Blue Archive story · Volume 1: Foreclosure Task Force, Chapter 3, Episode 33
Vol. 1 Ch. 3 Ep. 33: Epiphany
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"What in the world happened to Hoshino?!"
H-Hoshino...
...Her existence has been inverted.
The Hoshino you see...is no longer...
I-Is there anything we can do?
...Negative. There is nothing.
"...?!"
H-How can that be...?
It's...simply impossible. It would be akin to resurrection.
"Hoshino...!"
Yes, the Train Cannon was simply bait. Every move I made! Bait!
My true objective was the Great Mystery of Abydos, the Horus of Dawn.
The sixth koan: Is a truth that never existed, still truth? I have found the answer.
One day, we will all die. That is an absolute truth, one that has long been decided.
But a truth we could not comprehend. For death is but a concept.
We can only witness the deaths of others, never our own. That's why true understanding, true insight of death, forever escapes us! That is the very essence of death!
However, Hoshino's pain has elucidated another mystery.
We have already encountered death, in another form.
Pain.
My pain is unknown to others, and the pain of others is unknown to me. Pain. Yes, that indeed is death, in its own right.
...Yes, this is a mystery reversed through pain. The manifestation of terror.
Divine amongst the divines. The oldest and greatest power of the gods, the Horus.
...We have to stop Hoshino. Arona! Sensei!
Y-Yes?
Takanashi Hoshino has transformed into a being called the Horus. If we leave that...being...it will inevitably, led by its nature, overturn the world.
In other words... This world will be destroyed at the hands of Hoshino.
...!!
"...!"
...?!
....Hoshino.
H-Hoshino...?! That thing is Hoshino...?!
Wh-What...is happening...?
"Hina!"
Sen...Sensei...
"Hina! Are you okay?!"
...couldn't...stop...Ho..shi...no...
"...!!!"
Wh-Wha...?!
....Note....book...
Get a hold of yourself! Hoshino!
Kyaaah?!
"Hoshino...!"
...
Sensei! Be careful! Even we can't withstand that attack!
Arona! Your hand..!
"(It's too late... I can't do anything...)"
"(I couldn't do anything...)"
"(...Anything.)"
"(I can't resurrect the dead.)"
"(I can't undo what's been done.)"
"(I am powerless...Plana.)"
Oooh, oooh...!
Oh, oh, oooh!
Has your time come?
Yes! The primordial deity, the Horus! Thus comes Horus' adversary! The mythical beings, who clashed during the very creation of this world, arise!
You've risen in response to the divinity of the Horus!
The Fury of Set!
This is the texture from before the revision of the rules, but no matter!
A battle between the Fury of Set and Horus of Dawn! This is a clash of gods over creation itself!
Come, reveal your myths to this world! The battle between the Fury of Set and Horus of the Dawn! A tale of unmatched power and brilliance, steeped in mystery and fear!
Is a truth that never existed, still truth?
To that incomprehensible question, this mystery, this fear, answers back!
It's a truth so clearly seen, yet one I have never experienced. A truth beyond experience itself.
We can never hope to feel the pain of others! And thus, this truth is incomprehensible! Yes, that's it!
This world will crumble.
Such is its fate. Unable to grasp the suffering of others, we were creatures destined for destruction.
Ah, yes, Black Suit. For you, I've achieved what you could not.
Isn't this the sight you longed to witness?
The destruction of this world.
Status check. Sensei, at this rate, the world will be destroyed.
How do we stop it?
Response. ...Hoshino's halo must be destroyed.
No. We can't.
Hoshino is currently transformed into terror itself. Only a divinity that can match that terror can subdue her.
There must be another way.
...Even that wouldn't be enough.
It must be a terror that can rival terror itself...
No. We can't.
Sensei, at this rate, you will...
*cough* *cough*... Shiroko...
Run...away...
Shiroko...
...Yu...me...
...
I get it now.
This all happened...because I was weak.
There's no one left who can stop Hoshino.
It has to be me.
Ayane, Nonomi, Serika, Hoshino, and Sensei... I'll save you. All of you.
Yes, I understand. That's the reason for my existence.
Chroma detected!
Wh-Why?! Now, of all times?!
Wh-What about Sensei?!
Report. Sensei has lost consciousness. Pulse is dropping to dangerous levels. Heartbeat is unstable.
Sensei's very life is in danger! Arona!
...!!
...Um.
...Sensei? I think it's about time for you to get up.
Sensei?