Part 105: Mission 43 (Tatsumiya Route) - Singularity - Part 2
Yet another gaggle of Armas, but Katou’s pretty much the same as the last time we fought.
Secret Alert! Linebarrel secret – 5th step: shoot down Katou with Kouichi.
Just keep this in mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyeSmkaLzOw
And here’s Super Liu Bei’s “weakest” attack.
SRW UX - Linebarrel
: You don’t seem all that sure of yourself. Is the Katou Organization faltering just as much?
: This is nothing, and wholly within the scope of my imagination…!: But, ultimately, it’ll be me who conquers all possibilities! And I won’t allow any hardship to keep me from doing so! 
SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend
: You are well aware of the destruction in our future, are you not, Hisataka Katou?! Then why do you seek to harm the people further?!: I must do this because I know the future that awaits us! This is what he wanted!
Final Mission ~ Quantum Burst 1
: Where does your imagination lead you, Hisataka Katou? What future do you envision for our world…?: The Innovator… As revolutionary as your powers may be, it’s still beyond you to transform fate itself!
SRW UX - Linebarrel
: Heeheehee… We just have to kill you and that’ll be the end of the Katou Organization!: The world is about to get a step closer to peace!: Someone with such a feeble imagination could never end my life!
Miu attacking: “The enemy commander’s right in front of me… Then, he dies right now!”
SRW UX - Azure: There’s a way our world is truly meant to be, but we’ll never find it if we can’t bring ourselves to see the big picture, if we’re not willing to make sacrifices!: You may face away from death and seek only to defend life, but that won’t lead the world in the right direction!
: That’s a load of crap! The world doesn’t need sacrifices to be capable of heading in the right direction!: Rather, it will head in the right direction, because that’s the kind of creatures us humans are…!
SRW UX - The Will of Man Awakens
: Prof. Kizaki’s passed his will on to Hayase, and I’m sure you understand that!: Silence! Linebarrel or not, I’ll push onwards… I will not and cannot stop!
: Hisataka Katou… What you’re trying to accomplish really is…!
SRW UX - Azure
: We’re all fellow men and women, but for so long you’ve fought and wreaked havoc upon society…: All to make them imagine their own deaths… What is even the goddamned point of something like that?!: Life can only exist because death exists as well! Surely you’re well aware of that!
SRW UX - Linebarrel
: Stop this, Katou! Mr. Amagatsu—: Don’t you dare speak the professor’s name, Kouichi Hayase!: Damn it, he’s not leaving me any option here…!: Fine, then I’ll just have to put a stop to you! And I’ll do so with the Linebarrel, this Machina bearing all of Mr. Amagatsu’s wishes!
Katou drops a Men’s Super Robots Monthly.
: Argh…!
: It’s over, Hisataka Katou! Your unit’s in no condition to fight after all the damage it’s taken!: N-No, I won’t let it end here… I still have a mission to see through…!
: That’s enough, Katou!
: Rgh…! Kouichi Hayase…!: I’ve a decent grasp of the world you came from, thanks to what Mr. Amagatsu showed me. : And I also understand what you’ve been trying to do all this time!: Idiocy! What makes you think you understand anything about me or my mission?!: I do understand. People who’ve lost their imagination become incapable of living as humans!: And that’s why you’ve been going around, trying to force them to imagine their own deaths: to save mankind from the Suicide Switch coded into their DNA!
: Wh-Whaaaaat?!: Then, he was…
: Trying to save mankind…?
: …: Katou… you saw the destruction in our future for yourself. : And, so, you decided you’d do whatever was necessary to change that future, didn’t you?
: …: Even if it meant taking the lives of others…: You were ready to stain your own hands with blood because you believed that it’d lead us to a better future, right?!: Wh-What of it…? : What are you getting at?!: Just one thing: if you really want to save mankind…
: Then, I want you to help us!SRW UX - Proud
: …?!: Wh-What did you say…?!: Hayase, you…!
: …
: (Kouichi…): “Humans cannot create their fates, but they can still choose which one to follow…”: Those were Mr. Amagatsu’s last words!: That’s… the professor…!: Our methods were very different, but I’m sure we’re all fighting for the same thing!: So, it’s not too late! You can still make a choice…: …: D-Don’t…: Don’t give me that shit, Amagatsu!: …?!
: Damn, cover our troops—
: Aaaaah!: Are you kidding me?! Do you have any idea how long it’s been since I started trailing this path, all that I’ve done for this?!: And now you expect me to drop it all for a brat who’s only been a Factor for a fraction of that time…?!
: Hrm… He’s gone nuts!: Talking isn’t getting us anywhere with him! But if we rush him down right now, we—!: No, I promised Mr. Amagatsu that I’d shoulder the weight of all of mankind’s lives as a Champion of Justice!: That I’d be true to my ideals and change this world!: B-But…: In that case… I’ll pry that path open for you!: Setsuna…?!*Setsuna repositions at the center of the map.*
: Activating the Quantum System! I’ll cover this area in a mental-affinity field!: Setsuna, stop! The Quantum System still hasn’t…!*Beep, beep. Power uuuuuup!*
: We’ll change ourselves…! If we do not, then we’ll never be able to challenge our future!: This is what the 00 Qan[T] was made to do!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PKENxzW1ic
: Th-That light…!: The GN Particles are… Light is spreading all around us!: Gch… Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
*Tzeeeeeeeep.*
: Katou…: P-Professor…!: Thank you so much. You’ve fought, alone, for so long – all in my stead…: Professor, I…: But you’ve done enough. You don’t have to continue that battle anymore.: B-But…!: Remember, Katou… humans can always, always choose their fates. : ?!: Please, help them destroy the future penned by the Machinas.: Help Hayase, Emi, and their allies…: PROFESSOR!!
: …: Humans can always… choose their fates…
: That’s right… We keep on planting those flowers, regardless of how often they’re blown away…: Because we know that, in time, new flowers, of new colors, will take root and bloom. And we’ll do it again and again, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, until it finally happens…: …: Have… Have I been mistaken all this time…?
: Katou…: (Professor… I…)
: He left…?
: Did Kouichi and Prof. Kizaki’s wishes not connect with the guy…?: No, I’m sure he understood everything.: He just needs time to put his thoughts in order…
: He’s spent so long believing in something, and now he has to let it go and start over…: It’s not an easy thing for people to do…: …: (Humans will follow through with the choice they made… even if it means letting go of what they once believed in…): …: I’ll be waiting for your answer, Hisataka Katou…
: …
: Psh, I can’t believe all three of us got caught…: Especially you, Jack. I wouldn’t have put money on you letting those goons reel you in.
: Reiji Moritsugu felled the Kagaseo with extreme ease. Moreover, he did not even need to claim Reznor’s life.
: …: And from what they’ve told us, it seems even the commander was beaten by them.: Do you believe us to be capable of prevailing against such a group?: What, then, are you two just gonna surrender?!: Perish the thought. I would never pervade my beliefs.: However…: Yeah…?: Looking back at the commander’s recent demeanor… I cannot help but feel that a major secret lies in the shadows of our battles.: …
: Yeesh… “Don’t use the Quantum System, Setsuna. It’s not ready,” I said. And what does he do? He uses the thing.
: I guess we’ll need to redo the set-up now.: S-Sorry. It was my fault that he…
: Don’t worry about it. I made a decision and did what I had to do there.: B-But…
: You heard the guy: don’t sweat it. You did a bang-up job out there.
: Yeah, talking down the enemy boss is no easy feat.: Absolutely. For all the missteps you made when you first started this…: I think you’re doing great now, Kouichi.
: Ki-Kizaki… What was that you just said?!
: Huh? Wh-What's what…?: Well… you always called him “Hayase”, and now you’re going with just “Kouichi”…? 
: Ah…!
: Oho, is that how close you two have gotten?: N-No… That’s…!
: Heheh, good for you, I say. It shows how much you two have changed.: …: …*door opens*
SRW UX - Separation: Everyone seems to be having fun, huh?
: Kurusu…: I was watching throughout the whole thing. I saw how you fight, and how you managed to get through to the other side…
: And did that help you find an answer yourself?: Hmm… Honestly, I’m still not sure.: I don’t think I’m capable of following the example of that man, Katou, and letting go of my God…: There is no God in this world. If anything exists… it’d be the will of man.: The will of man…?: In the neverending flow of time, our lives are given to us for the most fleeting of moments... (Reference towards the meaning of Setsuna’s codename. As told in the Newtype Magazine of September/2008, Setsuna F. Seiei stands for “刹那 From 聖永”, a.k.a., Setsuna From Seiei – A moment from eternity.): It is because we burn so brightly in those fleeting moments that Man knows the meaning of life.: Their will is something that transcends even God.: …: The light that Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan showed me was so dazzling…: And I could feel all your emotions within the light of the GN Particles…
: And what did you think when you saw all that?: …: That I want to experience that light for myself.: And that was your own will speaking.: …! I have a will…?: Of course you do. You said you wanted to experience that light for yourself, but no one ordered you to feel that way, right? You just did, as any person would.: And you thought the sky was pretty when you were born, right?: You should try and teach your God what it’d mean to have that taken away from you.: …: My… My God is…
: Excuse us.: Oh? What brings you all here?: We’ve a few things we’d like to ask you, Mr. Ishigami…: Hahaha, you do remember that JUDA’s gone as a company, yes? You don’t need to call me “Mr.” anymore…: Very well. Then, allow us to rephrase our statement.: Kunio Ishigami, former captain of the Katou Organization’s 1st unit… we have questions we would like to ask you.
: ?!
: …: Hmhmhm, I see. That Quantum System is quite something, isn’t it?: I didn’t think it would even grant you access to Katou’s memories.
: We know of how you first met Katou, and how you eventually decided to break ties with his Organization…: But those were all memories taken exclusively from Hisataka Katou’s point of view.: What’ll it be, then? Do you want me to tell you what you couldn’t learn from Katou’s POV?: That’s right. Ishigami, what was it that you saw the day you first entered Judah? What did you see the moment you became its Factor? : You’ll have to forgive me, but I—
: You shall withhold answers no longer, Ishigami!: …
: We let you off the hook before because you said that revealing information could change events down the road, but we’re not taking that excuse anymore.
: Because, as Katou himself said, Kouichi Hayase’s become the “singularity” of our possibilities. I would expect the future to have already changed due to that.: …: Mr. Ishigami… I'd wager things are progressing far beyond what Judah predicted.: It is time you told us the truth you have kept to yourself…: Tell us who is the true enemy we are to face!: Hmhmhm… The “true enemy”, eh?: Okay, you win. And, really, Judah said this would happen.: I’ll tell you everything I know.: Sir…: But only after you guys have taken care of a certain situation over by the Union.: The Union…?: You’ll understand once you get there.: Yet another of Judah’s future predictions?: Maybe. It could be that the outcome has already changed, as you said…: And if that’s caused fate to diverge into a new possibility, then I say we see where these new tides take us.: Fine. But we’ll be coming back to talk to you soon.: Until then.*Everyone leaves.*
: Phew… Oh, that was scary!: My heart was all the way up in my throat thinking Lord Cao Cao was about to run me through.: Have you seen that saw-like sword of his? What if he’d decided to go all “Surrender or die!” on me? (This was originally a reference to a rather memetic Cao Cao quote from other SD Gundam Sangokuden media, such as the manga… but it’s just the equivalent to yelling ‘Silence!’, so I figured simply translating it wouldn’t get the joke across. Cue Dynasty Warriors to my rescue.)
: Sir… are you sure this for the best?: Who knows? As they say, whatever will be, will be.: …: (The future may already have changed, hm…?): (I would really like to believe that to be the case…)
And that’s the end of the route split, bringing us with another three tacticians/cheerleaders unlocking their final bonuses:
- Cham: +10% attack power during the player phase
- Erebos: acquire one random Skill Part at the end of the mission (the RNG decides on the part at the start of the mission, so, no, you can’t game the system with quick-saves right at the end!)
- Fei-Yen: +10% HP Regen to everyone.