Ah, simply thinking of that person makes my heart falter into a thousand pieces.
Your Highness, what agonizes you so? Tomorrow is your coronation.
That... Do not speak of that.
So this is where you were.
I thought you were dead.
The songstress is mine.
Please escape.
You won't escape.
I'll strike you down.
True love is mine.
Tomorrow is sunny.
Tasty. Tasty.
Will you take a bath? Or will you eat a meal?
Okay!
Here.
Now, drink up.
You can't drink Terran water this fresh in the Bunker.
Come on, take a swill.
I have no need.
Come on, what is it? You can't drink my water?
I’m sorry. We YoRHa units automatically replenish water from our internal tanks.
I see. You guys have really convenient bodies.
However, we will accept your sentiment.
That means this so-called tank...
Quietly approach...
and squeeze.
What are you doing?
- Where is it attached? Come on, come on. - S-Stop that!
Jackass, that’s enough.
Boo.
So, what did you guys see?
We...
followed a special unit we found in the desert.
It led us to a place where we confirmed countless android corpses.
The machine lifeforms...
It was their doing.
Then, we were caught in a collapse.
Two mutants? Simultaneously?
Yes. It was a type we've never seen before.
And were you able to defeat them?
No, unfortunately. We uploaded the combat data to the Bunker where it's currently being analyzed.
That machine lifeform looked just like an android.
I wish I saw that wonderful sample with my own eyes.
It was evolving at tremendous speed from the moment it emerged.
Furthermore, it was capable of speaking words.
It was simply mimicking a human.
But in due time, it might end up becoming a being that surpasses humanity.
That's going too far, Jackass.
Lately, machine lifeforms have been clearly changing.
Perhaps we might be able to negotiate in some way. There is precedence.
Precedence?
Even if we could understand, our existences are irreconcilable after all.
We might be able to find a path for a ceasefire.
A ceasefire?
Such a thing won't reclaim this planet for us.
Besides...
Besides?
All of our allies who’ve died... What have they been fighting for?
What did they believe in?
Those reasons will all disappear.
The mission given to us androids
is to destroy machine lifeforms for humanity and regain control of Earth.
How much longer will you fight this war that’s continued for several thousand years?
Until...
every last one of them has been destroyed.
In any case, we can only do what we are supposed to do for now.
This conversation is over.
We androids who simply follow orders,
and machine lifeforms that are starting to want freedom, huh?
We androids were modeled after our human creators.
So why would machine lifeforms try to mimic us?
There's no point trying to work out unsolvable problems.
I suppose.
This is Commander White of Satellite Orbit Base Bunker.
Concerning the operation currently underway,
it is difficult to continue with just 2B and 9S after all.
Data collection will prove to be difficult unless we—
Commander.
As we have said multiple times, we cannot approve your requests for backup.
Use the Resistance onsite as decoys and execute your mission.
However, if we don't do something, not only the Resistance decoys, but 2B and 9S will—
The special machine lifeform units encountered last week, Adam and Eve,
and all unique machine lifeform units that you will contact in the future,
are all embedded within the plan of Project YoRHa.
Even then, this is too...
Everything is for the victory of humanity.
Those in our position must make decisions with things in perspective.
Even if many sacrifices are necessary for that purpose?
That's right. And you are already in the same position as we are.
Glory to mankind.
Commander.
What is it?
I was able to establish communication with 2B and 9S.
May I brief them of the mission details that had been planned?
Yes.
This sunny weather sure makes you sleepy. Why don’t we sleep for a little bit?
There is no need.
Humans in the past used to take something called naps.
Sleeping when it wasn't necessary... Humans are so interesting.
What's that?
Oh, right. You've never seen one before, huh?
They're launching supplies from Earth to the Bunker and the human base on the moon.
After all, there are no parts or fuel in outer space.
I see.
Why don't machine lifeforms, or the aliens who created them, directly attack the Bunker?
They must have come from outer space to begin with.
I don't quite understand how aliens think.
Operator 21O to 9S and 2B.
Yes, yes?
A recon request from the commander. I will now play the message.
We have confirmed multiple machine lifeforms that have shown an amicable reaction.
The YoRHa Soldier who went to investigate left an incomprehensible final vocal message,
and then severed comms.
Oh, what an amusing stage...
What does this mean?
Who knows?
As the black box signal can still be confirmed, we assume that she has not died yet.
We have narrowed down the point where the signal is originating.
I order the two of you to investigate this case.
Also, the special machine lifeform in your report is still under investigation.
We will contact you when we gain new information.
That concludes the communication.
A missing solder. That's worrisome.
Yeah.
I heard that in the past, YoRHa and Resistance did not get along.
Do you know anything about that?
No.
Do you know anything, Pod?
The relationship with the Resistance is filed in a record categorized as Access Denied.
Cannot answer.
It's likely some faction war or something.
They didn't have to resemble humans in that aspect.
- Work is best done peacefully, on friendly terms... - It's best done quietly.
Okay.
AMUSEMENT PARK
This is...
the target location?
Looks like it.
Fun. Fun.
Joy. Share.
They're not attacking us?
Are these the friendly machine lifeforms they mentioned in the report?
Soon, fun stage will begin.
Could it be the location that was reported in the voice message?
Report. Faint black box signal detected.
Looks like that's the place.
Report. Multiple android signals detected beyond this door.
What is this place?
Oh, what beautiful moonlight.
Please be careful. The moon can drive men insane.
I am already insane, thanks to an anomaly called love.
What in the world are those machine lifeforms doing?
A play. Drawing out human life atop a stage.
Human life? They're machine lifeforms. How ludicrous.
Oh. It's the twelve o'clock bell.
Prince.
Lady Songstress.
What’s going on?
What is this?
No similar type data available in past combat records.
It's a mutated unit.
Pod. Covering fire.
Affirmative.
What is it doing?
2B!
We should retreat for now!
Copy that.
Report. Due to enemy electromagnetic waves, retreat from this combat area is not possible.
It’s disadvantageous to keep fighting like this.
I can hack in and...
Is the enemy hacking us?
Must become beautiful. Put on many adornments.
I will become beautiful.
2B.
It's nothing serious. More importantly...
The "many adornments"?
The enemy’s behavior...
The core.
If we can destroy that...
I will. I will...
become more and more beautiful.
Are these android corpses?
Is it repurposing the corpses to attack?
No, this is...
Black box signals have been confirmed.
They've been altered into weapons while still alive.
Proposal. Retreat.
I will end this here.
I’ll hack into it.
Please cover for me.
Roger.
This place...
Hey.
Am I beautiful?
This is like emotions...
Hey.
Beautiful?
- Am I beautiful? Am I beautiful? Am I beautiful? - Help me. Help me.
Am I beautiful? Am I beautiful?
What in the world...
Hey, am I beautiful?
Why you...
More.
And more.
Beautiful.
Someone. Someone help me.
No. No.
No, no, no, no.
Alert. Saturation attack triggered by enemy consciousness data.
Possibility of immense damage to memory sector.
9S.
I...
love you.
I really...
love you.
Just die...
already!
Let go.
This is also bad.
This too. This is also bad.
This is also bad. This is also bad.
I'm sick of this.
Help. Kill me. Kill me.
Stop it...
For his sake. For his...
...sake.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Alert. Enemy consciousness is running wild and trying to assimilate 9S.
Pod. Utilize emergency usage of my hacking attacks to the enemy.
Inadvisable.
Hacking done by Type B models have the possibility of logic corruption. Unsuitable.
Give me a bypass to 9S. Just hurry up and do it!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Damn it.
2B!
Why are you here?
That’s mine.
Give it back to me.
There you are.
Pod!
Affirmative.
Go!
I... became beautiful.
2B!
Thank you very much for saving me just now.
But to do something as reckless as hacking...
Don't worry about it. I'm fine.
What's that?
This crystal... Is it the machine lifeform's core?
Analysis. It is a fragment of the core from the machine lifeform.
Structurally similar to a plant cell.
Plant cell?
This machine lifeform was saying strange things.
It was like emotions were...
Such things don't exist for machine lifeforms.
M...
M... M...
Mom.
W-Wait. Please wait.
Play. We just came to watch the play. Please.
Please. Please. Please.
Please. Please.
P-Please. Please.
Not my daughter...
You can't hesitate.
2B.
POD 042 REPORTING TO ALL OF MANKIND.
WE WILL NOW EXECUTE THE TASK OF INTRODUCING THE MULTIPLE ENDINGS FOR THE VIDEO GAME "NIER:AUTOMATA." OVER.
PUPPET PLAY NIER:AUTOMATA “WE ARE THE ‘THIRTEENTH SATELLITE MOBILE BASE’”
We YoRHa Soldiers are...
...weapons for the Final Battle.
The decisions of the Council of Humanity...
...must be obeyed at all costs.
21O. Report on the operation rate of the flight assistance units.
Yes. The maintenance team has reported a 99% operation rate.
Next. 6O. What's going on with the satellite laser weapon?
Y-Yes. The tech team has reported it will resume operations soon.
What? It hasn't recovered from the last time it was used?
You guys are slacking. Machine lifeforms won't wait for us. Tell them to hurry!
O-Okay.
Listen up. We YoRHa Soldiers are the spear of hope for humanity.
Engrave that into your hearts once again. Got that?
Yessir!
Some YoRHa units abandoned their mission. The operation failed, and every android met their demise.
TO BE CONTINUED