＄94-01-49-01-2-0 [soundStopAll] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaSet A 9005001 1 Holmes] [charaSet B 9005001 1 "For Holmes' Expression Change"] [charaSet C 99502600 1 Mash] [charaSet D 99502600 1 "For Mash's Expression Change"] [charaSet H 5009000 1 "Dummy for Effect"] [scene 43900] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaEffect H bit_talk_10] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaPut H 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash By the way...there's something that's been bothering me... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [messageOff] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes What is it? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaPut H 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash The man who was Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective and one and only consulting detective... [k] [charaFace C 8] ＠Mash May I ask a question?[sr]This has been on my mind for the longest time... [k] [charaFace C 7] ＠Mash Mister Sherlock Holmes, which exactly...are you? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [messageOff] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes By “which,” you mean...? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 15] [charaPut H 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash Um... [k] [charaFace C 7] ＠Mash I believe you, Mister Holmes, know exactly what I am asking you. [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [messageOff] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Indeed. But as it happens, I would like you to say the words this time. Actually, it need not come from[sr]Miss Kyrielight herself... [k] ＠Holmes Master. You have the same question in mind, correct? [k] ？1：Did you really exist, historically I mean? ？2：Are you only a fictional character? ？！ [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 7] [charaPut H 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash That's it![sr]That was what I was curious about... [k] ＠Mash At first, when I met you, all I could think was, “The great detective really did exist!” And I simply accepted that fact. [k] [charaFace C 12] ＠Mash Thinking about it, though... I'm not really sure.[sr]I've never heard the truth from you, Mister Holmes. [k] [charaFace C 8] ＠Mash On top of that, I recall you making contradictory statements about whether or not you are fictional... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [messageOff] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Ah, I see. [k] ＠Holmes I anticipated that this question would come up one day, and so I cannot say I am surprised. It is, after all, a perfectly reasonable question. [k] ＠Holmes But Miss Kyrielight. [%1]. [k] ＠Holmes If you do ask outright, things may grow more complicated. Would you mind that? [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaPut H 1] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] ＠Mash Hm...? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [messageOff] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 0.7] [wt 1.0] [bgm BGM_EVENT_1 0.1] [charaFace A 5] ＠Holmes Greek mythological heroes such as Heracles and the witch Medea... Karna and Arjuna from Indian mythology... [k] ＠Holmes Celtic heroes, the knights from the Legend of King Arthur, Charlemagne's famous paladins, the giant-killing Beowulf... [k] ＠Holmes The four retainers of Raikou who slayed the demon spider Tsuchigumo... Many myths and legends spoke of these heroes and great men and women... [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Holmes Let us say for the moment that I am indeed a creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. What, then, is to say that the individuals I mentioned are not similar creations? [k] ＠Holmes I was created during the time when Doyle wrote his stories, but many heroes of legend were created by people writing stories long after their respective moments in time. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes For example, Siegfried's story found in the Poetic Edda, while set in the 5th century, was not completed until after the 8th century. [k] ＠Holmes Karna and Arjuna's story is set somewhere around 5000 B.C. The text itself, however, was completed sometime between the 4th century B.C. and the 4th century A.D. [k] [charaFace A 5] ＠Holmes Even the legend of Sakata Kintoki, Mister Golden himself, was said to be set down in narrative form sometime after the Edo period. [k] ＠Holmes Other than him, the majority of the heroic tales of Japan's Heian period were passed on in stories told during the early days of the Edo period. [k] ？1：So these heroes existed long ago... ？2：...Their legends were told long after they lived. ？！ [charaFace A 6] ＠Holmes Ah, indeed. That is probably true.[sr]So what of me? [k] ？1：Oh, I get it. ？！ [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes Ah, you understand now? [k] ＠Holmes What difference is there between these heroes of legend and myself? None. We are essentially the same. [k] ？1：But there isn't proof that you really existed... ？！ ＠Holmes Proof? Hm, I see. So you're saying that there's no physical evidence throughout human history that proves my existence... [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Holmes There are indeed no official documents or records of my tenancy of 221B Baker Street. [k] ＠Holmes ...Or rather, records say there is no such place. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 0] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [charaPut H 1] ＠Mash Are you trying to say...that it actually exists? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes That may simplify matters for me, but allow me to digress for a moment. [k] ＠Holmes Consider the other heroes other than myself. [k] [charaFace A 5] ＠Holmes Hardly any heroes of myth have been proven to exist from the standpoints of cultural anthropology or archaeology. No remains have ever been found. [k] ＠Holmes Even places said to be the burial sites of the heroes of legend have provided no proof. [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Holmes One exception would be the Trojan War. Schliemann made the glorious, wonderful discovery that the Trojan War was actual historical fact. [k] ＠Holmes Before his great discovery, the poems of the “Iliad” were believed to be no more than legend. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes The same goes for the other heroes.[sr]Many of them are fictional[line 2]characters of legend. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [messageOff] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 8] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [charaPut H 1] [wt 1.5] [charaFace C 6] [wt 0.5] [charaFace C 7] ＠Mash As such, many other Heroic Spirits also lack any definitive proof of their factual existence... [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Indeed. To believe myself alone to be a fictitious being would be folly. [k] ＠Holmes Legends and similarly unverified tales are no more than stories humans tell, correct? [k] [charaFace A 5] ＠Holmes The world is spherical, not flat. It is not carried upon the shoulders of the great titan Atlas, as Greek myth would have it. [k] ＠Holmes The night is a result of the Earth's rotation, not of the goddess Nyx's cave. [k] ＠Holmes There is no record of the evil dragon Fafnir existing in the 5th century, and even the Legend of King Arthur was woven by Sir Malory. [k] ＠Holmes In other words, this world is... [k] ？1：I...see...? ？2：Hm? I feel like we got off track...? ？！ [charaFace A 6] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_1 0.2] ＠B：??? [f large]Ugh![messageShake 0.01 5 5 0.7] You talk too much! [k] [shake 0.05 0 5 1.0] [se ad42] [seStop ad42 2.0] [wt 2.0] [messageOff] [wipeout rightToLeft 0.4 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout A 0] [wipein rightToLeft 0.3 1] [wait wipe] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] ＠??? Oooooooooo010100001111...![sr]1011100101, I don't care if it's real or fictitious!!! [k] ？1：Who said that!? ？2：That's one seriously digitized shout! ？！ [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 5] [charaFadein A 0.1 0] [charaFace C 7] [charaFadein C 0.1 2] [charaPut H 2] ＠Holmes I suppose it's time. In the midst of all that prattling, we've reached our destination. [k] ＠Mash The unidentified data mass...![sr]So that voice we heard[line 2] [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes Well, it is not unidentified. [k] [charaFace C 15] ＠Mash Eh? Um, but... [k] ＠Holmes I can see why you might believe that.[sr]But think back... [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.7] [wipeout circleIn 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [charaPut A 1] [charaFace A 4] [effect bit_sepia01] [wt 1.0] [wipein circleIn 0.7 1] [wait wipe] ＠Holmes Allow me to explain. The simulator you normally use to train contained a curious mass of data within the mainframe's internal memory. [k] ＠Holmes I lent my aid to the staff in an effort to remove it... [k] [messageOff] [wipeout circleIn 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [effectStop bit_sepia01] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0 0] [charaFace C 15] [charaFadein C 0 2] [charaPut H 2] [wt 1.0] [wipein circleIn 0.7 1] [wait wipe] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] ？1：Ah! ？2：He didn't say “unidentified!” ？！ [charaFace C 8] ＠Mash A curious data mass... E-excuse me... I just said “unidentified” because what you said made me assume... [k] ？1：Holmes should have worded it better. ？2：Holmes...you malicious man. ？！ [charaFace A 1] ＠Holmes Haha, my apologies. It's true.[sr]There's no need for Miss Kyrielight to regret her words. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes It was easier to guide you all here by inferring that we were going to investigate an unknown entity. [k] ＠Holmes Of course, I have already deduced the identity of the data mass, and now that we are closer, my belief is becoming a growing conviction. [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Holmes In other words... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [wt 1.5] [charaFace A 5] [wt 0.7] ＠Holmes It is excess data that has been piling up in the memory of the battle simulator's mainframe. [k] ＠Holmes It is generated every time [%1] wins. [k] ＠Holmes Normally it would be deleted every time training ends, but it appears some fragments have remained in the registry. [k] ？1：Excess data...? ？2：Generates every time we win? ？！ [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes Yes. It's anger that is generated every time NPCs lose a battle. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [charaPut H 1] ＠Mash Anger...? [k] [charaFace C 0] ＠Mash NPCs...the enemy sprites we fight in simulation battles? [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes As they were created to simulate the enemies found in the Singularities, the NPCs are very aggressive. [k] ＠Holmes NPCs are obviously not artificial beings. That is to say that they have neither emotions nor personality. Yet, they still have some measure of intellect. [k] ＠Holmes At least where matters of battle are concerned. They are equipped with AI so that they can think in battle. [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Holmes They are created expressly for you to battle. [k] ＠Holmes Werewolf, Goblin, Wyvern, Hermit Crab, Demonic Boar... [k] ＠Holmes And a variety of Shadow Servants have also been created. It appears that these numerous NPCs felt anger each time they lost. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes Their anger...secretly building up all this time. [k] ？1：That seems to be contradictory. ？2：...Anger? But they don't have emotion, right? ？！ [charaFace A 5] ＠Holmes Precisely. “Anger” is not exactly the right word, and it should not even be possible in the first place. [k] ＠Holmes They were programmed to win, and yet could not... NPCs should only be capable of acknowledgement of that fact. [k] ＠Holmes But someone twisted that acknowledgement into the emotion of anger. And that is our culprit. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Holmes Well, I will personally deal with the culprit later on... [k] ＠Holmes For the time being, we must pacify the NPCs our culprit has driven berserk in order to keep the simulator operating smoothly. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 6] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [charaPut H 1] ＠Mash (W-wow, Holmes is amazing![sr]He's talking like this case is already closed!) [k] ？1：I wonder who the true culprit is...? ？2：Okay, first let's quell their anger! ？！ [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 0.2] [shake 0.05 0 5 1.0] [se ad42] [seStop ad42 2.0] [wt 2.0] [messageOff] [wipeout rightToLeft 0.3 2] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wipein rightToLeft 0.2 2] [wait wipe] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] ＠??? Ooooooooo0101010101...!!! [k] ＠??? Getting defeated continuously within the data sphere...regret!!! I'll make sure nobody will be able to use the battle simulator ever again! [k] ＠??? Using us for every little thing...![sr]Die, Chaldea! Die, Servants! Die, Master!!! [k] ＠??? We will never drop Ascension materials for you again! EVER! Why would real materials drop in a simulator, anyway!? [k] ＠??? To hell with Embers![sr]To hell with Secret Gems! [k] ＠??? Ooooooooo0100111100110101![sr]Die! Die! Die and become excess data, too!!! [k] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 5] [charaFadein C 0.1 1] [charaPut H 1] ＠Mash Magical energy response is increasing, Senpai![sr]Prepare for battle! [k] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes I shall leave the commands in this battle to you, Master. By the way, the Mystic Code best compatible with me would be[line 2] [k] [charaFadeout A 0] [charaTalk C] [charaFace C 2] [charaFadein C 0 1] [charaPut H 1] [cameraMove 0 1 1.2] ＠Mash Enemy response approaching... They're coming! [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 0.3] [wait fade] [charaFadeout C 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaPut H 1200,1200] [cameraHome 0] [fadein black 0.3] [wait fade] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] ＠Holmes Egad! [k] [messageOff] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_3 0.4] [fadeout black 0.5] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]