Section 11: Retreat and Die, Hesitate and Die, Go Forth and Sing!

Heehahaha! We're the baddest bad dudes EVER! There's nothing we won't do to avoid having to listen to our former ruler's horrible singing!

Hell, even if we gotta die!

I don't really like where this is going, but we can't turn back now!

What is it about singing that makes you so passionate? I just don't understand.

Fou.

I think Fou is saying, "I can't help but feel that in this case, their passion is a little misguided!"

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Can we just pretend we didn't? No? Damn.

I guess we ARE getting close to the tower. Probably shouldn't be surprised seeing that up here...

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You've been awfully quiet, Carmilla.

I learned something last year. Whenever I deal with HER, I must completely empty my mind.

That way, whether I'm dealing with my past self transmogrified into a small mecha, or into a giant mecha fused with a guardian statue...

...I can keep my stress levels under control enough that the worst that happens is I end up coughing up blood some of the time.

If you're spitting up blood, then you're clearly NOT managing your stress enough. I recommend therapy!

It looks like they still don't have enough Elisa Particle power yet.

Which means that giant Mecha Eli-chan Mk. II won't be destroying this castle directly.

The most she'll be able to do is shove her arms through the windows and fire some missiles from her fingers.

That sounds like it would do MORE than enough damage!

Oh, we'll be fine as long as she doesn't attack us directly.

But never mind that now. There's her room. Open up!

...Huh, looks like nobody's home.

It never fails to disgust me how unkempt this room is.

It activates my cruelty circuit and makes me want to burn it all down.

I see there are many Amazones.com shipping boxes piled about here. I suppose it would be all right for me to dispose of them for one of my most loyal customers.

Hm? What the...

Grrr, enough of this!

She just ripped that pile of cardboard boxes apart like they were made of...umm...cardboard...

Now that's my kind of CEO!

Heh. There's nothing I appreciate more than compliments and stock prices rising.

Searching for Servants... I'm not detecting any aside from those in your immediate vicinity, Master.

Where could Osakabehime have disappeared to?

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Ooh, I bet that's what it is. What do you think, Nite-Brite?

Indeed!

No emperor's residence is complete without a secret passage or two! I made use of mine just for fun!

Besides, if you don't make a habit of using them from time to time, you end up forgetting about them when the real emergency happens. You know, like an evacuation drill.

I'm told Castle Csejte had them too, but I never made use of them myself.

I decided that if it ever came to that, I would rather simply face my death.

As far as this particular princess goes, though, I am quite sure she has no such compunction.

Fortunately Kotarou just happened by, so I had him tell me the trick to finding hidden passages.

Let's all look together!

Let's see... This is a collection of background art. I wonder what it's depicting.

We delivered that.

Just look at all these clothes strewn about. What a mess.

We delivered those too.

This tablet looks like it's bricked.

We also delivered that.

Indeed, we restructured our delivery program specifically to service customers in Singularities.

From now on, no one will have to go without our incredible products, even if they are trapped within a Singularity.

All thanks to Amazones.com.

Please don't do that. You could very well create a new Singularity...

Ow! I just stepped on something!

That looks like the heart circuit Master just installed in Mecha Eli-chan.

Oh, that's the one I originally came with before Osakabehime removed it.

...I think we should bring it with us.

We should be able to install it in Mk. II as well.

If, in battle, we get a chance to pull her chest open and shove this in...

...we may find another path to victory.

In that case, Master should hold onto it.

Ah, here we go. See, what did I tell you!

A secret staircase under the floorboards, huh. Someone's a traditionalist. Guess this means we've got her on the ropes then.

Let's hurry up and take this princess down before the Mecha Eli-chan Mk. II outside starts giving us grief.

Agreed.

I expect we will need to fight Mk. II and Osakabehime together. Our goal is to repair this Singularity, and to rescue Elisabeth.

Make sure to remain alert at all times. ...Especially you, Pilot Candidate.

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...That's what I like to hear. I look forward to seeing you in action.