Blue Archive story · Volume 1: Foreclosure Task Force, Chapter 2, Episode 14
Vol. 1 Ch. 2 Ep. 14: The Abydos Siege Part 1
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Back off! Unless you've got a death wish!
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Kaiser Director's location confirmed!
My, my. We were just about to visit your school, and yet here you are, coming all this way to greet us?
What do you think you're doing?! A corporation attacking a city? Just because you own the land doesn't give you that kind of right!
And the school still belongs to us, the students of Abydos! This is outright illegal! We'll take this straight to the General Student Council!
...Where is Hoshino? So that whole "scouting" story was a lie from the start.
Give Hoshino back, you bastards!
...Heh. Hah... Haha.
Take it to the General Student Council? Oh, that's rich.
How many times have you petitioned for the General Student Council's help? How many of those prayers have gone unanswered?
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No, of course they didn't. Because they can't do anything right now.
For that matter, has anyone else ever given you their aid? The other academies, perhaps? I doubt it.
You've always been alone.
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With Takanashi Hoshino officially withdrawing, the Abydos Student Council is no more.
You are nothing now.
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Abydos no longer has an official club, a student council, or even a recognized district. That means it can no longer sustain itself as a school in the Academy City.
But don't worry. As the rightful owners of this land, Kaiser Corporation will graciously take the school off your hands.
How does the Kaiser Training Academy sound? It's a fitting name for the new school.
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Wh-What are you talking about?
That's nonsense! Even if the student council is disbanded, Abydos still has the Foreclosure Task Force! We're right here!
This can't be happening...
Ayane?
The Foreclosure Task Force isn't an authorized club.
What?!
The Student Council was long gone by the time it was created.
What do you mean?!
That's right. An unregistered club like yours? There's no official paperwork backing you up. You're nothing but ghosts.
But try to look on the bright side. Now you're finally free from all that tedious debt.
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No, we kept our word, Hoshino.
The debt has been settled, exactly as promised.
But since you went ahead and withdrew...it seems Abydos no longer has an official student council, does it?
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Tell me, why do you think we backed this petty corporate land grab?
Snatching up a Kivotos district is meaningless. At worst, it just creates another lawless zone, another Black Market.
And we've got more than enough of those.
But...what if a brand-new school, owned by a corporation, was established here in Abydos?
What kind of change do you think that would bring to Kivotos?
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Ah...but this? This was nothing more than a sideshow, Hoshino.
You were our true objective from the very start.
Getting you to sign the contract, transferring all rights over to us.
That was the only reason we cooperated with Kaiser.
A lifetime contract with Kaiser PMC? Hah...we never said anything of the sort. If you misunderstood, well...that's unfortunate.
To think we'd waste something as valuable as Kivotos' highest-grade mystic on mere labor? Ridiculous.
Takanashi Hoshino is to be studied, analyzed, understood. You, in other words, are a test subject, nothing more.
That's the experiment we truly wish to observe.
So don't take it too personally.
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Now I get it.
All this time...
...I was being manipulated by adults yet again.
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I'm sorry, everyone. This is my fault.
Shiroko. Nonomi. Serika. Ayane.
and Yume...
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I'm so sorry.
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I...
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Sensei...
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...Then everything we worked for...was for nothing?
Oh? Don't tell me you were serious about it.
Did you really think you could pay off that debt over a few hundred years?
I assumed it was just an excuse, something to tell yourselves so you could pretend you tried before eventually giving up.
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But you didn't quit. You kept struggling. Why? What for?
...You bastard. Shut your mouth before I shut it for you...
Engaging.
But...
And then what? What happens after we fight?
...Ayane?!
They're still sending wave after wave of soldiers our way...
Even if we somehow win...then what?
If the school disappears, what are we even fighting for? And even if we take it back...our debt isn't going anywhere.
...Ayane.
Ayane...
The land is already gone. It won't come back. Hoshino is gone. The student council is gone. And us? We're just an unrecognized club...
...What can we even do...?
Why...?
Why is it always us...? Why do we have to suffer like this...? Hoshino...
Oh, Ayane...
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*kabooooom*
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What?! Massive explosion detected to the north!
Bravo Squad was c-caught in the blast on their way in. They're not responding!
Wh-What?!
*BOOM*
Mike Squad was hit in the east! Massive C4 explosion detected!
What's happening? The only people in that area should be Abydos residents!
What are you idiots doing?
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An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Forsake mercy and walk the path of chaos.
Wasn't that the Masked Swimsuit Gang's motto?
...Wha, Y-You are?!
There's no finish line in sight, you can't find a way to get there, and everything you do is failure after failure.
No one sees how hard you struggle, and the only things waiting for you are more hardships and rough days ahead...
But who cares?!
Huh...?
Are you really going to let something like that get in the way of rescuing your friend?!
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic!
Sheesh, Aru, lighten up a little. Little Miss Four-Eyes is the neurotic type. She can't help it.
Huh?!
Haha! But making my adorable Little Miss Four-Eyes cry is a pretty serious crime. Which is why...
...I'm gonna rip these guys apart!
Heh heh heh. I'm ready, Aru. We still have plenty of bombs left...
*sigh* I only came back for more ramen. Why am I getting dragged into this?
I've set up explosives to cut off enemy reinforcements. While they're stuck, we take out their commander and break their chain of command.
That should leave them completely disorganized. Originally, this strategy was meant for dealing with the Prefect Team, but...
*click*
*kaboooooom*
*boooooom*
*kabooooom*
What in the world?!
"Let's go, Problem Solvers!"