Part 28

No point going back now...
The mental world is more like an extension of the previous dungeon than a whole new dungeon, but is chock-full of warps. It's worth exploring though, because then you'll see it's shaped just like a brain.
The final battle is in the centre of the brain, but there are a few strange encounters along the way.

Encounter 1

Ideo: ...I'm all alone in this world.
...I'm always alone...
...No one loves me...
...Nor do I love anyone...

Encounter 2

Student: ...Hey, did you hear?
That guy Hazama's actually a....

Student: ...What? Really?!...
Dumbass, he can hear you!...
I figured he was a....
But still... a.... ....!

Student: ...Nah, I always thought he was a... ...

Encounter 3

Ideo: ...Nurse Kayama, I, I...
I can't do it any more... No one would love someone like me...

Nurse Kayama: This isn't like you, Ideo.
Calm down!

Ideo: N-Nurse! H-hold me! Comfort me! Please!

Nurse Kayama: S-stop this right now!
Stop, Ideo!


Nurse Kayama: ...Look, Ideo. You're a student and I'm a teacher.
We can't do this...

On the way to the next encounter, I ran into something for Persona fans...

Jashin Nyarlathotep appeared!

Disappointed?

Encounter 4

Ideo: ...I'll do it today..
I'll give it to her today for sure...


Akiko: W-what do you want, Ideo?

Ideo: ...I-I want you.. to read this.

Akiko: A-a letter...?

Hazama: ...Y-yes...
Here. D-don't forget to read it...



Akiko: ...



Student: Whoo, nice one Akiko!
A love letter! Score!

Akiko: Quit it!
There's no way I'm gonna read a letter from that weirdo Hazama.
If I go out with a freak like him, I'll end up turning into a weirdo too!

Student: Oh, you're SO mean!
You didn't have to tear it up! Ehehehe...

Akiko: Ahaha...

Akiko/Student: Ahahahaha...!



Ideo: ...

Encounter 5

Ideo: Mummy! Don't go!
Why are you leaving me?!
Don't go!


Ideo's Mother: I'm sorry I made you feel lonely all by yourself, Ideo...
But, I didn't leave because I stopped loving you and your father...
I just couldn't stay in the Hazama family any more...

Ideo: It's okay, Mummy...

Ideo's Mother: I'm sorry, Ideo...
...It's been a long time since you've seen Reiko, isn't it?
You know! Your sister, Reiko!
I bet you didn't recognise her at all, it's been so long.
Reiko, say hello to your brother.

Reiko: ...

Shortly after we see this final memory...



...we reach the end of the line.


Demon Emperor: I never thought someone like you could ever barge their way this deep into my mind...
But you'll never lay a finger on the glorious core of my mind!





Demon Emperor Hazama appeared!

Enough powerlevelling and brutally long, gruelling battles.


There.


Demon Emperor Hazama: ...I-I am...
Th-the omnipotent... omniscient... r-ruler of the Demon World...
the D-Demon Emperor...
...Th-there's no way... I could... possibly... lose...
...I couldn't have... lost...
Impossible... I was going to control... the Demon World... and then conquer... the human world...
...It's impossible for me.. me... me... to lose...
I-I-I... I'm not gonna... I'm not gonna lose...


...Wa... wa... waaaah!
I'm not gonna lose I'm not gonna lose!
Waaaaaaah!


Waah! I-it's all your fault! Everyone picks on me!
Waaaah! They're all picking on me!
Sniff, sniff...


Reiko: Ideo... Don't cry...
Come on, you're a big boy! Don't cry!
There, there...
Here, I've got you.
I'm right with you, so stop crying...

Ideo: ...Sniff, sniff...
You won't go anywhere?

Reiko: I won't.

Ideo: You won't leave me anymore?

Reiko: No, I won't. So, wipe your tears...

Ideo: ...Okay...
I won't cry...
I won't cry anymore, now you're here...


Ideo: ...I was a fool to not realise you were always here, Reiko...
I can feel your love now, Reiko...
I won't let you go any more...

Reiko: I won't let you go either...
I won't let you feel lonely any more.

Ideo: ...Reiko...
Reiko: ...Ideo...

Ideo/Reiko: ...Aagh!...

A bright light flashes, and Tammy and her minions are warped out of the room.




Reiko's voice: The warped mnd that turned Hazama into the Demon Emperor is returning to normal too.
You can't stay in here.
You've got to get out now...

Tammy automatically traces her steps back out.


Reiko's voice: Ideo was originally a kind person... But there wasn't the least bit of love from the people around him.


Reiko's voice: I won't ask you to forgive him for what he has done...
But I promise you he will never doing anything like that again.


Reiko's voice: The time we spent together wandering the Demon World was bitterly hard, but it was fun...
But for me, it was a journey to save Ideo.


Reiko's voice: Thank you, Tammy...
Thanks to you, I was able to save Ideo... and be with him again.


Reiko's voice: I probably won't ever see you again...
If...
If we knew each other when things were normal, we might have been great friends...


Reiko's voice: Ideo's warped mind is returning to normal now...
Quickly... get out...


Reiko's voice: ...You can't take the minions who fought for you back to the real world...
Break the contracts, and set them free...


> Will you free your demons?


Loa: I shall never forget you, along whose side I fought...
Farewell...


Belobog: I enjoyed fighting alongside you!
Farewell!


Durga: Forget us not, for we shall not forget thee!
Fare thee well!


Yaksha: I shall never forget you whose side I fought by.
Farewell...


Cailleach Bheur: Forget us not, for we shall not forget thee!
Fare thee well!


Chernobog: I shall never forget you whose side I fought by.
Farewell...


Gaap: So the time has come from to part ways with you, to whom I have sworn fealty?
I swear we shall meet again. I shall take my leave now... farewell.


Kerberos: We travelled together only briefly, but I shall never forget you.
Farewell!


Muspel: I shall never forget you whose side I fought by.
Farewell...


Nyx: Forget us not, for we shall not forget thee!
Fare thee well!


Vrtra: So the time has come from to part ways with you to whom I have sworn fealty?
I swear we shall meet again. I shall take my leave now... farewell.



Tammy returned back to the school. All her minions are gone, and Tammy is back to the level of a normal human.
Man, that was a lot of demons we were carrying around towards the end.


Prinicipal: The school is safe!
The students are safe!
Nothing happened!
So let's keep this to ourselves.


Nurse Kayama: Hazama confided in me with what was on his mind.
I should have listened to him.


Janitor: The school's closing up now, hurry up and go home.


> You can see the normal old town outside...


> Karukozaka High finally stands in its original place, just like before.
The dull, regular days began once again...


KARUKOZAKA HIGH SCHOOL ANTHEM

1.
By the pure Kamida River, flowing from the distant sacred Mt Fuji
Oh, the school built by the determined, the clever young
Oh, Karuko, Karuko
Karukozaka High School


Ideo Hazama and Reiko Akanezawa disappeared...
and the school returned to normal.
Though many of the students who didn't come back were classed as missing and caused a small public sensation, eventually they were all forgotten.
Peaceful days had returned.
However...
For the people left behind after Ideo Hazama and Reiko Akanezawa disappeared, the same old days would never return...
The countless demons they fought and befriended really existed.
Now that they learnt of the other world and its inhabitants, could they continue to live ignoring it and the demons?
When the worlds meet, when everyday life is destroyed and peace lost, then they will come.

Not "if..."

When.






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I hope you enjoyed this thread.
I had rush this last update, so the translation for this last bit doesn't sound great, but I think it should do. Also, I'll be off the forums completely for a week from tomorrow, but after that, I plan to be back with another game if I haven't overstayed my welcome. Next game will be more interesting, honest.
In retrospect, this game wasn't such a great choice for a thread, but at least SMT fans will now know what happens in the lone untranslated SMT game.