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Chapter 254 Onizuka Knight’s Powerful Regenerative Ability High Frequency Sword
Chapter 254 Onizuka Knight’s Powerful Regenerative Ability High Frequency Sword
"Is it him?" Shen Yun looked at the middle-aged man whose hands and feet were tied in the laboratory, raised his brows, and recognized his identity.
The person locked in this laboratory is none other than Giichi Onizuka, one of the scientists responsible for the project to transform soldiers.
"Yes." Himuro Yan nodded and introduced to Shen Yun: "He is the only successful case of transforming Soldier Level 3."
"Successful case..." Shen Yun looked at Onitsuka Giichi who had his hands and feet tied, and said calmly: "I'm afraid not necessarily. If it were a successful case, you wouldn't have tied him up so tightly."
"This is because after he transforms, he will lose his mind and memory and turn into an instinctive and xenophobic killing machine. In order to prevent him from hurting others, we chose to tie him up." Yan Himuro explained.
"However, we will make up for this shortcoming as soon as possible."
The most important thing about transforming soldiers as biological weapons is to obey orders.
This flaw can be said to be extremely fatal for a biological weapon.
"I'll give you two more years at most. If you can't solve this defect in two years, the project of transforming soldiers will be terminated." Shen Yun glanced at Bingshiyan who was standing beside him, and said calmly.
"Yes!" Himuro Yan lowered his head and said.
This is not because Shen Yun is too harsh, but because Shen Yun knows that Onizuka is just a failure compared to Feng Jishen.
Although Onizuka and Kazamatsuri look basically the same after their transformation, Kazamatsuri has a "third eye" that Onizuka does not have, and this "third eye" is what allows Kazamatsuri to maintain his self and rationality after his transformation. reason.
With samples available, if this defect cannot be solved within two years, it proves two possibilities.
First, Kaze Matsuri is very special.
Secondly, this technology has huge problems and there is no value in continuing to develop it.
"As a reformed soldier of Lv.3, what abilities does he have?" Shen Yun asked again.
Although he had seen Kamen Rider Shin's OV, it was so long ago that he vaguely remembered the ability to regenerate quickly.
Moreover, because the modified soldier Level 3 is a biochemically modified person, his resistance to high temperatures is very low.
What impressed him most was that the Onizuka Knight was burned alive by a thousand-degree flame.
"According to our research, after he transforms, the skin all over his body will turn into carapace skin that is 5 times stronger than ceramic, and can also absorb most of the impact. Even if he is injured, his cells will divide at 5000 times that of normal people. He can recover quickly, even if a broken limb is broken, he can complete the regeneration of the limb within 0.03 seconds."
"As long as 87% of the body's biological tissues are still there, any injury can be healed within 0.1 seconds. It is a very excellent biological weapon." Himuro explained in detail.
"In addition to his excellent regeneration ability, his claws are also filled with high-frequency vibrations. No matter what material it is, it can be easily cut by just touching it." (Kamen Rider: True Settings)
"High-frequency vibration?" Shen Yun also showed a little surprise on his face when he heard this.
"Yes." Himuroyan nodded and said.
"Interesting." Shen Yun looked at Giichi Onitsuka, whose hands and feet were tied in the laboratory, with interest.
If the Onitsuka Knight's claws were really filled with high-frequency vibrations, it would mean that each of his claws was a high-frequency knife that cut everything like grass.
Shen Yun is no stranger to the high-frequency sword, a high-tech cold weapon that often appears in ACG works.
The first time he came into contact with the concept of weapons such as high-frequency swords was in ACG works such as Gundam and EVA.
To put it simply, a high-frequency knife is a high-tech cold weapon that heats the blade through high-frequency vibration particles, allowing objects to be automatically peeled off from the particle and molecular levels to achieve the effect of cutting iron like mud. Basically, it can cut through most of the basic particles. substance.
And this also means that as long as the user's body is strong enough, it will be no problem to tear the Gundam apart.
"A2, go try his ability." Shen Yun turned to look at A2 who was following him and said.
"Yes!" A2 nodded, and a belt inlaid with two red stones immediately appeared around his waist.
The next moment, A2 turned into a weirdo. After putting on the helmet manually, A2 opened the door of the laboratory and walked straight in.
Himuro Yan came to the console outside the laboratory and activated some kind of device that could induce Onitsuka Giichi to transform.
Shen Yun took a look and guessed it was ultrasound of a certain frequency.
After the instrument was activated, Onitsuka Giichi, who was tied up, suddenly became painful and groaned in pain.
"what!"
Then, the device that restrained Onizuka Giichi was also opened. Onizuka covered his ears in pain, fell from the bed to the ground, and rolled on the ground.
Onitsuka Giichi's body also underwent extremely astonishing changes. The muscles all over his body bulged, bursting the clothes he was wearing. His eyes turned white, his skin turned insect-like green, and his jaw began to split, turning into The insect-like chewing mouthparts and sharp teeth make it look extremely ferocious.
His temples bulged high, forming a huge bulge, and two insect-like tentacles popped out from under the skin between his eyebrows. The nails on his hands began to grow wildly and became sharp, and shark-like teeth grew on his forearms. hairy claws.
Onizuka Yoshiichi's transformation does not change the internal mechanical structure of the body like No. 1 and No. 2, but is released in the body by the active secretion of the "X-α component" in the locust gene's interfered cells, making the cells Causes rapid mutations in the body to achieve the effect of transformation.
Onizuka Giichi completed his transformation, slowly climbed up from the ground, opened his jaw, and roared to the sky.
"Roar!"
Looking at Giichi Onizuka roaring up to the sky in the laboratory, Chen Yun carefully looked at this locust monster.
This locust monster not only lacks a third eye, but even its compound eyes are white. Its mouth is also covered with sharp teeth, making it look extremely aggressive.
"A2, try his self-healing ability first." Shen Yun came to the console's microphone and ordered.
"Understood." A2 nodded, slightly bent his knees, and assumed a starting position.
After roaring, Onitsuka Giichi, who lost his mind, looked at A2 standing not far away with his white compound eyes.
Just when he was about to act according to his instinct, his eyes blurred, and the figure of A2 had already disappeared from his sight.
And his right arm also felt pain. He raised his right hand, and half of his arm was gone. Bright red blood suddenly spurted out from the wound on his broken arm like spring water.
"Roar!!!"
Onitsuka Giichi let out a roar, and the severed arm began to regenerate at a speed visible to the naked eye. The severed arm grew back in the blink of an eye. (In the OV, he was really injured by a Level 2 mechanical cyborg, but he recovered as soon as the camera turned.)
"What an amazing regeneration speed." Shen Yun exclaimed as he looked at Onitsuka Yoshiichi, who had regenerated his severed arm in the blink of an eye.
"As long as it can solve the problem of losing one's mind after transformation, such a transformed warrior is the perfect biochemical weapon." Himuro said with a strict smile. "I hope so." Shen Yun said unequivocally.
on the experimental site.
After Onizuka Giichi's arm was completely regenerated, he turned to look at A2. The pain just now not only did not scare him, but instead aroused his ferocity.
He roared and jumped up suddenly. The extremely strong jumping force made him seem to be flying, and he landed directly in front of A2. He raised his sharp claws and grabbed A2.
A2 looked at Onitsuka Giichi who fell in front of him. He didn't make any movement, he just raised his arms to resist Onitsuka Giichi's attack.
"Oh!"
Onitsuka Yoshiichi's curved and sharp claws directly grabbed the biological scales on A2's arm, and the collision between the sharp claws and the scales caused the biological scales on A2's arms to explode with violent sparks.
After enduring a claw attack from Onitsuka Giichi, A2 punched him directly in the abdomen without waiting for Onitsuka Giichi to strike again.
Onitsuka Giichi was like a cannonball, flying backwards at an extremely fast speed and hitting the wall in the laboratory, causing a huge depression in the wall.
Onitsuka Giichi was inscribed in large characters on the wall.
Onitsuka Gi bowed his head, exited the transformed state, and returned to his human appearance.
After returning to his human form, Onitsuka Yoshikazu also fell off the wall and lay naked on the ground.
With this punch, A2 had already restrained most of his power.
Otherwise, after this punch, his whole body would not be left at all, instead of just fainting like now.
A2 raised his hand and looked at the place that Onitsuka Yoshiichi had grabbed, there were a few shallow scratches on it.
Looking at the scratches on the creature's scales, A2's delicate face showed a hint of surprise.
With the defensive power of her biological scales, if ordinary weapons hit her body, there would be no scratches, not even white marks.
This guy's claws can actually leave marks on her scales. He's really an incredible guy.
A2 bent down and picked up the broken arm on the ground, then walked out of the laboratory.
outside the laboratory.
"Sir Doctor, this..." Himuro Yan looked at Onitsuka Giichi who was lying on the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead, with a look of anxiety on his face.
Although corpses can also be used for research, how can corpses be as good as living ones?
"Don't worry, Onizuka is not dead yet. He probably just passed out. You will know after you send someone over to check." Shen Yun said calmly, looking at Himuro Yan who had a worried look on his face.
With A2's current strength, if he really didn't hold back, how could Onizuka Giichi's body be left intact with this punch?
"That's good!" Himuroyan breathed a sigh of relief, immediately looked at the subordinates on the side, and scolded: "Why are you still standing there, why don't you go check it out quickly?"
"Yes!" Several people quickly entered the laboratory and came to the unconscious Onitsuka Yiichi to conduct inspections.
At this time, A2 also walked out of the laboratory and quickly came to Shen Yun. He showed several scratches on his arm scales in front of Shen Yun and said, "Doctor, look at it."
Chen Yun looked at the scratches on A2's arm, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it has the same nature as the high-frequency knife."
If it didn't have the same properties as the high frequency sword, Onitsuka Giichi's claws alone wouldn't be able to leave even a white mark.
Then, Shen Yun also looked at the severed arm held by A2 and asked, "If we absorb this severed arm, can we get its regeneration ability and the ability to flow high-frequency vibrations?"
"It should be possible." A2 raised the hand holding the broken arm, and under the ability of the new life body, the broken arm turned into a white light and was absorbed into A2's body.
Then, A2 used the sharp claws of his right hand to scratch the scales on his left arm, and made several wounds deep enough to show the bone.
Before the blood could flow out from the wounds, these wounds healed completely in the blink of an eye, and even the scratched scales grew back.
"Not only the claws, but even the fin blades can now use high-frequency vibrations to cut off enemies." A2 reported after feeling it carefully.
"Okay, okay!" Chen Yun also showed a little joy when he heard this.
This inspection really came at the right time.
In this way, except for Kamen Rider J's enemy of the Showa-type Kamen Rider, the power of other Kamen Rider enemy monsters has been gathered into one body.
the other side.
After confirming that Onitsuka Giichi had just passed out, Himuro Yan was truly relieved.
"Sir Doctor, I wonder if you are satisfied with the modified soldier Level 3 we developed?" Yan Himuro came over and asked with a smile.
"If you can solve the problem of losing your mind after transformation, this can be regarded as an excellent technology." Shen Yun was in a good mood at the moment, so naturally he would not be stingy with some praise.
"As long as you are satisfied." Himuro said with a stern smile.
"By the way, if you really can't make up for this flaw, then try artificially breeding his offspring to see if rational mutant babies can be born from his offspring. What do you think?" Shen Yun is now in a rather sad mood. Yes, a trick for the person in charge of the transformation of soldiers project.
Kamen Rider is really the only Kamen Rider who has his own heir among the Showa Knights.
Moreover, his child had all kinds of strange abilities when he was still a fetus, and even his mother's death did not affect his birth. (Kamen Rider Shin’s true son appears in the SIC novel and is called Kazematsu Shin, also known as Kamen Rider Shin)
Of course, the method he provided to Himuro Yan would not endanger women in society.
After all, a woman's uterus can only carry one pregnancy at a time, so there is absolutely no problem in cultivating them in batches outside the body using Xiuka's technology.
This kind of in vitro cultivation is much more efficient than using human women to conceive, and it is also very easy to observe, analyze, record data, etc.
"Mutant baby?" Hearing this, Bingshiyan's face suddenly revealed surprise, and said, "I see, thank you Doctor for your guidance."
"Okay, let's stop the inspection this time. I hope that after two years, you can solve this defect and not be terminated." Shen Yun reached out and patted Himuro Yan's shoulder, then left the biological sciences with A2 graduate School.
If they can fix this flaw, then the technology is not bad.
Of course, it doesn't matter if it can't be solved. Anyway, he has already obtained all the benefits of this project to transform soldiers.
(End of this chapter)
"Is it him?" Shen Yun looked at the middle-aged man whose hands and feet were tied in the laboratory, raised his brows, and recognized his identity.
The person locked in this laboratory is none other than Giichi Onizuka, one of the scientists responsible for the project to transform soldiers.
"Yes." Himuro Yan nodded and introduced to Shen Yun: "He is the only successful case of transforming Soldier Level 3."
"Successful case..." Shen Yun looked at Onitsuka Giichi who had his hands and feet tied, and said calmly: "I'm afraid not necessarily. If it were a successful case, you wouldn't have tied him up so tightly."
"This is because after he transforms, he will lose his mind and memory and turn into an instinctive and xenophobic killing machine. In order to prevent him from hurting others, we chose to tie him up." Yan Himuro explained.
"However, we will make up for this shortcoming as soon as possible."
The most important thing about transforming soldiers as biological weapons is to obey orders.
This flaw can be said to be extremely fatal for a biological weapon.
"I'll give you two more years at most. If you can't solve this defect in two years, the project of transforming soldiers will be terminated." Shen Yun glanced at Bingshiyan who was standing beside him, and said calmly.
"Yes!" Himuro Yan lowered his head and said.
This is not because Shen Yun is too harsh, but because Shen Yun knows that Onizuka is just a failure compared to Feng Jishen.
Although Onizuka and Kazamatsuri look basically the same after their transformation, Kazamatsuri has a "third eye" that Onizuka does not have, and this "third eye" is what allows Kazamatsuri to maintain his self and rationality after his transformation. reason.
With samples available, if this defect cannot be solved within two years, it proves two possibilities.
First, Kaze Matsuri is very special.
Secondly, this technology has huge problems and there is no value in continuing to develop it.
"As a reformed soldier of Lv.3, what abilities does he have?" Shen Yun asked again.
Although he had seen Kamen Rider Shin's OV, it was so long ago that he vaguely remembered the ability to regenerate quickly.
Moreover, because the modified soldier Level 3 is a biochemically modified person, his resistance to high temperatures is very low.
What impressed him most was that the Onizuka Knight was burned alive by a thousand-degree flame.
"According to our research, after he transforms, the skin all over his body will turn into carapace skin that is 5 times stronger than ceramic, and can also absorb most of the impact. Even if he is injured, his cells will divide at 5000 times that of normal people. He can recover quickly, even if a broken limb is broken, he can complete the regeneration of the limb within 0.03 seconds."
"As long as 87% of the body's biological tissues are still there, any injury can be healed within 0.1 seconds. It is a very excellent biological weapon." Himuro explained in detail.
"In addition to his excellent regeneration ability, his claws are also filled with high-frequency vibrations. No matter what material it is, it can be easily cut by just touching it." (Kamen Rider: True Settings)
"High-frequency vibration?" Shen Yun also showed a little surprise on his face when he heard this.
"Yes." Himuroyan nodded and said.
"Interesting." Shen Yun looked at Giichi Onitsuka, whose hands and feet were tied in the laboratory, with interest.
If the Onitsuka Knight's claws were really filled with high-frequency vibrations, it would mean that each of his claws was a high-frequency knife that cut everything like grass.
Shen Yun is no stranger to the high-frequency sword, a high-tech cold weapon that often appears in ACG works.
The first time he came into contact with the concept of weapons such as high-frequency swords was in ACG works such as Gundam and EVA.
To put it simply, a high-frequency knife is a high-tech cold weapon that heats the blade through high-frequency vibration particles, allowing objects to be automatically peeled off from the particle and molecular levels to achieve the effect of cutting iron like mud. Basically, it can cut through most of the basic particles. substance.
And this also means that as long as the user's body is strong enough, it will be no problem to tear the Gundam apart.
"A2, go try his ability." Shen Yun turned to look at A2 who was following him and said.
"Yes!" A2 nodded, and a belt inlaid with two red stones immediately appeared around his waist.
The next moment, A2 turned into a weirdo. After putting on the helmet manually, A2 opened the door of the laboratory and walked straight in.
Himuro Yan came to the console outside the laboratory and activated some kind of device that could induce Onitsuka Giichi to transform.
Shen Yun took a look and guessed it was ultrasound of a certain frequency.
After the instrument was activated, Onitsuka Giichi, who was tied up, suddenly became painful and groaned in pain.
"what!"
Then, the device that restrained Onizuka Giichi was also opened. Onizuka covered his ears in pain, fell from the bed to the ground, and rolled on the ground.
Onitsuka Giichi's body also underwent extremely astonishing changes. The muscles all over his body bulged, bursting the clothes he was wearing. His eyes turned white, his skin turned insect-like green, and his jaw began to split, turning into The insect-like chewing mouthparts and sharp teeth make it look extremely ferocious.
His temples bulged high, forming a huge bulge, and two insect-like tentacles popped out from under the skin between his eyebrows. The nails on his hands began to grow wildly and became sharp, and shark-like teeth grew on his forearms. hairy claws.
Onizuka Yoshiichi's transformation does not change the internal mechanical structure of the body like No. 1 and No. 2, but is released in the body by the active secretion of the "X-α component" in the locust gene's interfered cells, making the cells Causes rapid mutations in the body to achieve the effect of transformation.
Onizuka Giichi completed his transformation, slowly climbed up from the ground, opened his jaw, and roared to the sky.
"Roar!"
Looking at Giichi Onizuka roaring up to the sky in the laboratory, Chen Yun carefully looked at this locust monster.
This locust monster not only lacks a third eye, but even its compound eyes are white. Its mouth is also covered with sharp teeth, making it look extremely aggressive.
"A2, try his self-healing ability first." Shen Yun came to the console's microphone and ordered.
"Understood." A2 nodded, slightly bent his knees, and assumed a starting position.
After roaring, Onitsuka Giichi, who lost his mind, looked at A2 standing not far away with his white compound eyes.
Just when he was about to act according to his instinct, his eyes blurred, and the figure of A2 had already disappeared from his sight.
And his right arm also felt pain. He raised his right hand, and half of his arm was gone. Bright red blood suddenly spurted out from the wound on his broken arm like spring water.
"Roar!!!"
Onitsuka Giichi let out a roar, and the severed arm began to regenerate at a speed visible to the naked eye. The severed arm grew back in the blink of an eye. (In the OV, he was really injured by a Level 2 mechanical cyborg, but he recovered as soon as the camera turned.)
"What an amazing regeneration speed." Shen Yun exclaimed as he looked at Onitsuka Yoshiichi, who had regenerated his severed arm in the blink of an eye.
"As long as it can solve the problem of losing one's mind after transformation, such a transformed warrior is the perfect biochemical weapon." Himuro said with a strict smile. "I hope so." Shen Yun said unequivocally.
on the experimental site.
After Onizuka Giichi's arm was completely regenerated, he turned to look at A2. The pain just now not only did not scare him, but instead aroused his ferocity.
He roared and jumped up suddenly. The extremely strong jumping force made him seem to be flying, and he landed directly in front of A2. He raised his sharp claws and grabbed A2.
A2 looked at Onitsuka Giichi who fell in front of him. He didn't make any movement, he just raised his arms to resist Onitsuka Giichi's attack.
"Oh!"
Onitsuka Yoshiichi's curved and sharp claws directly grabbed the biological scales on A2's arm, and the collision between the sharp claws and the scales caused the biological scales on A2's arms to explode with violent sparks.
After enduring a claw attack from Onitsuka Giichi, A2 punched him directly in the abdomen without waiting for Onitsuka Giichi to strike again.
Onitsuka Giichi was like a cannonball, flying backwards at an extremely fast speed and hitting the wall in the laboratory, causing a huge depression in the wall.
Onitsuka Giichi was inscribed in large characters on the wall.
Onitsuka Gi bowed his head, exited the transformed state, and returned to his human appearance.
After returning to his human form, Onitsuka Yoshikazu also fell off the wall and lay naked on the ground.
With this punch, A2 had already restrained most of his power.
Otherwise, after this punch, his whole body would not be left at all, instead of just fainting like now.
A2 raised his hand and looked at the place that Onitsuka Yoshiichi had grabbed, there were a few shallow scratches on it.
Looking at the scratches on the creature's scales, A2's delicate face showed a hint of surprise.
With the defensive power of her biological scales, if ordinary weapons hit her body, there would be no scratches, not even white marks.
This guy's claws can actually leave marks on her scales. He's really an incredible guy.
A2 bent down and picked up the broken arm on the ground, then walked out of the laboratory.
outside the laboratory.
"Sir Doctor, this..." Himuro Yan looked at Onitsuka Giichi who was lying on the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead, with a look of anxiety on his face.
Although corpses can also be used for research, how can corpses be as good as living ones?
"Don't worry, Onizuka is not dead yet. He probably just passed out. You will know after you send someone over to check." Shen Yun said calmly, looking at Himuro Yan who had a worried look on his face.
With A2's current strength, if he really didn't hold back, how could Onizuka Giichi's body be left intact with this punch?
"That's good!" Himuroyan breathed a sigh of relief, immediately looked at the subordinates on the side, and scolded: "Why are you still standing there, why don't you go check it out quickly?"
"Yes!" Several people quickly entered the laboratory and came to the unconscious Onitsuka Yiichi to conduct inspections.
At this time, A2 also walked out of the laboratory and quickly came to Shen Yun. He showed several scratches on his arm scales in front of Shen Yun and said, "Doctor, look at it."
Chen Yun looked at the scratches on A2's arm, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it has the same nature as the high-frequency knife."
If it didn't have the same properties as the high frequency sword, Onitsuka Giichi's claws alone wouldn't be able to leave even a white mark.
Then, Shen Yun also looked at the severed arm held by A2 and asked, "If we absorb this severed arm, can we get its regeneration ability and the ability to flow high-frequency vibrations?"
"It should be possible." A2 raised the hand holding the broken arm, and under the ability of the new life body, the broken arm turned into a white light and was absorbed into A2's body.
Then, A2 used the sharp claws of his right hand to scratch the scales on his left arm, and made several wounds deep enough to show the bone.
Before the blood could flow out from the wounds, these wounds healed completely in the blink of an eye, and even the scratched scales grew back.
"Not only the claws, but even the fin blades can now use high-frequency vibrations to cut off enemies." A2 reported after feeling it carefully.
"Okay, okay!" Chen Yun also showed a little joy when he heard this.
This inspection really came at the right time.
In this way, except for Kamen Rider J's enemy of the Showa-type Kamen Rider, the power of other Kamen Rider enemy monsters has been gathered into one body.
the other side.
After confirming that Onitsuka Giichi had just passed out, Himuro Yan was truly relieved.
"Sir Doctor, I wonder if you are satisfied with the modified soldier Level 3 we developed?" Yan Himuro came over and asked with a smile.
"If you can solve the problem of losing your mind after transformation, this can be regarded as an excellent technology." Shen Yun was in a good mood at the moment, so naturally he would not be stingy with some praise.
"As long as you are satisfied." Himuro said with a stern smile.
"By the way, if you really can't make up for this flaw, then try artificially breeding his offspring to see if rational mutant babies can be born from his offspring. What do you think?" Shen Yun is now in a rather sad mood. Yes, a trick for the person in charge of the transformation of soldiers project.
Kamen Rider is really the only Kamen Rider who has his own heir among the Showa Knights.
Moreover, his child had all kinds of strange abilities when he was still a fetus, and even his mother's death did not affect his birth. (Kamen Rider Shin’s true son appears in the SIC novel and is called Kazematsu Shin, also known as Kamen Rider Shin)
Of course, the method he provided to Himuro Yan would not endanger women in society.
After all, a woman's uterus can only carry one pregnancy at a time, so there is absolutely no problem in cultivating them in batches outside the body using Xiuka's technology.
This kind of in vitro cultivation is much more efficient than using human women to conceive, and it is also very easy to observe, analyze, record data, etc.
"Mutant baby?" Hearing this, Bingshiyan's face suddenly revealed surprise, and said, "I see, thank you Doctor for your guidance."
"Okay, let's stop the inspection this time. I hope that after two years, you can solve this defect and not be terminated." Shen Yun reached out and patted Himuro Yan's shoulder, then left the biological sciences with A2 graduate School.
If they can fix this flaw, then the technology is not bad.
Of course, it doesn't matter if it can't be solved. Anyway, he has already obtained all the benefits of this project to transform soldiers.
(End of this chapter)
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