03x40 - Code 871

[bunniefuu]

Don't move.

Mr. Yanai, why are you doing this?

L-Listen, you've got the wrong idea,
treating me like a traitor.

I'm just following through with my goal.

I'm going to carry on the boss' legacy.
That's why I infiltrated Rath!

Th-The boss' legacy?
Who are you talking about?

Someone you know really well!

It's Mr. Sugou!

Carry on his legacy?
But he's not even dead!

He might as well be!

He'll be locked up for at least ten years.

It was a close call for me, too.

But I blamed it all on my coworker
and managed to get away.

Then you were involved
in Sugou's human experiments, too?

I wasn't just "involved"!

I was the one
who gathered the data for it.

That was fun research.

You know, like the virtual tentacle play.

Well, my current life might be
coming to an end,

but the line he connected is still active.

So I have to make use of it,
otherwise he'll be upset, right?

Line? To where?

The American National Security Agency.

You're the one who's been leaking information
about Project Alicization to the Americans!

If the Americans down below
succeed in retrieving Alice,

there'll be a big bonus
and a position for me overseas!

What is that, if not the American
success story Mr. Sugou dreamed of?

If we don't hurry, then Kirito will...

Please notice, Ms. Rinko!

D-Don't move!

Code 871

Dark Territory Rocky Mountain

You're Subtilizer!

Did Alice escape?

No matter. I'll catch up soon enough.

If I remember correctly,
I fought you in g*n Gale Online, didn't I?

Your name's... Sinon, isn't it?

To think we'd meet again here.

And you? Why are you here?

Because it's inevitable, why else?

This is fate.

It is the power of our souls
that attract them to each other.

Now we'll be able to understand
all kinds of things.

Like whether or not one can also suck in
the soul of a living human through an STL.

And also, after not getting to taste it in
BoB, finding out just how sweet your soul is.

I can't. I have to resist. I have to fight.

Sinon, have you ever considered
the meaning of the name Subtilizer?

It means, "one who sharpens,
one who renders, one who chooses...

and one who steals.”

I shall steal you, and steal your soul.

I can't.

Stop. Don't steal it.

Stop.

This is...

This is Kirito's... but
what's it doing here?

You saved me again, didn't you?

Then I can do this.

You're not a god or a devil.

You're just a human!

Don't lose!

Don't lose... Hécate!

Bring it on.

Dark Territory Southern Ruins

Protect the people of the Underworld
at all costs, no matter what!

Stop! Please, stop!

Someone help.

All right! We're going to break through!

Bellflower Team, Lily Team,
push the battle to the right!

Here we go! Synchronized
sword skills... ready!

On my count!

- Five, four, three...
- Everyone, don't give up!

Buy as much as time as possible!

Rue!

No! Go back, Sakuya!

Stop!

Rue...

I have to... I have to do something.

Sometimes you have to fight
to get your point across.

Isn't that right, Yuuki?

Everyone, please!

Create a breakpoint for me, just this once!

Understood! Tecchi, Talken, Nori, let's
synchronize our big att*cks and blast them!

On my count! Two, one...

Listen! You've all been deceived.

This server belongs to a Japanese company,
and we're not hackers, we're legitimate users!

You're lying! We saw you.

You guys just slaughtered a bunch of
players the same color as us, didn't you?

Those players were Americans who dove in after
being given false information, just like you!

You're the ones being used
to sabotage the Japanese company.

Think it through again.

Does that rage and
hatred truly belong to you?

Is what you're saying true?

I'm Moonphase. And you are?

I'm Siune.

I see. Siune, this whole thing
seemed odd to me, too.

Hey, let me through.

Moonphase, I finally found you.

Something's off about this game, after all.

Mei, you think so, too?

Yes.

We were told it was
Japanese hackers attacking,

but to me, it looks more like
they're trying to protect something.

Then you believe me?

But we need some kind of proof, or else...

What are you doing there
with the Japanese?

We don't need traitors here!

Everyone!
Don't be fooled by those dirty Japanese!

If this is a Japanese server,
and you all are legitimate users,

why are you the only ones
with top-tier equipment?

You must have cheated
and created whatever you wanted!

He's right!

You're wrong!

Our equipment's different because we
converted our main characters to this world!

What kind of moron would convert
their main character to a test server?

That's a lie! It's all lies!

It's true! Please believe me!

We came here knowing that
we could lose our characters...

Shut up!

Siune!

Everyone, calm down!

We can't forgive hackers!

Dark Territory Northern Chasm

- Go!
- Go!

So this is it, huh?

Who's that?

That's...

Are you guys all right?

Why? I thought you were standing by
on the emperor's orders?

Because we're comrades, aren't we?

Lilpilin, you withdraw with the pugilists.
I'll take care of this, all right?

We'll fight with you!

No, don't! I don't want you to suffer
any more casualties than you already have!

Don't worry!

I don't care how many of them there are,

I won't let them win!

Ocean Turtle Corridor near the bulkhead

H-How's Kirito doing?

Higa's operation just started.

Is the decoy working?

I had them throw our entire supply
of smoke grenades.

We should be able to distract them
until the smoke clears from the corridor,

but after that,
we'll have to lock the bulkhead again.

We don't have much time.

Well, Higa said we should see results
in five minutes, at most.

Let’s see. "Limit, opposition quotient...
detection threshold... report"?

What is this?

Wh... What?

Wh-What's wrong?

There's no question.

It's a new limit-breaking Fluctlight.

But why now, at a time like this?

You mean it's a second ALICE?

Technically,
it's not on the same level as Alice.

It looks like the artificial Fluctlight
broke its limits

through its emotional circuits,
rather than its logical circuits.

Oh, no! It's moving towards
the group of Americans to the south!

Hey, Mr. Kikuoka?

Wh-What is it?

What is this external
command inserted here?

"Injecting simulated pain
into the right ocular region"?

You were actually restricting
the people of the Underworld like that?

N-No, we didn't do that!

Of course we wouldn't!

That would defeat the purpose.

In fact, it's clearly sabotage.

It is, isn't it.

Not to mention, this code
doesn't have Higa's idiosyncrasies.

Something's commented out
near the beginning.

"Code 871." What's 871?

871? I've never even
heard that number before.

No, hold on. Hold on a sec.

I think I just saw it somewhere...

That lab coat belongs to the staff member who
just went down below with Higa, Mr. Yanai.

8(ya) 7(na) 1(i)...

- Yanai!
- Yanai!

Well, I didn't mean to hit you.

I was only planning
to mess with your work a little,

then escape down
to the Main Control side.

It's not like anyone with Rath has d*ed,
so as long as we can retrieve Alice safely,

it would've been a happy ending
for everyone.

No one has d*ed?

But if we don't take this chance to treat
Kirito, he'll never regain consciousness again!

And the one responsible
for k*lling his soul will be you!

Oh, yeah, that's right.

That brat can die.

After all, he was the one who k*lled her.

My precious Admi, that is!

"Ad... mi"?

The pontifex of the Axiom Church,
Her Eminence, Administrator!

See, I'd promised her.

That I would do everything I can to help her
assume absolute control over the Underworld.

And even if the server got reinitialized,
I'd preserve her Lightcube.

So you corrupted the Underworld?

No, she was the one who made first contact.

When I was on the late shift one night, I suddenly
heard this girl's voice over the speakers.

That really startled me.

She'd found the entire command list
for the Underworld on her own,

and opened a line to our side.

And then I used an STL
to secretly visit Admi.

It turned out that Admi's personality,
voice, and mannerisms were all my ideals.

She promised me.

That if I helped her,
she'd make me her number one servant!

I was wrong.
It was Mr. Yanai who was corrupted.

But now she's dead.

She was m*rder*d by that kid.

I have to avenge her, or else
poor Admi won't rest in peace, right?

That's right. That's right.

On second thought,
I need to k*ll at least one person...

...if I'm going to honor her memory, right?

Stop.

Please, stop!

Stop!

Agil! Please hold on! Agil!

Everyone... I... I did this to everyone.

No. No, you didn't. Liz!

Lay down your weapons and surrender.

Do that, and I won't k*ll you
and those behind you.

Don't be absurd! Do you really think
we'd be reluctant to die at this point...

Listen to him!

Please! You must live!

No matter how humiliating it might be,
please go on living!

That's... That's our... our one...

We win!

Victory is ours!

Yo. Long time no see, Lightning Flash.

PoH.

Hey, that name brings back memories.

I'm glad you remember it.

Is this vengeance?

For the as*ault Team
wiping out Laughing Coffin?

Are you a freaking idiot?

Let me tell you something.

The one who tipped off your as*ault Team
about Laughing Coffin's hideout?

That was me.

Why would you...

I wanted to make you guys murderers.

The as*ault Team, posing as heroes, acting
all high and mighty on the front lines!

That's what you wanted?

To force Kirito to be burdened from PKing?

Yes. Absolutely, yes.

I was watching that battle from hiding.

When Professor Blackie snapped
and k*lled two of them,

I came this close to bursting into laughter
and blowing my cover.

D-Do you know how much
Kirito agonized and suffered over that?

Yeah? Glad to hear it.
But that sounds suspicious.

If he actually regretted it,

wouldn't he be too repulsed
to even look at another VR game?

Because of the guilt
from the guys he k*lled.

I know. He's in here, too, right?

Well, I'll ask him myself.

Stop! Anything but that!

It's showtime!

Next time: Prince of Hell.