Original subtitles

[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]

♪ ♪

♪ Flashback... flashback... ♪

[singing in Japanese]

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♪ Black box... black box... ♪

[singing in Japanese]

♪ ♪

[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 kill 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.

2B would never move that slow!

That's right.

You're nothing but fakes.

[grunts]

[grunting]

You're not 2B!

She's nothing like you!

She's not a doll!

2B, 2B, 2B, 2B!

I'll kill you! I'll kill 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.

9S.

Does he know about this?

[beeping]

- [groaning]

[shouting]

2B.

[grunts]

[whimpers]

2B.

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.

95% of functionality restored.

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 gunfire]

- 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--

9S!

[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 killed.

The backdoor in the bunker set to activated after a certain

amount of time.

The commander, operator, me.

2B. Sacrificial lambs, 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 killing 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...

2E.

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!

2B is the one that endured the agony of having

to kill 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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