Kuroba Enju (黒羽 苑珠, Kuroba Enju) is Kuroyukihime's Brain Burst Parent and real-life older sister. She is the White King, White Cosmos, and the leader of the White Legion, Oscillatory Universe, as well as the president of the Acceleration Research Society. She is also the main antagonist of the series.
Appearance[]
Enju's appearance resembles an older looking Kuroyukihime. Like her sister she has black hair and pale skin. However, Enju sports an overall more mature figure, with a noticeably larger bust. Enju also wears hairties on both sides of her head just below her ears.
Haruyuki noted that while Kuroyukihime resembled a blade made of pure ice that radiated passion, Enju resembled a flawlessly polished diamond.
Personality[]
It has been said that Enju appears to be kind. However, she is actually very manipulative in nature. This manipulative personality is seen in an episode where she set up a meeting with the Six Kings of Pure Color to have Red Rider killed by Black Lotus, as well as what she had done to Kuroyukihime in the past according to her memory. Graphite Edge also commended that ninety percent of what Cosmos said was to manipulate people. Despite knowing Enju' true nature, her daily princess behavior convinced Koshika that Enju would not launch an attack in real life. Koshika and Sayuki even described Enju as a Saint.
She has an air of complete confidence around her as even veteran Linkers such as Cobalt Blade and Manganese Blade chose to back away instead of challenging her, when she had put her name up on the matching list. Sky Raker speculated that it might've been because Cosmos knows she would win, even if she was up against another King.
Cosmos was completely nonchalant even when facing numerous accusations and hate toward her actions from other people. Silver Crow said that Cosmos did not radiate any kind of enmity, much less the information pressure associated with high rankers. This attitude caused Crow to relax a little during their conversation despite her being his enemy.
While Kuroyukihime seems to hold an extreme amount of hatred for her, she does not feel the same way, and even warns her at times for her habits of charging in. During their meeting at the Highest Level along with Haruyuki, she mainly teased the two and told them to act in proper moderation like middle schools students before laughing. While she could be cruel at times, some moments imply she might care for Kuroyukihime on some level.
Enju acts mostly based on her whim. The biggest example is her not attending an important meeting about the territory battle of the Legion. Koshika said that Enju can easily show up during an unimportant meeting or miss an important one. But when things do not go according to her intentions, or an unexpected situation arrives, her gentleness is dropped for a firm and serious attitude, that prioritizes on dealing with the situation as fast as possible. Kuroyukihime noted that if Enju said to do something as fast as possible, she could count from the minutes down the second of time used, showing that she might unexpectedly be an impatient person, like her sister and Haruyuki.
Background[]
In 2039, Enju, who would be known as White Cosmos, received the mysterious Brain Burst program, though it is implied that she was not one of the first-generation burst linkers known later as Originators. White Cosmos soon became an accomplished player in the Accelerated World, and it soon became clear that she was the first and only healer. The other healer that came along willingly uninstall Brain Burst due to being unable to sustain the burden of being a burst linker.[1]
After becoming level 4, she soon took part in the Ikebukuro dungeon Legion Quest, and became the Legion Master of her own Legion, which she called Oscillatory Universe. At some stage she also learned how to use the Incarnate System.
However, White Cosmos became disinterested in the game aspect of Brain Burst, and instead sought to discover more about the Accelerated World and its inner workings. Soon, she and the like-minded Black Vise and Argon Array decided to form a organisation they named as the Acceleration Research Society in order to carry out their research in secret from the rest of the burst linkers in the Accelerated World. White Cosmos soon became the leader of the Society, and apparently kept her Legion members unaware of her dual roles, instead leaving the running of Oscillatory Universe largely to Ivory Tower.
After 11 months since the start of Brain Burst, White Cosmos secretly participated in the ambush on Saffron Blossom, alongside Black Vise and Argon Array, keeping herself shrouded in a bright white light to disguise herself. Whenever Saffron Blossom was killed by the Legendary Enemy called Jormungand, White Cosmos used her healing abilities to bring Saffron back to life ahead of the 1 hour period, expediting the loss of her points. She also witnessed the birth of Chrome Disaster from Chrome Falcon. While she had kept silent until then, White Cosmos soon inquired if Vise could capture the Disaster, however, when Chrome Disaster went on a murderous rampage the trio retreated, their involvement in the affair never known to the only other survivor. The incident caused the Research Society to consider creating their own Armour of Catastrophe for their own purposes, and White Cosmos left the necessary research to Argon Array.
After around a year since the start of Brain Burst, Enju decided to install Brain Burst on her younger sister, Sayuki, on a whim. Despite being parent and child, Enju did not give Sayuki any advice regarding the game and did not invite her sister to join Oscillatory Universe. They also never fought each other. Sayuki treasured her parent and child relationship with Enju and believed that Enju would forever be the most important Linker to her.
Oscillatory Universe quickly rose in power and became one of the major Legions. During this time, Cosmos also gathered talented Burst Linkers, who would later become powerful Burst Linkers and members of the Seven Dwarves. Cosmos also reached out to Rose Milady and Orchid Oracle, who were Blossom's children. She told them that if they worked for her, she could bring Blossom back one day.
White Cosmos soon made it to Level 9, along with only six other players, including Black Lotus. Right after all seven player became level 9, a system announcement revealed that the only way to reach Level 10 was to defeat five other Level 9 players (the loser of the duel would lose all of their points and have Brain Burst uninstalled).
Around this time, the Acceleration Research Society began plans to recreate the Armor of Catastrophe, which would involve festering a large amount of negative incarnate from dozens of Burst Linkers and placing it into a single player. To be able to accomplish this, White Cosmos and the other ARS members realised they would need to manufacture objects that would make players who used it feed the main unit with the incarnate, and determined that Red Rider, with his Arms Creation ability, would be the ideal candidate to create such an object.
After Rider suggested a meeting between the seven Kings to discuss creating a non-aggression treaty, he came into contact with White Cosmos, revealing he had used his ability to fashion seven guns he called Seven Roads, which would be unable to fire when held by the Seven Kings despite there being bullets in the chambers, as a show of peace. Rider presented White Cosmos with one of the Seven Roads.
Having no interest in peace and knowing that Red Rider would never assist the Research Society with their plans, White Cosmos planned to use her sister's desire to learn about the reason for the Accelerated World's creation to manipulate Black Lotus into being an aggressor at the meeting and kill the Red King. White Cosmos invited Black Lotus into the standard duel field and fabricated a reason that Red Rider plans to force the maintenance of the Peace Treaty by giving each a gun which would decimate any attacking legion should they break the treaty. To emphasize her lie, White Cosmos pulled the trigger while aiming the Seven Road at the stage around them, and while the gun itself did not actually fire, White Cosmos used her Incarnate abilities to decimate a significant portion of the Demon City stage to make it appear as though it had been Rider's gun.
Her sister convinced and feeling that Rider intended to stagnate the Accelerated World, White Cosmos stood back and watched as Black Lotus decapitated Rider during the meeting of the Seven Kings and attempted to kill the other Kings. Unnoticed by the others, White Cosmos was able to use one of her abilities to recall Red Rider's player data as he died. While Lotus was soon forced to retreat, disband her Legion Nega Nebulus and go into hiding, White Cosmos proceeded to agree to the non-aggression treaty with the remaining Kings, in which she nor the other Kings would fight each other directly and allow their Legions to fight in their stead so that they all could maintain their acceleration abilities.
Forcing Red Rider to exist in the Accelerated World as a "ghost", White Cosmos incorporated him into the Tokyo Midtown Tower's portal and forced him to develop the primary ISS Kit. Rider was unaware it was Cosmos who was using him, but was able to figure out that it was one of the Six Kings and that Lotus had been manipulated into killing him.
What Enju hadn't anticipated, however, was that Sayuki accelerated on a whim a few days later, found the Seven Roads in her inventory, and tried to fire it. However, no bullet had come out of it. After taking out all the bullets and seeing their colors and how they were arranged, she realized the truth of Red Rider's hope to have the gun be a symbol of peace and friendship. Despite this, Sayuki still wanted to believe in Enju and ran to Enju's room looking for an answer. Enju acknowledged the truth while smiling gently. Seized by intense rage, Sayuki held the letter opener on Enju's desk, demanding Enju to direct duel her. However, Enju remained calm and told Sayuki that she had no desire to take Brain Burst from her. Realizing that she would lose to Enju, Sayuki stood there frozen. Enju tried to take the knife from her, and the tip of the blade cut her palm. Because the incident was captured on the cameras of their family's home net, Sayuki was exiled from her family home under the pretext of mental health treatment, and Enju would have no contact with her younger sister for the next two years.
Plot Outline[]
Start-up[]
Cosmos was first mentioned by Kuroyukihime as the White King, one of the 7 pure color Burst Linker.
While the members of the reformed Nega Nebulas were discussing the possibility of bringing Chiyuri Kurashima into Brain Burst, Kuroyukihime noted the importance of the parent-child relationship, leading Haruyuki Arita to wonder who her parent was.
In the Virtual Squash Corner, Kuroyukihime sensed his intention to ask about her Brain Burst parent. Despit that, she refused to reveal her parent's identity, fearing what would happen if the Haruyuki and Enju made contact. Sayuki described Enju used to be the closest person to her. However, one day, she realized that it was just an illusion and proceed to described how much the current Kuroyukihime hate Enju. Kuroyukihime wished to destroy Cosmos in a duel, but that could not happen due to Cosmos' overwhelming influence on Sayuki's real life. Hearing that, Haruyuki swore with Sayuki that he absolutely will not become her enemy.
Marauder[]
Kuroyukihime told Haruyuki about the only healer currently in Accel World. After hearing said healer being a king, Haruyuki asked for the color of that King. However, Kuroyukihime refused to answer and want Haruyuki not to be curious about Cosmos. Despite saying she trusted Haruyuki, Kuroyukihime also implied Enju to have some kind of absolute attraction.
Sixth Chrome Disaster[]
After the Acceleration Research Society disrupted the Hermes Cord Race to show the entirety of the gathered Burst Linkers the powers of the Incarnate System - as well as the unexpected emergence of the Sixth Chrome Disaster from Silver Crow - the other Kings organized a new meeting to discuss how to proceed. Silver Crow wondered if White Cosmos, the only King he had not yet seen himself, would appear, however Black Lotus informed him that Cosmos would not appear herself and instead send a proxy; indeed Ivory Tower went to the meeting in her stead.
Later, Shinomiya Utai began mentioning the one who had betrayed Kuroyukihime until she was silenced, suggesting that Kuroyukihime may have informed some of her old Legion members of what Enju had done.
When Silver Crow and Ardor Maiden accidentally entered the Imperial Palace, the Armor of Catastrophe within the former caused Silver Crow to recall some of Chrome Falcon's past, including White Cosmos's words after Falcon transformed into Chrome Disaster. However the details were hard for Silver Crow to recall after the dream was over.
ISS Kit[]
At another meeting between the Kings to confirm the Armor of Catastrophe had been removed from Silver Crow and discuss the plague of ISS Kits, Silver Crow again wondered if the White King might appear, but when she did not he considered the possibility that she might simply be shy.
After Nega Nebulus discovered that an ISS Kit they had obtained contained Red Rider's emblem, Sayuki felt compelled to reveal to Haruyuki the relationship between her and White Cosmos. In the student council office, Sayuki told her why did she kill Red Rider and her relationship with Cosmos.
After going out of the school, Haruyuki wondered Sayuki if Kuroyukihime can work together with Enju in the joint mission of the 7 Legions. Kuroyukihime assured him that Cosmos will not show herself in front of Burst Linker of other Legions. Later, she told Haruyuki that Enju was a terrifying person and explained what that meaned. Kuroyukihime also explained the reason why she did not told Haruyuki about the White King was because she feared that Enju could even manipulated him indirectly. Haruyuki affirmed with Kuroyukihime that he will not be manipulated.
When Silver Crow confronted Vise in the base of the Acceleration Research Society, Vise claimed that he simply followed Cosmos' order just like Crow did. Crow said the Black King would never make her Legion fight while she went off and hid somewhere. Vise concurred that he had not seen Cosmos for a while but said that Cosmos did not simply do nothing and revealed that it was Cosmos who tamed Metatron.
After Nega Nebulus finished the mission of raiding Midtown tower and destroying the ISS Kit main body, they had a meeting in a challenge match and discussed the new information that they have gathered. White Cosmos showed up during the meeting using her dummy avatar. She told everyone presented the reason why AA and CC were shut down. She also explained to Crow why excessive harmony can be a bad thing and said that the current BB is also stagnating.
Black Lotus confronted Cosmos and declared her true identity as the President of the Acceleration Research Society. Bell and Raker explained to Crow that the base of the Acceleration Research Society is the Aeterna Girl' Academy. They came to the conclusion that the the White Legion is a cover for the Acceleration Research Society.
Niko accused Cosmos and said that she would pay back. However, Cosmos casually ask to change the normal duel mode to Battle Royale mode. It means that Cosmos challenged everyone present with only her dummy avatar. Crow demanded that she need to return Niko's last piece of Invincible before they accepted her challenge. Cosmos denied that request and stated that the Disaster Armor is her precious hope. Lotus stepped forward and declared that Cosmos' hope is for other Burst Linker to despair. Then she said that they also had their own hope that burn away that of Cosmos. Hearing that, Cosmos acknowledged Lotus for getting stronger and looked forward to the next time Lotus stood against her before leaving.
After Cosmos was gone, Haruyuki apologized to Fuuko for butting in. Instead, Fuuko thanked him for stopping the fight. She said that they would not even have a 30% chance of winning, shocking Haruyuki. Then, Rin clung to the hem of Hruyuki's shirt, trying to tell him that she could not believe Cosmos was also a Burst Linker. Fuuko clarified what Rin was trying to convey by saying that it was like Cosmos was in a different time flow.
White Legion[]
After Nega Nebulus reviewed Black Vise's true identity as Ivory Tower at the Kings' meeting, all the kings decide that Oscillatory Universe is the cover for the Acceleration Research Society and White Cosmos is the leader of said organization. However, all the members at the meeting were caught in an ambush set by the Acceleration Research Society. In the end, all the Kings except Niko was killed by Inti, which is dropped on their head by Platinum Cavalier under Cosmos' order.
After Nega Nebulus took Minato 3 territory, every Oscillatory Universe member turned off their Global Network Connection to avoid Challenge. However, only Cosmos still connect to Global Network and has no intention of turning the connection off. Raker believed that Cosmos' action is a challenge to all the Kings, Black Lotus in particular. In August, 2044, Lotus blocked the global net for two years and hid from the kings’ assassins. In contrast, Cosmos showed that she had no need to run or hide. She would welcome even other Kings to bring the fight to her. Raker said that Cosmos was so confident that she believed she would not lose.
After Silver Crow took down Inti, the God of the Apocalypse Tezcatlipoca was summoned into Brain Burst. However, as soon as the giant appeared, the White King White Cosmos descended from the sky with Platinum Cavalier. Using six crowns from The Luminary, White Cosmos somehow managed to enslave Tezcatlipoca. Then, Cosmos showed her appreciation to Silver Crow for managing to cut Inti and and introduced the Super-class Enemy Deity of Demise.
Under the command of the White King, Tezcatlipoca turned his attention to the army of the Six Great Legions. With a single wave of his hand, several black circles appeared on the giant's palm, and the highest level Burst Linkers of the Accelerated World was crushed to the ground with ease by an immensely powerful gravity ability. Now with the army immobilized, Tezcatlipoca turned his attention to the Budokan, awaiting the moment the Six Kings would dive into the Unlimited Neutral Field.
As soon as the Kings appeared, they were immediately swallowed by Tezcatlipoca’s incredible gravitational force. Cosmos said goodbye to the Kings and used Tezcatlipoca to kill them all with a fire attack. If the Kings were killed by Tezcatlipoca, then the system would register their deaths under White Cosmos. By the Level Nine Sudden Death rule, all six Kings would be permanently removed from the Accelerated World, Cosmos would become level 10 and get controlled of the strongest Enemy.
With "Synthesis" and "Light Shell", Silver Crow freed the army of the Six Legions from Tezcatlipoca’s grip for a moment. Taking advantage of this momentary freedom, the hundred Burst Linkers launched a barrage of ranged attacks at White Cosmos. Forced to cease his attacks on the Kings, Cosmos made Tezcatlipoca raise his hand to defend against the attack. Cavlier also used his technique to enlarge his shield, covering both Burst Linkers and the pegasus. Cosmos and Cavalier survived the attack without a scratch. However, Tezcatlipoca's hand was destroyed.
Impressed, Cosmos praised the alliance for that attack. Lotus told Cosmos that army will take down Tez, but Cosmos casually replied that charging in without proper preparation was Lotus' bad habit. Silver Crow shouted out to Cosmos, asking her why she did not choose to cooperate with everyone. Cosmos whispered about a similar event long ago and in the end said that everything was too late. Crow felt her utterly and entirely pure, saintly aura changed to an absolute zero that could freeze everything.
Seeing that cooperation is impossible, everyone was ready to fight Cosmos. Before the fight began, Cosmos whipped the Luminary down creating a gravitational pull to suck Crow up the air. Tezcatlipoca grabbed Crow and then flied up into the side with Cavalier's Pegasus. Crow finally realized that he has been abducted.
Abducting Silver Crow, Cosmos' group flied to their new base, Tokyo Grand Castle. At there, Cosmos and Crow has a conversation about Texcatlipoca and the reason why Accel Assault and Cosmos Corrupt was ended. Crow noticed 2 contradictions in what Cosmos said and questioned her. Cosmos told him that they are top secret information and gave Crow 2 choices once she told him, cooperating with her or lose all of his points. Before Crow could withdraw his questions, Cosmos told him that his Neurolinker was being removed in the real world. Cosmos asked if Crow was diving with a Legion member in the real. Crow answered Kuroyukihime, surprising Cosmos about their relationship. In the end, Cosmos said she will contact him within the week and warned him that Crow and his comrades will die if they dived in time Cosmos did not specify.
After Nega Nebulus rescue squad cut all the crown controlling Tezcatlipoca to save Silver Crow, Tezcatlipoca became out of control and attacked the rescue squad. Crow sensed Cosmos watching them from a higher dimension. Crow shifted up and saw Tezcatlipoca as a black hole from the Highest Level. Cosmos told him there was nothing to be done about it. Crow fell into despair, but Cosmos told Crow that she might still be able to stop Tezcatlipoca, mentioning because she was consumed by it a long time ago. Crow begged Cosmos to save his friends, but Cosmos questioned why would she do that. Crow said he will transfer to Oscillatory and serve Cosmos. While Cosmos was still deciding, Metatron came and said she would transer to the White Legion as well. Cosmos accepted the deal and ordered Crow to swear his loyalty. Crow unsheathed his sword and offered the hilt to his new King. White Cosmos accepted the sword and tapped Silver Crow’s left shoulder with its tip, declaring him as her knight.
Seven Arcs[]
After accepting Silver Crow's request of saving his friends, Cosmos descended from the Highest Level to the Mean Level. She released thorns from from her diadem to plunged one into her brain and then took the scepter to pierce her heart. Although White Cosmos damaged herself, Tezcatlipoca actually stopped. Crow picked up the almost dead White King in his arms and escaped to the real through the portal in the first floor. Thus, the operation to rescue him from Tokyo Grand Castle was crowned with success, but Tezcatlipoca, freed from the crowns of The Luminary, was no longer under the control of the White King and returned to being ‘the god of the end’.
Because of Tezcatlipoca's rampage, no Burst Linker can hunt Enemies properly. When a few Linkers gathered courage and decided to challenge her, all of her matches were described as ending almost immediately with no player even able to reach Cosmos before being destroyed by a monster- like existence. Thus, Haruyuki believed it was an ability much like Chocolate Puppeteer's or Viridian Decurion's.
Haruyuki invited Kuroyukihime to his house and confessed to her. However, they shifted to the Highest Level after their kiss. On there, they met Cosmos, whose real name is revealed by Sayuki. Enju told them about Exercitus as well as her goal to prevent Burst Linkers from uniting, completely opposite to Grandee's goal. Sayuki declared that she will erase both Enju and the Acceleration Research Society from Accel World. Hearing that, Enju smiled and asked her if she can because Haruyuki will be on Enju's side in that case. Sayuki showed her intention to fight even so, prompting Enju to praise her for growing stronger. Before Enju left, Haruyuki asked her to wait and told her about Tezcatlipoca's true essence of having a portal inside it. This even surprised Enju and she fell into her thought, mumbling about a previous Tezcatlipoca. Then, she ordered Haruyuki to contract with the rest of the High Level Beings and allowed him to use any force from Oscillatory Universe from the raid. When Sayuki asked her to explain that order, Enju said it was her hunch and immediately left.
Avatar[]
White Cosmos[]
White Cosmos is a pure white Duel Avatar who looks like an angelic princess. She is a slender feminine avatar with a dress and high heels, and her forearms are encased in armor which look like elbow-length gloves. Her head is also covered in blonde liquid metal designed to resemble hair. She is the only Duel Avatar with a healing ability, if one discounts Lime Bell's Citron Call.
Although White Cosmos does not have many system given offensive abilities, she is the most powerful user of destructive Incarnation in the Accelerated World, able to level a third of a combat area in 30 seconds. Black Lotus believed that, even with the Red King Scarlet Rain, Nega Nebulus' executive team, Blood Leopard, as well as 4 other mid-level players at her side, they would still lose.[2]
Her Child is Black Lotus, her younger sister.
Enhanced Armaments[]
- The Luminary – The fourth of the Seven Arcs, represented by Delta Ursae Majoris, also known as Megrez. It consists of two components, the diadem and the scepter. The diadem places a crown of thorns on an Enemy, a series of interlocking, c-shaped parts that bite into the body of the Enemy. It seems that using more crowns of thorns will improve the control of the Luminary. Then, using the scepter, Enemies subdued by the Diadem can be freely controlled. The scepter can be lent to other Burst Linkers.[3]
Abilities[]
- Resurrect By Compassion – This Special Move can instantly resurrect a Duel Avatar in the Unlimited Neutral Field. However, this uses up Burst Points as usual.
- Unnamed Healing Ability
- Unamed Summoning Ability
- Judgement Blow – This ability is given to all Legion Masters. As the Legion Master of Oscillatory Universe, White Cosmos can uninstall Brain Burst from any of her legion members.
Incarnation[]
- Unnamed Attack Ability – White Cosmos can destroy a third of a combat area in half a minute with a toy gun[2]. Because of this, Cosmos is recognized as the most powerful destructive Incarnate user by Black Lotus. Cosmos also said she could rip Silver Crow's arms and head off with her Incarnate.
Unknown abilities[]
- Unnamed Light Ability – White Cosmos can mask her presence in light by distorting light around her.
- Unnamed Quantum Circuit Sensing Ability – White Cosmos can detect the back-up process of the quantum thought circuits. As a result, she knows when a Burst Linker will be disconnected from Brain Burst.
- Reincarnation – White Cosmos is able to access the Brain Burst server — the Main Visualizer — and install a duel avatar's consciousness onto another duel avatar, as well as force them to use their abilities. The main condition is that the avatar she is calling from the Main Visualizer must be a duel avatar that has already left the Accelerated World, because retired duel avatars require no permission to access, while active ones can only be used by the owner of their avatar. It is hinted this ability is not a natural ability of her duel avatar but from a contract.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- White Cosmos is also known as Transient Eternity.
- Her name is derived from the Japanese pagoda tree.[4]
- Contrary to some belief, despite her extensive knowledge and receiving Brain Burst in 2039, she herself is not one of Brain Burst's initial players.
References[]
- ↑ Volume 3, Chapter 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Accel World Volume 16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Accel World Volume 23 Chapter 9
- ↑ Volume 26, Chapter 11
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