Blue Archive story · Volume 1: Foreclosure Task Force, Chapter 3, Episode 31
Vol. 1 Ch. 3 Ep. 31: One Truth 1
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(...My body won't move.)
It's all over, Takanashi Hoshino. Just lie still.
(Over...? Why...?)
...Why did you stop me?
I don't understand. Why...? You...have nothing to do with this...
...
That Train Cannon...is a legacy of Gehenna's Tyrant Emperor. I have to destroy it completely, without a trace.
Gehenna's...Tyrant Emperor...?
The Tyrant Emperor's legacies have always brought catastrophe to Kivotos when unearthed.
I never imagined we'd find remnants left behind in Abydos.
Gehenna... So...you're after the Train Cannon too...
How do you intend...? Kaiser's ownership...
...
You've known that from the beginning, Takanashi Hoshino!
That there is a way!
Sensei and everyone else has been screaming it at you. That there's always a way. The Sensei you know would have found a solution, one way or another.
You've even experienced that phenomenon personally, time and again, Hoshino.
...
Despite that, you never stopped once. No... I suppose you couldn't stop.
Because of Kuchinashi Yume.
...
You believed you were honoring Kuchinashi Yume's will. That she'd left the sales contract to you, as a means to destroy the Train Cannon.
You were wrong.
Yume wasn't aware of the Train Cannon's existence, let alone that it was sitting along the Trans-Desert Railway. Makoto and I were closely tracking every shred of the Tyrant Emperor's legacy at that time, and even we didn't know.
...
The student council president simply considered the Trans-Desert Railway an important remnant of the efforts made by the Abydos Student Council and Nephthys to revive the district. She was only attempting to preserve it.
She must have thought that even this ridiculous Trans-Desert Railway was a part of Abydos' history that shouldn't be buried.
Yume's destination was a bank on the outskirts of the district. She was rushing across the desert to deposit the 10,000 yen down payment for the contract...when the accident occurred.
Sales Contract... Abydos Student Council agrees to purchase the rights to...Trans-Desert Railway facilities from Nephthys...for one million yen... Upon signing this contract, the buyer shall pay a contract fee of 10,000 yen...
Yes. That's correct. The contract has indeed been signed and notarized, but the payment itself has not been delivered, two years later.
Yume did...? How... How...do you...know all this...?
…Everyone tried to keep it quiet back then, but in Kivotos, a student's death is an enormous incident.
It's only natural that the Gehenna Intelligence Committee had to look into it.
It was an accident, Takanashi Hoshino.
It was no one's fault. It was simply an unpredictable natural disaster.
...It's not your sin to carry.
You...?
I've known you since I was a member of the Intelligence Committee.
I know you.
You were the strongest, so you couldn't comprehend the idea of seeking aid from others.
All alone, you couldn't trust anyone. No one around you to rely on for help.
So you came to the conclusion you had to protect everything by yourself.
And that turned into a blade, lashing out at everyone around you, no matter what your true feelings might have been.
Despite all that, you remained in Abydos. You never ran away.
You are a stronger person than me.
Because, despite everything, you stayed. Because you had something you wanted to protect.
I was waiting for you. Horus of Dawn, Abydos'... No, the Great Mystery of Kivotos.
I have a proposal for you.
Huh? My name is Takanashi Hoshino, Black Suit.
...Hahaha, I see. Is that what they call you in Kivotos?
I see, I see. Perhaps I need a name for Kivotos as well.
Black Suit... I like it. I'll take that as my name.
...?
I heard the news.
Now that the student council president is gone, will you be assuming responsibility of the debt, Vice President Takanashi Hoshino?
Or...would you rather hear my offer?
...No. No need.
By what reasoning...? You have no reason to remain at the school.
Half of Abydos' debt will instantly be forgiven if you agree to drop out of school and join the corporation I manage.
Heh, heh, heh. So, do we have a deal? Yes? Then go ahead and sign here.
No. My answer isn't going to change. I'm not doing that.
...Why?
For what purpose do you remain there?
Sensei and the Foreclosure Task Force are already chasing down the Train Cannon.
AHHH!
Wowieee!
We're almost caught up to the Train Cannon.
I'm super, duper grateful you rescued us from Kaiser and all, but that thing looks dangerous as dangerous gets! You sure about this?
That's exactly why we have to stop it! As soon as we collide with the Train Cannon, we're jumping onto it! Shiroko! Serika!
Yeah, okay.
B-But aren't we going kinda fast?
Sensei! You need to hurry! I'm detecting a powerful energy surge from the main cannon! It's preparing to fire!
Currently tracking the location of the Underground Dweller... Sensei, he is approaching Hoshino!
I'm attempting to hold him off, but the Underground Dweller's position remains in a dimensional overlap...!
"I got it! Thank you!"
"We'll stop both of them, somehow! The Train Cannon and Hoshino!"
Impact in five seconds!
Here we go! Get ready!!
The Train Cannon... Hikari's going to destroy it. With her own two hands... How sad.
Let's go!
Yes!
Whaaa!