E24 - Gilded Hero

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[00:02] K
    Yui, use this.
[00:07] Y
    Transcribing code.
[00:09] Y
    It's going to teleport us.
[00:10] Y
    Daddy, your hand!
[00:18] Y
    Daddy...
[00:20] Y
    Daddy!
[00:22] K
    Yui?
[00:23] K
    Where are we?
[00:24] Y
    I don't know.
[00:26] Y
    There's no mapping data.
[00:29] K
    Do you know where Asuna is?
[00:30] ---
    Yes.
[00:32] Y
    She's close...
[00:33] Y
    Very close.
[00:36] Y
    This way!
[01:07] K
    This is the top of the World Tree?
[01:13] K
    There's no Floating City up here...
[01:17] K
    Some Grand Quest!
[01:19] K
    Everything was a lie.
[01:21] K
    I won't let him get away with this!
[01:24] K
    Oh, right...
[01:26] K
    Gotta save Asuna first.
SIGN    Gilded Hero
[03:35] Y
    Mommy!
[03:39] Y
    Mommy!
[03:50] Y
    Mommy!
[03:53] A
    Yui-chan!
[03:55] Y
    Mommy...
[03:57] A
    Yui-chan...
[04:01] Y
    Mommy...
[04:02] Y
    Mommy!
[04:16] A
    Kirito-kun.
[04:19] K
    Asuna.
[04:25] K
    I'm sorry I'm late.
[04:28] A
    No, I knew...
[04:30] A
    I knew you'd come to save me.
[04:38] K
    Now, let's go home.
[04:42] A
    Yeah.
[04:44] ---
    Yui, can you log out Asuna?
[04:48] A
    Mommy's status is locked
    down by complicated codes.
[04:52] A
    We'll need a system console to dispel them.
[04:55] A
    I think I saw one in the lab.
[05:01] A
    What?
[05:08] A
    Yui...
[05:09] A
    What is this?
[05:13] Y
    Daddy! Mommy!
[05:15] Y
    Be careful...
[05:17] Y
    Something bad is coming.
[05:21] A
    Yui-chan!
[05:21] K
    Yui!
[05:28] K
    Asuna...
[05:38] Su
    What a surprise...
[05:40] Su
    I didn't expect to see
[05:42] Su
    a cockroach in my little bird's cage.
[05:45] K
    You're...
[05:46] K
    Sugou?
[05:50] Su
    I'd prefer you not use that
    name in this world.
[05:53] Su
    Call me His Highness, Fairy King Oberon!
[05:59] A
    Kirito-kun!
[06:01] A
    Well?
[06:02] A
    You can't move, can you?
[06:04] A
    This is gravity magic,
    coming out in the next patch.
[06:08] A
    Maybe it's a little overpowered?
[06:10] A
    Stop it...
[06:11] A
    You coward!
[06:13] S
    That said, Kirigaya-kun...
[06:15] S
    Or do you prefer Kirito-kun?
[06:19] S
    How did you get up here?
[06:22] S
    I saw a strange program running.
[06:25] K
    I flew with these wings...
[06:30] Su
    It doesn't matter.
[06:32] Su
    I can just ask your mind directly.
[06:36] K
    What?
[06:37] Su
    You didn't really think
[06:39] Su
    I set this entire thing up for fun, did you?
[06:45] Su
    Three hundred former SAO players...
[06:48] Su
    Thanks to their cooperation,
[06:51] ---
    the fundamental technology for
    emotion and thought control
[06:54] ---
    is already eighty percent complete.
[06:57] Su
    I'll achieve what no one ever has,
    control of the human soul!
[07:02] ---
    The power of a god!
[07:03] Su
    And soon, that power will be mine!
[07:06] Su
    Three cheers for virtual reality!
[07:13] K
    Sugou!
[07:15] A
    You'll never get away with this.
[07:17] A
    Never!
[07:19] Su
    Who's going to stop me?
[07:22] Su
    Sadly, there's no god in this world.
[07:25] Su
    Except for me!
[07:28] Su
    Now, before I begin altering your souls,
[07:32] ---
    let's have a fun party!
[07:44] K
    You bastard, what are you...
[08:05] Su
    Yes!
[08:09] Su
    Great! I love it!
[08:12] Su
    NPC women can't make that face...
[08:21] Su
    I love this smell.
[08:23] Su
    Replicating your scent from
    the real world was hard.
[08:28] Su
    I hope you appreciate how much work it took
[08:31] ---
    to get an analyzer into your hospital room...
[08:35] K
    Stop it.
[08:37] K
    Sugou...
[08:42] Su
    My, my...
[08:44] Su
    You need to stay on the ground...
[08:46] Su
    Writhing!
[08:53] A
    Kirito-kun!
[08:58] Su
    System command!
[09:00] Su
    Change pain absorber
[09:01] ---
    from level 10 to level 8.
[09:08] Su
    Hurts, doesn't it?
[09:09] Su
    I'll gradually let the pain increase,
[09:11] ---
    so you have something to look forward to.
[09:13] Su
    Of course, below level 3,
[09:16] ---
    it will start to affect your physical body.
[09:20] Su
    Now, then...
[09:26] K
    Stop it, Sugou...
[09:29] A
    I'm okay, Kirito-kun.
[09:31] A
    This won't hurt me.
[09:36] Su
    That's what I hoped you'd say...
[09:38] Su
    How long will you maintain your pride?
[09:40] Su
    Thirty minutes? An hour?
[09:42] Su
    Try to hold on to it as long as you can!
[10:03] Su
    Shall I tell you what I'm thinking?
[10:08] Su
    Once I've had my fun here,
[10:11] ---
    I'll go to your hospital room.
[10:13] Su
    I'll play a recording of today on a big monitor,
[10:17] ---
    and we can enjoy ourselves.
[10:22] Su
    With your real body.
[10:37] Su
    S-Sweet...
[10:39] Su
    So sweet!
[10:41] K
    Sugou, you bastard!
[10:44] K
    You bastard!
[10:54] K
    You bastard, I'll kill you!
[10:56] K
    I'm going to kill you!
[11:12] K
    Is this my punishment?
[11:16] K
    For thinking that I was the
    game's strongest hero?
[11:20] ---
    That I could save Asuna alone?
[11:24] K
    Even though
[11:26] K
    I have no power at all...
[11:34] ?
    Are you going to run away?
[11:38] ?
    Are you going to run away?
[11:40] K
    No...
[11:42] K
    I'm going to accept reality.
[11:44] ?
    Then you give in to it.
[11:45] ?
    To the power of a system you once denied.
[11:49] K
    I don't have a choice.
[11:51] K
    I'm a player, and he's a GM.
[11:55] ?
    Those words make a mockery of our battle.
[11:59] ?
    Our fight showed me the
    power of the human will.
[12:03] ---
    And the possibilities held by the future.
[12:07] K
    You're...
[12:11] ?
    Stand up, Kirito-kun!
[12:27] K
    Your attacks have no soul...
[12:30] K
    The blades in that world hit harder...
[12:35] K
    They hurt far more!
[12:44] Su
    I guess some odd bugs are still left.
[12:51] K
    System login...
[12:53] ---
    ID Heathcliff.
[12:55] Su
    Wh-What?
[12:57] Su
    What is that ID?!
[12:59] K
    System command.
[13:00] K
    Enable administrator privileges.
[13:02] K
    Set ID Oberon to level 1.
[13:07] Su
    Your ID outranks mine?
[13:09] Su
    That's impossible!
[13:11] Su
    I am the ruler!
[13:12] Su
    The creator!
[13:13] Su
    King of this world!
[13:15] Su
    Its God!
[13:16] K
    No, you're not.
[13:18] K
    You stole this world...
[13:21] K
    And its people.
[13:22] K
    You're a king of thieves,
[13:24] K
    alone upon a stolen throne!
[13:27] Su
    Y-You stupid kid...
[13:29] Su
    How dare you
[13:30] Su
    talk to me like that?!
[13:33] K
    System command!
[13:35] K
    Generate object ID Excalibur.
[13:40] K
    Listen to me,
[13:42] K
    you piece of crap!
[13:43] K
    These...
[13:44] K
    These are God's orders!
[13:46] A
    Just wait a little more, okay?
[13:49] A
    This won't take long.
[13:54] A
    System command!
[13:56] A
    Generate object ID Excalibur!
[14:01] A
    So, a single command is all it takes
    to summon a legendary weapon?
[14:14] A
    It's time to finish this fight.
[14:16] A
    Between the king of thieves
[14:18] A
    and a gilded hero!
[14:21] ---
    System command.
[14:22] ---
    Set pain absorber to level 0.
[14:26] Su
    Wh-What?
[14:27] K
    Don't run away.
[14:29] K
    He never did, no matter what happened!
[14:33] K
    Not Kayaba Akihiko!
[14:35] Su
    K-Kaya...
[14:37] Su
    Kayaba!
[14:39] Su
    I see...
[14:40] Su
    That ID was...
[14:42] Su
    Why?
[14:43] Su
    Why do you interfere with me,
    even after death?!
[14:47] Su
    You're always this way!
[14:48] Su
    Thinking you know everything!
[14:51] Su
    Taking everything I want!
[14:53] K
    Sugou...
[14:54] K
    I understand how you feel a little bit.
[14:57] K
    I also lost to him,
[14:58] K
    and then I had to work for him.
[15:01] K
    However, I never wanted to be him.
[15:06] K
    Unlike you...
[15:08] Su
    You stupid kid!
[15:19] Su
    Damn it all!
[15:24] Su
    That hurt!
[15:27] K
    Painful, isn't it?
[15:30] K
    But you've hurt Asuna
[15:32] K
    far more!
[15:40] Su
    My hand!
[15:42] Su
    My hand!
[16:35] K
    I believed in you.
[16:38] K
    No, I still do.
[16:40] K
    I always have and always will.
[16:42] K
    That you're my hero.
[16:44] K
    That you'll always save me.
[16:48] K
    That isn't true.
[16:49] K
    I...
[16:51] K
    I don't have any power at all.
[16:57] K
    But I'll do my best to be that way.
[17:01] A
    Yeah.
[17:04] K
    Now, let's go home.
[17:09] K
    It's probably night at home.
[17:12] K
    But I'll go to your room soon.
[17:15] A
    I'll be waiting.
[17:17] A
    You're the first person I want to see.
[17:23] A
    It's finally over, isn't it?
[17:25] A
    We can return to the real world.
SIGN    Logging out will terminate all services.
[17:29] K
    That's right.
[17:31] K
    You'll be surprised how much has changed.
[17:35] A
    Let's go to all kinds of places,
[17:37] A
    and do all kinds of things.
[17:39] K
    Yeah, we will.
[18:09] K
    Everything is over now.
[18:13] K
    Isn't it?
[18:16] K
    You're there, aren't you, Heathcliff?
[18:20] H
    It's been a long time, Kirito-kun.
[18:23] K
    You're alive?
[18:25] H
    You could say that,
[18:26] H
    or you could say I'm not.
[18:28] H
    I am an echo of the mind
    that was Kayaba Akihiko.
[18:33] H
    An afterimage.
[18:34] K
    You never did make much sense.
[18:38] K
    Well, I guess I'll thank you.
[18:41] H
    No need for thanks.
[18:42] K
    Why?
[18:43] H
    We aren't so close that we'd
    do anything for free.
[18:48] H
    There is a price.
[18:50] H
    Always.
[18:50] K
    What do you want me to do?
[19:02] K
    What's this?
[19:03] K
    The beginning of a world.
[19:05] K
    It's called The Seed.
[19:08] K
    Once it buds, you'll understand what it is.
[19:11] K
    I'll leave what to do then up to you.
[19:13] K
    You can delete and completely forget it.
[19:16] K
    However,
[19:17] K
    if you have any feelings left for
    that world besides hatred...
[19:25] K
    I'll be going, then.
[19:27] K
    I hope we meet again, Kirito-kun.
[19:37] K
    Yui!
[19:38] K
    Are you okay, Yui?
[19:40] Y
    Daddy!
[19:42] K
    You're safe!
[19:43] K
    I'm so glad...
[19:44] Y
    Yes.
[19:45] Y
    I took shelter in your NerveGear's local memory.
[19:49] Y
    Where's Mommy?
[19:50] K
    She's back in the real world.
[19:54] Y
    Really?
[19:56] Y
    That's great!
[19:57] Y
    I'm so glad...
[19:58] Y
    I really am!
[20:00] K
    We'll be back to visit soon.
[20:03] K
    But what will happen to this world?
[20:07] Y
    My core program is inside your NerveGear.
[20:11] Y
    We're always together.
[20:13] K
    Then I'll be going to see Mommy.
[20:17] Y
    Okay, Daddy!
[20:19] Y
    I love you!
SIGN    Are you sure you want to log out?
[20:46] S
    I-I'm sorry...
[20:48] S
    You didn't come back, so I got worried.
[20:52] K
    Sorry it took so long.
[20:55] S
    Is it all over?
[20:57] K
    Yeah, it is.
[20:59] K
    Everything.
[21:02] S
    That's great!
[21:07] K
    Thank you...
[21:08] K
    Thank you so much, Sugu.
[21:11] K
    If it hadn't been for you,
    I couldn't have done anything.
[21:15] S
    No...
[21:20] S
    I was happy
[21:22] S
    that I was able to help you in your world.
[21:34] S
    You got Asuna-san back, didn't you?
[21:37] K
    Yeah, finally.
[21:40] K
    She's finally back.
[21:42] K
    Sugu, I...
[21:45] S
    Go.
[21:47] S
    I'm sure she's waiting for you.
[21:56] K
    I-It's cold...
[22:00] S
    Snow.
[22:04] S
    Be careful.
[22:05] S
    Say hi to Asuna-san for me.
[22:07] K
    Yeah, I'll introduce you for real soon.
SIGN    Next Time:  The World Seed