Part 93: Mission 38 - The Sakimori - Part 2
: Ooorgh! The Fugaku cannot take much more…!
: Pull the ship back. I’m launching in the Oukaou!
: By yourself, my king…?!: A show of my strength as a Holy Warrior is required. You will command our troops from the rear.: By your will… Kotto and I shall support your offensive.: …
: The Fugaku’s retreated?
: No, it’s…!
: You force me to wield the Oukaou once more…!: I praise your strength, Ultimate Cross!
: Here you are, Sakomizu! : Indeed, it falls on me to personally carry out my dream!
: Even if it means setting off nukes?!: You, of all people, should know what’ll happen if you do that!: Indeed, I do! And that is precisely why this must happen! Kanto Plains covered in cold concrete, a Tokyo that is a mere shadow of its once glorious self, forever tainted by America’s influence…: This is what all those thousands of lost lives begat?!: It is not something I can forgive…! I won’t ever forgive this disgrace!
: King Sakomizu, you…!: Someone must take action! Must! Regardless of how much the people will despise him for it…!
: …?! This man, he is no different from Cao Cao in his past…!: …: King Sakomizu…! This can’t be the answer you’ve found!
: …
: His vitals are looking stable. All thanks to the data provided by Akane…
: …: Mom, I know this isn’t the best moment, but I have something to tell you.: Something to tell me?: Yes… I think I’m—: Gch… argh…: Setsuna…?!*Door opens.*
: It’s alright. He’s just trying to choose from the roads ahead of him…: Tsubaki, what are you doing here…?: My purpose is to grant everyone what they’re looking for. : And, so, I have come here to meet you, Setsuna…: R-Rgh…
: Wh-Where… am I…?: We’re in the deepest corners of your mind…: Tsubaki Minashiro…: Ah, I understand… You’re capable of crossing your mind with any living thing on this island…: That’s right. And it’s also due to Akane that we may have this meeting.: Akane…?
: Hey, Setsuna.: Lockon…?: No… Neil Dylandy…?! : Hah, who else would I be?: From what I see, this world’s still just as bad as it was before, huh?: Yeah… it’s the same as when you were alive. Nothing has changed.: The only thing the past can change is how you feel in the present. : Nothing else changes – not how others feel, and certainly not their lives.: Lockon…: Remember what I told you before, Setsuna? I couldn’t change, so I want you to change for me…
: …: Neil Dylandy…: People are capable of changing, and of understanding on another…: And, in time, the same might apply to even the Festum, the ELS and the Vajra…: What makes you say that…?: Because we were originally one.: “One”…?: All life in this universe shares a common beginning – we were all one.: That is why, no matter how much our forms and minds change, we are still capable of mutual understanding.: We are capable of establishing dialogue with one another…: And I’m sure you can make that happen, Setsuna.: Open your ears to what lies deep within your heart. Listen to the cry of your soul…: The cry of my soul…
*Sakomizu charges towards Hazard’s ship!*
: Haaaaaaaaaah!
: Y-Yaaaaaaaaah!: A-Alex! We still can't escape?!
: It won’t be long before the main engine’s back online! If we can just buy our mechanics the time they need…!: You will not leave here!: King Sakomizu, don’t!
: R-Raaaaaaaargh!*Mamoru charges after Sakomizu and grabs him!*
: What…?!: Y-You can’t do this…! If the nukes inside that ship blow up, it’ll destroy our island too!: So many people I care for are there!: A-A child… in the battlefield?!: Grrr, what are you doing?! Attack him, blow yourself up, do SOMETHING to stop that monster! NOW!: Hrmmm… Away!
: Aack…!
: Mamoru…!*Sakomizu gets right in Hazard’s face.*
: A-a-a...: You would use a child as a shield…?! How dare you call yourselves soldiers?!: You are nothing but scum!: Aaaieeeeeeee!*Tzeeeeep.*
: …?!: Wh-What was that…?!
: The Oukaou’s stopped…?!: What voice is this…? Who is it… Who calls out to me?!: Do you hear that? That is the voice of life, crossing through time and space to speak to you!: The voice of life…?!
Final Mission ~ Quantum Burst 1 : I’m sure you heard it! A man of true ideals… A man of conviction, who subconsciously wishes to understand others, would have!: Y-You’re…!*Bwoooong.*
: Setsuna…!
: Hah… Your nap certainly took a long while, boy!
: Setsuna… thank god…!: I see. You are the Innovator lad, Setsuna F. Seiei!: And it’s your Aura Power… rather, your Quantum Brainwaves that I feel, hm?!
: Shinjiro Sakomizu, if your thoughts are truly with your motherland, then why aren’t you willing to change yourself?!: And what would change grant the people?!: No, what I seek is not change, but to return my motherland to the glory of its past! Thus, I will destroy and bring about its rebirth!: A man who’s a prisoner to the past could never earn his nation a better future!: You are a king haunted by his delusions! And I’ll destroy the corruption festering inside you!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYk43xuYEtM
: Hrrrgh…!: For how long must you oppose my dream, Ultimate Cross?!*Sakomizu flies back to his starting spot.*
: Very well, then I shall muster my ideals and see that they prevail!
: Will nothing ever convince you to abandon this crusade, Sakomizu?!: No, never!: Then you don’t leave us any choice…!: I’ll cut down the delusion that controls you! I swear it on my life!
Secret Alert! Wings of Rean Secret – 6th step: take out Sakomizu with Aesap.
Nothing different from what we’ve done before, so just keep it in mind. You already know how to deal with Sakomizu, only his usual resilience is further mitigated by the fact that our crew now knows Valor (and Soul, in some cases).
00 Qan[T] (Setsuna F. Seiei)
Mech Features:
Sword
Gun
Shield
GN Sword Bits – negates any damage below 2500.
Quantum Jump – activates at 130 morale, granting upwards of 40% chance to outright dodge an incoming attack, mitigated by difference between Setsuna’s and the enemy’s Skill stat.
GN Drive TD
Trans-AM
Setsuna’s back and he’s gotten a major power boost with his upgrade. The 00 Qan[T] has more of everything the 00 Raiser did, on top of the extra abilities and a Trans-AM Raiser Sword MAPW (which hits up to 8 spaces ahead in a straight line).
It also has a ton of range for a primarily melee-focused bot, but that’s offset by huge EN costs. Even with the GN Drive TD regenerating 20% a turn, if you’ve spare EN Save parts, giving him one could be a good idea. Attack power is also through the roof, the Qan[T] having about the highest raw numbers across our Real robots (that’s ignoring special abilities and combo attacks, of course).
On the other hand, he can’t use his Trans-AM Burst, but that’s still a lot of stuff Setsuna has gained.
Final Mission ~ Quantum Burst 1
: Watch over us, Lockon… We’ll make the world we dreamt of a reality!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz6DMxw5xnM
SRW UX - The Gate of Neidhöhle Opens: H-Here I go, Kenji, Sakura… I won’t rely on that helmet anymore…: This is my battle now… The battle of Mamoru Koudate!--
: You are Japanese, are you not?! I am trying to defend our motherland’s future! Why oppose me?!: Because you can’t abandon people because of who they are! That’s not right! : The power we have is meant to defend everyone!
SRW UX - Envoy from Jupiter: I have heard of you! You have cut ties with your motherland! For what do you fight for, if not for love to your country?!: That philosophy of yours makes no sense! My will to fight isn’t bound by notions of country or affiliation! : You want to know what I fight for? I’ll tell you: I fight for the world!
SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: You are held prisoner by your past and your shortsightedness… Accept the fact that you are no more than a vengeful ghost in this era!: You may dub me a phantom of the Great War, it matters not! My peers and I will bring about the day when the motherland is reborn in its full glory!: The Wings of Rean have acknowledged my will, and thus they responded to it!
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies: There’s too much hate in your heart, King Sakomizu! If you don’t change your ways, you—: You criticize me as being hateful, yet you feel nothing for those who debased the Japanese people, turning them into a nation of fools?! Our people must be corrected, or there will be no future for the motherland!
SRW UX - The Will of Man Awakens
: You’ve long since stopped being a Holy Warrior! Now you’re just a barbarian who lives to satisfy his vendetta! : The presence of the Wings of Rean shoes is ample proof that I am a Holy Warrior! That fact cannot be denied!
SRW UX - Roulette: Accursed American! You mean to mass-produce your odd puppet and stage a new conquest of the globe, don’t you?!
: Not everyone from the Union’s like you think they are, okay?!: I’d never use Heroman’s power to hurt anyone – only to protect others!
SRW UX - You Are Similar to Me
: How do you not understand what a catastrophe it’d be if those nukes went off?!: I’ve heard of how your nation was also seared by nuclear hellfire! Surely you also feel that such an act can never be forgiven! : But you can’t become a prisoner of the past! Fight like that and all you’ll do is kill our future!: And it’s because we know that that we’ve carried on searching for the world we truly hoped for! Us, and all our comrades!
Final Mission ~ Quantum Burst 1: As the people change for the better, so does the world. I know you can change as well, Sakomizu!: I am not about to bend my will! Are you telling me to forsake my ideals and seek something else entirely?! : Yes. You must look to what’s to come… to the future!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe0pBf0e4gw
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies
: Do you mean to acquire even greater power by stoking the flames of hate that consume you?: What is it that you think you know, hm? But say you are correct, what problem is there to it?!: The problem is that it is fruitless, as I understand all too well! And I shall do you the favor of excising that hate from you! 
SRW UX - Linebarrel
: So, everything that doesn’t match up to what you think is right is 100% bad and has to go. Did I get that right?!: It is not by my will alone that I do this. I serve the souls of all those patriots who sacrificed themselves in the conflagrations of war and now mourn their motherland!: And so long as you keep telling yourself that, you’ll never see what’s actually meant to be protected! 
SRW UX - My Fate: King Sakomizu, are you looking to commit atrocities even after making it to the Overworld?!: Fine words coming from those fighting to safeguard the instruments of atrocities themselves! : I cannot and will not tolerate these to exist! I do this as one who fully remembers the tragedies of our past!
Sakomizu drops a Goubine Helmet (+10 Defense and Melee, +5 Skill).
: Hrrgh… Haaaaaaaaaaaah!!: Oh, Wings of Rean! Grant me strength!!
: The Wings of Rean responded to him…?!
: That’s the power of a Holy Warrior?!: No, it’s not… Those are Sakomizu’s flaring negative emotions!
: If he doesn’t stop, he’s going to go Hyper!
: Hyper…?!: That man is pushing himself to the very limit… The karma he’s taken upon himself simply refuses to shift?: Raaaaaaaargh!!
: Kch… C-Col. Alex! Are we still immobile?!: Just a few more minutes!: What about weapons?! There must be some weapons we can fire to stop that monster!
: P-Perhaps we could use the AA missiles…!: I don’t care what you’ll use! Fire! Fire! FIRE EVERYTHING!: You will not!: S-Stop!*Sakomizu charges after the ship again, but Mamoru intercepts!*
: R-Rrrgh…!: Ma-Mamoru…!: Why do you do this?! Why would a principled young man as you risk his life for scum such as this?!: B-Because I promised…!: “Promised”…?!: Yeah… I made a promise to Kenji! I told him I’d keep him and everyone safe!
: …: Mamoru… Sakura…: I-I’m…!
: I won’t let anyone else suffer! SRW UX - Mark Sein: I… I’LL KEEP THEM ALL SAFE!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7syY0eW-A
: Gwooooaaaargh!: Now! FIIIREEEEE!: Wh—?!
*BOOOOOOM!*
: Ma-Mamoru…?
: No… no way…: Th-That can’t…! SRW UX - My Fate: S-Such a waste…: A life as young as that, lost so pointlessly…!: Pah, you missed! The enemy could’ve at least died in the bot’s explosion, but of course it didn’t…!
: Wh-What…?!: You WORM!!: Enough…!*Aesap goes and grabs Sakomizu.*
: Hrrm…! Aesap…!: You still don’t understand?! Can’t you see what he was willing to risk his life to protect?!: I do understand! And that is precisely why I seek to right this society!: So that such tragedies never happen again!: But that’s exactly where you’re wrong! How can you not see that?!
*Tzeeeeeeeep.*
: The Nanajin and the Oukaou are…!
: Their Aura Powers are rising…!: Ooh… Ooooh! I hear it... I hear it, young Setsuna!: I hear the voice of Poseidon!: SAKOMIZU!!: UOOOOOOOOOH!!
: The Wings of rean…!: Did the Aura Road open once again?!
: Aesap… Father…
: Back to the island, troops. We need to make sure that ship leaves here intact.: The ship that Mamoru protected with his life…: …: Mamoru…
: Huh… What did you say there…?
: Mamoru’s gone. He died… protecting the island.: Hah, haha… You’re joking, right? I mean, he promised me right before setting out…
: They wouldn’t make jokes about this, idiot!: …?!
: Calm down, Tamotsu. Lashing out at the kids won’t change anything.: Your son chose his own path to follow.: Kch…: Oh… Mamoru…
: *Sob* Mamoru…: …: I still had so much to talk to him about…: About our battles, about Sakura… about our future, about myself…: Why did this have to happen…?
: Kenji…: Why is everyone dying with so much left unsaid?! : W-Why… Why… Aaaaaaaaaaah!
: Welcome back, Setsuna.: Sorry to have worried you guys.
: Still with the usual poker face, eh? But I guess that’s your style.
: Heh, to think there would be a time when we would be part of the same squadron…: Indeed, I can’t help but feel like the threads of fate pull us together. But maybe I’m just sentimental.: You’re…: And I see that the will you once showed me is in good health. Perhaps it was that strength of spirit that allowed you to regain your life?: Maybe, but I wouldn’t have made it back alive today by myself. : Hm. We owe that to the young Fafner pilot, Mamoru Koudate…: Though watching someone younger than you die in battle never gets any easier…: …
: Setsuna, if we’re going to honor his wishes…: I know. We must change ourselves. : And that’s what the 00 Qan[T] was built for.
: Speaking of, I should tell you that the Quantum System is still offline.
: Quantum System?
: A system that deploys an ultra-high-density GN particle field, linking the minds of all those within.
: It links their minds…: Hmhmm. It was tailor-made to help Setsuna establish dialogue with others, just as he wanted.: Granted, we don’t know how effective it’ll be against stuff like the ELS and Festum.: I believe it’ll work. They all have the same life we do, after all…: Setsuna…: Ian, I’d like you to finish setting up the Quantum System ASAP.: You got it.
(on TV): We’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to ALVIS and the UX for saving us. (on TV): You really don’t need to thank them, Colonel. Our forces wouldn’t have suffered anywhere as many losses if they’d pushed the enemy back sooner.
: We went out of our way to save you and that’s what you tell us?!
: We’re not asking you to start bowing at our feet in gratitude, but maybe there’s something you really should be saying to our team? To ALVIS?: Whatever do you mean? The Fafner kid? We all know that was a sad case of friendly fire.: Of course, had the brat not stuck his nose where it didn’t belong, we’d have blasted that Aura Battler to kingdom come!
: ?!
: Say that again, Hazard…! Say that one more goddamn time!: I’ll say it as many times as I want! If anything, the kid could’ve at least saved us the time and blown himself up to take out the enemy…!: Director…!: Wh-What is it, Colonel?: We are soldiers. We’re supposed to focus not on the means, but on the end-result, yes…?: Hmph…: The fact is that Fafner pilot saved us… that young, heroic boy who fought the Aura Battler…
: …: Bah…!: (Aesap, your father is…) (on TV): One last thing… Is the answer you sent to us just now correct?
: Yes. We will take part in the Federation’s counteroffensive against the Festum.: I’m glad that you’ve finally seen reason. Then…: That said, we will be acting independently throughout the battle.: Excuse me?: We’re not about to entrust you with the lives of our loved ones.: What, do you really think we’re going to allow that?!
: We don’t need your consent. The Federation’s recognized as an independent strike team, remember?: Gaaaah…!: Do as you will. But understand that if you head to the North Pole, you will need to fight them, regardless of what you have in mind…*Bloop.*
: You have accepted our proposal.: Not for your sake, but for the island’s.: That is acceptable. It is a mutually beneficial development.: …: Why did you use Akane’s name when reaching out to us…?: I deemed it would be the optimum way of approaching… Actually, no, it may be that I simply wished to encounter you.: Me…?: Yes. I have a message to pass on to you.
: Thank you, Fumihiko…: …?!: Thank you for taking care of Kazuki…: …: Akane…
SRW UX - Rebellion Against Fate
: Master Kongming and the others have just given us the outline of our operation.: The UX is headed for the North Pole, riding on the coattails of the Federation’s counteroffensive.
: There, we will make contact with the specified core at the center of the enemy’s territory, and download the data within…
: And rescue Soushi at the same time? Talk about a tough mission. 
: Can we actually manage to get a win out of this…?
: This isn’t about winning. We’re doing this just to defend something.: Defend…?
: Yes. To defend Soushi, and our hope for the future…: (Hope…): Don’t worry. I’m sure everyone will welcome the hope born within you…: Tsubaki, you…?: Heehee…
: Is something wrong, Yumiko?: …: I… The truth is, I’m also carrying a bit of hope for the future in me…: I’m… pregnant with Michio’s child.
: Are you serious, sis…?!: Our exams confirmed it, yes. It’s the first natural pregnancy our island’s seen in thirty years.
: Congratulations, Yumiko!: Thanks, everyone…: That’s even more evidence that the island’s Mir has learned what life means, hm?: Yes. And yet another new path might open once you come into contact with the Mir at the North Pole…: What kind of new divergences will be created there depends entirely on you.: New divergences… new possibilities…
: What should we call our operation, then?
: The Army of Mankind’s named theirs “Heaven’s Door”, but…
: That’s way too ominous. It makes it sound like we’re all gonna go to the afterlife, no?: Hmm… Then how about we call it Operation “Sky”?
: Sky…
: The weather forecast does say the weather will be quite clear during the operation.: How does Operation “Azure” sound, then?
: Azure?: It means a wide, blue sky.
: Ooh, I like that!
: Ditto. It’ll be through this op that we’ll end this conflict and reclaim our blue sky.: Sounds like it’s settled.: Alright, then. Operation Azure is set to begin in T-minus sixteen hours—*Door opens.*
: Hold on…!
: You…!: …: I… I’m coming with you!
Sima Yi and Lu Xun have also unlocked their third bonuses: respectively, all attacks pierce barriers or gain +1 range.
Finally, here are a couple of convos we didn’t get today:
: Father, you cannot bend Japan’s future over your delusions! Please stop this insanity!: History shall prove my actions to be correct! : And I will show no mercy for any who’d oppose my quest, not even my daughter!--
: Since when did Hojo become a nation that seeks indiscriminate war?!: My ascension to the Overworld has magnified my Aura Power, and through it I’ll restore my true motherland to how it should be! : You miserable wretch, Sakomizu! Do you even hear yourself?! You sound like a Garow Ran…!MajinZenki appreciated Sakomizu embracing the Mobile Samurai Goubine spirit:
