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Route 4, Final Chapter: I Am You
Alarms!
The scheduled implosion time wasn't for another 11 hours!
But... the time had an uncertainty of +/- 12 hours...
We seem to have taken on some water.
But! The flooding stopped for now.
STATUS CHECK
Sora isn't responding from here. Possibly sensor damage?
TO THE CONTROL ROOM
IS THIS REALLY THE TIME FOR THIS, ME
Sora isn't here.
Life readings are normal.
You is distracted, though, by the fact that she seems to have figured out the haiku password mystery!
It was her mom's password. But Yukie wasn't You's real mother.
The password is right, but the login name is wrong.
Unfortunately, we have no clue what her real mother's name is.
Maybe... she has the same initials as Yukie Takano?
Even if this is true, You points out why this would not be useful information.
It occurs to me at this point that You never told me her full name!
Yubiseiakikana is a hell of a name!
But... something about it seems wrong.
Is it really Yubiseiakikana?
It is stupid for me to try and question her own name!
Anyway, why did I just get dragged back here.
There is a hidden staff room here, accessible only via fingerprint scan and voice recognition.
It will open only for her real name.
She says the name, and the door opens.
I am convinced!
I keep focusing on this bizarre point.
But then...
!!!!!
Someone's getting through, finally!
But who is it?
You's mother... no.
Not her real mother.
The woman says that she never meant to deceive You, that You truly is her biological daughter... but that the full truth will have to wait until she escapes.
It's someone else now!
They can control the fan from their end.
We can escape.
Just three more hours...
But who are you?
He says he'll tell us when we arrive at Insel Null.
It's not something to be discussed by video.
The good news spreads.
We're skeptical, but what the hell choice do we have?
Projected time to escape: 2 hours, 23 minutes
>Talk to You.
After talking to her 'mother', You isn't in the mood for further conversation.
Nothing kills us for the next 2 hours!
It's time to ditch this joint.
It's open IT'S OPEN.
The others are moving ahead, with You and I in the back--
Fuck.
NOT
AGAIN
We end up being forced to retreat here.
We were so fucking close..
We do, though, have contact with the surface!
Takeshi, Sara and Tsugumi are confirmed safe.
What? What are you saying? You're breaking up!
And with that ominous message, the contact is lost once again.
Life Readings: 3?
It should only be 2, shouldn't it?
Sora doesn't know what's going on, aside from "something".
In frustration, I knock a can off the desk. It rolls.
That's because LeMU is tilting!
Is this important...? It doesn't seem to have affected our chances of survival.
Projected time to collapse: 2 hours, 51 minutes
Still trapped in the security office.
I promised that You and I would escape this place.
So dammit, I'm going to keep that promise.
You's mom DID say that she would explain everything once we got out.
Isn't it worth at least listening to her?
You, however, is drained of spirit. Inconsolable. Out of hope.
You taught me to live life to the fullest.
To live is to learn, to love.
It also means to lose.
I don't want to hear that from you, of all people!
Your life doesn't only belong to yourself!
For the sake of yourself AND for the sake of the people who care about you, you have to live on!
That's the You I know.
Now.
BACK TO WORK.
Projected time to collapse: 2 hours, 9 minutes
The situation is still hopeless.
Taking a break from thinking, I sit and watch the coffee maker... siphon...
...!
Let's look at this again.
Just maybe...
240 feet, 270 feet, whatever.
I have a plan.
COMPLICATED
WATER LEVEL
DIAGRAMS
My plan: RELEASE THAT BIG WATER AREA ON THE RIGHT INTO OUR SECTOR.
This will put our room totally underwater.
Some arts and crafts later, I have a demo!
That bent tube is the corridor we have to clear of water.
So we release the water into sector 8...
PHYSIIIIIIIIIIIICS
LET'S DO THIS THING
One insane flooding plan later!
There is new a dry path to the surface.
WE'RE GOLDEN.
Time is short.
Sora won't be coming with us.
No more time to worry about the third person!
Let's GTFO this LeMU!
We don't need to be too worried about Sora, either. When Sara hacked her, she put one more thing up at the top of her priority list:
Herself.
It's the final door! Let's open it!
What was that sound?
Behind us...
Ours eyes meet.
A name flashes through my mind.
Coco runs away.
I want to bring her back.
She's the third Life Reading.
LeMU is collapsing.
We don't have more than ten minutes at the outside.
But I'll use those ten minutes to get the girl.
My chase ends here.
Dead end.
HIMMEL.
...huh?
She's gone.
Vanished straight through this door.
It's too late now.
Let's get back.
Projected time to collapse: 3 minutes
Projected time to collapse: 1 minute
Projected time to collapse: 7 seconds
A terrible noise begins.
Sunday, May 7th
Insel Null.
We're here.
We all survived.
We're here, on the surface.
And You is here by my side.
Two years later
I'm on a boat.
You's growing her hair out. I've started taking college courses.
I just tell her she'd be better off not asking that question.
This just makes her want to know even more, because she is You.
I chose archaeology to study the Third Eye.
That's why I didn't want her to know. Because she might start to think of that day...
Two years ago.
Bewilderment, because Sora just patted me on the shoulder.
There's something more important than this tomfoolery, though.
She's waiting.
You's mother.
Before all the other mysteries, there's one thing You must know.
Her answer is as short as it is cryptic:
???
She does say it, though.
She is You's mother.
Our questions for her don't end there.
Did You's parents die?
If so, who are you?
What was the meaning of the haiku?
What is the connection between the LeMU accident and Tief Blau?
What is Blick Winkel?
What is the Third Eye?
It was a long, long story.
Life is full of possibilities.
Somewhere, maybe in another world, there's another me, who made different choices.
Another world, and another me and You.
In that one perfect moment, I percieved You perfectly.
This is the Third Eye.
Ultimate Wisdom.
If I do this...
THE END?
Next time:
Final route unlocked.
Now, we will learn the truth.
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