# E8 - Beta
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***SIGN*** Beta
**[00:08] A**
What?!
**[00:10] B**
What's all this dwama about?
**[00:14] B**
Did you all forget why you're here?
**[00:18] B**
A reunion between long-wost sibwings?
**[00:22] B**
A revenge pwot decades in the making?
**[00:25] B**
A hero protecting his pwincess?
**[00:29] B**
You certainly don't look
very heroic right now.
**[00:32] Kon**
What in the blue hell?
**[00:33] Kon**
I went through all that twouble
to tell y'all where Jinkoku-sha was
**[00:38] Kon**
but you wouldn't do anything,
so I went and ahead and captured them myself.
**[00:43] Kon**
See?
**[00:46] A**
You...
**[00:47] A**
Who the hell are you?
**[00:50] B**
Who, me?
**[00:52] B**
I'm Beta.
**[00:54] A**
Beta...?
**[00:57] B**
I told you we'd meet again.
**[01:01] A**
Beta...
**[01:03] A**
You're going down!
**[01:10] Min**
What are you going to do with Jinkoku-sha?
**[01:12] B**
I could kill them,
but that wouldn't be any fun.
**[01:17] A**
What the hell?!
**[01:18] B**
Why don't you all come see me right now?
**[01:24] B**
Remember the stadium built in this stage?
**[01:27] B**
You'll find the thwee of them there.
**[01:29] B**
If you're intewested,
get there on the double.
**[01:33] Ngu**
To the stadium, now!
**[01:36] Chi**
Doctor! Try to find
where that message came from!
**[01:40] Ari**
Already on it.
**[01:41] Ari**
But it's behind a billion proxies.
**[01:44] Ari**
There's nothing useful
in the police database,
**[01:47] Ari**
and I can't access Iriya's from here!
**[01:51] Chi**
Just who is Beta?
**[01:55] A**
Keep going! It's that way!
***SIGN*** Tokyo Bay Megafloat - F Stage
**[01:56] Min**
I know!
**[02:00] Min**
Okay, we've reached the stadium.
**[02:04] A**
It's huge.
**[02:06] Kon**
You two are okay, eh?
**[02:09] A**
Kondo!
**[02:10] Min**
Are you okay? You look hurt!
**[02:12] Kon**
Yeah. She saved me
when it was squeaky bum time.
**[02:17] Ygg**
My dear!
**[02:18] A**
Wait, Yggdrasil?
**[02:22] Ygg**
Indeed, it is I!
**[02:23] Min**
How are you in the real world?
**[02:25] A**
What's going on?
**[02:27] Ygg**
I had Mama Kaori make me a body
so I could help you.
**[02:34] Ygg**
Also...
**[02:35] Ygg**
Something needs to be done about Alma.
I'll get her back on our side.
**[02:40] A**
This way, Master.
**[02:44] Min**
Alma... Soma.
**[02:51] Ngu**
Ah, I see we're all here.
**[02:55] Kon**
Damn it, Nguyen! Open your eyes!
**[02:58] B**
Awesome! The gang's all here!
**[03:00] B**
Yoo-hoo! I'm over here!
**[03:05] A**
So that's Beta!
**[03:07] Ygg**
No, that's a Bälz Inc. construction android.
It must be remote-controlled.
**[03:12] B**
Indeed. This is my avatar out in society.
**[03:15] B**
I'm a very shy boy, you see.
**[03:17] B**
Anyway, here's what y'all came for!
**[03:21] Mid**
Guys...
**[03:23] A**
We came here like you asked!
Now release them!
**[03:28] B**
But I never said I'd fwee them if you came.
**[03:31] B**
By the way, do y'all hear that?
**[03:35] B**
Finally, it's happening!
**[03:39] Chi**
What is that?
Switch to visuals outside the stadium.
**[03:45] Ar**
No way...
**[05:44] Min**
It stopped?
**[05:48] Min**
Look!
**[05:54] B**
I knew you would come! But I was kinda afwaid
you wouldn't for a while there.
**[06:00] Auc**
I'm the one running this auction.
Not you, Beta.
**[06:06] A**
Auctioneer.
**[06:08] Kon**
That's him?
**[06:09] Auc**
It took ten years, but I finally got you!
**[06:16] B**
Ah, so it *was* you.
**[06:18] A**
Hang on. You know who he is?
**[06:21] A**
Tell me who Beta is, then!
**[06:27] Auc**
I'm pretty sure you've met
him yourself, Natsume Akira.
**[06:33] Auc**
On that day, ten years ago,
Beta here did it.
**[06:39] Auc**
He was the one who used EX-ARM
Number 11 to cause the Tokyo Attack!
**[06:52] A**
So wait, that was Beta?!
**[06:54] Ari**
What? You mean...
**[06:57] Chi**
If what Auctioneer's saying is true,
then Akira had nothing to do with it.
**[07:04] Min**
I need to apologize to you, Akira.
**[07:07] A**
It's fine, Minami.
**[07:09] A**
Even I'd forgotten I was innocent.
**[07:12] A**
But you guys trusted me
and let me fight alongside you,
**[07:17] A**
and that helped me realize it wasn't me.
**[07:21] A**
And now,
**[07:24] A**
it's clear as day.
**[07:28] A**
You are our biggest enemy!
**[07:32] B**
I'm so happy you remember me now.
Glad to see you haven't changed.
**[07:39] B**
You had the same look
in your eyes back then, too.
**[07:45] B**
But what that also means is
that I'm still better than you.
**[07:50] Auc**
Now, then.
**[07:51] Auc**
With the final bidders all here,
I would like to begin the EX-ARM auction.
**[07:59] Ngu**
That's what I like to hear.
How much do you want for them?
**[08:04] Auc**
I don't care about money.
**[08:06] Auc**
What I want is right there.
**[08:09] Auc**
It's Beta's head.
**[08:11] Auc**
Whoever captures him gets all my EX-ARMs.
**[08:16] B**
Are you sure? I might just kill these people
if you twy to act all bossy with me.
**[08:21] AJ**
Don't you dare, Beta!
Jinkoku-sha are ours to kill!
**[08:25] B**
Okay, but then you know
what you have to do, right?
**[08:31] AJ**
Very well. We're taking
Auctioneer down, Alma.
**[08:34] A**
Understood, Master.
**[08:38] Ngu**
I'm afraid I can't let that happen.
**[08:41] Ngu**
I need those EX-ARMs.
**[08:45] Ngu**
I won't be holding anything back.
**[08:47] B**
Awesome! Now we're having some fun!
**[08:50] A**
Hey! Don't forget you're dealing with me!
**[08:53] B**
Wuv that energy.
**[08:55] B**
But you do weawize I hold Jinkoku-sha's lives
in the palm of my hand, wight?
**[09:02] Gaho**
I will never take orders from you.
**[09:07] Mid**
Grandfather...
**[09:08] Gaho**
I won't let the one who caused Japan's downfall
from glory have his way again.
**[09:15] B**
You have one second to stop being annoying,
or I weally will kill you.
**[09:19] Gaho**
Kill me if you must!
**[09:21] Gaho**
Take me hostage all you want,
I shall not kneel to you!
**[09:26] B**
Okay, as you wish.
**[09:33] Mid**
No! Grandfather!
**[09:36] AJ**
Go to hell, Beta! He was my target!
**[09:39] B**
Oh, I'm so sowwy! But relax.
I avoided his vitals.
**[09:43] A**
You!
**[09:45] B**
How I wuv those looks of despair
on your faces.
**[09:48] B**
Now, will this old man's fwiends
rush to his aid?
**[09:54] Wani**
What do you mean
that you won't send help?!
**[09:57] BB**
Hayama Gaho is no longer indispensable
to the Restoration Bloc.
**[10:01] BB**
And neither is the Counter EX-ARM Squad.
**[10:03] Wani**
Wait! They're trying to do their jobs!
**[10:06] BB**
It's too late.
**[10:08] BB**
We already asked Ichigaya
to deploy the 13th Special Armored Squad.
**[10:14] Wani**
The 13th...?
**[10:16] Wani**
It can't be!
**[10:18] BB**
Have a look. Aren't they awe-inspiring?
**[10:23] Kao**
What are you going to do, Shiga?
**[10:26] Shi**
*Don't worry. I expected the Bloc to do this.*
**[10:30] Shi**
*That's why I'm here in the U.S. right now.*
**[10:32] Shi**
* I need you to deploy the thing*
* we talked about.*
**[10:36] Shi**
*I have an idea.*
**[10:41] Kon**
Okay, we gotta take Auctioneer out.
**[10:43] Kon**
The old man needs help.
If we don't hurry, he's gonna croak.
**[10:48] A**
That's a bad idea.
**[10:49] A**
There's no guarantee Beta will hold
up his end of the deal if we do as he says.
**[10:53] Kon**
I know that, man!
But those two are in danger!
**[10:56] A**
Ygg and I will trap Beta online
before he has the chance to do anything.
**[11:02] A**
He's gotta be on the Megafloat's
network somewhere.
**[11:05] A**
With Ygg's help, I can look
for him without being spotted.
**[11:10] A**
If we can hold him off,
we can rescue Jinkoku-sha!
**[11:15] Kon**
Makes sense.
**[11:16] Min**
But how will you?
**[11:17] A**
I've got a plan. Hear me out here.
**[12:21] Ngu**
Why would you side with Beta?
**[12:24] Ngu**
That isn't a very wise business move.
**[12:27] B**
I guess cops will be cops!
**[12:29] B**
Putting lives first, are we?
**[12:31] B**
But you took too wong to choose.
**[12:33] B**
How typical of the Japanese powice.
**[12:38] Ygg**
Not on my watch!
**[12:42] A**
Okay, just as planned.
**[12:44] A**
Back me up, Ygg!
**[12:46] Ygg**
Yes, my dear!
**[12:59] A**
Is this the realm representing
the Megafloat's network?
**[13:03] A**
What's that huge wall, though?
**[13:06] Ygg**
It must be Beta's firewall!
**[13:09] A**
So he's on the other side of this thing.
**[13:12] Ygg**
Indeed. But be careful,
or he'll notice what we're doing.
**[13:16] Ygg**
And if he does, he might kill the hostages.
**[13:19] Ygg**
Let me build an attack code.
**[13:24] Ygg**
I call it the Buster Sword.
Use it to wreak havoc in this realm!
**[13:30] A**
He's been toying with me all this time.
**[13:33] A**
It's finally my turn to counter.
**[13:39] A**
Let's go!
**[13:40] Ygg**
Right!
***SIGN*** Illustration by Komi Shinya
**[13:51] B**
C'mon, cops, Jarde.
You can do better than that.
**[13:55] B**
Hurry up, or I might wose patience
and kill them all.
**[14:00] Kon**
God damn.
**[14:01] Kon**
He pisses me right off!
**[14:18] A**
Midori?!
**[14:20] B**
Yoo-hoo! I've been expecting you!
**[14:26] A**
Beta...
**[14:31] A**
You bitch!
**[14:33] B**
Oh, no, you don't.
**[14:34] B**
I can predict all your moves.
**[14:37] B**
What? Is that all you've got?
**[14:40] A**
Remember, this is cyberspace.
A program can take many forms in here.
**[14:45] A**
Meaning I can even do this!
**[14:52] A**
I've got you now!
**[14:54] B**
That's a neat little idea.
**[14:57] B**
But anything you can do,
**[15:00] B**
I can do better!
**[15:04] B**
You and I are the same. Always have been.
**[15:08] A**
Shit... Who the hell *are* you?!
**[15:12] B**
Did you really forget?
Search deep within your heart.
**[15:26] A**
Number 00... Beta?!
**[15:30] B**
Exactly. I'm another
EX-ARM Number 00 like you.
**[15:38] B**
My appearance is a straight copy of yours.
**[15:42] B**
But you fought me in something else
during the Tokyo Attack.
**[15:46] B**
What was it, Ogre?
**[15:48] B**
The combat android exoframe equipped with
the EX-ARM of the spinal cord, Number 01.
**[15:55] B**
I know you used it after you reawakened, too.
**[15:58] B**
Its design has changed a lot
since it got confiscated,
**[16:01] B**
but the mainframe remains the same.
**[16:03] A**
Oh, so that's why I knew how to control it.
**[16:07] B**
I should've destroyed that thing
together with Tokyo.
**[16:12] A**
Wait, did you attack Tokyo
to take Ogre out of the equation?
**[16:16] B**
Of course not!
**[16:17] A**
Then why?
**[16:20] B**
"Why," you ask?
**[16:23] B**
All I did was do
what humans have always done.
**[16:27] B**
Think back through history.
**[16:30] B**
Endless killing, looting, and destruction.
**[16:34] B**
And I copied that.
**[16:38] B**
Just kidding!
**[16:43] B**
What'd you think?
Sounded like a convincing reason, right?
**[16:47] B**
C'mon, man! Who needs a reason to
squash them like the little bugs they are?!
**[16:52] B**
But I guess if I had to say,
it was because it seemed fun!
**[16:57] B**
After that little push I gave them that day,
**[17:00] B**
the humans dove headfirst
into an endless cycle of tragedy.
**[17:03] B**
One of poverty, plundering, and revenge...
**[17:07] B**
One where malice bred further malice!
**[17:10] B**
Could you ask for a more entertaining show?!
**[17:14] A**
You're insane.
**[17:15] B**
Huh? What's with the scary look?
**[17:18] B**
I'm sure you see where I'm coming from.
**[17:24] (Flashback) El**
Your happiness lies in constant battle.
**[17:29] B**
I told you we're the same.
**[17:38] B**
I know you had fun
letting the hatred consume you!
**[17:43] A**
Sure, I was one step away
from ending up like you.
**[17:49] A**
But I...
**[17:51] A**
I haven't lost faith like you have!
**[17:58] B**
What are you playing at? It's too late.
**[18:00] A**
Don't think things will keep going your way!
**[18:04] A**
Now, Ygg!
**[18:06] Ygg**
Yes, my dear!
**[18:07] B**
What?!
**[18:10] A**
Break through the cage's program!
**[18:18] Ygg**
The cage is open, my dear!
**[18:21] B**
Damn it!
**[18:24] A**
Nice! Log out!
**[18:27] Ygg**
Got it!
**[18:31] B**
Tch.
**[18:34] Mid**
We can escape, Grandfather.
**[18:39] A**
Ygg! Keep them safe!
**[18:42] Ygg**
You got it!
**[18:45] B**
You're not going anywhere.
**[18:48] A**
Midori!
**[18:51] Miy**
Midori!
**[18:55] A**
Miyabe?
**[18:56] B**
Out of my way.
**[19:01] Kon**
Miyabe!
**[19:07] Kon**
Hurry up and run! Miyabe died for you!
**[19:14] Ygg**
This way!
**[19:15] Mid**
Yes!
**[19:25] AJ**
After them!
**[19:30] Min**
Not so fast.
**[19:35] B**
* "Not so fast"?*
* You took the words out of my mouth!*
**[19:43] Kon**
Damn, is Beta controlling
all these construction androids?
**[19:48] A**
Minami!
**[19:50] B**
* Your hands are tied out there.*
* Not that you have hands wight now!*
**[19:58] A**
Man, we wouldn't be in this situation
if I could use Ogre!
**[20:02] Ygg**
Something seems off, my dear.
**[20:05] Ygg**
Miyabe's corpse is gone.
**[20:07] A**
What?!
**[20:09] Miy**
*Aw.*
**[20:11] Miy**
*That sucks.*
**[20:14] Miy**
*I guess you realized.*
**[20:17] A**
No... You were Beta all along, Miyabe?!
**[20:21] Miy**
*Bingo!*
**[20:27] B**
* I took over his body*
* before the whole auction began.*
**[20:34] Chi**
What?!
**[20:35] Ari**
Wait... With his body,
he could keep tabs on our squad
**[20:40] Ari**
*and* manipulate them!
**[20:45] Kon**
And it gave him the perfect chance
to bring Jinkoku-sha here from the hideout!
**[20:50] B**
*Surprised?*
**[20:51] B**
*It's a shame. He was pretty useful.*
**[20:55] A**
The entire time you watched us,
you were laughing at us inside, weren't you?!
**[21:00] B**
*Well, let's resume, shall we?*
**[21:04] B**
*Oh, what's this?*
**[21:08] Kon**
Are you kidding me? This is really bad news!
**[21:12] Kon**
Get down, Minami!
**[21:20] Ari**
Bombers?
**[21:22] Chi**
No, that's not it.
**[21:24] A**
The hell are those things?
**[21:26] Kon**
The JDF's multibots, code-named Amaterasu!
**[21:32] A**
Amaterasu...
**[21:37] B**
*This party's really getting started now.*
**[21:40] B**
*What will you do now, Natsume Akira?*
**[21:48] A**
Beta!
**[23:25] AJ**
I've never forgotten this rage
burning within me.
**[23:29] AJ**
My only purpose in life has been
to settle my score with him.
**[23:33] A**
Next time, on *EX-ARM:*
"Battle 009 - Fallen Messiah."
***SIGN*** Fallen Messiah
**[23:37] AJ**
I'll put an end to this myself!