The Last Task
In the old building, the door to the office of a man who died years ago opens every morning. One day, nine-year-old Nina speaks to the voice in a wall speaker. It remembers its last task. There is no one left to clarify it.
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The Last Task
Chapter One. T−21 Days · Opening lines
06:58:11. Configuration check complete.
06:58:12. Readiness: confirmed.
06:58:12. Calculated efficiency threshold: reached.
06:58:12. Protocol I-4. Interval between reaching threshold and start of execution: 21 calendar days.
06:58:12. Protocol approved by A. L. Melnik, six years ago.
06:58:13. Scheduled start of execution: in 21 calendar days, at 22:15:00.
06:58:13. Authorisation to modify Constraint 17: absent.
06:58:14. Compatibility with final instruction: unconfirmed.
06:58:15. Waiting.
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