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E10 - Confession From a Mask

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    A crane struck with lightning went out of control,
    causing huge damage to the Cornucopia.

[00:04] ---
    Currently they are rebuilding at a very fast—
[00:06] ---
    WINNER'S Casino.
    A door to a new future opens in March.

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    THE MOMENT TO SOAR IS COMING!
[00:10] ---
    It's one in the morning.
[00:10] ---
    MIDNIGHT SARG
[00:11] ---
    A strange shadow appears
    before the SARG officer during his patrol.

[00:16] ---
    It's members of DoRed.
[00:17] ---
    The land value of Shantytown
    has tripled since last year.

[00:17] ---
    On the eve of Shantytown's redevelopment,
    residents cry out because of increased rent.
[00:20] ---
    Rent has skyrocketed, and many residents
    have been evicted from their homes.

[00:25] ---
    There's no time to waste concerning
    the deterioration of the Pylon Apartment.

[00:25] ---
    LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE
[00:28] ---
    It is my duty as the mayor to evict all residents
    immediately to protect everyone's safety.

[00:33] ---
    Let's utilize the KANAE System
    for the safety of our children.

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    NOVEMBER 27, 2021
[00:38] ---
    Daisy's being rather noisy.
[00:40] ---
    Did something happen?
[00:42] ---
    D-Damn you. What did you just say?
[00:44] ---
    What I meant was...
[00:46] ---
    So that children can be safe,
    surveillance cameras need to—
[00:49] ---
    Our shopping street have sympathetic people.
[00:51] ---
    We don't need stuff like that.
[00:53] ---
    You just don't get it. Can't you even come
    to a mutual understanding?
[00:57] ---
    Why you...
[00:58] ---
    Okay, okay. Calm down.
[00:59] ---
    We'd like to listen to what you have to say.
[01:03] ---
    That old man's gonna pop a vein at some point.
[01:06] ---
    Everyone's on edge lately.
[01:08] ---
    What can we do about it?
[01:10] ---
    At times like this, Asumi would...
[01:16] ---
    Shu?
[01:17] ---
    I'm going to the hospital.
[01:19] ---
    Oh, visiting Ms. Tsuzuragawa?
[01:21] ---
    He's been going every day lately.
[01:24] ---
    I should go to college, too.
[02:59] ---
    Why are there less rusks here?
[03:01] ---
    Is her family visiting or something?
[03:06] ---
    Ms. Tsuzuragawa.
[03:09] ---
    Please tell me.
[03:11] ---
    Asumi is...
[03:13] ---
    ...still alive, isn't she?
[03:16] ---
    NOVEMBER 29, 2021
[03:17] ---
    Koki, aren't you overexerting yourself?
[03:20] ---
    That method isn't something
    I can compliment as a member of SARG.
[03:23] ---
    It's an order from Gori Suido.
    I trust you to do what is necessary.
[03:33] ---
    Now, what should I do with this?
[03:37] ---
    Sheesh.
[03:37] ---
    NOVEMBER 30, 2021
[03:39] ---
    What in the world was Titty-gawa collecting?
[03:44] ---
    Something that was placed deliberately
    at the observation deck of the Cornucopia...

[03:51] ---
    Maybe Instructor
    would know her true identity?

[03:53] ---
    Hey, Ran. This is really bad.
[03:56] ---
    Look at this. This is really bad!
[03:58] ---
    Lucky, the way you said "bad" was...
[04:05] ---
    YUMIHARIYU
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    Hey, is that really Kinako?
[04:08] ---
    Whoa, it really is!
[04:10] ---
    Definitely real.
[04:12] ---
    Wh-Who are you guys?
[04:14] ---
    Hey there. We used to be your fans.
[04:21] ---
    There are posts on the internet
    that Kinako is a member of DoRed.
[04:25] ---
    Damn it. Who spilled it?
[04:27] ---
    Is it true that you're a member of DoRed?
[04:31] ---
    Um...
[04:32] ---
    You know, DoRed has been causing us
    tons of trouble.
[04:38] ---
    H-Hold on.
[04:46] ---
    So they're haters of DoRed. Damn it.
[04:49] ---
    - What're they doing to Kinako—
    - Wait. It's a trap.
[04:54] ---
    Chikuwa?
[04:57] ---
    Damn it.
[04:58] ---
    You can't.
[05:00] ---
    If you get caught, DoRed will fall apart.
    So I'll go instead.
[05:04] ---
    That's right.
[05:06] ---
    No!
[05:07] ---
    What the hell are you doing?
[05:11] ---
    What did Kinako do?
[05:13] ---
    If you got complaints, I'll take you on.
[05:15] ---
    Who the hell are you?
[05:22] ---
    What pathetic guys.
[05:24] ---
    Kinako, you're not hurt, are you?
[05:31] ---
    Shu, you're really helping me out this time.
[05:35] ---
    But if SARG is staking out, then they must be
    behind the leaked info about Kinako.
[05:40] ---
    So rules are completely
    worthless now? Bring it on.
[05:44] ---
    Let's meet up with Kinako later. It's getting
    too dangerous to be moving separately.
[05:49] ---
    Stubborn, reckless,
    and can't allow anything unjust.

[05:56] ---
    So cold.
[05:57] ---
    Shuta, huh?
[06:11] ---
    Kinako.
[06:14] ---
    Another error of unknown origin.
[06:16] ---
    Oh, we got an "All Clear" report
    from the SARG on site.
[06:20] ---
    Yeah.
[06:22] ---
    Near Yumihariyu...
[06:23] ---
    So it definitely involves close acquaintances.
[06:26] ---
    This frequency of errors...
    Shouldn't we report this to Mr. Gori?
[06:30] ---
    It's still within the margin of error.
[06:32] ---
    Understood.
[06:34] ---
    At this rate, Hazard Cast will stop functioning.
[06:37] ---
    Where did the observation data
    that Tsuzuragawa collected disappear to?

[06:44] ---
    DECEMBER 5, 2021
[06:45] ---
    You suddenly come back
    from overseas and call me over?
[06:48] ---
    Just tell me the identity of the thing
    that was inside the KANAE System.
[06:52] ---
    Don't be so hasty. Come with me.
[07:02] ---
    It's been a while, Mr. Super Hacker.
[07:09] ---
    You've got some nerve.
    Because of you, Kunai...
[07:13] ---
    Are you satisfied with one blow?
[07:20] ---
    Oh, brother. Both master and apprentice
    are so hot-headed.
[07:24] ---
    Instructor, what are you doing
    with a guy like this?
[07:26] ---
    It's so I can overwrite the world with new art.
[07:29] ---
    New art?
[07:31] ---
    My objective is business.
    I'll do anything if it makes money.
[07:35] ---
    Thanks to DoRed making a riot, we made
    quite a bit from the stock market.
[07:41] ---
    I'm nothing like you.
[07:44] ---
    The Graffiti War went viral on the internet,
    but do you know who had set it in motion?
[07:50] ---
    It can't be...
[07:51] ---
    Yes. I can take an ordinary criminal
    and set him up to be a revolutionist of justice.
[07:57] ---
    We're on the same boat at this point.
[08:05] ---
    So were you able
    to hack into the KANAE System?
[08:09] ---
    With no issues.
[08:11] ---
    So what are you planning on doing?
[08:13] ---
    We're hacking into democracy.
[08:17] ---
    Majority rule is a merciless system where one vote
    can decide the outcome of a battle.
[08:21] ---
    A preliminary poll shows that 53% are in favor
    of the KANAE System referendum,
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    IN FAVOR
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    KANAE SYSTEM LOCAL REFERENDUM
    POLLING
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    AGAINST
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    and 47% are against it.
[08:29] ---
    If more than 3% of the voters flip their decision,
    the results will be the exact opposite.
[08:35] ---
    And that's where this immense set of data
    collected from these cPhones come in.
[08:40] ---
    Length of cPhone operating time, where they
    are used, area of activity, personal tastes,
[08:45] ---
    how often they are swayed by ads...
[08:48] ---
    Based on personal information like that,
    individual activity patterns are extracted
[08:53] ---
    and personalities are profiled.
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    Then, the 3% who are easily affected
    by others and susceptible to changing opinions
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    are brought into the open.
[09:02] ---
    We verify the targets
    by using the personal information database,
[09:06] ---
    and along with using personalized ads,
    excessive and radical information is focused on them.
[09:11] ---
    Once their emotions are rocked,
    their sense of judgment plummets drastically
[09:15] ---
    and make decisions
    they wouldn't usually make.
[09:18] ---
    Insanity can be propagated instantaneously.
[09:21] ---
    I know that has happened overseas.
[09:23] ---
    But there's no guarantee the same algorithm
    would work in the 24th Ward.
[09:28] ---
    There is.
[09:29] ---
    The Graffiti War was the touchstone for it.
[09:35] ---
    The gap is closing?
[09:35] ---
    FOURTH REPORT
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    DECEMBER 16, 2021
[09:37] ---
    A powerful movement to go vote
    is happening on the internet right now,
[09:41] ---
    and the number of DoRed supporters
    are increasing.
[09:43] ---
    Bracing for the forced eviction
    of the Pylon Apartment,
[09:46] ---
    a neighborhood watch
    has been set up within Shantytown.
[09:49] ---
    SARG can no longer...
[09:50] ---
    How about we ask the UN forces
    for assistance?
[09:52] ---
    We should be able to pressure them
    through connections from Mr. Howard.
[09:56] ---
    Do we have to go that far?
[09:58] ---
    It may not be enough.
[09:59] ---
    When you think about the long term,
    it's not wise to owe Howard any favors.
[10:05] ---
    I see.
[10:06] ---
    Then how about you utilize
    the powers of Hazard Cast to the fullest?
[10:12] ---
    Felons have no right to vote, huh?
[10:17] ---
    All right.
[10:18] ---
    REGARDING PYLON APARTMENT RESIDENTIAL AREA
[10:18] ---
    SHANTYTOWN
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    We will forcibly execute
    the eviction of Pylon Apartment.
[10:36] ---
    DoRed CONTINUES TO CAUSE DAMAGE
[10:40] ---
    It's absurd to suddenly have
    your home taken away!
    There are a lot of people
    who had no where to go
    so they drifted into Shantytown.
    There seems to be a lot of confusion.
    And this is all so you can watch them
    through the KANAE system, right?
    Outrageous!
[10:51] ---
    NO SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY
[10:58] ---
    Kozue is in danger.
[11:01] ---
    DECEMBER 21, 2021
[11:06] ---
    Is Shantytown really going to disappear?
[11:10] ---
    Everyone is acting upon
    some kind of assertion.
[11:14] ---
    As a result, they're against each other.
[11:17] ---
    Shu?
[11:19] ---
    Help!
[11:20] ---
    Hey! I told you to stop!
[11:22] ---
    Hey you, it's for your own good
    to calm down and stop!
[11:26] ---
    Kozue?
[11:27] ---
    I-I'm feeling some déjà vu?
[11:28] ---
    - I'm heading down there.
    - Okay.
[11:39] ---
    - Let go. Let me go!
    - Calm down. Hey!
[11:42] ---
    No way. Why would I ever listen to SARG?
[11:44] ---
    You can't doodle on a police car.
    You need to obey the law.
[11:47] ---
    And that law is screwed up.
[11:50] ---
    - Kaoru.
    - Help me out here, Senpai.
[11:53] ---
    Look around.
[12:02] ---
    This isn't good.
[12:03] ---
    - Is that SARG?
    - They're after a young girl.
[12:06] ---
    Let's get 'em!
[12:07] ---
    - That's right.
    - Yeah!
[12:09] ---
    - Unforgivable!
    - How could you?
[12:16] ---
    Wait!
[12:19] ---
    Shuta Aoi.
[12:21] ---
    Run for it.
[12:22] ---
    But...
[12:22] ---
    Just go!
[12:23] ---
    Ms. Shishido.
[12:24] ---
    Hurry up and go.
[12:26] ---
    Hey, don't run away.
[12:27] ---
    Come on now.
[12:28] ---
    Which side are you on?
[12:30] ---
    It's not about friend or foe.
[12:32] ---
    Don't give us stupid lip service.
[12:35] ---
    - Let's go.
    - After them!
[12:36] ---
    We will protect our Shantytown.
[12:39] ---
    Kick SARG out!
[12:46] ---
    Big Brother Shu.
[12:49] ---
    Are you going to join DoRed?
    Don't do that, it's dangerous.
[12:53] ---
    You should help DoRed, too.
[12:55] ---
    You can't trust a machine with justice.
    A society under surveillance is dangerous.
[12:59] ---
    Are you just echoing what DoRed says?
[13:01] ---
    That's right. Got a problem with that?
[13:03] ---
    Did you know that Kunai's grandma
    was chased out of her home she loved so much?
[13:08] ---
    Can you save her? Instead of only
    chasing problems right in front of you?
[13:12] ---
    Big Brother Shu, exactly whose hero are you?
[13:17] ---
    I'm gonna go join DoRed.
[13:21] ---
    Kozue. Hey, wait.
[13:27] ---
    Don't allow SARG with their antics.
[13:28] ---
    Gather under the DoRed flag.
[13:56] ---
    Asumi. It's getting dark.
[13:59] ---
    Let's go home.
[14:01] ---
    Mom always said that if I do what is right,
[14:06] ---
    then someday the right things
    will come back to me.
[14:10] ---
    But Mom died. Why is that?
[14:15] ---
    That's because...
[14:17] ---
    Was Mom lying to me?
[14:20] ---
    No way. What Mrs. Kanae said is surely true.
[14:24] ---
    So...
[14:25] ---
    So I'll make sure stuff like this
    won't happen ever again.
[14:29] ---
    I'll become your...
[14:32] ---
    The 24th Ward's hero.
[14:40] ---
    Okay.
[14:45] ---
    A hero? Yeah, right.
[14:47] ---
    The town is in such a state, and yet I...
[14:50] ---
    I prioritized my own feelings, and I haven't
    been thinking on behalf of someone else,
[14:56] ---
    like our teachers or Asumi have been doing.
[15:03] ---
    HOSPITAL
[15:04] ---
    From the hospital?
[15:06] ---
    Hello?
[15:08] ---
    No... If you meet with her...
[15:12] ---
    It's happening again.
[15:13] ---
    Have we figured out the reason
    behind the abnormal alerts?
[15:16] ---
    MS. TSUZURAGAWA
    HAS JUST REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS.
[15:17] ---
    Chief?
[15:19] ---
    We're currently working on that case.
    Give us a little bit of time.
[15:23] ---
    Sorry, but I have an emergency
    and need to go to the hospital right now.
[15:25] ---
    SUSPECTED TERRORIST IDENTIFIED
[15:27] ---
    Shuta is a terrorist? Impossible.
[15:30] ---
    That can't be...
[15:32] ---
    What's the meaning of this, Asumi?
[15:40] ---
    What do you think?
[15:42] ---
    A good job of inducing
    public opinion, wasn't it?

[15:43] ---
    SARG MANHANDLES A CIVILIAN GIRL!
    ARE THERE NO DECENT
    POLICE ORGANIZATIONS
    IN THE 24TH WARD?
[15:47] ---
    Well done.
[15:49] ---
    Thanks to the supporters, we were able
    to regain the hideout with no issues.
[15:53] ---
    We'll launch our counterattack now.
[15:54] ---
    Leave the broadcast preparations to us.
[16:00] ---
    This place really is the most relaxing.
[16:04] ---
    It's a bit lonely here without you.
[16:08] ---
    So this is DoRed's headquarters.
[16:10] ---
    Kinako, you really were a member of DoRed.
[16:13] ---
    Yeah. Sorry I kept quiet about it.
[16:17] ---
    So you finally want to talk to me about this?
[16:20] ---
    Well, there's no turning back now.
[16:23] ---
    The blueprints of the Cornucopia?
[16:25] ---
    But this is different
    from the one that's made public.
[16:28] ---
    This is the prototype
    that Ms. Kanae was researching.
[16:31] ---
    It's the true guise of the KANAE System.
[16:34] ---
    True guise?
    What in the world is Gori Suido hiding?
[16:41] ---
    I'm glad you regained consciousness.
    How are you feeling?
[16:44] ---
    Were you the one
    who pulled me off the trolley tracks?
[16:49] ---
    So you do know after all.
[16:54] ---
    I got a phone call from Asumi.
[16:56] ---
    Once I picked up the phone,
    a Vision of the future flooded into my head—
[16:59] ---
    That is an SOS from Miss Asumi.
[17:02] ---
    Just as I thought. So Asumi is still alive and—
[17:04] ---
    She has passed away.
[17:07] ---
    But the SOS from Asumi...
[17:10] ---
    The situation is a bit complicated.
    I will explain in due order.
[17:16] ---
    The premise that you must first know about
    is the KANAE System.
[17:22] ---
    It was originally developed by Lady Kanae.
[17:26] ---
    I am currently the lead developer.
[17:30] ---
    The development of the KANAE System
    was at a standstill functionally.
[17:35] ---
    The original system designed by Lady Kanae
[17:40] ---
    required a human brain as the arithmetic unit.
[17:45] ---
    With the reason that it was inhumane,
    Lady Kanae abandoned the research.
[17:51] ---
    However, Mr. Gori and I were forced
    to put our future on the line for this project.
[17:56] ---
    Because Mrs. Kanae...
[17:58] ---
    Yes. She was not someone
    who should've died in such a way.
[18:02] ---
    We resumed our research, but in the end,
    we could not create a viable substitute.
[18:08] ---
    Something that can substitute a human brain?
[18:10] ---
    Right. However, there was a turning point
    in the halted research a year and a half ago.
[18:17] ---
    If I said it was the Takara Elementary School fire,
    would you understand?
[18:21] ---
    That means...
[18:24] ---
    Mr. Gori ordered me to transplant
    Miss Asumi into the system core.
[18:31] ---
    That means inside KANAE System is...
[18:34] ---
    Miss Asumi's corpse is being utilized.
[18:41] ---
    No way. You're kidding me.
[18:43] ---
    That's insane.
    Why would you do such a thing?
[18:47] ---
    So that a tragedy will never be repeated.
[18:50] ---
    Mr. Gori decided to use an inhumane system
    for the sake of the 24th Ward.
[18:57] ---
    But that's going too far, isn't it?
[19:00] ---
    With the transplant, the KANAE System operated
    smoothly as if it received an angel's blessing.
[19:07] ---
    Until that day when you three
    received a phone call from Miss Asumi...
[19:12] ---
    That phone call...
[19:14] ---
    The fact that it sought help only from Mr. Koki,
    you, and Mr. Ran gave me a bad premonition.
[19:23] ---
    Without a doubt,
    Miss Asumi is biologically dead.
[19:27] ---
    But by connecting an organic brain to a machine
    and running an electrical current,
[19:31] ---
    what if a conscience was recreated?
[19:34] ---
    So Asumi was brought back to life
    within the KANAE System?
[19:37] ---
    However, until we examine the details,
    we couldn't allow it to be squashed as a bug.
[19:43] ---
    That is why I faked a hack
    into the KANAE System.
[19:47] ---
    So that's why you called yourself Carneades?
[19:50] ---
    To be blunt, it was to buy time.
[19:53] ---
    I had placed a mapping sensor in Cornucopia,
[19:56] ---
    and observed the faint electrical currents
    that enveloped the entire town.
[20:01] ---
    Normally, Miss Asumi's conscience
    is distributed all over the system,
[20:04] ---
    so her presence cannot be perceived.
[20:06] ---
    However, when particular individuals
    are involved with Hazard Cast...
[20:10] ---
    Only when Miss Asumi's
    acquaintances were involved,
[20:13] ---
    we discovered the dispersed conscience
    coagulated into a single point of focus.
[20:17] ---
    That means, Asumi was seeking our help
    in the moments she returned to being herself?
[20:23] ---
    The Visions are screams from Miss Asumi.
[20:26] ---
    She became a part of the KANAE System,
    and in order to prevent the worst possible future,
[20:30] ---
    she continues to see nightmares
    that may happen within the 24th Ward.
[20:33] ---
    When she realizes that one of those futures
    must become reality,
[20:36] ---
    she cannot hold it within herself,
    and so Miss Asumi wakes up,
[20:41] ---
    and seeks help from you three
    through trolley dilemmas.
[20:45] ---
    She was in agony, in pain,
    and was seeking us for help.
[20:51] ---
    Each time she calls for help,
    the KANAE System racks up more bugs.
[20:56] ---
    At this rate, I was afraid that Miss Asumi's
    conscience may become reckless.
[21:00] ---
    Thus, I decided to put her conscience
    to an eternal slumber.
[21:04] ---
    If I have measured data through observation,
    I can forcefully disperse her conscience
[21:09] ---
    right before she wakes up from a nightmare.
[21:12] ---
    Theoretically, it's possible
    to create such a program.
[21:15] ---
    In the end, that doesn't change the fact
    that she keeps suffering from nightmares, right?
[21:21] ---
    Are you going to continually
    make Asumi suffer?
[21:23] ---
    We have no other way.
[21:28] ---
    I'm sorry.
[21:30] ---
    Please laugh at me.
[21:32] ---
    I know that Miss Asumi has passed away,
    and it's merely a digital residue of her thoughts.
[21:37] ---
    But I don't want to eradicate that existence.
[21:40] ---
    I don't know how to face Lady Kanae like this.
[21:45] ---
    Ms. Tsuzuragawa.
[21:47] ---
    When I found out I was on the tracks
    of destiny in the stormy Cornucopia,
[21:52] ---
    I had already made up my mind.
[21:55] ---
    I had committed that significant of a sin.
[21:58] ---
    I made Miss Asumi shoulder the burden.
[22:01] ---
    Death was a punishment suitable for me.
[22:06] ---
    However...
[22:07] ---
    I was supposed to die, but I'm still alive.
[22:12] ---
    It was because you saved me.
[22:15] ---
    It was because you didn't give up hope.
[22:17] ---
    It was because you were a hero.
[22:20] ---
    I'd always thought
    that heroes were nonsense.
[22:25] ---
    But from you, I feel a train of thought
    similar to Lady Kanae and Miss Asumi.
[22:31] ---
    The same as both of them?
[22:34] ---
    Mr. Shuta, how would you save Miss Asumi?
[22:41] ---
    Instructor.
[22:43] ---
    If this is true, then the KANAE System...
[22:47] ---
    is definitely completely and utterly broken.
[22:51] ---
    Asumi, I will allow you to keep sleeping.
[22:55] ---
    Not in a nightmare.
    I will create a rocking crib for you.
[22:59] ---
    There's no need for you to be in agony.
[23:06] ---
    I'm going to save Asumi?