# 6 - Arpeggio of Blue Steel
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**[00:11] Tou**
Makie...
**[00:14] Tou**
You were created as a puppet.
**[00:17] Tou**
And yet, I came to care for you.
**[00:22] Tou**
And now, you are attempting
to form a bond with those
**[00:27] Tou**
who are not human,
the enemies of humanity.
**[00:33] Tou**
How ironic.
**[00:37] Tou**
Although, I don't know why,
**[00:41] Tou**
I have a feeling this bond
**[00:45] Tou**
that you are trying to form
with them will change the world
**[00:54] Tou**
more than the most powerful weapon.
**[00:59] Tou**
Goodbye, Makie.
**[01:04] Tou**
My precious daughter...
***SIGN*** Arpeggio of Blue Steel
***SIGN*** Friend
**[03:11] H**
A friend...
**[03:19] H**
We're surrounded.
**[03:21] Kiri**
I detect heat.
**[03:23] Kiri**
Are they after you and me?
**[03:24] H**
No.
**[03:26] (Flashback) Tou**
They had decided to discard
her as casually as they
**[03:29] (Flashback) Tou**
might an outdated computer.
**[03:33] H**
Their target...
**[03:35] H**
is Makie.
**[03:43] Kamikage**
It's me.
**[03:44] SpecOps**
We have cut off all power
to the Osakabe residence.
**[03:47] SpecOps**
We are about to move in.
**[03:50] Kamikage**
Understood.
**[03:51] Kamikage**
We don't know what combat power
mental models possess on their own.
**[03:55] Kamikage**
Exercise due caution.
**[03:57] SpecOps**
Roger.
**[03:58] Kamikage**
This operation is singularly
focused on Osakabe Makie.
**[04:02] Kamikage**
Keep that in mind.
**[04:06] Kamikage**
We must prevent the
Fog from obtaining intel
**[04:09] Kamikage**
on vibration warhead
manufacture, at all costs.
**[04:14] Kiri**
I see.
**[04:16] Kiri**
So they're trying to do away with
the girl before we get the intel.
**[04:21] H**
It's very likely, given that they did
not launch an assault from the outside
**[04:24] H**
and instead chose to
infiltrate this building.
**[04:26] H**
They intend to take out
Makie without fail.
**[04:29] Kiri**
They're coming straight for us.
**[04:31] H**
The location of this
room seems to be known.
**[04:34] H**
We don't have much time.
**[04:36] H**
Kirishima, can I leave Makie
in your care for a while?
**[04:41] Kiri**
Haruna, are you...
**[04:43] H**
I'll be right back.
**[04:46] Trooper**
We have arrived on the second floor.
**[04:48] CO**
All right, surround the room.
**[04:50] CO**
Secure Osakabe Makie, ASAP.
**[04:57] Trooper**
Stay calm.
**[04:59] CO**
You must be the mental model of
the fast battleship, Haruna.
**[05:02] H**
That's correct.
**[05:04] CO**
Surrender without resistance.
**[05:05] CO**
We will guarantee your safety.
**[05:07] H**
"Surrender without resistance"?
**[05:11] CO**
That's right.
**[05:12] CO**
Our only goal is to dispose
of Osakabe Makie.
**[05:17] CO**
Calm down!
**[05:18] CO**
It's not our intent to
engage you in combat!
**[05:22] H**
Intent?
**[05:23] H**
Allow me to teach you
what "intent" means.
**[05:32] H**
This is *my* intent.
**[05:35] CO**
We have no choice! Fire!
**[05:46] CO**
What the?!
**[05:47] H**
I am unhappy tonight.
**[05:51] H**
Very unhappy.
**[05:54] Makie**
No, Haruharu!
**[06:03] H**
Makie...
**[06:04] CO**
Osakabe Makie!
**[06:09] Kiri**
Sorry, Haruna.
**[06:11] Kiri**
I only took my eyes off her
for a second and she...
**[06:15] Makie**
Haruharu.
**[06:16] H**
Hear me out, Makie.
**[06:18] H**
I'm...
**[06:20] Makie**
...a mental model of the Fog.
**[06:26] Makie**
So it's true.
**[06:29] H**
I'm sorry.
**[06:31] H**
I didn't intend to deceive you.
**[06:42] H**
Makie...
**[06:51] Kiri**
Hah, look at her.
**[06:54] Kiri**
When she learns Haruna is of
the Fog, she reacts like this.
**[06:57] Kiri**
Well, I guess it's only natural.
**[06:59] Kiri**
Humans and the Fog can
never become friends.
**[07:03] H**
Kirishima.
**[07:05] Kiri**
Haruna?
**[07:06] H**
I have a favor to ask.
**[07:08] H**
Can you protect Makie?
**[07:11] Kiri**
Huh?!
**[07:12] H**
I'll distract the enemy.
**[07:14] H**
Use that chance to escape
this mansion with Makie.
**[07:18] Kiri**
Are you...
**[07:20] H**
We cannot put Makie in danger.
**[07:24] Kiri**
Well, I suppose.
**[07:26] Kiri**
We must learn how the new warhead
is manufactured from her.
**[07:30] H**
Yes.
**[07:31] Kiri**
All right, leave it to me.
**[07:33] H**
Thank you.
**[07:41] H**
I guess this is the best I can do with
the nanomaterials at my disposal.
**[07:57] Trooper**
Osakabe Makie!
**[07:59] Chopper**
Shrike Two, we have
visual on the target!
**[08:01] Chopper**
Initiating attack!
**[08:14] Kongou**
So the developer of the new warhead
**[08:17] Kongou**
was not Osakabe Toujuurou,
**[08:19] Kongou**
but Osakabe Makie, the last Design Child.
**[08:24] Kongou**
Humanity fears the prospect
of the warhead's
**[08:26] ---**
manufacturing methods
becoming known to us,
**[08:28] Kongou**
so they have decided to
eliminate Osakabe Makie.
**[08:31] Maya**
Man, that's so cruel.
**[08:35] Kongou**
It appears that the new warhead is
quite the trump card for humanity.
**[08:43] Kongou**
In any case, what is Haruna thinking?
**[08:46] Kongou**
Why didn't she report directly to me?
**[08:50] CO**
The mental model has fled to the
back courtyard with Osakabe Makie.
**[08:54] CO**
We're going after them.
**[08:55] Trooper**
Yes, sir!
**[09:11] Kiri**
Man, why am* I *tasked with babysitting?
**[09:22] H**
They don't let up.
**[09:31] H**
I'll crush you.
**[09:32] (Flashback) H**
No, Haruharu!
**[09:41] H**
We were born as weapons.
**[09:44] H**
Those who have lost their
lives to my cannon fire
**[09:47] H**
probably number in the hundreds.
**[09:50] H**
Until now, their deaths
meant nothing to me.
**[09:56] H**
So, I can't become your
friend after all, Makie.
**[10:02] Kiri**
Haruna.
**[10:05] Kiri**
Haruna! Hey, can't you hear me?
**[10:07] Kiri**
Haruna!
**[10:09] H**
What is it?
**[10:10] Kiri**
What's the matter?
**[10:11] Kiri**
Is something wrong with your comm link?
**[10:13] H**
It's fine.
**[10:15] H**
More importantly, how is Makie doing?
**[10:17] H**
Is she all right?
**[10:18] Kiri**
Yeah.
**[10:19] Kiri**
But she hasn't said a single word.
**[10:24] Kiri**
It looks like finding out you were
with the Fog was a huge shock.
**[10:30] H**
I... see.
**[10:33] Kiri**
We're currently near
the front entrance.
**[10:34] Kiri**
What should we do?
**[10:36] H**
I'll use the decoy to concentrate
the enemy in the back courtyard.
**[10:40] H**
Use that opportunity to get Makie
out of here via the front gates.
**[10:43] Kiri**
Hey, this is just a suggestion,
**[10:45] Kiri**
but why don't we ask Maya for backup
since she's offshore Kamakura?
**[10:48] Kiri**
Her firepower would be more than
enough to take out these guys.
**[10:51] H**
No, we can't.
**[10:53] Kiri**
Why?
**[10:53] H**
Maya's firepower would be enough to
obliterate the entire unit in an instant.
**[10:57] Kiri**
Why is that a problem?
**[10:59] H**
Makie does not wish it...
**[11:02] Kiri**
Hey, Haruna! Hey!
**[11:05] Kiri**
She cut me off!
**[11:08] Kiri**
In any case, why hasn't
this girl budged at all?
**[11:13] Makie**
Yotarou.
**[11:15] Makie**
Do you think... Haruharu got away okay?
**[11:19] Kiri**
Huh?
**[11:20] Makie**
Those scary people are
probably here to get rid of me.
**[11:27] Makie**
So as long as she stays away from
me, Haruharu should be safe.
**[11:32] Makie**
This is all I can do for Haruharu...
**[11:37] Kiri**
This girl...
**[11:39] Makie**
Yotarou, a long time ago...
I made a bomb.
**[11:46] Makie**
I didn't even know what it was.
**[11:50] Makie**
But I knew that if I did it,
Dad would be happy.
**[11:55] Makie**
Dad would praise me.
**[11:57] Makie**
So I worked really hard to design the
**[12:02] ---**
vibration warhead.
**[12:05] Makie**
But when it was finished,
I was left all alone...
**[12:12] Makie**
And... And you know,
**[12:15] Makie**
that bomb was made to kill the Fog...
to kill Haruharu and her friends.
**[12:24] Makie**
That's why...
**[12:28] Makie**
I never deserved to become friends
with Haruharu in the first place.
**[12:43] OpA**
All autonomous multi-ped
combat vehicles,
**[12:46] ---**
the Rock Crabs, have been deployed.
**[12:49] OopB**
Who knew we'd need to send these
in to neutralize a single child.
**[12:54] OpA**
Monster...
**[12:55] OpB**
Target the mental model
and Osakabe Makie!
**[12:59] OpB**
Fire!
**[13:04] H**
Not good. My processing
speed's decreased.
**[13:06] H**
I can't maintain the decoy.
**[13:09] OpA**
That's not Osakabe Makie!
**[13:16] OpB**
All units, retreat!
**[13:18] OpA**
Urgent directive to all units!
**[13:19] OpA**
Locate the real Osakabe Makie!
**[13:24] H**
Makie...
**[13:38] TrooperE**
We have a message from Platoon 3.
**[13:40] D**
Report.
**[13:41] E**
The mental model in the
back courtyard did not,
**[13:43] E**
in fact, have Osakabe Makie with her.
**[13:45] D**
What's going on?
**[13:46] E**
It was a sophisticated decoy.
**[13:48] Kiri**
Crap...
**[13:50] Kiri**
They figured it out!
**[13:54] D**
I-It's Osakabe Makie!
**[13:57] Kiri**
Damn!
**[14:03] Kiri**
What?!
**[14:04] Kiri**
Why's it so small?!
**[14:06] Kiri**
Damn it! This body's not gonna cut it!
**[14:12] Makie**
Y-Yotarou?!
**[14:14] Kiri**
Makie, get down!
**[14:22] Makie**
Yotarou, you can talk?
**[14:24] Kiri**
I-I'll explain later!
**[14:27] Kiri**
First, we need to get out of here, now!
**[14:30] Makie**
We can't.
**[14:31] Makie**
Did you hear what they said?
**[14:33] Makie**
Haruharu's fighting in the back
courtyard right now, right?
**[14:36] Kiri**
Well, that's...
**[14:38] Makie**
We have to go help her.
**[14:39] Kiri**
Don't be an idiot!
**[14:40] Makie**
But!
**[14:42] Kiri**
Do you think Haruna wants to
drag you into the fight?!
**[14:46] Makie**
But...
**[14:48] OpA**
Directive to all units.
**[14:49] OpA**
We have a visual on target.
**[14:51] OpA**
Neutralize both target
and mental model ASAP.
**[14:54] OpA**
Repeat: neutralize ASAP.
**[15:03] H**
I am the fast battleship Haruna of the Fog.
**[15:07] H**
Combat is my sole reason for existing.
**[15:13] H**
Indeed, the reason I am
trying to protect Makie
**[15:17] H**
is to learn how vibration
warheads are made.
**[15:20] H**
That is all.
**[15:33] H**
And yet, why can I not kill them?
**[15:40] H**
What is this?
**[15:41] H**
What is this turmoil inside of me?
**[15:44] Makie**
Haruharu!
**[15:48] Makie**
Haruharu!
**[15:49] H**
Makie?!
**[15:52] Trooper**
We've found Osakabe Makie!
**[15:57] H**
Makie!
**[16:01] H**
No...
**[16:03] H**
No!
**[16:05] H**
I...
**[16:07] H**
I don't want to lose Makie!
**[16:11] CO**
Fire!
**[16:25] Makie**
Haruharu?!
**[16:29] H**
Makie, why are you here?
**[16:32] H**
I—
**[16:32] Makie**
No!
**[16:33] Makie**
I still like you, Haruharu.
**[16:41] H**
I am of the Fog.
**[16:44] Makie**
That doesn't matter!
**[16:46] Makie**
I don't think you'll ever forgive
me for making that bomb, but...
**[16:55] H**
Makie...
**[16:59] Makie**
But I don't want this.
**[17:01] Makie**
You're my friend.
**[17:05] Makie**
I don't want to lose my friends.
**[17:10] H**
Makie.
**[17:17] Makie**
Haruharu!
**[17:22] H**
This is bad...
**[17:23] H**
I can't discharge the absorbed
energy fast enough.
**[17:26] H**
I don't have much nanomaterial left, either.
**[17:29] H**
They'll break through to us
if I don't do something.
**[17:32] Kiri**
Damn it!
**[17:33] Kiri**
If I only at least had my physical body,
**[17:36] Kiri**
I could smash these crabs into pieces!
**[17:39] H**
Are we done for?
**[17:41] H**
Am I unable to protect Makie, after all?
**[17:48] H**
I don't care who.
**[17:50] H**
Someone... someone, help us!
**[17:55] H**
Help!
**[17:57] H**
Anyone!
**[18:05] OpB**
What?!
**[18:06] OpB**
What's going on?
**[18:08] OpB**
The Rock Crabs are being obliterated!
**[18:10] OpB**
This is—
**[18:18] H**
401!
**[18:23] I**
Scan complete.
**[18:25] I**
No life signatures.
**[18:26] G**
All right. Attack at will.
**[18:28] I**
Attacking at will.
**[18:41] I**
Haruna, what are you doing here?
**[18:46] H**
I...
**[18:48] H**
We're protecting Makie...
protecting a friend.
**[18:54] I**
I see.
**[18:56] I**
Then I'll help.
**[18:58] Sou**
Iona's coordinates, confirmed.
**[19:01] Sou**
We have the data on her surroundings.
**[19:03] Sou**
Going to monitor.
**[19:05] G**
All right.
**[19:06] G**
Attack while avoiding life signatures.
**[19:08] G**
Sweep the area clean of
all unmanned weapons.
**[19:12] Shizuka**
Captain, incoming message from
Assistant Secretary Kamikage.
**[19:15] G**
Patch him through.
**[19:18] Kamikage**
What are you doing, Chihaya Gunzou?
**[19:21] G**
You must know.
**[19:23] Kamikage**
Do you intend to turn the
military against you?
**[19:28] G**
We are not working for the military.
**[19:31] G**
You only asked us to deliver the
vibration warhead to America.
**[19:37] G**
That is all.
**[19:39] Kamikage**
So you'll do as you please otherwise?
**[19:42] G**
Yes.
**[19:43] Kamikage**
You are about to commit a grave mistake.
**[19:50] G**
We're going on the offensive.
**[19:51] G**
Kyouhei, give them a show.
**[19:53] K**
Roger!
**[20:02] Makie**
Awesome.
**[20:04] OpA**
80 percent of the Rock Crabs are destroyed!
**[20:06] OpA**
It's no use! We can't maintain
our position any longer!
**[20:09] CO**
Directive to all units! All men, retreat!
**[20:17] OpB**
A m-mental model!
**[20:20] OpB**
R-Retreat!
**[20:21] OpB**
Retreat!
**[20:26] I**
The battle is over.
**[20:34] Makie**
We made it.
**[20:38] Makie**
Um, Haruharu.
**[20:42] Makie**
You know, I...
**[20:44] H**
Makie.
**[20:47] Makie**
Haruharu?
**[20:50] H**
Makie, I have a favor to ask.
**[20:53] H**
Will you be my...
**[20:57] ---**
our friend?
**[21:01] Kiri**
I'm included?
**[21:02] Makie**
Haruharu...
**[21:07] Makie**
Okay!
**[21:24] H**
401...
**[21:28] H**
Why did you save me?
**[21:33] I**
Because I heard you.
**[21:36] H**
What?
**[21:37] I**
I heard you call for help.
**[21:39] I**
So I came.
**[21:44] H**
I see.
**[21:45] H**
I did.
**[21:47] Kiri**
Hmph!
**[21:48] Kiri**
401, you have my thanks,
**[21:51] Kiri**
but we could've handled them ourselves.
**[21:54] I**
Who are you?
**[21:55] Kiri**
I'm Kirishima!
**[21:57] H**
Chihaya Gunzou, correct?
**[21:59] H**
Where do you intend to go from here?
**[22:04] G**
To our stronghold.
***SIGN*** Iwoto
**[22:28] Takao**
Where am I?
**[22:32] Takao**
Huh?
**[22:33] Takao**
Wh-What's this?
**[22:37] Hyuuga**
Takao, what'd you come here for?
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Ishiguro Masakazu