Tenchi Muyo! in the World

Washu was eager to meet the two, especially Mikumo. She was worried in what surrounding he was set in. One day, she asked Naja to help her to visit Seniwa. Naja told her that because then "Seniwa" was in a policy of seclusion, it would be strictly hard for them to meet Mikamo and Mikumo. Still, Washu desired to visit them and Naja gave up convincing her. In order to pass through the defense line without being detected, they needed a high level technology. It was possible for Washu and Naja to develop such system by themselves, but it would have taken dozens of years to complete it. That would be too much. As for this, they have decided to use the technology of the graduated course students of the Academy. These students had the highest ability for each major topics, which actually out striped the technology of the Jurai and other military forces. If they apply their works, it would be much easier for them. However, the problem was that they would not simply offer their knowledge to them. For this, Washu and Naja decided to use the information and technique of a Hacker in the Academy. These Hackers just hacked other private and official databases, which some used for selling and others for their own collection. And their techniques were valuable. Washu and Naja sought for the best Hacker in the Academy, and they ended up to a very close person, Clay. Getting inside his house, they stole Clay's works and started to work on to make a new system of their own. (Of course Washu and Naja left some trick behind which made Clay furious.)

-Washu wanted to meet Mikumo and get him back
-For this she had to get inside "Seniwa" which is now heavily guarded
-And Washu should be listed up as a key person by now
-Also she must get out from the Academy
-To solve these matters, she needs the best technology of the Academy
-It is possible for Washu to develop all of those by herself if she had time
-But it would take several hundred years
-Stealing is the only way to obtain such technologies
-For this, she needs the best Hacking techniques

Several months later, they developed a system by which they could intrude into other departments' and posts' databanks except those, which are controlled by the Royal Trees. Using the system and absorbing all the information, techniques and knowledge, Washu was now getting close to the level of Prof. Ikuma and other Doctors whom are told to be the best of the Academy.
During such days, two accidents happened.
One was a report, which Washu found when she was searching through the Jurai top secret files. The report had a familiar name for Washu on it.
"Reporter 'Tatsuki Nishia Jurai'"
This was the report made by Nishia, one of the Imperial family, who saved Washu's life from the space pirates on her way to the Academy when she first entered it.
'Do you know him?' asked Naja looking into the monitor. 'Nishia? Oh the member of the Imperial family, the guy who protected you.'
'Er.. yeah. ... wha, what? The Jurai fleet which attacked the "Shank" guild's base and its new battle ship "Sheaplis" was crushed!?' cried out Washu in surprise.
'I see so that's why the top people were unsettled,' said Naja.
'Did you know about it?'
'Of course I don't know much about it, but it is true that a request for an analysis was brought to Professor Ikuma in secret.'
What was written in the report was like this.
The base of the Shank guild discovered by the Jurai fleet had a scale same as one nation. Food, daily stuffs, and what more, a planet class battle ship were manufactured at that plant and it was easy to suspect that it was an very important way stationary base. This might be the reason why they obstinately attacked planet "Kanemitsu".
The Jurai fleet was defeating the Shanks and when they destroyed half of the institution, it happened.
A mega-size battle ship hundred and dozens times larger than the planet class ship "Sheaplis" appeared to power up. This ship seemed to be a very peculiar one and most of its structure was an energy generator. Enormous power equal to a whole star was laid inside and suddenly this energy was blasted to the Royal ship.
'...But that's strange. Considering the power generated inside the ship, this blaster can't be so small..' marveled Washu reading the data which was measured.
This was true. The energy of the blaster was several thousand times smaller than that generated in the power generator. Though it was also true that even though all the energy was blasted toward the Royal ship it wasn't able to destroy it. This Royal ship was one of the third-generation ships and the blaster should not have been possible to penetrate the sub-Light Hawk Wing, which is not materialized.
'But the Royal ship was destroyed.'
To Naja's words, Washu nodded. The report continued that having the Royal ship destroyed, the fleet got a counterblow by the Shanks but finally defeated the super battle ship and the base by exchange of losing 80 percent of their fleet.
'I see, so Professor Ikuma was asked to research this data,' said Naja and reached over Washu and opened the data files of the destroyed Royal ship.
'...Oh?'
Washu noticed that there was strange line of energy in the picture of which the moment when the energy blast just reached the Royal ship was taken.
'What? I can't see it,' said Naja.
'That can't be true. Over here,' said Washu and pointed the lines of lights shown on the monitor.
'You say so, but I can't see a thing.'
'But, that can't be true.'
Washu checked all the data but indeed no data reported such light.
'Washu-chan, can you really see it?' asked Naja.
'Yes, I do.' Washu only could nod to Naja's words. It was the fact.
'Nothing shown in the data but only Washu-chan can see it. But it is interesting that the Light Hawk Wings have similar characteristics. No doubt that when the ship was attacked it was spreading the sub-LHW. However, it was destroyed.'
'What happens when two LHWs hits each other?'
'There is no record for such experiment... but probably the reason why the Royal ship was destroyed lies there.'
But their discussion ended there. It was a large problem if what there are doing is known, and it was not allowed even for the student of philosophy to concern with the top secret of Jurai, the Royal Tree.


The second event happened when Washu carefully finished copying the data and returning back to the top directory. Suddenly she was able to access to the deepest level which was administering the Royal tree. She wasn't able to connect to this level till then however hard she tried. She didn't know why but it was true that it wasn't because her skill of Hacking increased.
'You're connecting to the lower level. ... Did you do something Washu-chan?' asked Naja.
'No, nothing. ?? What is this?'
There she found all the bio-data of the Imperial family from the first emperor of Jurai to the present family.
'Gene, astral... assembly, bio-enforcement... what are these? What is all these about!? ... this... what are they creating?'
It wasn't possible even for Washu and Naja to understand most of the data except some parts. It was famous that the Imperial families were having some bio-enforcement, and bio-enforcement itself wasn't unique. Most of the intelligent life forms living in the galaxy were receiving it. But what was completely different was the fact that its technical level was incommensurably high.
'Do you remember the man of the Shank guild you met on your way to the academy? We now know from his cells which few was left, for dozens of generations, carefully a bio-enforcement was made as a warrior. ...But'
'He wasn't able to beat Nishia-dono at all,' continued Washu.
'That's right. But if we are to believe these data, those who were adopted or married an Imperial family also gains the power of the Imperial family by this bio-enforcement even if they are normal persons. This is impossible even if we gather all the technology of the Academy!' said Naja.
Washu and Naja looked at each other. They might be touching that they were not allowed to do so. But as a scientist, their pure interest went over the fear. They tried to go deeper struggling through the data, when suddenly the access was denied.
'They got us!?'
Instantly they thought so but the counter attack system for hackers didn't activate.
"An accident or ... by purpose..."
The two weren't able to make it clear.
'Well, we can't help it. It's too dangerous to go on now.'
To Naja's opinion, Washu nodded. '...Anyway, what shall we do with these data? ... Heaven's sake!!'
Among the data, which they saved, only the ones which were from the deepest level were all cleanly erased even though all other data concerning with the top secrets of Jurai was left behind.
'What's happening?' Naja was confused but inside Washu an assumption was taking shape.
'You see, Naja. This is only a theory but the bio-enhancement of Jurai may be some permutation of bio and mind based on some core data.'
'You are right. We were able to understand nearly anything with that data. Anything else that is possible to say is that this core is receiving a feed back from the present Imperial families even now... that's all.'
'...Yes. But, what are they trying to do with it?'
Washu had a strong feeling with this matter. Not only from her scientist interest but from something deeper in her mind like an impulsion.
'Washu-chan, you see, this data is very interesting to use, that's true. But it's not important for us so far,' said Naja noticing Washu's thoughts and made sure. 'It has no relationship with the problem we are handling now.'
'... Yes, ... you are right.'
Washu closed her eyes and went back to her work.

The story connects with the one in the Prologue in the view point of Washu. As you know Washu finally wasn't able to come back with Mikumo. She was eager to meet him and wanted to take him back because she was only worried how he was treated in planet Seniwa. But finding him to be one of the families of Mikamo and his new wife, Washu left him back. Nothing is written in the novel what happened after this for Washu, Mikamo, Mikumo and Naja. Perhaps it is going to be revealed in the next novel or OAV 3.