Blue Archive story · Volume 3: Eden Treaty, Chapter 3, Episode 19
Vol. 3 Ch. 3 Ep. 19: Our Stories
1 scenes, 247 lines
1. Part 1
247 lines
Why, Azusa?
Why struggle so much? What are you trying to prove?
You know as well as I do. All is...
Whether it's in vain or not, my choice is to struggle.
What's the use of a pointless struggle?!
...
Hi...fumi...?
Four reinforcements confirmed. No, wait, there are more coming.
Aren't they...?
And who are you supposed to be?
I'm just an ordinary student.
...
So you keep telling me. I'm just a normal, ordinary girl.
I get it, okay? That gas mask you were wearing, the face you've been hiding...
That's supposed to be the real Azusa, right? The one that came from a completely different world than a plain, ordinary girl like me could understand. That's what you've been telling me.
Hifumi, I...
...?!
I'm not the ordinary, nice girl you think I am. I'll show you!
My true identity is...
...Faust! Leader of the Masked Swimsuit Gang!
What the...?
Now do you see? This taiyaki bag strikes even more fear into people's hearts than your gas mask does! Behind it lies terror that you can't comprehend!
Hifumi...?
...
...?!
...
Hifumi. What do you think you're...
...
We're one and the same. So there's nothing wrong with me being by your side.
So don't label where either of us belongs or say that we can't be together.
Don't try to push me away.
Because even if you do, that won't stop me.
I'll always be by your side, Azusa!
Hifumi...
You don't have to do this. Wearing a paper bag on your head and making up a fake gang won't...
Who are you calling fake?!
Wow. Looks like we got here just in time.
Those masks... Could it be...?!
...?!
...?!
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Forsake mercy and walk the path of chaos.
Yup. That's our motto.
It's perfect for a gang that's an idol group by day and fights villains by night! ♧
When did that become the motto?! And stop trying to give us a backstory!
Masked Swimsuit Gang, reporting in! We're here to support you, Leader Faust!
...?!
Is this really happening?!
So they DO exist...
Who are they?
Unknown. There's no intel on them.
Th-The Masked Swimsuit Gang! I thought they were just an urban legend, but they're real...
We shouldn't let our guard down, Leader. They may seem harmless, but we can't afford to underestimate anyone at this stage.
...
Heh heh. Who do you think you are, trying to make our leader cry? Huh?
Making Faust angry is a big mistake. You wouldn't like Faust when she's angry.
Bingo. Just ask the higher-ups at the Kaiser Corporation about what Faust did to them! ♧
She even held up a bank in the Black Market like it was nothing.
Not to mention that time she turned an entire Kaiser PMC unit into dust!
Terrifying, ain't she? She's chaos incarnate! Like a boss who rules the darkest underworld with an iron fist!
Yep. That's our Faust.
FAUST! FAUST! FAUST!
...
*gasp*! Faust unmasked! Did we dote on her too much?
What's the matter, Faust? We didn't go too far, did we?
I-I was just following their lead, for the record!
I meant every word of it.
Stop joking around and take that off already, Shiroko!
Aw...
What do you all say we try again from the top?
Ahem. The Foreclosure Task Force is here to help Hifumi!
You guys... Thanks.
Kekekeke...
The Justice Task Force has arrived at Sensei's request.
Are you sure you two will be okay? How are you feeling?
Never better!
That's amazing!
I'm still recovering, but I'll manage. You can count on me in a pinch.
The Prefect Team doesn't forgive, and it doesn't forget!
What about the president?
...
Sen...sei.
You're okay. That's a relief.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you found me. That's just like you.
"Hina."
It's over. I'm done...
I can't do it anymore, Sensei.
I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm so...tired.
Please go on without me. Consider this my retirement.
"I didn't come here to drag you back to the fight."
"All I wanted to say was...thank you, Hina."
You...wanted to thank me? Why?
If it's for protecting you, then you don't have to say anything.
That was my job. It was what I was supposed to do...
"No. I wanted to thank you for...everything."
"I wanted to say thanks for giving it everything you had."
"You fight harder and care more than anyone."
...
"You've earned this. I'll find a way to take care of things from here."
"What do you mean?"
I'm not strong. Not like she is...
She was the one who found the body of Abydos' student council president. I'm sure that must have been hard for her.
But even after suffering through so much, she's still at Abydos, fighting... I could never do something like that.
I could never be that selfless. I already...
"It's okay, Hina."
I tried!
I did everything I could. I tried and tried...
No one could understand or recognize it. I thought I didn't care, but...
Even now...
...you're still thanking me for what I did. Why even now? It's not fair, Sensei.
I wanted to be like Hoshino and the Make-Up Work Club...
I wanted you to encourage me! I wanted you to praise me!
"..."
"No. I'm the one who's sorry."
...?!
"I promise you a spot in my next make-up work class."
"I'll help you improve your grades and praise you all you want."
"Oh, I get it. You felt left out when you heard about the swimsuit symposium."
"Uh... About you retiring and all that?"
I didn't mean it deep down. I was trying to be spoiled for once...
I'll be okay, Sensei. Let's go.
President!
I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Ako.
N-Not at all!
Everyone into position. We'll go on Sensei's command.
We're surrounded...
The numbers aren't in our favor, Leader.
Think again. Their numbers are meaningless in the face of the continuously growing Council.
On the contrary, this works out in our favor. Now they can all be taught the lesson Azusa failed to learn.
The truth of this world. They'll see it is full of malice and hatred, and that life itself is ultimately in vain.
No one can escape that fate! All is in vain!
...
Nod.
Hifumi...
I meant what I said, Azusa. I'm still upset with you.
...
But more than anything, I'm glad you're okay.
Friends get angry at each other sometimes, but I know it wasn't your fault. I'll always forgive you, even if you don't forgive yourself.
You will...?
But I'm not going to forgive them!
Malice? Hatred? That's the truth of the world as they see it?
That everything in life is meaningless?
To hell with that!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
I don't want you to be a murderer, Azusa.
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
Those kind of dark and depressing stories...are the worst!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
Even if what they're saying is true, even if that's how the world works sometimes... that doesn't have to be how our stories are told!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
I like clichés!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
So what if I'm ordinary or there's nothing special about me? I'm not ashamed of who I am or what I believe in!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
Overcoming adversity through friendship...
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
Hard work paying off...
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
Friends picking each other up when they're down...
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
And always putting on a smile no matter how hard things get!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
I love happy endings like that!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
And I'm not ashamed to say it. Nothing will change my mind!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
We're the ones who pen our futures and no one else!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
So I refuse to let things end here!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
These are our stories!
Hifumi
Make-Up Work Club
The tales of our youth and our school days!
The tales of our youth and our school days!
Blue Archive
The dark clouds. They're...
...gone. Almost on cue. That's impossible...
Is this...some kind of miracle?
There's no such thing! This is...something different.
Could it be? A renewal of the commandments?
"I hereby declare us..."
"...the TRUE Eden Treaty Organization."
What?!
It can't be!
Sensei, are you doing what I think you are?
The General Student Council president was originally meant to be the Eden Treaty's mediator.
The same president that established Schale and granted it extrajudicial authority.
By doing this, you're having Schale act in the General Student Council president's stead. Is that how you've interpreted your role in the Eden Treaty?
Just as Arius interpreted it by asserting their authority even after sitting out of the First Council.
All of the relevant parties to the Eden Treaty have gathered: Gehenna, the Tea Party, the Justice Task Force, the Prefect Team...
Here, atop the remains where the old cathedral once stood.
Everything is as it was intended. And now, on behalf of the treaty's initial mediator, the General Student Council president...
...you, Sensei, wish to fulfill the promise bearing the name of paradise.
...
You've distorted and misconstrued the contract to fit your desires.
Fire with fire, an eye for an eye. They ruthlessly took control, so you took it right back, just as an adult would. How interesting.
Leader. We're losing control of the Council.
...!
Th-They're in peril. The commandments say to follow the ETO's orders, but now there's two of them.
It doesn't matter!
Your declaration means nothing! Happy endings?!
Do you think erasing the hatred and mistrust in the world is that simple?! You're living in a fantasy! Stop dreaming!
"They're my students. It's my responsibility to help them achieve their dreams."
...!
"What kind of teacher would I be if I didn't support them?"
"If this is their dream, then it's mine too."