# E9 - hun[G]ry for knowledge
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UX9JXJ/hungry-for-knowledge)
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This one, too.
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Is there even an exit to begin with?
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I leaked some fabricated data
in the Underwater City.
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And in pursuit of a shadow that looked like A2,
I found a strange room adorned with art.
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Even with the radio jamming, at what point
in time did I wander into cyberspace?
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That, or...
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I was forced to wander in here.
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*Y-Y-You...*
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*You guys...*
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Who's there?
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*I announce to all androids.*
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*We machine lifeforms...*
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*We made war. Learned. Grew.*
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*And thus we gained
a new consciousness.*
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What is it saying?
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*Indeed. It is as if
a new form* of existence has been born.
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Existence?
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Correct. And my name is...
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Adam.
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Adam, you say?
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A mere machine...
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A mere machine cannot speak
of existence, you say?
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Then what about you androids?
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Aren't you mere puppets
who can only act according to orders?
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Shut up!
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By the way, how is that android named 2B doing?
The one who's always at your side?
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How do you know 2B's name?
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I would never forget about you two,
who watched my birth, then tried to kill me.
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So you're that special unit!
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That's right, boy.
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Perhaps you have a will.
Perhaps you have desires?
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A vile desire
that you have never shown anyone...
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slumbers in the depths of your heart.
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The more you try to hide it, the more
that distorted darkness grows.
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Shut up!
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I don't have such a...
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No need to deny it.
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- Shut up! Shut up!
- All who live are slaves to desire.
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I can't shut out this voice.
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Some seek love,
some seek families, and I...
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I'm not like you guys!
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You are no different.
You do not trust anything.
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You want to destroy everything.
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- You have lost hope in everything.
- I don't! I don't!
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- You want to obtain everything.
- I don't... I don't...
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You want to be loved by all.
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I don't... I don't...
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You think about 2B,
and how much you want to...
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Stop!
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Are you going to go look for him?
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That might be exactly what
the enemy wants. Do you need help?
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Leave the search for 9S to me.
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I'd like you to tell Lily to be alert
of what's going on around camp.
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All right. Be careful, 2B.
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*Report. Communication has been restored.*
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Then hurry and reach 9S.
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*Report.*
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Pod 153!
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*Accompany unit 9S is in a state
of inability to supplement.*
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*Records immediately before loss
detects a faint machine lifeform signal.*
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*Requesting search-and-rescue.*
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This is us from earlier.
Who would do this?
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*Report. 9S was lost in this area.*
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*Confirmed. Numerical data predicted to be
a value that indicates a specific location.*
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*Value corresponds to underground sector
of the ruined city area.*
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Pod, connect me to the Bunker.
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*Affirmative.*
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Commander.
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What's wrong?
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I have an emergency request from 2B.
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There is a high possibility that 9S
was abducted during his mission,
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and with the enemy forces yet unknown,
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she requests immediate authorization
of a search squad.
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Commander, please authorize it.
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A dispatch...
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I cannot authorize one.
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However, if we don't hurry...
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Currently all search squads
in the Bunker are on duty.
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And in our current condition, it's difficult
to summon them from other warzones.
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Tell her as such.
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That cannot be! That means—
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6O.
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I understand.
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*I'm sorry, 2B.*
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Roger that. Don't worry about it, 6O.
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Pod, how far are we
from the target location?
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*We will arrive
at the target location shortly.*
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*Report. Arrived at target location.*
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Why in such a location...
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What? A camouflage hologram.
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*Alert. A possible trap.*
***SIGN*** COPIED CITY
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Who would build this?
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*Unknown. Information about current location
cannot be confirmed from past records.*
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*Request. Authorization for 9S
search activities by this unit.*
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Pod 153, stand by on the surface.
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Make a second request
for a backup unit to the Bunker.
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*Analysis. This area is composed
of crystallized silicon and carbon.*
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*Further details unknown
due to lack of data.*
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*Faint black box signal detected up ahead.*
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*Confirmed signal pattern.
Coincides with identification code for 9S.*
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Pod, set sensitivity of each sensor
to maximum level.
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*Affirmative.*
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*No machine lifeform signals
detected nearby.*
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*Stones in surrounding area are crystallized structures
of calcium sulfide, sodium chloride,*
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*and material that cannot be analyzed.*
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*No enemy signals detected.*
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Why would such things...
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*Unknown.*
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*Report. Confirmed missing
YoRHa squad members.*
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Welcome to my beloved city.
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Where is 9S?
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Don't be so rash, 2B.
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I most certainly wanted to speak with you.
That's why I had you come here.
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My name is Adam.
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When we first met in the desert underground,
neither of us had the time to chat.
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Desert Underground?
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The special unit!
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It looks like you remembered.
That makes me happy.
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Where is 9S?
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If you slay me, you won't be able
to know his whereabouts.
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This is our playground.
We mimicked humanity in creation.
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I, or we machine lifeforms, I suppose,
have a keen interest in humanity.
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Humans are enigmatic.
Impossible to understand.
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Love. Family. War. Religion.
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The complexity of humanity
keeps fascinating me.
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We want to unravel this riddle of humanity.
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You wouldn't understand this feeling,
would you?
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You're just like them.
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What are you even talking about...
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This is what you androids have been seeking
for all these years.
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Let me introduce you...
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to our...
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creators.
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The aliens who created us
machine lifeforms.
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In other words,
these are your archnemeses.
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You've been looking for them
this whole time, yes?
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They were in a place like this.
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A touching rendezvous,
however they are already
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dead.
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They were wiped out by us centuries ago.
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Wiped out?
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Yes. Machine lifeforms are weapons capable
of evolution in order to fortify themselves.
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Intelligence budding within our network didn't
take much time to surpass that of our creators.
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Your own creators? You...
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Oh, there's no need to fret about them.
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They were simple. Infantile.
Almost like plants, I guess you'd say.
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They held no value to us.
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Humanity is far more alluring than them,
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as well as you androids.
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I've been watching all of you
this entire time.
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You, made in the image of humans,
definitely have emotions.
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Joy, sorrow, fear...
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and hatred.
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I heard YoRHa is prohibited
from harboring emotions?
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Don't you think those words in themselves
create an unfair suggestion?
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Won't you come with me, 2B?
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I have high hopes for you.
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We shall discover together the enigma
of the "heart" that humans hold.
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Where is 9S?
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I see.
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Then, I shall have "him"
continue to assist me.
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9S!
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I performed various experiments
using your beloved 9S.
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He was filled with complexity on the inside.
It was truly fascinating.
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Next, I will rip his body apart, dismantle it,
and take a direct look at what lies inside.
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That agony should draw out
even more emotions from him.
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You son of a...
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I'll kill you!
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Yes! That's it!
That's the feeling! Pure hate!
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That is exactly what I have been seeking!
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Come, 2B!
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I do enjoy this, 2B!
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That's right.
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The core of humanity is conflict.
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They fight. Steal. Kill.
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This is humanity in its purest form!
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You know nothing about humanity.
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9S...
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I went ahead and created a replica
of his cybernetic body.
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Doesn't it look good?
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Why you...
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You know it to be a fake,
yet you hesitate to attack.
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That is, in fact,
emotions that humans harbor.
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Good for you. That's proof
that you are close to humans.
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Both of us are beings
that yearn for humans.
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You can say that machine lifeforms
and androids are in the same category.
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*Proposal. Identify the situation
and execute return fire as planned.*
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I kno—
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Pod!
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Don't be a wet blanket!
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The infinite slaughter
on both sides all mean nothing.
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You've already realized that, haven't you?
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That humanity...
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has already gone extinct?
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Shut up!
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But that is the truth.
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I want to reach the abyss of humanity
that no longer exists.
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However, we machine lifeforms
are in a connected network.
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We are invincible.
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Within all those infinite bits of data,
not even the merest flicker of life exists.
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The concept of death has no meaning to us.
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Thus, I decided to sever
my connection to the network.
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Now, if you kill me,
you can rescue your beloved 9S.
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2B.
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9S...
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So how is it? Can you see death, 2B?
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*Report. We have arrived...
at the designated time.*
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I have...
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bought enough time.
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What?
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Someone is intervening into my system?
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Who is it?
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Make a second request
for a backup unit to the Bunker.
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*Denying request.*
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*This unit's control rights
are still set to 9S.*
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*Also, there is no guarantee that backup
from Command will arrive.*
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Then what are you planning to do?
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*This unit will hack into the main system
while the enemy engages with 2B.*
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*Requesting 2B to buy time for the hacking.*
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What's the chance of success?
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*Chance of success: 36%.*
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*This unit will support Pod 153's proposal.*
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*Adding this unit's computation to the current situation
will increase success rate to 45%.*
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All right. Pod 153, please hack in
while we act as decoy.
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*Affirmative.*
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*Control percentage 92... 93...*
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*94... 95...*
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Interesting.
So you're going to infiltrate me!
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*100%.
S-System... controlled...*
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So even I have been overtaken.
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Is it a result of severing myself
from the network?
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Oh, right. Indeed, you were my death.
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Elder Brother.
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Eve.
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I... I'm going to protect Elder Brother.
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I need to hurry to 9S.
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*Report...*
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*Succeeded rescue of 9S.*
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*Proposal. Immediate departure...
from this area.*
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9S!
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2B.
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Let's go home, 9S.
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Yeah.
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Eve.
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Hey.
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When we get back home,
let's play again, okay?
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Big Brother.
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Eve.
***SIGN*** POD 042 REPORTING TO ALL OF MANKIND.
***SIGN*** WE WILL NOW EXECUTE THE TASK OF INTRODUCING THE MULTIPLE ENDINGS FOR THE VIDEO GAME "NIER:AUTOMATA." OVER.
***SIGN*** PUPPET PLAY
NIER:AUTOMATA
"AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF T-SHIRTS"
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Yes, yes! Hello!
Sorry for taking a break last time.
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I will give it my best effort,
since I took some time off.
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This is YoRHa No. 9 Type S AKA 9S and...
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Likewise, YoRHa No. 2 Type B AKA 2B.
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I know this is sudden, but I thought of
a T-shirt design just for 2B!
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Huh?
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*Begin sharing of information.*
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How is it, 2B?
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Thank you. In return, I thought of a design
that would suit you.
***SIGN*** ACORN
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Amazing! Thank you so much!
***SIGN*** COUNCIL OF HUMANITY
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I came up with this idea, too.
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Wow! This is perfect for the Commander!
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Then how about something
like this for the Operators?
***SIGN*** FAMILY
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- I think I would do this instead.
- Excellent!
**[23:27] ---**
By the way, if it's Jackass...
***SIGN*** MACKEREL
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Cool! It's so cool, 2B!
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I don't know why. I keep getting ideas,
and I can't stop.
***SIGN*** ENEMY
***SIGN*** 2B and 9S chose to abandon their mission,
allowing the machines to wreak destruction
upon the city ruins and Resistance camp.
The extinction of YoRHa
is also surely a matter of time.
***SIGN*** TO BE CONTINUED