E2 - Raids

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[00:27] Alice
    Kirito.
[00:29] Alice
    It's all right. I'll go.
[00:32] Alice
    After I've rescued the villagers,
    I'll come right back.
[00:37] Alice
    Kirito!
SIGN    Raids
[02:15] Alice
    That's...
[02:24] Goblin
    Advance! Advance!
[02:32] Alice
    Why don't they flee south
    where there aren't any enemies?
[02:35] Alice
    Amayori, wait here until I summon you!
[02:45] Gasfut
    If the enemy breaches our line of defense,
    use lethal force!
[02:49] Barbossa
    Listen! Don't let a single one
    get this far into the village!
[03:05] Selka
    That's...
[03:18] Alice
    We can't possibly defend against them here.
[03:21] Alice
    Please have everyone
    take the south road to evacuate!
[03:25] Barbossa
    Don't be ridiculous!
[03:26] Barbossa
    Abandon my mansion—
    no, I mean the village and run off?
[03:30] Alice
    If you leave now, you can get away
    without being caught by the goblins.
[03:35] Alice
    Your possessions or your lives,
    which is more important?
[03:41] Gasfut
    "Form a circle in the plaza,
    and tighten up our defenses."
[03:44] Gasfut
    Those are Chief Man-at-Arms Zink's orders.
[03:47] Gasfut
    In a situation like this, even I, the village elder,
    must follow such orders.
[03:53] Gasfut
    That is imperial law.
[03:57] Selka
    Let's do as Sister says.
[04:00] Selka
    Father.
[04:04] Alice
    Selka.
[04:07] Selka
    Father.
[04:09] Selka
    Have you ever once known Sister to be wrong?
[04:13] Selka
    No, even I can tell.
[04:16] Selka
    If we don't do something...
[04:19] Selka
    we'll all be killed!
[04:21] Barbossa
    Flee?
[04:24] Barbossa
    You're just a child, so stay out of this!
[04:27] Barbossa
    The village must be protected!
[04:34] Barbossa
    I-I see.
[04:36] Barbossa
    I get it!
[04:38] Barbossa
    You're the one who let those monsters from
    the land of darkness into the village, aren't you, Alice?
[04:43] Barbossa
    Years ago, when you crossed the End Mountains,
    you were tainted by the power of darkness!
[04:48] Barbossa
    You're a witch!
[04:49] Barbossa
    This girl is a fearsome witch!
[04:53] Alice
    As a knight,
    I hereby revoke Chief Man-at-Arms Zink's order.
[04:58] Alice
    I order all villagers gathered in this plaza
    to evacuate to the forest south of here,
[05:03] Alice
    with those who are armed in the lead.
[05:05] Barbossa
    K-Knight? What are you talking about?
[05:08] Barbossa
    There's no such Calling in this village!
[05:11] Barbossa
    Claiming to be a knight
    just because you can somewhat handle a sword.
[05:15] Barbossa
    What would happen
    if the knights in the capital heard about this?
[05:21] Alice
    My name is Alice.
[05:27] Alice
    I am the overseer of the capital city of Centoria.
[05:30] Alice
    An Integrity Knight... of the Axiom Church.
[05:35] Alice
    Ranked third!
[05:37] Alice
    Alice Synthesis Thirty!
[05:42] Barbossa
    I-I-Integrity Knight?
[05:49] Selka
    Sister, you're...?
[05:56] Alice
    I'm sorry I kept it from you all this time.
[05:59] Alice
    This is the true penalty I was given,
    and my true duty.
[06:04] Selka
    No. I always believed!
[06:08] Selka
    That there was no way
    you could be a criminal.
[06:12] Gasfut
    I shall follow your command,
    Lady Integrity Knight.
[06:21] Gasfut
    Those of you who are armed, take the lead
    and guide the villagers to the south gate!
[06:25] Gasfut
    Once you've left the village,
    evacuate to the forest south of the clearing!
[06:31] Villager
    Leave the wounded and the elderly to us!
[06:33] Villager
    We'll lead the others out! Follow us!
[06:38] Alice
    Father, please take care of everyone,
    and of Selka and Mother.
[06:44] Gasfut
    Lady Knight.
[06:46] Gasfut
    Take care as well.
[06:50] Selka
    Sister, don't push yourself, okay?
[06:55] Alice
    Amayori!
[07:05] Zink
    What a horde!
[07:07] Zink
    Retreat! Retreat!
[07:10] Alice
    Burn them all!
[07:24] Barbossa
    N-No way.
[07:26] Selka
    I-Is that Sister's...?
[07:31] Zink
    A dragon?
[07:39] Zink
    Wh-What are you doing here?
[07:41] Alice
    There's no time to explain.
[07:43] Alice
    Please evacuate with the others.
[07:46] Alice
    Hurry!
[07:48] Goblin
    I-Ium woman. I'll kill and devour you!
[08:16] Alice
    From now on, I'm going to fight
    for what I want to.
[08:20] Alice
    To protect my sister and my parents.
[08:23] Alice
    And...
[08:25] Alice
    I will fight to protect the people of the Human Empire
    Kirito and Eugeo tried to preserve.
[08:47] Alice
    Thank you, Kirito.
[08:49] Alice
    I'll be fine now.
[08:51] Alice
    I'm sure I'll still hesitate,
    but I'm going to move forward.
[08:56] Alice
    For you, and for what I seek.
[09:01] Alice
    I am Alice, knight of the Human Empire!
[09:03] Alice
    As long as I'm here,
    you'll never find the blood and carnage you desire.
[09:09] Alice
    Return through the cave to your homeland!
[09:15] Alice
    Enhance Armament!
[09:24] Morikka
    Out of my way!
[09:25] Morikka
    If it's just one little girl,
    I, Morikka the Foot Harvester, will—
[09:31] Morikka
    Wh-What?
[09:35] Alice
    Storm and churn...
[09:38] Alice
    ...my flowers!
[10:05] Alice
    This is the wall separating the Human Empire
    and the land of darkness!
[10:09] Alice
    Even if you unseal the caves,
    as long as we knights exist,
[10:14] Alice
    we will never allow you to corrupt this land!
[10:18] Alice
    Make your choice!
[10:20] Alice
    Either advance and fall into a sea of blood,
[10:22] Alice
    or retreat and escape to the land of darkness!
[10:44] Kid
    I'll make you a new doll!
[10:46] Kid
    Yay!
[10:50] Selka
    I think deep down,
    Father wanted to come and see you off.
[10:54] Alice
    I know.
[10:56] Alice
    Someday, when I've fulfilled all of my duties,
[11:00] Alice
    I'll come back here as plain Alice Zuberg.
[11:04] Alice
    I think that's when I'll be able to say...
[11:09] Alice
    "Father, I'm home."
[11:18] Alice
    I'll definitely return to this village one day.
[11:26] Alice
    Even if I fall on the battlefield,
    my heart definitely will.
SIGN    Monday, July 6, 2026 2:07 PM Ocean Turtle
SIGN    Main Control Room Ocean Turtle 33 minutes after the attack
[12:26] Vassago
    Hey! It's deserted.
[12:28] Critter
    Looks like they ran away.
[12:31] Gabriel
    Where are they?
[12:34] Critter
    My guess would be...
    in the Sub Control Room.
SIGN    Sub Control Room Ocean Turtle 23 minutes after the attack
[12:46] Higa
    We're connected to the backup power now!
[12:48] Higa
    Now we can use the Sub Control Room.
[12:56] Asuna
    If Kirito doesn't regain consciousness,
    I will never forgive you as long as I live!
[13:08] Kikuoka
    I know that.
[13:10] Kikuoka
    I'll see to it that Kirito recovers,
    no matter what.
[13:20] Rinko
    It'll be all right.
[13:21] Rinko
    I promise you it'll be all right.
[13:23] Rinko
    He'll definitely come back to you.
[13:26] Asuna
    Yes, of course.
[13:29] Asuna
    I'm sorry I overreacted.
[13:35] Nakanishi
    Reporting in, sir.
[13:36] Nakanishi
    Confirming that the primary and secondary
    bulkheads have been completely sealed,
[13:40] Nakanishi
    and that all noncombatants
    have been evacuated to the bow block.
[13:44] Kikuoka
    Good work.
    How long will the bulkheads hold?
[13:48] Nakanishi
    The enemy could break through with explosives,
    but that's unlikely.
[13:55] Nakanishi
    Near the primary bulkhead...
[13:57] Kikuoka
    ...is the Lightcube Cluster, right?
[14:00] Kikuoka
    All right. Let's sum up the situation here.
[14:04] Kikuoka
    Lt. Nakanishi, please report the casualties.
[14:07] Nakanishi
    Yes, sir.
[14:08] Nakanishi
    Minor injuries to three researchers
    on the civilian block team.
[14:12] Nakanishi
    Two heavy injuries and two minor injuries
    to the Self-Defense Force.
[14:17] Nakanishi
    None of them are life-threatening.
[14:20] Kikuoka
    Any damage to the ship?
[14:21] Nakanishi
    The bulkheads in the passageway from the bottom dock
    to the Main Control Room can't be controlled remotely.
[14:28] Nakanishi
    Even worse,
    now that the main power line has been cut,
[14:33] Nakanishi
    even though the auxiliary line is providing
    a stable power supply to all areas,
[14:38] Nakanishi
    we can't rotate the screws
    without rebooting the control system.
[14:42] Kikuoka
    Just like a sea turtle without its fins, huh?
[14:45] Kikuoka
    Plus, it's got a shark latched onto its belly.
[14:48] Nakanishi
    Yes. Sectors 1 through 12 in the Lower Shaft...
    have all been completely taken over.
[14:56] Kikuoka
    So they've seized Main Control,
    STL Room One, and...
[15:01] Kikuoka
    ...even the nuclear reactor, huh?
[15:05] Kikuoka
    I guess the silver lining
    is that their intention isn't to destroy.
[15:10] Kikuoka
    The question is, who are these guys?
[15:15] Kikuoka
    Higa, do you have any thoughts?
[15:17] Higa
    Well.
[15:20] Higa
    Let's see.
[15:24] Higa
    Going by the color and specs of their gear,
    they don't belong to any official army.
[15:29] Higa
    And from their average size,
    we can assume that they're not Asian.
[15:34] Kikuoka
    So at the very least,
    they're not with a domestic special forces.
[15:39] Kikuoka
    How lucky for us, huh?
[15:42] Kikuoka
    And there's one more thing
    we can say with certainty.
[15:45] Kikuoka
    These people know about
    the existence of Project Alicization.
[15:49] Higa
    Yeah, you got that right.
[15:51] Higa
    I mean, they went straight
    to the Main Control Room.
[15:56] Higa
    Which means their goal is
    the true bottom-up artificial intelligence.
[16:02] Higa
    To seize A.L.I.C.E.
[16:06] Higa
    Luckily, we were able to
    lock down Main Control in time.
[16:09] Higa
    So now they can't interfere with the simulation
    or eject Alice's Fluctlight from the cluster.
[16:16] Kikuoka
    But the same goes for us, right?
[16:19] Higa
    Well, yeah, that's right.
[16:21] Higa
    It's no longer possible to use commands
    to eject Alice's Lightcube externally.
[16:26] Higa
    But Mr. Kiku, at this point,
    wouldn't you call this a win?
[16:31] Higa
    I mean, they can't access the cluster
    by physical or informational means.
[16:36] Higa
    So now if our escort ship
    sends some reinforcements,
[16:40] Higa
    I'm telling you, it's game over.
    Game over!
[16:43] Kikuoka
    Not that we know what kind of game it is.
[16:47] Kikuoka
    And that's the problem.
[16:49] Kikuoka
    Tell me, will the Asahi take action?
[16:52] Nakanishi
    Well, about that...
[16:55] Nakanishi
    The Asahi was ordered by Fleet Command in Yokosuka
    to stand by and maintain its current distance.
[17:02] Nakanishi
    They've determined that we've been taken hostage
    by our attackers, it seems.
[17:07] Kikuoka
    Most likely, those men in black have a back channel
    to the top brass in the SDF.
[17:14] Kikuoka
    There won't be an order for the Asahi to attack
    until after Alice's Lightcube has been secured.
[17:20] Higa
    Meaning that those guys aren't just terrorists?
[17:24] Higa
    This could be bad.
[17:25] Higa
    If they have any experts on their side,
    they might figure it out.
[17:29] Kikuoka
    An operation within the Underworld, huh?
[17:32] Kikuoka
    Now that they've taken control
    of STL Room One,
[17:36] Kikuoka
    they can certainly execute commands
    via the virtual console installed in the Underworld.
[17:41] Rinko
    What will happen if they do?
[17:44] Kikuoka
    The target cube will be extracted from the Lightcube Cluster
    in the center of the Main Shaft,
[17:50] Kikuoka
    and transported via air tube
    to the chosen control room.
[17:55] Kikuoka
    There's an extraction hatch there.
[17:57] Kikuoka
    And of course,
    there's one in the Main Control Room, as well.
[18:04] Kikuoka
    We're going to retrieve Alice's Fluctlight
    from the Underworld before they can.
[18:09] Kikuoka
    The only one who can do that is Kirito.
[18:12] Kikuoka
    In other words,
    our last hope rests on his shoulders.
[18:18] Kikuoka
    Higa, tell us. What's Kirito's condition?
[18:22] Higa
    To be concise...
[18:25] Higa
    he's teetering on the edge
    of the worst-case scenario.
[18:35] Higa
    The assault by the last Death Gun member
    left Kirito with damage to his neural network,
[18:41] Higa
    and to treat him, we blocked his memories
    and had him dive into Underworld like before.
[18:49] Higa
    But for some reason,
    his memories didn't get blocked.
[18:53] Higa
    Kirito was plunged into the Underworld
    as Kazuto Kirigaya, his real-world persona.
[18:59] Rinko
    W-Wait a second!
[19:01] Rinko
    Then he's been living as himself in the Underworld,
    where time's accelerated, for how long?
[19:08] Higa
    About two years.
[19:10] Higa
    That's how long Kirito has been interacting
    with the artificial Fluctlights of that world.
[19:17] Higa
    Knowing the entire time that they'll all be destroyed
    at the end of the current simulation.
[19:22] Higa
    That's probably why he went to the console
    in the Central Cathedral to contact the real world.
[19:29] Higa
    To ask you,
    Mr. Kiku to protect all of the Fluctlights.
[19:35] Higa
    And I'm sure it wasn't an easy thing for him to do.
[19:39] Higa
    But he did make it.
[19:42] Higa
    Since we were under attack,
    I couldn't check the logs,
[19:45] Higa
    but it seems like he lost some allies
    in the battle against the Axiom Church.
[19:49] Higa
    That's why, when he managed
    to get in contact with us,
[19:54] Higa
    he was berating himself harshly.
[19:56] Higa
    To put it another way,
    he was attacking his own Fluctlight.
[20:01] Higa
    At that moment,
    the men in black cut the power line,
[20:05] Higa
    which caused a short circuit, and the ensuing surge
    caused the STL to spike momentarily.
[20:12] Higa
    As a result, Kirito's self-destruction impulse was actualized
    and his ego was deactivated.
[20:20] Rinko
    Ego... deactivated?
[20:24] Rinko
    What does that mean?
[20:26] Higa
    Take a look at this.
[20:28] Higa
    Normally, where this black hole is,
    what you'd find is, to be precise...
[20:33] Higa
    ...the self-image.
[20:36] Rinko
    Self-image. One's conception
    as determined by the self, you mean?
[20:42] Higa
    That's correct.
[20:43] Higa
    Apparently, all our decision making passes
    through a "Yes/No" circuit inside our Fluctlights
[20:49] Higa
    that asks "Should I do this
    under these conditions, or not?"
[20:53] Higa
    For example, Rinko-senpai, have you ever ordered
    a second helping at a beef bowl place?
[20:59] Rinko
    I haven't.
[21:01] Higa
    Even if your mind is like, "I want to have more.
    I could eat another bowl"?
[21:05] Rinko
    That's right.
[21:06] Higa
    So in other words, that was the result
    of your self-image circuit processing.
[21:12] Higa
    In Kirito's case,
    his Fluctlight is largely unscathed,
[21:16] Higa
    but because the circuit in question
    is non-functional,
[21:20] Higa
    all he can do in his current state, most likely,
[21:23] Higa
    is reflexive reactions
    triggered by deeply ingrained memories.
[21:29] Higa
    I don't think he knows who he is,
    or what it is he needs to do,
[21:33] Higa
    and he can't speak voluntarily.
[21:35] Higa
    I believe that's his current state.
[23:36] Alice
    Next time: The Final Load Test.