We've been dragging Matter bait with us.
So it seems.
There must be some mistake!
Earlier, I heard her say exactly that.
In the last battle log, the Matter's activity was following her.
And then there's this carbon nanostructure reaction.
Proof her body is made of artificial organisms.
You must be kidding!
What's more,
you're just fine outside without a suit.
What are you hiding?
Kanzaki...
Why is everyone here?
This...
It's not what you think!
It's okay, Tachibana.
Kanzaki!
There's nothing okay about it! I want an explanation!
Relax, Misawa.
It's just as Seri said.
Everything except Aiko's brain is made of artificial organisms.
Her body is made up of coexisting real and artificial parts,
a composite body.
As you know, composite bodies attract Matter.
That can't be!
Why didn't you tell us something so important?!
You're right, it's a big problem.
However, Aiko has been
regularly injected with drugs to neutralize those properties.
She's no danger.
Then there's no problem!
This isn't Aiko's fault! See?
Of course it is!
We've been attacked like crazy!
Shino.
Yes?
You knew the girl was not normal.
But do you have proof those drugs kept her from attracting the Matter?
I understand very clearly now.
What the hell?
Tell us it's not true, Aiko!
I'm sorry!
Aiko...
I...
I've been...
Stop!
It wasn't her who wanted to hide this from you.
I decided that keeping it secret
was better for the mission.
You son of a bitch! We're putting our lives on the line!
How dare you hire us without telling us about all the risks!
I'm doing it to end the Burst.
What?
Her real body is at Primary Point.
If her two bodies are switched, it will end the Burst.
Switch her bodies?
What?
Explain your reasoning.
You believe him, Haruka?
Aiko?
I decided to go to Ground Zero for that purpose.
You're serious?
My mother and brother are waiting to be rescued.
Hey! That's right!
We have to save Aiko's family!
You believe that?
- It's the truth. - What?
Like what just happened to Tachibana,
they're living inside of a cocoon.
We can even monitor their situation.
This is the reason you're being paid a reward beyond anything you've heard of.
We're going in there
to stop the Burst and put an end to this whole thing.
Please! We need you for this!
All right.
We'll go as far as we can for the job we took.
- Sagami! - Hey!
However,
if you hide anything else from us, or if we get stuck,
in order to protect my team,
I'll kill you two myself.
- Doctor! - Dr. Kiryu!
Time of death, 8:12 p.m.
Dr. Kiryu brought us the invaluable Cell Assembler.
Then, he used his own body to prove
Cell Assembler Two is effective
in bringing about long life without suffering and other further advances.
Using artificial organisms to advance medical practices...
that is our mission.
Dr. Kiryu has died.
So I hear.
News travels fast.
The new lab director paid me a visit himself.
Isazu did?
This is such terrible timing.
Terrible timing?
- So? - What?
That's not why you called, right?
You're as blunt as ever.
We've found data showing
a link between the Matter's activity and Yuzuha Isazu's brainwaves.
Yuzuha? How is that possible?
How is a comatose patient linked to the Matter?
I can't explain why,
but a few minutes before the Matter turns active,
her brainwaves start showing activity.
I'm almost certain Isazu realizes this.
You mean he has kept it a secret?
You said the timing was terrible. What did you mean by that?
Thanks for this useful information.
Tell me if you find anything else.
Hey!
Hori, tell all the companies with facilities in AMBREC
that the government is looking into how to end this situation.
This will heavily impact
the integrity of samples still in the Area.
That's all. It's urgent!
- Close! - Close!
Tachibana!
Like I thought, attacks on the Matter affect her pain receptors.
I'll get painkillers.
Kanzaki!
Tachibana!
"HOSPITAL DIRECTOR"
It looks like Dr. Isazu won't be visiting you again today.
It can't be helped.
He's the hospital's top-ranking person, after all.
You must be lonely, Yuzuha.
The track on the new rail system ahead is blocked by the Matter.
The Beetle can't pass.
Proceed along the valley floor. Be on high alert!
Thank you, Shinoyama,.
Thank you for convincing the Divers.
It wasn't me.
You should be thanking Sagami.
The others only went along because of what he said.
Don't make that face.
They're a great team.
And Shiraishi and I know the importance of this mission.
There's a purpose to what we're doing.
My old workplace.
We can find chemicals for our cartridges here.
This place is incredible! You worked here, Seri?
Sagami and Minase,
I want you on patrol.
We'll stand guard outside.
I'll just get irritated in here, anyway.
Come on! Let's take a break, Haruka!
Everyone is upset.
It's not your fault, Aiko.
They've protected you so far.
But...
In order to protect my team, I'll kill you two myself.
Let's trust them.
What?
Kanzaki.
- Kurose. - Is everyone all right?
Yes. Do you have any news?
I have two things. First,
the Matter's activity is linked to the brainwaves of Yuzuha Isazu,
who's hospitalized in a coma.
Yuzuha?
Do you know something about it?
No.
I wonder if it has become active.
What's "it"?
Did something happen to Yuzuha after her accident
when Isazu entrusted her to you?
What else?
Hey!
What else?
Try to stay calm.
Dr. Kiryu has died.
What? Dr. Kiryu is dead?
Naturally, the new director is Isazu.
Hey! Are you listening?
Yuzuha, it's Dad.
I'm sorry. You must have been lonely.
I've found a wonderful treasure.
Records from Duplicate Unit One,
the first human body made from artificial organisms.
Damn it! What's with all this activity?
I told you we shouldn't move at night!
Tough luck! Just deal with it!
Stay alert! Don't let them surround us!
These things don't move like the rest!
Kanzaki, your aim's not steady. What's wrong?
It's nothing!
Everyone...
What the hell is that?
A human form! But we've never seen one so big.
What? A human form?
That must be the cause of all this activity!
Shino!
We can't retreat!
We need to drop K4's Guillotine right away!
Top priority! Get a sample of this human form Matter!
Attack from both sides!
Okay.
- Forward! - Wilco!
You must be curious about it, Yuzuha.
Well, you see,
it was information I found on Dr. Kiryu's computer.
There were detailed records of the first duplicate body
that Dr. Kiryu created.
It was a few months before Aiko Tachibana's duplicate body,
"AIKO TACHIBANA"
Unit Two was made.
Haruka, behind you!
Sagami?
It's coming after our light.
Use the girl's power!
You don't need to tell me!
Shinoyama, the arm!
- Where is it? - Right above you!
What?
I got a sample of the human form Matter!
Sending data now!
All right!
Data received!
Evidence, Oscar 21 Gamma!
My firepower's down. Cover me!
Are you okay, Aiko?
Yes.
I didn't sense that human form Matter, and I don't sense its pain.
Why?
A few years after Unit One was made,
the original human died with his family while he was still very young.
"Airport Shooting Leaves 24 Dead, 9 Japanese"
The duplicate body should have been destroyed at that time.
We were only allowed to have copies as long as they could help the original.
But it was not destroyed,
and continued to live and grow.
"Duplicate bodies aren't human,
so it's not a human experiment."
That's what it said.
That's absurd.
While they knew it could be inhabited with a spirit,
they treated it like a piece of meat.
Such arrogance!
And even more astonishing,
Unit One was lent out to another research lab,
as if it were a guinea pig.
It was Yura who borrowed it.
Toshihide Yura.
It was when he listened to you playing your violin so well.
The cartridges are ready.
I'm sending two packs!
It's Matter!
How did it get through the Beetle's armor?
Aiko! Get back to the rear seats!
The heavy laser is overloading!
Damn! I can't stop it!
Evacuate! Hurry!
- Tachibana! - Okay!
Shinoyama...
Daisuke?
Daisuke!
Shinoyama!
Shino!
Hang on!
Maho...
Deliver...the cartridges.
Break through, and drop the Guillotine.
I'll fix you up now!
Forget it.
Don't stop. Keep moving.
Daisuke...
There's a purpose to what we're doing.
Shino!
What are you doing! Run!
Daisuke! Daisuke!
Daisuke!
Pull it together! We have to deliver these!
We can't let this end here!
Hurry!
Tachibana...
- What the...? - Seriously?
What?
Stop! Your body can't take it!
Kanzaki!
I'll deliver the cartridges to the team!
Go to the Guillotine with Aiko and protect her!
Let's go, Tachibana!
It's impossible to stop that giant one!
Distract it by hitting its head,
then hit its base to slow it down!
- Let's go! - Wilco!
Right now, AMBREC is in a terrible state.
Kanzaki! Aiko! This way!
Tachibana! Tachibana!
- Now! - Now!
The Burst, you see,
it is what killed Yura.
Are you sad? Maybe you are.
But...
the autopsy was performed by his boss, Kurose.
The same day Yura's death was confirmed, Kurose performed a top-secret surgery.
Also...
on the same day, records from Duplicate Unit One were deleted.
I'm sorry, Shinoyama.
I'm so sorry!
Hey, doesn't this affect you at all?
Shinoyama died protecting you!
This is as far as you go, Kanzaki.
Remember what I said? I would do this to protect my team.
You think this mission can stop the Burst?
There's no proof it can.
but Shino bet his life that it could,
and died for it!
Pay for it with your life!
If there were proof,
there'd be no point in betting on it.
What? How dare you insult Shino!
Even without any proof,
Shinoyama believed my story.
He believed in me.
I will never go back!
I will get to Primary Point,
and prove that there is a real purpose to this mission!
Yura's death...
and the deletion of the duplicate body's records...
These two events occurred at the hands of Kurose,
and they are closely connected.
"TOSHIHIDE YURA"
Toshihide Yura lives...
"ARTIFICIAL CREATURE DUPLICATION CULTURE TANK"
as Duplicate Unit One Yuya Kanzaki.
"EPISODE 8" "WAY"
Subtitle translation by Brian Athey