E14 - End to Eternity

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[00:09] Asuna
    Agil!
[00:11] Agil
    Sorry I didn't get here sooner.
[00:17] Asuna
    Liz! Silica!
[00:22] Asuna
    You came! You actually came!
[00:24] Lisbeth
    Of course we'd come!
[00:26] Silica
    How could we not?
[00:30] Lisbeth
    You've been pushing yourself so hard...
    look how banged up you are.
[00:33] Lisbeth
    You're overdoing it, Asuna.
[00:36] Silica
    Leave the rest to us. Everyone's here!
[00:40] Asuna
    Everyone?
[00:57] Alicia
    Those red guys are the enemy!
[00:59] Eugene
    Vanguard, charge!
[01:01] Eugene
    Push them back!
[01:03] Sakuya
    Rearguard, join the Underworld forces for now,
    and check your spells.
[01:08] Klein
    It's not like we have a personal beef with you,
[01:11] Klein
    but we're going to make you pay
    for what you did to our friend.
[01:15] Klein
    Three times the amount...
    no, make it a thousand!
[01:18] Klein
    You bastards!
SIGN    End to Eternity
[03:05] Asuna
    You might not even make it back,
    but you still converted your precious characters.
[03:11] Asuna
    I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
[03:13] Lisbeth
    What are you talking about, Asuna?
[03:15] Lisbeth
    I believe we all made it through SAO and ALO
[03:18] Lisbeth
    so that we could protect what we love
    right here, right now.
[03:25] Asuna
    Yeah. You're right.
[03:28] Asuna
    Thank you.
[03:30] Asuna
    Hey, Liz, Silica.
[03:32] Asuna
    Who was it that brought you all here?
[03:36] Lisbeth
    Come on, Asuna, who do you think?
[03:39] Silica
    It was Yui.
[03:41] Silica
    Yui gave us this heartfelt speech
    about the Underworld and the people who live here.
[03:53] Asuna
    Thank you, Yui.
[04:09] Renly
    Um... Lady Asuna?
[04:11] Renly
    Who exactly are these people? And also...
[04:14] Renly
    those knights?
[04:16] Asuna
    They're my precious friends!
[04:19] Asuna
    They've come from the real world to help us.
[04:29] Renly
    Is that right?
[04:31] Renly
    I'm so glad!
[04:32] Renly
    I thought that everyone
    from the outside world,
[04:36] Renly
    aside from Lady Asuna,
    would look scary, like those soldiers.
[04:40] Lisbeth
    Of course we're not all like that!
    I'm Lisbeth! Nice to meet you, Mr. Knight!
[04:45] Silica
    I'm Silica! It's very nice to meet you!
[04:48] Renly
    Right, nice to meet you! My name is Renly.
[04:54] Asuna
    Liz, how many people converted in all?
[04:58] Lisbeth
    Um, maybe a little over two thousand, I think?
[05:01] Lisbeth
    I did my best, but I couldn't convince
    every single player who heard me out.
[05:08] Asuna
    That's more than enough!
[05:10] Asuna
    But to keep reconverting a possibility,
    I'd like to avoid a war of attrition.
[05:15] Asuna
    Let's not expand the front lines too much,
    and bolster our healing.
[05:18] Asuna
    Liz and Silica, I want you to fall back with 200 or so
    and form a support unit.
[05:23] Silica
    Understood!
[05:24] Lisbeth
    Okay! You can count on us!
[05:26] Asuna
    I know this isn't what you want to hear,
    but please join the monks and use your healing arts.
[05:31] Asuna
    Since the real world swordsmen
    aren't familiar with the sacred arts,
[05:35] Asuna
    it would really help
    if you could teach them the formal arts.
[05:38] Renly
    Uh, right, Lady Asuna!
[05:42] Asuna
    I...
[05:44] Asuna
    will fight at the front!
[05:58] Asuna
    Now we won't lose.
[06:04] Asuna
    Now that everyone's here.
[06:27] Asuna
    It's all right. We can win!
[06:33] Asuna
    All together...
[06:36] Asuna
    we can definitely win!
SIGN    Tuesday, July 7, 2026 7:18 AM Ocean Turtle
[06:55] Higa
    You think that was in time?
[07:01] Rinko
    It was in time.
[07:04] Rinko
    Definitely.
[07:15] Higa
    Seriously, I can't believe I was so careless.
[07:19] Higa
    Who knew that they'd have American VRMMO players
    dive into the Underworld?
[07:26] Higa
    Not only that, but it was an existing AI
    connected to Asuna's cell phone that detected it.
[07:33] Rinko
    Even if there was no other way,
[07:36] Rinko
    letting those players in has made some information
    on the Project Alicization public.
[07:42] Higa
    Compared to Alice falling into enemy hands,
[07:44] Higa
    and being used as a passive AI
    on an unmanned weapon, this is way better.
[07:53] Higa
    That's right, Alice isn't just a control AI
    for UAVs anymore.
[07:59] Higa
    She's a new form of humanity
    born in a true alternate world.
[08:03] Higa
    You realized that long ago.
[08:06] Higa
    Isn't that right, Kirito?
[08:28] Higa
    H-Hey, Rinko! Could you take a look at this?
[08:34] Rinko
    What are these fluctuations?
[08:35] Higa
    It means his lost consciousness showed activity
    for just a moment.
[08:43] Higa
    But there's no way that could happen.
[08:49] Rinko
    Wait a moment.
[08:50] Rinko
    Aren't both of these times
    when the girls used the STL to dive?
[09:00] Higa
    What does this mean?
[09:02] Higa
    Is it just that he had a strong reaction
    because someone close to him showed up?
[09:07] Higa
    No, the damage Kirito sustained isn't something
    that could be repaired for such a poetic reason.
[09:14] Higa
    Something has to be causing this.
[09:16] Higa
    The self. The subject.
[09:19] Higa
    The image that defines you as you.
[09:22] Higa
    Could there be a backup
    of that quantum pattern somewhere?
[09:25] Higa
    No, that's impossible.
    We never once duplicated Kirito's Fluctlight.
[09:30] Rinko
    Hey.
[09:31] Higa
    Even if there was a backup, it would be impossible
    to extract the self-image and copy it over.
[09:37] Rinko
    Hey, Higa.
[09:39] Higa
    Is there an active quantum pattern
    that can be connected to his Fluctlight?
[09:44] Higa
    Where? Where is it?
[09:46] Rinko
    Higa, listen!
[09:49] Higa
    What is it?
[09:50] Rinko
    Higa, you keep mentioning
    the subject and the object,
[09:54] Rinko
    but can you really separate them that easily?
[09:59] Rinko
    Aren't the subject and the object
    just philosophical concepts for expressing relationships?
[10:04] Rinko
    But humans are social creatures.
    It's not as if we exist as solitary beings.
[10:09] Rinko
    The others who exist in you.
    The you that exists in others.
[10:12] Rinko
    Up to a point, they're all connected,
    like a network.
[10:17] Rinko
    Wouldn't you agree?
[10:19] Higa
    The you... who exists... in others.
[10:22] Higa
    Right!
[10:24] Higa
    A backup self-image.
[10:27] Higa
    We have it. We have it!
[10:29] Higa
    We have data we can use
    to restore Kirito's shattered subject!
[10:33] Higa
    It's inside the Fluctlights
    of the people closest to him!
[10:37] Higa
    But to extract that data, we'll need an STL.
[10:43] Higa
    And we couldn't reproduce it effectively
    with just one person.
[10:45] Higa
    We'd need at least two... no, three people.
[10:48] Higa
    Mr. Kiku, the girls diving from Roppongi
    are connected to Kirito, right?
[10:54] Kikuoka
    Yeah, that's right.
[10:56] Kikuoka
    Sinon teamed up with Kirito
    to resolve the Death Gun Incident six months ago.
[11:01] Kikuoka
    And Leafa is Kirito's younger sister.
[11:05] Higa
    We can do it!
    We might be able to restore it, then!
[11:08] Higa
    Kirito's self-image, that is!
[11:10] Higa
    If we can extract the image of Kirito
    saved onto their Fluctlights,
[11:15] Higa
    and connect it to the areas he's lost...
[11:19] Higa
    That should do it!
[11:22] Higa
    You're kidding me!
[11:26] Higa
    The only place we can do all that
    is the Main Control Room!
[11:31] Kikuoka
    Don't be so disappointed, Higa.
    It's good knowing that there's hope for Kirito.
[11:37] Kikuoka
    We can launch the actual operation
    after all this is resolved,
[11:40] Kikuoka
    and those people have been
    driven off the Ocean Turtle.
[11:43] Higa
    But by then it'll be too late!
[11:46] Higa
    If the commando unit
    from the naval escort Asahi storms in,
[11:50] Higa
    and a huge battle ensues in the Main Shaft,
    the sub-power would probably get knocked out, too.
[11:54] Higa
    If that were to happen,
[11:56] Higa
    Kirito would be forcibly logged out
    of the Underworld while still unconscious.
[12:01] Higa
    And then most likely, Kirito wouldn't make it
    past the initialization stage to log in,
[12:06] Higa
    and he'll never be able to connect to the STL again.
[12:10] Higa
    That's why, no matter what,
[12:12] Higa
    we have to treat him while he and those three girls
    are still diving in the Underworld.
[12:20] Higa
    I'm going, okay, Mr. Kiku?
[12:23] Kikuoka
    Going... where?
[12:26] Higa
    STL Room Two, where Kirito is now,
    and Maincon below the pressure bulkhead
[12:32] Higa
    are connected by a cable duct
    on the stern side of the Main Shaft.
[12:36] Higa
    There should be a maintenance connector in there.
[12:40] Higa
    I should be able to control Kirito's STL from there.
[12:44] Kikuoka
    But the maintenance connector is on the other side
    of the pressure bulkhead.
[12:49] Kikuoka
    If they notice you,
    you could get attacked from below.
[12:52] Higa
    So let's go with a decoy operation.
[12:54] Kikuoka
    Decoy, did you say?
[12:57] Higa
    Of course, we wouldn't send in
    valuable human resources.
[13:01] Higa
    Once we unlock the pressure bulkhead door,
[13:02] Higa
    we'll have it charge down the stairs for humans
    on the other side of the duct.
[13:07] Higa
    That.
[13:10] Kikuoka
    I see.
[13:13] Kikuoka
    You mean Ichiemon.
[13:15] Rinko
    Hold on! All that one can do now
    is slowly go up and down stairs.
[13:20] Rinko
    It can't possibly rush back here
    if the enemy spots it!
[13:24] Higa
    I do feel bad for Ichiemon,
    but he's just going to have to do his best.
[13:28] Higa
    But given the way he looks,
    the enemy might not open fire on him.
[13:33] Rinko
    Well, that's true,
    he's sure to stick out like a sore thumb,
[13:37] Rinko
    so we can probably convince them
    that we have an epic plan up our sleeves.
[13:42] Higa
    At the very least,
    they won't be able to ignore him!
[13:45] Higa
    So while the enemy's dealing with Ichiemon,
[13:48] Higa
    I'll infiltrate the lower cable duct,
[13:50] Higa
    and operate Kirito's STL
    through the maintenance connector.
[13:54] Kikuoka
    While we're at it...
[13:56] Kikuoka
    do you think we could deploy Niemon, too?
[13:58] Higa
    Unfortunately, that's not possible.
[14:01] Higa
    Like I said before, without a balancer,
[14:05] Higa
    Niemon will only fall over
    as soon as he starts descending the stairs.
[14:08] Kikuoka
    I see.
[14:09] Rinko
    But Higa, even if you did fool them long enough
    to unlock the bulkhead,
[14:14] Rinko
    there'd still be some risk of you being spotted.
[14:18] Rinko
    Shouldn't you take a bodyguard with you?
[14:21] Higa
    No. As it stands now,
    we can't spare any of the JSDF staff.
[14:26] Higa
    Besides, the only one who can easily move
    through that cramped duct... is scrawny little me!
[14:33] Higa
    I'm going to zip over, and zip right back, okay?
[14:37] Higa
    If it weren't for Kirito,
    Alice's Fluctlight wouldn't have become what it is now.
[14:42] Higa
    That alone is such a great achievement,
[14:46] Higa
    but while trying to protect Alice...
[14:49] Higa
    That's why, if there's a chance we can treat him,
    we have to take any risk.
[14:55] Higa
    Or we won't be able to look him in the eye,
    am I right?
[15:00] Higa
    Um...
[15:02] Yanai
    I'll go with you, Chief Higa.
[15:07] Yanai
    As you can see, I'm scrawny, too,
    but I think I can at least take a bullet for you.
[15:13] Yanai
    And besides, I'm the one
    who's been maintaining those cables till now.
[15:20] Yanai
    To be honest, I don't really remember
    where that maintenance connector is.
[15:24] Higa
    So thanks for coming along...
[15:27] Higa
    Mr. Yanai.
[15:59] Higa
    I've grown tired of this.
[16:01] Vecta
    Your soul is so heavy.
[16:04] Vecta
    It's too thick. And tedious, as well.
[16:08] Vecta
    The only thing on your mind is killing me.
[16:11] Vecta
    Begone.
[16:15] Vecta
    Don't be like that.
[16:18] Bercouli
    I've still got enough left to enjoy this!
[16:23] Bercouli
    Just a little longer.
[16:28] Bercouli
    Where are you?
[16:29] Bercouli
    Where did you go?
[16:32] Bercouli
    Is that it?
[16:41] Bercouli
    Huh?
[16:42] Bercouli
    Or was it this way?
[16:45] Bercouli
    Thirty seconds more.
[16:51] Bercouli
    There.
[16:54] Bercouli
    Found it.
[16:55] Bercouli
    579... 580... 581... 582!
[17:02] Bercouli
    You're up to something, aren't you?
[17:10] Vecta
    So I missed, huh?
[17:12] Bercouli
    Forgive me, little Asuna... Alice.
[17:24] Bercouli
    Hey, now... didn't I tell you to stand by?
[17:32] Bercouli
    You've never once disobeyed my orders.
[17:48] Bercouli
    Hoshigami, this moment you've created for me
    won't go to waste!
[18:15] Bercouli
    The Time-Splitting Sword Uragiri
    is "the sword that slashes time."
[18:19] Bercouli
    I just slashed your past.
[18:53] Bercouli
    So warm.
[18:57] Alice
    Father.
[19:07] Alice
    Uncle?
[19:11] Alice
    That's right, I was captured
    by the emperor's flying dragon, and...
[19:19] Alice
    U-Uncle? Lord Bercouli?
[19:30] Alice
    Uncle!
[19:33] Alice
    It can't be...
[19:45] Alice
    No!
[19:48] Alice
    Hey, now. Don't sob like that, little one.
[19:52] Bercouli
    My time was always going to come,
    and now it has, that's all.
[19:55] Bercouli
    Right?
[19:57] Bercouli
    You'll be fine, little one.
    You can make it on your own now.
[20:02] Bercouli
    After all, you're my only apprentice,
    as well as my daughter.
[20:09] Bercouli
    Hey, not a bad way to go, huh?
[20:13] Bercouli
    That's right.
[20:15] Administrator
    You have so many people who will cry for you.
    Consider yourself blessed.
[20:21] Administrator
    What, you were alive all along?
[20:25] Bercouli
    Of course not!
    This is the me that exists in your memory.
[20:32] Administrator
    The memories of Administrator
    you've kept inside your soul.
[20:39] Administrator
    I'm not sure I get it.
[20:41] Bercouli
    Still, I'm glad that in my memories,
    you're able to smile like that.
[21:14] Bercouli
    Don't you resent me at all?
[21:17] Administrator
    When I'm the one who locked you
    in a prison of never-ending time,
[21:20] Administrator
    and robbed you of your memories
    over and over?
[21:23] Administrator
    I admit it went on so long it got old,
[21:26] Bercouli
    but it was a hell of an interesting life.
[21:30] Bercouli
    I mean it.
[21:32] Bercouli
    Is that so?
[21:38] Administrator
    Forgive me, Fanatio.
[21:41] Administrator
    It looks like we won't be
    seeing each other again.
[21:46] Bercouli
    I'll leave the rest to you.
[21:56] Bercouli
    To give our child a happy life.
[22:13] Bercouli
    My lord!
[22:22] Fanatio
    Have no fear, Lord Bercouli.
[22:26] Fanatio
    I will raise this child to be proper.
[22:29] Fanatio
    To become a gallant, proud human like you.
[22:45] Fanatio
    Well done, Captain.
[22:48] Critter
    Well, you got your butt kicked though, huh?
[22:51] Critter
    What's the status?
[22:52] Gabriel
    Like you ordered, I sent in those 50,000 players
    we scraped up from all over America.
[22:58] Critter
    That bastard Vassago died
    and came back once,
[23:01] Critter
    but then he got super excited,
    converted his personal account, and dove back in.
[23:06] Critter
    Oh? I see...
[23:09] Critter
    I see.
[23:16] Gabriel
    All right, I'm diving in again.
    Convert this account to the Underworld.
[23:36] Gabriel
    Next time: Instigation.