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Kirito.
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It's all right. I'll go.
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After I've rescued the villagers,
I'll come right back.
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Kirito!
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Raids
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That's...
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Advance! Advance!
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Why don't they flee south
where there aren't any enemies?
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Amayori, wait here until I summon you!
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{\an8}If the enemy breaches our line of defense,
use lethal force!
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{\an8}Listen! Don't let a single one
get this far into the village!
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That's...
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{\an8}We can't possibly defend against them here.
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{\an8}Please have everyone
take the south road to evacuate!
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{\an8}Don't be ridiculous!
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{\an8}Abandon my mansion—
No, I mean the village and run off?
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{\an8}If you leave now, you can get away
without being caught by the goblins.
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{\an8}Your possessions or your lives,
which is more important?
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{\an8}"Form a circle in the plaza,
and tighten up our defenses."
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{\an8}Those are Chief Man-at-Arms Zink's orders.
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{\an8}In a situation like this, even I,
the village elder, must follow such orders.
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{\an8}That is imperial law.
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{\an8}Let's do as Sister says.
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Father.
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Selka.
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Father.
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{\an8}Have you ever once
known Sister to be wrong?
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{\an8}No, even I can tell.
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{\an8}If we don't do something...
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{\an8}we'll all be killed!
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{\an8}Flee?
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{\an8}You're just a child, so stay out of this!
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{\an8}The village must be protected!
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I-I see.
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I get it!
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{\an8}You're the one who let those monsters from the land
of darkness into the village, aren't you, Alice?
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{\an8}Years ago, when you crossed the End Mountains,
you were tainted by the power of darkness!
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{\an8}You're a witch!
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{\an8}This girl is a fearsome witch!
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As a knight, I hereby revoke
Chief Man-at-Arms Zink's order.
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I order all villagers gathered in this plaza
to evacuate to the forest south of here,
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with those who are armed in the lead.
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K-Knight? What are you talking about?
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There's no such Calling in this village!
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Claiming to be a knight just because
you can somewhat handle a sword.
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What would happen if the knights
in the capital heard about this?
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My name is Alice.
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I am the overseer of the
capital city of Centoria.
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An Integrity Knight... of the Axiom Church.
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Ranked third!
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Alice Synthesis Thirty!
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I-I-Integrity Knight?
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{\an8}Sister, you're...?
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{\an8}I'm sorry I kept it from you all this time.
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{\an8}This is the true penalty I was given,
and my true duty.
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{\an8}No. I always believed!
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{\an8}That there was no way
you could be a criminal.
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I shall follow your command,
Lady Integrity Knight.
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{\an8}Those of you who are armed, take the lead
and guide the villagers to the south gate!
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{\an8}Once you've left the village, evacuate
to the forest south of the clearing!
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Leave the wounded and the elderly to us!
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We'll lead the others out! Follow us!
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{\an8}Father, please take care of everyone,
and of Selka and Mother.
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{\an8}Lady Knight.
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{\an8}Take care as well.
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{\an8}Sister, don't push yourself, okay?
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{\an8}Amayori!
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What a horde!
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Retreat! Retreat!
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Burn them all!
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N-No way.
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I-Is that Sister's...?
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A dragon?
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Wh-What are you doing here?
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There's no time to explain.
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Please evacuate with the others.
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Hurry!
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I-Ium woman. I'll kill and devour you!
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{\an8}From now on, I'm going to fight
for what I want to.
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{\an8}To protect my sister and my parents.
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{\an8}And...
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{\an8}I will fight to protect the people of the Human
Empire Kirito and Eugeo tried to preserve.
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Thank you, Kirito.
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I'll be fine now.
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I'm sure I'll still hesitate,
but I'm going to move forward.
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For you, and for what I seek.
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I am Alice, knight of the Human Empire!
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As long as I'm here, you'll never
find the blood and carnage you desire.
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{\an8}Return through the cave to your homeland!
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{\an8}Enhance Armament!
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Out of my way!
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{\an8}If it's just one little girl,
I, Morikka the Foot Harvester, will...
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{\an8}Wh-What?
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{\an8}Storm and churn...
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{\an8}...my flowers!
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This is the wall separating the
Human Empire and the land of darkness!
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Even if you unseal the caves,
as long as we knights exist,
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we will never allow
you to corrupt this land!
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Make your choice!
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Either advance and
fall into a sea of blood,
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or retreat and escape
to the land of darkness!
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I'll make you a new doll!
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Yay!
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I think deep down,
Father wanted to come and see you off.
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I know.
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Someday,
when I've fulfilled all of my duties,
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I'll come back here as plain Alice Zuberg.
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I think that's when I'll be able to say...
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"Father, I'm home."
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I'll definitely return
to this village one day.
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Even if I fall on the battlefield,
my heart definitely will.
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Monday, July 6, 2026 2:07 PM Ocean Turtle
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Main Control Room Ocean
Turtle 33 minutes after the attack
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{\an8}Hey! It's deserted.
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{\an8}Looks like they ran away.
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Where are they?
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My guess would be...
in the Sub Control Room.
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Sub Control Room Ocean
Turtle 23 minutes after the attack
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We're connected to the backup power now!
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Now we can use the Sub Control Room.
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{\an8}If Kirito doesn't regain consciousness,
I will never forgive you as long as I live!
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I know that.
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I'll see to it that Kirito recovers,
no matter what.
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It'll be all right.
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I promise you it'll be all right.
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He'll definitely come back to you.
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Yes, of course.
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I'm sorry I overreacted.
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Reporting in, sir.
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Confirming that the primary and secondary
bulkheads have been completely sealed,
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and that all noncombatants
have been evacuated to the bow block.
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Good work.
How long will the bulkheads hold?
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The enemy could break through
with explosives, but that's unlikely.
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{\an8}Near the primary bulkhead...
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{\an8}...is the Lightcube Cluster, right?
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{\an8}All right. Let's sum up the situation here.
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Lt. Nakanishi,
please report the casualties.
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Yes, sir.
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Minor injuries to three researchers
on the civilian block team.
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Two heavy injuries and two minor injuries
to the Self-Defense Force.
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None of them are life-threatening.
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{\an8}Any damage to the ship?
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{\an8}The bulkheads in the passageway from the bottom dock
to the Main Control Room can't be controlled remotely.
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Even worse,
now that the main power line has been cut,
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even though the auxiliary line is providing
a stable power supply to all areas,
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we can't rotate the screws
without rebooting the control system.
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Just like a sea turtle without its fins,
huh?
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Plus,
it's got a shark latched onto its belly.
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Yes. Sectors 1 through 12 in the Lower
Shaft... have all been completely taken over.
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So they've seized Main Control,
STL Room One, and...
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...even the nuclear reactor, huh?
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I guess the silver lining
is that their intention isn't to destroy.
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The question is, who are these guys?
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Higa, do you have any thoughts?
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Well.
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Let's see.
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Going by the color and specs of their gear,
they don't belong to any official army.
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And from their average size,
we can assume that they're not Asian.
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So at the very least,
they're not with a domestic special forces.
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How lucky for us, huh?
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{\an8}And there's one more thing
we can say with certainty.
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These people know about
the existence of Project Alicization.
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Yeah, you got that right.
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{\an8}I mean, they went straight
to the Main Control Room.
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{\an8}Which means their goal is
the true bottom-up artificial intelligence.
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{\an8}To seize A.L.I.C.E.
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Luckily, we were able to
lock down Main Control in time.
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So now they can't interfere with the simulation
or eject Alice's Fluctlight from the cluster.
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But the same goes for us, right?
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Well, yeah, that's right.
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It's no longer possible to use commands
to eject Alice's Lightcube externally.
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But Mr. Kiku, at this point,
wouldn't you call this a win?
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I mean, they can't access the cluster
by physical or informational means.
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So now if our escort ship
sends some reinforcements,
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I'm telling you, it's game over.
Game over!
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Not that we know what kind of game it is.
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And that's the problem.
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{\an8}Tell me, will the Asahi take action?
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{\an8}Well, about that...
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{\an8}The Asahi was ordered by Fleet Command in Yokosuka
to stand by and maintain its current distance.
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{\an8}They've determined that we've been
taken hostage by our attackers, it seems.
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{\an8}Most likely, those men in black have a
back channel to the top brass in the SDF.
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{\an8}There won't be an order for the Asahi to attack
until after Alice's Lightcube has been secured.
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{\an8}Meaning that those
guys aren't just terrorists?
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{\an8}This could be bad.
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{\an8}If they have any experts on their side,
they might figure it out.
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An operation within the Underworld, huh?
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Now that they've taken control
of STL Room One,
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they can certainly execute commands via the
virtual console installed in the Underworld.
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What will happen if they do?
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The target cube will be extracted from the
Lightcube Cluster in the center of the Main Shaft,
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and transported via air tube
to the chosen control room.
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There's an extraction hatch there.
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And of course, there's one in
the Main Control Room, as well.
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We're going to retrieve Alice's Fluctlight
from the Underworld before they can.
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The only one who can do that is Kirito.
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In other words,
our last hope rests on his shoulders.
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Higa, tell us. What's Kirito's condition?
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To be concise...
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he's teetering on the edge
of the worst-case scenario.
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The assault by the last Death Gun member left
Kirito with damage to his neural network,
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and to treat him, we blocked his memories
and had him dive into Underworld like before.
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But for some reason,
his memories didn't get blocked.
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Kirito was plunged into the Underworld
as Kazuto Kirigaya, his real-world persona.
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W-Wait a second!
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Then he's been living as himself in the
Underworld, where time's accelerated, for how long?
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About two years.
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That's how long Kirito has been interacting
with the artificial Fluctlights of that world.
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Knowing the entire time that they'll all be
destroyed at the end of the current simulation.
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That's probably why he went to the console in
the Central Cathedral to contact the real world.
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To ask you,
Mr. Kiku to protect all of the Fluctlights.
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And I'm sure it wasn't an
easy thing for him to do.
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But he did make it.
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Since we were under attack,
I couldn't check the logs,
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but it seems like he lost some allies
in the battle against the Axiom Church.
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That's why, when he managed
to get in contact with us,
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he was berating himself harshly.
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To put it another way,
he was attacking his own Fluctlight.
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At that moment,
the men in black cut the power line,
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which caused a short circuit, and the ensuing
surge caused the STL to spike momentarily.
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As a result, Kirito's self-destruction impulse
was actualized and his ego was deactivated.
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Ego... deactivated?
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What does that mean?
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Take a look at this.
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Normally, where this black hole is,
what you'd find is, to be precise...
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...the self-image.
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Self-image. One's conception
as determined by the self, you mean?
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That's correct.
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Apparently, all our decision making passes
through a "Yes/No" circuit inside our Fluctlights
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that asks "Should I do this
under these conditions, or not?"
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For example, Rinko-senpai, have you ever
ordered a second helping at a beef bowl place?
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I haven't.
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Even if your mind is like, "I want to
have more. I could eat another bowl"?
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That's right.
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So in other words, that was the result
of your self-image circuit processing.
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In Kirito's case,
his Fluctlight is largely unscathed,
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but because the circuit in question
is non-functional,
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all he can do in his current state,
most likely,
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is reflexive reactions
triggered by deeply ingrained memories.
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I don't think he knows who he is,
or what it is he needs to do,
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and he can't speak voluntarily.
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I believe that's his current state.
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Next time: The Final Load Test.
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