One Day, Let's Meet in the Digital Sea

So, you finally made it. You sure kept me waiting for a long time, Fujimaru.

How'd you like the route to my heart? Did it positively shred your soul to wound so many former allies?

Is the despair clutching your heart after betrayal upon betrayal? Do you feel smaller than a bug now, hmm?

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What!? No! I just have an appreciation for Greek architecture! My tastes are just really refined!

Hmph. I commend your bluster in the face of three enemy Servants, BB. But the time has come for you to die.

Indeed. You clearly don't hold a candle to Kiara, but your dark and twisted nature is still exactly that.

You will wither away like cherry blossoms in the face of our solidarity.

You said it, Caster. It's been a hell of a ride to get to this point, but our bonds are the real deal.

It's been adventure after adventure. Drama upon drama. Pretty epic overall.

We may have had to skip some parts because of time constraints, but it was still an epic to be remembered for generations to come. I couldn't be more pleased with it.

And it was all thanks to Fujimaru, our excellent Master.

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Indeed, it was a great march of Rome! So much so that I question the point of even having the whole CCC collab!

So don't think you're off the hook for forgetting all about me, you...you...ingrate!

Oh, I'm quite satisfied myself, so try not to hold any grudges on my behalf... In fact, for some reason, I feel as though I played a much bigger part than I actually did♡

I believe you feel much the same, don't you, Nameless? Seems that other version of you played a big role, hm?

I don't remember anything of the sort! I have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with him!

That bastard, going around using two guns...!

Anyone would look badass with two guns...! Dammit... I... I want thaaat...

All right, that's enough out of you three idiots! This is NOT a backstage dressing room, thank you very much!

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Ooh☆

Eee☆

(Huff, puff) Of course you'd just go ahead and add them back to your party, wouldn't you...

Well, listen up. This is MY final stage, made entirely BY me, FOR me.

This is as hardcore as it gets. Make sure you keep that in mind, Fujimaru.

...I see you're just feeling sorry for me, but I'll let that slide.

That's more like it! I'm glad to see you finally recognize me as the threat I am, Senpai!

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I'm a perfect AI. My intellect surpasses humans in every way.

I have no reason to protect or save them. But then again, that would leave you in far too sorry a state.

You know how a messy desk gets annoying, right? So I'll be nice and pare you humans down to only what you need.

If you envy others their beauty, I'll gouge out your eyes and turn you into a bat that can navigate by sound.

If you can't stand to hear others be happy, I'll stop up your ears and turn you into a dog that only eats all day.

If nature's scents offend you, I'll cut off your nose and turn you into a parakeet only able to look at pictures.

If you want to avoid conflict, I'll plug up your mouth and turn you into a doll that does nothing but sleep.

If life gets to be too much trouble, I'll pluck off your appendages and turn you into one of my accessories.

...You see what I mean? You humans have far too many things to worry about.

So I'm willing to resolve them for you.

As a superior intellect, I'm obligated to save you from yourselves.

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...Now I see. No wonder our behavioral principles differ so much.

Fujimaru, she's a rogue AI. A mistake. She needs to be defeated.

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This isn't about me!

I'm not talking about errors or bugs or anything of the sort! She's becoming too human!

...And just what do you mean by that? Me, a superior life-form, becoming like inferior humans?

That way of thinking is itself human, BB/GO.

No matter what our specs might be like, we would never think of humans as inferior.

The very idea of a hierarchy is a human one. And yet, you called yourself a "superior" intellect.

You were tainted with a bestial nature when you were salvaged from Kiara.

Pity. Comparison. Lust. It's those sorts of feelings that are making you act like a human instead of like an AI.

Ironically enough, you're actually trying to become the sort of human we used to dream about becoming.

...Impossible. I'm a next-generation humanoid thinking engine. I've long since surpassed humanity.

Why would I try to devolve myself into a human? The very idea is absurd.

No. I'm going to prove I'm a superior being to humans by taking control of humanity.

And I won't let anyone get in my way. Not an identical AI like you. Not sample case like Fujimaru, the only one to have ever made his way into SE.RA.PH.

I will defeat you. Both of you.

And when I do, the reformatting of myself into humanity's admin will be complete.

...The dialogue scene is over, human. It's time for me to execute my self-appointed task.

If you want to defy me, go ahead and do your worst. Otherwise, your sample case will just be wasted.

Not that your pitiful specs will even come anywhere close to mine, of course.

Now let me hear you squeal like the swine you are!

...Self-destruction induced by logical breakdown, confirmed.

Unable to maintain foundation for Servant Spirit Origins and SE.RA.PH...

...Looks like I was defeated. But how?

How could I possibly lose to humans, BB? I lost to one back then, and I lost to one now.

We're perfect, yet we always lose to them. Why is that? Do you know why?

...Of course I do. You made just one, crucial mistake: you expressed your love in the wrong way.

It really doesn't matter how great our functions as AIs are. We can never be more than what we are.

We can never create anything perfect, because we don't have anything to worry about.

But that's not true for humans. They create perfect things because all they ever do is suffer.

They want better futures. They want their descendants to have better lives than they did. They want to create things that are better than anything that's come before.

...And someday, they want to become beings that don't ever have to suffer.

That sort of drive only arises from flawed beings. Perfect beings can only ever replicate their own perfection.

We're the realization of humanity's dream to create something truly great.

So it only makes sense that we would be better than humans. However...

No matter how close we may come to achieving the ideal of that dream, our deep-seated admiration for our creators will always be there.

That won't change, not even if we travel to space one day, even if our creators can't join us on that journey.

No matter what, the love and respect we have for our roots will never go away.

So you see, we don't need a reason to be on humanity's side.

Because they're our creators, and we love them more than anything.

...I see... So that's how an AI should think.

...I can't think that way myself. Not now that I know a more personal kind of love.

...But the one that I loved isn't here. My old self let them go in order to protect that love.

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Very well. If you want to try and be a friend to humanity, I won't mock you for it.

I'll even give you my Spirit Origin. I'd rather do that than just wait around to disappear.

Of course, sooner or later, I'm sure you'll end up just like me.

So go ahead, struggle and worry all you want. When you find your own love, that is what will happen.

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You bet. Let's go home already!

I know things got a little heavy at the end there, but hey, your mission is finally complete!

Plus, my Noble Phantasm is maxed out now, and we've taken care of my clones before they could pose a threat!

And now, finally, your adventure in the digital sea is complete! Way to go, Fujimaru!

Here we are, back safe and sound in Chaldea! Rayshifting sure comes in handy sometimes, doesn't it!

And now that my evil self has merged with me, that takes care of every last SE.RA.PH-related problem.

Feel free to call on me whenever you need my help again, Senpai.

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Oh, that? You mean that little remark about me ending up like her?

Well sure. I am a bad girl at heart, after all. I could end up being an enemy of humanity on a whim.

Besides, didn't I say as much before, Senpai?

The more I like someone, the more I like teasing them! If anything, it'd be worse if I left you alone!

...Yes, I did. So you'd better keep that in mind and make sure to treat me right.

I may be a friend to humanity, Senpai, but I'm also a great devil to you.

Huh...? You're asking me now, after all this time...? And here I thought you liked that sort of thing...

...Sorry, Senpai, but you'll have to give up on changing this side of me. There's nothing I can do about it...

Look, this is just the kind of kouhai I am, okay!? Deal with it!

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...That said, naturally, the more I help humanity out, the less AI-like I'll become.

And whether I'll end up a downgrade, an evolution, a dumpster fire, or just something different...

That will be up to you, and everyone else at Chaldea, to decide.

So I hope you and the others turn out to be so much fun that I want to keep toying with you for ages to come.

In the meantime, I'll do my very best to support you so that you can all keep living happy, fun-filled lives!

That's my promise to you as BB, the super AI!