BlazBlue:Spiral Shift - Hyokujin no Eiyu Prologue
Prologue[edit]
A single desk stood out in the darkroom.
The desk itself served as a light. There were no other lights in the room, instead the surroundings were filled with pitch-black darkness.
The bright blue light dimly illuminated several figures sitting in rows on both sides of the desk.
Five people on one side, five on the other.
They wore matching uniforms, and although their presence seemed obvious, their appearance was not clearly recognizable.
They didn't reveal their identities, but they got the necessary talking done. The lack of lighting at hand was convenient for a clandestine meeting like this one.
“...So, I take it you have no objection to our proposal?"
A low, solemn voice came from one side of the room to the opposite shore. A stack of papers lay between the man speaking and the man facing him.
The addressed man nodded his head in agreement and replied.
"Yes. We, “Sector Seven”, will do our utmost to cooperate with the independence of the Ikaruga Federation as per the above agreement.”
“I'm relieved to hear that. Now please sign..."
A hand covered with black gloves slid the intervening document towards the other man.
The man on the other side took it in his white-gloved hands and ran a pen across the bottom of it. When he was done, the document was turned around and now the white-gloved hand held out a stack of papers.
The black gloves received it and a name was listed with a pen next to the signature.
Another sheaf of papers with the same text was signed in the same way in a manner where one by one they passed it into each other's hands.
“Now, let's get into the main subject and details...”
The man who had referred to his people as Sector Seven looked over his shoulder to the rear. A new figure emerged from the depths of the darkness.
As he stepped closer, his appearance came into focus in the light that came from the desk.
A slender man, he seemed to be. He was wearing a black suit that was different from the uniforms of either of the men sitting across the glowing desk. In this dark room, he was wearing a black hat and underneath it, his green hair and the corners of his mouth smiling deeply could be seen.
The man in the black suit came to the edge of the desk, his hard leather boots echoing in his footsteps. He craned his neck to look at all the seated men.
"It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. From here on out, I'll explain everything."
The man smiled again as he bowed deeply as if he were a stage performer.
His tone of voice was polite and gentle, yet it sounded as if it was looking down on others.
It was just a baseless sensation that could be called an accusation, but although no one said it out loud, everyone felt uncomfortable.
Still, the seated men waited for the black-clothed man to speak. They didn’t have time to let the attitude of the explainer divert their important discussion.
Knowing this, the man in black began to speak in a relaxed manner.
“A research facility owned by Sector Seven, located in the Hierarchical City of Ibukido in the Ikaruga Federation, will soon be conducting an experiment. It is an experiment to activate a revolutionary weapon! To put it simply: ...if it is successful, it will be enough to counter the Novus Orbis Librarium.”
The black-gloved men lined up at the desk throbbed lowly at the stagnant tone of the man speaking softly.
One of them leaned slightly towards the desk and asked, looking up at the man in the black suit.
"So, with this weapon, we can beat the... Librarium?"
"Yeees, certainly"
The man in the suit's smile deepened. As he spread out his hands in an exposing manner, he continued leisurely.
“Sector Seven will not hesitate to help you do so. We have a common goal and a common enemy. On top of that, we have the strength to fight and... 'win'."
It was like a complaint of temptation.
There was a scent in the man's words that gave the illusion that the promised victory was there. Not a single person in the room noticed how poisonous that scent was.
Rather, the words of enchantment had already intoxicated those present, as if they were drinking the wine of an early victory.
“In this case…”
“We can’t let this get away…”
“Finally, the time has come.”
A number of voices murmured. The voices shook the darkness of the room.
The sound of the man in the suit clearing his throat in amusement disappeared as a matter of course.
The man in the hat spoke.
“We've waited long enough. Come on. ...Let's start a war. A war to win great freedom and peace. There will be a lot of sacrifices, a lot of suffering, but it is inevitable.”
Now, let the war begin.
“It's a necessary cornerstone for defeating the great evil and achieving freedom and peace!”
Now, let the war begin.
“Greater. For the sake of greater freedom and peace.”
The words were like ripples, letting a quiet exaltation permeate the dim light and darkness.
Everyone was convinced. Today, this moment was the beginning.
And it was, truly, "The Beginning”.
The beginning of a very long history.
In the darkness where no light could reach, the man was smiling inconspicuously.
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