02x11 - meaningless (C)ode

[bunniefuu]

[monitor hissing]

- Gather to the tower.
Let's play some more.

Gather to the tower.
Let's play some more.

Let's play. Let's play.
Let's play. Let's play.

Let's play.

- Devola?

- Yes, Popola?

- Did we do it in time?

Were we able to atone for our...

- [crying]

Popola!

[crying]

[LiSA's "Black Box"]

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- ♪ Spaceship ♪

[LiSA singing in Japanese]

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♪ Spaceship ♪

[singing in Japanese]

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♪ Flashback... flashback... ♪

[singing in Japanese]

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♪ Black box... black box... ♪

[singing in Japanese]

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[rumbling]

[doors clang open]

- Is 9S behind this mess?

- Report. A possible faint
android life signal

has been detected up ahead.

- Could it be?

[grunts]

[gasps]

You guys are...

- After everything
that's happened...

Did we...

Manage to help?

- Alert. Confirmed infection
of android Devola.

Infection depth appears
to have reached level four.

This unit is not capable
of removing such a virus.

- After everything
that's happened,

did we manage to help?

- You did.

- Oh, good.

Isn't that wonderful, Popola?

We were useful after--

[blade strikes body]

[distant rumbling]

- Report. The structure referred
to as the Tower

has opened its gate.
Proceed with caution.

- [exhales]
[doors clang open]

[suspenseful music]

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- Alert.

Rest combined with data check
and maintenance

of unit 9S's chassis needed.

Alert.

If operation continues as is,

chassis maintenance
will inevitably--

- Shut up.

There's no point in worrying
about that now.

- Negative.

This tactical support unit

is YoRHa unit 9S's
tactical support unit.

The right to be apprehensive
of the condition

of target YoRHa unit--
- Hi, there.

This is Tower System Services.

Thank you for going through all
that trouble collecting

the pass codes just
to visit the tower.

I'm happy to report that...
- I'm gonna k*ll you.

- For the patron who unlocks
the entrance here

awaits you behind the doors
of the room up ahead.

Please take your time.
You're going to live it.

[doors creaking]

- 2B?

[doors creaking]

- Alert. Multiple hostile
androids rapidly approaching.

- 2B models?

[chuckles]

[laughs]

[laughing]

I'm glad I got to see you again.

I've never been more grateful.

[shuddering]

I'm going to tear you to shreds.

Every last one of you!

- Alert. Combat against 2B
models for 9S--

- I'm taking them on alone,

and I'm ordering you
to stand down, Pod 153.

- Affirmative.

- Let's do this.

[clangs]

Don't make me laugh.



That's right.

You're nothing but fakes.

[grunts]

[grunting]

You're not 2B!

She's nothing like you!

She's not a doll!



I'll k*ll you!
I'll k*ll every last one of yo!

[gasping]

There's still one left standing.

- Hey, Nines.

- [grunts]

How dare you call that name...

[grunts]
- [gags]

- With the same voice as her's?

[beeping]
- [chuckles]

- [gasps]

[booming]
[shouts]

- Proposal.

Rest combined with data check
and maintenance

of unit A2's chassis needed.

- I'm sure I'll be fine.

- Providing the necessary
tactical support

for YoRHa unit A2
was the final order

from previous support target 2B.
- Shut up.

[exhales]

Look.

There's no time for any of that.

What is the purpose
of this structure?

- Unknown.

Proposal. Gather more data.

- [chuckles]
Figures.

What exactly is this room?

- Hypothesis.

A simulation of a library.

- Library?

And what is that?

- A data storage facility that
was constructed by humanity

in the past.
- Hmm.

- Records confirm that unique
machine lifeform Adam

had possessed
a similar facility.

- [grunts]

[electric sparking]
[gasps]

[grunts]

- Report.

Data here appears
to be protected by

a fortified barrier.

- In other words, I have to hack
in if I wanna look at the data.

[exhales]

[exhales]

Pod, can you help me out?

- Affirmative.

Now granting access rights
for hacking interface

to YoRHa unit A2.

Access rights
successfully granted.

- Right.
Thank you.

- Confirmed words of gratitude
from A2.

- [stammering]

Don't push it, buddy.

[exhales]

[inhales]

Okay.

Hacking in.

[whooshing]

[gasps]

[grunts]
Is that...

[beeps]

These are records from
the human server.

The machine lifeforms
really hacked

that deeply into the system?

This tower is a canon
constructed to aim

at humanity on the moon.

[gasps]

[gasps]

Humanity is extinct?

[gasps]

[beeps]
[grunts]

Then Project YoRHa
has just been...

Hiding the truth about humanity.

YoRHa experimental squadron...

Operation of the 2E model...

Plans to destroy the bunker.

[chuckling]

I had figured it was something
like this going on.



Does he know about this?

[beeping]

- [groaning]

[shouting]



[grunts]

[whimpers]



I'm sorry.

Pod.

Attach the muscles and exterior
of 2B's arm to me.

- Alert.

Specified 2B chassis
you're referring to

was captured by enemy
machine lifeforms--

- That's an order!
Do it now!

- Affirmative.

- How amusing.

- How amusing.

- Perhaps we should finally tel
him about the secrets

of this world this time around.

- What would happen
if he knew everything?

- I'm sure it would be more fu.

both: This idea excites us.

- [groaning]

- Attachment completed.

- [grunting]

I have to move on.

[gasps]

I have to keep fighting.

- Alert. Virus confirmed
in 9S locomotive region due

to transplant from
the corrupted unit.



Proposal. Hack into self
in order...

- I have to keep fighting.
- ...to successfully eliminate

the virus.
- I have to keep fighting.

- Request.
Remove virus immediately.

Removal will likely
be more difficult

if left alone for too long.

[static hissing]

- [gasps]

both: YoRHa unit 9S.

Welcome to the tower.

- Now what?

Who are you?

- We are conceptual
human personalities

that were created and given form
by the machine lifeform network.

We cannot be destroyed.

- All this time we have
been observing the activity

of androids and in doing so
we have gained much information

and knowledge from them.

- It doesn't matter who you are
or what network spawned you into

this cruel world.

I'll destroy you.

You and this tower.

This is goodbye.

- Now that you've finally made
it to the tower...

[changes to deeper voice]
We have some encouraging

secret information
to share with you.

And the name of this little
secret is Project YoRHa.

- [gasps]

Project YoRHa?

- [groaning]

- Good to see you again,
Number 2.

- Damn you!
- Sorry.

[changes to deeper voice]
We suppose we should

call you A2 now.

This brings back memories,

though to concepts like us,

time has little to no meaning.

While we are unable
to perceive feelings,

wiping out your squadron
left quite

a lasting impression on us.

We can remember it clearly
even now.

You were disposable,

born for the sake of
a test run for Project YoRHa.

An experimental squadron
of sacrificial pawns.

- Shut up!
[rapid g*nf*re]

- Number 2!
- [gasps]

- Your attacks against us
are meaningless,

just as your existence
is meaningless.

[laughing]
[distant booming]

[rumbling]

[static hissing]

- The human server on the moon
is a decoy.

Humanity is extinct.

YoRHa soldiers were created with
the purpose to be disposed of.

The release of the bunker's back
door was also a planned event.

[static hissing]

If this is Project YoRHa then...

All of us--2B...

- Now that you know everything,

is it still in your interest
to fight us?

- [shouting]

[breathing heavily]

[doors whirring]
[gasps]

- [cackling]

[laughing]

- [gasping]

- The androids that the human
race left behind

all behaved as if they wanted
to become humans.

The machine lifeforms that
the aliens left behind

all behaved as if they wanted
to become humans.

Humans admittedly piqued
our interests a bit as well,

but we got too close to them.

And through our efforts we
have now gained diversity.

- Report. This unit
has now utilized

the enemy logic
learning function

and planted altered information
chains into the network--

- And that means?

- Summary.
Enemy has been infected.

Stall accordingly.

[distant thudding]
- [grunts]

Hah, a test of endurance, huh?

Fine by me!

- We are one and yet we
are many.

There is no error in that.

We are finite
and yet we are infinite.

Endlessly.

We resemble each other so,
androids and us.

However, we are network

and thus overwhelmingly
superior.

The gap between us is too large
to compare.

- We are without imperfections
which makes us the embodiment

of a perfect psyche
and nothing less.

- And so we will move on.
Move forward. To the future.

- What our kind requires now
is evolutionary pressure.

If we do not eliminate
the androids that mean

to stand in our way,

further hardships will befall us

and obstruct our path forward.

But by overcoming the obstacles
they present,

we will push ourselves past
our limits

and undergo further evolution.

Because of this,

it is in our best interest

to destroy the human server on
the moon and push the androids

further into a corner.

- Logic disagreed.

These androids present
a unique danger.

It is of the utmost importance
to destroy them.

After which we should utilize
this tower

to evacuate this planet.

- Win the game of survival
of the fittest and evolve.

- Leave and gain a new
possibility in a new land.

- Logic disagreed.
- Logic disagreed.

both: Those who would cast doubt
on our victory against

the androids are enemies.

- Do you truly think this
is a fight you can win?

- [shouting]

[gasping]

That's--



[grunts]

- A2.

[screeching]
- [gasps]

[clanging]

- Report. Infection condition
of the enemy network lifeform

has now reached target value.

[booming]

[static hissing]

- Ah, I see it.
The light.

- This tower is a giant cannon
that's aimed at the human server

on the moon.

If we don't do something,

all of humanity's remaining data
will be destroyed.

- That's fine by me.

Really, because
it doesn't matter.

Nothing does.

After all, humanity only exists
as data.

Or didn't you know?

We aren't required in
this world anymore.

That moon server you're
so worried about was a decoy

so androids had something
to fight for.

And YoRHa soldiers were created
to perpetuate the lie.

But in order to make sure no one
ever learned the truth,

we androids were designed
to be k*lled.

The backdoor in the bunker set
to activated after a certain

amount of time.

The commander, operator, me.


all of us.

Isn't that hilarious?
Doesn't it make you laugh?

- 9S.

We have to--
- Shut up!

You're responsible
for 2B's death.

That's enough reason for us
to fight to the death

in this accursed place.

- 2B was in agony.

She hated k*lling you over
and over again.

- [winces]

- It was predicted that
a 9S model

would be the one
to eventually arrive

at the truth.

Her model name, 2B,
was just a cover.

An alias.

Her official name was...



Number 2 type E.

A member of the special squad
designed to execute YoRHa unit.

But you already knew all that.

Right, 9S?

- Shut up.

Shut up!


the agony of having

to k*ll me over and over again!

So what do you know?

You don't know anything
at all about us!

- Proposal.

Cease combat.

Fighting against her
would be irrational.

- Your order is as follows.

Halt all further logical thought
and speech.

This order shall remain
in effect until you confirm

the death of either myself
or unit A2.

[GEMS COMPANY's "Hai to Inori"]

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- [singing in Japanese]

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