超ヒロイン戦記 - Super Heroine Chronicle/Flow Chart/Episode 30: Doubt (Meru Route)
Episode 29: Turbulent Shadow
Episode 29: Turbulent Shadow
[Bird noises]
Rem: That's the sound of a hornbill......? If we're still in Japan, that means it's early summer in the month of June.
Rem: At any rate, let's go out to the main road.
[The group reach a small village]
Lingyin: Wow, it's a countryside village!
Rem: The air tastes so clean here too.
Aria: !?
Aria: Wait! Everybody stop!!
Rem: What's wrong Aria?
Aria: I'm fine! Rika! Where's Rika!?
Lingyin: Who's Rika?
Hibiki: What's the matter Aria? There's no one called Rika among us, is there?
Aria: Wha....huh?
Dejiko: Usada's name was Rika, right nya?
Usada: My name is Usada Hikaru! Besides I've already told you, call me Rabi en Rose!!
Laura: Either way there's no Rika here.
Charl: The greenery is very pleasing to the eye.
Aria: Usada, Laura, Charl, are you still with us?
Laura: What are you talking about? Of course we are.
Aria: Umm.... But isn't there someone missing?
Lingyin: Who is it?
Kurumi & Haruka & Aoi: ?
Louise & Tifa & Siesta: ??
Puchiko & Houki & Sonico: ???
Shiryuki & Claude & Koto: ????
Meru: What's the matter?
Aria: (No......... Absolutely no one is missing!)
Aria: (Am I the only one who feel this way? And I've forgot something too......I know something, but I've forgotten it!)
Rika: Aria! Good, you made it!
Aria: Rika? You're Rika right?
Rika: Aria? Have you lost your memory?
Rem: Aria, what's wrong? Who's that girl?
Aria: I'm sorry, Rem! You'll have to wait for a bit! I have something important to say to her!
Rem:......Okay.
[Aria goes off with Rika]
Aria: What........Time has rewinded?
Rika: I'm sure Aria remembers. Tomorrow is the day of the Cotton Drift festival, and Aria repeated that day several times.
Aria: Yeah........After talking to you, I've remembered a little.
Aria: I have died here in Hinamizawa village. It was here that you and Satoko were killed, ugh.....
Rika: Aria has done a great job. I remember everything.
Aria: Rika, who are you? And what's going on in this village?
Rika: It's very sad.....But it will happen again.
Aria: That's not enough for me! Isn't that why you came back, to do something?
Rika: .......I want you to help Rena.
Aria: Rena?
Rika: Something is wrong with Rena. If things continue as they are, it is likely that Rena will...
Aria: Die....?
Rika: Do you remember Aria? You scratched out your throat and died.
Aria: Ah!!
Aria: That's right! I was confused and full of fear and doubt. I lost my mind and died in Hinamizawa. Is that going to happen to Rena?
Rika: Mii.........There's nothing I can do about it. Aria, I want you to meet with Rena.
Aria: All right, where should I go?
Rika: Rena is doing something at the Hinamizawa branch school. If you go there, you will see her.
Aria: The Hinamizawa branch school.....Hmm, I remember that!
Rika: I will take you to meet Satoko.
Aria: Hopefully everyone's memories will come back. I'll leave that to you.
Rika: We don't have much time before the Cotton Shed Festival. Let's do our best, Aria.
[Aria goes to find Rena]
Aria: The path to the Hinamizawa school is clear.......
???: It's this way.
Aria: !?
Aria: Rena.
Rena:......?
Aria: (I messed up! She'll be suspicious that I know her name! I can't let that happen!)
Aria: You're Rena Ryugu, right? I'm Kanzaki H. Aria. Do you remember my name?
Rena:......I don't know you? I wonder?
Aria: (Uh.....This feeling is...!)
Rena: What's wrong? I wonder?
Aria: (This is bad, she's suspect of me! If my memory is correct, I don't want to be suspected ..... If only!)
Aria: I was asked to come here by Rika from the old shrine. She wants me to meet you.
Rena: Rika?
Aria: That's right. Is there something you need help with?
Rena:.....
Aria: I'm a Butei, a person who is asked by the public to solve problems and issues.
Aria: Even if I don't look like it I'm a second year high school student! So I'm older than you!
Rena: Hmm, is that why you have a sword?
Aria:....Did you notice when you were standing behind me?
Rena: Yes. 2 of them.
Aria: That's right. You may not know me, but I know you.
Aria: Be careful, think carefully about what you need, and try to find the answer. Okay.
Rena: I'm suprised.........Is this our first time meeting? I wonder?
Aria: I'm going to tell you the truth. This isn't the first time we've met. I wonder if you'll remember it soon.
Rena: Yeah.....
Aria: What is it that's troubling you? Are you ready to talk to me?
Rena: Do I have to sign a contract? I wonder?
Aria: So you're hiring me as a butei. Okay, let's do it.
Aria: Article 2 of the Butei code, You must always keep uphold the contract with your clients. I will never betray you.
Rena: So, before we sign the contract, I'll tell you what I'm asking you to do.
Aria: It's good that you understand so quickly. There are some requests that you just can't sign.
Rena: The nature of the request is....
[Rena explains]
Aria: So... Are you being completely serious?
Rena: Yes. The worship of Oyashiro, the Oni-gakushiis done by worshippers to restore the faith in Oyashiro.
Aria: Are you saying that the Sonozaki family, Mion's family is the leader of this?
Rena: Yes. Oni-gakushi is the practice of erasing inconvenient people in order to conceal the secret, true identity of Oyashiro. They also use it to strengthen their faith.
Aria: You don't want to hide the identity of Oyashiro? Does that mean you know who they are?
Rena: Oyashiro the deity worshipped in Hinamizawa. But Oyashiro's true identity is not a god.
Rena: The worship of Oyashiro was the result of a parasitic worm virus from the Onigunuma.
Aria: A virus...?
Rena: A strange parasite that turns infected people into demons, who then attack other people
Rena: It was the Oyashiro who cured them in some way.
Aria: So do you think Oyashiro is a doctor or something?
Aria: If what you say is true, and it is made public, it will destroy the faith in Oyashiro.
Rena: That's why worshippers have been holding the Oni-gakushi every year to reinforce the belief in Oyashiro, and to weed out those who would become evil.
Aria: (Remove people who are evil? Are Satsuko and Rika really evil? And I didn't kill anyone else, I only killed myself, didn't I?)
Rena: I've been under surveillance for a few days now. I think it's probably the Sonozaki family.
Aria: The Sonozaki family....
Rena: That's why I wrote down all the facts in three notebooks, gave them to the police and asked them to search the Sonozaki family.
Aria: (The Sonozaki family: Mion and Shion. I don't think they are involved in the Oni-gakushi.)
Aria: (But if it was the parasite that Rena talked about which was driving me crazy, then what happened in previous time loops would make sense.)
Aria: (But I think there's something wrong with what Rena said. I just don't know what it is.)
Rena: So, I'll leave you to your first task miss Bueti.
Aria: Yes, what do I do?
Rena: First of all.....
[Back with the others]
Rem: This is the place! This is where Aria should be!
Tsubasa: She said she's hiding in that building, taking hostages.
Louise: What the hell are you doing Aria!!
Hibiki: Can't we just go in?
Aoi: There are Dejiko, Siesta, as well as Rika, Satoko, Mion and Shion from Hinamizawa, who are being held hostage.
Kurumi: And then there's Aria's accomplice, a girl called Rena Ryugu.
Charl: Rena Ryumiya has asked the police to forcefully inspect the Sonozaki house within 24 hours, otherwise she will blow up the building.
Puchiko: It's the same as a bank robbery.
Houki: I believe in Aria, but if we don't have a clear picture of what's going on, we don't know what to do.....!
Shirayuki: Rika said that Rena was a good girl.
Shirayuki: So I know that Aria and Rena are doing something meaningful. That's what I believe.
Koto: Shirayuki, do you have a psychic sense that can tell you what is going on?
Shirayuki: No, it's not a special power. I think it's more of a mutual undertsanding between shrine maidens? I'm sorry, I don't know.
Koto: Hmm, that's complicated. But if you say so, then I believe you!
Shirayuki: Thanks Koto.
Sonico: Even so this is still a big problem, isn't it? What can we do to get the hostages released?
Rem: The police have spoken to the Sonozaki family directly, based on Rena's order, and have determined that the Sonozaki family is not behind the Oni-gakushi.
Hibiki: In other words, the police won't act?
Rem: That's what it seems like.....
[Battle map]
Episode 30 Doubt
Rena: What are the police doing!? Don't they want to break into the Sonozaki house!!
Aria: Calm down, Rena! Even if you act like that, it's not going to work.
Rena: We don't have any more time!
Aria: Huh...
Rena: Aria, I'm going to tell you something I haven't told you yet.
Rena: In fact, the parasites are space men
Aria: Space men!?
Rena: They have dominated the human body through parasitism. But a man of sense saw this and tried to expose the truth.
Rena: They get rid of people who have a good instincts, they make copies, and they make it look as if they are alive.
Aria: (What are you saying....no matter how you look at it, doesn't that seem like a bit of a stretch?)
Rena: I am one of those intuitive people. That's why the parasite will exterminate me. I'll be dead by the end of the night with a hole in my neck.
Aria: !!
Aria: (That's the same as me! That's when I first met Rena! She was so confused that she tore open her own neck and died!)
Rena: Before then, I have to make the Oyashiro worshippers destroy the Sonozaki family. Don't you understand?
Aria: My contract with you is to protect Rena! I wont help you any more than that!
Rena: No, we have to work together. Otherwise Rena will die with the hostages when the bombs go off.
Aria: (Kuh...........Are you saying I'm too late? Rika!)
Rika: Aria....This is....
Rena: Shut up, Rika! If you don't keep quiet, the other hostages will end up like Mion over there, won't they?
Mion:.......
Shion: Rena.....why are you doing this?
Rena: Shut up! Sonozaki family!
Dejiko: I mean, why is Dejiko being held nya?
Satoko: Aria asked me to come to school with her and I found Rena in this situation....
Rena: Can't you hear me telling you to shut up!? Do you want me to put duct tape over your mouth? If being tied up is not enough for you.
Rena: If the police don't act, we'll die! Just wait like a good girl. Ha ha ha ha ha!
Aria: (Rena's thoughts are out of control......! The main problem now is that Rena herself is about to die from the parasite.)
Aria: (Rena is torn between the evils of the Sonozaki family and the unknowable secrecy of Hinamizawa.)
Aria: (How can I save her? Take a hostage......Rena!)
[Enemies spawn]
Aria: Eh!? What is this!? Rena!!
Rena: Ha-ha-ha-ha! They're on Rena's side, aren't they? That's good! Come on, protect her!
Aria: Rena! They're different!
Rena: It's Aria that's different, isn't it...?
Aria: Huh.....
Rena: We have a contract, don't we? You will protect Rena, won't you? You're not going to betray her, are you?
Aria:.....Yes. I will always keep my promises to my clients. So don't be too hasty, Lena.
Rena: It's obvious. If Rena blows this place up, the police won't act. I need you to do your job!
Aria: (If we don't get rid of at least one group of enemies, we won't be able to free the hostages! I'm counting on you all! Please!)
Victory: Defeat all enemies. Defeat: Alll allies defeated.
[Deploy]
Rem: I never thought they'd come out at a time like this!
Tsubasa: We can't help anyone with these things here!
Hibiki: Let's leave the inside to Aria and support her as much as we can!
Rena: There's people coming......Aria, aren't they your friends?
Aria: That's right. They've come to kill the evil ones.
Rena: They're protecting Rena too, right?
Aria: The police won't act if you're like that. It's the effect of someone who doesn't want the police to act!
Rena: Well, it wasn't Rena who called them, but I'm sure you did.
Rena: But if you try to do anything against Rena, you know what will happen, don't you?
Aria: I wish I could tell them that, but there doesn't seem to be any way to do that.
Aria: (There will definitely be opportunities during the fight. If I can make them into something....!)
[Defeat a couple enemies]
Rena: Hmmm, Aria's friends are strong.
Aria: You've fought together with them before. Don't you remember?
Rena: I don't know. Rena doesn't remember any of those people being in Hinamizawa.
Aria: It's not the first time we've met here. I'm sure you've been to Akihabara.
Rena: Akihabara? What's that?
Aria: It's a city with people like her.
Dejiko: Nyoi!?
Rena: Is there such a thing?
Aria: Yes, there are a lot of good things. Don't you remember anything about that place?
Rena: Dejiko.....?
Dejiko: I just want someone to take it home from here nya.....
Rena:....
Aira: (Rena.......You're not completely mad, are you?)
Aria: (I have to find a way to do something. But first we have to secure the hostages...)
[Defeat another enemy]
Rena: Aria's friends are amazing. But are you sure you're not trying to trick Rena by asking for help from those people?
Aria: I told you i'd uphold the contract.
Rena: The contract was to protect Rena. You aren't going to say, "I protected her by stopping her from blowing up the school", are you? I wonder?
Aria: Your reasoning is a little off. I don't want to solve the problem so easily. However, I don't want it to end with you dead.
Rena: So what are you going to do?
Aria: That's what I'm thinking about. What would you do if you were in my position Rena?
Rena: A-ha-ha-ha! You're going to ask the criminal to figure out how to fix this?
Aria: What are you talking about? Your a member of the club same as me, and one of my partners.
Rena: Huh.
Aria: You're also my contractor. You're not a criminal.
Aria: It's natural to think together about how to get the best result.
Rena: What does that mean? I wonder?
Aria: Rena, Rika listen to me. I was wondering what was wrong, but now that i've seen you I understand.
Rika: Huh.......
Aria: You can't be alone. I had that problem too, you can't take on problems by yourself.
Rena:....!
Aria: You know Rika, don't you? After I met you for the second time, I stayed sane for the most part.
Rika: Ah...!
Aria: That's why, Rena. I'll always be by your side until the end. I'm on your side.
Rika:....Aria.
Rika: (I knew I had made the right choice with Aria. She is getting closer to the right answer........little by little)
[Defeat another enemy]
Aria: Hey, Rena. Where are the bombs?
Rena: Bombs?
Aria: This place is full of vaporised gasoline. You probably have a lighter or some other device to light the fire, don't you?
Aria: However, you must have insurance. Either a remotely operated or timed explosive device in there somewhere?
Rena: As expected of a butei, you're right.
Aria: I might be good at reasoning, but I don't know where it is.
Rena: I'm not going to tell you. If you knew, you'd go and stop it, wouldn't you?
Aria: We'll wait until the limit. But when you can't stand it any longer, you should release the hostages.
Rena: I hate it!!
Aria: Do you want to be alone? Don't worry, I won't run away. I'll stay with you forever.
Rena: That's a lie! It's a lie, a lie, a lie!!
Aria: Don't underestimate me!
Rena: !?
Aria: Do you think I'd say that I was on your side if my resolve was so weak?
Rena: What are talking about!?
Aria: Have you forgotten? You had a problem, so Rika asked me to help you. That's why I signed a contract with you.
Aria: I'll say it again. I'm here to help you. There is no other purpose.
Rena: That's a lie!!
Aria: Why can't you believe me?
Rena: Uuuu!!, Ah, you're wrong!
Aria: Rena!
Rena: Stay away!
Rena: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Do you believe someone you've only just met? What kind of idiot would do such a thing!?
Aria: Calm down! Don't let that parasite or whatever get the better of you!
Rena: The police don't want to do anything, so that's enough! I'm going to finish this!!
[Rika takes our her lighter]
Aria: A lighter!?
[Rika runs into Rena]
Rika: Eh!!
Rena: Huh!?
Aria: The lighter! All right, hold on!! Satoko! Shion! Carry Mion!!
Satoko & Shion: Right!
Dejiko: Can you help me nya?
Rika: Aria you need to come too! We have to protect everyone from the enemy outside!
Aria: Rika! You....!
Rika: This is not the first time this has happened. If only I had had a little courage before! So this time!!
Aria:.....All right!
[Aria and the hostages move out of the school]
Lingyin: Aria coming out! It looks like the hostages are with her!!
Aria: Everyone! Quickly make sure They're safe! I have to go back immediately!
Louise: What are you going to do?
Aria: There's still someone I need to help!
Rena: Your terrible Aria....you said you'd stay by my side....
Rena: You're going to be killed, aren't you, Rika? You'll be killed by an angry Rena!
Rika: I'll play with her for you, Aria.....Come on, you snake....!
[When her turn comes around Aria moves back to Rena]
[Defeat all enemies]
Hibiki: The area around the building is clear!
Tsubasa: The rest is up to Aria.....
[Everyone leaves except Aria and Rena]
Aria: Rena.....
Rena: Why did you come back, Aria?
Aria: I told you..........that I would be there for you until the end.
Rena: We were fighting for our lives against the aliens. If we lose the human race, it's your fault.
Aria: They're from space.....With our understanding of space I can believe that much, but don't you think your theory is still a bit unreasonable.
Aria: However, you can trust me. Don't club members have their own special way of doing that?
Rena: Fufu........I guess the winner will be the righteous one!
Aria: That's what I'm talking about! I'll be with you all the way, just come and get me!
Rena:...!!
Victory: Defeat Rena. Defeat: Aria is defeated.
[Aria vs Rena]
Aria: If you win, I'll admit you're right.
Rena: If Aria wins, what will you do?
Aria: Of course, you'll be my assistant! Your powers of observation and reasoning skills will be put to full use for 24 hours!
Aria: And then we'll solve all the mysteries of Hinamizawa and the whole world, and we'll have a great victory!
Rena: Ahahahahaha!! That's a big claim!
[Defeat Rena]
Aria: You probably don't remember this, but I had a great match with Rena in our club.
Aria: At that time, I thought I wanted to play like this again!
Rena: ......That game ended in draw....?
Aria: Oh, you remembered? It was a tie, but I felt like i'd lost.
Rena: Ahahahaha! Don't hate me if you lose this time!
Aria: I'm going to check one more time! If I win, you'll become my assistant and you'll have to solve the mystery.
Rena: I don't want to back down! If I win I get to dress you up in cute clothes!
Aria: You'd better pick out a good one.....Looks like you won this time!
Rena: Eh?
Aria: I said I had trouble believeing you when you said it was an alien invasion, but I believe everything including that.
Aria: Even if you scratch out your throat and die, I'll take care of you unil the end. That's what I promised.
Rena: ...........Even though I won, It's a bit boring.
Aria: What, now....!
Rena: I want to be just like Aria. So we can travel together, solve mysteries, laugh together, fight together, and then.....
Aria: Rena.....? Are you travelling with us now?
Rena: I don't know. But I like it that way.
Aria: I accept the change. But we've got to settle this!
Rena: Of course!
Aria:.....
Rena:....Kill me. Finish it.
Aria: It's already over. I'm sorry it had to end like this.
Rena: ......Why, why did this happen?
Rena: I did something terrible to everyone! I thought I loved everyone...! I thought I trusted everyone...!
Aria: Rena.....
Rena: I remember.....Aria. I met you many times and at first I didn't believe in you, but something changed and we became friends.
Rena: We traveled together, we played together, we fought together. And then, forgetting everything, I'm........!
Aria: It's alright. It was the same for me. If I hadn't met Rika, I wouldn't have be her with you right now.
Aria: I can't do it alone. It isn't enough to work alone, because you can't spot your mistakes.
Aria: I don't think it's appropriate for me to say this, but....
Rena: Aria...waaaaaaa!!
Rika: (Rena.....she too was able to remember. One more person to escape this never-ending month of June....)
[Stage end]
Reporter:---------Next in the news
Reporter: A major disaster has occurred in Hinamizawa village, Shikotsu city.
Reporter: We have't got all the deatils yet, but it would seem a highly poisonous volcanic gas erupted from an area in the Hinamizawa district, becoming a gas flow and hitting the Hinamizawa area.
Reporter: Here is an image of the number of households hit. More than 1000 people have been reported dead.
Reporter: The SDF are still assessing the damage. As a result, the number of victims is expected to increase further.
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