mireiarchive | Endless Vide 3

JP & EN proofer : royalquintet, iridesenescence

Season : ⭐

Content Warning : Major Character Death, Mention of Killing Attempt

Outer Space

Hokuto: (It's been several minutes since dispatching... No pulses on the radar yet.)

(But really, this is an outrageous situation. To think that we idols, who've ventured into space, have to fight against a mobile suit that is suspected to be stolen from our very own space colony...)

(It's as if we're in a world of fiction.)

(But... What I'm curious about is the motive behind that explosion.)

(Itsuki-senpai suspects that the culprit holds a grudge against ES. Were they so disappointed in the current state of ES that they had to go this far?)

(Akehoshi also left for space with his own mobile suit. But he wouldn’t take an indirect approach like this.)

(Rather than letting the possibility of someone getting hurt, he would just appeal directly to Tenshouin-senpai.)

(Or was he perhaps also involved in an incident...?)

(No, I'm overthinking it. It's him we're talking about—he would definitely come back as if nothing ever happened.)

……

[ Warning : Mobile suit particle residue has been detected. Proceed with caution.]

Hokuto: Hm. The radar's reacting…?

An unknown mobile suit... Could it be…?!

???: Kyahaha ♪ You finally come to see me, oh dear Orihime-sama? You’ve made me wait for sooo long, I’m fallin’ asleep, yknow?

Hokuto: Just who are you calling Orihime-sama?

I am Hidaka Hokuto. I am here to apprehend you.

State your name. Were you the one who caused that explosion incident?

???: Hey now, I ain’t obedient enough to give you my name just ‘cause you ask for it.

But if you want to know who I am that much, why don't cha choke the answer outta me with that robot of yours!

Kyahaha, I wonder, can ya dodge all of my missiles?!

Hokuto: Ugh…! You made the first move, huh!

But, that level of attack is nothing compared to those ruthless opponents we face in Dreamfes, fighting you would be like stealing candy from a baby.

Hokuto: Raaaaaghh!

???: Oh? To think you'd lure the barrage away and detonate it. Looks like you got some fight in ya. Interesting. Ya got my gambler's blood tingling in excitement.

Hokke : Gambler…? Hold on, I feel like I've heard that phrase somewhere before—

???: Whoopsie-daisy! Gettin' distracted, are we? My attack's not over yet!

Hokuto: Huh, what a cheap trick… That won't work on me!

Enough playing around. Just surrender already.

???: Kyahahaha ☆ You're saying the same thing he did, huh? The idol who tried to stop me by saying things like that went down without much of a fight, y'know?

Hokuto: Someone tried to stop you at the dock…? Are you... talking about Tsukinaga-senpai?

???: Yeah. He was already in the mobile suit and I couldn't see him clearly, so I didn't even remember much….

Hokuto: I won’t be shaken by your lies — I know that’s what you’re aiming for. There’s no way I’ll believe you defeated Tsukinaga-senpai of the Big Three--

???: It's possible, no? Any kind of surprise attack is a strike up jackpot against any opponent, long as they're flesh and blood! Whaddya think? Simple enough, right?

... I just remembered! The one I'm talking about was piloting a mobile suit like yours!

Hokuto: A mobile suit like Prince Star…?

It can't be that you did that… to Akehoshi…

???: Yep yep, it was Akehoshi-paisen! Oh noo~ I've done something so terrible to paisen, huh~?

Before this explosion incident, I snuck into the dock to steal the mobile suit that was still under development.

I ran into that guy there, and y'see, getting rid of witnesses is pretty damn important.

But that was a big help, y'know. I’d had enough of the newly reformed DreamFes—they’re nothin’ more than an idol slaughter ritual...☆

Hokuto: So it was your fault! Because of that incident, he was….!

???: Oh no, don't you dare to play victim, you criminal!!

You’re just as guilty, y’know?! You join the DreamFes and play at war… Did you really think that was all gonna turn out fine and dandy?!

Hokuto: Look, I was also conflicted….!

But it’s a little late to be saying that now, isn’t it? If you want to improve things, then shouldn’t we do that with a discussion instead of violence?

???: …If Niki hadn’t died 'cause of that, then yeah, sure.

Hokuto: What…?

Tsukasa: Now!

???: Ugh...!

Hokuto: A surprise attack...!? That mobile suit with the sword, it's Knights'—

Tsukasa: King of Knights. The mobile suit of the sovereign. I could not bring myself to simply observe, so I jumped in.

I was also listening to that transmission just now. So you're the one who attacked Leo-san, correct?

Rinne: Yeah, I've already decided to forfeit my life for revenge.

Look at me. Look at my face! This is the face of the one who took away your beloved!

Hokuto: Amagi Rinne… So you are the culprit?

Rinne: Jackpot! I'm the culprit!! At first I was planning to just destroy all the mobile suits in the dock, but I was interrupted, see?

Those two I met in the dock—Akehoshi-paisen and Leo-chan— I tried to kill both of them.

Tsukasa: ...Ggh.

Just because they happened to be there...?

I cannot forgive such selfish logic…! Even if you lost someone important, it has nothing to do with the rest of us!

Rinne: Unrelated?! No fuckin' way! Y'all are just as guilty for creatin’ the new DreamFes!

Tsukasa: …It seems my words fall on deaf ears.

O foul nemesis of my seniors—on my honor as a knight, I shall submit you to my judgment!

Hokuto: I'm with Suou-kun. My ominous feeling was right on the mark. I never wanted Akehoshi to be lost over something like this…

All he wanted was to be an idol. He just wanted to deliver light to many people.

…Amagi Rinne. I am an idol. That's precisely why I’ll ensure you meet a noble end.

Tsukasa: Hidaka-senpai, I will assist as your support!

Hokuto: ...I appreciate it.

Tsukasa: It's nothing. I just don't want to lose any more members...

Rinne: Ahahah, you wanna defeat me and pose as a hero? You goddamn hypocrites--

Fine then, come at me!!