I'll know who you are by shooting you.
I bet you're not human.
Promise me, that you won't kill him.
There's no reason to believe in someone else.
But I believe him.
You keep saying "him", but it's just an object.
A genius as a brother.
I'm just a normal person.
Murderer of her parents,
and her brother!
Your kind should cease to exist in this world.
Asura System has surpassed its operational limit.
Fatal damage has been incurred.
Lloyd!
This is terrible.
What do we do?
Contact the police?
The media?
Which one do we call?
We shouldn't stay here.
Let's carry him somewhere safe.
Carry the other side.
What are you up to?
I thought you were going to reveal his identity to the public.
He didn't shoot.
He didn't shoot me.
Why didn't you shoot me?
You have a family.
Your family will be saddened by your death.
It might be too late, but I want to do something to help.
It broke?
The android?
I thought you might know how to fix him...
Why do I have to fix it?
Isn't this a good thing?
You were also annoyed by it.
Well...
That thing almost killed me, too.
I don't want to fix it.
You're in a good mood.
Because he got what he deserved!
Why would we fix that old model?
Thank you for choosing me.
You and that clunky android are sibling units, right?
Yes.
Just as you killed Matsushima Reiji,
I will kill him.
Huh?
I killed my brother?
You're feigning ignorance?
Then why am I here?
What are you talking about?
I get it.
It's a disorder.
Did Matsushima Nanase turn you down?
I wonder if you could ask Hoshi for help.
What?
You know Hoshi?
Don't tell me...
Yeah.
I used Hoshi to keep an eye on you.
You're terrible.
What was that?
Do you have any idea
what he has done?
Or rather, what he's about to do?
In the year 2066,
he will massacre hundreds of millions...
maybe even billions in Asia and Africa.
Then he will go on to slaughter global leaders.
No way. That's absurd.
I agree it's absurd.
I'd be too embarrassed to say this to my daughter.
However, there's an object from 2113 lying over there,
and people are willing to kill to get to him.
It's hard to believe for me too,
but there's one logical reason to believe it's true.
Population control in democracy is doomed to fail.
In other words,
there's no stopping population explosion.
You're not even listening!
I'm busy.
Please leave if you can't be of any help.
Fine.
I'll talk to him on my own.
Don't ask Hoshi.
We have no other way.
Do you want to leave him like that?
I don't mind if that's what you want.
Although...
if I were you, I'd seek help even from my archenemy.
No smoking in my room.
Fine, fine.
Could you...
ask Hoshi to help?
Fine, fine.
Hey, Lloyd!
Please wake up!
Lloyd...
He's cold.
Lloyd...
Hey, partner.
How are you?
It's me.
What is it, Isaku?
I have a favor to ask of you.
Yes? I can't hear you.
Sorry about that.
Bad reception.
Can you come out here?
I need a favor.
Do you think it'll work?
He hates ARX II-13.
He has no reason to decline.
Isaku...
What is this?
They're the top brass in Public Safety.
My superiors.
Due to the nature of our jobs, we prefer to keep our identities secret,
but I'm Mikiya, one of the executives here.
Thank you for coming to visit us.
We need your help.
My help?
I assume you know this man.
It's an android.
A very dangerous one at that.
You knew...
We high-ranking officers at Public Safety have been negotiating with the police in 2113.
What?
Hold on for a minute.
The police in 2113 are trying to murder Ando Asahi, right?
I can't help you if you work with them.
Let them finish.
We are not giving them our full support.
The android close to Ando Asahi,
ARX II-13 will bring great calamity into the future.
This thing massacred hundreds of millions, right?
I see you've done your research.
This is the footage we obtained from the government in 2113.
In the year 2066,
there was an incident where multiple combat androids malfunctioned,
and randomly massacred hundreds of millions of people.
Most androids were later installed with a program to counter the bug and then scrapped,
but the last remaining ARX II-13 unit escaped the authorities and grew even more violent.
It eventually slaughtered global leaders and brought terror to the world.
Listen, you're making a big mistake.
Those who were meant to live were killed.
Why are you still here?
You should go.
Our successors will deal with the incident in 2066,
but we don't know when this thing will malfunction in the present.
If that were to happen,
it would murder hundreds of millions.
And... what do you want me to do?
This drug is infused with the program to completely terminate it.
ARX II-13 booby trapped Ando Asahi's home, which prevents us from entering.
However, you can get close to it without being suspected.
ARX II-13 requires repairs right now.
You just have to pretend to repair the android, and inject it with this drug when you power it up.
We will send you the data required to power it up.
Do you agree with them, Isaku?
Of course.
We've already had Isaku set everything up.
You just have to go there and say he asked you to come.
Understood.
Do you think it'll work?
Of course.
Hoshi.
I heard what happened from Isaku.
Can you repair him?
Probably.
Thank you.
Come in.
Where's Isaku?
I came here alone.
Oh.
Do you need my help?
No, can you leave me alone with him?
I want to be able to concentrate.
I see.
Why does it have so much black boxes, when it's man-made?
It's basically a collection of nanomachines.
It self-repairs by taking in particles from the air,
and divides them for various purposes.
That's practically same as a living being.
What is it?
Sorry, did I interrupt you?
No.
Have some if you'd like.
As I thought...
you can't forget about Reiji.
After all, he's still...
Reiji is dead.
I'm sure that I'll never understand how you feel,
but it's painful to see you like this.
You're still living in the same apartment
with a puppet that has Reiji's face.
Asahi...
That's no way to live. You're just drowning in the memories of him.
Please repair him.
It's all your fault.
Reiji...
Please protect Lloyd.
You just have to pretend to repair the android, and inject it with this drug when you power it up.
Should I really kill him?
Professor...
8 Years Ago
Do you want to borrow my lighter?
Thanks.
Professor Matsushima!
Hi.
Hmm? Are you here for the entrance exam?
Then smoking is illegal for you!
Also, nicotine shrinks your brain arteries and hinders your intelligence.
For that reason, I can't recommend it for a potential student like you.
I am aware of that fact,
but I need a smoke to calm down,
or I can't reach my full potential.
Oh, I see.
I see.
Then... here.
Um, here.
You can keep it.
Well, if you can reach your full potential,
then you wouldn't... have any regrets?
Just for today, okay?
Just for today.
Okay.
Do you smoke, professor?
I don't smoke.
You know what's better?
Look at the flame.
It stirs your imagination and it's fun.
Fire is amazing, okay?
Look.
Our culture and civilization exists today only because we have fire.
It's not just that.
The wavering of the flame here.
It stimulates the brain in many ways.
So this lighter has given me millions of new ideas.
It's truly a... magic box.
From now on, use it as your source of new ideas.
Thank you!
I'll definitely get into this university,
take your classes, and one day become someone like you!
If you become someone like me, you'll be unhappy.
So you shouldn't enroll here.
Good luck with the exams.
I'm doing the right thing.
Aren't I, Professor Matsushima?
Huh?
This looks like the emblem of the Sanson Family,
a family of royal executioners in France.
These guys put the emblem on themselves?
Or did someone force them to...
There was an incident where multiple combat androids malfunctioned,
and randomly massacred hundreds of millions of people.
The last remaining ARX II-13 unit escaped the authorities and grew even more violent.
It eventually slaughtered global leaders and brought terror to the world.
Could it be...
What happened?
- Are you all right? I'm sorry.
I felt a little light-headed.
I'm so glad.
It was Lloyd who...
He was the one who fixed this alarm clock.
He did?
Humans and other living things only need to live.
They don't need to be useful to someone.
But objects are different.
They're discarded once they're no longer useful.
They're not even allowed to exist.
Asahi...
Can you take a look at this?
Is this photo of...
Him, in 2066.
Massacred a billion civilians
Also slaughtered world leaders
Killing machine
Do you believe in him even after seeing this?
Lloyd...
I've never had a name before.
Thank you.
For giving me a name.
I don't care.
I believe in him.
I believe the person in front of me.
No matter what the others say, I'll decide who to believe myself.
Lloyd said to me,
that protecting me is the same as protecting the future.
Look here.
Some kind of an emblem?
It's probably a replica of the Sanson Family's emblem.
The Sanson Family?
Sanson Family - The executors
Sanson Family - Administrators of death, family of executioners.
It's the emblem of executioners that really existed in France from the 17th century to not too long ago.
For generations, members of the Sanson Family were burdened with the responsibility of executioner.
People feared and despised them and called them reapers.
It's hard to imagine that androids with such degree of rationality would adorn this emblem on their own.
In other words, human beings burdened them with the role of executioners.
That's more logical to me.
So that's what happened.
He's been suffering this whole time.
He said he has never forgotten about what he did,
and he had nightmares all the time.
As I thought.
Look here.
...went berserk simultaneously as result of a bug.
A computer bug is caused by inconsistency in programming,
and they would never occur simultaneously.
If they happened all at the same time...
then it must be a program.
A program?
Someone intentionally installed a program in the androids,
and made them massacre humans in the guise of a bug.
I also find it suspicious that the massacre was concentrated in Africa,
and countries in Asia, such as India.
It's as if they were suppressing overpopulation.
There's one logical reason to believe it's true.
Population control in democracy is doomed to fail.
In other words,
there's no stopping population explosion.
So you're saying the ones who planned the massacre using the androids were...
If it was planned by world leaders...
ARX II-13 was killing the masterminds one after another.
And it was the result of his own will rather than a program.
His will?
I no longer need permission,
nor orders from my client!
I'll protect Ando Asahi.
That's my will.
A being possessing both emotion and will,
along with a vastly superior body and intelligence than human beings.
That's their evolution.
Evolution?
Androids evolving?
It all adds up.
What was I doing?
I almost screwed up.
Bastards.
I decided to believe in him.
If he said protecting you is the same as protecting the future,
then I can trust him.
Hoshi...
No way.
Are you serious?
It's finally over!
I stayed up all night. That's bad for my skin.
Kaoru, I'll walk you home.
What? I'll walk her home.
Really? Who should I pick?
What do you think, Nanase?
Nanase?
Huh?
Is something wrong?
You're acting weird today.
Nothing's wrong.
Good work everyone.
Hurry and go home.
Yeah.
- See you. - Bye.
All right.
What's this?
Someone from 2113 is accessing Matsushima Reiji and Hoshi's computers.
Impossible.
Matsushima's brain data should've been destroyed.
Copy that.
Matsushima Reiji and his accomplices are planning for a terrorist attack.
I want them dead or alive. Go.
An email from 100 years in the future?
This is...
What is it?
I don't know.
It's been encrypted to protect the data.
Huh?
1 (Juu)
8 (Hachi)
Shuwatch? Like Ultraman?
What is this?
I swear to protect you
Even after 100 years...
I'll always be protecting you.
Reiji!
What?
This is an email from Reiji.
Are you saying Reiji is alive in 2113?
That's impossible.
Hurry!
Move it!
Amazing.
Asahi, it might work out, after all.
Reiji...
Isaku?
Hey, Hoshi. What are you doing?
Hurry up and terminate it.
You're not Isaku.
The one at Public Safety wasn't Isaku either.
He didn't smell like cigarette smoke.
What did you do to the real Isaku?!
Ashimo Isaku is in our custody.
His life is in your hands.
Fuck off!
That android is thought to be a weapon for terrorism.
Repairing it would be deemed as an terrorist act.
Look outside.
We have detected access from the future in your internet connection.
Stop what you're doing and terminate it.
Or we will send SIT inside to kill you and Ando Asahi too.
So that's your true nature.
We'll wait 5 minutes.
If you don't come out by then, you will be deemed terrorists and we will break in.
Where did you get that?
Isaku told me to use it in emergencies.
Asahi, the rest is up to you.
If you went outside with that, they'll treat you as a terrorist and shoot!
It's fine.
As long as I can be of use to you.
This is not what you're supposed to be doing right now!
Please take care of Lloyd.
Only you can do this.
Cool your head.
Let's contact the media.
No signal.
It's not working.
They cut the power.
My laptop's battery!
How much longer will it take?
I don't know.
I'll buy some time.
Take care of Lloyd.
Wait, Asahi!
Almost there...
They're out of time.
Give the order.
Strike in 10 seconds.
5
4
3
2
1
Go!
Wait!
What's wrong?
Ando Asahi has come out.
What?
Who's in charge?
I have to tell him something.
It's me.
We're not terrorists.
We have no intention of fighting you either.
The police is going to shoot unarmed civilians?
Can you really do that?
That may apply to you, but there's a terrorist weapon inside.
A terrorist weapon?
Where's the evidence?
Show me the evidence!
What are you doing?
Strike at once!
Shoot Hoshi Shinzou.
Destroy the android inside too.
But...
It's an order! Strike!
Roger.
Don't do anything rash!
You damn puppets.
Mr. Ashimo...
Ishikawa.
You're a bigshot now, huh?
But I bet you're still following orders from above without ever thinking.
In this country, puppets who act without thinking are promoted.
Of course. That's how organizations work.
Policies can't be maintained if individuals all make their own decisions.
Listen up!
If what he said is right,
then the higher-ups who just gave you the order,
are the worst lowlives out there.
Can you protect this country like that?
I don't have time to argue with you!
I always think with my own head,
and act according to my own sense of justice.
What are you doing?
Hurry up and strike!
Shoot anyone who gets in the way!
Move.
I'll shoot if you don't.
Shoot me if you can.
I won't let you in that room as long as I'm still alive.
There's hope in that room, even for someone like me!
Stop!
Move!
Ishikawa! Stop!
Activating the Asura System.
He disappeared.
Are you all right?
Go back and tell all the executives...
that I'm aware of everyone involved with 2113.
If you try something funny again,
I'll kill every one of them and their families.
No.
I'll kill every politician and police officer in this country within 30 minutes.
Stay away from Ando Asahi.
Understood?
Understood.
Are you all right?
Lloyd!
Thank goodness!
Lloyd?
Who is that?
What?
You must be Ando Asahi.
I am ARX II-13.
I have been ordered by my client to protect you from all harm.
Who are you?
You've lost your memory, right?
Why do you continue to protect Ando Asahi?
Who are you?
Did you forget me?
My big brother?
Ando Asahi is prohibited from dying.