Sword Art Online (2012) s01e06 Episode Script

1 Yoruko-san! Asuna, keep an eye on him.
Stop! Damn it! Teleporting? Where's he going? Damn it Illusionary Avenger You idiot! What were you thinking? Well? What happened? It was no use.
He teleported away.
The system protects the inns.
I was certain she'd be safe here.
Damn it.
That robe was Griselda's.
It was Griselda's ghost She's come for revenge on us all! Why couldn't a ghost PK in town? That was no ghost.
The two safe area murders have to work using some logic that involves the system.
They just have to.
Was that black robed figure really the ghost of Griselda-san? Seeing those two deaths happen in front of me makes me wonder if it could be true.
No, that's impossible.
A ghost wouldn't need a teleport crystal.
A teleport crystal What is it? No, it's nothing.
Here.
You're giving it to me? What else would I be doing? You think I'm showing it off or something? U-Uh, then thanks.
Its durability is nearly at zero, so you should eat up before it disappears.
Y-Yeah.
This is really good.
When did you make this? Didn't I say its durability was about to run out? I thought something like this might happen, so I prepared these this morning.
I guess you are in charge of the Knights of the Blood Oath attack teams.
Where is this from, anyway? It wasn't for sale.
It isn't from a store.
You know, I can cook, too.
W-Well, you could've put this up for auction and made yourself a lot of money.
I don't have any more, got it? What's wrong? That's right That's it! What? What did you just figure out? I We never actually saw a thing.
We just thought we did.
But we really saw something else.
There never was a weapon or any kind of logic that would allow killing within the safe areas! Floor 19: Cross Hill Griselda The only way I can survive is with your forgiveness.
I'm sorry I'm so sorry! Forgive me, Griselda! I never imagined this would happen! Really? Really? Really? What did you do? What did you do to me, Schmidt? I I only The day we decided to sell the ring, a note and crystal just appeared in my belt pouch, and the note told me to Who told you? Who told you to? Grimrock? You're dead, too? Who? Who gave you these orders? I-I honestly don't know! The note just said to bind the crystal to the room where she was staying, so they could enter, and then to put the crystal in the guild's shared storage That was all I did! I never meant to get her killed.
Believe me Please! We recorded all of that, Schmidt.
Th-They're alive?! Yeah, they're alive.
Both Yoruko-san and Kains.
B-But Inside a safe zone, player HP won't just drop.
But an object's durability will.
Like with that sandwich.
Back then, Kains's armor was pierced by that spear.
The spear was draining the armor's durability, not Kains's HP.
Th-Then, what fell apart was Yes, just his armor.
And at the exact moment it did, Kains teleported away.
The effect was incredibly similar to that of someone's death.
But it's still different.
Then Yoruko-san The dagger was already in her the whole time she spoke with us.
The entire time? Remember During her entire stay, she never turned her back to us.
And as she talked, she kept an eye on her equipment's endurance.
At the right moment, she acted as though a dagger, thrown from outside, had stabbed her.
Which means the person in the black robe I'd lay good odds that it isn't Grimrock.
It's Kains.
Those two must have realized that they could use this method to fake their own deaths.
And their goal was to draw out the one responsible for the ring murder.
They acted out their own deaths to create an illusionary avenger.
They must have already been somewhat suspicious of Schmidt.
Hey, you still have Yoruko-san friended, don't you? She's in the field, on Floor 19.
On a small hill, just outside the town.
I see.
Let's leave the rest up to them.
Our role in this case is finished.
R-Recorded? So that's how it is.
You cared that much about Griselda.
You didn't hate her, either, did you? O-Of course not Believe me! True The rare weapon I bought let me clear the Holy Dragon Alliance's entry requirements, but Paralysis? One down! Are these guys This is a big catch.
A Holy Dragon Alliance leader.
The guild of murderers, Laughing Coffin.
what shall we play? Let's do that one thing, boss The game where they kill each other, and only the winner survives! Last time we did that, you killed the survivor anyway.
If you say that now, we can't have a game, boss.
All right.
Let's get started.
Guess I made it just in time So what will you do? I have backup on the way.
You want to fight thirty people from the lead group? Let's go.
I'm glad I was able to see you again, Yoruko-san.
I planned to apologize, once everything was over.
But I can't expect you to believe me.
Kirito Thank you for saving me, but how did you know that those three would attack here? I didn't.
I just thought it was a possibility.
Hey, Kains-san Yoruko-san.
You asked Grimrock-san to make those two weapons.
At first, he didn't seem willing.
He said he wanted to let Griselda-san rest in peace But when we begged him, he finally forged them for us.
I'm sorry, but the reason he opposed your plan wasn't for Griselda-san's sake.
He thought something flashy, like a PK in a safe zone, would attract sufficient attention for someone to take notice I only realized it thirty minutes ago.
We ended up falling for Yoruko-san's plot But I don't really mind.
Yeah.
Hey.
What would you have said when a super-rare item like that dropped? Hmm Part of the reason I play solo is to avoid those situations.
In our guild, it would belong to the one it dropped for.
That's the rule.
In SAO, no one knows what drops for whom unless someone volunteers it.
So if you want to avoid players hoarding, that's the only way.
Also, because of that system, marriage in this world has real meaning.
If you marry, your item storage is shared, right? Everything you might have hidden until then Once you're married, you can't hide it anymore.
Shared storage is quite a pragmatic system.
But I think it's very romantic, as well.
Hey What? Have you ever gotten married? No That's not what I meant! You were just talking about how it's romantic and plastic No one said that! It's romantic and pragmatic.
Pragmatic It means practical.
Practical.
Practical? Marriage in SAO? Isn't it? In a way, it throws everything out there, doesn't it? The common storage.
What? Common storage If your spouse dies, what happens to the items? Item storage is shared.
When one person dies, what happens to their items? Are you talking about Griselda-san and Grimrock-san? Let's see, if one of them died Wouldn't everything go to the other? Which would mean the rare ring in Griselda-san's storage It should be in Grimrock's storage, not in the killer's.
The ring wasn't stolen? No, it was stolen.
Grimrock stole the ring from his own storage.
Grimrock He sent that memo? And he killed Griselda? No, he probably didn't do it personally.
He likely left the actual murder to a red player specializing in such things.
No If he were the murderer, then why would he have helped us? Didn't you explain the whole plan to him? This was his chance to bury the entire thing forever.
He waited for you, Schmidt-san, and Kains-san to gather, so he could kill you all at once.
So that's why That's why that murder guild was here.
Most likely, he knew them from when he hired them to kill Griselda-san.
That's horrible I found him.
We can ask him for the details.
It's been a long time, everyone.
Grimrock-san Did you Did you really Why, Grimrock? Why did you need the money from the ring so badly that you had to kill Griselda, your own wife? Money? Did you say money? It wasn't for the money.
I had I had to kill her While she was still my wife.
She was my wife in the real world, too.
The ideal wife, the perfect wife Pretty, submissive We'd never had a single fight.
But when we were both trapped in this world, she changed.
Only one of us was overcome with fear from being trapped in a death game Me.
She looked so much happier, so much more alive, than she had in the real world.
I had to accept it That the Yuuko I loved was gone.
Thus Thus, I decided to forever seal her within my memories here, in this world, where murder is legal And who could blame me? You killed your wife for that? That's more than reason enough.
Someday, you'll understand, detective.
Once you've found love and are about to lose it.
No, you're the one who's mistaken, Grimrock-san.
You didn't feel love for Griselda-san.
You only wanted to possess her! Kirito-san, could you leave this man to us? All right.
Hey If you married someone, and then you discovered they had a side you didn't know, what would you think? Maybe that I was lucky B-Because if you marry someone, it means you already like what you know about them, right? So if you found something new about them and fell in love with that, too W-Wouldn't that be great? Well, fine.
More importantly, I'm hungry.
I didn't get to finish my meal earlier.
Y-Yeah I've been away from the front lines for two days I'll have to go back to work tomorrow.
Yeah, I want to clear this floor this week.
What? Hey, Kirito-kun Want to friend me? You haven't so far, right? Since we're both in the lead group, it's inconvenient that we can't talk to each other.
But I'm a solo player I didn't say you had to party up with me.
Anyway, you should make some friends.
D-Do I? It doesn't bother me, but Think about it while we go eat.
First, let's get back to town.
Y-Yeah Next Time: The Temperature of the Heart