E12 - U... U-U-U-U-U...

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[00:14] Mamoru
    Sorry for waking all of you up so suddenly.
[00:18] Mamoru
    But right now, I need your help.
[00:22] Mamoru
    Find out where Konoha went.
[00:25] Mamoru
    I'm counting on all of you.
SIGN    Sending analysis results.
SIGN    Sending analysis results.
SIGN    Sending analysis results.
SIGN    Currently tracking travel route 
    of specified vehicle.
     Please wait.
[01:00] Mamoru
    You found her?
[01:01] Mamoru
    Where is she?
SIGN    Specified vehicle has entered
    the premises of Akihabara Stadium.
SIGN    Akihabara
    Stadium
[01:07] Mamoru
    Akihabara Stadium!
SIGN    16bit Sensation:
    Another Layer
SIGN    16bit Sensation:
    Another Layer
SIGN    "U... U-U-U-U-U..."
[02:48] Mamoru
    Akihabara Stadium...
[02:50] Mamoru
    The car that abducted Konoha
    was seen coming here.
[02:55] Mamoru
    That van...
[02:58] Mamoru
    Who are those people?
[03:01] Mamoru
    Going by their outfits and gear, they
    don't look like regular security.
[03:06] Mamoru
    What are these guys doing
    at a construction site?
[03:10] Mamoru
    What's going on here?
[03:12] Mamoru
    What's Konoha gotten herself into?
[03:15] Mamoru
    I don't know why they kidnapped 
    her, or where she is now.
[03:19] Mamoru
    I can't just waltz in 
    through the front door.
[03:21] Mamoru
    Now what, then?
[03:25] Mamoru
    That's right.
[03:26] Mamoru
    On top of constructing the stadium,
[03:28] Mamoru
    there was one other 
    project that got put on hold.
[03:32] Mamoru
    If that's still around, that can get me 
    part of the way there.
SIGN    Joban New Line Project
[03:46] Konoha
    Th-There are...
[03:48] Konoha
    There are people trapped inside!
[03:51] Konoha
    What is this place?!
[03:53] Konoha
    None of this makes any sense!
[04:01] Konoha
    A robot?
[04:03] Konoha
    Th-That scared me...
[04:07] Konoha
    For crying out loud!
SIGN    Akihabara FOODiX AKIBA Map.pdf
SIGN    Floor Guide Map B1-3F
[04:46] Mamoru
    The way forward is...
[04:49] Mamoru
    That door, huh?
[04:54] Mamoru
    The security at the Akihabara underground 
    market is as lax as ever.
[04:59] Mamoru
    I can make do with this.
[05:03] Mamoru
    Thanks for your hard work!
[05:09] Mamoru
    As a kid, I cracked copy protection 
    schemes on games all the time.
[05:14] Mamoru
    Burn hole protection, long track 
    protection, and CRC protection.
[05:19] Mamoru
    You could even say that part was 
    more fun than the actual games.
[05:23] Mamoru
    And now that I'm older, this time, 
    I'm hacking my way into Akiba.
[05:28] Mamoru
    I swear.
[05:29] Mamoru
    I haven't changed, even as an adult.
[05:31] Mamoru
    No, perhaps I was never 
    an adult to begin with.
[05:35] Mamoru
    This town is like a giant playground for me.
[05:39] Mamoru
    Even after all these decades.
[05:49] Mamoru
    Now then, for this type
    of card key reader...
[05:54] Mamoru
    Looks like it's time to use this.
[06:00] Mamoru
    All right!
[06:10] Mamoru
    No one's gotten in my way so far...
[06:13] Mamoru
    But that's about to change here.
[06:16] Mamoru
    The abandoned site of the 
    Joban New Line project.
[06:19] Mamoru
    It was supposed to be a railway line to 
    connect to Tokyo, from Tsukuba to Akihabara.
[06:25] Mamoru
    But they made a last-minute decision 
    not to run the line through Akihabara.
[06:31] Mamoru
    Construction of the train 
    station was halted,
[06:33] Mamoru
    and in its place, they built the radio 
    tower that is Akihabara Sky Tower.
[06:38] Mamoru
    Could there have been a timeline
    where this line ended up opening?
[06:46] Mamoru
    If I climb up here...
[06:53] Mamoru
    What now?
[06:57] Mamoru
    A rat?
[07:03] Worker
    What?
[07:04] Worker
    Is someone there?
[07:13] Worker
    Wh-What's that music?!
[07:18] Worker
    Over there!
[07:19] Lyrics
    Another busy day running around in circles~
[07:22] Lyrics
    I don't mind, I'm used to it by now~
[07:35] Toya
    Halt!
[07:38] Konoha
    Th-They stopped.
[07:45] Toya
    O-Onee-sama?
[07:47] Toya
    Is that really you, Onee-sama?
[07:49] Toya
    You look exactly the same as back then.
[07:52] Toya
    But how?
[07:53] Konoha
    Toya-chan!
[07:54] Toya
    Don't come any closer!
[07:56] Toya
    I-I'm sorry.
[07:59] Konoha
    I-It's fine.
[08:00] Konoha
    Anyway, Toya-chan, what is this place?
[08:04] Konoha
    There's a ton of people trapped here!
[08:09] Konoha
    Toya-chan?
[08:11] Glenn
    Welcome to Planet Games.
[08:16] Glenn
    Konoha Akisato-sama.
[08:18] Glenn
    Oh, what a surprise.
[08:20] Glenn
    Just how old are you, Original Cuu?
[08:24] Glenn
    The genius creator behind The Last Waltz!
[08:27] Glenn
    You should be close to 50 years old,
    but you look like a young girl!
[08:31] Glenn
    I see, I see...
[08:36] Glenn
    You truly are an extraordinary being!
[08:39] Glenn
    The perfect fit for this place!
[08:41] Konoha
    Wh-Who in the world are you?!
[08:43] Konoha
    Take me back to Akiba!
[08:45] Konoha
    And what's the deal with this place?!
[08:48] Glenn
    Oh, I do apologize, Ms. Konoha.
[08:52] Glenn
    My name is Glenn Faulkner.
[08:54] Glenn
    I'm the CEO of Planet Games Japan.
[08:58] Glenn
    And Ms. Konoha, you happen to find
    yourself in our development room.
[09:03] Konoha
    D-Development room?
[09:05] Konoha
    You mean for developing video games?
[09:08] Konoha
    B-But...
[09:11] Konoha
    I don't see any desks, or even a computer!
[09:15] Konoha
    S-So what are these people doing, then?!
[09:18] Konoha
    They're trapped in these weird tanks!
[09:22] Glenn
    Why, they're working for us, of course.
[09:26] Glenn
    You could say that they're something
    like sustenance for our CI.
[09:31] Konoha
    C-CI? Sustenance?!
[09:33] Glenn
    Cybernetic intelligence.
[09:36] Glenn
    Our company's glorious integrated
    entertainment development system.
[09:41] Glenn
    Ms. Konoha.
[09:42] Glenn
    I'll be open with you and
    tell you everything.
[09:47] Glenn
    As you know, AI has surpassed
    humanity in the past few years,
[09:52] Glenn
    and all creative matters
    have been left to AI.
[09:56] Glenn
    At first, there were no problems with that.
[09:58] Glenn
    A game that would take humans several years
    could be finished by AI in a single day!
[10:03] Glenn
    A bright new future was upon us!
[10:06] Glenn
    Boo!
[10:07] Glenn
    However, it wasn't long
    before we reached a limit.
[10:11] Glenn
    The things AI create end up
    pretty much all being the same.
[10:14] Glenn
    AI are completely lacking in anything
    like imagination or spontaneity.
[10:20] Glenn
    And so, the quality of a game ends up
    depending yet again on time and money spent.
[10:25] Glenn
    Game development goes right back
    to becoming a numbers game.
[10:29] Glenn
    But then we came up with an idea.
[10:31] Glenn
    It was time once again for
    humans to be put to work.
[10:35] Glenn
    This CI is hooked up to 200 people.
[10:40] Glenn
    All of them were originally
    creative professionals.
[10:43] Konoha
    What?!
[10:44] Glenn
    By connecting their brains and
    neural networks to computers,
[10:49] Glenn
    the CI becomes able to consult
    human sensibilities,
[10:52] Glenn
    to create completely original games,
[10:55] Glenn
    the likes of which no one has seen before.
[10:58] Glenn
    24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
[11:01] Glenn
    These people do a great
    deal of work for the CI.
[11:04] Glenn
    With compensation, of course.
[11:07] Glenn
    AI used to assist human beings.
[11:10] Glenn
    Now it's the other way around.
[11:12] Glenn
    That's all there is to it.
[11:13] Glenn
    It's not a bad deal for these folks, either.
[11:17] Glenn
    The CI get to make use of their talent,
[11:20] Glenn
    without any of it going to waste.
[11:22] Konoha
    S-Still!
[11:23] Konoha
    Say what you will, but
    this is way too cruel!
[11:26] Glenn
    Ms. Konoha.
[11:28] Glenn
    That talent of yours...
[11:29] Glenn
    We're the ones who can utilize it 100%.
[11:34] Glenn
    I promise we won't put those
    phenomenal gifts of yours to waste.
[11:39] Glenn
    Okay, let us proceed, Ms. Toya!
[11:43] Toya
    Onee-sama.
[11:44] Toya
    Please enter this CI.
[11:49] Toya
    Starting today, you'll be...
[11:51] Toya
    hooked up to this system!
[12:03] Mamoru
    It feels different here than it did earlier.
[12:05] Mamoru
    Where could Konoha be?
[12:15] Zombie Debugger A
    Cuu... Cuu...
[12:24] Mamoru
    What's the deal with him?
[12:26] Mamoru
    Doesn't look like he's dead.
[12:27] Zombie Debugger A
    Cuu... Cuu...
[12:36] Group
    Cuu... Cuu...
[12:38] Group
    Cuu... Cuu...
[12:43] Mamoru
    Wait, is this a debug room?
[12:47] Mamoru
    But look at them...
[12:49] Mamoru
    They're practically zombies!
[13:10] Mamoru
    Based on the personnel 
    upstairs and down here,
[13:13] Mamoru
    we're not dealing with 
    anyone ordinary here.
[13:16] Mamoru
    Konoha... Is she all right?
[13:19] Konoha
    I don't wanna!
[13:22] Toya
    Onee-sama.
[13:23] Toya
    You won't be in any pain
    when you enter the CI.
[13:26] Toya
    You'll just be spending time
    in a tank for a while.
[13:30] Toya
    That's all.
[13:31] Konoha
    N-No!
[13:33] Konoha
    No, I don't wanna!
[13:34] Konoha
    Toya-chan, you've completely changed!
[13:37] Konoha
    What's gotten into you?!
[13:40] Toya
    It's been over twenty years since then.
[13:44] Toya
    To save my company, to survive...
[13:48] Toya
    I needed to accept this merger.
[13:50] Toya
    If I didn't, my company
    would have gone under!
[13:53] Toya
    But as a result, I ended
    up getting you involved.
[13:58] Konoha
    Toya-chan...
[14:01] Toya
    You've...
[14:02] Toya
    You've always been my idol.
[14:04] Toya
    I still look up to you to this day!
[14:06] Toya
    Creating such an incredible
    game and changing the world!
[14:09] Toya
    I wanted to be just like you!
[14:15] Toya
    But I couldn't do it.
[14:21] Konoha
    Th-That's not true!
[14:23] Konoha
    Toya-chan, you're amazing!
[14:24] Konoha
    You started your own company!
[14:26] Konoha
    Y-You're way, way more
    incredible than I ever was!
[14:30] Konoha
    Really... Really!
[14:32] Toya
    I'm not...
[14:34] Toya
    I'm not a genius like you are.
[14:37] Toya
    But I have my employees,
[14:39] Toya
    and fans with expectations,
[14:41] Toya
    so I need to keep on creating games!
[14:45] Toya
    So... Onee-sama...
[14:48] Toya
    I'm sorry.
[14:50] Toya
    I'm sorry...
[14:53] Konoha
    Toya-chan...
[14:55] Konoha
    P-Please don't cry.
[14:57] Konoha
    I'm... I'm not...
[15:08] Toya
    Onee-sama?
[15:09] Konoha
    I'm sorry!
[15:10] Konoha
    I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
[15:12] Konoha
    The truth is that I'm no genius!
[15:16] Konoha
    I'm nothing but ordinary!
[15:18] Konoha
    And yet... And yet...
[15:21] Konoha
    It's my fault that the Akiba I love is gone!
[15:24] Konoha
    That the games I love are gone!
[15:26] Konoha
    Even the bishojo I love are gone!
[15:29] Konoha
    And worst of all, I was
    causing you so much pain...
[15:32] Konoha
    I hate this world, and
    this way of making games!
[15:37] Toya
    Onee-sama...
[15:40] Konoha
    I have a lot to thank computers for!
[15:44] Konoha
    I mean, it's thanks to my computer
    that I became a good artist!
[15:50] Konoha
    It may not be that impressive
    to anyone else,
[15:54] Konoha
    but I learned to make art
    that I thought was amazing
[15:57] Konoha
    because of computers and
    the programs on there!
[16:01] Konoha
    But if this is where that leads us,
    then to Hell with computers!
[16:06] Konoha
    There's no joy to be had making
    games in a world like this!
[16:10] Konoha
    I'll make sure I rewrite it!
[16:12] Konoha
    I'll make sure I completely
    overwrite such a world!
[16:16] Konoha
    I'll... I'll...
[16:20] Konoha
    create a game to make everyone happy!
[16:25] Toya
    O-Onee-sama...
[16:28] Glenn
    Goodness gracious.
[16:29] Glenn
    I have places to be, you know.
[16:32] Glenn
    I think that's enough catching up.
[16:34] Glenn
    Please make up your mind, Ms. Toya.
[16:37] Glenn
    If you refuse, then I'll take
    matters into my own hands.
[16:41] Glenn
    I'll give you three seconds.
[16:45] Glenn
    Three.
[16:46] Glenn
    Two.
[16:48] Glenn
    One.
[16:55] Mamoru
    Konoha!
[16:57] Konoha
    That voice...
[16:59] Konoha
    Mamoru-kun!
[17:02] Konoha
    M-Mamoru-kun?
[17:04] Konoha
    What are you doing here?!
[17:05] Mamoru
    I'll explain later!
[17:07] Mamoru
    Right now, just run!
[17:08] Konoha
    O-Okay!
[17:11] Glenn
    Damn it!
[17:12] Glenn
    What happened?!
[17:14] Glenn
    Ah! They're getting away!
[17:16] Glenn
    What are you doing?!
[17:17] Glenn
    After them!
[17:21] Toya
    Please let them go!
[17:23] Toya
    Keep your hands off them!
[17:25] Glenn
    Don't be ridiculous!
[17:28] Glenn
    So be it.
[17:29] Glenn
    I'll just assume command directly.
[17:38] Konoha
    Mamoru-kun, you came to rescue me?
[17:41] Mamoru
    I-I'm not very athletic!
[17:44] Mamoru
    Besides, do you know how old I am?!
[17:46] Mamoru
    I said I would help you, but
    I never agreed to all this!
[17:51] Mamoru
    I swear!
[17:54] Konoha
    Sorry!
[18:00] Konoha
    The robots from before!
[18:02] Mamoru
    Don't worry about them.
[18:03] Konoha
    What?
[18:04] Konoha
    Huh?
[18:05] Mamoru
    They're on our side now.
[18:08] Konoha
    Our side?
[18:09] Mamoru
    Yeah.
[18:10] Konoha
    I've hacked them to link them up
    to the PC-98s in the warehouse.
[18:14] Konoha
    What?!
[18:16] Mamoru
    I've said it countless times:
[18:18] Mamoru
    nothing can beat the PC-98!
[18:22] Guard A
    I see them! There!
[18:24] Guard A
    Geez, wasting our time like that...
[18:27] Guard A
    Return to the lab!
[18:29] Konoha
    Wh-Wh-Wh-What now, Mamoru-kun?!
[18:34] Konoha
    What?
[18:37] Konoha
    What?!
[18:40] Guard C
    H-Hey, look!
[18:42] Guard D
    Return fire!
[18:48] Konoha
    D-Don't shoot!
[18:49] Konoha
    I'm just an illustrator!
[18:53] Mamoru
    This way!
[18:53] Konoha
    O-Okay!
[18:55] Mamoru
    Open!
[18:56] Konoha
    Sesame!
[18:58] Guard E
    Wait up!
[19:00] Guard E
    Wh-What?!
[19:01] Robot
    The doors are closing.
[19:03] Guard E
    Cut the crap! Open up!
[19:06] Robot
    I can't do that.
[19:07] Guard E
    Why not?!
[19:10] Mamoru
    Is your next game an
    action game or something?
[19:13] Konoha
    I don't wanna make a game
    full of dead ends like this!
[19:18] Guard F
    Found them!
[19:22] Guard F
    A flare?
[19:24] Guard F
    The hell is this?
[19:26] Guard F
    Trying to create a smokescreen?
[19:28] Guard F
    That's cute.
[19:29] Alert
    Extinguishing fire.
[19:35] Konoha
    Mamoru-kun, what was that back there?
[19:37] Mamoru
    I used a flare to set off the
    fire extinguisher system.
[19:41] Mamoru
    It should buy us some time.
[19:44] Glenn
    What are all of you idiots doing?!
[19:47] Glenn
    How much time are you going to
    waste capturing two people?!
[19:51] Glenn
    Damn it!
[19:53] Guard H
    Mr. Glenn!
[19:54] Glenn
    What now?!
[19:54] Guard H
    Targets have been spotted!
[19:57] Guard H
    They're heading to the
    surface on the cargo lift!
[20:00] Glenn
    Cut the power to the lift!
[20:03] Glenn
    Shut down all systems other
    than the CI and this room!
[20:06] Toya
    Stop it already!
[20:09] Glenn
    Oh, it's just you.
[20:11] Toya
    Hook me up to the CI!
[20:14] Toya
    I'll take Onee-sama's place!
[20:18] Glenn
    And here I was wondering what you'd say.
[20:21] Glenn
    You, take her place?
[20:25] Glenn
    You'll never be fit to take her place.
[20:32] Glenn
    Beat it.
[20:33] Glenn
    Go and get out of my sight.
[20:41] Konoha
    Yes!
[20:42] Konoha
    We're almost there!
[20:43] Mamoru
    Yeah, we are.
[20:55] Guard C
    It stopped...
[20:57] Konoha
    M-Mamoru-kun!
[20:59] Konoha
    The lift stopped moving!
[21:02] Glenn
    You sure have given us a
    hard time, Original Cuu.
[21:08] Glenn
    But our game of cat and mouse ends here.
[21:15] Glenn
    You have nowhere to run.
[21:16] Glenn
    This is checkmate.
[21:19] Glenn
    I don't see the need to be civil anymore.
[21:22] Glenn
    You're getting in that CI, Konoha Akisato!
[21:26] Mamoru
    Damn it!
[21:27] Mamoru
    After we made it so far!
[21:31] Konoha
    Stop this already!
[21:36] Glenn
    Guards, bring both of them along.
[21:39] Group
    Yes, sir!
[21:44] Glenn
    Wh-What is that?
[21:47] Mamoru
    H-Hey, look!
[21:51] Konoha
    What?!
[21:57] Konoha
    U... U-U-U-U-U...
[22:00] Konoha
    UFO?!
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