Akatsuki Blitzkampf/Mycale/Story
Story
Reincarnation Witch - 転生の魔女
Introduction
Kati, the daughter of a German couple working for a Shanghai trading company One day, all of a sudden, she said she was the reincarnation of a witch. A few days later after reading a newspaper, she disappeared... On the paper that was left open, it was written this: "A Submarine surfaced in the Arctic Ocean? Research teams from many countries are being dispatched."
Stage 1 - Marilyn
[Shanghai Harbour]
China's largest mafia, the Black Hand,
Mycale tracked down one of their members and said:
"There's something I want to ask..."
- Win quote: "Hmm, I understand the situation..."
Stage 2 - Wei
[Shanghai - New Prefecture along the Harbour]
With its members being knocked out one after another...
The Black Hand finally sent out the organization's strongest assassin.
- Win quote: (Generic)
Stage 3 - Kanae
[Fuji - Empty Military Research Facility]
With the information obtained from the Black Hand Mycale headed towards Fuji but
the GSO had already dispatched a covert operative... (*1)
- Win quote: (Generic)
Stage 4 - Akatsuki
[Fuji - Aokigahara]
Akatsuki, a revived former Imperial Army technical officer who carried a particular secret Blitz Motor,
was hiding in the Sea of Trees... (*2)
Mycale: Were you hiding in a place like this?...
Akatsuki: ...... Who are you?
Mycale: Ah, that's right... You don't know this form. Oh well, I'll be taking that Blitz Motor back.
- Win quote: "With this the external threat has been removed, hmm?..."
Stage 5 - Fritz
[Fujigane]
"Hey, warten!" (*3)
An old swordsman appeared in front of Mycale as she was retrieving the Blitz Motor.
"It's been a long time, Fritz..."
- Win quote: "Don't worry... you too shall be brought to Valhalla."
Stage 6 - Sai
[Hong Kong - Causeway Bay]
Mycale went towards the continent once more,
there a company agent going after the Blitz Motor stood in her way...
- Win quote: "The wicked eye person... How pathetic."
Stage 7 - Anonym
[Hong Kong - Holy Club Church]
A nun was trying to stop Mycale from heading to Tibet,
she was an Armed Inquisitor on a modern era "Witch Hunt"...
- Win quote: "The path to God lies beyond despair."
Stage 8 - Elektrosoldat | Adler
[Tibet - Tsangpo Canyon]
The Third Reich's largest research institution,
the secret society Gesellschaft,
built their base in central Asia after the war...
Mycale: Hmph, back to the pastime of building this evil box. Open the way! Your master returns!
Elektrosoldat: You are not allowed here.
Mycale: Oh... A clone soldier with Blitz equipment? This is getting interesting.
Adler: You are late, Mycale.
Mycale: Adler?... What is the meaning of this?
Adler: Hehe... Sorry, but I'll have you die once more...
- Win quote: (Generic)
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: "Your souls will be led to Valhalla and surely reincarnated."
Stage 10 - Murakumo
[Blitz Motor]
A huge Blitz Motor was running in the deepest part of the base.
There, a man waited...
Mycale: I thought we died at the same time... I see. Your involvement in the clone development allowed you to get that body...
Murakumo: Hmph... What's there beyond reincarnation? Do you believe you have me beat?
Mycale: To us Perfectis the body is a temporary container. It's no more than a prison to keep the spirit tethered.
Murakumo: Such prattle... I too have mastered the Perfecti's principle of reincarnation. I have no more need of you...
- Win quote: (Generic)
Ending
Mycale: So naive, thinking you could use me.
Murakumo: Guwaaah!... *haah*... *haah*... you... next time... for sure...
Mycale: Reincarnating in a clone vessel is too fragile. This attachment to the body was your downfall.
Those who transcend death, "Perfecti"...... Mycale went through hundreds of years reincarnating while pursuing the spiritual salvation of humanity through corporeal destruction. And at last the final solution is about to begin... "Pneuma Project is in operation! Blitz Troops sally forth!" (*4)
Generic Win Quotes
"There's no need for fear... I'm going to save your soul."
"Destroying this evil body will redeem your spirit..."
"Knowing death will grant you life."
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) Akatsuki's hiding place, Aokigahara (青木ヶ原) also known as the Sea of Trees (樹海 - Jukai) is a dense forest on the northwestern flank of Japan's Mount Fuji. Some 6 kms. to the south of the forest lies the Fujigane (富士ヶ嶺) Plateau an area populated mainly by farms where the fight against Fritz takes place. [2]
- (*3) Warten (ger: to wait). In some of Fritz's speech he uses a German word.
- (*4) From ancient Greek πνεῦμα meaning "breath" also used in a religious context for "spirit" or "soul". [3]
- (**) The Perfecti Cult founded by Mycale is heavily based on Catharism in many of its principles and beliefs. Originated in Southern France (the Languedoc region) in the middle of the 11th century, Cathars believed in two gods: one the good god, the creator of the spiritual realm and the other an evil god (refered as Satan or Rex Mundi) creator of the physical world. [4]
- The spirit was of utmost importance to the Cathars and the body and the world were considered tainted by sin. In order to ascend to the spiritual realm one had to renounce the material self completely, until one was prepared to do so, their souls would be stuck in a cycle of eternal reincarnation, condemned to live on the corrupt Earth.
- Those who followed a lifestyle of extreme austerity and renunciation of the world were considered "Perfect". The Perfecti were the Cathar spiritual elite, highly respected by many of the local people, leading a life of austerity and charity. [5]
- These beliefs were considered heretical and the antithesis of the Catholic Church which led to the Albigensian Crusade (1209–1229) initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc. This was followed by the instauration of the Inquisition that completely eradicated the Cathars in 1350. [6]
