Part 32: Update XXX - Featuring: More bad ideas from the ISDF

Update XXX - Featuring: More bad ideas from the ISDF

Music: The Daily Grind


Loyal Court Lady: How is the queen...?

Milra: When're those Unit 13 guys coming back?

The Lucier are all worried about everyone, naturally.

P-Please... E—Everyone, please calm down.

Grrrr! What the hell are all these people doing here!? They're like a flock of goddamn seagulls! This is getting way out of hand!







Milra: I-It's Unit 13!

Loyal Court Lady: My queen! You are safe...!

Thank you for coming here to greet us, my people.



Chief Toglau: Ah, Eigur... You have done quite well...!







This is never gonna end at this rate. All you Atlantis people go rest in your evac ward! NOW!



Th-That is a good idea.

Unit 13 and you ISDF bitches, get to the War Room for your progress report. And do it quick!

U-Understood.





So as it turns out.



Opal is still poisoned.



One last bit of spite from Nyala, I guess.



A handful of Lucier in the evac ward have new lines.

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Shy Girl: I'm curious about this creature you call the cat...



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Maya: I heard that Nyala is gone... What exactly happened? Is there any way we could go home?





Chief Toglau: My apologies. I do not wish to appear ungrateful.



Lookout Girl: Is that selfish of me...?

But the mood here is a bit mixed.



Music: UE77 In Ariake


I don't mean to rush you, but I need to see the Nyala specimen right away.





So this is it... Good work, my little cuties!

Your Iod specimen, our Fomalhaut specimen, and now this Nyala specimen... There are three True Dragon specimens in human hands.

Yup, we're finally at the halfway point. Excluding the 7th, there are three True Dragons remaining. We're finally getting closer to completing the Dragon Chronicle!

We will take some of this specimen back with us. I'd like to check up on the 7th True Dragon's movement.

OK OK★ Come back and visit whenever you want!

Urgh... I guess I have to analyze the Nyala specimen... Things are gonna get real busy for me... Alright, it's my turn to put some work in! Unit 13 will be on standby until further instruction!

*nods*



I have learned much from this mission. We will surely meet again soon, Unit 13.

*nods*



ISDF Special Tactical Force, return to HQ!







I'm sure analyzing Nyala's specimen will give us some more info on the other True Dragons. Then I'll be able to connect the Portal to a new location so you can hunt the next one! Though I'm sure it won't be that easy... It never is~.





Anyways, the quality of work delivered by Unit 13 was greatly beyond expectations. I mean, your determination is what saved the Lucier civilization! Of course, everyone else did help as well. But you've surely noticed that your group has been at the center of all of it.



It seems as though anything can be achieved as long as you're involved. *chuckle* I hope you can continue to excite me like this in the future★ I guess that's all I have to say. Go on and rest so you can be ready for your next mission!

Opal nods yet again.



Could you visit the Atlantis Evac Ward beforehand? I'm sure they're waiting for you, Unit 13★

*nods*



Music: The Daily Grind




We're gonna open that Portal up by cramming a bunch of Dz into its little opening~! You catch my drift~?

Could you stop that, Julietta?





The girl from before is missing from her spot.

Music: None






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You came to see us...

...



We should be greeting you with warm smiles, but... Everyone has suddenly been struck by deep sorrow... Perhaps it is because we can finally rest.

Chief Toglau: We have lost far too much. Our families, our friends, even the sea, which we thought of as our final resting place... gone.

Hey remember when Eigur mentioned 'still having a chance' with the Grand Star Crystal intact?

Yeah, that goes absolutely nowhere.

I keep trying to remind 'em that being alive is a blessing, but... To be honest, it feels like there's this big hole in my heart now, too...



Lookout Girl: Milra... She still doesn't get it...

Milra: This place is fun and all, but I wanna go home! Take me back! I miss the ocean!



There's no need to rush.

Sorry about this, Unit 13... This place is perfect. There's beds, food, even medicine... We're seriously thankful. But still, it's so different here. It just doesn't sit well with me...

~

We have an ocean here, too.

What?

Is that true...!?

*nods*

Yesss! For real!?

Eigur...

*gasp* My bad, Unit 13! You guys gave us all beds and food and stuff... But something about this place just wasn't sitting right with me... I think it was just that I missed the ocean!

Sooooo, did no one tell the sea kingdom refugees that Nodens is built right by the coast? That seems a bit rude to me.

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Indeed... If only there were a place we could hear the waves or smell the brine of the ocean...

*gestures*









Milra: I can smell it...

Could it be...?





There's an ocean super close to here! Ain't I right, Unit 13?

*nods*

Is it that close?

Chief Toglau: But if we are to leave this room, we may encounter yet more foreigners...

Certainly hasn't stopped all the other Lucier hanging out in random spots throughout Nodens.





We'll deal with the consequences later! Everyone, follow Unit 13!

Music: Chant for Sanctuary (code:VFD Ver.)




So this is the foreign ocean...

Chief Toglau: A-Ahh... There are some slight differences, but... I can feel the sea breeze...

Milra: Look, Your Majesty! It's sparkling!

Ah! I was unaware that the ocean is such a beautiful, transient being...

Yeah, it looks totally different, but the wind and the waves are exactly how I remember 'em. So there's really an ocean here, too... I'm sold.



Atlantis and this world... They really are connected, huh...

Unit 13, do you think the souls of my father and the others who lost their lives are in this ocean?

*nods*

...I see. I think so, too. Thank you for bringing us here, Unit 13.



Pray for our compatriots who sleep beyond the sea... and for our prideful kingdom of Atlantis.

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Music: The Daily Grind


I could go to bed now.



But there's another batch of new lines in the evac ward.

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Shy Girl: I-I heard rumors that you guys beat Nyala... But Atlantis isn't coming back, is it...?



Unmotivated Girl: Actually, nevermind... I don't wanna think about it right now...









Yuta: It's gonna be weird having peeps from Cladeon and Atlantica in the same place.



Milra's Grandmother: Milra is feeling much better now. It makes me ever so glad to see her smiling face.







And that's everyone.





G'night!

Music: Destructive Curse


We get our usual cut to the ISDF base.

On the plus side, Yuma hasn't been scrapped!





Mio's grandfather?





I'd heard you left the carrier, but to think you left the Dragon Gene Research Division as well... It was surprising to hear. I don't think this Special Tactical Force really suits you.

...

It's fine. Ah, have you met Mio yet?

So that was your doing...

Hehehe! Don't misunderstand. I didn't have anything to do with that. She's as smart as her mother was. You'll need to be careful if you don't want her to find out.

...





So, you brought me here to help develop the Dragon Sickness serum, correct?

Not quite. I shall take you to the Dragon Sickness Lab at a later date. I figured you would be interested in first seeing the fruit borne by the seed you yourself planted.

It can't be... Did you tamper with him!?

After you left the Fuji lab, we developed a more complete model. That is what you will see now.







An alarm starts blaring for the rest of the scene.



Okay, if installing two True Dragons caused Yuma to start breaking down, why would you decide to install a third?



No... Stop this! Yuma will surely die if you inject that into his body!



Have you lost your mind, Yoritomo!? Yuma is your pupil!

This... is what Yuma desires!

What he desires...? That's probably just something you guys brainwashed him to think!

He's not wrong, you know.



I-I'm fine... Professor Nagumo, I'm not... as fragile as you may think...

Yuma...!

Anyway, I-I realized... It is pointless to have... only partial p-power...



So, what do you think the odds are of Yuma going dragon-crazy and becoming a boss down the line?





I have done nothing but fulfill his desires. Yuma wishes to be as strong as possible. You should know. You created him, after all. All we did was install data from two True Dragons... And now, we have added a third to the genetic masterpiece that you developed.

If Professor Nagumo made Yuma, does that mean Yuma is indirectly Mio's uncle?

A third...!? What in the world...?

And the poor Professor has no idea what we've been getting up to.



Yuma is undoubtedly the strongest weapon on the planet. How exciting... Someday he will be the one to surpass the True Dragons and transcend humanity.

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With our perfect human Yuma... we will expel the 7th True Dragon!

Next time: Things start to go off the rails.