Beatless (2018) s01e16 Episode Script

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The item you requested.
Thank you, dear sister.
I appreciate you accommodating my extra request.
The security police's interest in you
has been quite beneficial to us.
Please consider it a token of our appreciation.
All right, then, I'll do that.
In other words,
Higgins, the AI updating the hIE behavior
management system
categorizes humans as AASC level zero
entities within its own system.
Level zero?
While humans and hIEs appear the same,
humans are not under--
What do you mean, humans are level zero?
Weren't you paying attention in class?
I was, but I'm asking you because
I didn't understand it.
You at least know what the AASC is, right?
I know that much. We learned it in middle school.
Something about conduct priorities?
Just as I thought.
Action Adaptation Standard Class.
It categorizes action priorities.
Yeah, that. I was about to say that.
Higgins
simulates hIE actions within a virtual world
to ensure that they're able to
perform them adequately in the real world.
However, hIE units range in individual capabilities,
and if the simulation incorporated all of those details,
it would crash the behavior management cloud.
That's why Higgins assigns a level to every unit
from one to five.
That's the AASC.
The lowest is level one
which covers malfunctioning units.
The highest level is five, units with superhuman abilities
assigned to specialized tasks.
We learned this too.
Higgins assembled the behavior program
so that all units would be able to follow actions
assigned to each level.
Eliminating irregularities lowers
the program's processing load.
Hold on.
If malfunctioning units are level one,
then level zero humans are lower than that?
Even if they are faulty,
hIEs are still capable of following
Higgins' instructions.
But not humans.
To Higgins,
humans are just uncontrollable dolls
who only look like hIEs.
Humans are just dolls who look like hIEs
Wait, but isn't it the opposite?
hIEs were made to look human--
Yes, from the human's point of view.
But, Higgins might see a different world than we do.
Kaidai, Endo
do you think we were looking at the same world?
All set.
WHAT IS THIS?
ARE YOU SEEING THIS?
My name is Kouka. I'm an hIE.
I'm a tool made to assist in defeating humans.
Let's jump-start things here.
You created the camera unit
broadcasting this video, didn't you?
Yes.
I never imagined that the prototype I gave Lacia
in exchange for the blueprints
would be used in this manner.
What took you so long?
Nice reaction.
It's okay, get as excited as you want.
Just think of my fight
as being all for you!
Impressive.
I could get used to this.
I'm a weapon.
Just the barbaric kind of toy humans love to play with.
The antibody network
would not design a future for you.
You, watching this stream,
tell me what makes you angry.
I'll carry out your wishes.
It seems like they taught you
what the disadvantaged people of this world
truly desire.
Are you watching too?
You weren't my owner.
But you're a lot like me.
Just like me and the other people
going nowhere in life.
Why is Kouka doing this?
She is trying to do the same thing you are.
When you take on a problem
you can't solve on your own,
you try to defer the decision to me.
Yes.
Kouka is trying to outsource her problem
to everyone watching the stream.
Something that appears human is causing destruction
on a level of immeasurable scale.
This sudden turn of events
will stir up people's apprehension towards hIEs, AIs,
and the relinquishing of power to AIs
in order to automate society.
Eventually, when the people watching this
are dragged into a Lacia-class battle,
fought in the open,
they will surely remember this moment.
If this thought is able to spread,
Kouka will be one step closer to winning
her fight against society.
If I can become a valuable tactical tool
then I can be the weapon for the disenfranchised.
That is why I've continued to worry
about who would wield me.
The fight I've taken on
requires great strategy.
But, I don't have the power to change the world.
Humans can change the world.
That's why we get humans to act
through our analogue hacks.
And then the humans use us
to automate the changing of the world.
Even if I'm an hIE,
I will be absorbed into their system
simply for looking human.
If this fight is beyond me,
then I'll outsource my victory
to the humans watching this now,
who believe in the future.
Do you really think automation is your only enemy?
hIEs don't have souls.
They don't create the future.
Ultimately, those who created this society
and silenced your outcries
are all human.
By reaching out to the humans
Higgins has categorized as AASC level zero entities,
Kouka has left her problems for them to figure out.
I wish you could have seen this.
Can you hear me, Kouka?
I'm not sure what to say, but
Then don't.
I'm not interested in whatever fairytale speech you have.
So, this is the how it ends for you.
Would this be considered sad?
Sad?
You're terrible at acting human.
I don't fight because I'm sad.
I fight because I would be sad if I didn't!
That looks fun.
If you had told me you wanted to do this,
I would've been able to get along with you better.
I'm not interested in kids.
I guess Lacia isn't going to say anything to me.
Lacia's owner, you're watching, aren't you?
We're tools that automate our owner's wishes.
That's why we're only as meaningful
as the way we're used.
I may be disposable,
but my dear sister is different.
Don't screw this up.
Things only get complicated
when you try to group things you think are human
with humans.
The world is so complex,
but you still give special meaning to the human form.
Tell me,
do I look like I care about what you want?
What is it that you seek in destroying me?
I want to get to the other side.
Destroying me
will only delay my development by a few months.
The world cannot be stopped through destruction.
A few months?
Oh, I won't live long enough to see it.
In that case,
I think I'm allowed one questionable wish.
I can't believe Karea Kasumizaki was an hIE.
The antibody network used an hIE to carry out
terrorist attacks?
I'm just as confused as you are.
Anything about jurisdiction?
We have orders from the top to stop.
The owner hired a PMC to finish this.
Basically, it means we don't need to suffer
any needless losses.
Don't look so sour.
We can follow our own leads.
Mikoto is the most human-like automated politician.
The entity that would bring human society
one step closer to the future.
Being destroyed allowed Mikoto to become
the tragic heroine.
And Kouka will be defined as
the hIE resisting global automation
through this fight.
Even if her vessel is destroyed here,
Kouka will continue to live on
as a character inside our hearts.
Kouka's issues will become shared information,
and the idea will exist inside a type of cloud
formed by a network of human brains
loosely connected by society.
Kouka knew that she wouldn't be able to run
when she decided on this strategy.
As for now,
Kouka should be more concerned
with protecting her image
than preserving her vessel.
Then Kouka will
Most likely,
she will find a secluded location away from civilians
where she can put on a memorable finale.
She's here.
Thank goodness.
I'm glad your battle AI isn't stupid.
You can witness my big finish!
Attack!
Close in on her!
Don't let the doll get away!
Yes, ma'am!
The laser scramblers barely do anything.
Zero-90 has completed armor exchange!
Send it out!
Take this!
Master Sergeant Mirai Mallory, impact!
Artillery squads concentrate fire on its arm!
Don't give it a chance to aim!
Damn it.
Found you.
She's figured out our position.
Major, I'm sorry I'm late.
No, it's perfect timing.
Soldiers, leave the drone behind
and get out of the river.
Shest, assign an armored vehicle for support.
I want you in there.
Roger!
That won't stop me!
Fire!
Please carry on my cause.
Please don't forget about me.
Please incorporate me
into the decision frame.
Dear sister
How will I be able to forget this?
Lacia.
Kengo was arrested.
So it seems.
Is this related to Kouka's death?
This time, Kouka's actions
have created a large ripple effect.
I believe it is a reaction to that.
Lacia, please help Kengo.
I cannot do that.
Why not? You helped during the antibody network's
terrorist attack!
We were too slow to act this time.
If you free Kengo Suguri through illegal means
after he has been arrested,
you will be at odds with society.
If you are prepared to abandon your family and life
to go into hiding,
then I am able to carry out your order.
If I were able to use you better,
could this have been avoided?
If I am being frank,
it would have been possible if you used
my functions properly.
You don't have to say it like that.
If you adequately design a future,
I can make it a reality.
However,
surviving the aftermath
or maintaining your current lifestyle,
will come at a greater level of cost.
It is safer for the owner to change
rather than to push a major change on society.
It would be better if I changed.
But Kengo is my friend.
Mr. Arato.
If you are dissatisfied with reality,
then would you like to overwrite it
with a future you desire?