# E15 - Instigation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6J058JDR/instigation)
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Did you... come from the real world, as well?
**[00:31] ---**
Yes. My name is Sinon.
**[00:34] ---**
I came here to save you and Bercouli
from the Dark God Vecta, but...
**[00:40] ---**
I'm sorry. I was too late.
**[00:45] ---**
No.
**[00:47] ---**
I was such a fool.
**[00:51] ---**
How's the battle going?
**[00:55] ---**
Asuna and the Human Empire Army are holding off
the red forces from the real world...
**[01:01] ---**
but just barely.
**[01:03] ---**
In that case, I'll head back north.
**[01:06] ---**
You can't do that.
**[01:08] ---**
Alice, you need to continue south
to the World's End Altar.
**[01:14] ---**
If you can touch the console...
no, the crystal panel on the altar,
**[01:19] ---**
you should hear voices from the real world.
**[01:22] ---**
Why would I?
**[01:23] ---**
Emperor Vecta is dead, isn't he?
**[01:26] ---**
The thing is, he's not.
**[01:30] ---**
When a real-worlder dies in the Underworld,
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they don't lose their actual life.
**[01:37] ---**
The enemy who dwelled in Emperor Vecta...
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there's a chance he could return to this world
in a different form.
**[01:46] ---**
So the man that
Uncle sacrificed himself to kill isn't dead?
**[01:53] ---**
He's simply vanished temporarily,
to come back to life as if nothing happened?
**[01:58] ---**
Is that what you're saying?
**[02:02] ---**
Then what was it all for...
why did Uncle have to die?
**[02:12] ---**
A duel where only one risks their life... it's...
**[02:17] ---**
It's nothing but a farce!
**[02:24] ---**
Then, Alice, are you saying
that Kirito's suffering is also false?
**[02:31] ---**
Kirito's a real-worlder, too.
**[02:34] ---**
Even if he dies in this world,
he's not really going to die.
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But the wounds he sustained are real.
**[02:43] ---**
The pain he felt, his damaged soul...
they're all real, too.
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I... like Kirito.
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I like him so much.
**[02:55] ---**
That's true for Asuna and the others.
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And we're all... worried about Kirito.
**[03:01] ---**
We're wondering
why Kirito had to go to such lengths.
**[03:08] ---**
Kirito sustained those wounds
to save you, Alice.
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And so did the knight commander.
**[03:15] ---**
In order to save you,
he suffered all those blows
**[03:20] ---**
and bought you enough time
to escape from the enemy.
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Sinon,
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if I go to the real world
through the World's End Altar,
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will I be able to return to this world?
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Will I be able to see my loved ones again?
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Yes. As long as you, and the Underworld, are safe.
**[03:51] ---**
Very well.
**[03:53] ---**
Then I'll head south.
**[03:56] ---**
I don't know what awaits me
at the World's End Altar,
**[03:59] ---**
but if that's what Uncle,
as well as Kirito, would want...
**[04:05] ---**
What will you do, Sinon?
**[04:09] ---**
I think that Dark God Vecta
will come back to life right here.
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I'm going to do the best I can.
**[04:17] ---**
I appreciate that.
**[04:19] ---**
I won't let your efforts go to waste.
***SIGN*** Instigation
**[07:17] ---**
Well, I guess dying like this won't shame me
if I see the previous leader in the afterlife.
**[07:39] ---**
What is this pain?
**[07:42] ---**
I know I want to slash that person.
**[07:52] ---**
*I want to savor that battle again...
that burns everything to its core.*
**[07:58] ---**
*And then I want to sever those fists,
harder than diamonds.*
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*I was sure that was my only desire.*
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*Why, then?*
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*Slash... slash... slash on and on.*
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*Only at the end of that blood-smeared path
will you find the key to breaking your curse.*
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*At least, you might.*
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Oh, I see.
**[08:49] ---**
Thank you for all of this time.
**[09:04] ---**
Thank you, too, Yoiyobi.
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You must be tired. Let's rest now.
**[09:12] ---**
Sorry. Your precious sword's broken
because of me.
**[09:17] ---**
It's all right. I finally know why.
**[09:23] ---**
Why I've been slashing everything.
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To find what I don't want to slash.
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To find what I do want to protect.
**[09:34] ---**
That's why I kept fighting.
**[09:37] ---**
It was you.
**[09:44] ---**
Dammit. I wish I could've had a family with you.
**[09:49] ---**
What a strong kid we would've had.
**[09:52] ---**
Way stronger than the previous leader, than me...
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The kid would've been the strongest pugilist of all.
**[10:01] ---**
No. I'm raising that child to be a knight.
**[10:32] ---**
Looks like things
are about to wrap up, huh?
**[10:37] ---**
Thank you.
**[10:39] ---**
Klein...
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I don't know how to show my appreciation.
**[10:44] ---**
Hey, come on. Don't be like that.
**[10:47] ---**
I owe you and that damn Kirito way too much
to ever be able to pay you back.
**[10:54] ---**
He's in here, too, right?
**[10:57] ---**
After this battle, please go see him.
**[11:01] ---**
If you start telling your lame jokes again,
he might wake up just to tell you off.
**[11:08] ---**
Man, that's harsh!
**[11:18] ---**
It'll be all right.
**[11:20] ---**
Everything will go our way. I'm sure.
**[11:20] ---**
Advance!
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You said it!
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Now then, there's one more round to go.
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Right.
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What's wrong?
**[11:37] ---**
Hey, Klein.
**[11:39] ---**
Doesn't that person look familiar?
**[11:45] ---**
Look familiar?
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But with that raincoat on...
their face won't...
**[11:54] ---**
No, it can't be.
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There's just no way!
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Am I seeing a ghost?
**[12:02] ---**
A-A ghost?
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What do you mean?
**[12:05] ---**
Well, I mean, that black raincoat...
**[12:09] ---**
no, that leather poncho...
**[12:12] ---**
That's the leader of Laughing Coffin...
**[12:22] ---**
- What?
- Who is that?
**[12:24] ---**
That's PoH!
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It can't be!
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Stop. Just stop.
**[12:46] ---**
This is bad. This is really bad!
**[12:50] ---**
That colossal force didn't come
from Japan or America.
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It's from China and Korea!
***SIGN*** Tuesday, July 7, 2026 8:47 AM Seoul, South Korea
**[13:15] ---**
I'll have to enlist soon, huh?
**[13:18] ---**
If only they had these in the army.
**[13:25] ---**
Link start.
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"A bunch of Korean, American
and Chinese gamers
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made a new VRMMO and their server's been hacked
by some Japanese players.
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They're attacking the testers in game right now."
**[13:56] ---**
What's up with that?
**[13:58] ---**
*Those red guys are the enemy!*
**[14:00] ---**
Is that Japanese?
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*Vanguard, charge!*
**[14:02] ---**
*Push them back!*
**[14:03] ---**
It looks like a massacre of the American players
by the Japanese players,
**[14:08] ---**
but the Japanese side
seems way too desperate for that.
***SIGN*** Shanghai, China
**[14:22] ---**
Hey, Moonphase, did you see that video?
**[14:26] ---**
*Is that you, Mei Mei Xiang?
Yeah, I just saw it.*
**[14:30] ---**
Then hurry and download the client.
**[14:34] ---**
*The client?*
**[14:39] ---**
"Seeking volunteers to help save the testers
from the vicious Japanese attackers.
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For anyone who'd like to join, please download
the required client software to your Amusphere."
**[14:56] ---**
Is this it?
**[14:57] ---**
Mei Mei Xiang, what's your take on all this?
**[15:01] ---**
I'm not really sure.
**[15:03] ---**
But if it's true, then our comrades
might be in trouble, right?
**[15:10] ---**
Well, yeah, I guess. But that video...
**[15:13] ---**
*Why don't you just go ahead and install it?
I'm going on ahead.*
**[15:20] ---**
I guess I'll find out once I get there.
**[15:22] ---**
And it looks like most of my friends
are taking part.
**[15:39] ---**
Here he comes!
**[16:08] ---**
*There's no doubt... I know him!*
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*Those eyes... that face... I know him!*
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Subtilizer...
***SIGN*** Tuesday, July 7, 2026 9:03 AM Ocean Turtle
**[16:55] ---**
*Well, Higa? Any problems?*
**[17:01] ---**
Y-Yeah, we're managing.
**[17:03] ---**
I think we should be able to climb down
to the pressure bulkhead in another five minutes.
**[17:08] ---**
Understood.
**[17:10] ---**
Once you're ready,
I'll give the Ichiemon team the order to move in.
**[17:14] ---**
*Roger!*
**[17:16] ---**
*Sorry about this, Mr. Yanai.
Please look after him for me, all right?*
**[17:22] ---**
Roger that.
**[17:26] ---**
How many tens of thousands
of them are there?
**[17:29] ---**
Do they hate each other?
**[17:32] ---**
What's that?
**[17:34] ---**
The lock on the bulkhead has been disabled!
**[17:38] ---**
S-Someone go check the corridor!
**[17:52] ---**
*The invaders just started attacking
the Ichiemon team!*
**[17:55] ---**
*Hurry!*
**[17:58] ---**
The cable maintenance connector
is ten meters away.
**[18:02] ---**
*Then I'll monitor Kirito's Fluctlight in Subcon.*
**[18:07] ---**
*Higa, good luck!*
**[18:08] ---**
Right!
**[18:16] ---**
There you are, Moonphase.
**[18:17] ---**
What took you so long?
What've you been up to?
**[18:20] ---**
Sorry. I was getting ready for my class.
**[18:27] ---**
This is the test server?
**[18:29] ---**
What are we supposed to do?
**[18:31] ---**
Are those guys really Japanese?
**[18:37] ---**
Comrades!
**[18:39] ---**
I am deeply grateful to you
for answering my call to arms.
**[18:44] ---**
Unfortunately, the test players
who were alpha testing this site
**[18:49] ---**
have already been killed
by the Japanese.
**[18:53] ---**
However, they've moved
to another test location,
**[18:56] ---**
so they can do the same thing there.
**[18:59] ---**
The Japanese have hacked the server,
**[19:02] ---**
and can produce as much
high-spec equipment as they want!
**[19:06] ---**
Whereas, since we've been stripped
of our admin privileges,
**[19:10] ---**
we can only offer you
the default equipment!
**[19:15] ---**
Let's kick the cowards out!
**[19:18] ---**
Protect our server!
**[19:22] ---**
However, your sense of justice and unity
won't be defeated by any sword or armor!
**[19:26] ---**
What's going on here?
**[19:28] ---**
It's like that voice is speaking
directly into my mind.
**[19:31] ---**
Is that guy really an admin?
**[19:36] ---**
Can't he just shut down the server's power?
**[19:38] ---**
The enemy is right in front of us!
**[19:41] ---**
Go!
**[19:59] ---**
Don't overdo it, Asuna.
**[20:02] ---**
Give us a chance to shine, too.
**[20:04] ---**
He's right. Just leave this to us!
**[20:07] ---**
- Charge!
- Attack!
**[20:45] ---**
Damn it!
**[21:22] ---**
The maintenance connector is in here.
**[21:33] ---**
Finally.
**[21:46] ---**
All right!
**[21:47] ---**
Now I can control the STLs with Kirito and Asuna,
as well as their two friends!
**[21:55] ---**
Here we go!
**[21:56] ---**
D-Don't move!
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Next time: Code 871.