Beatless (2018) s01e05 Episode Script

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While I have the device in sensory mode,
the amount of incoming data
surpasses my processing power.
Please hold my hand so that I may behave
appropriately.
Isn't this a little close?
Acting as your partner in this way
will lighten the burden.
Do you dislike this?
Well, if that's the case, then
Let's see if we're actually invisible.
All right!
Do you have any regrets?
There is a chance you will lose your life here.
I'll do my best to avoid that.
Kengo, you'd better be okay.
In order to protect sensitive information,
the building blocks outside electronic signals
for security reasons.
Which means hIEs that rely on a connection
to the cloud
and remote drones can't be brought in.
But the building can use them all they want.
However
That isn't a good reason
to send in live human beings
instead of drones!
It looks like you're starting to have fun!
-So, do you guys want to win?
-Yes!
Okay, I'll help you guys win!
-Yeah!
Humans being used as tools by an hIE.
It's a sick joke.
The escalator ends at this floor.
We'll have to take the stairs now.
I am very sorry.
We could have taken the elevator
if it weren't for my Black Monolith.
That's all right! Thanks to this invisibility,
things have been incredibly easy.
It's nice to walk around invisible, isn't it?
Are they still running the experiment
in the assembly room?
I heard they turned down the police helicopter.
Those people are crazy.
Just because they get threats every day,
they assume it'll happen again if they postpone.
You seem to be fully enjoying the perks
of being invisible.
Looks like Kengo and the others didn't go through here.
They wouldn't be able to come through the front
unless they were invisible.
That's true.
It seems there is fierce fighting happening over there.
If there are no guests or employees in the vicinity,
the security hIEs are able to use more lethal weapons.
-Is Kengo okay?
-Please be rest assured.
Kouka is fighting on their side.
That's not exactly comforting, but I'm okay with it
as long as it means nobody dies.
Mr. Arato.
The assembly room where they are conducting
the experiment is above us.
It is an atrium that takes up three floors.
The parliamentary seat is at the top,
and the security room is on the 25th floor.
That is where the research staff are.
So, we made it here before Kengo and the others?
Please wait.
Those are x-rays used for detecting dangerous devices.
I will falsify our information.
Please run through when I give the signal.
Okay.
Unlocking electronic warfare mode.
Altering data in the building's system.
-Did you hear about it?
-This is outrageous!
Shingu Defense has been completely useless!
It's infuriating!
Are we really safe here?
-This works in our favor. Let us go.
-Okay.
If an hIE chairman is deemed a threat
by the majority of society,
then I would propose a ban on hIE politicians
to the Diet myself.
If you claim that you cannot trust an AI
because you do not understand their logic,
could you not say the same of your fellow man?
But isn't it the politician's job to address their concerns
and gain the people's trust?
But the reality is that it complicates politics,
causing the current distrust in government.
That's the android politician Mikoto?
The one my father helped develop?
Kouka and her people are fighting on the 21st floor.
While this was not planned for the experiment,
I hope it's all right.
I am Shinguji, the one who provided
the security hIEs to this building.
Understood. Please ask your question.
hIE chairmen are not a new concept.
But they have yet to be actualized.
The project has always failed.
You understand why, don't you?
It is because hIE chairmen are unable to handle
the fluctuations in public opinion during an emergency.
If there is a large change in public opinion,
I would attempt to have the government respond in kind.
For example, if public opinion desires war,
then there would be a possibility
that I would adhere to the survey results
and take the nation down a foolish path.
I would take in a limitless supply
of the people's demands and grievances.
That is because hIE chairmen are a system
to preprocess human responses to society
for easier computer analysis.
The reason I am responding and asking questions
to the Diet,
is to make human demands and dissatisfactions
more easily understandable.
If the citizens are foolish,
then I will bring forth that foolishness for all to see.
And you do not view that as a flaw to the system?
hIE chairmen are being pushed because
of the low approval ratings of politicians.
Automation produces set results
without the need for qualified human individuals.
The reason for entrusting hIEs with human jobs
is because of the declining expectation
for human competence.
Automation is the process of creating
a manual for a task
and generating a mechanical cycle from it.
Since the 20th century, for over one hundred years,
automations of this nature have been practiced
in chain restaurants and retail franchises.
It is easier and more convenient to follow
clear procedures.
Can we really do this just for convenience?
Do you believe a fully-automatic world
is a boring one?
That, I
I'd like you to shut off the signal jammer!
It's preventing us from sending in our drones!
We cannot do that!
This facility handles very sensitive information!
Now, what do you think we should do?
Why don't you just charge in and destroy them all?
But then if they attack from the other side,
you're all dead.
-That's no reason to--
-What's this?
Hey, do you hear something?
A song?
If we don't need humans because it's simply a matter
of following procedures,
then there would be no reason for doubts or conflicts.
Yet, even now, there are those
who attack this experiment.
Currently at the Next Generation
Social Research Center,
simulations of a fully-automated metropolis
are being run--
-What was that?
-An explosion?
It's close!
What was that?
Flowers?
I think it's time.
What is this?
These are from that night.
The flowers that take control over machines!
I need to warn everyone to evacuate!
There is no need.
Units are already coming in to warn them.
Did it just crash into the building?
That's a news helicopter.
It looks like it fell pretty fast.
Security will be busy evacuating,
and won't be able to focus on defending our attack.
We're going to charge the assembly room
and destroy Mikoto!
Make sure you don't kill any humans, got it?
You are to only shoot what I tell you to.
Recite the antibody network's philosophy!
The antibody network protects human beings,
human society and human civilization!
Very good.
Please do not worry!
The antibody network will not shoot you!
-We are on humanity's side!
-Murderers! Get the police!
Shut up!
What are you doing threatening people?
What choice did I have?
What is happening?
Our main forces will attack.
The rear team will guide people to the stairs!
Let's go!
What are these flower petals?
I can't see our target.
The flowers started to grow!
Everyone just calm down.
Those flowers are harmless against humans.
They're only attracted to the communication devices,
and you can just brush them off.
Go, go!
I guess that's not powerful enough.
Kouka!
Come here.
Flower petals.
Is this what Endo was talking about?
That's incredible, Endo.
You had the time to make a contract with an hIE
in a situation like this?
Everyone, please stay calm
as you make your way to the exit.
-The experiment is canceled!
-Mikoto!
Yes, there's no mistake.
Everyone is flocking to it.
If I'm just able to destroy my target Mikoto,
I'll be able to go home!
This is all
the hIE's fault!
Yes, that's the spirit.
Mikoto!
Yes.
So, I was right.
You are Mikoto.
I am very sorry,
this is an emergency.
I must prioritize evacuating the people.
Please follow your instructions calmly!
Everyone has stopped thinking for themselves,
just doing what the machine tells them to!
Why don't you all wake up?
These human-shaped robots are trying to steal
our very essence!
Kengo, stop!
What?
The flower rain is limiting visibility.
We should take your friend now.
More!
Is something there?
Kengo!
Damn it, I have to take the helmet off.
At this rate, nothing will go smoothly.
If you remove the helmet,
there is a chance we will be attacked by both
Snowdrop and Kouka.
I'm doing it anyway!
Those flowers have killed the sprinklers
and fire alarm.
Everyone will be burned alive!
You came to help your friend,
not to stop the antibody network's terrorist attack.
We're way beyond that now.
Lacia, put out the fire in the assembly!
Are you certain? It will require you to take
responsibility for my actions.
Fine!
The fire's spread this much.
Snowdrop's micro-drones are made
from a flammable material.
As Snowdrop replenishes the drones,
Kouka continues to burn them.
-I'm going after Kengo!
-Mr. Arato.
You may have forgotten,
but you will die if you are shot.
I haven't forgotten.
Kengo!
Lacia?
Lacia is playing hide-and-seek!
Kengo!
-What do you want?
-Have you thought about becoming my owner?
It's your chance to cook her up.
-I'm
-Kengo!
-Endo?
-Don't let her fool you.
Remember what you're fighting for!
You must still believe in your cause!
Be quiet. Shut up.
Kengo?
You know what, Endo?
I actually hate you!
So, what is it going to be?
You want to be my master?
I am what you need,
a tool made to assist in defeating humans.
I respectfully decline.
I told you it would never happen.
My views will never change!
I just want all hIEs to disappear
from the face of the Earth!
Poor, Kouka. You just got rejected.
Look what I can do!
Please take cover!
Found you, Lacia!
What just happened?
It seems she caused the helicopter to explode.
What about Kengo?
Behind you!
Kengo!
Let go of me!
Kengo!
-Endo?
-You'd better not let go.
You'll die if you fall.
Why is your neck and body like that?
You're supposed to be happy now.
Just hold on, I'll
You'll only fall with me.
Heavy, isn't it?
Yeah.
But this is the weight of my friend's life!
Are you stupid?
Are you stupid?
I'm all full, so I'm going home.
Why did you come?
To save you, obviously.
Are you stupid?
Kengo, so you really do hate hIEs.
Obviously, I like human beings more.
You did well.
Thanks to you, everyone was able to evacuate to safety.
You all protected the human beings splendidly.
I'll leave the rest to you, dear sister.
Idiot.
I am what you need,
a tool made to assist in defeating humans.
I am a tool entrusted with progress.
I am a tool for expanding humanity.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
-Arato Endo, I request that you become my owner.
-I am a tool. I am incapable of taking responsibility.
-I accept!
-Therefore, you must take responsibility.
Do I live in the future?
Don't get involved?
I'm already her owner.
Ms. Lacia, you were really cool!
Are you talking about the technological marvels
created by a highly intelligent AI system?
These human-shaped robots are
trying to steal our very essence!
I am my dear sister's first younger sister!