Chapter 10 Episode 4: Academy Military Prison 1

Things pick up from last time as our cellmates laugh at us upon being told we’re in for raiding a police station. Much of it is going look at the puny human since they’re all giants and them interpreting you as exaggerating what you did. You either insist it’s true, ask them to stop picking a fight, or keep quiet.

In C the giants take offense at your facial expression, and in any case react by saying they don’t fear anything anymore, so they decide to teach you how things work at the academy military prison by attacking. You question the term but dodge the attack as best you can while trying to talk them out of this. This doesn’t work, so you resign yourself to a fight but try to keep it as quiet as possible to not stand out as the episode battle begins. More story later.

After the battle, the story picks back up in the middle as you avoid the giants swinging as best you can. But as it goes on you feel that something is off about their attitudes since it doesn’t seem to be done out of looking down on you. You pick up on unease and a sense of fear. At that point Yasuyori runs in to put a stop to the fight.

The giants stop what they’re doing out of fright and stand up straight, and Yasuyori reminds them that personal fights aren’t allowed under Warmongers supervision. The giants apologize in unison as they refer to him as a senior NCO. Yasuyori sighs about how hotheaded they all are, then starts talking to you as he calls you by name. You can ask who he is one of two ways or call him cool and ask him to marry you.

In C, there’s extra lines about Yasuyori being surprised at being confessed to and how he’s weak to that sort of thing. He gets shy about asking that you guys start with dating before he controls himself and steps away from the topic to give his name and say he’s the squad trainer. He’s also the highest ranked officer in the facility, and he bows before looking at you with a sharp glare.

 

Anyways, Yasuyori explains that this is a Warmongers education facility and also known as the academy military prison as he welcome you. You ask about the name of the place or his position, and after a moment he decides it’s okay to tell you that much since he’s supposed to treat you like any other new recruit.

 

The prison is a training facility for great obedient soldiers for the Warmongers, one of the true big three guilds. When asked about that, he says the Warmongers want soldiers and not berserkers since being disloyal isn’t helpful no matter how strong anyone is.

 

You ask if this is why students are being kidnapped and confined, and Yasuyori says he was told no special treatment was needed for training newbies. He then docks you one point for speaking out of turn and one point for your clothes being messy. This translates to 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups, 100 pull-ups, and a 10km long distance running. You either ask if this is an order, protest that you can’t handle it, or claim it’ll be easy.

 

Yasuyori remembers that you also have to do it while wearing a sandbag. Since it’s your first day he says you should wear three of them. You ask what would happen if you refused or said you couldn’t actually do it. Yasuyori offers to take you to the entrance in that case. You’re surprised and ask if he means it’s okay for you to leave.

 

Yasuyori says yes and adds that soldiers without enough morale aren’t worth having around in the battles they’re looking at. This applies to everyone and not just you, so anyone can leave. The giants are cowed by Yasuyori mentioning this, and he goes quiet. You notice the giants’ reaction and find it weird.

 

Anyways Yasuyori asks if you want to leave. You choose to stay as you think about how you can’t leave yet until you get some sort of clue. He sighs about you staying but says it’s a matter if you can handle it. Then he says the sentence will have to be carried out by the whole squad. The giants go yes sir, and you try to ask about R-19 and Jacob.

 

Yasuyori tells you that they are being thoroughly investigated for their inductions over their backgrounds and ideology. He almost lets slip something about their entrance before catching himself and adding 10 short distance dashes to your punishment.

 

Time skips a bit as you run with the giants, and Yasuyori comments it’s about time you can hear from the other new cadets. The giants are noted to be carrying the same amount of weight you are, and you are struggling to keep going, possibly questioning who could be making any noise.

 

Narration says that the prison is walled on all four sides, but the height can definitely surmounted by the giants. You wonder if they really can leave whenever and why they won’t, but you don’t quite have the energy to keep this up. Eventually the Shadow giant of the group collapses, and Yasuyori comments on the importance of keeping hydrated. He proceeds to dump a bucket of water on the mob. You either protest this or try to ask for water for yourself.

 

The giant thanks Yasuyori loudly without any trace of resentment or hatred in his voice. You are taken aback by this and feel that something is off. Yasuyori calmly says it must seem strange to a civilian how the armed forces are as he keeps his stern expression. You wonder if he’s right but are sure that’s not what you’re picking up on.

 

Yasuyori feels that it’s best that you go back provided that you do have a Home to Go Back To, and his face betrays his own thoughts for a moment. You catch part of it, and Yasuyori adds another demerit for chitchat, so that’s one more set for the squad. Your training/punishment goes on until nightfall, at which point you collapse.

 

Sometime later a voice talks about nothing particularly wrong turning up on the ECG or pulse check, so you just passed out of fatigue. The voice assures Yasuyori that it’ll be okay so he doesn’t need to worry so much. They then suggest giving you a shot of their Shennong Nutrient Special for Humans. You come to enough to open your eyes around this point.

 

Shennong notices that you’re awake, and narration says the first things you see when you open your eyes is the infirmary ceiling, Shennong, and his giant syringe. You shriek upon seeing it, say good morning, or ask where you are.

 

Shennong greets you good morning, though he notes that it’s nighttime as he laughs. He then says you’re in the sickbay inside the academy military prison before asking if you remember fainting during the drills. Yasuyori sighs and says it doesn’t look like you’re suited to be a soldier if you fainted from the training that was going on. He suggests you leave as soon as possible. He then apologizes to Shennong for waking him up at this time and excuses himself.

 

Shennong sighs, and you ask for his name. He introduces himself as a doctor and part of the Warmongers’ chemical creature unit. You introduce yourself back and can call him cool. If you go C, he notes that your face is red and asks if you’re sick. Then he offers to give a shot to make you feel better.

 

In any case Shennong talks about how flustered Yasuyori was, then says it’d be best if you left the prison too. He figures Yasuyori being cold towards you would have been the fastest way to do so. You either ask what he’s talking about, understand something, or be confused.

 

 Shennong says it’s the same for everyone in the base, not just Yasuyori. They all know they have nowhere to return to anymore. Shennong then corrects this to being made to remember. Everyone believes that they can’t live anywhere else, so if they happen to lose this too there’d be nowhere left.

 

Outside, Yasuyori looks around to check if anyone else is around, then pulls out a picture from his pockets. He calls out Ashigara, Wakan, and Daisuke’s names, and tears fall onto the picture. He cries about wanting to go back but being unable to, and the episode ends.