Blue Archive story · Volume 2: Game Development Department, Chapter 2, Episode 15
Vol. 2 Ch. 2 Ep. 15: A Trap
2 scenes, 89 lines
1. Part 1
74 lines
Here I go!
...!
Now!
There's no going back!
Don't let her get away!
(...That's quite some power.)
(C&C is truly a powerful organization...)
(The four of them move as one unit based on the strategy and tactics... That's what differentiates them from the forces in other schools.)
...So there are no cracks in their strategies.
Then...
...President, this is...!
What?! The ground is shaking!
That's not all! Akane, I have a bad feeling about this!
Not only is the ground shaking, but the building is moving...?!
What's going on?!
President! The partition between the buildings...!
By changing the structure of this area, I've separated you from the other C&C upperclassmen.
What? That's possible?!
Yes, Eridu serves as a fortress that repels intruders.
Manipulating the fortress with permissions from Rio, I have isolated you from the rest of the C&C agents.
Neru, the probability of your victory has decreased significantly.
...
*sigh* ...Are you still blathering on about probabilities and that nonsense?
Don't make me laugh!
Whoa! W-Wait! The communications...!
This is...
Of course it was Veritas.
You're Himari's underclassmen, indeed.
Oh! Wh-Who is that?!
Communication from Veritas is...
"It's down."
As expected, you really came all the way here, Sensei.
"Rio...! Yes, I did."
"I came to stop you."
...I see.
...I see.
My words and actions...
They weren't enough to convince you and the rest.
...Sensei.
Do you know what the trolley problem is?
Trolley...?
...problem?
It's a simple concept.
There's an out-of-control train that can't be stopped...barreling towards a group of people. But there's a lever that will switch its tracks, where only one person is standing.
This problem forces you to make a choice. Will you sacrifice one person to save many, or will you sacrifice many to save one?
Yes, someone has to pull the lever and save the larger number of people.
...And I chose to take that role.
I have no malicious intent. I just want to...
Shut up! Shut up with all your nonsense! Give us Aris!
...Huh? You're...
...They weren't absurd at all.
I'm sure you know that well, as someone who was harmed by the princess of the Nameless Gods...
No, I don't! Not even in the slightest!
...!
All I know is that we want Aris back!
Hey...
Momoi...
You kidnapped Aris and made some dumb excuse about her being a threat to Kivotos! That's nonsense!
I've written game scenarios that are more realistic than your setup!
I don't care about your stupid plot!
I understand now. There's nothing I can say to make you see the truth.
Truly, no one will ever understand me and all that I do.
Avant Guard, deploy.
Whoa! That looks so lame!
That design's certainly unorthodox...
...Its appearance doesn't matter for what it can do.
"I can tell you're not okay with this deep down either! Rio!"
You don't have to understand me. It's fine. No one needs to. I'm doing what's right.
W-Waaaahhhh?!
"Everyone, watch out! Incoming!"
2. Part 2
15 lines
Despite its appearance, its firepower is massive...
It's so ugly, but so powerful! What should we do?!
"I thought the biggest obstacle would be Toki, so I sent C&C away..."
"I never thought this kind of an ambush would be waiting for us..."
She did this on purpose. To make us think Toki was the biggest threat we would have to deal with.
She did this on purpose. To make us think Toki was the biggest threat we would have to deal with.
With C&C fighting Toki...
The president has the highest chance of subduing Sensei, right here and right now...
Whoa?! We got played by the president?!
It was a trap from the beginning...
Yes. I separated C&C and Sensei.
I didn't even have to lift a finger. You just followed my desires like puppets.
I left no possibility for my true intentions to be discovered. You didn't consider this outcome for a single moment, did you?
She's caught us entirely off guard.
Let's finish this, Avant Guard.