All language subtitles for Circuit Nurse (Toshihiro Ito, 1988)

1998AD. A year earlier than
Nostradamus predicted, the world collapsed.

It’s been half a century since The Collapse

but the pollution outside
hasn’t gotten any better.

After The Collapse, the few
remaining humans created

a colony equipped with
atmospheric purification systems

to protect them from ultraviolet rays
and polluted air. They called it The Trunk.

I wonder when we’ll finally be
able to leave this cramped Trunk

and live outside again.

That will be possible in couple
more ten thousand years.

Ten thousand, huh.

The world beyond The Trunk became known
as The Outer, a wasteland untraversable

without protective suits to shield the
body from the destroyed atmosphere.

Still, you can go out
with a protective suit that

uses UV rays for energy
while shielding radiation.

I went into The Outer for research once.

I never wanted to go back!

This stinks.

Unfortunately, you promised to go with
the Outer Protectors for inspection today.

I know.

There have been an increasing
number of incidents of abandoned

Duplicators infiltrating
into the Trunk these past few months.

I can’t believe it!

It's theoretically impossible for anything
we don't want from the Outer to get in.

The hatch to the Trunk should be
heavily monitored by our security system.

Exactly. There's something
wrong with the system.

And that’s where your job as the
Circuit Nurse comes in, Lisa Ishihara.

A Circuit Nurse is a network nurse
tasked with diagnosing and treating the

emotional and logical
inconsistencies that

occur in advanced
AI computer systems.

As a Circuit Nurse,
Lisa Ishihara was given

exclusive control of one
such AI system: Fleksoid.

From what we’ve
ascertained, it seems a

foreign virus has infected
the security system.

No way!

Protections around the security
system are supposed to be perfect.

We believe it came from the
old Earth Dynamics factory ruins.

Then that means... Zoodo?

A man from before The Collapse, Yosef Zoodo.

The head-chief of Earth
Dynamics, he was considered

the greatest scientist
of the 20th century.

They say his intellect alone
accelerated the southern

hemisphere’s technological
capabilities by ten years.

That's right.

And using a base network, he wanted
to share it all through cyberspace.

But he made these radical
advancements public in 1998, a year

before the Nostradamus
prediction. It was too soon.

His ambition brought about The Collapse.

He perished because of it.

I guess you could call
it divine punishment.

Sure, except for one problem: he lived.

Impossible! They confirmed his corpse!

He is alive.

With his consciousness
outfitted in a cyberbrain, he’s

successfully infiltrated our
security systems as a virus.

The increased amount of duplicators
entering the Trunk is his doing.

I see...

And stopping whatever it
is he's planning is my job.

But what could that goal be...

Imai Ryo!

Lisa.

You came back.

Hard to believe it's been a year!

Looks like you’ve taken basic training,
but you still got a ways to go, nurse.

It's Circuit Nurse.

Be careful.

We should remove its memory.

That son-of-a—

Stop! Get back here.

But there’s just one left!

If we stop now we'll only
have more to do tomorrow.

We’ve already gone on for too long.

Termigun, save today's combat logs.

I'm here to collect your excrement packs.

Honestly. Can't even take a piss out there.

So that nurse...

Not "nurse", Circuit Nurse!

She's something special,
don't you think, Ryo?

Yeah.

Special?

Give me a break.

Some high and mighty elite like her...

She doesn’t even see
people like us as human.

Only thing she cares about are computers.

What's his problem?

Leave him.

He's got a girl.

What?

Her name's Rei.

You really didn’t have to come see me off.

Please.

Please...

You're leaving and throwing me away.

So please, don't smile like that.

Does it make you want to cry?

Nah.

Wait, were you hoping I would?

Nope.

Really?

Adios!

It's too late.

We'll never see each other again.

Ryo!

Long time no see.

Why'd you come back?

What, did you never want
to see me again?

Or maybe you're glad I
finally came back to you?

Too moved for words?

If that’s the case, I’m
heading back to the lab!

It's me.

Open up.

What's the password?

Forget the stupid
password and let me in.

You’re never getting in
unless I hear you say it.

Rei...

I love you.

What's that face for?

What's gotten into you?

What a headache.

It is quite the virus.

I'll take the highway
for this one, Fleksoid.

Alright, ready to go.

The password is?

Don't drink and drive.

Seriously?

You got a corny sense of humor.

Booster on!

Where do you think we should go?

From the subdirectory, Saitama seems good.

You sure?

Who knows.

Give me a break.

Alright Fleksoid, let's try Saitama.

It really is the sticks out here.

Try scanning each of these vegetables.

We have a hit at mark 64.

Do you know what type of virus it is?

Amiga 6000.

Has it impacted the other veggies?

No, all other programs are fine.

How deep are the roots?

Nothing serious. A simple
vaccine will take care of it.

Okay. Then delete it!

That went well.

Spray the rest of the veggies
with the vaccine just in case.

Good work.

Lisa...

I suddenly wanted to see you.

How'd you get in?

That's a secret.

Say...

It's already past midnight.

I guess so.

You know what day that means it is?

No clue.

Liar.

I know you know.

I'm telling the truth. I really don't know.

Liar!

It's...

Your birthday.

See? I knew you remembered.

Guess I'm still pretty popular, huh!

And?

And you remembered.

Well, I mean...

Sorry!

This lady is nothing but trouble.

My grandpa...

He used to always tell me something.

He said this sound

reminded him of rain.

Rain?

Yeah, rain.

What's that?

Water used to fall

from the sky.

Water did?

Back in the 20th century.

Back then...

Before we were trapped
in this damn cramped trunk.

When we still...

Lived free out there.

Rain...

You’re using the Head Belt?

It's the fastest way.

But the impact on your
brain could be dangerous.

Relax, I’m only taking a peek
at the virus inside this duplicator.

And if it gets dicey, I have
you to save me, Flekzoid.

Let's start.

Lisa!

On the left is the virus that
caused our computer systems to fail.

Okay.

On the right is the one recovered
from the Duplicator’s memory.

A 6900, right?

Exactly.

To put it simply, this virus...

Acts on orders given by Zoodo.

What orders are they?

While it’s clear both viruses
are operating on shared orders,

the exact nature of
them remains unclear.

But...

But?

When you were wearing
the Head Belt, that virus...

It slipped into your brain.

This is just conjecture but I
believe the virus found an area

similar to computer memory in
your brain and began to propogate.

I think that was it's goal.

Ryo!

Ryo!

You idiot! Get off me!

What are you looking at?

You look like your world just ended.

Are you angry?

"Oh, poor me. My life is so hard."

That's what you're thinking, isn't it.

Right?

I knew Ryo was seeing
somebody that I couldn't.

But at least I know now that it
won't work out between you two.

Because I've never seen
anything in this world sadder...

than his lies or your smile.

I'm sorry.

But this isn't my fault.

Today we just have to analyze this disk.

Such a persistent virus.

Dealing with it has
become quite the problem.

Don't worry so much. Let's just finish
this quick so I can get some sleep.

What's happening, Fleksoid?

Fleksoid!

Lisa.

Zoodo.

It's you, isn't it.

Don't go.

I'll be right back.

Lisa!

What's up?

What's wrong?

You're shaking.

I know what Zoodo is after.

Really?

Have you reported it?

I can't!

If I do that, I'll be killed.

What do you mean?

It's all my fault. All of it.

I'm the cause of all of this!

You?

On May 11th, 1988, your mother
was born. And then, ten years later...

As punishment for the
northern hemisphere's obsession

with nuclear war, nearly all
of humanity was wiped out.

You should have died, too.

That's right.

I died with the rest of the world.

However, realizing what was
about to happen, I transferred

my conciousness into a
computer, living on as a cyberbrain.

A cyberbrain?

For a long time I slept, in a place
which reflects The Collapse.

Those ruins.

And in order to control the world's
electronic networks again, I have reawoken.

Do you honestly think
you can pull that off?

While you’ve been sleeping, humanity
has advanced far beyond your time.

This world is full of things someone from
before The Collapse could never imagine.

You're too late.

You're a relic from the past.

But I do know. All the
answers I need about how

humanity has progressed
reside in you, Lisa Ishihara.

Me?

Realizing The Collapse was
imminent, I implanted a directory

linked to me within the subconcious
of a woman: your mother.

This directory was inherited by
her surviving child after The Collapse.

You, Lisa.

Memories in the directory are transferred
through your synapses to be copied to me.

Inside of me...a directory of you...

In other words, to control
what is left of humanity

I bestowed upon your mother
a fertile egg. You inherited it and

kept that egg warm. And I
have finally broken from its shell.

What are you gonna do?

She asked me to hold on to this.

She didn’t say anything else.

Have you already told the lab?

That's what she was most scared of!

Why's that?

That's the question.

And I don't have the answer.

I bet we can find out
with this floppy disc.

You’re right.

I'll go look into it.

What happened to you?

Ryo.

Where's that girl?

Rei?

Hey...

Be quiet.

Hand.

What?

You're holding my hand too tight.

My bad.

Hey, nurse...

-Did you honestly think you'd get out in one piece?
-Shut up!

This is the end of the line.

You know that. Give it up.

I said shut it!

You always were a pain.

At the end of the day, I don’t have
a choice but to go up against Zoodo.

I think it’s probably fate.

Fate?

I was born under a bad star.

Never thought I'd hear
you say something like that.

Ryo.

You don't have to worry about
me. Go back to The Trunk.

Come on, this is the climax.

After all this...

After all we've been
through...how could I do that?

I'm sorry.

It doesn't matter what road we take...

they're all the same in the end.

Yeah.

So...

I won't go back.

We'll take this road together.

Hold on.

You idiot, what're you doing?

It's fine.

For some reason, the
radiation levels here are normal.

Isn't that right, Fleksoid?

You're right.

That means I can kiss you.

Fleksoid is watching, you know.

Termigun, do a scan of the ruin's interior.

There should be an in/out port
to the host computer somewhere.

Alright, give me the location of
the host computer's in/out port.

That way.

Fleksoid, scan the ruin's digital network.

Okay.

What the hell...

This whole structure...

is its memory?

Somewhere in these
memory ruins should be

hiding the cyberbrain
that's controlling it all.

But finding it in all of this...

We'll just have to comb
through the whole thing.

There's an interface somewhere
in here for handling all the memory.

We get into that and we can delete
the entire directory piece by piece.

Assuming that doesn't
delete the cyberbrain,

removing extrenuous programs
will give a clean connection.

Then, when the remaining
data is small enough,

we trap the cyberbrain
in Fleksoid and wipe him.

Headbelt ready.

You sure about this?

If we mess up the timing
on the final deletion,

then forget Fleksoid,

Lisa...

Your brain will get fried, too.

No matter what, I'll oppose this
fate inherited from my mother.

Lisa.

Can you hear me?

Yeah.

All set on my side.

Where should we start?

Go with subdirectory A2.

Got it.

It's on the move! Next target: H8.

Roger.

80 megabytes have been deleted.

Fleksoid, where's it going next?

F6.

F6.

Roger.

Another 80 megabytes down.

B3.

Okay.

C7.

Roger that.

D6.

I3.

40 megabytes deleted.

L9

K8.

Roger!

There are 256 bytes remaining.

Just 256?

Normally 256 bytes is only enough

to write a functional menu screen, right?

That seems to be the case.

We're good.

Let's get this done and
send it into Fleksoid.

Finally.

Almost there.

Just a little more.

It's in!

Fleksoid, render out its movements for me!

This is what we're after?

It's cuter than I thought it'd be!

How's it going, Fleksoid?

Awful.

What?

Hey,

what's happening?

Fleksoid!

Don't tell me...it was a trap?

There's no way!

Its just 256 bytes!

Lisa! What's happening over there?

What's going on?

It was a Trojan horse. We've been had.

And now it's in Fleksoid.

Lisa.

Lisa!

You can't be serious.

Serves you right, you dick.

What a shit way to go.

Come on...

What the hell is taking you so long?

Fleksoid.

If we install Zoodo
into my brain instead...

I'm not done yet.

Zoodo...

Exists within me.

Fleksoid.

Can you hear me?

Thank goodness, you're still alive.

Listen, Fleksoid, this is your chance.
Delete Zoodo while he's inside me.

What's wrong? You're worried you'll
end up deleting my memory, too?

Don't worry. Just delete it.

Delete it!

Delete it!

Delete!

Lisa.

Lisa.

Lisa.