In other words, there's one unit to upload the sabotage program and one unit to disable the surveillance drones.
Two units working covertly.
And one more.
Our forces' Baby Magnum has exchanged parts for floatation and is headed for Point 3.
So, when will the battle between Objects happen?
Wars don't have scripts.
There's no way to possibly know that.
Oh, man, this sucks!
No greenroom, and no make-up person came, either.
Hey, the war isn't going to start yet, right?
Don't you have any drinks or snacks?
Here you are.
I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this already!
Damn that stinking manager!
Trains or military.
My manager told me that differentiating myself in some way would make me more marketable.
And not only that. That's not all.
Here, I went out of my way to pick military, which I have no interest in, but that handmaiden is nowhere to be found!
And I was so ready to rub his nose in the great Monica's comeback!
Where the hell is that bastard Qwenthur?!
Don't wanna die before we see our fire inside so...
We can fight!
In the distance, where your mud-covered expression is facing,
doromamire no sono hyoujou ga misueteru saki e
We can fight!
Our sweat that drips down, even knowing that everything will come to a futile end, Will still never forget how to fight!
nagareo chiru asa ga subete muda ni owaru to shitemo
tataku koto dake wa wasure wa shinai darou
You're so strong - able to smile in any situation, And no one has ever seen you cry...
itsudemo waraeru tsuyoi kimi no nakigao wa daremo shiranai kara
But that just leaves the bruises in your heart unhealed.
kokoro no aza wa kienai kedo
You always never gave up, you never gave up, So nothing's too late!
Just like that - Never wake up, you Never wake up
sou yatte Never wake up, you Never wake up
So let's just go on dreaming! We lamented this world, feeling unable to smile.
yume miteikou ze itsuka nageiteta waraenai sekai wa
But now we'll laugh to the ends of the Earth! That's right! Get Up, Get Up, Get Up!
dokomademo waratte sousa, Get up, Get up, Get up!
We just gotta blaze on through!
kake nukere bai
The Coal Mine Littered with Stacks of Money
The Kamchatka Peninsula Nighttime Blitz II
Qwenthur...
So, you were all right.
Thanks to this thing.
But Charles...
What about Nutsley?
He disappeared.
And... I saw him...
I see.
Before he left, Nutsley destroyed the PC containing the sabotage program.
Now that we can't upload the sabotage program to the UAVs, we won't be able to continue with the operation.
We need to immediately contact both HQ and the unit headed to Point 2.
My comm unit is busy spewing out sparks right now.
Without piggybacking on your equipment, mine isn't capable of long-range communication.
In other words, we have no means of communicating.
Plus, there's one more thing.
A UAV will have heard the gunshots and will be coming for us.
But what about that bastard Nutsley?
If we follow his footprints...
It's too late to track our prey.
We can't afford to get wiped out here, if for no other reason than that we need to report Nutsley as a spy.
How do you plan to get away from the UAV's watchful eyes?
Don't worry.
Luckily, there's a route that the UAV won't be able to follow us down.
The entrance to the mine shafts?
It's a craft that requires meticulous program updates.
It won't be able to go in there.
This is bad. Shit.
Damn it all!
What's the Wing Balancer doing over here?!
Th-The Baby Magnum is to our rear.
But the Faith Organization's Object is supposed to be in a standoff with our Indigo Plasma, right?
Maybe our friends have begun to beat a hasty retreat.
Because they can see the operation starting to unravel or something.
Unravel?
Qwenthur, that bastard.
Did he screw up?
What do we do?
Run.
Up against an Object?
With its range of fire, and even its sensors, flail as we might, it's beyond anything we can handle!
Quit panicking!
Think! Let's think!
We can stick a white handkerchief on the muzzle of a rifle, but the enemy isn't going to give us a pass.
Yeah. Sorry.
Y-You're right.
Right?
Son-of-a-bitch.
Giving pep talks to my teammates and getting everyone back on board?
That's not my frickin' job!
I just remembered something.
Don't tell me it's where your girlfriend's mole is or something.
The analysts were saying that the Wing Balancer might have bridge-building equipment built into it.
Bridge-building, as in building spans of bridges?
That's right.
If the Wing Balancer is after the Baby Magnum that's behind us, it'll cross these cliffs for sure.
When it does, it should use its bridge-building equipment.
So, we sabotage it while it's building the bridge and send the Object tumbling into the gorge.
We're planning to fight it?
If we can't get away from it, we've got no choice but to go for it.
But will our peashooters work against an Object?
Measly anti-tank missiles won't...
While it's extending its bridge-building equipment, it'll be up on its tippy-toes, right?
So, we're targeting the moment when it's precariously balanced to swat it down with focused fire.
It's not paying attention to flesh-and-blood soldiers, so now's our chance.
Once it takes us seriously, we have no chance of winning.
Keep an eye on where the target's center of gravity is!
On my signal, we fire all together!
Son-of-a-bitch!
No matter who the hell I team up with, I end up fighting for my life!
Here it comes!
It flew?!
Cookman!
Westie!
Myongli.
Can you move?
Myongli.
Westie...
Mr. Cookman...
We have to go quickly.
We have to... rescue everyone...
You have to understand, Myongli.
The others are already...
I know that!
We should at least go recover their dog tags.
If that were possible, I'd have done it already.
Right now, we don't have time to be hanging out with the dead.
We're surviving, even if it's just us.
Survive? But how?
Even if we escape into the mine shafts, those are Faith Organization facilities, aren't they?!
That's right.
But it's a hundred times better than getting back out in front of that Object, right?
Message from the Satellite Division.
Energy reading detected at Point B17 on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
It is assumed to be an Object.
It's begun to move in an awfully brazen manner.
Princess.
They must be really confident.
Our unit is a first gen, so they might not be taking us seriously.
What about the operation?
Nothing changes.
Just be wary of your surroundings and if the Wing Balancer shows up...
Princess, make sure you fire first.
Okay.
This is strange.
There isn't a single soldier on guard.
And there wasn't so much as a surveillance camera along the way.
This is a military coal mine, right?
It's supposed to be, yeah.
These are... written in the Legitimate Kingdom's language...
"Thank you for the clean water"...?
They're trying to learn our language?
Then, that makes this a training facility for spies.
Are you saying that with a straight face?
Yeah, right?
This work is way too sloppy.
This is our country.
Digging a well?
It looks like it was built with the money donated by the people here.
Look, a detailed account of the amount donated.
Isn't this an enemy military coal mine?
If anything, the facility might belong to an antiwar group.
The intel is off?
But why?
Where did it go wrong and how?
We've descended quite a ways, haven't we?
We've probably descended over 200 meters.
Hearing a precise number suddenly makes me feel more fatigued.
Generally, coal mines go down a kilometer, and depending on the situation, they'll dig down over four klicks.
This area is still just the entryway.
A first aid kit?
Please stop!
Move, you!
Explain.
That person wasn't military.
She was likely a civilian pressed into service.
Otherwise, I can't imagine someone would bring a first aid kit in this situation.
What assurances did we have that the kit didn't contain a weapon?
And besides, once that woman goes back and reports us, we'll be swarmed by the enemy in no time.
Or...
This is a modern war.
Don't tell me you're going to give me some pretentious line about how you won't turn guns on women.
Given our situation, producing lots of gunfire and dead bodies is actually what would be counterproductive.
That's your official stance, huh?
In that case, you should have neutralized her with your own hands.
Just because you let a civilian go...
Don't think the enemy will return the favor and spare you.
I know that.
I apologize.
For emergencies.
I'll loan it to you, on my authority.
Thank you very much.
It's not so you can be an asset.
It's for committing suicide.
This is a risk that has arisen as a result of you letting her escape.
Such are the choices made on the battlefield, learn this lesson.
Don't you think it's odd?
What is?
For this indirect objective to reducing the supply of fuel to Objects...
...there are three whole Objects deployed on this.
True.
And if Nutsley is a Faith Organization spy, it's odd that he took such aggressive measures as to blow his cover.
To expend a spy, who was in so deep...
Is this mine such an essential target that it's worth all that?
These don't appear to be for people to ride, but for the transportation of the coal they mine.
No... It might not be coal.
What?
Can you see the clear granule here?
What is this?
It's a lump of carbon.
To call it by its commonly known name...
Yo, Qwenthur.
What the hell are you doing here?
Havia...
Cookman and Westie are dead.
We got shredded to ribbons because you screwed up!
Depending on your answer, you're getting a hole in you somewhere!
It was Nutsley.
We had a Faith Organization spy.
We lost Charles as well.
I plan to take responsibility for not seeing through his cover in advance.
It would be a mistake to unilaterally condemn only him.
You expect us to laugh and make up on those words alone or something?
If you're going to insist on this, you leave me no choice.
My duty is oversight.
Factors that violate military regulations and cause the efficiency of the operation to deteriorate...
It is my job to make sure to dispose of them.
I apologize!
I needed an opening to back down and I ended up forcing you to do the dirty work.
You weren't serious about shooting him anyway, right?
Are the four of us the only survivors?
If you include the traitor, that makes five, though.
It's probably turning into a quagmire up top by now, too.
The Princess and the Wing Balancer...
Word is, if they go at it head-on, she has no chance of winning.
Shall we hold a council of war, Qwenthur?
Spill all the intel you've got.
Um...
What is it that you're holding there, Mr. Qwenthur?
This? Oh...
Diamonds.
There it is.
I'm first!
If I just aim for when it lands in the water...
No way...
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
That means... what?
This isn't a military coal mine, but actually a diamond mine?
The reason the Legitimate Kingdom military decided to attack the Kamchatka Peninsula...
...was probably because they found that out, too.
Then, this really is a war over resource interests.
Diamond production is dependent on South America, Oceania, and Africa.
If a completely new supply source appears, that's the same as the birth of an entirely new market.
I imagine every power would give anything to have that.
On top of which, the people working here are part of a Faith Organization antiwar group
making money in order to donate it to the poor in the Legitimate Kingdom.
That totally makes us the bad guys.
The enemy Wing Balancer is a bona fide champion of justice.
Since it's trying to protect pacifist civilians from the Legitimate Kingdom military...
...who are basically bandits trying to steal the diamonds.
I quit, I quit.
We're not combatants who serve as minions of evil here.
Please wait.
What is it?
Don't you think it's strange?
If the enemy wanted to keep this diamond mine safe, would they wait for our Object right in the middle of it?
They should've been able to predict that our Legitimate Kingdom military would be invading from Alaska.
If so, the textbook thing to do is to draw up a line of defense in the Bering Sea.
Maybe because this semi-artificial sawtooth coastline...
...is a good match for the Wing Balancer's characteristics?
There's a more practical reason.
The people working at this mine are a rare breed, even within the Faith Organization.
They belong to an antiwar group that wants to engage in dialogue with other countries.
In the eyes of the higher-ups, who want to keep the war going, the group must be like a thorn in their side.
Hey, you're not saying...
They want to take these people and obliterate them by tossing them into the maelstrom of a battle between two Objects.
Then, the intel about the diamonds was bait to lure out the Legitimate Kingdom's military?
That's possible.
Hold it, hold it, hold it!
This is still conjecture, right?!
There's no proof that what Myongli is thinking is on point.
The Faith Organization is a group that's about ideology.
Such people may fear ideology.
Ideology?
To the higher-ups, who want to continue the war, being against war
and trying to seek out peaceful resolutions, that ideology itself could be plenty threatening to them.
If the higher-ups were to take it upon themselves to massacre these pacifists and carry out a purge,
the antiwar movement might very well find more sympathizers instead.
But of all things,
if they were to end up being killed by an Object of the Legitimate Kingdom, whom they were trying to reach out to...
By the very fact that it was someone they were trying to trust, the backlash would be greater and the hatred would swell.
This is bad!
Whoa, hey, there's something even worse than this?
Run, Havia!
Wait! Hey! Qwenthur!
What's gotten into Mr. Qwenthur?
Follow them!
Hey, Qwenthur, a little explanation!
The Princess and the Wing Balancer.
Word was, she has no chance of winning a head-on battle, right?
But the Wing Balancer's victory still hasn't been announced.
Why do you think that is?
Maybe the Princess is working hard.
How powerful a unit is is absolute.
In combat between two Objects, there's no room for miracles.
But if the enemy's objective isn't to destroy the Baby Magnum, but to lure it to a target location...
I get it, Qwenthur.
But what are you going to do, specifically?
At this rate, the people working at this mine will all be killed as well.
We continue the operation.
Eh?
We go to Point 2 and directly upload the sabotage program to the radar facility.
So we follow the original plan.
They already know we're here!
Even then, we've got to do it!
Or, if you'd prefer for us to rush that 200-thousand-ton hunk of machinery...
Oh, damn it all!
Why can't you make the sensible call, which would be to run away?!
If that's how you want to play it...
What are you planning to do?
There's no point in continuing this game of tag.
I'm going to directly target the mine.
I see! Even without defeating the Object, if we capture the mine, we win, right?
It's true that there's the example of "besiege Wei to rescue Zhao," but...
Be on the lookout, Princess.
The enemy must also be anticipating that we'd directly attack the mine.
Once I have a lock on the coal mine, the enemy Object should come up on land.
Given equal footing...
Please hold off on charging in, Princess.
Though, I also know that you're surprisingly short-tempered and tend to let yourself get provoked.
A powered suit!
Damn it! What the hell is this?
It's not a worker.
I can tell, you coward.
You stinking spy, I can totally hear you cackling behind all that steel.
You!
Qwenthur!
Forget it, Havia!
You can't shoot through this guy's thick armor with that.
You'll all end up dead from the ricochets.
But man...
Don't shoot, Havia.
The seasons run on by, our of breath.
kisetsu ga kaketeku iki o kirashite
I try to keep up on an impulse all too faint.
hishi ni tsuiteku awasugiru shoudou
By the time i take notice, everyone's changing their faces
kizuke ba daremo ga kao o kaeteku
Anxious of those around me, i call everything white, "black"
mawari o ki ni shite shiro o kuro to iu
But i don't want to lie to myself, 'Cause there's more than just one form of happiness.
jibun ni uso o tsukitakunai shiawase no katachi wa hitotsu dake janai kara
Rather than a flexible strength, I want a strength that never changes.
kawaru tsuyosa yori kawaranai tsuyosa kokoro ni te o atete jibunjishin o ima aishi tea geyou
Placing my hand upon my heart, I'll make an effort to love myself.
Rather than a flexible strength, I want a strength that never changes.
kawaru tsuyosa yori kawaranai tsuyosa
Not for anyone else's sake, Right now, as i head for the future.
dareka no tame janaku ima, mirai eto
The Coal Mine Littered with Stacks of Money
The Kamchatka Peninsula Nighttime Blitz III