Akatsuki Blitzkampf/Akatsuki/Story

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Story

Revived War Demon - 蘇る戦鬼

Having survived through half a century by using the Hibernation Control Unit he resumes his mission.

Introduction

 266X AD (Kōki)...
 In the closing years of the previous Great War, while transporting a new weapon from an allied nation,
 a submarine sank in the Arctic Ocean. Now, it suddenly reemerged.
 The one who appeared from inside it, was Akatsuki,
 a former Imperial Army technical officer dispatched for technical research.
 Having survived through half a century by using the Hibernation Control Unit,
 he resumes his assigned mission as soon as he awakened...

Stage 1 - Marilyn

[Shang​hai Harbour]

Akatsuki goes south on the continent

but an assassin from the mafia, aiming for the Blitz Motor, awaited him...

Win quote: "But how? The Blitz Motor should be particularly secret..."

Stage 2 - Wei

[Shang​hai - New Prefecture along the Harbour]

China's largest mafia, the Black Hand,

the strongest and most famed assassin from mainland China stood before Akatsuki, blocking his path...

Win quote: (Generic)

Stage 3 - Kanae

[Fuji - Empty Military Research Facility]

Akatsuki returned to his country. Awaiting him was

a covert operative from the GSO carrying the order to rescind his mission... (*1)

Win quote: "Forgive me... I still have matters to take care of."

Stage 4 - Fritz

[Fujigane]

Fritz, a former envoy and colleague, finally appeared.

After half a century the Cauldron of Hell opens once more... (*2)

 Akatsuki:
 Fritz... you seem to be in good health.

 Fritz:
 ... You were revived, huh?

 Akatsuki:
 I was going to the research facility to make contact and then set forth.

 Fritz:
 In that case, I'm glad that you survived. I want to talk about a place...

 Akatsuki:
 So, you know something?...

Win quote: "I can't believe that they actually escaped..."

Stage 5 - Sai

[Hong Kong - Causeway Bay]

Heading to the continent again, Akatsuki is contacted by an agent, Sai.

He was also aiming for the Blitz Motor...

Win quote: (Generic)

Stage 6 - Anonym

[Hong Kong - Holy Club Church]

An agent dressed like a nun,

while chanting the name of God, she put her fingers on silver triggers...

Win quote: "So, you are searching for Gesellschaft's base...?"

Stage 7 - Elektrosoldat | Adler

[Tibet - Tsangpo Canyon]

The Third Reich's largest research institution,

the secret society Gesellschaft,

built their base in one of Asia's most secluded regions after the war...

 Adler:
 Intruder... Now that I think about it, aren't you that monkey who should have died?

 Akatsuki:
 Schutzstaffel?... Move out of the way. (*3)

 Adler:
 Hmph... as a guardian there's no way I can do that.

Win quote: "Clones with Tactical Blitz Uniforms?... I'd best hurry." (*4)

Stage 8 - Mycale | Perfecti

[Altar of Perfecti]

At the center of Gesellschaft's base

there stood a little girl calling herself Mycale...

Win quote: "This "Final Solution" she talked about, it can't be..."

Stage 9 - Blitztank

[Gesellschaft Weapons Factory]

A forbidden decisive weapon whose development was interrupted at the last stage of the Great War...

Gesellschaft has already restored it to completion.

Win quote: "How could they restore this thing?..."

Stage 10 - Murakumo

[Blitz Motor]

A huge Blitz Motor was running in the deepest part of the base.

There, a man waited...

 Akatsuki:
 Why are you in a place like this?

 Murakumo:
 That's my line, First Prototype...

 Akatsuki:
 "In the event of mission failure destroy all of the Blitz Motors."
 That was your order, "Akatsuki Zero."

 Murakumo:
 That's because I actually wasn't expecting anyone to come back alive.

 Akatsuki:
 Did you choose the Arctic route knowing it was certain death?...

 Murakumo:
 Melting armor and neutralizing electronic weaponry with infinite electric power...
 By having exclusive access to the Blitz Motor we will win the Final War.
 And in the New World Order I shall become a "God Incarnate".

 Akatsuki:
 That's nonsense... I'll destroy all of the Blitz Motors.

 Murakumo:
 Oh... You are motivated, huh?
 This is a perfected Model 60... you, with your old model, don't stand a chance.

Win quote: "Weakness caused by multifunction... I already saw through it while fighting the guards."

Ending

 Murakumo:
 Guwaaah!... *haah*... *haah*... *haah*...

 Akatsuki:
 That white hair, I see... you should've realised the consequences.

 Murakumo:
 No... this power of death... I've... ... over... came...

 Akatsuki:
 A human is neither a God nor a machine... This ends here.

"A human is neither a God nor a machine... This ends here."

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 266X AD (Kōki), X month...
 A large-scale cave-in incident occurred in the hinterland of Tibet.
 Research teams from many countries were dispatched but, except for a huge mass of rock,
 they couldn't find anything about what happened...

Generic Win Quotes

 "Know your place."

 "There's no way I can fall here..."

 "This power... it's too much for someone like you."

Translation Notes

• (*1) Kanae is assigned to the Ground Staff Office (陸上幕僚監部) abreviated here as 陸幕 (Rikubaku), so I used the equivalent acronym. The GSO is a special agency of the Ministry of Defense that commands the GSDF. [1]

• (*2) 地獄の釜 (Jigoku no Kama) From Buddhism, the cauldron of Hell in which sinners are boiled.

• (*3) Original text is 親衛隊 (Shin'eitai) meaning: 1) bodyguards; elite guards; imperial guards; 2) Schutzstaffel; SS. [2]

Adler is stated to be a Captain from the SS assigned to Ahnenerbe/Gesellschaft.

• (*4) 戦術電光服 (Senjutsu Denkou Fuku) literally "tactics lightning clothes", this was translated as "Taktischeblitzanzug" in Under Night In-Birth under Akatsuki's profile.