Episode 2: Operation: Maximum Anguish!
『 "Wait, you agreed?! This mission... are you totally nuts?!"
"We're talking about an army of seventy thousand!"
Saito's eyes were bugging out, he couldn't believe Louise was actually going through with this suicide mission.
"I can use the Void... the power of the Void!"
"Void? But you totally failed last time!"
"Maybe this time it'll work! I have to protect the princess!"
"If I can use Void to protect her... that'd be the ultimate glory!"
Louise tried to play it cool, laying out her crazy plan. 』
『 ..... 』
~Chat Room~
[Aki Tomoya: "Wait, a hero saves the princess? But it's a girl? What's going on?"]
[Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Shush, Ethics-kun! This isn't the time for your otaku ramblings."]
[ ... ]
~Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline~
Archer (Emiya Shirou) scoffed, all cold and bitter.
"Honor? What a joke... people still believe in that crap?"
He used to chase justice, and it only brought him endless pain.
After justice totally betrayed him, he got super cynical about all that flowery talk.
Honor, justice, ideals... what can they even save? Just empty words.
『 But this "honor" thing just made Saito even angrier.
"What kind of glory is that?! Don't be ridiculous!"
"Do you even get it?! They're sending you to your death!"
"I'm going to refuse this mission for you!" Saito was totally losing it, yelling at her.
Louise snapped back, "Stop it!"
"Louise..."
"This is something only I can do."
"So, only you can do it, huh?"
"Our current forces can't stop seventy thousand enemies."
"The maids, everyone in the Fairy Garden... they'll be hurt, insulted..."
Louise wiped away her tears, trying to reason with him, all serious.
She told Saito she didn't want to die either. Who wants to die?
But someone had to step up. If everyone ran, everyone would lose.
Saito was just in pain. He couldn't understand.
He just wanted to protect the person he cared about most.
If he couldn't even do that, what was the point of anything?
Louise hugged him tight, crying her eyes out. "You don't have to die with me."
"What are you saying?! Louise!"
"Can we just... forget about this? You're not even from this world."』
『 ..... 』
~Chat Room~
[Kato Megumi: "Um... wait, not from this world? What does that mean?"]
[Louise: "Hmph! He's just my familiar! What does he know? He's so annoying."]
[Hiraga Saito: "Yeah, I'm just a regular dude from modern Japan, summoned by Louise."]
[Shinomiya Kaguya: "Huh?"]
[Sawamura Eriri: "A light novel protagonist?!"]
[Aki Tomoya: "Whoa, amazing!"]
[ ... ]
『"Louise... are you serious?"
Saito pushed her away, saw her tear-streaked face, and his heart ached.
"Fine, I get it. I won't stop you."
Saito wiped his own tears and turned away, but everyone saw his hand clenched into a fist, trembling slightly.』
『 ..... 』
~Chat Room~
[Oyama Mahiro: "Why... why would he say that?"]
[Oyama Mihari: "He was so sad!"]
[Oyama Mihari: "Maybe... he's going to do something himself."]
[Nakano Miku: "Do something himself?"]
[Nakano Nino: "What do you mean?"]
[Nakano Ichika: "I don't get it."]
[Edogawa Conan: "...."]
[ ... ]
~Naruto World~
~Hidden Leaf Village~
Uchiha Sasuke felt quite uncomfortable. This scene of separation and the possibility of never seeing each other again reminded him of the past.
Sasuke was practically exploding with rage.
"Watching someone you love walk to their death? Can that even be considered a man?!"
~Hidden Rain Village~
"Damn... it seems this world is indeed full of despair and pain. Then let me reverse these distorted situations!"
Nagato took a deep breath and then roared.
He thought other worlds would be happier than the ninja world.
But they're all the same, with people suffering because of a few power-hungry jerks.
This just made Nagato even more sure he was doing the right thing.