Accel World Vol 5 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3
After parting fro to his e rooed out of his uniforers over his virtual desktop
He first opened a browser and vocally inputted the search words
“Social camera, export”
That news article on that was immediately displayed at the top of the search results
[Installation of japan’s security system into Hermes Cord]
‘Security systey
And «Hermes Cord» was—
The name of the «space elevator» that had been built in the East Pacific Ocean
Clicking the link with his finger, Haruyuki thought hard as he read the news story text
This article reported, to summarize, that the sa adopted as the security systeround station for the space elevator was located in the sea near Christmas Island, a place quite far away from japan With social caram really adopt it as an «Area[1]»? Even if it did so, would there be a way to Dive there?
After desperately thinking over in his head for about thirty seconds, Haruyuki quickly abandoned the effort He had too little knowledge to find the answer to this question About Brain Burst, and also about the space elevator At a time like this, he should ask for advice from his leader Yes, if it was that person, she should have plenty of knowledge on both subjects
After closing the browser and starting a mail, he then hesitated for a bit
Haruyuki considered the ratio within hi to talk with her using that as an excuse», and after concluding ‘Hmm, it’s a 6:4 ratio!’, he quickly threw himself into the text mail In order to make an Dive Call appointment with the talented woman with zero weak subjects, one of the a Nebulas», and the «Black King», Kuroyukihime
The specified tiot was in tenhis supper of a frozen shri tea in that interval, Haruyuki Full-Dived one ed the environmental data of his home’s local network to the object set he had downloaded from an overseas website
When he had invited Kuroyukihime over to his home network in a similar manner once before, he had frantically flurried his head over the sets he had on hand that were either cold or filled with gunpowder, so since then he had collected ones here and there that seeood atmosphere His e capacity of their hoh
Once he had taken care of all the preparations, he pressed the connection request button as soon as the designated ti a call sound for several seconds, an avatar appeared before him
A jet-black dress with glea silver frills A folded parasol of the sas with a red pattern design on her back
With her mystique increased just a little more than her form in the real world, the fairy princess first s avatar, and then looked around at her surroundings
Then, her eyes suddenly widened, and she clung to the side of a pillar with great force while letting out a cry
“U-Uwaah!?”
“Heh!? W-What’s wrong!?’
“E-E-Even if you ask what’s wrong, it’s all this! W-W-What-What is this environmental data!?”
When she shouted that, Haruyuki also frantically looked at the surroundings
A ridgeline of lowed purple Vast woods and prairies, and a stone-h tower that commanded a view of that beautiful scenery Since there weren’t any handrails anywhere on the very narroatchtoith a diameter of about three as lamp in the center, the vieas the best
“U-Umm…isn’t it b-beautiful? It’s an object set I found beforehand in the German net, but…”
“Before that, just how h is this thin tower!?”
Seeing her ask that with a pale face, Haruyuki peered down froe of the tower His sense of distance told hiht of the government office he had ju, so he answered as such
“E-Err…about five hundred meters…”
“That’s too high, idiot! Or what, were you aie effect!?”
“H-Huh? What is that?”
“The suspension bridge effect is…when in a dangerous place like a high suspension bridge, the feeling of fear is mistaken for…”[2]
Kuroyukihime stopped her words suddenly in the h, she glared at Haruyuki again
“…Anyway, that kind of psychological effect is already less with me! Well…since this isn’t a duel, I’d probably be fine even if I fell fro in advance…”
After the end of her sentence dissolved into mutters, Kuroyukihime stood up at last, and then lowered herself down onto the chair next to her After Haruyuki also sat down in front of her, he asked a little dejectedly
“Ue it to another object set?”
“No, it’s fine Whatever the height, it’s so you searched for”
Finally seeing a sh He scratched his head with his left hand that had turn into a round hoof, and then gave a delayed greeting
“E-Err…Good evening, senpai Sorry for calling you so suddenly”
“Good evening, Haruyuki-kun No, since eren’t able to talk at school today, I’lad I’m able to meet with you now”
Since the cultural festival was at the end of June at U job for the current student council, the vice-president Kuroyukihi that, Haruyuki took this opportunity to ask the question he had thought of several times until now
“Speaking of which, why did you become a member of the student council, senpai? Since the chairman and vice-president are decided by election, you have to announce your candidacy, right?”
“Hmm, well yes Your question of ‘Why did I, so a Level 10 Burst Linker, do that?’ is quite natural Duels that take up ti are also unavoidable, too”
After giving a ful smile, Kuroyukihime continued
“However, if I had to answer honestly, it was all because of Brain Burst that I became a student council member as well”
“Eh…eeh!?”
“Think about it, to Burst Linkers, the school you attend is the rasp all the infor could be called a rather indispensable matter If you’re a member of the student council, you can have almost full access to the school database, after all With that point of view…”
There, Kuroyukihi unexpected
“I don’t think that the next student council elections that will be at the top for two terms will be a problem How about you run for president, Haruyuki-kun?”
“Wha…W-W-W-W-Wha-Wha-Wha”
After juhtly out of his chair, Haruyuki shook his nose back and forth at high speed
“I-I-I-I-I like that, I really would get a dismissal ticket by the Supreme Justice Court, really!”
“H Takumu-kun as the president and you as the vice-president either…”
“That! Isn’t! The problem!”
Resolutely turning her dohile slightly infected by Frost Horn’s tone, Haruyuki forcibly changed the subject
“Anyway, I dueled in shi+njuku today, and…”
“Yeah, I heard a ruainst some of «Leonids» main forces”
“N-News of that traveled quickly”
When Haruyuki blinked at that, Kuroyukihihtly more sarcastic one
“Of course I know that you were in quite a close mood with Chiyuri-kun”
“N-No, that’s, umm, uh, err”
“What’s wrong? I', aether is most important”
As he got a cold sweat froed the subject once again
“J-Just before that duel ended, the opponent said ‘I’ll dropkick you froht of so!”
Quickly opening his browser, he called up the article in question and slid theover to Kuroyukihime
“Umm, senpai, do you also know about that news article?”
“…japan’s security systelanced at it on the evening news, but…”
After glancing at the holo-, Kuroyukihime looked up and tilted her head a little in puzzlement
“What about this article?”
“Err…Actually, I had a little idea…although itextremely off the point, but…or rather, I feel truly sorry about calling you out for so of that extent, but…”
After extending his ht up the main topic
“That security systeht? In other words, won’t the Pacific space elevator be entirely in the «Camera Sphere»? When that happens…will the Hermes Cord appear in Accel World as well…is what I mean…”
When he had finished saying that much, Kuroyukihime widened her eyes, so Haruyuki prepared hi are you saying?’, or get angry and say ‘Don’t call me for such a foolish idea’
However—
“……H——mm”
After giving a long huers to her chin, and stared at the bro again
Finally, she raised her head and shook her head slightly
“How to say this…you’re a guy who thinks of very wild things But…it’s interesting Yeah, it’s a very interesting idea…”
“H-Hah”
As Haruyuki let out a foolish voice without knowing how to react, Kuroyukihime rose fro back and forth on the narroatchtower as if she had forgotten her fear of the five hundred ht
“Even if social cameras are installed there…it would normally be a closed network, but…in the Hermes Cord’s central station, is there really the extra space and spare electrical energy needed for acco system? Rather that that, it’sto japan’s SSSC through satellite connection If it’s like that…then it’s possible that the BB Prograh even the firewalls there…”
“U-Umm”
Soorously waved both his short hands
“Senpai, I don’t get what you’re saying at all”
Stopping her walk at exactly that instant, Kuroyukihier waved back and forth as if she avering over how to explain, and then she spoke
“Hmm…In other words, it’s like this Since the Hern is extreht…”
“What does low orbit-type mean?”
“…So that’s where you get stuck”
Kuroyukihiain
After giving a s blank ith her left hand She drew a circle at the bottoertip, and wrote [Earth] inside it in elegant letters
“Then, I’ll start fro basics A space elevator, or also called an orbital elevator, is si from the surface of the earth up to space, in order to carry people and o up and down it Unlike launch-type rockets or round-trip shuttles, the elevator’s conveyance cost per weight can be made low beyond comparison However…”
Kuroyukihie conical tower extending up from the round Earth
“If, for exa up to space using the same method of construction as the Tokyo Sky Tree, the area of the base would have to be on a scale that would take up japan’s entire surface, like so No matter the circumstance, a tower of Babel like this is ie your way of thinking”
She quickly erased the tower, and this time drew a small square in a section of outer space far away from the Earth
“First, you build a station in geostationary orbit 36,000 kht cable is suspended doard the Earth’s surface froeostationary orbit will synchronize almost perfectly with the Earth’s rotation, so it will seeests withoutfrom that one point in the Earth’s sky Therefore…”
She drew a line that went down froeostationary orbital station to the Earth
“Once the end of the cable that reaches the ground is fixed in place, a tower…or rather, a ladder that stretches up from Earth to space is completed in this manner”
“Hah, I see!”
Haruyuki was iht hand’s hoof
However, he soon after furrowed his eyebrows and turned his head sideways
“No, but, wait a th is no less than 36,000 kh cable for the elevator to be installed, its total weight will be incredibly huge, won’t it? By pulling tight on the cable, won’t the geostationary orbital station fall to Earth?”
“It will fall down!”
Since Kuroyukihiave such an immediate answer, Haruyuki’s hips slipped on top of his chair
“Wha…”
“Then, to deal with that, they do this”
This time, Kuroyukihime extended a line upwards from the station, and then drew a black dot at the end of it
“You just need to lengthen the cable further above the station and then stick a weight at its end, so that the station becoht…in other words, at center of its gravity Then, an upward vector occurs due to the centrifugal force of the rotating weight, and it balances with the doeight produced by the cable”
“Hah, I see!”
Haruyuki was once again iain tilted his head
“…So, where is that weight brought from?”
Kuroyukihihtly abrupt words
“—The concept of this «geostationary orbit-type space elevator» was actually announced by Ao, in 2000 AD However, in those days, they predicted that it would take until 2062 to complete it”
“Heh!? …I-Isn’t that still much further in the future?”
“Yes The reason why it was set in such a far future…is because, in NASA’s plan, it was planned for an asteroid passing within Earth’s neighborhood to be caught, and then used as the weight fastened to the cable extending up froeostationary orbital station”
“Hah!? T-They were going to catch an asteroid!?”
“That’s right They said that, if they waited for as long as sixty-two years, a handy asteroid would fly by with luck and they would also have developed the technology to catch it by then”
“…That’s fifteen years from now, isn’t it? ……Isn’t it still impossible?”
“Yeah, it’s impossible”
No longer able to understand anything, Haruyuki flapped his mouth open and closed
“…B-But…The space elevator «Herht, it was coo, so that was in 2042 H-How did they make it then?”
“That’s the thing…”
Kuroyukihiram she had drawn on the ith her palm
“It’s because, as opposed to the «geostationary orbit-type space elevator» that I explained just nohich is so to speak an initial concept model, the Hermes Cord is a «low orbit-type space elevator», which was redesigned in a more realistic form”