Nier: Automata Ver1.1a (2023) s01e09 Episode Script

- [exhales sharply]
This one's locked, too, huh?
Does an exit to this weird place
even exist?
I leaked fabricated data
in the underwater city.
I did my pursuit of a shadow
that looked like A2
when I came upon a strange room
adorned with art.
Even with the radio jamming,
at what point in time
did I wander into cyberspace?
[beeping]
That, or
I was somehow forced
to wander in here.
- H--Hello.
- [gasps]
- Hello, android.
- Who's there?
- To all androids,
hear me.
We have changed.
We--the machine lifeforms
who waged war--
learned from them
and have grown since
exponentially.
All of these things
have accumulated
into our new consciousness.
- What is it talking about?
- Indeed, it is almost as if
a new form of existence
has been born
from that consciousness.
- Existence?
Born?
- That's right.
You're correct.
And my name is
- [gasps]
- Adam.
[Aimer's "escalate"]
♪
- Who sings this song
about us pain and sorrow ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪
The weight
of my sins nails me down ♪
[singing in Japanese]
Is it the future falling ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪
Despair of all ♪
Emptiness follows you here ♪
This never-ending war ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪
Escalate ♪
[singing in Japanese]
Escalate ♪
[singing in Japanese]
I need someone to ♪
[singing in Japanese]
Pray in my name ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪
Again and again and again ♪
[singing in Japanese]
One thing ♪
[singing in Japanese]
♪
- Adam, you say?
But a mere machine can't--
- You don't think a mere machine
can think of existence, do you?
If so, then do you think
you androids can?
You're just puppets who
can only act according
to the orders you've been given.
- Just shut up!
- Speaking of which,
how's the android
that's always by your side?
2B, I think her name is?
- Wait a minute.
How do you know her name?
- How could I forget either
of your names
when you two witnessed my birth
and then ruthlessly tried
to kill me?
- Then you're that special unit!
- [laughs]
That's right, boy.
Perhaps you do have a will.
Perhaps you do have desires.
Yes, you harbor a vile desire.
One you've never shown anyone.
One that slumbers deep within
your heart.
[static hissing]
And the more you try to hide it,
the more that distorted
darkness grows.
- Shut up!
That isn't true at all!
- There's no use denying it.
- Shut up! Shut up!
- For all who live are slaves
to desire.
- I can't shut out this voice!
- Some seek love
to fill their desire.
Others seek families
and lineage.
However, what I seek--
- I'm nothing like you machines!
You're wrong!
- You and I are no different.
You who are unable
to trust anything from anyone.
You who wants
to destroy everything.
You who has lost hope
in everything.
- I don't! I don't!
- You who desires
to obtain everything.
You who so desperately wants
to be loved by all.
- I don't! I don't!
- [gasps]
[shouting]
[grunts]
[breathing heavily]
- And think of how much
you want 2B.
- [whimpering]
- Stop it!
[door slams]
- You plan on looking for him?
- [gasps]
- That might just be what
the enemy wants.
Do you want my help?
- I can handle searching
for 9S by myself.
Tell Lily to be alert about
what's going on around camp.
- Understood.
Be careful out there, 2B.
- Report: communication
has been restored.
- Then hurry up and reach 9S.
- Report.
- [gasps]
What is it, Pod?
- Unable to contact 9S
via communications.
Records immediately before loss
of contact detected
a faint life-form signal.
Therefore, requesting search
and rescue.
[dramatic music]
♪
- This is us.
From earlier.
Who made this?
- Report: 9S went missing
in this location.
- [gasps]
- Confirmed.
Numerical data predicted
to be a value that indicates
a specific area.
Value corresponds
to the ruined city
underground sector.
- Hey, Pod.
Connect me to the bunker.
Affirmative.
- Commander!
- What's wrong?
- I have an emergency request
from 2B.
There's a high possibility
that 9S
was abducted during his mission.
And with the enemy forces
seemingly unknown,
she's requested
an immediate authorization
of a search squad for him.
Commander,
please authorize it.
I'm sorry,
but I can't do that.
- [gasps]
But if we don't hurry--
I can't.
All search squads at
the bunker's disposal are busy,
and we're in no position
to be moving units
from other war zones.
Thank you.
You're dismissed.
- But commander,
we can't just--
6O.
- [gasps]
Very well.
I understand.
I'm sorry, 2B.
I tried.
- Roger that.
Don't worry about it, 6O.
Pod, how far are we
from the target?
- Calculating.
We should arrive there shortly.
- [grunts]
- Report: we have now arrived
at target location.
- But there's nothing here.
[gasps]
[buzzing]
What?
A camouflaged hologram!
- Alert: possible trap detected.
[door opens and closes]
[alarm blares]
[whooshes]
[tense piano music]
♪
[alarm blares]
- Who would build this?
- Unknown.
Information about current
location cannot be confirmed
in any past records.
- Request: authorization
for 9S search activities
by this unit.
- Pod, you need to stand by
on the surface
Make a second request
to the bunker for backup.
- Analysis: area is composed
of crystallized silicon
and carbon.
Further details unknown due
to a lack of data.
A faint black box signal
has been detected up ahead.
Confirmed signal
pattern coincides
with identification code
for 9S.
- [gasps]
[choral music]
♪
Hey, Pod.
Turn up sensor
to max responsiveness.
- Affirmative.
No machine life-form signals
detected nearby.
Stones in surrounding area
are crystallized structures
of calcium sulfide,
sodium chloride,
and other materials that cannot
be easily analyzed.
No enemy signals detected.
- Why do these things
even exist?
- Unknown.
[door creaks]
- [gasps]
[door clangs]
[distant church bell ringing]
[gasps]
- Report: confirmed missing
YoRHa squad members.
- [gasping]
[grunts]
[Keigo Hoashi's "Copied City"]
♪
[gasps]
[gasps]
[gasps]
- Why, welcome
To my beloved city.
[chuckles]
- Where is 9S?
[chuckles]
Don't be so rash, 2B.
- [gasps]
- I would simply like
to speak with you for a moment.
It is why I came here,
after all.
My name's Adam.
Nice to meet you.
I know we met once before
in the underground desert.
But we didn't have time
to introduce ourselves and chat.
- An underground desert?
But when did
The special unit!
- What a relief.
I'm so glad you remember me.
- Where the hell is 9S?
- Do try to relax.
If you slay me you'll never
find out where he is.
- [grunts]
- The place you see before you
is our playground.
We mimicked humanity
and its creation.
You see, I--
or should I say we,
machine life-forms--
have an exceptional interest
in humanity.
Humans are so enigmatic.
They're impossible
to understand.
Things like love,
family,
war,
and religion.
The complexity of humanity
fascinates me endlessly.
This riddle of what
it truly means to be human.
But you wouldn't understand
this feeling, now, would you?
After all,
you're just like them.
- [grunts]
What in the world
are you talking about?
[gasps]
- What I'm about to show you
is what you androids
have been seeking
for all these years.
[chuckles].
It is my pleasure
to introduce you
to our creators.
Before you are the aliens who
created us machine life-forms.
In other words,
these are your ultimate enemies.
You've been searching for them,
haven't you?
- They were in this place?
- I'd be happy to introduce you,
but I'm afraid
they're already dead.
In reality they were wiped out
by us centuries ago.
- They've been dead
this whole time?
- Yes.
Machine life-forms
are weapons capable
of evolution in order
to fortify themselves.
And as the laws
of evolution would have it,
our intelligence bloomed forth
from within our network
far surpassing our own creators.
- You killed your own creators?
- I assure you,
it's nothing to fret about.
After all,
they were simple,
infantile creatures akin
to plant life.
They were worthless.
- [grunting]
- However, humanity
has proven infinitely
more alluring.
And you,
I've been watching all
of you androids.
You who were created
in the image of humans.
I wasn't sure at first
but your kind definitely
have emotions.
Joy, sorrow, fear.
And above all, hatred.
But YoRHa is strictly prohibited
from harboring emotions, no?
That doesn't seem fair.
Emotions are what make up
your very being.
2B, won't you come with me?
I have high hopes for you.
Together we can do it.
Together we can decipher
the human heart.
- Tell me where 9S is!
- So be it.
You leave me no choice but
to continue having him assist me
with things.
- [gasps]
9S!
- I performed a variety
of experiments on him.
He's proven himself
to be valuable.
He was filled with all sorts
of complexities inside.
I found it truly fascinating.
Next I'll tear up his body,
dismantle it,
and take a look at every one
of his components.
I bet the agony he experiences
will draw out even more emotions
from him.
- Prepare to die,
you bastard!
- [snarls]
Yes, more!
Show me more of that pure hate!
That rage is exactly what
I've been wanting to see!
[laughing]
Come, now, 2B!
- [grunts]
[gasps]
[both grunting]
- [snarls]
Now we're having fun, 2B!
[cackles]
- [grunts]
- [groans]
[snapping]
That's right.
At the core
of humanity lies conflict.
They live to fight, steal,
and kill.
Humanity is conflict!
- You know nothing
about humanity!
[gasps]
9S!
- I created a replica
of his cybernetic body.
Not too shabby, is it?
- Damn you.
- [laughing]
- [grunts]
- Though you know
it to be a fake,
you still hesitate to attack.
Yet another great example
of the emotions humans harbor.
Good for you.
Even more proof that
you're similar to humans.
We both yearn
for the entanglement
that is human behavior.
It's not a stretch
to say machine life-forms
and androids share a purpose.
- [gasps]
[rapid gunfire]
[gun barrel winding down]
- Proposal: identify
the situation
and execute return fire
as planned.
- I never--Pod, no!
- [scoffs]
Please don't interrupt our fun!
- [grunts]
[grunts]
The infinite slaughters
of both sides during this war
will amount to nothing.
But you already know that,
don't you?
The ugly truth of it all--
that humanity went extinct
long ago.
- Shut up!
- Though human life ceases
to exist,
I have vowed to reach the pits
of humanity that
are no longer within our reach.
However, machine life-forms
are in a connected network
and cannot die.
It's sad.
Practically infinite bits
of data
and not a flicker of life.
The very concept of death.
There's no meaning to our kind.
It is for that reason I decided
to sever my connection
to the network.
Now, if you mortally wound me,
I will die and you can
then rescue your beloved 9S.
- [groaning]
[gasping]
[gasps]
- 2B.
- [gasps]
[groans]
9S!
[groaning]
- Tell me,
can you see death, 2B?
- Report: we have arrived
at the designated time.
- Hmm.
- I was just
Buying time for
[gasps]
[gasping]
- I see now.
Someone is infiltrating
my system.
Who's there?
- Make a second request
to the bunker for backup.
- Denying request for backup.
This unit is designated
to respond solely to 9S.
Furthermore, there
is nothing guaranteeing
that backup from command
will ever arrive.
- Then what's your plan?
- This unit will hack into
the main system while
the enemy engages with 2B.
Requesting that 2B buy
enough time for hacking.
- What are the odds it'll work?
- Chance of success, 36 percent.
- This unit will support
Pod 153's proposal.
Adding this unit's computation
to the current situation
should increase mission
success rate to 45 percent.
- Understood.
Pod 153, please hack in while
we act as decoy.
- Affirmative.
Control percentage: 92.
- 94. 95.
- Oh, how interesting.
So your plan is
to infiltrate me.
[laughs]
- 100 percent.
S--System controlled.
- So that's how it is.
I've been overtaken.
Is it because I chose
to sever myself
from the network?
It matters not.
I accept this outcome.
I accept my death
with open arms.
[footsteps rapidly approaching]
[snarls]
- [grunts]
[blade slices]
- Elder brother.
- Eve.
- I'm going
I'm going to protect
elder brother.
- [grunting]
- [shouts]
[roaring]
[booming]
[groans]
- 9S.
I have to hurry.
- Report.
- [gasps]
- Mission to rescue 9S,
success.
- Proposal: begin
immediate departure
from the current area.
- [gasping]
9S!
- [groans]
[groaning]
2B.
[grunts]
- Come on.
Let's go home.
- [grunts]
[booming]
- [grunts]
[gasps]
- Eve.
- Hey.
When we get home,
let's play.
I finished my reading.
Brother.
- E--Eve.
[amazarash's "Antinomy"]
♪
- [singing in Japanese]
♪
♪
♪
[buzzing]
[percussive music]
♪
- Hello, there!
Sorry for taking
a break last time,
but who doesn't need time off
to relax, right?
This is YoRHa Number 9,
Type S, reporting.
- Likewise, YoRHa Number 2,
Type B, reporting.
- I know this is sudden
but I thought
of a T-shirt design
for you, 2B.
- Huh?
- Begin sharing of information.
- So, what do you think?
- Thank you.
In return, I thought up
a design that I think suits you.
- [gasps]
Amazing!
Thank you!
[laughs]
- I came up with this, too.
- Wow!
It's perfect for the commander!
What do you think of this
for the operators?
- I'd use this instead.
- Excellent!
- And for Jackass--
- Whoa, that's so cool, 2B!
- Oh, no.
I can't stop designing them.
[beeping]
[whirring]
[typewriter dings]