Sprocket Calendar January 12th, 1016 19:24 Tokyo Core Tower
My name is Marie Bell Breguet.
I am a member of the Meister Guild.
We are terribly sorry for the trouble we have caused you.
Is that a Chrono Compass?
The mark of a world-class clocksmith, the thing that allows
you to inspect and tinker with all the gears in the world?!
May I continue?
That YD-01, RyuZU, is the property of the Breguet family.
We currently have need of it.
Please return it immediately.
No.
Of course, you will be rewarded appropriately.
I refuse.
RyuZU is mine.
Halter, let's bury this guy and forget we ever met him.
That will resolve everything.
We don't have time. We can't be picky.
Stop it, Princess.
Shut up! I don't have time to deal with this idiot.
I told you to stop, Marie!
Do tell, who are you trying to kill?
Episode 3: Conflict
If you honestly believe that a piece of junk like you,
who's far more inferior than the flea-class humans,
is allowed to point that toy at Master Naoto,
then I'll gladly turn you both into mincemeat.
I wasn't serious.
Of course, neither was the princess here.
Princess, never say anything rash again.
I was just almost killed!
If she had been serious, I wouldn't have had time to draw.
First, calm down.
She is the one who is in control here.
I retract calling you "junk" since you seem to understand what is going on.
I apologize for our rude behavior.
I'd also like you to hear us out.
The army wants to sacrifice 20 million people and purge Kyoto?
In seven hours? Tell me you're joking!
YD-01, RyuZU.
The Initial Y-Series are the best automata that the creator of the
Clockwork Planet, Y, left behind.
They are maintenance machines entrusted to the future generations.
You awoke at this point in time because you are the guardian of this planet.
Am I wrong?
I am sorry, but there is a severe problem... with your head.
You are so far off the mark that I can't tell if you're even trying.
Hey, stop giving me that pitying look!
Fine, then what are you?!
"One who follows."
My raison d'être is to be by Master Naoto's side and to do everything for him.
However, there is one person who could do what you are asking for.
Who is that?!
That would be—
RyuZU, over here!
Hey, what?
A big one is coming!
A gravity anomaly?
Did the military already begin the purge?
No, it's way too early.
This is quite something.
Once the real purge begins, it won't be contained like this.
RyuZU, are you okay?
Yes, I am fine.
You! How could you tell?!
How? I mean there was such a huge noise down below.
Aren't those noise-canceling headphones?
Nowadays, even the cheapest pair will have a 100% block rate.
How can he even have a conversation?
Dissonance?
In the Core Tower, on Floor 24.
Wait! I never even mentioned that the problem was on Floor 24!
How did you...
You mean to say you pin-pointed an anomaly 7 km beneath us using those headphones?
Yes, why?
Impossible! There's no way a human could do that.
That's child's play for Master Naoto.
He was able to locate and fix the defect that kept me in a slumber for 206 years,
so I believe he can save this city, as well.
So you did what generations of Breguet clocksmiths were unable to do?
Well, I just have slightly better hearing.
Actually, you are mankind's best clocksmith.
I'm happy that you're saying that, but...
Naoto, was it?
Uh, yes.
Even now, we are not able to locate all the problems on Floor 24.
But you're saying you can?
No, from here I can't pick out the details.
Then I'll take you there.
Then we can stop the purge from happening.
Why are you trying so hard?
According to your story, you're surrounded by enemies and it's unclear
what is going to happen in the future.
So why are you not running?
I hate to think that something is impossible.
I know there are limits.
But we are alive right now because there were people who didn't
give up and kept trying.
If I run away now, I will never be able to have faith in myself again.
So please, Naoto, lend us your strength.
I'm sorry, but—
Since I am nothing but a servant to Master Naoto,
I was torn if I should mention this,
but my younger sister is in the basement of the Core Tower.
Young-er sis-ter?
Yes.
Initial Y-Series, Unit 4, "One who annihilates," AnchoR.
Could you give me a little more detail?
She keeps her pretty black hair in a bob and she has bright red eyes.
She has a little trouble expressing her emotions, but she also likes to be spoiled.
What are we doing?!
Let's get moving, everyone!
Hurry up, or I'll leave you behind!
Did I trigger something I shouldn't have?
If the army finds out what we're up to, they are sure to intervene.
We need to make it to the Core Tower before that.
Oh, they already know.
What?
They are approaching the underground parking lot.
She is with a civilian and a bodyguard.
Civilian? Oh, well.
Capture Dr. Breguet alive at all costs.
I don't care what happens to the rest.
A dozen military automata are armed and ready for us.
Hang on a second!
If we just barge in there it will most definitely cause a rift
between the guild and the military.
If that happens...
Um, so what exactly do you want to do?
Play politics?
What do you even know?!
Nothing, that's why I am asking.
You guys want to fix the Core Tower.
I want to meet AnchoR.
Isn't everything else totally irrelevant?
Halter.
Yup.
It's seriously killing me that this doofus outargued me.
I think it's fine.
Children should act childlike.
It's the job of old geezers like me to worry about the rest.
You're right, I am nothing but a child.
Time to work, Halter.
Roger that.
Naoto, since you're so full of yourself, you need to help.
I'm super weak.
I wasn't counting on your strength at all.
But I was counting a little on your talent.
Got it.
You're so obvious!
Mister, you're not just some cyborg!
I'm an 8th generation Breguet unit.
A prototype two generations ahead of what's current.
Amazing! Hey, can I look inside you later?
Master Naoto, since you didn't unleash your torrent of carnal lust upon me,
I had wondered if you were impotent,
but now I see that you simply have that kind of sexual fetish.
N-No, it's not like that, RyuZU!
It's just the dream of any gear nerd!
Jeez, what are you doing?!
I'm sorry for being so uppity.
I'm glad you understand. Just keep up with us.
He's spot on about the location and type of all the enemies.
He really can hear everything.
This is more than just good hearing.
By the way, Marie...
What?
There's a big one here.
Optical camouflage?
VS-08 Goliath?!
You're really serious, aren't you?
Marie Bell Breguet is dead?
The battle was so close that we had no choice but to shoot her.
Then let's report that Dr. Breguet was lost during the purge.
Are you certain?
If anybody finds out that someone from Vacheron was involved in the
murder of Breguet's daughter, the army is going to collapse with us!
Damn it! Everybody is getting in my way!
Was that good?
Yes, I got a perfect recording.
With this evidence, I can prove the connection
between the military, the guild, and Vacheron.
Sure, but did you have to fake your own death?
RyuZU, that was seriously awesome!
Master Naoto, truly, you are too easily impressed.
Yes...
Marie Bell Breguet is dead.
There is nothing left that binds me.
From here on out, I will do what I want, too.
Halter.
Right.
Oh, no! What a waste!
It doesn't matter.
According to you, that thing was totally irrelevant.
Right?
Anyway, let's go and save Kyoto!
This is...
pretty serious.
Halter, hurry.
Roger.
Excuse me, Master Naoto.
Huh, what are you doing—
Are you all right?
Um, I'm fine, but...
Hey! Were you trying to kill me?!
Oh? I thought I happened to save your fleeting life while saving Master Naoto.
There are better ways!
Sorry, but save the chat for later.
The Core Tower's defense squad.
Is this checkmate, then?
RyuZU, what are you doing?
Eliminating them.
These unsightly piles of junk pointed their weapons at you, Master Naoto.
That means they are enemies for me to eliminate.
What are you talking about?!
Those are the latest military automata designed to protect the Core Tower!
Regardless of how many of these junk heaps there are,
they are no match for even me, the weakest among my sisters.
Announcing classification, Initial Y-Series, Unit 1, "One who follows," RyuZU.
Unique ability, Dual Time, initiating activation sequence.
Commencing shift.
From Clock 1, real time, to Clock 2, imaginary time.
Chrono Hook, jumping from normal mode to imaginary mode.
RyuZU!
I am going to activate the Imaginary Gear that you fixed.
For you, it is going to be just one moment, but for me it is going
to be about three hours. Please allow me to leave your side during this time.
RyuZU—
Relative activation, Mute Scream.
RyuZU!
Good, her gears are just out of energy.
RyuZU did all this by herself?
This isn't the time!
This place is dangerous.
We're going to infiltrate Core Tower now!
Kyoto Core Tower, Floor 1
I'll wind you up right away.
Imaginary time?
Could you explain that to us, Princess?
Imaginary time, a hypothesis that only exists inside of physics calculations.
It is time that is orthogonal to our regular time.
The time is rotated by a Lawrence transformation and
becomes symmetrical in Minkowski space-time.
I see.
I don't understand a thing.
Basically,
RyuZU was fighting this entire time in a timeline that we cannot perceive!
I see, you were doing it all by yourself.
It emits positive energy in a negative manner.
I'm surprised you were able to fix that.
If that's how it is, what else can you do?
I mean the idea itself to power a planet with gears suggests
more than a bucketful of loose screws, so isn't it natural
that the automata he built are absurd?
I cannot accept this!
The Breguet family lost to this monumental moron?!
Good morning, Master Naoto.
RyuZU?
RyuZU!
Please marry me!
I believe you ought to you consider your standing.
So, what kind of strange thought patterns allow you to ask that question?
It's not like that.
It just came out like that.
I mean, I mean...
How can I not fall in love after seeing something like that?!
Master Naoto, I have determined that your brain lacks a few gears.
Of course, our relationship is nothing more than master and servant.
I thought automata obeyed their master in every regard.
Don't be ridiculous.
Please don't put me on the same level as the love dolls
who spread their legs, unconditionally, as soon the master registration is complete.
I like Master Naoto of my own free will.
Free will? But you're an automaton.
RyuZU.
Yes?
Um, may I ask why I can't marry you?
Marrying means that we would be a married couple,
and that would mean that we are on equal footing.
A master and a servant being on equal footing is out of the question.
Then, let's do this.
Nod for yes, shake your head for no.
Do you like me of your own will and not because
you were configured by someone to do so?
S-So that means you l-l-love me?
A-All right, then can you nod as many times as you like me?
I am so glad to be alive!
Hooray!
Are you happy now?
Hooray!
By subjecting me to this kind of shameful treatment,
you have broken mankind's scale of measuring perversion.
You think this is the time for a romantic comedy?!
5 Hours 28 Minutes Until the Kyoto Grid Purge
The Kyoto Grid is sinking deeper and deeper into the ground.
The two geniuses are determined to repair the Core Tower.
But the antiquated military and guild crush their last hope.
Next time: "Imaginary Gear."
Foolish Master Naoto.
You're not so foolish as to smile even after sacrificing someone, are you?
Episode 4: Imaginary Gear