E23 - New World

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[00:02] Kazuto
    Alice is missing?
[00:04] Rinko
    Yes. I've been worried
    that she may be doing too much.
[00:09] Rinko
    But every time I ask,
    "Are you tired? Do you need to rest?"
[00:13] Rinko
    she just smiles and shakes her head.
[00:18] Kazuto
    I'll head over there for now.
[00:22] Kazuto
    Then we'll be better able to take action
    as soon as we hear from her.
[00:34] Kazuto
    It can't be.
[00:41] Kazuto
    Alice!
[00:46] Deliveryman
    Large package for you.
[00:52] Kazuto
    From Rath?
[00:54] Kazuto
    What could it be?
[01:17] Alice
    Would you kindly stop making a such a scene
    and pull me out of here?
[01:22] Alice
    Kirito?
SIGN    New World
[01:34] Kazuto
    Alice, why would you do this?
[01:38] Alice
    I am sorry for escaping like that.
[01:43] Alice
    But I was desperate to speak with you alone,
    face-to-face,
[01:48] Alice
    not in your virtual form,
    but as someone with a real body.
[01:52] Alice
    Kirito...
[01:54] Alice
    I am angry with you.
[01:56] Alice
    Why didn't you tell me that day?
[01:59] Alice
    That it might be our final farewell?
[02:02] Alice
    If only you'd told me that
    at the World's End Altar, I...
[02:07] Alice
    I...
[02:08] Alice
    I would not have fled on my own!
[02:13] Alice
    I am a knight!
[02:15] Alice
    Someone whose destiny is to fight! So...
[02:18] Alice
    why did you choose to face
    such a dreadful foe all alone,
[02:23] Alice
    and why didn't you want me by your side?
[02:30] Alice
    Who am I, Alice Synthesis Thirty, in your eyes?
[02:36] Alice
    What am I to you?
[02:44] Kazuto
    You're...
[02:45] Kazuto
    my hope.
[02:48] Kazuto
    And not just my hope, either.
[02:50] Kazuto
    For all those scores of people who lived
    and died in that world, too,
[02:54] Kazuto
    you're our irreplaceable hope.
[02:57] Kazuto
    That's why I couldn't bear to lose you.
[03:00] Kazuto
    That hope...
[03:01] Kazuto
    I wanted to link it to the future.
[03:06] Alice
    The future...
[03:08] Alice
    What exactly will the future look like?
[03:12] Alice
    After I've endured the endless loneliness
    of living in the chaos of the real world,
[03:17] Alice
    inside this unwieldy steel-element body,
    what could possibly be awaiting me?
[03:23] Kazuto
    Sorry. Even I don't know that yet, but...
[03:30] Kazuto
    you being here will change the world.
    You're the one who will change it.
[03:36] Kazuto
    And when all is said and done,
    Cardinal's, Administrator's, Bercouli's, Eldrie's...
[03:44] Kazuto
    and Eugeo's hopes will finally be rewarded.
    I have no doubt of that.
[03:56] Alice
    We must let Dr. Rinko know.
[03:59] Alice
    It wouldn't do to make her worry so much.
[04:03] Kazuto
    Yeah, good idea.
[04:09] Kazuto
    Yes.
[04:10] Kazuto
    She's much calmer now.
[04:13] Kazuto
    Yes. I understand.
[04:15] Kazuto
    Bye, then.
[04:19] Kazuto
    Don't worry, she wasn't mad.
[04:22] Kazuto
    Actually, she said she felt bad for you.
[04:26] Kazuto
    And she said that you can spend the night here.
[04:31] Alice
    R-Really?
[04:33] Kazuto
    Yeah.
[04:34] Alice
    In that case, I'd like you
    to show me around this house first.
[04:40] Alice
    I've never seen any traditional buildings
    in the real world before!
[04:45] Kazuto
    Sure... no problem.
[04:47] Kazuto
    But... it's just a family home,
    so it's not like there's a lot to see.
[04:54] Kazuto
    That's right.
[04:55] Kazuto
    I know where to take you.
[05:07] Alice
    Is this...
[05:10] Alice
    a training hall?
[05:12] Kazuto
    Yeah. Over here, we call it a dojo, though.
[05:16] Alice
    Dojo.
[05:25] Alice
    This is a wooden training sword, right?
[05:29] Alice
    It's so different
    from the ones in the Underworld.
[05:38] Kazuto
    What?
[05:40] Alice
    Isn't it obvious?
[05:42] Alice
    What else would one do in a training hall?
[05:48] Kazuto
    But Alice...
[05:50] Kazuto
    in that body, you're...
[05:53] Alice
    No need to hold back.
[06:04] Alice
    Well, this brings back memories.
[06:05] Alice
    Of that day when I first crossed swords with you
    in the garden on the cathedral's eightieth floor.
[06:10] Kazuto
    You really clobbered me that day.
[06:13] Kazuto
    It won't happen again today.
[06:52] Alice
    I win, right?
[06:54] Alice
    And the winning move was the secret skill,
    Steel Headbutt.
[06:59] Kazuto
    I've never heard of that move.
[07:01] Alice
    I just created it.
[07:07] Alice
    Kirito. I'll be fine now.
[07:10] Alice
    I know I can live in this world.
[07:13] Alice
    As long as I can wield a sword,
    wherever I may be, I will be myself.
[07:18] Alice
    I've just realized...
[07:20] Alice
    that my battle isn't over yet.
[07:23] Alice
    And neither is yours.
[07:26] Alice
    So I will look forward, and only forward,
    and keep moving ahead.
[07:33] Suguha
    So then, Big Brother fell, and...
[07:35] Alice
    Really? So even Kirito was once like that.
[07:38] Midori
    Seriously, Kazuto could be
    such a handful back then!
[07:42] Minetaka
    Kazuto, we have a lot to talk about,
[07:46] Minetaka
    but first I want to hear you say
    what needs to be said.
[07:59] Kazuto
    Dad, Mom. I'm really sorry
    that I made you worry yet again.
[08:06] Midori
    We're used to it by now.
[08:08] Midori
    And didn't you accomplish
    something really important this time?
[08:13] Midori
    When a person agrees to take on an article— a job,
    they have to see it through to the end, no matter what.
[08:19] Suguha
    Mom, you're making it personal.
[08:22] Minetake
    That might be your mother's take on it,
[08:24] Minetake
    but you have no idea how much stress
    she was under while you were missing.
[08:29] Minetake
    I get that it was a crucial mission,
    and you got it done,
[08:32] Minetake
    but that doesn't mean you can just forget.
[08:35] Minetake
    Kazuto, what is your duty?
[08:38] Kazuto
    Being a high school student.
[08:40] Minetaka
    That's right.
[08:41] Minetaka
    And so it should be clear where you should
    be putting all of your effort right now.
[08:47] Kazuto
    To study, and to get into college.
[08:50] Minetaka
    It's already the summer of your junior year.
[08:52] Minetaka
    Your mother mentioned that
    you were looking to study abroad in America.
[08:56] Minetaka
    Have you made any progress?
[08:59] Kazuto
    Well, about that...
[09:03] Kazuto
    Sorry. I want to change my focus.
[09:07] Minetaka
    Please explain.
[09:08] Kazuto
    I want to enter the electrical engineering department
    at a Japanese university,
[09:12] Kazuto
    preferably the Toto Institute of Technology.
[09:14] Kazuto
    After that, I'd like to work at Rath—
[09:17] Kazuto
    no, I mean the Oceanic Resource Exploration
    & Research Institution.
[09:31] Alice
    Father.
[09:32] Suguha
    "Father"?
[09:34] Alice
    My own father never forgave me
    for choosing to become a knight.
[09:40] Alice
    But by making my own beliefs clear
    through my actions,
[09:44] Alice
    I am convinced that in the end,
    he came to understand that choice.
[09:48] Alice
    Kirito...
[09:49] Alice
    I mean Kazuto, is someone
    who can follow the path he believes in.
[09:54] Alice
    And that's because, despite being
    an ordinary student in this world,
[09:57] Alice
    in that other world he was, without question,
    the most powerful swordsman of all.
[10:02] Alice
    Because he's a hero who fought gallantly
    to protect an untold number of residents.
[10:07] Kazuto
    Alice.
[10:09] Minetaka
    Ms. Alice.
[10:11] Minetaka
    His mother and I already know that.
[10:14] Minetaka
    Kazuto's already a hero in this world, too.
[10:18] Minetaka
    Isn't that right, Black Swordsman?
[10:21] Minetaka
    Kazuto.
[10:23] Minetaka
    To choose your path, study, take exams,
    advance to college, and then get a job,
[10:28] Minetaka
    all of those things are just part of a process.
[10:30] Minetaka
    But at the same time,
    they're also the fruits of your labor.
[10:34] Minetaka
    Even if you feel lost or uncertain at times,
    try to live with no regrets.
[10:44] Kazuto
    I promise to do that.
[10:46] Kazuto
    Thanks, Dad, Mom.
[11:03] Alice
    Kirito.
[11:04] Alice
    Please wake up, Kirito.
[11:17] Kirito
    A-Alice—
[11:19] Alice
    Please lower your voice.
[11:21] Kazuto
    Y-Yeah, it's just that,
    this is kind of inappropriate, or should I say—
[11:30] Alice
    P-Please don't look at me.
[11:36] Kazuto
    So, what happened this late?
[11:39] Alice
    About five minutes ago,
[11:41] Alice
    I received an alarming communication
    through the remote messaging art...
[11:45] Alice
    or rather, it came to me over the "network."
[11:49] Kazuto
    An email? From whom?
[11:51] Alice
    There was no name in the sender line.
[11:54] Alice
    As for the content...
[11:55] Alice
    rather than hear me read it,
    it'd be better for you to see for yourself.
SIGN    [Climb the white tower, and ye shall reach unto yon world.
    Training Hall #2.Media Storage.Senate.Geographical Records Room]
[12:09] Kazuto
    This is...
[12:19] Kazuto
    Yui, are you awake?
[12:23] Yui
    Good morning, Daddy.
[12:25] Kazuto
    Sorry to wake you up, Yui.
[12:28] Kazuto
    Can you take a look at this?
[12:32] Yui
    These are the names of the floors
    in the Central Cathedral, right?
[12:37] Alice
    Yes.
[12:38] Alice
    Yes, Training Hall #2 is on the fifty-second floor,
    Media Storage is on the sixty-eighth floor,
[12:43] Alice
    the senate is on the ninety-sixth floor,
[12:45] Alice
    and the Geographical Records Room
    is on the fifty-eighth floor.
[12:52] Kazuto
    Is this...
[12:53] Kazuto
    ...an IP address?
[12:55] Yui
    Yes.
[12:57] Yui
    I think that the white tower to be climbed
    refers to the address in the second line.
[13:02] Yui
    And when you've climbed to the top,
    you reach "yon world."
[13:05] Yui
    Which means the server
    this address is pointing to is...
[13:11] Kazuto
    I-I see!
[13:14] Kazuto
    Alice, this connects to that world.
[13:18] Kazuto
    It's the path to the Underworld!
[13:21] Alice
    Connects... path.
[13:24] Alice
    Does that mean that I can go—
    I mean, return home? To that world...
[13:30] Alice
    To my world?
[13:34] Kazuto
    Yeah.
[13:42] Kazuto
    By the way, Alice,
    when we do go back to the Underworld,
[13:47] Kazuto
    um, is it okay if we bring Asuna along, too?
[13:54] Alice
    I suppose not.
[13:56] Alice
    If there's an unexpected emergency,
    we'll need as many fighters as we can get.
[14:05] Kazuto
    This is it.
[14:10] Rinko
    Most likely, he's involved in this.
[14:14] Kazuto
    Yes. Probably.
[14:22] Kazuto
    Yui. Did you find out anything about that address?
[14:25] Yui
    I got as far as the server's relay point,
[14:29] Yui
    but it has such a robust firewall
    that I can't dig any deeper.
[14:32] Kazuto
    I see. Thanks.
[14:35] Kazuto
    Well, we're heading out.
[14:37] Kazuto
    We won't be in any danger this time...
[14:39] Kazuto
    I think.
[14:40] Yui
    If something happens,
    I'll come to save you right away!
[14:44] Kazuto
    I'm counting on you. All right, see you later.
[14:49] Kazuto
    Remember, it's been 200 years.
[14:52] Kazuto
    There's no telling what's become
    of the Human Empire and the land of darkness.
[14:56] Kazuto
    Be on your guard.
[14:58] Asuna
    Administrator ruled over the Human Empire
    for three hundred years, didn't she?
[15:02] Asuna
    It hasn't been as long.
[15:05] Asuna
    I bet it hasn't changed that much.
[15:09] Asuna
    Once we're back,
    let's go wake up Selka first, okay?
[15:15] Alice
    Thank you, Kirito, Asuna.
[15:20] Rinko
    Are you ready?
[15:22] Rinko
    All right, here we go.
[15:23] Kazuto/Asuna/Alice
    Right!
[15:43] Alice
    Wh-What is this?
[15:49] Kirito
    Outer space?
[15:55] Alice
    Kirito...
[15:57] Alice
    look there.
[16:02] Asuna
    What's that?
SIGN    Star World Year 582
[16:37] Alice
    O World! Underworld where I was born
    and which I love! Can you hear me?
[16:44] Alice
    I have returned.
[16:48] Alice
    I... am here!
SIGN    Integrity Pilot  Stica Schtrinen
[17:10] Stica
    Laura! Laura, are you all right?
[17:13] Laurannei
    I'm fine, Sti.
[17:15] Laurannei
    I'm safe. But this one...
SIGN    Integrity Pilot  Laurannei Arabel
[17:19] Laurannei
    ...can't fly anymore.
[17:21] Stica
    You have no choice but to abandon ship.
[17:24] Stica
    The thrusters on your outfit should be enough
    to get you back to Cardina.
[17:27] Laurannei
    Not happening!
[17:29] Laurannei
    I can't do that!
[17:31] Laurannei
    I can't just abandon her and flee!
[17:34] Stica
    No. No, you can't.
SIGN    Mythic Spacebeast  The Abyssal Horror
[17:40] Stica
    Then let's fight to the end.
[17:45] Laurannei
    Roger that!
[18:07] Stica
    Is that... a human?
[18:25] Stica
    Don't tell me he's going to fight with swords?
[18:32] Kirito
    Release Recollection.
[18:52] Kirito
    Release Recollection!
[19:32] Stica
    D-Did they kill it?
[19:34] Stica
    A monster like that?
[19:36] Laurannei
    No, not yet!
[19:42] Stica
    No! Don't let it get away!
[19:44] Stica
    We have to burn all of them up!
[19:55] Stica
    I know this swordswoman... no, this knight.
[20:01] Laurannei
    Me, too.
[20:03] Stica
    Lady... Alice?
[20:08] Alice
    Release Recollection.
[20:30] Stica
    Amazing.
[20:43] Laurannei
    Sti, I know him. I know who that person is.
[20:49] Stica
    Yes, Laura. So do I. So do I!
SIGN    This is where the story ends.
SIGN    But the battle continues for Kirito,
    Asuna, Leafa, Sinon and the others,
    as well as for Alice.
SIGN    They will next take up their swords
    on the final, greatest battle of all,
    the "Inter-Intelligence War,"
SIGN    but as of this moment,
    every possibility is but a faint flicker,
    wavering beyond a fluctuating light.