Blue Archive story · Volume 2: Game Development Department, Chapter 2, Episode 18
Vol. 2 Ch. 2 Ep. 18: An Insurmountable Wall
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(I should be much faster than her, especially since I'm the one with the weapon.)
(The data on her should have been accurate. On top of that, I followed Rio's commands and changed the terrain of the battlefield.)
(But I still can't defeat her... Could the data be incorrect?)
(No, it's not that!)
You're...improving in real time. What are you?!
(If I give her too much leeway to move around... It won't be good for me!)
Ugh...!
Who could snipe me from such a long distance...?!
Whoa! I was lost for a second! I didn't expect us to find her so fast!
It's your inexplicable luck, Asuna. This doesn't usually happen to me.
How did you get through the Fortress City's maze so easily?!
The probability should've been near zero!
...
Toki, retreat for now.
I'm not blaming you. We lost control of the Avant Guard because of interference from Veritas.
It was a failure due to my inability to predict the outcome... We need to reorganize.
Oh, what?! Did Toki just leave?
...We lost her, unfortunately.
Argh, dammit! We needed to finish it here!
It's beyond our control, President. We didn't expect this battle to play out the way it did.
The situation's changed.
Let's abandon diversionary tactics...and join Sensei for now.
What's most important is saving Aris.
Right, President?
"Chihiro, where are we going next?!"
Turn right and go straight! Then the destination will be right there!
All right! Let's go!
We're here...!
"This is the central tower of the Fortress City of Eridu..."
Aris is here...
Let's go!
We're taking Aris back!
Huh?
Oh! Master, everyone! Hi!
You were already here.
It's C&C!
"Neru and everyone's here... Where's Toki, then?"
...Ugh!
Hahaha! About that...
*sigh*
We lost her.
We were so close! I would've beaten the crap out of her!
Akane quickly explained the details about what happened.
"So that was why the entire city was shaking."
They caught us off guard... So the diversionary tactics were meaningless.
"Who would have thought the city could move...?"
It looks like something major happened on your side too, Sensei.
Yeah, and where is the Engineering Department?
Hmm... Something major...
You could call it that, I guess.
"The Avant Guard was quite something..."
"Chihiro, is Aris really in this tower?"
...Rio is aiming to destroy Aris' halo.
To do something like that, she'll need a pretty well-equipped facility.
In Eridu, all the city's power is concentrated in the tower in front of us.
Considering the reasoning and the president's motivation to build this kind of facility... It's the only place they could be.
So... Aris really is in there...
What're we waiting for?! We just have to climb this massive tower, right?!
"Yeah, that's right. Shall we go, then?"
But since this is the city's core, it goes without saying...
...there will be gatekeepers guarding this place.
I've been waiting for you, upperclassmen, Sensei.
"Of course Toki is the gatekeeper..."
Oh! We meet again! Haha! Hi, Toki!
It means you're not the only ones who've had a change of plans.
...Rio.
Plans and calculations must be prepared with the data you have. Strategies are prepared in anticipation of the future.
I never thought you'd reach this point by escaping, destroying, and jumping over the defenses of the Fortress City I prepared.
The variables and errors in my calculations for this to happen must have been caused by...
You. Sensei.
"...Rio."
All right, then. Since you're using rather exceptional power, we'll have to do the same.
Toki, as of now, you have a permission to use Abi-Eshuh.
Rio, that's...
Yes. It was originally prepared to fight against the princess of the Nameless Gods...but there's no choice.
If we can't stop them here, everything will be meaningless.
"Abi...Eshuh?
Wh-What was that...?
...! Above you!
Signal confirmed.
Wh-Whoa?! What is this?!
"Powered suit system, Abi-Eshuh, activated."
"Commencing battle."
"It's... She's... It's coming!"