04x24 - Yuusha Kakusei

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Hinata is... dead?

Yeah. When she took Granville's
attack to protect me...

to protect Chloe, I mean...

it shattered her soul, and she died.

Oh, no...

Hinata died?

And then Chloe got lost
in Unlimited Imprisonment?

No, this isn't the time to be confused.

Chronoa,

could you tell me the whole story
from start to finish?

About Hinata, about Chloe...

and about you, too.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Season 4

Episode 96: The Hero Awakens

So Chronoa is a sort of alternate
personality of Chloe's...

and an "avatar of destruction," you said?

Why did you go on a rampage?

Because... you'll try to protect
me and end up sacrificing yourself!

Huh?!

In the future world, to try to save me!

H-Hang on! Sacrifice myself?

You mean, in the future,
I'm going to be...

Yes. You were k*lled.

When Chloe disappeared and I went berserk
because I lost my sense of self,

you saved me... but...

It was such a shock.

The future world, huh?

Is that really going to happen?

No, I should just be glad
she told me this now.

Chronoa...

Um... you don't still want
to destroy the world, do you?

I'm fine now.

Because you're okay.

Just don't go sacrificing
yourself to save me again!

Sorry about that.
I'll be more careful from now on.

You'd better be! Promise me?

That's a relief.
I think Chronoa's gonna be okay now.

Hup.

Okay, so what about Chloe and Hinata?

Like I said earlier, Chloe is
inside my Unlimited Imprisonment.

Because two Chloes appeared
during the same timeline,

she was swapped out with me
after I'd been inside her.

You mean when Chloe was
teleported to this world?

Yeah.

And you said Granville's attack
shattered Hinata's soul?

Yeah.

But it was Hinata who
named you, wasn't it?

Wasn't that because her soul went
back to the past with Chloe?

Yes, Hinata's shattered soul was absorbed
by Chloe and went back in time,

but it couldn't withstand Time Leap.

So I preserved her ego within
the remnants of her soul...

in her unique skill, Preserver.

Oh, right! Unique skills are
rooted in the user's soul!

Then if we just return
Preserver to Hinata's body...

Chloe had the same idea,
but it's not possible.

Hinata's Preserver is trapped inside
Chloe's Unlimited Imprisonment, too.

How?

Everything inside it mixes together.

Hinata's Preserver has already
been incorporated in the mix.

It's too late to extract it on its own.

Oh, no...

It's okay.

Hinata is a very strong girl.

Shizu-san?

Besides, it's not just Hinata.

We need to save Chloe, too.

I want to return this body to Chloe, too!

I want her to come back!

You're worried about Chloe, huh?

Of course I am.

I was born to save Chloe, after all.

Chronoa...

Okay!

Let's save Hinata and Chloe
from Unlimited Imprisonment!

We can save grief for after
the ending's set in stone!

Yes, you're right!

That's the spirit, you two!

Now that that's settled,
we need to figure out where to start.

Oh, I know! Can you call out to them?

Yeah. I'll try it.

I think it's because things
have calmed down now...

I can sense Chloe within
Unlimited Imprisonment.

But... I think...

if I undo the skill,
her body will be destroyed.

What can we do?

Is there a way to search inside

Unlimited Imprisonment
while controlling its energy?

Oh, right!

Raphael-sensei, can you intervene
in Unlimited Imprisonment?

- Negative. At present,
that is impossible.

- Negative

I lack the authority to interfere with
infons, the smallest particles of matter.

Infons?

They are smaller than spiritrons.

Of all particles, their mass
is the closest to zero.

All things that exist in
this world contain infons.

The space available will be limited,

but if it is possible to observe infons,

it is possible to interfere with them.

So if we have the authority to
mess with Chronoa's infons...

Okay.

Huh?

You need it, right?

So I'll give you the authority.

A-Are you sure?
But I haven't explained any—

Notice.

Consent confirmed.

Whoa!

- Initiating interference with infons

- Initiating interference.

Extracting

Absolute Severance

Extracting

Extracting

- Complete.

- Complete

The unique skills Unlimited Imprisonment,
Absolute Severance, and Usurper

- will be combined using a
vast amount of magicules,

- Vast amount of magicules

- resulting in evolution
to an ultimate skill.

The combined skills have evolved
into the ultimate skill Yog-Sothoth.

Didn't even ask me to say yes or no...

Notice.

The consciousness body Chronoa,
formerly an alternate personality

of the individual named Chloe Aubert,

has been optimized to become a Manas,

an information body with
the authority to possess skills.

She can now freely switch to the main
personality, Chloe Aubert, at any time.

M-Maybe that was a bit too much?

Rimuru!

Incredible! How'd you do that?!

That was you, right?!

Huh? Oh, yeah, well... you know...

I can't tell her my skill
did that all by itself!

You really do the craziest
things! I love you!

Hey!

Chronoa! Who said you
could do that before me?!

Wait, are you... Chloe?

Yep!

Hey! I was hugging him!

You've hugged him long enough!

Mental images are just too convenient!

Who do you think you are?

Yikes!

You look so happy when you don't even
know if I can be brought back yet.

H-H-How can you say that, Hinata-san?!

You're as beautiful as ever!

Spare me the flattery.

Right.

But still...

Maybe I can't say you're safe and sound,

but I really am happy to see you again.

Thank you.

Sensei...

Sensei, I'm sorry.

I just didn't want to
cause trouble for you...

I knew, Hinata.

I'm sorry, too, for not
realizing it at the time.

And thank you.

So you were the Hero who saved
me and traveled with me, huh?

Yes, Sensei.

And Chloe, you were so little.

You've really grown up.

Yeah!

Sensei?

Shizu-san!

I have to go now.

You know I'm no more than
an illusion, don't you?

Sensei...

All dreams end sometime.

I'm glad I got to see you.

All the kids seem to be well, too.

Rimuru, take care of Hinata.

That won't be a problem for him, right?

I know you'll do fine.

N-No pressure...

Leave it to me!
Hinata, I'll save you in no time!

Chronoa...

Ah, Rimuru! You're all right!

What was the outcome?

I'm having her sleep for now.

Could you two keep watching to
make sure no one interferes?

On it!

You will explain all this later!

I got Hinata's consciousness to emerge,

but her soul—her Preserver—
is still within Chloe's Yog-Sothoth.

But just because it hasn't been
assimilated and disappeared

doesn't mean it'll be easy to isolate it.

Answer.

It is necessary to prepare
an amount of energy

matching Preserver's
before switching them.

And I need to save her with
resurrection magic at the same time.

It's gonna be hard for me
to revive Hinata alone.

In such a merciless world,

there is no meaning in
justice without power.

If I cannot even overcome the
hardships that stand before me,

then I certainly cannot
protect humanity...

So this world

may as well fall at the hands of
the "Hero" deemed mankind's protector.

I see. You made one last wager.

Your true goal was not to
make Chronoa go on a rampage.

It was to fully awaken her as a Hero

and tout her as the hope of humanity.

Your wish to protect mankind
has not changed, even now.

What an inept man you are,
to cling to that wish for so long.

My dearest wish weighs little

in comparison to that woman—
to the weight of time.

If she joins you and Demon Lord Rimuru...

You have played your part splendidly.

You can leave everything
to me and rest now.

Lady Luminus...

I have one favor to ask.

What is it?

Give this—my hope—to her.

Very well.

Your fate has been set free.

Rest in peace.

Sorry for the wait.

Luminus, I'm going to
mess with Chloe's skills.

I'd like you to retrieve
Hinata's soul while I do.

I need to inject enough
energy to replace it.

Worry not. I will take care of it.

Okay.

I found it! Hinata's soul!

Luminus!

Right.

Rebirth!

What is this insanely high-level energy?!

Appraisal failed.

Its authority is proportionate
to an ultimate skill.

Not surprising, since it's Luminus.

That just makes me feel more
secure trusting her with this.

The fragments of Hinata are
joined together as one

in the form of her unique skill Preserver.

Okay. The separation was successful.

All that's left is...

What? That energy's a lot bigger
than the soul it's replacing.

Chloe... and Hinata.

Come back to me this time.

Rimuru!

Huh? This isn't how I
expected her to feel.

This response must be...

Welcome back, Chloe.

Thanks, Rimuru.

Yep, it's Chloe.

What is the meaning of this, Rimuru?

Huh?

I would like to know more.

Huh?!

H-Hey, come on!
Just take it easy, okay?

Why's Leon mad, anyway?!

I am glad you are both well.

Luminus!

It's all right. Please, sit.

No, let me express my gratitude.

Thank you, Luminus, for keeping your word.

Yeah! Thanks so much!

I'm glad I got to meet you
here... no, in the future!

Please, no thanks are needed.

It was only a few hundred years.

Are you awake?

Gran...

I had a dream. A very strange one.

A dream?

I was a very selfish girl in it.

You?

Why couldn't I trust that slime, I wonder?

Because it was a dream?

Perhaps that's a boorish thing to say.

Come on, be serious!

Well, people are cowards.

Those who don't doubt others
have beautiful hearts.

But I believe statesmen need
to be more careful than anyone.

But then people will never
understand each other.

It was just a dream, right?

Yes, it was.

But if I ever have that same dream again,

I'm going to trust that slime.

I think we'll get along very well.

I see.

You're probably right.

And?

What kind of dream did you have?

Me?

I...

It was a nice dream. Very nice.

Well, we don't want to keep Razul waiting.

Shall we get going?

You aren't forgetting anything?

No, I'm set.

As long as I have you,
I don't need anything else.

Let's go.

To the promised land where
they're all waiting.

I suspect Gran went mad
the moment his wife died.

And after the death of his hope, Maribel,

he went so mad that he reversed course.

And the plan he came up with
was to awaken the true Hero?

Even though it might destroy the world?

Well, he was an overly serious, inept man.

I guess that's just how great
his love for humanity was.

I can't call that foolish.

Rimuru!

I wanted to tell you something!

You did?

What is it?

Hang on, your presence really
is more powerful now, isn't it?

It's your imagination.

No, Rimuru is right.

Quiet. No one asked
for a lizard's opinion.

Looks like that subject is a land mine.

I probably shouldn't go there.

No, Luminus.

Chloe may look like a supremely
beautiful lady at first glance,

but her essence is greater now
than when she was Chronoa.

Read the room, former Hero!

Also, "supremely beautiful lady"?

He's not even trying to hide
his true nature anymore!

That aside, Chloe, don't you
think you're too close to Rimuru?

Huh? Am I?

Yes. You had best distance yourself.

Jeez, Big Brother Leon!
You're too obsessed with me!

Didn't I always tell you that you'll
never get a girlfriend that way?!

Rimuru, this way!

Yeah, I should be a little nicer to Leon.

You know, it seems like I awakened
as a Hero in the real sense.

Huh?!

The Hero's Egg that was growing inside me

and the one Hinata was
keeping warm fused together.

Chloe! Something that important should—

It's okay. No one else has seen it.

That's right. Chloe isn't the little
girl she looks like anymore.

Two Eggs in one body, huh?

Can such an impossible miracle really...

No, that's not right.

This is the same Chloe who overcame

an endlessly repeating cycle of
death and rebirth and stayed pure.

That fortitude that allowed
her to brush off such despair

is what really awakened
Chloe Aubert the Hero.

You really did great.

I'll learn from your example and promise
to never give up, no matter what.

Yeah!

Hey! Chloe!

Coming!