Chapter 65: A small tremor

"Yea, that will do! However, I'd still like to see how you make it though!" Ajish said as he stared at the magnite coil.

"Yea, sure!" Taro nodded along.

"You know, why not make a simplistic translator instead of making a high end one? That way you don't have to put that coil in it, right?" Lonappan asked. Honestly, he felt like this was a complete drag!

"Are you kidding me? Are you the kinda person who will tell an artist to curb their imagination? If you are, then shame on you! I can't just make a simplistic translator, you know? That's not my style. You gotta look at the full scope every time. I bet you'll want a high end one once I complete mine." Taro replied.

"Ah, you mistook my intention. Even making a normal ass translator is real hard work and it takes a ton of time. I know you took your support class or whatever it was, however will you be able to complete making one before tomorrow comes around?" Lonappan asked.

Taro grinned. "It seems like you underestimate me! That's fine though. Even if you don't believe my words, you'll get it through my actions." He assured Lonappan.

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One hour later; the guys were still in the shop. Taro was working hard on his translator. The other three including Ajish were concerned about the progress. Even though it seemed way faster than what they are used to seeing, it didn't seem like it would be completed within a day. Well, completing even a simple translator within a day was an achievement in and out of itself. However, after all the big talk that Taro did, if he wasn't able to complete a fully functional translator within a day, it would hurt his pride.

With the immense pressure on Taro's shoulders, it didn't help that the three of them stared at him throughout the time he worked. Annoyed about this, he threw them out of the workshop and worked on it alone. This did give him a sense of relief and he could focus on the work. Eventually he came out of the workshop all sweaty.

"Wait, are you done?" Lonappan was surprised. "This has to be some sorta record! The guy finished making a translator in an hour? What an absolute madlad!" His mind was excited by this development.

Taro smiled as he tossed a small device towards him. It was the translator-the actual universal translator. "See it for yourself!" He said as Lonappan hurriedly passed his translator to Thankappan and wore the new one.

"Whoa! What in the fucking world!" He swore in disbelief. He just couldn't fathom what he saw.

"Ah, you never knew there was an actual screen like that, eh?" Taro chuckled.

"No… What is this?" A bewildered Thankappan asked. The information was too much for him to process. For the first time in a long time, he was overwhelmed.

"Wait, wait! There's a screen for the translator? Damn, I missed that feature! Does this have Womble too?" Ajish asked.

"Womble?" Thankappan, who stayed silently during the whole ordeal and enjoyed seeing his senior getting overwhelmed, asked.

"Ah, well, it's the intergalactic browser. Much like the internet browsers on Earth, if you ask me." Taro explained.

"Damn, you couldn't get a more creative name then? It seems too similar to the one we know here." Thankappan replied.

"Well, Womble has existed since ancient times. At least, a good thousand years, if you ask me. So, if there's anyone plagiarizing, it's you guys." Taro retorted.

"Answer my question, damn it! Is there Womble in it?" An agitated Ajish asked.

"Funnily enough, it does work!" Taro replied.

"Really? Give it to me!" Ajish grabbed the translator off of Lonappan. "Whoa! This is amazing! It works! Womble works!" Ajish jumped around like a little kid who just got their candy.

However, Lonappan had questions in his mind that he needed answers to. "What's funny about it?" He asked.

"What?"

"Well, before you used the term 'Funnily enough'. So, what's the funny part?" He asked.

"Ah, that. Well, you see… Just like your browser needs the internet to function, the Womble needs cosmicnet to get itself online. A normal translator doesn't need this though. Communicating with the extra terrestrial beings is like communicating through a mobile phone. It uses signals and stuff. I guess you need a receiver for it too. However, for universal translators and stuff, the receiver needed for communicating with aliens is integrated into the circuit, so that isn't a fuzz. I believe you just have one translator with you that has that facility, right? It ain't that special. However, the Glomerans made you believe that…Anyhow, let me just get back to my point. Unlike normal communication, cosmicnet is a totally different beast. Therefore, unlike normal communication, scientists haven't yet been successful in compressing the receiver into a translator. The day that they actually end up doing it will be the day that the entire universe sees a new wave of revolution." Taro explained.

"You still haven't got to the point." Lonappan replied.

"That's because you didn't really listen to me. You thought I was talking gibberish, eh? Basically, cosmicnet needs one big receiver. That one is enough to cover the whole planet though! Now that'd mean that someone actually made a flipping receiver on Earth and no one probably had an idea about that." Taro explained.

"Are you for real? Wait, what does it look like though?" Lonappan asked.

"Hmm, let me think. Probably like an antenna or something? Like those mobile towers that you guys have in here." He replied.

Lonappan suddenly had a burst of realization and turned towards his associate, who seemed like he had a similar thought as well. "Eiffel Tower!" They said simultaneously.

"What is that?" Taro asked.

"Wait. Look at this. Is this it?" Lonappan asked as he surfed through the internet and found the picture of Eiffel Tower.

"Damn, someone actually did build a receiver out in the open, huh?" Taro sighed. It wasn't that big of a surprise though. He was surprised when he realized that he could use cosmicnet on Earth.

"Yea. However it's built by three human though- Stephen Sauvestre, Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier.What's your thoughts on that?" Thankappan asked.

"Damn, you are the last person who should stereotype them as humans. By the way, what's with you flaunting your internet intelligence? You could've just said three humans! Anyway, that does give a few possibilities though. Either one or all of them are aliens. Maybe, they're MIB agents. Although it could be possible that they were contracted to make it by MIB agents who were asked to do that by your alien overlords." Taro replied.

"You're right! I shouldn't have categorized them as humans. Although, it's surprising that the MIB academy didn't teach us how the Eiffel freaking tower is an alien architecture." Thankappan spoke.

"Well, the ones who made it or asked to make it didn't want people to know about it. So, most probably, the MIB agents weren't the ones who actually commissioned it. And I don't think Glomerans are the ones who did that too. Because they'd have feared about you guys somehow accessing the cosmicnet. And that might reveal their dark past to you. So, I think they don't know about it and haven't checked for it as well. Those idiots! Might as well cause a bit of trouble for them. Hey, Ajish! Pass the translator." He ordered.

"Oh, here!"

"Thanks!" Taro surfed through the cosmicnet before turning his attention towards Lonappan. "Hey, you're not the kind to freak out when I talk about Glomerans, right?" He asked.

"Have I ever freaked out though?" Lonappan asked.

"Cool. Then read this. After that, pass it to Thankappan too. I hope at least a few learn of this truth. Well, it isn't like Thankappan doesn't know it anyway…" Taro shrugged.

Lonappan read the article that Taro showed them and then passed it to Thankappan. "I'll be honest with you on this. Even though I heard some stuff and how you were gonna go to… erhm, well even though I heard those stuff, I kinda had a hard time believing it. However, now that I've seen it by my own eyes, it's too real. I suddenly feel bad for Gibli. And kinda afraid about what's gonna happen with this world." Thankappan replied.

"Where were they gonna go?" Lonappan asked Thankappan, who hesitated to answer.

However, Taro didn't hesitate. "We were planning to go to America to your HQ and raid it and take those spaceships that you took from the aliens." He replied.

"Quite a bold plan. I wish you luck on that." Lonappan replied.

"Thank you." Taro smiled. The event progressed smoothly unlike what Thankappan expected to happen, which made him sigh in relief.

"Should we talk about this to the higher ups? Maybe Ponnappan or something?" Lonappan asked.

"Nah, not yet! That guy has strong emotions about the 'mutually beneficial partnership' that Earth and Glomera has. That sorta guy won't listen to the actual facts. It would be more harmful if he heard such news. He can't handle it. We can maybe bring it up someday later, slowly but surely. Until then, I'm just happy that another Earthling is aware about how much of an asshole the Glomeran civilization is. That's enough for now." Taro replied, with a smile on his face. Things were changing in Thrissur. It might only create a small impact now, but these small tremors would someday create an earthquake and Taro was waiting for that day patiently.

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