February 8th, 10:00 Ueno Grid
Father, what kind of store is that?
Um, I think you might be a bit too young for that.
I'm pretty sure this is the place we're supposed to meet up with Meister Konrad.
Meister Marie!
Meister Kon...rad?
You were safe!
We were worried, because we suddenly couldn't get in touch with Akihabara.
What in the world happened?
That's what I want to ask you.
Episode 9 Criminal Act
Whoa!
What's the matter, Father?
K-Kids shouldn't look!
Okay.
You shouldn't be looking, either! And, honestly, neither should I!
Isn't this place great?
Around here, the automata that I have adjusted are quite popular.
This is corrupt, depraved, immoral...
This way, please.
I can't say this too loudly, but this is a black market for automata,
and we even deal with the authorities under the table.
Wow, if we have this kind of workshop...
Put RyuZU onto that hanger there.
We're going to cool her down slowly.
R-Roger.
Meister Konrad, please keep him alive.
He's magnetized, but if his brain is still intact...
So we need a spare body, right?
If possible, within the next 12 hours.
That's a tall order. I will ask around, however.
That's enough. Thank you.
Father, my sister is going to be okay, right?
RyuZU did everything she needed to do.
Therefore, there's no need to worry!
Does that hurt, Father?
Not at all! I'm fine. This is nothing!
Stop acting tough and get that treated, before it gets infected.
Yeah, thanks.
Mother.
Don't call me that anymore.
Now, let me take a look at that.
Okay.
Hey, Marie, is there really any point in waking this dude up now?
What did you say?
Hey, how dare you talk about Vermouth Handsome Face like that?
What the hell is this?!
Quiet down.
All I did was connect your brain to an automaton.
And you had to pick this pleasure automaton?
Does male dignity mean nothing to you?!
Why would I care about that?
She hooked up a cyborg to an automaton of a completely different make.
That's far beyond genius level.
Is this bitch the devil?
You'd better not resist her.
She's all riled up because Halter's not waking up.
He doesn't need to know that.
Tell us every little detail you found out.
What is that big thing planning on doing?
Are you seriously asking?
Huh?
All the pieces are in place.
And you still don't get it?
Those shitheads "won't do anything," right?
Huh?
Hey, now. Who is this cute-faced kid who's busting out these nasty theories?
What are you talking about?
What do you mean?
The moment that thing appeared before the government, everything was settled,
naïve little girl.
10:17 Kasumigaseki Grid Prime Minister's Official Residence
We put in a request with the International Territory Administration
for the use of the Tall Wand on the Akihabara Grid.
Are you serious?
The Tall Wand is a weapon of mass destruction
that's dropped from equatorial orbit that can easily erase a city or two.
Now that the existence of an electromagnetic weapon has become public,
we won't be able to escape reproach and punishment from the international community.
Let us be sincere now.
Did you say "sincere"?!
All you want to do is avoid taking responsibility for tolerating
the remains of Shiga and the Yatsukahagi!
Watch your mouth!
Shut up! The army is now going to take care of this situation.
The army?! You couldn't even scratch the Yatsukahagi!
Combined with the Kyoto purge, you're nothing but a useless waste of money!
You bastard! I dare you to say that again!
Just by being there, both the government and army are going to destroy themselves?
That's why it doesn't have to move?
That's right. This isn't merely a terrorist attack.
This is a full-blown coup d'état.
And there is one more reason that weapon can't move, at the moment.
Can't move?
Hey, brat, how can you even say that?
That thing's currently engaged its 1,033 clockwork generators to charge its energy.
It'll be about...
66.5 hours until it's finished.
Clockwork? I thought it's an electromagnetic weapon.
Hybrid electromagnetic strategic mobile weapon "Yatsukahagi,"
a thing that combines clockwork technology with electromagnetic technology.
Yatsukahagi, a hybrid of clockwork and electromagnetic technology.
Did you see the blueprints?
No, that wouldn't explain this.
What in the world are you?
Which means that they are planning on doing something after this.
What more are they planning?
Any more and it'll stop being just this country's problem.
Are they thinking of starting a world war?
What can we even do in 66.5 hours?
All right, AnchoR, it's time for an outing.
Huh?
What are you talking about?
Where are you going?
To do what we can.
11:00 Akihabara Grid
Energy level at 12%.
At the current pace, we will not meet our target time for remobilization.
The chance of another attack from the army is low.
Lower the energy levels of the weapon systems.
Roger.
Just 66 hours.
Then our greatest wish will finally come true, Your Excellency.
Yeah.
It's not over yet, is it, Y?
What's your move?
11:20 Ueno Grid
All right, AnchoR, let's have a ton of fun!
What is it? Did you see something interesting?
I want permission.
Can I look at that place?
Super okay!
I told you, right?
You can do everything you want!
Everything?
Of course!
Okay.
Man, being alive is not hard at all, because my daughter is so cute!
Can I ask you again? What did you come here for?
Right now, I'm doing what needs to be done.
All the things AnchoR was unable to do for the last 1,000 years.
I'm going to make them come true, now! With these hands!
You're just doing that to have fun yourself.
And that outfit.
We are wanted, you know? We gotta put on disguises.
Huh?
Wait, could it be that I'm cute?
Die.
Father, now I want permission to go there.
Sure thing.
Your dad's going to allow everything!
Oh?
Mother, come with us?
I told you to stop calling me that.
What am I doing at a time like this?
Father, is it okay for me to think that I want that?
Of course!
Welcome.
Are you shopping with your older sister?
Oh, I'm going to pull out all the stops for my cute little customer.
AnchoR, your angelic cuteness is going to be the death of your daddy.
Father, you're cute, too.
Here you go, AnchoR.
Thank you, Father!
After the terrorist attack last night, the Akihabara Grid has been locked down.
At this point, there is no statement as to when the lockdown will be lifted.
The number of citizens demanding a government explanation is steadily increasing.
Everybody is so carefree and so clueless about the impending danger.
Oh, good job!
At least you guys should have some sense about that!
What can I do until that thing starts moving again?
What should I do?
It was my first time playing, but I got this myself.
So it's for you, Mother.
It plays this pretty song.
I see. Thank you.
The city is so much fun! I've never done anything like this before.
So many lights and—
We don't even have time to be doing this.
So then, finally, on my fifth try...
Mother?
Do you understand?
You are allowed to do anything you want.
Mother, I want a command.
Mother, you're crying, asking for help...
Huh?
I want a command for helping.
What are you talking about?
You're just a doll.
Can I not help?
This is... This is basically...
Then go right now and destroy that thing, the Yatsukahagi!
If you're a weapon, you can do that, can't you?!
Okay! Then I'll destroy it, so don't cry, Mother.
Wh-What are you talking ab—
Wh-What's wrong?!
Sorry, could you not yell so much?
Where are your headphones?!
They broke back in Akihabara.
Then that should be the first thing—
Once I find what I'm looking for, I'll run and get some.
What? What are you looking for?
Isn't it obvious? A chance.
A chance to beat up the people who dared to do that to RyuZU.
So he was thinking about nothing but that from the beginning.
So multiple grids affect each other, right?
Yes.
The State Central Territory Control Tower and the Pillar of Heaven are the center.
I found a way into Akihabara. The next thing is...
Well, finding out what AnchoR wants to do is important, too!
I want to destroy that thing.
Then I can help Mother.
What did you say to her?!
Well, if she can destroy it...
Veto! Veto!
You're a walking landmine! What did you think AnchoR is?!
What do you mean?
She's the strongest weapon of the Initial-Y series!
Don't you even dare! She's my daughter!
Besides, she's charging right now.
She couldn't even fight at full power for a second!
Huh?
Besides,
making a small child shoulder the burden so you can consider it done?
Don't you have any pride?!
I'm... sorry.
What the heck? I was getting all worked up alone and getting nowhere. I just...
I'm sorry, but I'm going to head back.
AnchoR, please take care of Naoto.
A request? Okay.
That's more important than an order.
She's actually really amazing. She's a genius, after all.
Genius?
She does always worry about pointless things, though.
But when it's time to get things done, she gets them done.
Unlike someone like me.
Hey, kiddo, I thought you'd be coming home in the morning.
This is some kind of sick joke.
She did that in just four hours.
Is she really a human, made of flesh and bone?
Father, is this that "genius" you mentioned?
Yes.
Why?
Why...
isn't that me?
Damn it.
Argh!
I'm out of sugar.
Chocolate.
Thank you.
I feel better.
Oh, you're back?
Yeah.
I see you found what you were looking for.
Can you help me, then?
I need three resonance movement connectors.
I'm sorry. I can't make those.
Then, just the circuits.
No can do.
What? That's middle school level stuff.
How did you repair RyuZU?!
By feeling.
What?
I was trying all sorts of things, not this, not that, until I heard a good sound.
Then she woke up.
No way. No one could repair something as ridiculous as RyuZU
without having acquired any theoretical knowledge.
Whatever. I was able to fix her.
What is this idiot talking about?
Wait. Maybe we, who think that we know things, are missing something fundamental.
Hey, Marie.
The Pillar of Heaven is the center of all the grids in Japan, right?
Naoto, what are you planning?
We're going to take over the Pillar of Heaven.
You're seriously funny! I want to kiss you!
Father, you're amazing!
You're insane.
Who was it that claimed responsibility for that crime?
We did.
Who are the ones considered to be the perpetrators of this event?
We are.
Then why don't we act accordingly?
Coup d'état?
Conspiracy?
There was nothing of that sort.
What happens if we make it so that everything was the work of us evil villains?
This is how we throw those people into the fire pit.
The fire pit is Akihabara. The Pillar of Heaven is the fuel.
Wait, we're talking about the center of the nation.
We really don't have enough people.
I have an idea where to get a spare body for Halter.
If we need people, let me do my part, too.
With this thing, we're going to be criminals on an unprecedented scale.
What benefit could this have for you?
It's fun. What other reason does a man need?
Mother, are you scared?
I promise I'll protect you.
Hey, Marie.
Haven't you ever thought it would be incredibly fun to kick the sandcastle
that people are so desperately trying to build?
I bet it will feel amazing.
I was too caught up in being harried and forgot what's important.
We're not the defenders of justice or anything.
You're right. I bet it would be the best thing ever!
February 10th, 05:17 Sakuradamon Grid Pillar of Heaven
It is out of our control.
We cannot come up with a single countermeasure against the threat
that lies deep beneath Tokyo.
With that said, I am but a powerless woman myself.
Marie...
If only you were here.
The occupation of the Pillar of Heaven.
In order to do that, it was necessary to revive Halter.
On the battlefield,
Marie sets the plan of connecting Halter's brain to an automaton in motion.
Next time, "Progressor."
Knowing that old man Halter,
even if he's dead, smelling the scent of the battlefield will bring him back.
Episode 10 Progressor
In the worst imaginable mood to boot.