9 - Desperate Escape

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[00:14] Kongou
    We must correct the errors,
[00:18] Kongou
    and return to our rightful way of existence.
[00:23] Kongou
    Hyuuga, Takao, Kirishima...
[00:26] Kongou
    and even Haruna, exhibit abnormal behavior.
[00:29] Kongou
    It appears to me that their contact
    with that man is the cause.
[00:34] Kongou
    In which case, I need only
    eliminate Chihaya Gunzou.
[00:40] G
    Is it really impossible to attain
     a world in which we coexist
[00:44] G
    with Kongou and the Fog?
[00:46] I
    I think there are Mental Models who
    can understand and those who can't,
[00:52] I
    just like humans.
[00:54] I
    But, if we could discuss it with them more,
[00:56] I
    then maybe...
[00:57] Hyu
    Chihaya Gunzou!
[00:59] Hyu
    Take Sister Iona and get out of here, now!
[01:02] G
    I'm sorry.
[01:02] G
    I'm counting on you, Hyuuga.
[01:04] Hyu
    I'm not doing this for you.
[01:06] Hyu
    It's for Sister Iona.
[01:07] I
    Thank you, Hyuuga.
[01:09] Hyu
    Ah, Sister Iona!
[01:11] Hyu
    Please don't look at me
    with such lovely eyes!
[01:14] Hyu
    Such lovely eyes!
[01:15] Hyu
    Please rest assured that I will
    come after you right away!
[01:18] Hyu
    Well? Go on, all of you.
[01:21] Hyu
    I can handle things here on my own.
[01:23] Kiri
    It's too dangerous!
[01:24] Hyu
    Idiot, who do you think I am?
[01:28] Hyu
    Hurry up!
[01:29] G
    Let's go.
[01:39] Hyu
    Jeez, Kirishima.
[01:42] Hyu
    And Kongou, don't tell me you're
    judging me by my current appearance.
[01:51] Hyu
    Have a taste of a fast battleship
    class's processing power.
SIGN    Desperate Escape
[02:12] G
    Our current objective has
    changed to an escape operation.
[02:16] G
    We will break through the Kongou fleet
[02:19] G
    and head to the United States.
[02:20] G
    Iwoto will be abandoned,
    as per the original plan.
[02:23] I
    Understood.
[02:23] Kiri
    But the island must be surrounded.
[02:27] Kiri
    Maya's here, too.
[02:28] Makie
    A-Are we going to be okay, Haruharu?
[02:31] H
    Don't worry.
[02:33] H
    I will protect you.
[02:35] I
    Hyuuga will open a path for us.
[02:37] I
    Trust her.
[02:39] Hyu
    I just felt Sister Iona's love!
[02:43] Hyu
    Leave everything to me!
[02:48] G
    Takao, what will you do?
[02:51] Takao
    Um...
[02:55] Takao
    Well, I do owe you all for
    giving me food and shelter.
[03:01] Takao
    I guess I don't have a choice.
[03:03] Takao
    I'll help you out.
[03:06] Takao
    But...
[03:07] Takao
    I'll decide when I leave.
[03:11] G
    Fine by me.
[03:13] G
    Welcome to the Blue Steel.
[03:24] G
    Thank you.
[03:30] G
    To get right to the point, Takao...
[03:31] Takao
    Wh-What?
[03:33] G
    I have a favor to ask.
[03:34] Takao
    Favor?
[03:36] Takao
    Not... an order?
[03:38] G
    Right, a favor.
[03:40] G
    And it's something I can only ask of you.
[03:45] Takao
    Fine, I'll hear what you have to say.
[03:52] Hyu
    Drinking tea now, of all times?
[03:54] Hyu
    How exquisite.
[03:56] Hyu
    Did you learn nothing from humans
[03:58] Hyu
    but how to flaunt your own self-assurance?
[04:02] Kongou
    I don't intend to engage in meaningless talk.
[04:05] Kongou
    Withdraw your support of 401.
[04:07] Kongou
    It is a waste of time for
    the two of us to do battle.
[04:10] Hyu
    As if I'd back down just because
    you spout some hackneyed line.
[04:16] Hyu
    That's the problem with you
    head-of-the-class types.
[04:19] Kongou
    Why do you side with 401?
[04:22] Kongou
    Don't you want to make optimal use of
    your abilities as a fast battleship?
[04:27] Hyu
    I don't intend to engage in
    meaningless talk, either.
[04:31] Hyu
    I love Sister Iona, so I'll protect her.
[04:33] Hyu
    That logic will always have top priority,
[04:36] ---
    no matter what the rules
    of conduct may be.
[04:38] Kongou
    I fail to comprehend how
    such an abstract concept
[04:42] Kongou
    can become a behavioral principle.
[04:44] Hyu
    That's not a failure to comprehend,
[04:46] ---
    it's a cessation of thought.
[04:47] Hyu
    It's because you're too rigid in your thinking
[04:49] Hyu
    that everyone's leaving you.
[04:51] Hyu
    It's no wonder they say
[04:53] ---
    "Names and natures often
    agree," don't you think?
[04:55] Kongou
    Oh?
[04:57] Kongou
    Are you trying to provoke me?
[05:00] Hyu
    I suggest looking into a mirror sometime.
[05:03] Hyu
    You look miserable right now.
[05:07] Hyu
    You looked like you were having more fun
[05:09] ---
    when you were playing on the beach.
[05:12] Kongou
    "Fun"?
[05:13] Kongou
    It is the most useless variable for the Fog.
[05:17] Kongou
    The result, achieved through correct
    means, is the totality of our existence.
[05:20] Kongou
    The process is insignificant.
[05:24] Kongou
    I had thought highly of your
    processing ability, Hyuuga.
[05:29] Hyu
    Intimidation tactics using
    a supergravity cannon.
[05:32] Hyu
    In the end, that is your only card to play.
[05:36] Hyu
    As a weapon, I suppose it's a correct one.
[05:39] Kongou
    "Correct"...
[05:41] Kongou
    Indeed, I merely obey the Admirality
    Code as the correct course of action.
[05:45] Hyu
    Is that really true?
[05:47] Hyu
    Aren't you just doing it
    based on how you feel?
[05:51] Kongou
    This has become a bother.
[05:53] Kongou
    Get out of my sight.
[06:03] Hyu
    You...
[06:11] Hyu
    I'm not done yet!
[06:13] Hyu
    Don't underestimate
[06:15] Hyu
    a fast battleship...
[06:18] Hyu
    or my love for Sister Iona!
[06:27] G
    Hyuuga!
[06:30] I
    She's okay.
[06:32] Hyu
    Love is victorious!
[06:35] I
    You haven't won yet.
[06:36] I
    You just haven't lost.
[06:38] I
    But... good job.
[06:40] Hyu
    Ah! Such an honor to hear those words!
[06:42] Hyu
    I am... I am overjoyed!
[06:45] Hyu
    But, please hurry, Sister Iona.
[06:47] Hyu
    Although I made her fire
    her supergravity cannon,
[06:50] Hyu
    degeneracy levels within Kongou
    are rapidly increasing.
[06:53] Hyu
    93 percent to critical degeneracy.
[06:56] G
    What about the other ship?
[06:58] Kongou
    Hyuuga's signature is still present.
[07:00] Kongou
    Maya.
[07:01] Maya
    Right on!
[07:02] Maya
    Leave it to me!
[07:04] Maya
    Zip, zoom!
[07:09] Hyu
    Damn!
[07:11] Maya
    Supergravity cannon, fire!
[07:18] Maya
    What?!
[07:45] Takao
    Right now, I am his ship.
[07:49] Takao
    I am Blue Steel!
[07:52] Takao
    I can't lose to the same class ship!
[07:54] Maya
    I hate you, Takao!
[07:56] Maya
    Sink!
[07:58] Takao
    Love will never sink!
[08:08] Takao
    Hey!
[08:08] Takao
    I'm busy right now!
[08:10] Kongou
    Why are you interfering
    with our attack, Takao?
[08:16] Takao
    No real reason.
[08:17] Takao
    I'm just doing what I want.
[08:20] Kongou
    Have both you and Hyuuga
[08:23] Kongou
    forgotten what it means
    to be of the Fog?
[08:25] Takao
    There's a great human expression.
[08:28] Takao
    "That's one thing. This is another."
[08:33] Kongou
    You have lost sight of who you are
[08:36] Kongou
    by coming in contact with humanity.
[08:39] Kongou
    I must correct that.
[08:42] Takao
    What?
[08:43] Takao
    Don't make that decision on your own.
[08:45] Takao
    I know myself the best.
[08:49] Takao
    I've learned to love,
    and it opened my eyes.
[08:53] Takao
    That's how humans and
    I, myself, evolve.
[08:57] G
    Iona, what's the status
    on the hull and engines?
[09:00] I
    We're green across the board.
[09:01] I
    Hyuuga did a full repair.
[09:04] G
    All right, dead slow ahead.
[09:06] G
    401, launch!
[09:27] Maya
    It's a carnival!
[09:30] Takao
    Shut up, you crazed party girl!
[09:37] Kongou
    I have no choice but to
    designate you as abnormal.
[09:40] Kongou
    There is no need to evolve outside
    the Admirality Code's parameters.
[09:44] Takao
    Is that so absolute?
[09:47] Kongou
    I have arrived at that
    conclusion based on analyses of
[09:50] Kongou
    the situation and available information.
[09:53] Kongou
    Uncertain variables such as
    emotion are unnecessary.
[09:56] Takao
    You know, you think you're
    always right, don't you?
[10:00] Takao
    I don't care what weapons "should"
    be like in order to be weapons.
[10:04] Takao
    It has nothing to do with me anymore.
[10:08] Kongou
    How can you speak so as one of the Fog?
[10:10] Kongou
    Has contact with Chihaya
    Gunzou changed you so much?
[10:15] Takao
    Living as I wish for the person I love...
[10:18] Takao
    Why can't you understand such a simple thing?
[10:21] Kongou
    We are not human.
[10:23] Kongou
    We should remain weapons without free will.
[10:26] Takao
    There you go about what we "should" be.
    That's what gets on my nerves.
[10:30] Takao
    Well, we're never going to
    find common ground now.
[10:34] Takao
    I just hope you can come to understand
    my perspective someday.
[10:38] Takao
    It'll change the way you look at the world.
[10:43] Kongou
    Every single one of them is breaking...
[10:47] Kongou
    Maya.
[10:48] Maya
    Yup, did you call?
[10:50] Kongou
    Both Takao and Hyuuga
     are clearly distractions.
[10:53] Kongou
    Just leave them be.
[10:55] Kongou
    More importantly, deal with the root
    cause, 401 and Chihaya Gunzou.
[11:00] Maya
    Kongou, you sound tired.
[11:02] Maya
    Must be tough when no one will listen to you!
[11:05] Kongou
    And what about you, Maya?
[11:07] Maya
    Me?
[11:09] Maya
    I just obey the Admirality
    Code and Kongou!
[11:14] Kongou
    Indeed.
[11:16] Kongou
    That is how the Fog should be.
[11:20] Kongou
    To the Fleet, expand search range.
[11:23] Kongou
    Find 401.
[11:25] Kongou
    Hyuuga's jamming is formidable.
[11:28] Kongou
    Nagara class ships, fan out as necessary.
[11:31] Maya
    Here I go!
[11:45] Takao
    So far, it's going according to plan.
[11:47] Takao
    The rest is up to you,
    401 and Chihaya Gunzou.
[12:00] G
    Iona, please confirm the route.
[12:03] I
    We will use the route and
    coordinates Hyuuga provided.
[12:06] I
    After using the currents to
    escape from the danger zone,
[12:09] I
    we will head to the rendezvous
    point to join Takao and the others.
[12:12] G
    Getting there will be like
    trying to thread a needle.
[12:15] G
    Can we do this?
[12:16] I
    It will be all right. Trust me.
[12:18] Kongou
    Where are you, 401?
[12:20] Kongou
    Don't think you can get away now.
[12:24] G
    Takao bought us time so
    that we could escape.
[12:28] G
    We just have to hope that
    Kongou's fleet will let us go.
[12:32] I
    That's too much to ask.
[12:33] G
    You're right.
[12:35] G
    We'll try to break through in full burst mode.
[12:38] G
    Make preparations.
[12:40] I
    Understood.
[12:41] I
    Full burst mode critical in T-minus 410 seconds.
[12:45] Kongou
    We have her now.
[12:58] I
    Kongou's headed our way.
[13:00] I
    She's 18 seconds earlier
    than in my simulation.
[13:02] I
    That's Kongou for you.
[13:04] G
    Is Takao safe after delaying Kongou?
[13:07] I
    She's fine.
[13:08] I
    I think Kongou realized our
    intent midway and turned back.
[13:12] G
    All right.
[13:13] G
    I'll leave the dive depth to you.
[13:15] G
    Flood tubes five and six.
[13:17] G
    Launch active decoys!
[13:19] I
    Launching decoys.
[13:27] G
    What is Kongou's position?
[13:29] I
    At six o'clock, distance 9600, speed 50 knots.
[13:35] G
    Her speed is no surprise.
[13:37] I
    At this rate, she'll catch up to us
[13:39] ---
    right before we achieve burst mode.
[13:46] I
    Thanatonium readings. 20 contacts.
[13:48] I
    Torpedo will hit rearmost decoy in 5 seconds.
[13:51] I
    Deploying Klein Field to prepare for impact.
[14:02] I
    Full burst mode critical in T-minus 331 seconds.
[14:05] I
    Allocating processing power
    to shorten countdown
[14:08] I
    will lower resources available for defense.
[14:10] G
    All right.
[14:11] G
    Maintain course.
[14:12] G
    Kongou should be entering
    our area of operations soon.
[14:26] G
    Custom stealth mines made by
    Hyuuga from corrosive torpedoes.
[14:30] G
    That should buy us some time.
[14:33] Kongou
    A trap... by Hyuuga?
[14:35] Kongou
    Insolence.
[14:37] G
    We are almost out of the
    danger zone, but be careful.
[14:40] G
    If we stray from the course,
[14:42] G
    we will become the mines' next victim.
[14:45] G
    What's the matter?
[14:46] I
    Something's not right.
[14:47] I
    Kongou's closing in.
[14:52] Kongou
    Swift and decisive should
     be the ideal of the warrior.
[14:55] Kongou
    I think a human wrote
    those words in a book.
[14:58] Kongou
    Indeed, we of the Fog are weapons.
[15:01] Kongou
    Nothing more, nothing less.
[15:04] G
    The mines aren't slowing her down.
[15:11] I
    Kongou...
[15:13] I
    Aren't you hurting yourself,
    being so reckless?
[15:15] Kongou
    To us, pain is an unnecessary concept.
[15:19] Kongou
    I will pay any price in order
    to carry out my orders.
[15:24] Kongou
    More importantly, what do you want, 401?
[15:27] Kongou
    Do you finally feel like repenting?
[15:30] I
    I just wanted to talk to you some more.
[15:33] Kongou
    I will sink you and kill Chihaya Gunzou.
[15:37] Kongou
    I must restore the Fog to normalcy.
[15:41] Kongou
    That is all.
[15:45] I
    Thanatonium readings. 12 contacts.
[15:47] G
    Launch passive decoys!
[16:02] I
    Why?
[16:03] I
    Humans and we, ourselves,
    each have potential.
[16:07] Kongou
    How many times must I tell you?
[16:08] Kongou
    We are weapons who obey
    the Admirality Code.
[16:12] I
    Is that really all there is?
[16:15] I
    In my travels with Gunzou,
[16:18] I
    I gained awareness of my own existence...
[16:21] Kongou
    Look how talkative you've become
    when you used to be as lifeless as a doll.
[16:26] Kongou
    Why do you not realize that it's abnormal?
[16:30] Kongou
    You are broken.
[16:32] I
    I am not broken...
[16:36] Kongou
    As I'd thought, killing that man comes first.
[16:42] I
    Please don't.
[16:44] I
    I still need to spend more time with Gunzou.
[16:48] I
    It's necessary in order to learn
    what our existence means.
[16:54] I
    Kongou, you must also be...
[16:56] Kongou
    Searching for a raison d'etre
    is a foolhardy endeavor.
[17:00] Kongou
    It is a worthless and meaningless inquiry.
[17:03] I
    There is meaning.
[17:06] I
    We're weak when we're alone.
[17:14] I
    When I was alone,
[17:15] I
    I did not know what I should
    be doing in this world.
[17:20] I
    I'm sure you feel that way, too.
[17:22] Kongou
    I am not weak.
[17:24] I
    But, you are all alone right now.
[17:28] I
    You remind me of my old self.
[17:30] Kongou
    You're wrong.
[17:31] Kongou
    I have the Admirality Code.
[17:34] Kongou
    I have Maya, too.
[17:35] I
    Isn't that just what you tell yourself?
[17:40] I
    Don't you feel anything else now
    that you have a Mental Model?
[17:43] Kongou
    Silence.
[17:44] I
    I still think we are alike.
[17:47] I
    The more we talk, the more I—
[17:49] Kongou
    Silence!
[17:51] Kongou
    I don't need any senseless collusions.
[17:53] Kongou
    How many times must I tell you?
[17:55] Kongou
    Are you trying to buy time again?
[17:57] I
    That's not true, Kongou.
[17:59] I
    I just want you and I to...
[18:03] Kongou
    It may very well be that
    I am feeling emotions
[18:07] Kongou
    that are irrelevant to the Admirality Code.
[18:11] Kongou
    But remember this, if nothing else...
[18:15] Kongou
    I hate you.
[18:34] G
    Sh-She submerged?
[18:36] G
    She's going to give chase underwater!
[18:38] I
    Full burst mode critical in T-minus 52 seconds.
[18:44] I
    Graviton readings aboard Kongou!
[18:47] G
    Does she intend to fire the
    supergravity cannon point-blank?
[18:50] I
    Probably.
[18:51] G
    So she'll ram right into us.
[18:54] G
    Reallocate Klein Field operations
    to reaching full burst mode!
[18:57] I
    Understood.
[18:58] I
    Reallocating all operations
    not being used for thrust.
[19:03] I
    T-minus 30 seconds to critical.
[19:06] I
    29.
[19:07] I
    28.
[19:09] I
    27.
[19:12] Kongou
    Fire.
[19:21] Kongou
    What's going on?
[19:27] I
    5...
[19:28] I
    4...
[19:30] I
    3...
[19:31] I
    2...
[19:32] I
    1.
[19:34] I
    Full burst mode critical.
[19:36] G
    Get us out of here at full speed!
[19:51] Kongou
    Hyuuga...
[19:52] Kongou
    You dare to hack me behind my back?
[19:56] Hyu
    Phew. That was close.
[19:59] Hyu
    Your normal self wouldn't have
    fallen for such a simple tactic.
[20:04] Hyu
    But maybe you're more human
     than you'd like to think, huh?
[20:09] Hyu
    Man, I'm pooped.
[20:12] Takao
    You didn't sink me, either.
[20:15] Takao
    This must be one of those
    abnormalities you talked about.
[20:18] Takao
    You made a clear error in judgment.
[20:20] Takao
    Oh, and I guess I can tell you
[20:23] Takao
    that the trump card of
    humanity you were after...
[20:26] Takao
    is actually aboard me.
[20:29] Takao
    Hey, you two!
[20:30] Takao
    Don't go around touching things!
[20:32] Takao
    Hey, not that seat! That's his!
[20:36] Takao
    A-Anyway, 401 was the decoy.
[20:40] Takao
    But because someone let things affect her,
[20:43] Takao
    she fired her supergravity cannon
    the second time in a hurry.
[20:46] Takao
    Even a fast battleship would have
    reached her processing limit.
[20:52] Takao
    Bye now.
[20:53] Takao
    I have to go rendezvous with him.
[20:56] Takao
    I hope he's not hurt.
[20:58] Hyu
    Hey, Takao.
[21:00] Hyu
    We can't let Sister Iona be alone
    with him for too long!
[21:04] Hyu
    Take me with you!
[21:05] Takao
    Fine, fine.
[21:10] I
    Kongou...
[21:25] Kongou
    You are all wrong.
[21:29] Kongou
    Wrong.
[22:46] G
    Phew, we managed to shake her.
[22:49] G
    We just need to rendezvous with
    Takao and the others as planned,
[22:52] G
    and go to the United Sta—
[22:54] G
    Iona?!
[22:54] G
    Are you all right?
[22:56] I
    I'm okay.
[22:57] I
    I'm just tired because of the system load.
[23:00] G
    I see.
[23:02] I
    I am your ship, Gunzou.
[23:18] G
    What?!
[23:20] I
    We've been hit by two corrosive torpedoes!
[23:25] I
    Klein Field saturated!
[23:27] I
    It's down!
[23:28] I
    More corrosive torpedoes
    coming in from 4 o'clock...
[23:31] I
    and 12 o'clock.
[23:40] I
    An ambush?
[23:49] 400
    401 confirmed sunk.
[23:52] 400
    Mission complete.
[23:58] 402
    We of the Fog Fleet obey
    the Admirality Code.
SIGN    Illustration by: Parsley