talking behind her back about her ‘business practises’ with their ‘holier then thou’ attitudes! They did this, despite the fact that quite a few of these people availed of her services. Sure, she’d done a few things that weren’t exactly ethical, but most of the time her actions weren’t actually quite as evil as most people made them out to be... Her photos for example, had only ever showed Akane and Ranma doing their daily routines and properly dressed, never nude! Well, there were those topless photos of Ranma in girl form, but she hadn’t gone further then the topless stage and he’d left himself wide open for that with the way he’d walked about without covering himself up… At least with her selling some photos of Akane and Ranma-chan, most of the boys lusting after those two were satisfied and they didn’t get it into their head to try and take their own pictures, which would have been much more hazardous for all involved! After all, most of those boys would have taken any photo opportunity they got, even if it was of Akane or Ranma improperly dressed.
While there was certainly more then enough demand for picture that went further then the topless stage to make a lot of easy money off the more perverted members of the Hentai Horde, Nabiki had just plain refused to cross that line and take those pictures, despite what her sister or Ranma thought she was capable of... She wasn’t suicidal, thank you very much! She knew that trying to sell pictures of her sister in any state of undress would more then likely result in the teachers finally cracking down on her operations, not to mention a potential visit to the hospital once Akane found out where exactly the photos came from… But almost everyone she came into contact with always seemed to be focused on all her actions that had painted her in the worst possible light, just like how Ranma was seen by certain people in Nerima, thanks to Akane’s loud and insensitive mouth. Her constant complaints of him being perverted and a womanizer out loud, while there were totally unfounded, had meant his reputation had been taking a real beating in the district with most of the ordinary citizens that lived there.
As it happened, very few normal people in Nerima actually knew Ranma personally, with some even going out of their way to avoid him, due to his stigma of being such a weirdness magnet! Strangely enough though, none of the other members of the NWC; as she’d heard the people refer to those people who hung around Ranma regularly, including her; had to deal with this problem… Even the Kuno clan, with their Feudal Era views and total disrespect for those who got in their way, weren’t snubbed by most people but even given preferential treatment. ‘Probably due to all their money and influence in the area,’ Nabiki thought darkly. While Kuno was the primary target to whom she sold most of her photos both of Ranma-chan and Akane, she’d held some qualms about selling photos of Akane to him at first! After all, it was because of his obsession with Akane (and just how that started, Nabiki had no idea) that Akane’s temper had gotten as bad as it was. The way the whole engagement with Ranma had been forced upon her, mixed with the disgust she had for his curse, had just added fuel to her! But all the easy money she not only could, but had made off Kuno, had just been too tempting for her to pass up in the end…
She did have to admit one thing to herself though: Ranma wasn’t that bad a guy! He was just a little bit rough around the edges and those edges were finally starting to smooth out… The curse and his first arrival (with Genma carrying him in while they were both in their cursed forms) had really taken her off guard though, not to mention the fact that he was too immature for her to even consider taking the engagement, at least at first. But as time passed she had found that, while he was growing out of his immaturity, his views on certain things (like her selling cheesecake photos of both forms) were a little too black and white for her tastes…
‘Or that of a mother looking out for her son,’ Nabiki ruefully thought, with the faint pang of loss that she felt every time that she remembered her mother hitting home again, despite her best effort to suppress it... Kasumi, Kami bless her soul, had tried her best; but she was no substitute for the real thing. She just hadn’t been able to actually put her foot down and actually enforce any form of real order on anyone in the household! She’d even let Akane break her promise about not hitting someone in anger, not even an hour after Akane had made it, without even scolding her for doing so… Nabiki frowned as she remembered that detail: ‘That was the first time I’d ever seen Kasumi act like a hypocrite with her actions, but it wasn’t the last time!’ She sighed deeply: ‘well, while a relationship between me and Ranma might’ve been nice, it’s never likely to happen now… We’re just too different, what with our unique approaches to life and honour being fairly incompatible with each other right now. One of us would have to really change our ways for it to work… And both of us are just far too stubborn to admit we made a mistake! But, not having Ranma around without any idea when or if he’s even coming back, its sure going to feel weird for a while... While the constant chaos that surrounded him got a little annoying at times, it sure kept things interesting, not to mention Auntie Nodoka’s house calls! And all those kooky plans Genma cooked up with Dad to ‘join the schools’ through marriage over the last two years; it actually helped to bring him out of the funk he’s been in since Mom passed away. I had almost forgotten how much passion for life he used to have! Without Mom around to bring it out though, he was only a pale shadow of himself, at least until the Saotomes showed up. Hopefully, he won’t lapse back into that state! It did feel nice though, the way he told Kasumi and Akane off for not keeping an open mind, not to mention praising me for seeing something that other people have missed…’ Smiling at that rare moment of praise, she took out her accounting text-book and started to work out the latest problems the teacher had set.
#Right about the same time, back at Ranger HQ#
“Did you see that? The way that Bakura opened up that chasm to absorb the last of the lava flows after you and Serenity cooled off the volcano” Tatsuki laughed as she entered the underground base with the others, after helping with the head-count and in Toride. ‘Good thing our powers still work while we’re morphed, otherwise that would have taken much longer and we could have fallen further behind Moltor!’
“Well, Moltor did tell us to be heroes… And we did just that! Don’t forget, you played an important part too; opening the way for us to get at the core of the volcano. Neither me or Serenity would have ever gotten to it in time otherwise!” Naruto was also feeling good about their successful first outing as Rangers. ‘It feels good to be a real hero again… I haven’t done anything like that for almost three years! One of the major disadvantages of having to keeping a low profile was the way I had to let some slime-bags commit a crime right in front of me and being unable to stop it. But that didn’t mean they got away with it!’
“I am a little annoyed that Mrs. Saotome didn’t tell us that the crown that Moltor grabbed was a fake until after he had taken it… But at least we were able to limit the damage to that town, so the day wasn’t a total bust!” Bakura grumbled a little, but it was clear that there wasn’t much heat in his tone of voice.
“Well, could you blame her for being cautious? It was a reasonable precaution, given the way that her house was attacked by those guys. Not only that, but we were able to fight without having to fake our reactions to him getting the crown… That helped us convince Moltor that he’d got the real deal! That made this day very successful, since we still have the crown and Moltor will hopefully be fooled by the fake for a while,” Tatsuki replied, while wearing a pleased grin. She was happy that she finally able to make a difference when it really counted. Turning her attention to where Naruto was now dreaming up some merchandising ideas, she cracked a small smile and shook her head at his seemingly limitless enthusiasm… Her smile faded as she spoke up again: “I hate to burst your bubble Naruto, but until we locate all the jewels, we’d better keep our true identities secret…”
“What!” Naruto spluttered in disbelief. ‘I’m tired of having to hide who I really am… Not to mention letting certain jerks take all the credit for my hard work!’ “But why not Tatsuki… Don’t you want to show the world what we can really do as yourself and not have to hide behind a mask?”
“Think about it for a second Naruto…” Serenity chose this moment to speak up and make her opinion heard. “If we revealed our true identities right now, all our families and friends would be put at great risk, since Moltor and his brother could decide to use them as bait to lure us into a trap; or as a bargaining chip for one of the jewels…”
“Oh yeah, I forgot about that little detail… ” Naruto replied with a sigh, mentally snapping his fingers. “But the whole merchandising deal is a good idea for the future, right guys?”
Ranma chuckled at the way everyone was interacting with each other now, after their first successful public appearance as Rangers, before he spoke up: “Maybe Naruto, maybe… But let’s think about it later, once we actually have some of the jewels, okay? Well I’ll talk to you guys again in a little bit. I have to see what mom wants to talk to me about…” With those parting words, Ranma entered the lift to return to the ground floor and his meeting with his mom.
“You wanted to talk to me Mom?” Ranma asked, after knocking on the door to her office and being invited in. He looked around the office, curious to see how it looked. The place was filled with various artefacts from various periods, along with a fairly old and battered fedora that had been placed in a glass case along with a leather jacket that looked about the same age and a bullwhip. ‘I wonder why mom wants to see me,’ he mused. ‘Maybe… Maybe she wants to take the role of Red Ranger from me! It would make sense, since she didn’t want me to risk my neck the way I did. But if she thinks that I’ll let her risk her own neck, she’s got another thing coming…’
“Yes I did Ranma,” Nodoka replied while she was looking at some kind of news report on the TV about the volcano rescue. Looking up from it, she stared at him firmly, before sighing and speaking in a defeated tone: “Well, while I am a bit disappointed that you deliberately disobeyed my order to stay out of the fight, I am also grateful that you not only saved my life, but the lives of all those people who called Toride their home. And it’s quite clear to me now that the other members of the team really respect your field leadership skills… So, it looks like you’ll be taking on the role of the Red Ranger, despite my misgivings about letting you join the team! After all, I was hoping that you could have a bit more time to recover and have the chance to experience a normal life for a while, but it looks like that’s not likely to happen… I’ll need to hold onto your Drive Tracker for a bit however, while I make a list of what tweaks will need to be done to make sure it works for you, in either form, without revealing the fact that you can change your gender. After all, you’ll never know when you may have to morph after getting splashed with cold water! Maybe put a voice changer in the helmet, or something like that....”
“Okay mom,” Ranma responded while he mentally breathed a sigh of relief, having expected more of a fight about being the Red Ranger from her. ‘I made a promise to protect you mom, and I intend to keep it, no matter what…’ Aloud, he continued to speak: “I’ll try to not let you down! And thank you, for giving me a chance… Now I think I’ll tell the others about my curse before I forget to do so!”
“Are you sure son? That is a pretty big step to take so soon,” Nodoka enquired, quite surprised by Ranma’s decision to reveal the curse now and to people he’d only met this afternoon. After all, it had taken him almost one and a half years to finally reveal his curse to her, his own mother… ‘Although, to be fair to him,’ she reflected: ‘that was all due to Genma putting the fear of Kami in him of what I might have done to him, because of that stupid pledge we made! Yet another reason for him not to know what’s going on; that fool has caused me and Ranma so much trouble, trouble that I’m still cleaning up even now… At least he believes that the legend of the Corona Aroua is just a fairy tale, which is a relief; it would be a disaster if he got his hands on even one of the jewels!’
“Positive, they deserve to know this,” Ranma replied with a determined look in his eye… “After all, they’re my team-mates and possibly friends now! It’s nice to have some people I can just talk to, without having to deal with gatecrashers. But the truth about my curse is something that could break their trust in me, if the truth comes out at an awkward time… I’m not going to let that happen!” Nodoka nodded her head in agreement, proud that her son was thinking ahead before he made any decision.
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