Vol. 2 Ch. 2 Ep. 21: What's in a Name?

"Neru! Good luck!"

...Neru! None of your attacks will work against my weapon!

You're seriously injured. Your resistance is meaningless at this point!

*sigh*

I don't care about any of that.

I made up my mind a long time ago.

I'm going to defeat you right here, right now.

Why bother doing things the hard way?

I can just go save the kid...

...after I beat you up.

You hear? We're going to save Aris!

All right, kids! Commence the second revenge match of the upperclassmen!

Asuna!

...?!

That's me! Haha! Attack!

This is nothing...!

...?! She dodged everything...?!

Yes! It's called wild intuition!

Karin.

Sniping out of sight...!

That kind of attack won't work on me...!

...Akane! Push forward! Destroy them!

Yes, President!

Breaking down the door with a series of attacks and entering the tower...?!

But how...?

It won't be easy...

Right, it's not gonna be easy...

Hahaha! What kind of a messy strategy is that?

I-I know. Let's just scratch that...

No, we're gonna do it.

Th-That strategy?!

Are you sure? This is all just theoretical...

Ha, I know, but it's a strategy from Miss Forehead.

M-Miss Forehead?

Even in a moment of crisis, she always has the courage to act for the sake of her friends.

Why would I not accept a strategy from someone like that?

Oh! Neru! You know a lot about Yuzu!

Is that because you were defeated by Yuzu in a ton of games?

Why are you talking about that now, huh?!

But, President... What about your injuries...?!

What about them? I can't disappoint the others' expectations. I'd take a hit to my pride if I did that.

Don't worry about dumb things.

So, what about you guys? I won't force you to do anything.

We...

...We'll always follow our president.

Yeah! I'll follow our little president's orders!

But are you sure this strategy can be executed with just C&C...?

Yes, we can do it.

...If we get to fight again, it'll be different from last time.

So have we all agreed on this mess of a strategy?

Then I know a perfect place for us.

That place is...

"Just a little more...! The destination is near!"

(This is reckless.)

(It's not a rational decision.)

(It's a fact that C&C and Sensei have already been defeated once by Toki's weapon.)

(So, if I think about it rationally...naturally, the next strategy would be a detour, not a frontal breakthrough.)

(If this is...Sensei's strategy...)

Toki! I permit use of the main armament of the weapon!

Yes, ma'am.

Power is being concentrated at the central tower at lightning speed! Everyone, watch out...!

"Was that...a laser?"

"They were hiding something like this...?!"

(What did I just do...?)

(Did I change my mind not based on a percentage or data...)

(...But rather based on a feeling that I sensed something ominous...?)

(No way. There's no way I'd make such an irrational decision... I must be mistaken.)

...This is the end.

The results are already determined. No one can change a future calculated with data.

Schale Sensei. You must have known that you had no chance of defeating us after the first time you were defeated.

I don't understand what made you try again and again.

It's meaningless and irrational.

If you've barged carelessly into this, even forcing your injured students to continue attacking...

...I'll be very disappointed in you.

Sensei never ordered us to do any of that.

Akane?

I'd like to first correct the way you're thinking about this.

We didn't fight with the chance of winning or with any data in mind.

Huh?

President.

Huh? What is it?

Like I said, the chance of this strategy being successful is very low.

And you're fighting with such bad injuries...

Who cares.

I don't care about my odds of winning.

You and Sensei can worry about that stuff.

What's important is if we really want to save our friend or not. That's all!

...Heehee.

I've been thinking about this for a while... You've changed a bit, President.

That's probably since...

...meeting those kids...

Anyway...you're going on an adventure to rescue a friend who was kidnapped.

Right... It's like...

You're a main character in a game.

And all you want is to save your friend.

...

Oh, by the way, President Rio. I hope you didn't forget...

Neru's other name and its meaning.

Call sign Double O.

That name is a symbol of victory for Millennium.

...?!

I got it.

How can you move after being hit like that?!

Unfortunately, this isn't my first rodeo!

I hacked the cargo elevator of the central tower!

"Neru! Now!"

The elevator...? Then their destination is...?!

This is the idea Momoi mentioned.

Who? Me?!

If we use the elevator...maybe...

...!!!

Wait, the weapon's weakness...! Could it be?!

Toki! Get out of there! They're going to...!

They're trying to paralyze the weapon's evasion systems by using the elevator's gravity?!

It's too late.

I'm pretty sure I've warned you before.

There's no one in Kivotos who can defeat me in a melee battle.

...

Oh... Maybe I forgot to tell you that. It doesn't matter, though.

Now! Operate the elevator! The speed should be...

...ten times the gravitational acceleration!

...The evasion system is paralyzed.

...All right, now.

Let's fight without cheating, underclassman.

*sigh* ...It's over.

Hmph...

Ha, she wasn't even a big deal.

That's...

...the most powerful fighter in Millennium...

Double O...