# E5 - Ocean Turtle
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKDKQ3Y/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.*