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▶ Cardinal : Under the rule of the absolute Administrator, this world entered a long period of peace and idleness.	(0:00:01.02)
▶ Cardinal : But 70 years after Quinella became Administrator,	(0:00:09.90)
▶ Cardinal : she became aware that she had undergone some kind of change.	(0:00:15.57)
▶ Cardinal : To her astonishment, her soul's capacity for preserving her memories had reached its limit.	(0:00:24.58)
▶ Cardinal : But this only drove her to come up with yet another demonic solution.	(0:00:34.05)
▶ Quinella : I appreciate your coming here.	(0:00:40.18)
▶ Quinella : Now, this way.	(0:00:43.48)
▶ EXTRA : Yes, ma'am.	(0:00:45.94)
▶ Quinella : If I can copy my own Fluctlight's thoughts and memories by overwriting this child's Fluctlight...	(0:00:48.15)
▶ Quinella : Close your eyes.	(0:00:55.82)
▶ Cardinal : And so Administrator, through this diabolical ceremony...	(0:01:00.45)
▶ Cardinal : the Synthesis Ritual, a secret technique signifying the fusing of soul and memory,	(0:01:04.96)
▶ Cardinal : finally succeeded in seizing control of another's Fluctlight.	(0:01:10.59)
▶ Cardinal : But that ended up being Administrator's... no, Quinella's mistake.	(0:01:15.17)
▶ Kirito : Mistake?	(0:01:21.43)
▶ Cardinal : That's right.	(0:01:22.85)
▶ Cardinal : Because after she'd taken over the young girl, for the split second that she disposed of her previous self,	(0:01:24.27)
▶ Cardinal : she and the girl had become two gods wielding equal authority.	(0:01:29.77)
▶ Cardinal : Kirito, you're familiar with my original version, are you not?	(0:01:34.57)
▶ Cardinal : Tell me the features of the Cardinal System.	(0:01:39.99)
▶ Kirito : Um...	(0:01:42.99)
▶ Kirito : To operate over an extended period of time without any adjustments or maintenance by humans?	(0:01:44.70)
▶ Cardinal : Correct.	(0:01:49.96)
▶ Cardinal : To achieve that, the Cardinal System has two core programs, a main and sub.	(0:01:51.50)
▶ Cardinal : While the main process performs balance controls...	(0:01:57.93)
▶ Kirito : The subprocess does an error-check of the main.	(0:02:01.64)
▶ Cardinal : That's right.	(0:02:04.89)
▶ Cardinal : It wasn't just the preservation of order Quinella had etched into her own Fluctlight.	(0:02:06.77)
▶ Cardinal : Deep inside her soul, I had this thought as her subprocess...	(0:02:13.73)
▶ Cardinal : "I must correct this woman's errors."	(0:02:19.49)
▶ Cardinal : I... I steadfastly waited for that moment.	(0:02:25.29)
▶ Cardinal : For 70 long years!	(0:02:31.08)
▶ EXTRA : Ruler and Mediator	(0:04:03.97)
▶ Quinella : And now, this child's Fluctlight is mine.	(0:04:12.31)
▶ Cardinal : System Call.	(0:04:16.94)
▶ Cardinal : Generate Luminous Element.	(0:04:19.15)
▶ Cardinal : Lightning Shape.	(0:04:21.40)
▶ Cardinal : Discharge!	(0:04:23.07)
▶ Quinella : What?	(0:04:24.45)
▶ Cardinal : System Call!	(0:04:27.58)
▶ Quinella : Generate Luminous Element!	(0:04:30.87)
▶ Quinella : System Call! Generate Umbra Element. Ball Shape!	(0:04:32.41)
▶ Quinella : - Discharge! - Discharge!	(0:04:37.33)
▶ Cardinal : - Discharge! - Discharge!	(0:04:37.33)
▶ Quinella : System Call! Redefinition Object!	(0:04:41.21)
▶ Quinella : Sword Class!	(0:04:46.39)
▶ Cardinal : System Call. Redefinition Object! Rod Class!	(0:04:48.43)
▶ Quinella : System Call! Change Field Attribution!	(0:04:53.35)
▶ Cardinal : Impossible.	(0:05:00.27)
▶ Cardinal : She made this a restricted area for System Commands?	(0:05:01.73)
▶ Cardinal : I can't defeat her in this body.	(0:05:19.96)
▶ Cardinal : System Call! Generate Aerial Element!	(0:05:35.98)
▶ Cardinal : Stream Shape!	(0:05:39.61)
▶ Cardinal : There are just two locations in this world that even Administrator can't control.	(0:05:43.61)
▶ Cardinal : One is the other side of the End Mountains.	(0:05:49.45)
▶ Cardinal : And the other is...	(0:05:53.12)
▶ Cardinal : System Call!	(0:05:57.67)
▶ Cardinal : Generate Blizzard Gate... Zero One!	(0:05:59.54)
▶ Cardinal : ...the Great Library!	(0:06:04.67)
▶ Cardinal : In that instant, this place was completely isolated from the outside world.	(0:06:09.72)
▶ Cardinal : In the 200 years since, I immersed myself in nothing but observation and deliberation,	(0:06:14.93)
▶ Cardinal : working on a plan that would allow me to strike back against Administrator.	(0:06:19.77)
▶ Cardinal : But she anticipated my ambush and assembled a retinue of loyal and powerful followers.	(0:06:25.82)
▶ Quinella : Through the Synthesis Ritual, this man will be reborn.	(0:06:34.33)
▶ Quinella : As the ultimate warrior, a Integrity Knight swearing absolute fealty!	(0:06:38.83)
▶ Cardinal : The first to become an Integrity Knight	(0:06:46.13)
▶ Cardinal : was a true hero known as an extraordinary swordsman who hated the church's rule,	(0:06:48.76)
▶ Cardinal : who, with his comrades, made his way to a remote region and founded his own village.	(0:06:53.39)
▶ Cardinal : The name of that knight was Bercouli Synthesis One.	(0:06:59.60)
▶ Cardinal : Administrator and I are nearly on equal footing in one-on-one combat.	(0:07:05.98)
▶ Cardinal : But with the situation changed, it became clear that I also needed a collaborator.	(0:07:10.99)
▶ Cardinal : I tried to find that collaborator, no matter the risk.	(0:07:17.29)
▶ Cardinal : Each time, I would open a door as far away as possible,	(0:07:21.37)
▶ Cardinal : I would cast Sensory Sharing and other arts onto the nearby birds and insects,	(0:07:24.38)
▶ Cardinal : and release them all over the world.	(0:07:30.09)
▶ Cardinal : See.	(0:07:38.18)
▶ Cardinal : Her name is Charlotte.	(0:07:40.48)
▶ Cardinal : She's been observing the two of you ever since you left Rulid Village.	(0:07:42.65)
▶ Cardinal : From time to time, she did more than just watch.	(0:07:48.23)
▶ Kirito : She guided us when we were running from the Integrity Knight?	(0:07:53.07)
▶ Kirito : Th-That's right!	(0:07:57.08)
▶ Kirito : When all my zephilia buds were cut off, was it you who encouraged me?	(0:07:59.12)
▶ Cardinal : Charlotte's the most ancient of the observation units that I enchanted and released into the world.	(0:08:06.04)
▶ Cardinal : Her long, long mission is finally coming to an end, now, eh?	(0:08:13.13)
▶ Cardinal : Since I froze the degradation of her life, I've had her working for me for more than 200 years.	(0:08:17.81)
▶ Kirito : Thank you.	(0:08:25.73)
▶ Kirito : So you've been searching for a human collaborator while barricaded in this Great Library for over 200 years?	(0:08:28.15)
▶ Cardinal : Indeed. But as I observed this world, even I couldn't figure it out.	(0:08:35.95)
▶ Cardinal : Why would the gods of the outside world turn a blind eye to the tyranny of this fake god, Administrator?	(0:08:43.12)
▶ Cardinal : As I pondered, and referred to the database stored inside the Cardinal System,	(0:08:51.80)
▶ Cardinal : I arrived at one conclusion.	(0:08:57.76)
▶ Cardinal : That the true god, Rath, doesn't wish for the people of this world to lead happy lives.	(0:09:00.72)
▶ Cardinal : Quite the opposite, in fact.	(0:09:08.86)
▶ Cardinal : They're observing how the people will resist as they slowly tighten a vise about them.	(0:09:11.65)
▶ Cardinal : That load is increasing by the day,	(0:09:19.70)
▶ Cardinal : until eventually, the greatest trial of all, the final phase of the load test will arrive.	(0:09:21.99)
▶ Kirito : Final phase?	(0:09:27.63)
▶ Cardinal : You know it well yourself... what lies outside the realm of humanity.	(0:09:29.54)
▶ Kirito : The Dark Territory.	(0:09:34.67)
▶ Cardinal : Correct. That world of darkness was created to subject the people to the ultimate agony.	(0:09:36.13)
▶ Cardinal : The monsters who have Fluctlights like humans, except for their greater impulse to slaughter and plunder.	(0:09:43.97)
▶ Cardinal : They can hardly wait to invade the realm of humanity, and commit atrocity upon atrocity.	(0:09:53.28)
▶ Cardinal : Most likely, that day isn't too far off.	(0:09:57.74)
▶ Kirito : Is Administrator aware of that?	(0:10:01.74)
▶ Cardinal : She underestimates the forces of darkness,	(0:10:04.70)
▶ Cardinal : convinced that she and her Integrity Knights alone can repulse them.	(0:10:07.58)
▶ Cardinal : She even had the guardian dragons of the north, south, east, and west slain,	(0:10:12.17)
▶ Cardinal : despite their valuable fighting power, because she couldn't exert control over them.	(0:10:17.13)
▶ Cardinal : But it's not possible for them to defeat the forces of darkness on their own.	(0:10:21.89)
▶ Cardinal : Their overall numbers are too few.	(0:10:26.73)
▶ Kirito : But doesn't that mean that whether or not you defeat Administrator,	(0:10:28.64)
▶ Kirito : the path this world is destined to take will stay the same?	(0:10:33.15)
▶ Cardinal : That's correct.	(0:10:37.36)
▶ Cardinal : At this point, I have no way of stopping the invasion from the Dark Territory.	(0:10:39.78)
▶ Kirito : In other words, once you've attained your objective,	(0:10:45.87)
▶ Kirito : you couldn't care less what happens to this world afterwards?	(0:10:49.42)
▶ Kirito : Is that what you're saying? Cardinal?	(0:10:52.50)
▶ Cardinal : Perhaps I am.	(0:10:57.09)
▶ Cardinal : However, I...	(0:11:00.63)
▶ Cardinal : For having engineered the end of the world...	(0:11:03.10)
▶ Cardinal : I will never accept a god like Rath!	(0:11:06.68)
▶ Cardinal : Therefore, I arrived at the only possible conclusion.	(0:11:09.35)
▶ Cardinal : That I would return the Underworld, both the human realm and the Dark Territory, to nothingness.	(0:11:14.48)
▶ Kirito : Return it... to nothingness?	(0:11:21.28)
▶ Cardinal : Just what I said.	(0:11:23.28)
▶ Cardinal : I'm going to delete every Fluctlight stored in the Lightcube Cluster.	(0:11:25.12)
▶ Cardinal : Of every last resident of both the realms of humanity and darkness.	(0:11:31.17)
▶ Cardinal : Kirito.	(0:11:35.96)
▶ Cardinal : If, with your help, I'm able to eliminate Administrator, and regain all my authority,	(0:11:37.21)
▶ Cardinal : then, before I extinguish this world, I'll grant you a wish, to a degree.	(0:11:44.26)
▶ Cardinal : If there are people you'd like to save,	(0:11:48.77)
▶ Cardinal : I won't delete their Fluctlights, and leave them archived instead.	(0:11:53.56)
▶ Cardinal : I believe it should be possible, after you've escaped to the outside world,	(0:11:59.99)
▶ Cardinal : for you to secure the Lightcubes of ten or so.	(0:12:04.45)
▶ Kirito : I... I...	(0:12:11.00)
▶ Kirito : Cardinal.	(0:12:14.08)
▶ Kirito : You just told me that your soul was a copy of Quinella's, right?	(0:12:15.67)
▶ Kirito : Then that means that the pure blood of the nobles flows in your veins as well.	(0:12:20.51)
▶ Kirito : The genes of those who seek their own profit and desires.	(0:12:25.22)
▶ Kirito : So why didn't you abandon everything and try to escape?	(0:12:29.10)
▶ Kirito : Why would you continue to wait alone in a place like this for 200 years?	(0:12:34.14)
▶ Cardinal : For me, as the Cardinal subprocess, all profit and all desires amount to just one thing.	(0:12:40.07)
▶ Cardinal : Eliminating Administrator and normalizing the world.	(0:12:46.53)
▶ Cardinal : In my eyes, a normalized world is no longer possible unless it's returned to complete nothingness.	(0:12:50.87)
▶ Cardinal : Therefore... Therefore, I...	(0:12:58.42)
▶ Cardinal : No, perhaps I'm wrong.	(0:13:02.59)
▶ Cardinal : Even I have a desire. Just one...	(0:13:05.13)
▶ Cardinal : In the last 200 years, there was something I was desperate to know.	(0:13:08.39)
▶ Cardinal : Hey, Kirito. Stand up, too.	(0:13:14.27)
▶ Cardinal : That should do it.	(0:13:27.57)
▶ Cardinal : Hey, Kirito, come over here.	(0:13:28.95)
▶ Cardinal : Come closer.	(0:13:33.45)
▶ Cardinal : No complaining.	(0:13:35.50)
▶ Cardinal : Raise both arms.	(0:13:40.50)
▶ Kirito : Like this?	(0:13:42.09)
▶ Cardinal : Hold them in front of you and make a circle.	(0:13:43.34)
▶ Cardinal : Really! Do I have to spell it out for you?	(0:13:48.43)
▶ Cardinal : I see. So this is...	(0:13:58.44)
▶ Cardinal : This is what it means to be human, huh?	(0:14:02.02)
▶ Cardinal : So warm.	(0:14:11.66)
▶ Cardinal : At last, I feel rewarded.	(0:14:13.29)
▶ Cardinal : Those 200 years I spent weren't in vain.	(0:14:16.08)
▶ Cardinal : Just discovering this warmth is enough to satisfy me.	(0:14:20.42)
▶ Cardinal : I feel rewarded... more than enough.	(0:14:25.59)
▶ Cardinal : How long are you planning to stand there in a daze?	(0:14:40.02)
▶ Kirito : No way.	(0:14:43.36)
▶ Cardinal : So? Have you made a decision?	(0:14:45.28)
▶ Cardinal : Are you going to accept my proposal, or reject it?	(0:14:49.41)
▶ Kirito : All right.	(0:14:54.33)
▶ Kirito : I'll take part in your plan. But...	(0:14:55.91)
▶ Kirito : But I'm not going to stop thinking about it.	(0:14:59.71)
▶ Kirito : I'm going to keep searching for a way.	(0:15:03.50)
▶ Kirito : A solution to somehow avoid tragedy and allow this world to survive peacefully.	(0:15:06.01)
▶ Cardinal : Geez, what an absurdly optimistic person you are.	(0:15:12.34)
▶ Kirito : After all, I don't want you to disappear, either.	(0:15:15.60)
▶ Kirito : When you tell me to pick ten people, you'll definitely be among them.	(0:15:20.98)
▶ Cardinal : And you're also a fool.	(0:15:27.78)
▶ Cardinal : Who's going to extinguish this world if I escape?	(0:15:30.20)
▶ Kirito : Hey, I'm just saying that I understand the situation, but I won't give up on struggling in vain!	(0:15:34.62)
▶ Cardinal : One day, you too will know the bitterness of giving up.	(0:15:43.54)
▶ Cardinal : Not of coming up short after giving your all,	(0:15:48.84)
▶ Cardinal : but of being forced to accept the likelihood that you'll fail.	(0:15:52.01)
▶ Kirito : Thanks for waiting!	(0:16:06.02)
▶ Kirito : Sorry we left you on your own.	(0:16:08.44)
▶ Eugeo : Kirito! And also, um...	(0:16:09.99)
▶ Kirito : Yeah, this person, Cardinal was banished by the current pontifex, Administrator,	(0:16:13.78)
▶ Kirito : and she used to be another pontifex.	(0:16:20.33)
▶ Eugeo : Pontifex?	(0:16:22.41)
▶ Kirito : She's going to help us fight the Integrity Knights.	(0:16:24.33)
▶ Eugeo : H-Help?	(0:16:28.00)
▶ Kirito : Yeah, she has a goal to defeat Administrator and regain her status as pontifex.	(0:16:29.63)
▶ Kirito : So... well, I guess that means we're joining forces.	(0:16:36.60)
▶ Cardinal : Indeed.	(0:16:40.47)
▶ Eugeo : Then do you know if Alice... the Integrity Knight, Alice Synthesis Thirty,	(0:16:41.56)
▶ Eugeo : is the same person as Alice Zuberg from Rulid?	(0:16:46.69)
▶ Cardinal : I'm sorry, but the information I can access here is extremely limited.	(0:16:51.15)
▶ Cardinal : I do know that an Integrity Knight named Alice was indeed born, but...	(0:16:56.99)
▶ Cardinal : However, what I can do is tell you how to reverse the Synthesis Ritual for producing Integrity Knights.	(0:17:01.79)
▶ Eugeo : How do we do that?	(0:17:08.71)
▶ Cardinal : Simply remove the Piety Module embedded in their foreheads.	(0:17:10.05)
▶ Cardinal : It looks like a triangular prism.	(0:17:15.18)
▶ Eugeo : Like the one we saw...	(0:17:18.10)
▶ Cardinal : The Piety Module is inserted in a way that blocks links to memories.	(0:17:20.35)
▶ Cardinal : This seals away the past of the person becoming an Integrity Knight,	(0:17:25.52)
▶ Cardinal : while simultaneously forcing absolute fealty to the Axiom Church and the pontifex.	(0:17:29.19)
▶ Kirito : In other words, to break the spell we have to jog the Integrity Knight's memories of their past, huh?	(0:17:35.15)
▶ Cardinal : That alone wouldn't be enough.	(0:17:40.66)
▶ Cardinal : There's one more thing that's absolutely necessary.	(0:17:43.04)
▶ Eugeo : Wh-What's that?	(0:17:46.17)
▶ Cardinal : What originally existed where the module's been embedded.	(0:17:48.67)
▶ Cardinal : In other words, the memory fragment most valued by the Integrity Knight.	(0:17:53.13)
▶ Cardinal : Administrator's a cautious woman.	(0:17:58.80)
▶ Cardinal : The memory fragments extracted from these knights are without a doubt stored in her chambers...	(0:18:01.89)
▶ Cardinal : on the top floor of the Central Cathedral.	(0:18:08.06)
▶ Kirito : You mean...	(0:18:11.77)
▶ Kirito : to restore an Integrity Knight to their former state, we'll need the stolen memory fragment.	(0:18:13.03)
▶ Kirito : But to get our hands on it, we'll have to breach the knights' defenses	(0:18:18.57)
▶ Kirito : and somehow make our way to the top floor where Administrator is.	(0:18:22.74)
▶ Cardinal : Don't be so naive as to think you can defeat an Integrity Knight without killing them.	(0:18:27.16)
▶ Cardinal : The most I can do for you is to provide you with equipment equal to that of the Integrity Knights.	(0:18:33.63)
▶ Cardinal : The rest depends on whether you're able to fight your best.	(0:18:39.84)
▶ Eugeo : But what if Alice is the one who shows up?	(0:18:45.18)
▶ Eugeo : I can't bring myself to fight her.	(0:18:48.06)
▶ Eugeo : I came all this way to get Alice back!	(0:18:49.94)
▶ Cardinal : Indeed. You have a point.	(0:18:54.44)
▶ Cardinal : Eugeo, I understand your goal.	(0:18:57.32)
▶ Cardinal : Fine. Should Integrity Knight Alice be the one standing in your way, then use this.	(0:19:01.74)
▶ Kirito : What is it?	(0:19:11.04)
▶ Cardinal : Whoever is stabbed with this dagger will be linked to me by an inseverable connection.	(0:19:12.13)
▶ Cardinal : Meaning that any sacred arts I use will affect her without fail.	(0:19:17.88)
▶ Cardinal : Eugeo, use this to stab anywhere on Integrity Knight Alice's body.	(0:19:23.93)
▶ Cardinal : In that instant, I'll send Alice into a deep sleep using my sacred arts.	(0:19:29.77)
▶ Cardinal : Until you've regained her memories and are prepared to remove the Synthesis.	(0:19:34.65)
▶ Eugeo : Understood. If I can't talk sense into Alice, I'll use this.	(0:19:39.61)
▶ Cardinal : I originally created it to use against Administrator,	(0:19:45.95)
▶ Cardinal : and kept another one as a spare, but well... if you can succeed on your first try, it should be fine.	(0:19:49.62)
▶ Kirito : That's a huge responsibility.	(0:19:55.79)
▶ Kirito : What you just said, "equipment equal to that of the Integrity Knights," did you mean...	(0:19:58.84)
▶ Cardinal : You and Eugeo have your own powerful swords, don't you?	(0:20:03.76)
▶ Cardinal : I'm going to help you get them back.	(0:20:07.68)
▶ Eugeo : You mean my Blue Rose Sword and Kirito's black one?	(0:20:10.39)
▶ Cardinal : I'm quite certain that your swords are being stored in the armory on the third floor of the cathedral.	(0:20:14.40)
▶ Kirito : By the way, what floor are Administrator's chambers on?	(0:20:21.86)
▶ Cardinal : The Central Cathedral grows by the year, so...	(0:20:26.33)
▶ Cardinal : it should've reached 100 floors by now.	(0:20:30.58)
▶ Cardinal : Unfortunately, there's one more thing you need to do.	(0:20:34.83)
▶ Kirito : Wh-What is it?	(0:20:39.38)
▶ Cardinal : I know you two have powerful swords,	(0:20:40.55)
▶ Cardinal : but that alone won't be enough to bring down the Integrity Knights.	(0:20:43.88)
▶ Cardinal : That's because they have the terrifying technique of amplifying their weapons' abilities multiple times.	(0:20:46.72)
▶ Eugeo : Do you mean the Perfect Weapon Control Art?	(0:20:52.98)
▶ Cardinal : Weapons of the Divine Object class take on the properties of the object they're fashioned from.	(0:20:57.11)
▶ Cardinal : By fully releasing a weapon's memories, so to speak,	(0:21:03.49)
▶ Cardinal : the Perfect Control Art realizes offensive powers more potent than normally possible.	(0:21:06.28)
▶ Cardinal : Both of you close your eyes and think of your sword.	(0:21:13.16)
▶ Cardinal : All right, that's enough.	(0:21:50.91)
▶ Cardinal : There.	(0:21:59.00)
▶ Cardinal : Memorize that thoroughly.	(0:22:03.67)
▶ Cardinal : Eugeo... and Kirito.	(0:22:14.10)
▶ Cardinal : The fate of the world rests on you.	(0:22:17.14)
▶ Cardinal : Whether it's engulfed in hellfire, or sinks into nothingness.	(0:22:20.44)
▶ Cardinal : Or perhaps you'll find a third path.	(0:22:26.53)
▶ Cardinal : I've told you all that I can tell,	(0:22:29.57)
▶ Cardinal : and given you all that I can give.	(0:22:32.58)
▶ Cardinal : All you have to do now is follow the path you believe in.	(0:22:36.16)
▶ Eugeo : Thank you very much, Ms. Cardinal.	(0:22:39.25)
▶ Eugeo : I'll definitely get to the top of the cathedral	(0:22:42.17)
▶ Eugeo : and restore Alice back to who she was.	(0:22:45.13)
▶ Cardinal : Now...	(0:22:55.77)
▶ Cardinal : Go!	(0:22:57.98)
▶ Kirito : Next time: The Crimson Knight.	(0:23:36.60)