Considering their gear, they're part of some team.
It's the Special Forces' Black Rabbit.
Those are the guys that captured Tachibana.
I never thought they would chase us this far.
Yuya Kanzaki!
This is the Ozanami Squad of the CAAC Malignant Area Security Forces.
Release Aiko Tachibana and surrender immediately.
If you do not obey, we're prepared to use force.
I repeat,
release Aiko Tachibana and surrender immediately.
Kanzaki!
There's no response.
Fire.
What the hell?
- They fired! - Into the Matter!
Are you kidding me?
They've activated the Matter!
It worked!
No, it didn't.
- The Matter! - Damn!
- Minase! Cover that flank! - Yes, sir!
I'm going to help.
Shiraishi,
I'll tell them that I've come willingly.
It's pointless. They're here to take you back.
They don't care if you came willingly or not.
Really?
Prepare to fire.
We'll get the Type 36 to retreat to the bridge entrance.
One bipod has separated from the Beetle.
Yuya Kanzaki!
What's happening back there?
Kanzaki...
Why are you interfering?
I told you before.
We're on orders to bring back Aiko Tachibana.
We'll ask the questions here.
What do you think you're doing?
I'm here to end it all.
There's something I have to do.
Nothing's going to stop me.
What do you mean by "all"? State your purpose.
There's no need.
Even if I told you, you people would never understand.
Is that so?
I know you can hear me, Aiko Tachibana.
Why are you following this man?
What do you know about Yuya Kanzaki?
I...
His objective is unclear. He'll only put you in terrible danger.
Lives could be lost as well.
Let me ask you this, Aiko Tachibana.
Why do you trust this man?
It's the human form...
Ozanami...
Captain!
Retreat!
It's going after the light.
Turn off all your lights!
What about our comms?
The fog is thin. Switch to radio!
Cease fire!
The Matter is sensitive to light.
Because it's night?
We can escape now!
But the tunnel is plugged with Matter!
- Leave that to me! - What?
We'll use tracer bullets
to attract the Matter in the area,
then the Beetle's grenade launcher
to hit the exit at the far side of the tunnel with a flare!
The Matter inside the tunnel will pull out upstream.
Then, while it's chasing the light...
We'll chase it!
We'll run for it once we're through!
There's Matter here!
There's some large Matter up ahead.
No way!
We can't attack if it's on the gate.
Spread out and draw it away from the Beetle!
I'll send out two automated bipods as decoys.
Deploy!
It's all right, Tachibana.
This way!
Let's do this!
The upstream side is also active!
I knew it wouldn't work.
- Now! - Now!
Kanzaki, are you okay?
We're okay. It stopped moving.
Carbon hardening? Why?
Tachibana! Are you okay?
Yes.
Tachibana!
It's over.
The Ozanami Squad?
Yes.
Final communication with them was at 3:27 a.m. from Moriishi Point.
If their operations hit a wall,
Nanbara's sure to try something else soon.
She doesn't want to lose Aiko Tachibana.
I'll handle things here.
Thanks.
We also ran into human form Matter at the Atobiki Bridge.
Is it the same type that you faced in Unazuki?
And Evidence?
It's not in there yet.
It could be derived from normal Matter.
But I can't understand why it would take that shape.
What? Both teams passed the competition?
Come on, Shino!
What was the point in having the competition?
Does it matter? We passed.
Anyway, looking forward to having you around, Aiko.
What?
Yes.
Let me revise what I said before.
I need all of you for this mission.
Will you accept it?
Yes, of course.
We'll accept it.
Jeez! These guys are coming, too?
Stop complaining. You know you're happy about it.
Hey! I am not!
Wow! You're unusually honest.
- Thanks. - For what?
If I hadn't gotten this mission,
I never could have imagined going this deep
into the Area again.
That's how I feel.
We finally made it back here
for the first time since we quit Special Forces.
That's right.
And the real fight is still to come.
You're right.
Stop! Cease fire!
We'll leave as soon as the vehicles are charged,
Try to get some sleep.
Is something wrong?
Can we reconsider our future plans?
What do you mean?
We can't take everyone any farther than this.
We must not!
I wonder what the hell the objective is.
It has nothing to do with us.
Yes, it does!
I mean, Aiko seemed...
pretty depressed.
She saw people die.
That's a shocking thing to see.
All the reason more to protect her.
Roger, that.
They can't go.
Kazuki, Kaede, and the others.
I can't put them in danger for our sake.
They knew the danger coming into this.
But, after what happened on the bridge...
If you get to Primary Point,
the Burst can be stopped.
We'll return your duplicate body and rescue your family.
We'll solve everything.
Is it really all right to put everyone in danger for that?
I don't think so.
That would never make Mom or Ryota happy.
I can't get everyone involved. I can't take them farther!
Those other people don't matter!
I want to save Aiko Tachibana.
But why?
I can't understand this, Kanzaki.
We're all headed for the same place.
Do we have to keep it a secret from everyone?
I want to tell everyone the reason
we're going to Ground Zero,
and that my body, except for my brain,
is made entirely of artificial organisms.
I want them to know everything.
I deleted the data you told me to from the Kiryu Hospital server.
Thanks for that.
I found something interesting while I was in there.
You did?
These are a patient's vitals.
Zero consciousness level? What's wrong with this patient?
It's not my field, so I can't really tell,
but when you trace her brainwaves, they match up with certain events.
For example, July 23.
The day the Matter became active.
And...
here's the patient.
"YUZUHA ISAZU"
Yuzuha!
You know her?
She's the only daughter of Kyosuke Isazu, an artificial organism developer.
What the hell is going on here?
Are Yuzuha's brain activity and the Matter's activity linked?
This is bad.
This is something that Yuya never imagined!
Dr. Kiryu,
the Cell Assembler that you developed,
and the further development by Yura of Cell Assembler Two,
have been on ice for a long time. I'm starting research on them again.
I see.
It's the future of humanity.
We need it to deal with the Burst, and to make progress.
Leave it to me.
Even without Yura...
and without the Yura Notes...
I swear that I will save you.
I know you can hear me, Yuzuha.
Dad!
Headed home from school?
Yes.
Dr. Yura!
Yuzuha.
Do you remember your promise for today?
What was it?
You said you'd listen to me play the violin!
Oh, that's right.
I practiced really hard, you know.
Dr. Yura?
Go ahead. Let me hear it.
What? Here?
The area for the rest of this mission, from K2 until Primary Point,
hasn't been visited since the CAAC Special Forces pulled out.
Stay on your guard!
I can see the Number Two Power Plant at the relay point.
There's activity on the rail line!
The railway ahead is blocked!
Evidence?
No previous contact. It's a new type!
Have you found out anything?
No. As we get closer to Primary Point,
the contact field produced by the Matter
is getting stronger.
It's hard to even get a signal now.
I wonder if her consciousness level there is decreasing even more.
We have to reach her before it completely disappears.
And then there's her reaction.
We may have less time than I thought.
It's coming!
What?
The railway's blocked! Bringing in the Beetle!
The activity is too widespread!
Pull back behind the Beetle!
Cover us with the heavy laser until we clear the way!
Roger!
I'll fire the laser.
Kazuki, I made a ton of Matter fragments!
I found some crystallized Matter!
Got it!
Here it comes, Kanzaki!
I sent you the data!
Take over the laser, Shiraishi.
Roger!
It's coming again!
Matter?
It's under us?!
Aiko, are you okay?
Yes.
Aiko?
What are you...
I'll take the laser.
Tachibana!
If we're doing this, then I'm fighting, too!
I don't want anyone to die!
Aiko!
Finished!
I sent the cartridges!
Here goes another!
Again!
- It's Matter! - Kanzaki!
Aiko, get down!
- Kanzaki! - Tachibana!
What is this?
Gummi?
Aiko!
- Tachibana! - Aiko!
Kanzaki, I'll get her out with the Beetle!
What happened?
Aiko is buried under crystallized Matter.
- What? - What?
- No way! - I'll use the Beetle to get her out.
Everyone, your job is to tranquilize the Matter with the synthesized chemicals!
This can't be happening!
Tachibana!
Active Matter cleared. Beetle's path secured.
Aiko!
Is she all right?
They're both outside without suits?
Hey! What the hell is going on?
Those are carbon nanostructures.
But, I thought that only happened to artificial organisms.
I'll clean her in the bipod.
Clean her? But she's not wearing a suit.
It's all right.
She's not a normal human.
- What? - What?
She's a composite.
A composite of a real brain and an artificial organism body.
Aiko is a composite?
Is that even possible?
Hey, if that's true, it means the whole time
we've been in the Area,
we've been dragging Matter bait with us.
"EPISODE 7" "BREAKTHROUGH'
Subtitle translation by Brian Athey