Blue Archive story · Final Volume, Chapter 3, Episode 1
Vol. F Ch. 3 Ep. 1: Roles
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1. Somewhere in the Hyakkiyako Great Snowfield
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We should be close to the destination Niya said...
President! Tsukuyo! I've noticed that the number of monsters has been decreasing for a while. Right?
Hm? Come to think of it, it does seem that way...
Yes, yes! The frequency of encountering enemies has decreased since we entered the Great Snowfield...
Oh, President! The sky is strange! Look at that!
W-Wait...!
The sky...
I-It turned back to normal!
Yes! My lord succeeded!
Y-You think so?!
Schale's Sensei did it!
Wh-Whoa?! Enemies showed up as soon as I started celebrating?
N-No! It's just the sound of gunshots...
...I guess it wasn't the enemy. Sorry.
Wh-Who are you?
My question to you. What are Hyakkiyako students doing in these remote fields?
W-We...
We're traveling to the Twilight Temple! We're trying to find the president of Hyakkaryouran!
Y-Yes...! Schale's Sensei... They asked us to...
...Is that so?
Oh! I know where I've seen that before!
P-President...?!
Huh? Hyakkaryouran?
Th-Then...are you...?
I-I don't think so...
Although I don't remember fully, Ayame, the Hyakkaryouran president...wasn't so...cold? She was more like...a fancy socialite...
Oh. But the vice president was kind of like her!
The vice president?
A-Are you the vice president of Hyakkaryouran?
No.
Eh? You're not?
That's right. You have the wrong person.
No way! Don't lie to us! I know that's a Hyakkaryouran outfit! Why are you wearing it then?!
This...
...is cosplay.
Izuna, don't fall for it! That's too much of a coincidence!
Well, coincidences like this aren't impossible.
Determined cosplayers will go anywhere, whether it's the Great Snowfield of Hyakkiyako, the grand desert of Abydos, or the ocean of Odyssey, for the sake of getting that perfect picture.
Wh-Whoa... How cool! The spirit of a true cosplayer!
Th-That's amazing...!
I mean... I guess you're right...
But if that's true, where's your camera! You don't have any equipment!
That's...
I don't require such material representations of my cosplay. I am capturing the precious memories within my heart.
What's the point of coming all the way out here to cosplay and take pictures with an imaginary heart camera?!
Are... Are you just trying to trick us?!
...!
U-Ugh...
P-President?! I'm sure her situation can be explained!
I-I didn't mean to offend her...but it just seems strange that she has no camera. I guess I could lend her one if she wants...
I...just...
*cough*...!
U-Um, are you all right?
I think it's fine to not take pictures. You feel good just by wearing a n-nice cosplay, and that's okay...!
...Leave me alone.
Whoa! S-Sorry...!
I'm Goryou Nagusa, the vice president of Hyakkaryouran.
I've come here alone due to a...situation.
...So you ARE from Hyakkaryouran.
I believe I understand your situation, Ninjutsu Research Club. But it's futile, so please return from where you came.
Wh-What?! Why...?
The Twilight Temple was destroyed long ago. It is likely buried many, many feet under the snow somewhere in these fields.
Huh?! Th-That's...
Is there another way to find the president...?
B-But we can't just go back empty-handed... We came here at Schale's request...
Schale... Yes... I've heard of Schale.
If that is the case... Then...
Deliver this to your Sensei.
...An old scroll?
...Do not ask. I do not know its contents.
President Ayame wished for Schale's Sensei to have it. There is a message for them enclosed.
Wh-Who told you that? How did they know we'd come here...?
She's gone...
What does it say?
C-Can we read it?
"...Shiroko?"
...
I'm impressed. You've clawed your way this far, Sensei.
But the future is set. You cannot change what is written in fate. Kivotos will fall.
"Shiroko! Wait, you..."
You are incorrect. Sensei.
"If you're not... How do you know who I am?"
...You can delude yourself into believing I've fallen under the control of the Chroma. But you would be incorrect.
This is me. This is my will.
I was granted the role of leading this world into its predetermined future, and the Chroma is just one of many methods available to me.
I am not under the control of the Chroma. The Chroma is under mine.
"...!"
My role is to guide all life to the beyond. This world's fate was sealed when Sunaookami Shiroko came to exist within it.
The world... The universe revolves upon unbreakable laws. The future is predetermined. You struggle in vain.
...I must ask of you to leave Kivotos, without protest, without struggle. I do not wish to harm you.
Not all futures are predetermined. If you leave, the future where I must shoot Schale's Sensei will not come to pass.
"...!!!"
This was the role granted to me, to lead you to this place and guide you to your final moments.
You must understand. I will not hesitate to pull the trigger when the time for me to fulfill my role at last arrives.
Therefore...
Sensei! We have a problem!
The energy reactions are happening all over Kivotos again!
...A-Argh?!
Y-You're Abydos'...?!
D-Did I just hear Rin shoot a gun? That's a once in a lifetime... Whoa! Who...?!
Th-Theres an intruder! Reinforcements!
...
"No! Wait, Shiroko!"
Sensei! Don't...! You can't follow her!
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you seriously that reckless?!
Jump in the rift Shiroko disappeared into.
...
"(What is this place...?!)"
"...!!!"
"Are you the Guide of Chroma...?!"
S-Sensei!
Ack! It just spit you back out! Are you still in one piece?
S-Sensei... What's going on...with Shiroko...?
The connecting passage...disappeared.
SHIROKO...!