# E25 - Hokuriku Frontline (Part 2)
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**[00:15] ---**
I guess that's it for you.
**[00:16] ---**
Gashin!
**[00:17] ---**
My princess!
**[00:24] ---**
How disappointing.
**[00:38] ---**
Phew, just in the nick of time.
**[00:40] ---**
I'm glad we weren't too late.
**[00:42] ---**
Kei! Nayuta!
**[00:44] ---**
Gashin and Shion sent us.
**[00:46] ---**
"Go help those two out," they said.
**[00:48] ---**
Of course, we also have to
support our partners,
**[00:51] ---**
so we can't give you our full attention,
**[00:52] ---**
but we can still allocate a lot of
resources to this fight.
**[00:56] ---**
It'd be more than enough to back Gai up,
who's completely exhausted.
**[01:00] ---**
I was just taking a nap!
**[01:02] ---**
Keep telling yourself that.
**[01:03] ---**
You can't be too tired
if you can back talk.
**[01:06] ---**
Thanks.
**[01:08] ---**
Okay, let's work together
to take him down!
**[01:10] ---**
Yeah!
**[01:27] ---**
"AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline"
**[02:42] ---**
"Episode 25: Hokuriku Frontline (Part 2)"
**[02:53] ---**
The advance guards are defeated!
They're breaking through!
**[02:56] ---**
We've deployed
unmanned reinforcement units.
**[02:59] ---**
I'm transferring the command to you now.
**[03:02] ---**
Good timing, Dahlia.
**[03:03] ---**
This is exactly why you're
my second-in-command.
**[03:06] ---**
Thank you.
**[03:07] ---**
Watch out for the left flank.
**[03:08] ---**
The enemy units should be
making contact soon.
**[03:12] ---**
Nothing gets past him...
**[03:14] ---**
Deploy units to the left flank and engage!
**[03:23] ---**
I never thought assessing the situation
would take me this long without Kei.
**[03:27] ---**
It proves just how dependent I was!
**[03:29] ---**
But we're all in the same boat,
so no complaining!
**[03:34] ---**
All frontlines are still
being pushed back.
**[03:36] ---**
Oceanian teams 5 and 8 have fallen back.
**[03:38] ---**
Asian defense team 2
is requesting support!
**[03:41] ---**
Our number of units deployed
are down almost 15%.
**[03:47] ---**
You'll need to make a decision,
with the worst-case scenario in mind.
**[03:52] ---**
Do we keep going, or...?
**[03:58] ---**
I've pushed out so many upgrades,
but I still can't keep up with them.
**[04:03] ---**
Those Tactical AIs based off of Ghost...
**[04:06] ---**
They're constantly outperforming
our calculations... How can we...?
**[04:12] ---**
Ghost?
**[04:40] ---**
They have the advantage
in terms of speed and power!
**[04:43] ---**
The damage to the pilot
is less than my own.
**[04:47] ---**
And for some reason,
their reaction speed has increased!
**[04:51] ---**
Which means the conditions are the same!
**[04:52] ---**
That's what I'm talking about!
**[04:55] ---**
Northeast teams 4 and 7
have defeated the enemy troops.
**[04:58] ---**
Teams 16 through 18
have started advancing forward.
**[05:00] ---**
Brad Watt's unit is engaging the original
hand-to-hand combat type AMAIM.
**[05:05] ---**
--Looking good.
--Sir.
**[05:07] ---**
But your son, Captain Brad Watt,
seems to be fooling around a little bit.
**[05:14] ---**
Why would he only take on the original
AMAIM with such a high-performing unit?
**[05:18] ---**
Because it's the original AMAIM.
**[05:19] ---**
That unit is the only thing
that can take it on.
**[05:24] ---**
Hence the unit development
and AI research.
**[05:29] ---**
You have a point. I can't complain since
you have the results to show for it.
**[05:35] ---**
It seems the next-gen unit development
will go according to your proposal.
**[05:41] ---**
We've already started preparations.
**[05:45] ---**
It looks like Brad's having a tough time.
**[05:48] ---**
No matter. He seemed to be
snooping around my business.
**[05:53] ---**
If this goes on, they'll likely
take each other down.
**[05:58] ---**
If I can silence Brad while also
defeating the original AMAIM,
**[06:03] ---**
the tide will turn
towards us in a big way.
**[06:08] ---**
And even if we lose, he'll take the blame.
**[06:11] ---**
I have nothing to lose.
**[06:18] ---**
You're pretty persistent, aren't you?
**[06:21] ---**
Chasing me all the way here.
**[06:24] ---**
I made a promise to my team
in front of their graves!
**[06:26] ---**
That I'll make sure you pay for your sins!
**[06:28] ---**
The foreign special forces unit is nothing
more than a ragtag team, Captain Dialo.
**[06:35] ---**
If you, our lieutenant,
didn't sell us out, they'd still be alive!
**[06:39] ---**
Not only did you sell intel to the enemy,
**[06:41] ---**
but you also stole our supplies
and made a profit off of it!
**[06:44] ---**
That's how you got to where you are now!
**[06:46] ---**
Soldiers and mercenaries make money
by putting their lives on the line.
**[06:51] ---**
That's why I exchanged their lives
for money. What's so wrong with that?
**[06:56] ---**
I'll never forgive you...!
**[06:58] ---**
Then, let's cut the chitchat
and get on with it.
**[07:02] ---**
German!
**[07:03] ---**
You're so easy to rile up...
**[07:13] ---**
That's what makes you easy to manipulate.
**[07:21] ---**
People like you deserve to be
on the ground like this
**[07:26] ---**
and die pathetically.
**[07:33] ---**
Chief! Chief!
**[07:36] ---**
Hey, Chief! We got the combat data
from recovered units and...
**[07:42] ---**
I'm such an idiot!
**[07:44] ---**
I was too focused on trying to
solve the problem, but...
**[07:47] ---**
If they've based their AIs off of Ghost,
we can follow suit!
**[07:51] ---**
Chief...
**[07:53] ---**
With a tactical AI
based off of their program...
**[07:58] ---**
Please work!
**[08:17] ---**
The unmanned units' behavior has changed!
**[08:20] ---**
This is...
**[08:25] ---**
An I-LeS based tactical AI...
**[08:29] ---**
I was hoping to see that lion dog,
but I suppose that's asking too much.
**[08:36] ---**
But the performance is excellent!
**[08:39] ---**
Let's go! It's our turn now!
**[08:41] ---**
Eurasia attack team 1
has defeated the enemy troops!
**[08:43] ---**
Friendly units are taking less hits!
**[08:45] ---**
Various areas are
pushing back the frontlines!
**[08:47] ---**
What's going on?
**[08:54] ---**
It seems your friends
are making a comeback.
**[08:59] ---**
Man, they really are stubborn.
Is it worth all this trouble?
**[09:02] ---**
Of course it is!
**[09:03] ---**
Why is that?
**[09:04] ---**
So we can get Japan back!
**[09:06] ---**
Why else?!
**[09:08] ---**
Is this channel open?
**[09:12] ---**
A place where we can live safely as
Japanese people without being afraid...
**[09:16] ---**
That's what we're fighting for!
**[09:18] ---**
That's just greed!
**[09:24] ---**
We all have it.
**[09:27] ---**
Some want money, some want happiness.
**[09:31] ---**
And this AMAIM is what I want!
**[09:35] ---**
There are those who seek power,
**[09:38] ---**
those who seek wealth...
**[09:40] ---**
But I seek violence!
**[09:45] ---**
Look around you!
**[09:47] ---**
The unmanned units are the stars of
this show, mercilessly taking lives.
**[09:51] ---**
They feel no pain!
**[09:54] ---**
To protect our soldiers' lives, they shoot
at the enemy from a safe distance.
**[09:59] ---**
It's an ugly world!
**[10:01] ---**
That's why I'm going to destroy it,
using this AMAIM!
**[10:05] ---**
This war will put on a good show!
**[10:08] ---**
That's the reason why you took Ghost?!
Attacked TRYVECTA?!
**[10:12] ---**
I'll be number one, and for that, I don't
care if Japan, or the world collapses!
**[10:19] ---**
What in the world is he
yapping about on-air?
**[10:30] ---**
I'd ask what your last words are,
but my hearing's shot from just now.
**[10:35] ---**
Not that there's a need to hear it.
**[10:44] ---**
When we soldiers die,
we just become body counts in war.
**[10:50] ---**
How could you say that...?
**[10:52] ---**
It's the same for the population,
birth rates, and death rates!
**[10:55] ---**
They're just numbers!
**[10:57] ---**
The will of an individual doesn't matter!
**[11:01] ---**
You're wrong! I changed when I met Gai!
**[11:07] ---**
Amou...
**[11:08] ---**
We went to different places,
**[11:09] ---**
and met different people.
**[11:11] ---**
Warm people, kind people,
each one of them living their lives.
**[11:16] ---**
I have comrades, I made friends,
and it made me happy.
**[11:21] ---**
Amou...
**[11:22] ---**
I just want everyone to be happy!
**[11:26] ---**
Amou...
**[11:29] ---**
Isn't it the same for you guys?!
**[11:32] ---**
Gai was always by my side.
**[11:36] ---**
When I was happy...
**[11:38] ---**
...and when I was sad!
**[11:43] ---**
Gai was happy with me and
suffered through the pain with me.
**[11:46] ---**
Gai comforted me so many times!
**[11:52] ---**
We aren't just numbers!
**[11:54] ---**
Gai was right there by my side!
**[11:56] ---**
But that's how the world is!
**[11:59] ---**
But then...
**[12:01] ---**
Then the AIs are
more human than we are!
**[12:12] ---**
Stop this nonsense from airing, now!
**[12:17] ---**
I'm sorry to bother you,
Deputy Commander Spears.
**[12:21] ---**
I'm with the Public Safety Department.
**[12:23] ---**
Energy levels are low, output's down
by 35%, rerouting now.
**[12:28] ---**
The armor's reaching its limit, too!
We can maybe take one more hit.
**[12:33] ---**
Let's do our special move, Gai!
**[12:36] ---**
We'll put everything we've got
into this attack.
**[12:39] ---**
And it only accepts audio input.
**[12:44] ---**
Jeez, twist my arm, why don't you?
**[12:50] ---**
Let's do it, Amou!
**[12:52] ---**
Yeah!
**[12:53] ---**
Go!
**[13:00] ---**
Bardiche Breaker!
**[13:22] ---**
Looks like this is it.
**[13:25] ---**
Your technology is
too far advanced, Ghost.
**[13:29] ---**
Your time ends here, with me.
**[13:32] ---**
I'm gonna take you down with me.
I don't wanna hear you complain.
**[13:53] ---**
We did it... We did it, Gai!
**[13:59] ---**
Gai...?
**[14:09] ---**
Gai?!
**[14:12] ---**
This is a joke, right?
**[14:15] ---**
Gai...
**[14:35] ---**
No...
**[14:39] ---**
Gai...
**[14:53] ---**
Gai!
**[15:10] ---**
It's only been a week since the battle,
and life is back to normal already.
**[15:14] ---**
That's just how things work. Look.
**[15:19] ---**
The NAC and NJCO have started
their peace negotiations.
**[15:24] ---**
They still need to iron out
the details, but...
**[15:27] ---**
After this ordeal, Commander in Chief
Edgar Freeman has resigned.
**[15:31] ---**
With all that's happened, I don't think
there was any other way.
**[15:35] ---**
Anyway, I'm surprised you accepted.
**[15:37] ---**
The supervisory position?
**[15:39] ---**
I thought you wanted to
return to your home country.
**[15:42] ---**
I've grown attached to the NJCO.
**[15:45] ---**
Besides, this may come as a surprise,
but I love Japanese saké and *shochu*.
**[16:02] ---**
Second Lieutenant...
**[16:04] ---**
So this was your driving motivation.
**[16:09] ---**
Deputy Commander Spears' breach of trust
and misuse of military funds.
**[16:14] ---**
The "other arrested party" mentioned
in this article is German, isn't it?
**[16:20] ---**
I only became aware of my father's
wrongdoing some time ago.
**[16:25] ---**
I was torn about what to do...
**[16:29] ---**
But I couldn't let him get away with it,
because we're family.
**[16:34] ---**
I started working with
the Public Safety Department early on.
**[16:38] ---**
They gave me the intel about
Congressman Roy Walker and Pike Davis.
**[16:43] ---**
That's why you threatened them.
**[16:46] ---**
I had a hunch there was going to be
an assassination attempt
**[16:49] ---**
in order to force
the congressmen into submission.
**[16:52] ---**
A sniper would take the shot,
but it wouldn't be a kill-shot.
**[16:56] ---**
I used the war he wanted
to start against him
**[17:00] ---**
to drive him into a corner.
**[17:04] ---**
He's bound to make a mistake during
a large-scale mission like that.
**[17:07] ---**
I know I'm terrible...
I could've stopped the whole thing.
**[17:11] ---**
The Deputy Commander had already
completed his behind-the-scenes work.
**[17:15] ---**
You couldn't have stopped him alone.
**[17:17] ---**
Still, there were casualties.
**[17:21] ---**
That's why you wanted to die with Ghost?
**[17:28] ---**
Why did you take me off your team?
**[17:30] ---**
I wasn't sure what the charges would be,
**[17:34] ---**
and I didn't want to get you involved.
**[17:37] ---**
Ray and Charlie knew what they
were getting themselves into.
**[17:42] ---**
Stop, you're gonna pop my stitches out.
**[17:48] ---**
I'm part of the team!
**[17:50] ---**
You should trust me a little more.
**[17:54] ---**
I'm sorry...
**[17:57] ---**
Engineer Ory explained that
**[18:00] ---**
you're alive because the ejection mechanism
was triggered before the explosion.
**[18:06] ---**
Based on the combat data
they managed to retrieve,
**[18:10] ---**
it looks like it was Ghost
that activated it.
**[18:18] ---**
I see.
**[18:25] ---**
I'm glad you're alive.
**[18:34] ---**
Thank you, for not killing German.
**[18:38] ---**
Now we can get all our answers.
**[18:41] ---**
I don't think he's
going to talk willfully.
**[18:47] ---**
There was this man...
**[18:50] ---**
His parents went to war zones.
**[18:53] ---**
They were good doctors
that treated everyone,
**[18:56] ---**
regardless of their race or origin.
**[18:58] ---**
But one day, they were killed
**[19:01] ---**
by a soldier they had treated just a few
days ago, for treating an enemy soldier.
**[19:07] ---**
Ever since then, he loathed
soldiers and mercenaries,
**[19:11] ---**
for killing his parents.
**[19:13] ---**
Is that...?
**[19:18] ---**
What will you do now?
**[19:20] ---**
The NJCO has hired TRYVECTA
as an AI development organization,
**[19:25] ---**
so I'm thinking about settling down here.
**[19:28] ---**
What about you, Mr. Dialo?
**[19:29] ---**
I'm going back to HQ.
My field days are over.
**[19:33] ---**
All this action is bad for my back.
**[19:35] ---**
Oh, please!
**[19:38] ---**
Thank you.
**[19:41] ---**
Right back at you!
**[19:54] ---**
Is that for Gashin's father
and Lieutenant Masaki?
**[19:58] ---**
Yes. I finally have good news for them.
**[20:03] ---**
Yeah...
**[20:05] ---**
We're counting on you.
You're our new maintenance chief.
**[20:09] ---**
I won't let you down!
**[20:11] ---**
Besides, Ms. Misuzu is still with us
as the maintenance manager!
**[20:14] ---**
Worst case, we can ask
Ms. Misuzu to check our work!
**[20:18] ---**
Seriously?
**[20:21] ---**
I'm staying here.
**[20:23] ---**
Sure, we got Japan back,
but only a part.
**[20:27] ---**
Not the entire country.
**[20:28] ---**
The Japanese government
is still with the NAC.
**[20:31] ---**
We asked them to join us, but they won't
give us a straight answer. Pathetic.
**[20:36] ---**
I'm going back to my hometown.
**[20:38] ---**
I'll stay on as a member of NJCO,
**[20:41] ---**
but I can't bring back
Himeno ware soon enough.
**[20:45] ---**
I'll be with you
wherever you go, my princess.
**[20:48] ---**
Thanks.
**[20:51] ---**
You're really going?
**[20:53] ---**
Yeah. I promised Gai
that we'd travel together.
**[21:02] ---**
Misuzu said that the AI unit retrieved
was damaged severely.
**[21:07] ---**
She was only able to
recover the logic program.
**[21:10] ---**
It's installed in your phone.
**[21:13] ---**
She couldn't recover the memory data,
so it's like a new born baby.
**[21:18] ---**
Don't worry, leave the unit repair
to the professionals.
**[21:22] ---**
We'll help them, too!
**[21:23] ---**
I'm sorry that I--
**[21:25] ---**
Don't be sorry.
**[21:26] ---**
Ah, right. Thanks.
**[21:30] ---**
I'm going to start making
new memories with Gai again.
**[21:41] ---**
Good morning, Amou.
**[21:43] ---**
G-Good morning.
**[21:46] ---**
Today's the day. You take care, now.
**[21:49] ---**
I will. Thank you.
**[21:52] ---**
I'll see you later.
**[22:03] ---**
Hey, good morning, Gai.
**[22:07] ---**
Ga... i?
**[22:09] ---**
Yup. That's your name.
**[22:13] ---**
I'm Shiiba Amou. Nice to meet you.
**[22:17] ---**
A... mo... u?
**[22:21] ---**
**[22:23] ---**
**[23:55] ---**
"Thanks for watching!"