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Hakuno: ………… // No way… Since… When…!?
Text: Julius appears before the last Alter Ego, Kazuradrop!
Julius: -- // She’s been lurking by our side // since before you woke from that dream.
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Julius: Isn’t that right, // Kazuradrop?
Kazuradrop: Ufufu… // BB was the one who prepared this old school building, // and Sakura was in charge of overseeing it. // But I asked a little favor // and took over all the school’s management rights before you all appeared here. // …Hmm. // The fact that you know all this // proves my suspicions. // Isn’t that right, BB’s secret dog?
Hakuno: !
Julius: That’s right. // I was working with the 2nd BB.
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Text: Julius B. Harwey. The assassin of the Harwey family. And also--
Chapter 45: Replica
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Hakuno: Julius…!? You…
Julius: In other words, I was a double agent.
Hakuno (small): Double…
Julius: --I don’t know what her objective was, // but the 2nd BB kidnapped participants from the Holy Grail War to the Far Side of the Moon, // and trapped you alone in a dream. // While that was happening, she came to scout me, who had lost in battle and was merely awaiting my own dissolution, as a spy. // I decided to pretend to obey her in order to keep observe and keep tabs on her actions. // But before I could start properly acting as a spy, // I lost all contact with BB right after Kishinami woke up. // …Most likely--
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Kazuradrop: --I told you before, remember? // “BB is insane as an AI.” // She’s full of contradictions as an AI-- // An imperfect (ruby: incompetent) AI is unpleasant, bothersome and unnecessary, right? // So I ate most of her.
Hakuno: Ate--!?
Julius: “Ate”--So absorbing a target and turning them into your own power is your id_es, // “Insect Eater”, is it?
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Kazuradrop: Fufu… The BB who saved Hakuno-senpai back then // managed to run away twice before I could finish eating her, but she’s merely a drained carcass at this point. // That BB only has 1/8 of her full power left! // Her dash to save you back then was the most she was able to do.
Julius: And as for the 7/8 of the power you ate… you used that memory data to make the 1st BB-- // a fake BB that you fabricated…!
Kazuradrop: --That’s no good, Julius-san. // Please phrase it // correctly.
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Kazuradrop: First, // based on the gap in their current abilities, // the one who is worthy of being called the “real BB” at this point is the doll I made. // Second, // I only put 5/8 of BB’s power in that doll. // I disguised Meltlilith with the exterior of BB and have been controlling her actions from here. // (small text): I’m personally using the remaining 2/8. // Third, // it’s not quite right to call it “memory data”. // For example, Meltlilith’s id_es “All Drain” // can only melt and absorb others as simple experience points. // But my “Insect Eater” is different. // Though it only works against those of the “Sakura series”, // I can “absorb the target into myself with all of their abilities and characteristics intact”.
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Kazuradrop: Eating BB (ruby: the main dish) right away was impossible, // so I started with Passionlip (ruby: an hors d’oeuvre) and Meltlilith (ruby: some soup) first. // After storing up power that way, // I crept up on BB from behind while her guard was down and… // Cho- // mp♥
Julius: The reason you’re able to control BB’s shadows… the Shapeshifters is because of that ability. // Then why didn’t you absorb the original Sakura?
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Hakuno: ! // The original Sakura…!?
Julius: Yeah. // Sakura, as well as Rin and Rani, have been captured, // but they’re still alive. // For now, anyway.
Kazuradrop: To BB… or rather, the old BB, as she should be called now… // …Sakura is special. // Annoyingly, we Alter Egos, as beings born from the old BB, // were made so that we cannot lay a hand on her. // But my “Insect Eater” is an exception to that rule. // After all, it’s an ability specifically for eating Sakura, right? // It would be contradictory if I couldn’t eat her. // So when I took over the old school building, // I went to eat that carefree and oblivious Sakura, but…
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Sakura: Activate Cryostasis--
Kazuradrop: Sakura froze herself and put up a firewall around her. // “Insect Eater” is a specialized skill that only works against Sakura. // I was unable to break the firewall protecting her and therefore unable to lay a hand on her-- // Using the power of Domina Cornam, // I’ve been modifying myself so that I can break through it and touch her, // but it seems it’ll take a little while longer before I’m capable of that.
Hakuno: …Then, // Sakura, Rin and Rani are still in this building--
Julius: Don’t show your back to the enemy, Kishinami!
???: That warning // is a bit late.
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NPC girl: You humans are // already surrounded.
Hakuno: The NPCs--AIs…? // They’ve surrounded us…!?
NPC girl: In order to resolve this situation, // we AIs have chosen to obey Kazuradrop-sama.
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Kazuradrop: Ufufu. I’d already finished winning them over when you all went to the hot springs. // These people immediately listened to me // once I asked a little favor.
Julius: …
NPC girl: Only incompetents would rely on incompetent humans. // We’ve already finished cleaning up the worthless AIs who opposed us. // …Fujimura Taiga seems to have higher privileges than me, though, // so she’s merely been imprisoned for the time being… // In any case, the student council’s authority has been abolished and we have taken over the school building. // It should have been like this from the start-- // And my privileges as a high-level AI exceed that of Matou Sakura. // With time, I can easily overcome the firewall protecting her, Kazuradrop-sama!
Julius: … // Just what exactly does // “resolving the situation” mean for you all?
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NPC girl: Huh?
Julius: One of Kazuradrop’s objective is obtaining the Holy Grail. // That is nothing less than rebellion against the Moon Cell. // Properly managing the Holy Grail War is the very reason for the existence of you NPCs. // But what you’re doing right now is the exact opposite. // Furthermore, you may extol your pride as an AI, // but the truth is merely that you were threatened into cooperating out of fear for your own life… // Do you understand what I’m getting at? // The Alter Ego you’re praising so much // shows no mercy to contradictory AIs like you. // Even if you obey her, // you have no future.
NPC girl: ----! // That’s ridiculous…
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Kazuradrop: Ufufu… // You really are an idiot. // I never said I’d spare your life if you served me, remember? // As thanks for taking care of all those troublesome minor tasks for me, // I’ll turn you all into my experience points with “All Drain”…
NPC girl: W-Why…!? // You managed to take over the school so easily thanks to us…! // And I can break through Matou Sakura’s firewall--
Kazuradrop: You showed yourselves with convenient timing, yet didn’t you hear what I said? // With enough time, even I can break through it.
NPC girl: Then… // What about… us…!? // What was the point of obeying you then--!?
Kazuradrop: You were useful to me until the end… // That’s quite an honor, you know? // Well, I’ll barely get any experience points from you all, though.
NPC girl: No… // way…
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Hakuno: … // In the first place… why did you pretend to be Sakura?
Kazuradrop: --I can’t lay a hand on any Master myself. // Well, I’ll make sure to take a long time explaining the details later, once we’re alone together-- // Now then, Julius-san. // Hand over Hakuno-senpai-- // No matter how exceptional of a human you are, // you’re powerless before these children of mine.
Julius: …You stole BB’s power, // and took over the old school building.
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Julius: Then you invaded Kishinami’s dream // and attacked BB when she rushed over to stop you. // …Is that right?
Kazuradrop: Yes. // So what?
Julius: While BB was escaping from you in the dream, // she used the last of her power to send a message to me.
BB (flashback): Juliu… // Please prote… senpai… // And don’t tru… Saku…
Kazuradrop: So that’s why, even if you had no proof, // you suspected me while I was acting as Sakura. // But what’s the point of bringing that up now?
Julius: Basically, BB’s interests and mine align in this case.
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Julius: Kishinami. // I will protect you.
Text: Will Julius’ hidden trump card save Hakuno?
Kazuradrop: That’s! // A replica… of the Staff of Rulership!? // BB! // She gave you that trump card while escaping!?
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