Blue Archive story · Act 2: Volume 2, Chapter 2, Episode 9
Act 2 Vol. 2 Ch. 2 Ep. 9: Satsuki
1 scenes, 71 lines
1. Part 1
71 lines"And if I try this..."
"Oh, it's open."
The space was packed with all sorts of electronic devices.
...Extract the carrier wave and...
Satsuki was so absorbed in her work that she didn't realize that I had arrived.
"I'm here, Satsuki."
Ah, Sensei. Glad you could make it.
"Yeah. I didn't expect it to be such an ordeal..."
Fufu. Well, we have to keep things confidential right now.
Did you ensure you weren't followed? No one tailed you, right?
"I checked multiple times."
All right. I'll take your word for it, Sensei.
You want to know what this place is for?
Welcome to the Pandemonium Society Intelligence Committee's secret chamber.
This is my very, extremely private space where I primarily focus on mind control research.
You're the first person from outside Pandemonium to enter. That's quite an honor, really.
Now, to get straight to the point, I called you here to formally ask you to...be my test subject.
"What? Me?"
Yeah! Didn't you say you'd help with my research to counter NK Ultra?
"Th-That's true, but...!"
It is not as if I can call in other students off the quad. This is a top secret Pandemonium Society room!
And since you have pledged cooperation for the next thousand years, actually, more than that, I felt comfortable calling you here.
And my current theory is far too risky to test on an actual student.
"If that's the case..."
I figured that someone with an indomitable spirit, one who won't yield to temptation or torture, should survive this. Who's better than you, Sensei?
Hmm? What's with that nervous expression? Please drop the act. We have work to do.
All I need is a mere moment to refine the formula.
I quietly sat down and looked around.
...If brainwaves were forcibly locked into a specific state...
...With a binaural beat? Let's combine these for now...
Satsuki looked incredibly serious as she continued her calculations.
A while later...
Hmm, nothing's simple...
But I have to do it.
As the Intelligence Committee Director of the Pandemonium Society, I cannot afford to lose to the past.
Actually, I need a break. Sensei, would you like something to drink? I have coffee and...whatever's over there.
You do? Maybe I'll showcase my brewing skills for you.
Satsuki and I drank warm coffee as we enjoyed a brief break.
"By the way, Satsuki..."
Huh?
"Gehenna's old Intelligence Committee"...?
Ah, I mentioned that, didn't I?
So you remembered when I introduced myself as the heir to the disbanded Gehenna Student Council Intelligence Committee.
As you might suspect, the old Intelligence Committee directly served the Tyrant Emperor.
They accessed all sorts of sensitive and dangerous information, including this troublesome NK Ultra Project.
I wasn't part of the original Intelligence Committee... In fact, the notable student who served in the Intelligence Committee was...
No, you asked why I introduced myself as the heir, the inheritor...
Fufu, that's a long and winding story...
To keep it short, someone needed to collect the Tyrant Emperor's dangerous research and either obliterate it or keep it secure.
As for why I took on that responsibility... Most of the Intelligence Committee left with the Tyrant Emperor. The others had their hands full.
Someone had to do it, so I stepped in.
I suppose Makoto was confident that I wouldn't misuse the information.
"That makes sense..."
And so, the old Gehenna Student Council was completely purged. As was the former Intelligence Committee.
Few members of the new Pandemonium Society Intelligence Committee know this history. They don't need to.
Since then, we've been ardently devoted to destroying the Tyrant Emperor's information and projects...
...
I suppose Makoto never anticipated us being in this sort of quagmire.
"..."
I don't know how the Tyrant Emperor's NK Ultra Project came back to life...
But if this wasn't an accident, it must mean that someone got their hands on the relevant information and executed it.
And I don't think it was someone from Gehenna.
Even the research we found on campus was incomplete, and we destroyed everything we found. Makoto and I did the work ourselves.
"That means... An outsider made the broadcast...?"
That's highly likely.
...There are still a few people who worship the Tyrant Emperor remaining in Kivotos.
We haven't been able to uncover their whereabouts. They move in secret and work in small groups within a loosely connected network.
It's probably run by the former student council executives who fled after we ousted the Tyrant Emperor...
Ah...! But what if I tried...?!
Satsuki, suddenly struck by an idea, rushed back to her desk and continued working.
Though we never attempted her experiment, it seemed like she made progress.