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E8 - Black Mist

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[00:00] ---
    Nice to meet you, Shuta Aoi.
[00:03] ---
    I am 0th, and I have returned
    to set the 24th Ward right.
[00:09] ---
    So you're 0th, Ran's mentor?
[00:09] ---
    OCTOBER 19, 2021
[00:11] ---
    Are you Carneades?
[00:14] ---
    No, I am not. Though, I am an acquaintance.
[00:19] ---
    That makes things easy.
    Let me meet Carneades.
[00:24] ---
    I don't think
    you would be granted an audience.
[00:28] ---
    It may have nothing to do with you,
    but for the past six months,
[00:32] ---
    Carneades has totally been toying with me.
[00:34] ---
    Besides,
[00:36] ---
    it has something to do with my childhood friend
    who's supposed to be dead.
[00:41] ---
    A strange tale.
[00:46] ---
    Fair enough.
[00:48] ---
    Carneades is currently
    at the highest floor of the Cornucopia.
[00:52] ---
    Why in such a...
[00:56] ---
    Is he going to make us choose another future?
[00:58] ---
    A storm is approaching.
[01:01] ---
    What's your relationship with Carneades?
[01:04] ---
    You should head over quickly,
    or you may miss your chance.
[01:08] ---
    Damn it.
[01:09] ---
    Whoa, whoa.
[01:10] ---
    That's right, can you tell me
    your contact information?
[01:13] ---
    You can ask Ran later.
[01:15] ---
    And Ran isn't answering the phone right now
    because the SARG is after him.
[01:21] ---
    Oh, fine. It's only contact info.
[02:57] ---
    It's pouring.
[03:00] ---
    Where did Shuta go?
[03:02] ---
    Who knows?
[03:03] ---
    Sheesh, he bailed on cleanup.
    What the heck is he doing?
[03:08] ---
    - Shu!
    - Shuta!
[03:09] ---
    Mari, take this.
[03:12] ---
    Whoa!
[03:19] ---
    You're too fast.
[03:22] ---
    Just like Tsuzuragawa said,
[03:24] ---
    the smart city concept created by Mother
    was the basic theory for the KANAE System.
[03:28] ---
    Additionally, this theory
    was scrapped by Mother herself.
[03:34] ---
    Asumi.
[03:37] ---
    Shu, you don't want to answer your phone?
[03:39] ---
    ASUMI
[03:42] ---
    From Asumi?
[03:44] ---
    This means that...
[03:45] ---
    Yeah.
[03:47] ---
    Asumi. Carneades.
[03:50] ---
    My head is getting all jumbled up.
[04:27] ---
    At the top of the Cornucopia...
[04:29] ---
    control will be lost from cranes
    after a lightning strike and will collapse.
[04:34] ---
    The fall of tower cranes
    will create many casualties.
[04:44] ---
    The only person who can stop this
    is the one person atop the tower.
[04:49] ---
    However, right after connecting the cables,
[04:54] ---
    that person will be struck by lightning and die.
[05:00] ---
    If you warn that person of the lightning strike
    with a direct call from the command room,
[05:05] ---
    that person's life will be spared.
[05:09] ---
    Will you let the cranes fall
    and sacrifice many people,
[05:13] ---
    or will you sacrifice the one person
    on top of the tower?
[05:16] ---
    Guide the future.
[05:23] ---
    Sh-Shu?
[05:25] ---
    Wasn't it Carneades
    who was giving out the trolley dilemmas?

[05:26] ---
    Shu? What's wrong?
    Was the phone call really from Asumi?
[05:29] ---
    Why am I seeing a future
    where he becomes the victim?

[05:32] ---
    I don't get it.
[05:35] ---
    - Like I would get any of this!
    - Shu!
[05:38] ---
    I'll just ask him in person.
    That should solve everything.

[05:43] ---
    Sheesh. Now of all times...
[05:47] ---
    But now, I can...
[05:51] ---
    Instructor.
[05:51] ---
    OCTOBER 17, 2021
[05:52] ---
    So it really was you
    who instigated the Graffiti War.
[05:56] ---
    You've become good
    at drawing art that sends messages.
[05:59] ---
    Why'd you do that to Mr. Kaba's art?
[06:02] ---
    Those really were some of my masterpieces.
[06:05] ---
    Because it was a masterpiece with so much
    emotion packed in, it was worth overwriting.
[06:10] ---
    Its value rises because it's now gone,
    and the agitative effect increases.
[06:15] ---
    But that piece—
[06:17] ---
    Do you have the right to get angry?
[06:20] ---
    Indeed, I used the fame of Carneades
    to overwrite graffiti and stirred people's anger.
[06:30] ---
    I hired internet media to instigate conflict
    with the "Graffiti War" article.
[06:35] ---
    And they have no idea that trouble
    is created by the one who resolves it.
[06:40] ---
    DoRed has more enemies now,
    but gained many more followers.
[06:44] ---
    Donations coming in now
    are beyond comparison to before.
[06:48] ---
    You used Carneades
    for your own activities as well. Am I mistaken?
[06:55] ---
    And when the artist Carneades fades out,
[06:58] ---
    we can head into the referendum
    while the topic is really hot.
[07:02] ---
    Listen up. The KANAE System
    is a double-edged sword.
[07:06] ---
    It's highly convenient,
    but also filled with danger.
[07:10] ---
    The KANAE System is something that can destroy
    the humanity that makes humans human.
[07:15] ---
    There will no longer be a place for the weak?
    The story is on a completely different level.
[07:20] ---
    That system is technology that steps into a realm
    that should not be trespassed as humans.
[07:25] ---
    What are the laurels they rest upon?
[07:28] ---
    Ran, you said that "your powers are enhanced"
    when Asumi calls you.
[07:34] ---
    That technology is an adaptation of military tech
    at the foundation of the KANAE System.
[07:38] ---
    It's called "cipher."
[07:40] ---
    Cipher?
[07:42] ---
    It shares its technological roots
    with Kunai's Di-VA and Drug D.
[07:46] ---
    We don't have time left before the referendum.
    Art simply won't be enough.
[07:50] ---
    We need to caress the physical body
    of the 24th Ward simultaneously with its heart.
[07:54] ---
    I have one favor to ask.
    It's something only you can do.
[07:58] ---
    What are you going to make me do?
[08:03] ---
    I want you to hack into
    the KANAE System database.
[08:08] ---
    OCTOBER 19, 2021
[08:10] ---
    You say that like it's really easy.
[08:13] ---
    I'm nothing more than an ally of the weak.
[08:17] ---
    That should be what Asumin wished for, too.
[08:22] ---
    Tsuzuragawa,
    get away from there immediately.
[08:24] ---
    Listen up. We'll lose control of tower cranes
    from a lightning strike and they'll fall down.
[08:29] ---
    I see.
[08:31] ---
    H-Hey.
[08:32] ---
    Tsuzuragawa!
[08:35] ---
    I'm back.
[08:36] ---
    Welcome back.
[08:37] ---
    Oh, our poster girl has come home.
[08:40] ---
    There's been rumors
    that you married the guy next door.
[08:43] ---
    That's right. I haven't seen you at all
    so this old man has been sad.
[08:45] ---
    Huh? What's with that?
[08:47] ---
    Small communities are so scary.
[08:50] ---
    So how is it between you and Shu, anyway?
[08:52] ---
    No ifs, ands, or buts.
[08:54] ---
    Shu is such...
[08:57] ---
    an idiot.
[08:57] ---
    Postpone it!
    We're postponing any further work.
[09:01] ---
    Are there any direct phone lines to the top?
[09:07] ---
    Lightning warning?
[09:15] ---
    Ran?
[09:16] ---
    You were here.
[09:17] ---
    Look at this.
[09:20] ---
    Carneades.
[09:21] ---
    Probably the real one.
[09:26] ---
    I have no idea what kind of contraption this is,
[09:29] ---
    but if he'll stop the crane from
    getting out of control, I have no complaints.
[09:33] ---
    Stop it.
[09:35] ---
    You might be thinking
    that heroes save everyone,
[09:39] ---
    but you really need to start choosing, Shu.
[09:42] ---
    I'll choose the future
    where the crane doesn't topple over.
[09:45] ---
    Of course, I'm going to evacuate people too.
[09:47] ---
    I won't choose a future that's already decided.
[09:50] ---
    I'll save Carneades as well.
[09:52] ---
    And I'll ask why he's doing this,
    even if I have to punch him.
[09:56] ---
    I wouldn't be satisfied otherwise.
[10:09] ---
    Answer. Come on, pick up the phone. Hurry up.
[10:13] ---
    Why?
[10:14] ---
    Why!
[10:17] ---
    The Vision showed us that a direct phone call
    would switch the rails of the trolley.
[10:22] ---
    But why isn't he answering the phone?
[10:25] ---
    No, I'll worry about that later.
[10:27] ---
    I have my own job to fulfill.
[10:33] ---
    Koki. You too?
[10:36] ---
    You want to say choose the future,
    and save more people, right?
[10:40] ---
    No way. I'm going to be a hero
    who'll never give up on anything.
[10:44] ---
    I promised that with Asumi.
[10:59] ---
    Koki?
[11:03] ---
    Fire alert. This is a fire alert.
[11:06] ---
    Everyone inside the Inner Section,
    please immediately evacuate to the Outer Section.

[11:12] ---
    All security guards, please move to the Outer Section
    immediately after guiding everyone else.

[11:18] ---
    I repeat, this is a fire alert.
[11:21] ---
    No system is left without holes,
    but Cornucopia's system is close to perfect.

[11:26] ---
    If there's any moment I can dive in,
    it would be now.

[11:30] ---
    It's at this moment,
    while my abilities are boosted.

[11:38] ---
    Ran, we're good to go anytime.
[11:41] ---
    We'll proceed with the plan.
[11:43] ---
    Yamamori,
    you secure shelter and transportation.

[11:45] ---
    Lucky, you create a diversion
    with a fabricated fire.

[11:48] ---
    I copy.
[11:49] ---
    I'm gonna do a really sloppy job,
    so you'll have to clean up after me.
[11:53] ---
    Oh no, that's so scary.
[11:57] ---
    All right, I'll head over as backup.
[12:02] ---
    Something happen?
[12:03] ---
    Apparently there's a fire
    right in front of this building.
[12:06] ---
    I'm going to go help guide the evacuees.
[12:09] ---
    Got it.
[12:13] ---
    Are you hesitating?
[12:15] ---
    This is on a different level than just graffiti.
[12:18] ---
    It's a crime I can't make excuses for.
[12:21] ---
    Even if it's to save Shantytown...
[12:25] ---
    I wonder if Asumin would forgive me.
[12:27] ---
    That kindness is what killed Kunai.
[12:40] ---
    I better make it in time.
[13:07] ---
    The tower cranes have electronic controls
    to prevent accidents

[13:11] ---
    but that's now malfunctioning
    from that lightning strike.

[13:14] ---
    If things go exactly like that Vision, the cranes
    will topple unless we switch the cables.

[13:21] ---
    Sheesh, one-way communication security
    is so freaking troublesome.
[13:26] ---
    But if I've come this far,
    it's as good as mine now.
[13:31] ---
    So, let's do this.
[13:33] ---
    I'll show you what kind of determination
    little ol' me has.
[13:41] ---
    Ms. Tsuzuragawa. Nothing less from her.
[13:44] ---
    She does a good job at hiding the contents.
[13:48] ---
    But...
[13:53] ---
    Right now, little ol' me
    can even rewrite the laws of physics.

[14:03] ---
    Records of various sensors,
    social media history...
[14:07] ---
    It's a hodgepodge
    of all sorts of accumulated data.
[14:11] ---
    Is this worth stealing at all?
[14:16] ---
    So that's what this is about?
[14:19] ---
    Yeah, if they want to win
    the referendum, this would be...

[14:33] ---
    Carneades.
[14:40] ---
    Run for it!
[14:42] ---
    The lightning!
[15:01] ---
    Hey, Carneades. Get a hold of yourself!
[15:04] ---
    Carne...
[15:12] ---
    Are you serious?
[15:23] ---
    I'm sorry, Tsuzuragawa.
[15:27] ---
    The KANAE System is in trouble.
[15:30] ---
    I may not be able
    to protect Miss Asumi's secret.
[15:34] ---
    You can't protect Asumi?
[15:36] ---
    That means...
[15:38] ---
    I will disclose it to you now.
[15:40] ---
    The true identity of Carneades is me.
[15:43] ---
    I'm more than slightly disturbed.
[15:46] ---
    But that all makes sense now.
[15:49] ---
    What is your objective?
[15:51] ---
    The KANAE System has a critical bug.
[15:53] ---
    I cannot allow Mr. Gori to find out about it.
[15:57] ---
    That is why I played the role of Carneades.
[16:00] ---
    I mislead him, saying that the bug
    was a result of Carneades's hacking.
[16:06] ---
    Wait. Then perhaps those futures
    that were shown to us...
[16:11] ---
    So you've all been shown futures.
[16:15] ---
    I had speculated as such from the logs,
    but I'm reassured that they were correct.
[16:20] ---
    I named those events "Visions."
[16:22] ---
    "Vision." That's a good, straightforward name.
[16:27] ---
    About those Visions...
[16:29] ---
    Of course, they aren't limited to the two choices
    that Carneades created.
[16:32] ---
    Those are the nightmares the KANAE System
    had suffered as a result.
[16:36] ---
    Just as I thought. Then, Asumi is...
[16:39] ---
    Yes. Miss Asumi's consciousness
    still remains in the KANAE System.
[16:46] ---
    That means...
[16:48] ---
    Asumi is still alive?
[16:52] ---
    I don't know what conclusion to make.
[16:55] ---
    However, Mr. Gori decided to donate
    Miss Asumi's physical body
[16:59] ---
    as a part of the KANAE System
    because Miss Asumi was already deceased.
[17:05] ---
    He felt overwhelming sorrow doing so.
[17:08] ---
    If Mr. Gori ever finds about this fact,
    he may as well go insane.
[17:15] ---
    I'm the one who pulled the trolley's lever.
[17:18] ---
    Tsuzuragawa knows about
    the existence of the Visions.

[17:22] ---
    Because of my careless phone call,
    she understood that she was riding atop the rails,

[17:27] ---
    and decided to sacrifice herself.
[17:30] ---
    I killed Tsuzuragawa.
[17:35] ---
    This program...
[17:37] ---
    I will share this with you just in case.
[17:39] ---
    After all, I don't know when
    you will have your next Vision.
[17:47] ---
    Tsuzuragawa,
    I will continue on with your wishes.
[17:56] ---
    Choose your future.
[17:58] ---
    Choose your future.
[18:00] ---
    My name is Carneades.
[18:07] ---
    Information is more actively moving around.
[18:10] ---
    Did Carneades show himself?
[18:12] ---
    I have to hurry out of here
    or it'll get dangerous.
[18:15] ---
    Give me a break. Hey!
[18:17] ---
    Come on. Why?
    What's going on here?
[18:19] ---
    I don't get it. I don't get it at all.
[18:22] ---
    You can't just die like this.
[18:24] ---
    I won't allow for such a half-baked ending.
[18:37] ---
    The cable...
[18:44] ---
    Impossible.
[18:45] ---
    Tsuzuragawa risked her life
    to stop it from going out of control.
[18:49] ---
    Did Shuta do something he didn't need to do?
[18:52] ---
    I'm not done yet.
[18:53] ---
    Don't give up. Don't give up, me!
[18:56] ---
    Ms. Tsuzuragawa is still alive.
[18:59] ---
    I'll... save... everything.
[19:02] ---
    I... promised... Asumi that.
[19:06] ---
    That's what a hero is.
[19:08] ---
    That's who I really... want to become.
[19:12] ---
    So this time for sure... I beg of you, God.
[19:17] ---
    Ms. Tsuzuragawa!
[19:24] ---
    What?
[19:33] ---
    Brother?
[19:34] ---
    Ran.
[19:37] ---
    Shuta.
[19:47] ---
    Crap. What the hell is this?
[19:51] ---
    Help me.
[19:58] ---
    Asumin?
[20:03] ---
    The KANAE System.
[20:25] ---
    An ambulance!
    Someone call for an ambulance!
[20:37] ---
    OCTOBER 20, 2021
[20:54] ---
    Thank you...
[20:56] ---
    for saving Satchan.
[21:00] ---
    I'm sorry for poking fun
    at all your hero work stuff.
[21:06] ---
    I'm not a hero until Ms. Tsuzuragawa
    regains consciousness.
[21:11] ---
    I see.
[21:14] ---
    Damages to the KANAE System?
[21:16] ---
    Fortunately, not much.
[21:18] ---
    What about Tsuzuragawa?
[21:20] ---
    She still hasn't come to.
[21:22] ---
    We don't have any time left
    until the referendum.
[21:24] ---
    I'm counting on you
    to lead the recovery efforts.
[21:27] ---
    And about Carneades.
    I can't leave him running free.
[21:33] ---
    I don't care how you do it.
    Capture him at any cost.
[21:37] ---
    Mother at one point gave up plans for Cornucopia
    and strived to become an educator, right?
[21:43] ---
    What about it?
[21:45] ---
    Would Mother be happy about
    how the 24th Ward is now?
[21:53] ---
    A foolish question.
[21:56] ---
    Looks like things went well?
[21:58] ---
    What are you going to use that data for?
[22:00] ---
    I will use this data to hack into the 24th Ward
[22:06] ---
    and destroy the KANAE System.
[22:09] ---
    Instructor, you were in the same laboratory
    as Ms. Kanae, right?
[22:14] ---
    If you know, can you tell me?
[22:16] ---
    What's inside that thing?
[22:19] ---
    What the hell is the KANAE System, anyway?
[22:23] ---
    It's a demon...
[22:27] ---
    that destroyed my world.