02x14 - One Little Step

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He's powerful.

One second...

All I need is one second...

If I can break this rush...

Kirito!

If only my scope was still working...

I should have embraced, and never stopped

contemplating the significance,

the weight, of having k*lled them

with my own hands.

That would be the least I could do

to make amends... That's how I see it now.

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?

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

"Phantom b*llet"

Kirito...

The way he's sweating so profusely,

he's in danger of dehydration.

We can't have him log out for now, can we?

No matter what we say here,

Kirito can't hear us...

The Amusphere should cut off automatically

before he gets dangerously dehydrated...

Very well. We'll wait a little longer and see.

Mommy, his hand.

Hold Daddy's hand.

I just know Daddy will be able

to feel the warmth of your hand.

My hand can't touch

anything in your world,

so you hold it...

you hold it for me, too.

No, that's not true.

I'm sure that he'll feel your hand, too.

Let's cheer Daddy...

cheer Kirito on together.

Mommy...

Hang in there, Kirito.

For what you believe in.

I'll always be here

by your side, all right?

I'll always have your back,

and support you always...

It's true, I refused to hear this guy's name.

I never wanted to have anything

to do with him again.

But the truth was, there was no way

that I could've done that.

It's not that I forgot.

I pretended that I'd forgotten.

I was only deceiving myself.

Red eyes...

Wait, during that pre-raid meeting...

Black...

Red...

Red...

XaXa...

Red-eyed XaXa!

That's your name!

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.

Kirito...

Daddy...

It's over, huh?

Yes.

We'd better bring this tournament

to an end, too.

Yes, good idea.

Now that Death g*n's been taken out,

the co-conspirator targeting you probably disappeared.

So there shouldn't be any danger

even if you log out...

But just in case, you'd better

call the police right away.

But what am I supposed to say

when I call ?

You have a point...

My client does happen to be a government official,

so having him step in is one option...

But I can't really ask you

your address and name here...

It's all right. I'll tell you.

B-But...

My name is... Shino Asada.

My address is...

I don't believe it. That's close

to where I'm diving right now.

What? Really?

In that case, want me to head over to you

after we've logged out?

What? You'd come...?

No, I'll be fine.

Because there's a friend

I can trust living nearby.

Okay, then, once I've logged out, I'll call my client

and have him send the police over.

Gotcha.

By the way, are you gonna just make me

reveal my private info and leave it at that?

Oh, hey, sorry.

My name is Kazuto Kirigaya.

"Kirito" from Kazuto Kirigaya, right?

Talk about a lack of imagination!

L-Like you can talk!

All right, whatever we do,

we've got to end BoB if we're gonna log out.

What's it gonna be, Sinon?

Settle the score in a duel again,

like we did yesterday?

Look at you, you're banged up all over.

b*ating someone like you

wouldn't be anything to brag about.

I'll just hold off on taking you on

until the next BoB tournament.

All right, let's wrap this up, then.

But how are we gonna do that?

There can't be a victor unless

either one of our HPs get drained, right?

I heard that the first BoB

had two co-winners.

The reason was because the player

who should've won let his guard down,

and fell victim to a "souvenir grenade."

Souvenir grenade? What's that?

"b*llet of b*ll*ts "

"Prep time: seconds remaining"

"Prep time: seconds remaining"

"Prep time: seconds remaining"

Just as I suspected,

Death g*n had two victims.

Meaning that he had more

than two co-conspirators.

" seconds remaining"

" seconds remaining"

" seconds remaining"

I'm such an idiot!

Asada? Are you there?

It's me, Asada!

Shinkawa!

Uh, I was just dying to congratulate you

on your victory...

So I brought this.

Um... Congrats on winning! Really!

You're so awesome, Asada... Sinon.

You actually became

the most powerful gunman in GGO.

But... I knew it all along.

That someday, you'd be the one to do it.

Because you've got this true strength

that no one else has.

Thanks.

Uh, Asada!

Wh-What?

Asada, you did tell me, right? To wait...

Shinkawa...

You said that, right?

That if I waited, you'd be mine one day...

What?

So... So I...

Wh-What's going on... All of a sudden?

I'll stay by your side forever.

You don't have to lean on a guy like that...

I'll protect you for the rest of your life.

All right?

Sh-Shinkawa!

Asada... I'm in love with you.

I love you... My Asada...

My... Sinon...

S-Stop... it...!

You shouldn't have done that, Asada.

You shouldn't betray me, Asada.

Shinkawa...

Shinkawa...?

Don't move, okay, Asada?

If what's inside this syringe enters your body,

your muscles will be paralyzed.

And before you know it,

your lungs and heart will stop, too.

Syringe?

They must have injected

some kind of drug, I guess...

Yeah. Since my family

runs a hospital.

I promised my dad I'd go to med school,

so I have no choice.

Then... you're...

You're the other Death g*n?

Wow, I'm amazed...

So you saw through Death g*n's secret.

That's right, I'm Death g*n's other hand.

Well, that said...

Before this year's BoB,

I was the one controlling Sterben.

But just for today,

I got to do the real-world job.

Because I can't let another guy

lay a finger on you, can I?

Even if he is my brother...

B-Brother?

So the player who used to belong

to a red guild in SAO...

That was your older brother?

Relax. I won't leave you all alone.

It's still... It's still not too late.

You can still start over!

You're going to cram school, right?

You're going to become

a doctor, aren't you?

Doctor...

I don't give a damn about that anymore!

My parents... those guys at school...

They're all such hopeless idiots!

If only I could've become the most powerful player

in GGO, then I would've been satisfied...

But...

But that piece of crap XeXeed

lied about AGI types being the strongest...

GGO was my everything...

I sacrificed everything in the real world for it...

Dammit!

That's why... That's why you k*lled XeXeed?

That's right, to create the legend of Death g*n,

the strongest player in GGO... no, in all VRMMOs...

what better sacrificial offering

could there be but him?

So now I have no more use

for this worthless reality.

Come on, Asada.

Let's go to the "next world" together.

Sh-Shinkawa...

The two of us, see? A place like GGO...

No, it can be someplace

more fantasy-oriented.

Let's be reborn into a world like that,

and become husband and wife, and live together.

We'll go on adventures together,

and have kids! It'll be fun, I just know it...

Now, then, become one with me, Asada...

Oh, Asada... You're so beautiful...

You're mind-blowingly beautiful...

My... My Asada...

I've always, always been

in love with you!

At school... when I heard about that incident of yours...

Ever since I heard it, I've always...

What?

A girl who sh*t a criminal dead

with a real handgun?

You could search all of Japan

and you'd be the only one.

You really are amazing!

Didn't I tell you?

That your power was the real deal?

That's why I chose the Type as the w*apon

for creating Death g*n's legend.

You're my idol, Asada.

I love you... I love you...

More than anyone else...

No... way...

I don't want to see anything anymore.

I don't want to feel...

I'm sure this kind of thing can't be real.

Kirito...

After you went to the trouble

of coming to my rescue...

I'm sorry that it was

all for nothing...

In that case, want me to head over to you

after we've logged out?

If he really does come,

then Kirito will be the one in danger...

So there's nothing that can be done!

That's not true.

Until now, we've always

only looked out for ourselves.

We've never fought

for anyone but ourselves.

But... Even though

it may be too late now...

At least just this once, for the last time,

let's fight for someone else.

Come on, let's go!

Asada...

Asada!

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

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

Run, Sinon!

Kirito?

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: "One Small Step."