Vol. F Ch. 1 Ep. 15: Subverting the Narrative

All right! I'll force my way into the administrative control from here and connect the communication networks first!

We'll restore all communication networks and administrative systems that have been shut down throughout D.U.!

M-Momoka...

All done!

Wh-What?!

Sensei, communication connected!

Wh-Wh-Whoa! There's so many unread messages!

Two hundred and fifty missed calls?!

Sensei, where are you? I have something I need to discuss with you. It's about the prophecy...

Sensei, I have to talk to you about something we found in the Arius district.

Sensei? Where are you? Why didn't you show up to the Emergency Response Committee today? Sensei?

Sensei? Are you okay?

Sensei! I just heard about the Emergency Response Committee. Please wait and I'll be there. Don't start without me!

Wh-What?! Martial law? Blocked? What's going on, Sensei?

Sensei... It seems something is happening in Kivotos. Are you all right?

What happened to the power, Sensei? What's wrong?

Sensei... Where are you?

Is this all my fault? Did something happen to you...because of me?

Sensei... Shiroko...

Shiroko disappeared into thin air... Why is this happening?

Sensei... It's about Shiroko... What should we do...?

Sensei! Shiroko went missing! She left her bicycle behind! Call me when you see this!

This is...

Wh-What is this?! It's all over Kivotos...

That's...

Let's back off and find out what's happening.

U-Understood!

...

U-Ugh... You bastards...

FOX 1. All clear here.

FOX 2. Secured the chief of defense. How ya doing, FOX 3?

Secured the target item. We're leaving the Schale building now.

I'm so proud of our underclassmen. They fought on par with Kaiser's SOF.

They received assistance from Schale.

But what is this? I was told to retrieve it from Schale's basement, but I don't even know what it is.

The Chief of Defense will likely know. I'll ask her when she wakes up.

So what about our plan? What's going on now?

Retreat for now. The plan went awry because of Kaiser's attack.

Okay. Sounds good!

...Let's retreat for now.

Sensei, this is...

Ah. I understand now.

Sensei, your power won't work anymore.

Incorrect. Golconde is no longer. I am Francis, and I'll be watching you with Decalcomania. Heed these final words.

Due to the nature of this story, you could be its main character.

Until now, you enjoyed the privilege of your invincibility. The story was written for you.

But now...

This narrative has been subverted.

The previously established context, structure, nature, intent, and interpretation have been utterly dismantled.

What is meaning? Truth? Faded. Tangled. Inscrutable.

Sensei.

The stories so far have been for naught.

The events that unfold from this moment on will supplant your preconceived notions.

You will encounter a world sans protagonists. There will be no villains, no conflict.

Parallel lines will become entangled, the axioms you know to be true all dismantled.

A contrived reality in which the composition of your lives no longer holds any meaning. Context, probability, all moot points.

This world will be one of absurdities so incomprehensible even the difference between up and down will have no meaning.

Alas, your fated future has always existed just this way.

But those times of the past have been long forgotten.

The narrative is no longer yours. You are no one, Sensei.

The quaint story of academies and youth has ended.

The narrative has been subverted. Feel your once cherished significance fade away until you are nothing.

So let us begin our new reality. One with no stories.

"No."

"Whether it's a story of conflict, rampage, betrayal, or overthrowal..."

"Even if the story's so broken that it can barely be considered a story..."

"I don't care if this supposed narrative is subverted."

"I don't even care if an intergalactic battleship or a giant robot appears."

"Whatever ending might be in store for us, we'll beat it together."

...

I see. Then I will watch how you fight this story, Sensei... Or rather, our protagonist!

I will watch as you move towards your ending of despair and catastrophe!

Th-They... Sensei...

Huh? O-Okay! But what do you mean by "everyone"?

...Okay.

So, the Chroma had already come into contact with the Nameless Gods... I miscalculated.

And to think what was lurking within the wolf god.

Anubis, the god of death, escort for all living beings to the underworld...

That was the Terror on the other side of the Mystic.

Sensei! Before the communication disconnected, I sent a message to all the students you know!

I just barely managed to do it... But now...

...With this, the final stage of this narrative is complete.

The adversary we must face is the Guide of Chroma, brought by the god of death.

"Now then. It's Schale's turn."