02x14.5 - Debriefing

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When I was in fifth grade,

I k*lled somebody with a g*n.

Hey, you! Get over here

and start packing the money!

If you don't hurry the hell up,

I'll sh**t another one!

I swear I'll sh**t!

You little...

Give it back! Give it back,

you little brat!

I pulled the trigger three times.

Ever since that day, just seeing

a photo or footage of a g*n

would be enough to trigger

a PTSD panic att*ck.

No amount of medication or counseling

could assuage my fears.

I look awful.

Without a second thought, right now

Take aim at this paradox-ridden world

And fire with your own two hands

Thanks to the warmth of your falling tears

I thought that I'd realized what kindness was

So why do we keep hurting each other

And create even more hatred?

If this pain that grates on me

The strength that I've discovered

Will someday gently envelop the future

Without a second thought, right now

Take aim at this paradox-ridden world

And fire with your own two hands

Take this sorrow

Drenched with red tears

And embrace it tenderly

So that these blasts ringing out

Will be transformed into the sounds

of a new beginning

Even after I started high school in Tokyo,

far from my hometown,

it's not as if my circumstances changed.

Bang!

I don't regret the fact that

I pulled the trigger to protect my mother.

But neither can I muster the strength to insist

that that was my best option.

Despite my state of mind, the person

who led me to the world of g*n Gale Online

was the one friend I'd made

in Tokyo... Kyoji Shinkawa.

You really are amazing, Asada.

That's not true. In the last qualifying round,

you made it all the way to the semifinals.

No... It's futile.

An AGI build can only take you so far,

unless you can score some really rare g*ns.

I totally messed up

my stats allotment...

Then you're not playing

in the next BoB, Shinkawa?

Nope. Even if I played,

there'd be no point.

Hey... Sorry.

I've got to get going now...

Thanks for the tea.

And also... Thank you so much for saving me.

You were cool, you know.

I wish I could always be there

to protect you.

Uh, listen. Do you want me

to walk you home from school?

N-No, no, that's all right.

Because I've got to be stronger, too.

At the time, it was all I could do

to take care of myself,

so I never noticed

Kyoji's true feelings for me.

Once I became the sn*per, Sinon, in GGO,

all I did was seek out the powerful

to take on in battle.

Next!

That man has the strength

to smile on the b*ttlefield.

I'm going to k*ll that man.

And then I'll also...

The more powerful Sinon becomes,

the more powerful I can become in the real world.

That's been my belief as I continue to battle

along with Hécate II.

The end!

Yes. It's my first time.

I'd like to go to a cheap weapons shop,

and also someplace called the Governor's Office...

On the day of the b*llet of b*ll*ts preliminaries,

I met a player named Kirito.

Pretending to be a girl...

brandishing a sword in this world of g*ns...

He was a really annoying guy...

No way!

A guy?

With that avatar?

Why, you...

...but he, too, was carrying

some kind of heavy load as he battled on.

Just like I was.

I'm going to hit him. Without fail!

Does he think he can dodge

my b*ll*ts whenever he wants?

He doesn't want to dodge them?

Don't... mess with me!

Tell me why! Is this match against me

that meaningless to you?

My goal is to compete

in tomorrow's final--that's all.

I have no reason to fight anymore.

Then you should just take that g*n

and sh**t yourself!

Sure, it's just a VR game,

it's just one match...

You have every right

to see it that way!

But don't you dare shove those values

down my throat!

Sinon, will you give me a chance

to make amends?

Take me on--right now.

Okay, here goes!

No way... That's impossible!

But I was going for your left leg...

How could you predict

where I was aiming?

I could see your eye

through your scope lens.

Did he actually read

the trajectory by sight?

So powerful... This power of his is above

and beyond the level of a VR game.

If you're so strong,

what is it that you're afraid of?

This isn't strength. It's just skill.

No way. That's a lie! No way could you

slash a Hécate b*llet with just technique.

You know that as well I do!

What do you have to do

to gain that kind of strength?

I... That's what

I'm here to find out...

If...

If a sh*t from that g*n could really

k*ll the player in the real world, too...

And unless you k*lled him, you or someone

important to you would be k*lled instead...

If that was the case,

then could you still pull the trigger?

Death g*n took aim at Sinon's strength

that I so firmly believed in...

...and smashed it to smithereens.

The Black Star? Type ?

That g*n...

Why.... Why now... here...

What's that g*n doing here?

Preparations? For what?

Right now, at this moment, Death g*n's co-conspirator

has broken into your apartment in the real world,

and he's watching the live stream,

waiting to see you get sh*t by that g*n...

That's a possibility.

No!

I can't take it...

Not something like that!

Until you get sh*t with Death g*n's handgun,

the intruder can't do a thing to you.

That's the agreement those two have.

But if you were to auto-logout

and get a look at the intruder's face,

you'd put yourself in danger.

Tell me what we need to do.

We're going to take out Death g*n.

Hécate II... Please!

Lend this weak girl your strength.

The strength to stand up again here,

and take a step forward...

You've got to focus.

Feel it... His murderous intent.

Kirito!

There he is!

He's powerful.

One second...

All I need is one second...

If I can break this rush...

Kirito is trying to turn his words

into actions right now.

By stopping with his own two hands the criminal known

as Death g*n, who's still influenced by SAO's darkness.

The reason Kirito can do that

isn't because he's strong.

It's because he's accepted his weakness,

and brooded, suffered over it...

Yet despite all that, he's still trying

to look straight ahead.

Isn't there... something I can do?

Kirito!

This b*llet Line att*ck...

Fired by Sinon, who poured all her experiences, her

inspiration, every ounce of her fighting spirit into it...

It's a phantom b*llet!

This last att*ck! I can't let this

Phantom b*llet go to waste!

Not yet.

It's not over. I won't let it end.

That person... will get you...

No. It's all over, XaXa.

It won't be long before they zero in

on your accomplice.

The m*rder spree by Laughing Coffin

is now over for good.

It's over, huh?

Yes.

My name is... Shino Asada.

We'd better bring this tournament

to an end, too.

Yes, good idea.

Asada!

If only I could become powerful in the world

known as g*n Gale Online,

I thought it would cancel out

my weakness in the real world.

Asada... Asada... Asada... Asada...

Asada... Asada... Asada...

But I was wrong about that.

Run, Sinon!

D-Don't...

Sinon and Shino...

They were both one person--me.

To be able to confront that memory head-on...

it will probably take me a long time.

Even so, all I have to do

is take it step by step.

It's all right.

Because this world...

The truth is, it's such

a gentle, warm place.

I wished so hard to become stronger than ever

Overcoming my grief

I've turned my back so many times

On the past that will never change

While hiding the scars

I can never show anyone

I will embrace all this pain

that has started flooding through me

I don't need warmth at all

If it will vanish one day

I wished so hard to become stronger than ever

Like a lonely star racing across the darkness

Sunk so deep inside my heart,

I'm so weak and fragile

I can't put it into words, or even speak out

I'm just waiting for the light

Trying not to be found by anyone

Next time: "Queen of the Lake."