# E8 - Black Mist
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4VGXV/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.