# 5 - King's Decision
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**[00:00] Narrator**
*Unika was shaken by her Sin's words.*
**[00:04] Narrator**
*Words that should have come from an enemy...*
**[00:06] Narrator**
* Through her encounter with Bridget,*
* her hesitation begins to take form.*
**[00:09] Narrator**
* Meanwhile, Sin, having only just*
* reaffirmed his bond with Sol,*
**[00:13] Narrator**
*is faced with a decision.*
**[00:15] Narrator**
* One that will define him as the king*
* who must lead all Gears.*
**[00:20] Paradigm**
Have you made your decision?
**[00:22] Sin**
Yeah...
**[00:24] Sin**
I appreciate the options you gave me.
**[00:26] Paradigm**
Oh?
**[00:28] Sin**
But... all of them end with Gears
and humans being separated, right?
**[00:32] Sin**
I don't want that.
I want us all to get along!
**[00:38] Sin**
Starting with Unika.
**[00:40] Sin**
If I can connect with each person,
one by one... maybe someday...
**[00:49] Paradigm**
Very well!
**[00:51] Paradigm**
The king's decision must
be respected, after all.
**[00:55] Paradigm**
That said, the path you've chosen
won't be an easy one.
**[01:00] Sin**
Yeah... I know it won't be easy.
**[01:04] Sin**
That's why...
**[01:05] Sin**
I'll need everyone's help!
**[01:08] Sol**
Sin.
**[01:10] Sol**
If you screw it up, I'll smack you
and get you back on track.
**[01:16] Paradigm**
Even an order from a Command-Type
Gear likely wouldn't work on you.
**[01:26] Sin**
Your punches hurt like hell, Old Man...
**[01:35] Jack-O’**
* Frederick and the others*
* are headed to Nerville's estate.*
**[01:38] Vernon**
Hmm...
**[01:39] Vernon**
We can't exactly send troops after a politician
who appears clean on the surface.
**[01:44] Leo**
* Frustrating as it is,*
* I guess we'll let them handle it.*
**[01:47] Jack-O’**
*I'll head over there too.*
**[01:51] Vernon**
Let's hope we can finally get
the upper hand this time.
**[01:54] Leo**
*Yeah.*
**[01:55] Leo**
But... I can't shake this bad feeling.
**[02:04] Nerville**
It's almost time.
**[02:07] Nerville**
The name of the righteous shall
soon be etched into history!
**[03:53] Nerville**
* My life has been entwined with a Crusade.*
* One whose end was never in sight.*
**[04:00] Nerville**
* A time stained by hellfire*
* and the stench of corpses...*
**[04:03] Nerville**
*memories of unspeakable carnage.*
**[04:06] Nerville**
*For the powerless, that era was utter hell.*
**[04:11] Nerville**
* Days of fear and disgrace,*
* fleeing in terror from the threat of Gears.*
**[04:19] Nerville**
* It was the Sacred Order*
* of Holy Knights who saved me.*
**[04:24] Nerville**
* Their immense power captivated me,*
* even inspired awe.*
**[04:31] Nerville**
* I dedicated myself to research*
* in military facilities.*
**[04:35] Nerville**
*Seeking a way to eradicate Gear cells.*
**[04:38] Nerville**
* To stand with those with power...*
* and fight alongside them.*
**[04:44] Nerville**
*I ate and slept little, lost in my work.*
**[04:48] Nerville**
*A deadly virus that could infect any Gear...*
**[04:54] Nerville**
* I was meant to be the one who brought*
* salvation, an end to the Crusades...*
**[05:00] Nerville**
* But foolishly, my superiors*
* dismissed my research.*
**[05:05] Nerville**
* My noble attempt to save the world,*
* cast aside by the ignorance of fools!*
**[05:15] Nerville**
* In the depths of my despair,*
* the Crusades came to an abrupt end.*
**[05:20] Nerville**
* Not by peace, but by the overwhelming*
* power of a handful of Sorcerers...*
**[05:23] Nerville**
*those with might beyond reason.*
**[05:27] Nerville**
*It was then that I saw the truth...*
**[05:30] Nerville**
* This wasn't a sacred war*
* between humans and Gears.*
**[05:33] Nerville**
* It was nothing more than a turf war*
* between two monsters.*
**[05:38] Nerville**
* What difference is there*
* between them and the Gears?*
**[05:41] Nerville**
*No, if anything, their sin runs deeper...*
**[05:44] Nerville**
*They hide their grotesque nature.*
**[05:47] Nerville**
* And so, it became my mission*
* to awaken the masses from their ignorance.*
**[05:54] Nerville**
* After the war, with that conviction*
* in my heart, I turned to politics...*
**[05:59] Nerville**
* There, I raised alarm over the threat posed*
* by the surviving Gears still roaming free.*
**[06:04] Nerville**
* But those drunk on the illusion of peace*
* merely scoffed at my warnings.*
**[06:13] Nerville**
* Of course... to stand against a dormant threat,*
* the foolish masses must be guided*
**[06:20] Nerville**
* by a true leader who sees*
* reality for what it is!*
**[06:24] Nerville**
*Yes... a threat!*
**[06:26] Nerville**
* Not just the Gears, but those twisted beings*
* wielding unnatural power as well!*
**[06:32] Nerville**
*This is my crusade!*
**[06:38] Nerville**
* In time, I gained supporters*
* who resonated with my ideals...*
**[06:43] Nerville**
*And began to rise.*
**[06:46] Nerville**
* The days of humiliation*
* were finally being repaid...*
**[06:49] Nerville**
*But even then,*
**[06:50] Nerville**
* when I called for the eradication of the*
* Gears, the citizens covered their ears.*
**[06:56] Nerville**
* It seems the ignorant public don't have*
* a monopoly on willful optimism.*
**[07:02] Nerville**
* And then... the so-called hero who*
* ended the Crusades became a king,*
**[07:06] Nerville**
*preaching coexistence with the Gears.*
**[07:10] Nerville**
* Isn't that proof enough?*
* They're no different from the Gears themselves!*
**[07:17] Nerville**
* In the end, the powerful*
* always rise to the top,*
**[07:20] Nerville**
* and the true battle is smothered*
* by the ignorance surrounding it.*
**[07:24] Nerville**
*Fools! Utter fools!*
**[07:28] Nerville**
* I'm the only one*
* who can truly save this world!*
**[07:35] Nerville**
*It was then... that fate intervened.*
**[07:46] Nerville**
* Her arrival. Unika.*
* A visitor from the future.*
**[07:57] (Flashback) Nerville**
This?! This came from me?
From the future?!
**[08:00] (Flashback) Unika**
Yes. It's the Gear-eradication
virus you perfected, Father.
**[08:05] (Flashback) Nerville**
But... why come to this era?
What is my future self doing?
**[08:10] (Flashback) Unika**
Unfortunately, the virus had a fatal flaw.
**[08:14] (Flashback) Nerville**
You mean it failed?!
**[08:16] (Flashback) Unika**
The incomplete virus caused
Gears to go berserk...
**[08:20] (Flashback) Unika**
And triggered the Second Crusade.
**[08:23] (Flashback) Nerville**
The... Second Crusade?!
**[08:26] (Flashback) Unika**
Father, your future self sent me back...
**[08:31] (Flashback) Unika**
So that you could become
the world's true savior.
**[08:36] Nerville**
* At last... I've drawn*
* my true destiny to me.*
**[08:39] Nerville**
* Every hardship, every*
* humiliation, every injustice.*
**[08:43] Nerville**
* All of it happened so*
* I could be rewarded now!*
**[08:47] Nerville**
*I was right from the very beginning...*
**[08:49] Nerville**
*Beasts with power bring nothing but ruin.*
**[08:53] Nerville**
*And only I can halt their mistakes!*
**[08:56] Nerville**
*Only I can build a worthwhile future!*
**[09:00] Nerville**
* With my intellect and Unika's*
* knowledge of the future,*
**[09:05] Nerville**
*generating massive wealth was trivial.*
**[09:08] Nerville**
*Now, I will perfect the Gear-eradication virus.*
**[09:13] Nerville**
*Here, in this era, with my own hands!*
**[09:18] Nerville**
Everything is ready.
**[09:21] Nerville**
It won't be the fools who denied me...
**[09:23] Nerville**
or those Gear-like monsters
who save this world.
**[09:28] Nerville**
If the one who shapes righteous history
is to be called a god...
**[09:33] Nerville**
Then surely, that god is me
and no one else.
**[09:38] Bridget**
So... you're leaving already?
**[09:41] Unika**
I've made up my mind.
**[09:45] Bridget**
In my travels, I met all kinds of people...
**[09:48] Bridget**
And little by little, I started to
understand the shape of who I am.
**[09:54] Bridget**
I hope you find yours too, Unika.
**[09:59] Bridget**
The shape of who you are.
**[10:06] Unika**
I have to talk to him... To Father.
**[10:15] Sol**
Bingo.
**[10:16] Sin**
Looks like security's pretty tight...
**[10:18] Sol**
What's your status?
**[10:19] Jack-O’**
* Almost there. We've got*
* more than enough firepower ready.*
**[10:24] Sol**
Then we'll go on ahead.
**[10:30] Nerville**
You're late.
**[10:36] Nerville**
Are you unharmed, Unika?
**[10:41] Unika**
I'm fine. I'm sorry.
**[10:46] Nerville**
There's no need to apologize.
**[10:48] Nerville**
Thanks to you, everything
is progressing smoothly.
**[10:53] Unika**
Father... There's something
I'd like to ask you.
**[10:57] Nerville**
Hmm? Go on.
**[11:01] Unika**
Is it truly necessary to target Illyria?
**[11:06] Unika**
The Gears are our enemy.
**[11:10] Unika**
Involving so many innocent people...
**[11:14] Unika**
I want to know...
How do you feel about that?
**[11:22] Nerville**
I'm sorry, Unika.
**[11:24] Unika**
Huh?
**[11:25] Nerville**
It seems my orders have been troubling you.
**[11:29] Nerville**
You don't need to concern yourself
with Illyria anymore.
**[11:32] Unika**
I don't?
**[11:34] Nerville**
That's right. There's no need
to destroy it with the magic weapon.
**[11:38] Unika**
Are you... serious?
**[11:40] Nerville**
It was never more than a distraction.
**[11:43] Nerville**
Seizing the weapon, the destruction...
**[11:45] Nerville**
All of it was just to buy time.
**[11:49] Nerville**
Unika, you've fulfilled your role splendidly.
**[11:53] Nerville**
Yes... It's almost time.
**[11:57] Unika**
Almost time?
**[11:58] Unika**
What do you mean by that?
**[12:10] Sin**
We're here, Unika!
**[12:13] Sol**
Knew it. You were working with him.
**[12:15] Nerville**
Barging in uninvited! How rude of you!
**[12:29] Nerville**
Unika...
**[12:30] Nerville**
Without me, the future you seek
will never come to pass.
**[12:42] Unika**
I understand.
**[12:54] Sin**
“J”?
**[12:59] Johnny**
Let's call it... escort complete.
**[13:03] Sin**
You guys!
**[13:04] Sol**
Heh.
**[13:05] Jack-O’**
Sorry to keep you waiting!
**[13:23] Johnny**
Hope I'm not interrupting.
**[13:25] Baiken**
Nah... I owe you one.
**[13:27] Sin**
Unika!
**[13:34] (Flashback) Bridget (echoing)**
In my travels, I met all kinds of people...
**[13:37] (Flashback) Bridget (echoing)**
And little by little, I started to
understand the shape of who I am.
**[13:40] Sin (echoing)**
*You don't have to do this alone!*
**[13:44] Nerville (echoing)**
*Unika... You are my precious daughter.*
**[13:47] Nerville (echoing)**
* Without me, the future you seek*
* will never come to pass.*
**[13:58] Sin**
I know! You're hesitating too, aren't you?!
**[14:01] Unika**
Even so... I...
**[14:20] Sol**
Not happening.
**[14:22] Jack-O’**
That's the virus we heard about.
Looks like it's designed to target Gears.
**[14:25] Unika**
Father!
**[14:26] Sol**
Don't move.
**[14:30] Sol**
What's so funny?
**[14:32] Nerville**
Your arrogance.
**[14:36] Nerville**
You think power can solve everything
and bend the world to your will!
**[14:40] Nerville**
Your kind have always been that way!
**[14:47] Jack-O’**
Sin?! But we stopped the virus!
**[14:50] Nerville**
That was just an accelerator.
**[14:53] Nerville**
The virus was injected long ago!
**[15:11] Johnny**
Kid!
**[15:13] Nerville**
Creating a lethal virus that infects
all Gears is nearly impossible.
**[15:17] Nerville**
So why not change the approach?
**[15:31] Nerville**
A Command-Type Gear has the ability
to command every other Gear.
**[15:35] Nerville**
That includes the power to issue a command
to shut down their own life functions.
**[15:39] Nerville**
This virus is designed precisely for that.
**[15:42] Nerville**
Once the Command-Type Gear
gives a self-termination order,
**[15:47] Nerville**
all infected Gears will
gradually shut down and die.
**[15:59] Paradigm**
W-What in the world is happening?!
**[16:04] Nerville**
Yes!
**[16:06] Nerville**
By my hand, humanity will reclaim true peace!
**[16:17] Sin**
O... Old... Man...
**[16:20] Sol**
Sin!
**[16:21] Nerville**
Will you stop him,
even if it means killing him?
**[16:23] Sol**
Tch!
**[16:31] Unika**
W-What is this?!
**[16:34] Jack-O’**
She's reacting to Sin's command?!
**[16:37] Nerville**
Ah... There's one thing
I forgot to mention, Unika.
**[16:41] Nerville**
Yes, you're a Gear too.
**[16:45] Unika**
No... That can't be...
**[16:49] Nerville**
I'm truly sorry...
**[16:51] Nerville**
But for the sake of humanity... please die.
**[16:55] Unika**
N-No...
**[17:05] Sin**
Don't!
**[17:11] Sin**
Unika... don't die...
**[17:19] Unika**
Sin...
**[17:21] Unika**
I... I don't want to die...
**[17:26] Unika**
Not yet... I still want to be with you...
**[17:37] Unika**
*F-Father?*
**[17:41] Unika**
*Then... this...*
**[17:51] Unika**
*Who is this?*
**[18:05] Nerville**
Wh-What is this?!
**[18:07] Sol**
Just as I thought...
Unika's not just any Gear.
**[18:14] Sol**
She's a Command-Type Gear...
Sin's younger sister.
**[18:19] Nerville**
What?!
**[18:21] Jack-O’**
Sin!
**[18:22] Sol**
I wasn't sure at first...
but the genetic analysis confirms it.
**[18:28] Nerville**
Two Command-Type Gears?!
**[18:31] Jack-O’**
Which means... Sin is giving
a command to die...
**[18:35] Jack-O’**
and Unika is giving a command to live.
**[18:36] Jack-O’**
Two conflicting commands
issued at the same time!
**[18:42] Nerville**
It... It can't be!
**[18:45] Nerville**
Are you saying the opposing commands
are causing the virus to go haywire?!
**[18:49] Nerville**
No... Could this be... the true cause
of the Second Crusade?!
**[18:55] Sol**
Tell us how to stop it!
**[18:56] Nerville**
It's too late.
**[18:58] Nerville**
But my future self will know
how to save us from this.
**[19:03] Jack-O’**
Your future self?!
**[19:04] Nerville**
Yes... It's myself from the future
who brought both the virus and Unika.
**[19:25] Future Nerville**
How nostalgic...
**[19:29] Nerville**
Oh! I'm glad you came!
**[19:34] Future Nerville**
Even sending Unika changed nothing.
**[19:38] Future Nerville**
To think my past self was this incompetent...
**[19:57] Johnny**
He just ate himself!
**[19:59] Future Nerville**
Two of the same person cannot
exist in a single timeline.
**[20:03] Unika**
Father!
**[20:05] Future Nerville**
Unika... You've disappointed me.
**[20:10] Future Nerville**
Why do you fear death?
**[20:12] Future Nerville**
Why won't you embrace the joy
of sacrificing yourself for my ideals?
**[20:17] Unika**
Father...
**[20:19] Future Nerville**
But this is fine.
**[20:21] Future Nerville**
The true plan begins now
with the total rampage of every Gear.
**[20:25] Jack-O’**
You're saying this was your plan all along?!
**[20:27] Future Nerville**
I was naive...
**[20:30] Future Nerville**
I once believed that destroying the Gears
alone would lead to an ideal world.
**[20:34] Future Nerville**
But I came to understand that humanity
is weak, foolish, and just as flawed.
**[20:41] Unika**
What... are you saying?
**[20:43] Future Nerville**
Only through total war between humans
and Gears, where both are eradicated,
**[20:48] Future Nerville**
can the world be reborn,
ruled by true strength.
**[20:55] Future Nerville**
Yes... Ruled by me.
**[21:00] Baiken**
Finally, someone I can cut down
without hesitation.
**[21:03] Johnny**
Couldn't agree more.
**[21:29] Baiken**
You little...!
**[21:30] Future Nerville**
Let the unwanted monsters
of my world destroy each other.
**[21:37] Sol**
Sin!
**[21:39] Man 1**
Urgent transmissions from multiple countries!
**[21:41] Man 1**
Reports indicate that Gears around the
world are entering a berserk state!
**[21:44] Vernon**
What the hell is going on out there?!
**[21:46] Vernon**
Sol! Respond! Sol!
**[21:50] Narrator**
* Just like Justice, the Command-Type Gear*
* who once nearly wiped out all of humanity,*
**[21:56] Narrator**
* a new threat now rises*
* to bring ruin to the world...*
**[22:00] Narrator**
*The accursed new King of Gears...*
**[22:03] Narrator**
*His name is...*
**[22:05] Narrator**
*Sin Kiske!*