E5 - Ocean Turtle

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[00:14] Kirito
    Asuna!
[00:25] Kirito
    Asuna! Run!
[00:43] Asuna
    Kirito!
SIGN    Operation in Progress
SIGN    Sunday, June 28, 2026 Setagaya General Hospital
[01:06] Suguha
    Asuna!
[01:10] Asuna
    Suguha...
[01:12] Asuna
    Mrs. Kirigaya...
SIGN    Monday, June 29, 2026
[01:38] Doctor
    We believe he's no longer in danger.
[01:42] Midori
    Is that so?
[01:43] Doctor
    That said, since his heart was stopped
    for more than five minutes,
[01:47] Doctor
    his brain may have sustained
    some kind of damage.
[01:51] Doctor
    His mental or physical abilities,
[01:54] Doctor
    or perhaps both,
    may have suffered lasting damage.
[01:58] Doctor
    Worst case, he might never regain consciousness.
[02:02] Suguha
    No!
[02:04] Doctor
    We won't know the extent of the damage
    until he's had an MRI.
[02:10] Doctor
    I'd advise you to transfer him
    to a better-equipped facility.
[02:14] Doctor
    I'll get you started on the paperwork.
    This way, please.
[02:17] Midori
    Okay.
[02:28] Kikuoka
    Asuna. Suguha.
[02:33] Suguha
    Mr. Kikuoka?
[02:36] Kikuoka
    Can you tell me
    where I can find Kirito's parents?
SIGN    Ocean Turtle
SIGN    Monday, June 29, 2026 National Defense Medical College Hospital
[04:20] Suguha
    Thanks for waiting!
[04:26] Asuna
    Where's your mom?
[04:27] Suguha
    She said to go ahead and sign in
    while she parks the car.
[04:32] Asuna
    I see.
[04:35] Asuna
    So this is the hospital
    where Kirito's being treated.
[04:39] Suguha
    Yes. They say he was transported
    by ambulance earlier today.
[04:44] Kikuoka
    There's only one facility in the world
    that's sufficiently equipped.
[04:48] Kikuoka
    If we take him there,
    Kazuto can get the treatment he needs.
[04:56] Suguha
    We'd like to visit one of your patients.
[05:00] Receptionist
    Mr. Kazuto Kirigaya, is it? One moment, please.
[05:06] Receptionist
    Um...
[05:08] Receptionist
    I need to go check with my supervisors,
    so please wait here.
SIGN    Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Sylvain
[05:16] Lisbeth
    You didn't get to see him?
[05:18] Asuna
    Because he's being treated with specialized equipment,
    they said no visitors until he's recovered.
[05:24] Silica
    But can they really do something like that?
[05:26] Silica
    I mean, you're his family!
    You can't visit, let alone see him?
[05:31] Sinon
    Something doesn't seem right.
[05:33] Asuna
    That's right.
[05:34] Asuna
    We thought it was strange, too,
    so we did some digging.
[05:37] Leafa
    According to the data, he's definitely a patient,
[05:40] Leafa
    but the ambulance that transported my brother
    never arrived at that hospital.
[05:46] Silica
    You mean Kirito's not actually there?
[05:50] Sinon
    Didn't Mr. Kikuoka tell you anything?
[05:52] Asuna
    His phone's been out of range,
    and he hasn't returned my emails.
[05:56] Asuna
    When I called the ministry,
    they said he's been away on business since yesterday.
[05:59] Lisbeth
    No matter how you look at it, that's suspicious!
[06:03] Lisbeth
    That geezer has to be up to something!
[06:06] Sinon
    Seijirou Kikuoka, huh?
[06:08] Sinon
    I always thought he was a shady character.
[06:11] Sinon
    I hope he's not making Kirito do something again.
[06:14] Silica
    That can't be! Kirito's unconscious, remember?
[06:19] Sinon
    Unconscious? But that's really only how it looks
    on the outside, right?
[06:25] Sinon
    If they use a machine
    that can access the soul itself...
[06:30] Asuna
    The Soul Translator?
[06:34] Silica
    Soul Trans...
[06:36] Lisbeth
    What's that?
[06:37] Asuna
    There's a new type of dive machine
    that can read human souls.
[06:43] Asuna
    It's being developed by a company named Rath.
[06:45] Suguha
    Rath? Isn't that the company
    my brother was working for part-time?
[06:50] Asuna
    You knew about that, Leafa?
[06:52] Suguha
    Uh, no, nothing specific.
[06:55] Suguha
    But I did hear that the company's in Roppongi.
[06:58] Sinon
    Then Kirito could be somewhere in Roppongi.
[07:02] Asuna
    Actually, there may be one thin connection to Kirito.
[07:08] Sinon
    What is it?
[07:10] Asuna
    I told you about it the other day, Shino-non.
[07:16] Asuna
    You know, Kirito's... this.
[07:18] Sinon
    Oh, you mean that heart rate monitor?
[07:21] Silica
    What? What is that?
[07:22] Asuna
    It's been out of range the entire time.
[07:25] Asuna
    But I'm having someone trace back the data
    and analyze it.
[07:28] Sinon
    Who?
[07:30] Asuna
    Yui? How's it going?
[07:32] Yui
    Yes!
[07:35] Yui
    I will now report the results of my analysis!
[07:37] Yui
    I was only able to acquire three positions.
[07:42] Yui
    This is Setagaya General Hospital,
    where Daddy was first taken.
[07:48] Yui
    And this is the first location I was able to pinpoint.
[07:52] Yui
    Aobadai 3-Chome, Meguro Ward.
    The time was around 20:50 on June 29, 2016.
[08:00] Yui
    I will now display his predicted route.
[08:04] Yui
    This is the second position.
[08:06] Yui
    Shirogane-dai 1-Chome, Minato Ward.
    At around 21:10 on the same day.
[08:11] Yui
    Next...
[08:15] Yui
    Kaigan 2-Chome, Minato Ward,
    at around 21:20, on the same day.
[08:20] Yui
    Since that time,
    there have been no signals from Daddy.
[08:25] Leafa
    So he's not in Tokorozawa or Roppongi?
[08:28] Asuna
    Yui, what's at that address?
[08:31] Yui
    It seems to be a warehouse located
    in the harbor district.
[08:35] Sinon
    Why would they take him there?
[08:38] Asuna
    Minato Ward?
SIGN    Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Near Minato Ward
[08:53] Klein
    It's nighttime, and there's no traffic,
    so we'll be there soon.
[08:57] Asuna
    Klein, thank you so much for driving us!
[09:01] Klein
    Come on, I keep telling you
    there's no need to thank me!
[09:05] Klein
    Still, I just saw him in GGO the other day.
[09:09] Klein
    I really hope Kirito's okay.
[09:12] Suguha
    Seriously, he's always getting tangled up
    in one thing or another.
[09:16] Klein
    By the way,
    didn't you say that this Rath is in Roppongi?
[09:20] Klein
    Shouldn't we be searching there, too?
[09:23] Suguha
    Yes.
[09:24] Suguha
    Sinon and the others are on their way there.
[09:27] Asuna
    But Rath is a complete mystery.
[09:31] Asuna
    Yui thoroughly investigated it for us,
    but could only come up with its location.
[09:36] Asuna
    There was nothing about the structure
    or nature of its business.
[09:40] Suguha
    As for the "Soul Translator,"
    we couldn't find anything at all,
[09:45] Suguha
    including any patents they applied for.
[09:48] Klein
    Reading and writing human souls
    is an extraordinary invention,
[09:51] Klein
    but they haven't even applied for a patent?
[09:54] Klein
    The guys are thorough.
[09:57] Klein
    We're almost there.
SIGN    Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Shinagawa Wharf
[10:04] Klein
    This is it?
[10:06] Klein
    But seriously...
[10:08] Klein
    did they really stash Kirito in a place like this?
[10:18] Asuna
    Liz?
[10:20] Lisbeth
    We did find Rath, but they have tight security
    and wouldn't even talk to us.
[10:26] Lisbeth
    Additionally, we had Yui check
    all the security cameras around here,
[10:31] Lisbeth
    but there's no sign
    that Kirito was ever brought here.
[10:34] Asuna
    Really? I see.
[10:38] Asuna
    Yui?
[10:39] Yui
    Yes, Mommy.
[10:41] Yui
    I've checked the security cameras in this area, too.
[10:46] Yui
    Yesterday at 21:20, a helicopter took off
    from that clearing over there.
[10:53] Suguha
    A helicopter?
[10:54] Yui
    Yes. I believe Daddy may have been on it.
[10:58] Suguha
    Then you mean my brother's been transported
    even farther away?
[11:02] Asuna
    But... wait.
[11:03] Asuna
    Yui.
[11:05] Asuna
    This is the last place
    that any signals were picked up, right?
[11:09] Yui
    Yes.
[11:10] Asuna
    Even if Kirito really did get carried away
    by helicopter,
[11:15] Asuna
    they'd ultimately have to transport him
    to some kind of facility.
[11:20] Asuna
    I can't believe he'd be that far out of range.
[11:22] Yui
    Right. One possibility is that
    he may have been transported overseas.
[11:27] Klein
    Overseas?
[11:29] Yui
    Under the circumstances,
    that would be the most likely scenario.
[11:33] Klein
    If that's the case,
    then there's no way for us to go after him.
[11:36] Suguha
    Big Brother... where did you go?
[11:41] Asuna
    Kirito.
[11:43] Yui
    Please, cheer up, Mommy!
[11:46] Asuna
    Yui.
[11:47] Yui
    When Daddy searched for you in ALfheim,
    he never gave up, not even once!
[11:55] Asuna
    But...
[11:56] Yui
    This time, it's your turn to search for Daddy!
[11:59] Yui
    There's sure to be a connection
    that will lead to Daddy.
[12:03] Yui
    No matter who you're up against,
[12:05] Yui
    I believe that nothing can ever sever
    the bond you have with Daddy.
[12:22] Asuna
    No matter what kind of danger he found himself in,
    Kirito's always made it back safely.
[12:29] Asuna
    He has to be safe now, too.
[12:34] Asuna
    Thank you, Yui! I'm not going to give up.
[12:38] Yui
    That's the spirit!
[12:41] Asuna
    If we can just find one more clue.
[12:45] Asuna
    Assuming that Rath has something to do
    with where Kirito is now,
[12:48] Asuna
    Suguha, do you remember anything
    Kirito might've mentioned?
[12:54] Suguha
    He's been away at work,
    so we haven't had much time to talk lately.
[13:00] Suguha
    I think he said the machine at his part-time job
    in Roppongi was based on the Medicuboid.
[13:08] Asuna
    That machine must be the STL.
[13:12] Asuna
    The Medicuboid...
[13:15] Asuna
    I remember him telling me something once.
[13:17] Asuna
    That the one who created the basic design
    for the Medicuboid was the commander, Akihiko Kayaba,
[13:22] Asuna
    but that someone else developed it further
    for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
[13:26] Kazuto
    She was looking after Heathcliff's physical body
    while he was diving.
[13:31] Kazuto
    She was doing full-dive technology research
    with him in the same lab.
[13:36] Asuna
    I think the name he mentioned was...
[13:39] Asuna
    Rinko... Kojiro.
[13:42] Yui
    Let me check.
[13:44] Yui
    The most likely match for that name
[13:49] Yui
    is currently working in research
    at a university in California.
[13:53] Yui
    This person.
[13:55] Yui
    I've accessed the university database.
[13:57] Yui
    Looking at her career,
    she's a former member of the Shigemura Lab,
[14:01] Yui
    at Toto Institute of Technology's
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
[14:05] Suguha
    Wasn't Shigemura the guy
    who developed the Augma?
[14:09] Asuna
    And that's also the commander's research lab.
[14:15] Asuna
    This person might know about STL... about Rath...
SIGN    America California State
SIGN    Seijirou Kikuoka Requesting your participation in the project
[14:43] Rinko
    A castle floating in the sky?
[14:46] Kayaba
    Yes. This castle is made up of numerous floors,
[14:51] Kayaba
    and on each floor you'll find a town,
    a forest, and a vast plain.
[14:57] Kayaba
    After you climb up a long staircase
    between each floor,
[15:01] Kayaba
    there is a palace at the very top.
[15:04] Rinko
    And who would be there?
[15:08] Kayaba
    I don't know.
[15:10] Kayaba
    When I was very small,
    I used to be able to go to that castle every night.
[15:15] Kayaba
    Every night, I'd climb up each staircase,
[15:18] Kayaba
    and get closer to the top, bit by bit.
[15:23] Kayaba
    But then at some point,
    I wasn't able to go there again.
[15:36] Kayaba
    Just a silly dream.
    I've almost completely forgotten about it.
[15:49] Rinko
    Liar.
[15:55] Rinko
    Again?
SIGN    Asuna Yuuki
[16:01] Rinko
    Asuna... Yuuki?
[16:13] Pilot
    It's coming into view.
[16:15] Pilot
    That's the Ocean Turtle.
[16:29] Rinko
    Turtle... I see. It certainly looks like a turtle.
[16:35] Rinko
    Though its face looks more like a pig.
[16:40] Rinko
    A turtle-pig.
[16:42] Rinko
    Did something like that
    appear in Alice in Wonderland?
[16:46] Mayumi
    Rath...
[17:12] Nakanishi
    Dr. Kojiro. We've been waiting for you.
[17:15] Nakanishi
    And this is?
[17:17] Rinko
    My assistant, Mayumi Reynolds.
[17:25] Nakanishi
    I'm Lieutenant Nakanishi.
    I've been ordered to escort you.
[17:30] Nakanishi
    Now then, this way, please.
[17:38] Nakanishi
    Dr. Kojiro, a visiting researcher, and her assistant,
    Ms. Reynolds, will be entering Sector S3.
[17:43] Guard
    Verifying identity.
[17:49] Guard
    Verified.
[17:51] Guard
    I'm sorry,
    but could you please remove those sunglasses?
[17:58] Guard
    Verified.
[18:00] Guard
    Go ahead.
[18:05] Rinko
    Pretty tight security.
[18:07] Rinko
    Even though we're in the middle of the ocean.
[18:09] Nakanishi
    Well, we did omit the full-body check.
[18:14] Nakanishi
    But you've already gone through
    about three metal and explosives detectors.
[18:42] Kikuoka
    Welcome to Rath.
[18:45] Rinko
    Lieutenant Colonel Kikuoka.
[18:49] Rinko
    Why are you dressed like that?
[18:52] Nakanishi
    All right, if you'll excuse me.
[18:56] Kikuoka
    I've been stuck here in the middle of the ocean
    for a month now.
[19:00] Kikuoka
    I can't always be wearing my uniform.
[19:05] Kikuoka
    I'm beyond thrilled to have you here at Rath.
[19:09] Kikuoka
    My persistence in summoning you finally paid off.
[19:12] Rinko
    Not that there's any guarantee I can be of use.
[19:18] Kikuoka
    You're the last of the three people
    I felt would be indispensable to this project.
[19:27] Kikuoka
    And now all three of you are here.
[19:29] Rinko
    Oh? I see.
[19:31] Rinko
    And one of those three...
    I'm guessing that would be you, Higa?
[19:37] Higa
    Well, of course it's me.
[19:39] Higa
    As a member of the Shigemura Lab,
    I have to carry on the senior members' ambition.
[19:44] Rinko
    Really... you haven't changed at all.
[19:47] Rinko
    So? Who's this third person?
[19:50] Kikuoka
    Regretfully, I can't introduce you right now.
[19:54] Kikuoka
    If the opportunity rises in a few days...
[19:56] Mayumi
    Then I'll say the name instead, Mr. Kikuoka.
[20:04] Kikuoka
    Asuna... why are you with Dr. Kojiro?
[20:08] Rinko
    I received an email from her.
[20:14] Asuna's voice
    A machine called the Soul Translator,
    based on the Medicuboid,
[20:19] Asuna's voice
    the medical full-dive machine
    you provided the technology for,
[20:22] Asuna's voice
    is now being developed
    by an organization called Rath.
[20:26] Asuna's voice
    While involved in the test runs for this machine,
    Kazuto Kirigaya disappeared without a trace.
[20:33] Rinko
    Kazuto Kirigaya...
SIGN    Kazuto Kirigaya
[20:36] Kirito
    Inside the old SAO server,
    I met Kayaba's digital ghost.
[20:42] Kirito
    It was there that I received a certain program.
[20:47] Kirito
    Kayaba called it the World Seed.
[20:54] Rinko
    If you feel any hatred for him,
    please dispose of what he gave you.
[20:59] Rinko
    But if there's...
[21:01] Rinko
    If there's something besides hatred inside you...
[21:08] Asuna's voice
    I found your email address in the contacts list
    on Kirito's computer.
[21:14] Asuna's voice
    Doctor, you're the only one
    who can possibly lead me to Rath, to where Kirito is...
[21:21] Asuna's voice
    Please help me.
[21:24] Rinko
    So now do you understand why I felt obligated
    to accept your invitation, Mr. Kikuoka?
[21:31] Kikuoka
    To verify your assistant's identity,
[21:34] Kikuoka
    I'm sure that we ran all kinds of checks
    on a photo we acquired from the university database.
[21:39] Asuna
    Yes, I can't tell you how many times
    they scrutinized my face.
[21:44] Asuna
    But I'd already switched out the photo
    in the database for my own.
[21:50] Asuna
    After all, I have a friend who's skilled
    at bypassing defenses.
[21:54] Rinko
    By the way, the real Mayumi is probably
    on some beach right now, working on her tan.
[22:02] Asuna
    Where's Kirito?
[23:35] Asuna
    Next time: Project Alicization.