Beatless (2018) s01e18 Episode Script

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There was an explosion in the river!
We're being attacked from the river!
We can't see the water
because of the smoke cover!
Major, they have the device. Shall we pursue?
There's no need.
The enemy is either a special military vessel
or a drone.
-Pursuing them could lead us into a trap.
-But--!
We were hired by Memeframe to destroy Kouka.
We have already completed our contract.
But should we prepare for next time?
Shest, form an investigation team from
the Special Forces and Intelligence divisions.
I'll send you a personnel list.
Get them ready to move.
If you are dissatisfied with reality,
then would you like to overwrite it
with the future you desire?
I still want to save Kengo.
He has to be saved.
Is that an order?
It is.
If that is what you desire,
I will do what I can.
You will be required to approach
a dangerous organization.
If I am not available to help you,
you may need to get through it on your own.
Okay.
Also, please follow every instruction I give you,
as it is for your own safety.
That's fine.
We have a better chance if you're in charge.
Lastly,
no matter what ability I may use,
please trust me.
Okay.
I would guess that Kengo Suguri's arrest
was the security police's reaction
to Kouka's perceived terrorist attack
in an attempt to gather information.
If that is the case,
if we provide the security police
with a better lead,
I believe it would hasten the release
of Kengo Suguri.
What's this?
The white marks are lone hIEs.
The red marks are policemen patrolling the city.
This system manages the video
being taken by Antibody Network volunteers.
How do we have access to this?
Do you remember our third promise?
No matter what ability you use,
I must trust you.
Understood. I won't ask again.
The Antibody Network volunteers
are taking footage of this too?
It would be more accurate to say
that they're being forced to film it.
You said that I had to get closer
to a dangerous organization.
Were you talking about them?
No, their organization is of little importance.
However, the people taking this footage
are worth approaching.
Hack?
This system contains police surveillance data
as well as data on hIEs vulnerable to theft.
It is quite enticing to those seeking
to commit a crime.
Thus, it serves as a large mousetrap.
That's weird.
The system doesn't just collect data
on vulnerable hIEs.
It also gathers information on the police,
criminals and the Antibody Network members?
It is because the Antibody Network
also monitors the criminal operatives
who go around destroying hIEs
in order to vent their frustration
they have with society.
What?
The world operates on self-interest.
While the criminal operatives find the service useful,
there are others who find value in the data
that is collected on them.
I will check one last time.
I will do my best to support you,
but there will be considerable danger.
Are you certain you still want to do this?
This is what got Kengo caught.
It's because I asked Kengo for help
when you were kidnapped.
I'll go. I must go.
Understood.
Now I will explain the plan.
This vehicle belongs to a PMC known as the HOO.
Someone who had been filming
the site of the attack
was taken away by this vehicle.
PMC?
Didn't the police arrest Kengo?
Why would they be involved?
This HOO unit was responsible
for destroying Kouka tonight.
After the fight, they immediately began collecting
information in order to survive.
That is because the HOO is in charge
of Memeframe's security,
and will need to fight again
should another Lacia-class hIE attack.
Since you are not suited for it,
we will let them interrogate and
break down the videographers.
What the hell?
Get out of the way!
What do you want me to do?
It's a traffic jam!
We will drop you off ahead of them.
I have no doubt that the HOO will pick you up.
Please make contact with the soldiers inside.
Okay.
Before we split up,
let's make sure we're able to stay connected.
What?
I will embed a small communication device
underneath your right ear.
Do it!
Ow!
Can you hear me, Mr. Arato?
Yeah, loud and clear.
Now I will be able to hear everything you do.
Please get started.
You're Lacia's owner, Arato Endo, aren't you?
Get inside.
I'm Shest Ackerman from the HOO.
Why did you reach out to us?
I wanted to learn more about the Antibody Network.
He knows something that connects this all together.
Major Lemaire will talk to you.
I am First Captain of the HOO's First Ground Army,
Corridenne Lemaire.
I want to thank you for your cooperation.
I want to help my friend.
Please let me talk to someone in charge.
Before that, you'll answer a few of my questions.
An hIE with the same name as the Lacia you own
escaped from a certain corporation.
Is this where your unit came from?
I think that is a different Lacia from mine.
You've encountered other similar models to Lacia.
Would you tell me about them?
Please answer that you only know of Kouka.
Other than Lacia,
the only one I know is Kouka.
But, Kouka has already been
You've got some balls messing with us, kid!
Major, this kid is lying.
That's enough, Mallory.
Not even you can order me to stop.
Do you have any idea how many we lost to that
damn Red Box?
Master Sergeant Mirai Mallory.
Soldiers cannot make important decisions
without their superior officer's permission.
So, for now, you are still safe.
On the morning of April 20th, in Urayasu,
we observed laser activity
with similar power output to Kouka.
Our military support AI triangulated its position,
and identified one individual who was in the vicinity.
Take off his hood.
You're the kidnapper!
This is him!
He's the kid who stole my Lacia!
What are you talking about?
You're the one who stole Lacia!
It would be more accurate to say
that they're being forced to film it.
I see.
You abused the Antibody Network's system
when you kidnapped Lacia, didn't you?
When they found out,
they made you film the people destroying the hIEs
as punishment.
So what?
If you get caught by the people
destroying the hIEs,
they'll kill you!
It's not like I had a choice.
Yes, there aren't a lot of people
who would readily take a punishment
like that.
If they just e-mailed you their orders,
you could just back out.
That's why someone came to
threaten you directly, right?
A guy came to my apartment!
I didn't tell anyone my name or address!
When?
What does that have to do with you?
When?
The end of April.
I think it was the 27th.
Two days before Mikoto was attacked
at the Oi Industrial Promotion Center.
The man who came to threaten you
was likely a professional.
They wouldn't entrust a job like that to a volunteer.
Major?
Probably a specialist hired by someone
at the top of the Antibody Network
who has access to their funds.
Someone close to the top of
the Antibody Network.
It seems like you got what you came for.
Shest,
send the boy a copy of all the data
we gathered from that man.
Welcome back.
You performed wonderfully, Mr. Arato.
Lacia.
Now we just have to
hack the kidnapper's apartment security
and identify the man from the footage.
Did you know this would all happen
if I got on that bus?
I made preparations hoping it would.
But this only happened
because you trusted me.
Don't sulk.
We didn't come away empty-handed.
The reason Kouka unleashed
such a powerful laser attack
was because she determined the target
was at least her equal.
If Arato Endo was there,
then his hIE
would have to be the Red Box Lacia.
Then couldn't we have nullified a Lacia unit
by capturing him?
Not necessarily.
What do you mean?
It means that perhaps
Lacia does not consider him as her owner.
At least, not as much as he thinks.
Looks like Endo is absent today.
You think it has to do with that?
You mean Suguri getting arrested?
What do you think, Erika?
Good question.
Maybe he took the day off
because he didn't want to get asked about it.
I wonder what Kengo is doing now.
Who's this?
We're with the police.
We'd like to ask Arato Endo a few questions
regarding Kengo Suguri.
They are only here for some questioning.
Please do as they say.
They should not be able to detain you
for any more than three hours.
If I'm being taken in for questioning,
could we do it at the same police station
holding Kengo?
If you promise to cooperate with us,
we'll consider it.
This person?
I've never seen her before.
Then, what about this one?
I don't know her either.
These aren't photographs, are they?
They're police sketches.
They're done with a paint program.
Pretty high quality, aren't they?
These are all people
who have been seen around your apartment building.
Let's take a look at a few more.
I can't say that she doesn't look familiar.
What about this one?
-Lacia?
-That's right.
hIEs have greater control over their facial muscles
than humans do.
Your hIE has been seen around your apartment
wearing a disguise not even her owner can recognize.
The person in our sketches
left no traces on any of the surrounding
security cameras.
It seems that the only information
Lacia hasn't erased
is the information that exists in other people's memories.
No matter what ability I may use,
please trust me.
We can form a hypothesis from this.
Lacia is doing something somewhere
without your knowledge
wearing a completely different face.
It's possible that Lacia is involved
in Kouka's terrorist attacks.
Do you think we could search your home
to help with our investigation?
After contacting your father,
he said we could as long as
you gave us your permission.
If I agree, could I see Kengo?
Unfortunately, I can't make that deal.
With that being said,
why don't you take a short break outside?
The room has been bugged.
But I will play a fake conversation
using recorded audio.
So, you may talk freely.
What are you doing?
I came to see you.
Are you stupid?
Only cute girls can get away with pulling
a stunt like this!
Sorry, I'll bring Lacia next time.
Not necessary!
You're the only one who still thinks
that thing is just a cute girl!
You might be right.
But if I can use Lacia properly,
I might be able to rescue you--
You don't need to anymore!
Don't you think it's strange?
You've gotten in the middle of a terrorist attack
trying to save me,
and witnessed what happened
at Chubu International Airport,
all without being charged?
Oh, right.
Lacia's been making sure I'm not arrested.
You know,
Kouka once asked me if I wanted to be her owner.
What?
I didn't give her an answer,
but I'm glad I didn't.
It's not because of what happened to Kouka.
If I made the contract,
maybe I wouldn't have been arrested like this.
Maybe I could've done some amazing
things with the Red Boxes like you have.
But, unlike you,
I care about humans more.
-So, have a good break?
-Yes.
Now, about helping our investigation.
Yes, I know. We made a deal.
No, we never made a deal.
Doesn't look like there are any traps.
Let's start then.
Getting your house searched by the police
feels weird.
There has been an emergency.
What is it?
A few areas on the west side of Tokyo
have lost power.
-What caused it?
-I believe it is an attack from Snowdrop.
An attack from Snowdrop?
That's serious!
I believe that Kouka's destruction last night
may have triggered this.
What do you mean?
After learning humans are capable of destroying a
fellow Lacia-class through conventional means,
it seems Snowdrop felt compelled to take action
much sooner than I anticipated.
You're home already?
Good timing! I'm going out!
Could you take care of this?
Take care of what?
-The police house search!
-What?
What are you planning to do?
Let's stop Snowdrop.
I feel like if I don't,
I have no right using you.
Go, my pretty flowers!
When the red trigger is pulled,
greens burst forth.
Can the dancing flower petals
paint over the futures of humans?
Will the exposed truth break the youth's love?
Whose hand will you take?
Next episode, "Plus One."
That's why
it's impossible to engage with humans.