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You must be Silver Crow.

The pleasure is all mine. I'm Sky Raker. {I swear this

was Sky Laker last episode, Hulu so consistent}{...}

I'm so happy to meet you, Mr. Crow.

Um... Right then, Boss. I'm gonna get going.

Huh? What about me?

Listen up, Crow.

I don't know the whole story,

but you can't just give up 'cause you lost your wings, you punk.

If you did, there'd be no hope for the lot of us lookin' up at you from the ground...

Damn it.

I dunno how else to put it, but you've got to do something about it.

Like what?

Crow.

Ash believes that perhaps I could do something to help you get your wings back.

Huh?! Help me?

But Ash is in the Green Legion.

Don't get me wrong!

This is just temporary. Part of a grand scheme.

A secret mission to boost your popularity,

get you on our side, and make you betray the Black Legion. You little punk!

See, I'm mega cool!

So vulgar, Ash.

Oh, I'm sorry, Boss!

Despite the way he talks, looks, and thinks, he's really a good guy at heart.

Sky Raker...

This is the Burst Linker who came the closest to flying in all of Accel World.

Do you think it's true? That you can help me get my wings back?

No, that'd be impossible.

When you lose a piece of your duel avatar,

there's always a reason for it.

I won't be able to make that reason go away.

So it isn't possible...

Yes. No matter what we do in this garden, they won't come back.

But that doesn't mean you can't fly.

Through an endless sky we fly

guided by invisible wings

Far in the distance the future awaits us

though as yet we cannot see it

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Why have I already awoken?

Day and night pass by too fast

We live our lives engulfed by hazy darkness and knowing it

The day I found you a wind blew that changed it all

A trembling passion

Everything was part of a process that led me to you

Slowly opening up my eyes within the blackness

I can feel how the future will be from far away

and want it to send my heart racing

It's unlimited

It's unlimited

If I can believe in myself again

I will awaken to the light

because you believed in me and now you are here

Never let me go

I'll never lose my way

Here we make a new world

and I'll be proud of the wounds it took

So we smash gravity

You've piqued my interest for a long time.

Seven years after Accel World was born,

a flying avatar finally appeared.

I wondered what kind of soul you had, what kind of mental scars you must've suffered

in order to become the embodiment of the power needed to defy gravity.

Sorry,

but I was just bullied a lot in real life.

Calling them scars is a little bit much.

The mental scars your avatar uses as a resource

aren't just an indication of how strong your anger or resentment is.

Hmm?

A scar is something that's missing.

Something important that you'd lost or a hole in your heart.

You can fill that hole with anger, hate, or

disappointment,

or you can fill it with ambition.

That choice you make decides the state of your avatar.

In other words, it's like a wish. And a mental

scar is the other side of the same coin.

Silver Crow...

You wished for the sky more than anyone else did,

and it was that strength that gave you your flying ability.

It wasn't your wings that let you fly,

but rather, your will to fly is what gave you wings.

Really?

So you're saying the wings are just for show?

Strictly speaking, yes.

No way!

Even if I wanted to fly that badly,

it was Brain Burst that granted me the power of flight.

So what you're trying to say is...

In Accel World, things like willpower are meaningless?

Perhaps you noticed this? My wheelchair.

It has no controls or motors attached.

However...

That shouldn't be possible...

Brain Burst resembles physical reality as closely as possible...

And yet...

What is it, then? What's powering the chair?

Willpower. Nothing more.

Is it a psychokinetic ability?

No, it's not.

All the Burst Linkers who fight in Accel World

have the same power.

Do you not believe me?

Try thinking of it more like the power of imagery than willpower, Crow.

Imagery?

The strong image I have of the wheels moving is given form,

and I can control this wheel chair through that mental image.

When flying, you must be subconsciously

controlling your wings through the same process.

The power of imagery!

That is the secret power hidden within all Burst Linkers.

The Burst Linkers who have reached the point where they can control such things

with imagery have a name for this power...

The power of your will...

The incarnate system.

Incarnate? The Mind

The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind

The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind The Mind

Will?

So if I can learn to use the incarnate system, I'll be able to fly again.

Is that what you mean?

Look here.

Do you mean to tell me that someone cut off your legs?!

No,

I wanted them cut off, and found someone to do it for me.

You might say I was arrogant, egotistical, or even crazy.

But that's what I wanted to do to make my desire to fly as strong as possible.

And were you able to?

No. While it increased my will to fly dramatically,

I still fell short of flying.

So what do you think, Crow?

Does seeing where hubris got me make you want to learn the incarnate system?

I...

I still have lots of things I have to do.

Please teach me. Show me how to use willpower!

It takes a long, long time.

It could even take you past the point of no return for a Burst Linker.

I understand that. Please help me, Sky Raker.

Sure.

Right then.

That's enough for today.

Here you go.

Um...

Is there a problem?

Um, my mouth...

Let's eat.

Delicious!

Please try to eat slowly.

If you do, the memory of its taste will last longer.

Can I ask you a question?

Go ahead.

Is Ash doing incarnation training?

Not yet. I've given him a few hints,

and he's doing the best he can in his own way...

If you're his guardian, are you in the Green Legion too?

No. There's only one legion I've ever been in or ever will be.

You probably have the right to know.

Let me tell you a bedtime story.

About a silly Burst Linker who reached for the sky with her only friend.

All right, let's start your incarnation training.

Yes, please teach me.

The essence of incarnation can be expressed in one word.

Once you understand it, anyone can use it.

Just one word?

That's right.

Please tell me!

Which word?

Of course I will.

However...

I'll tell you the next time we meet.

Accel World

I should've guessed it'd be some kind of Sparta-style training.

The next time we meet? I guess she wants me to climb all the way back up to the top?

That's a bit much.

I'll climb it!

I've played plenty of climbing games before.

I'll show her!

I've gotten pretty far.

My body is slim and smooth with little air resistance.

So I shouldn't be blown off easily.

Nice! I'm almost there.

Raker is bound to be impressed if I can climb it my first day—

A transition?

Damn it!

The Demonic City stage?

That sounds pretty hard.

Ouch!

Should I just wait for the next transition?

Huh?

What's this?

Thanks, I'm starving!

Your incarnation training has started.

Ask yourself why you weren't blown away by the wind yesterday.

The wind?

I get it!

Willpower is the power of imagery.

At the time, I didn't think for a second that I'd be blown off.

If that was the work of the incarnate system...

I've just got to believe! This object is just lines of code.

I should be able to break it!

Yes!

Think! Imagine my fingers and arm are a sword!

It's working!

Cheer Up, Crow There were no instructions with the bread this morning.

Which means I must have all the information I need.

There must be something I'm missing...

Listen up.

The power of imagery! That is the secret power hidden within all Burst Linkers.

Haruyuki, you're faster than anyone.

You're going to be faster than me and all the other kings.

Speed is a Burst Linker's greatest power.

Snow Black must have known about incarnation when she said that.

She said that speed was the greatest power,

so I should imagine speed, not power.

Control it from your mental image.

Imagine speed at its upper echelon,

assimilate it, and make it real in this world.

Yes!

All right!

Let's try this again.

To the top!

From the very beginning, my avatar had an enhanced armament.

With just a quick burst of propulsion I could jump 100 meters high.

Before long, my desire to fly higher consumed me.

I fought duels to increase my avatar's jumping power.

I reached Level 8 in short order, but I realized

that jumping would never be the same as flying, and my desire became an obsession.

It drove me crazy.

To lighten my avatar and strengthen my will,

I decided to get rid of my biggest weapon, my legs.

So I asked the only person who understood my obsession,

my legion master and good friend,

to cut them off with a sword.

And who was that friend?

Black Lotus.

She was stronger and more noble than anyone else, but was also kind.

My only friend.

She stopped me.

But I said terrible things to her until she granted my wish,

with a sad look on her face.

In the end, I was able to reach a height of 350 meters.

Just enough to reach the top of the old Tokyo Tower.

At that point, I realized

that seeing the sky for just a moment from the top of a parabola was

the absolute limit of my ability.

But I

want to go higher!

I want to fly.

I want to fly away!

Welcome back, Mr. Crow.

You made it back much more quickly than I thought you would.

No wonder she chose you.

I shouldn't have been able to make that distance,

but I knew I would.

If that's the power of incarnation, it's more than just operating your avatar...

It's like overriding reality.

That's right. Override. Like writing over the world.

That one word is the essence of incarnation.

Override.

Originally, image control was just meant to be a support tool.

But as the imagery got faster and stronger,

it overrode the program's constraints.

Your will can change reality.

And now I don't have anything left to teach you.

But I still can't do anything.

As I told you, I didn't reach the sky in the end.

But I want to fly!

I have to fly again!

So I can fight alongside her!

It's okay.

I'll give you some wings.

My enhanced armament, Gale Thruster.

But then what?

I'm sure you'll be able to flap your wings in all the places I could never reach.

Morning, Crow.

Ah, good morning.

Morning.

How did you know it was me?

The power of incarnation.

Huh?

Just kidding.

There aren't many students outside fast food restaurants at this time of day.

I really want to thank you for doing all this.

Especially for coming all this way...

Don't mention it.

You have to use a cable link to hand over enhanced armaments if you

aren't using a shop.

Burst Link.

That's the Gale Thruster?

Looks like it'll be hard to master,

at least for me.

Before long, my desire to fly higher consumed me.

Artificial legs?

She really wanted to fly that badly?

It was all just escapism for me...

She's giving up her wings for someone like me...

You're very kind.

I'm really not. Not at all.

No! I can't cry! Don't cry!

Listen, Mr. Crow.

I certainly didn't help you out of pity and

I know you don't pity me either.

Those tears show me that a truth exists for you inside Accel World.

Truth?

People who use Brain Burst for their own selfish purposes

would never cry like that.

For them, duels are just a means to get points and

Accel World is just a place to hunt and set traps.

But we know better.

It's a place where you can find truth, friendship, love,

and camaraderie.

Isn't it?

Yes.

Yes!

Once, my stupidity caused me to lose a friend.

But I don't want you to make the same mistake.

I want you to fight for what really needs protection.

What really needs protection...

Yes. Thank you so much.

I'm definitely going to fly again, with my own wings.

I'll give them back when that happens.

Your wings.

Good luck, Mr. Crow.

Thanks. See ya!

By the way, I don't think you lost a friend.

I'm sure she's still waiting for you to return.

I held out my hands, yet my dreams were farther

as I looked up to the Heavens and understood nothing

I was looking, yearning for an answer

yet pretended I'd given up caring about it

I used to be alone and had what my future meant down wrong

There's no denying it

All you have is so warm

since all of it is true love and true tenderness

All you think fascinates me

since all of it are true feelings and true strength

I want to tell you of my love

Next time, "Fragmentation."

The future breaks into pieces. Hope is torn apart.

Haruyuki finally gets back on his feet.