Beatless (2018) s01e06 Episode Script

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Why did you come?
To save you, obviously.
Are you stupid?
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.
EVER SINCE OUR CONTRACT BEGAN
I CONSIDER YOU AS FAMILY,
EVEN IF YOU'RE A TOOL.
I am a tool.
I am incapable of taking responsibility.
Therefore, you must take responsibility.
Do you trust me?
I do.
Arato Endo, I request that you become my owner.
That's a really big decision to make so quickly.
You don't know anything about me.
And you said you trusted me,
even without knowing me.
Okay.
Arato, where have you? What?
I am Lacia. It is a pleasure to meet you.
Oh, no. My brother just bought a girl.
Don't put it like that. I didn't buy her,
I picked her up.
That's even worse!
I'm so sorry, I will reprimand my brother!
-I'm pretty sure it's his first offense.
-I am an hIE.
There has been no crime.
I did not have an owner, so he graciously adopted me.
Really?
So I was wondering if it would be okay
if Ms. Lacia could stay with us.
That's fine.
LACIA COMPLETELY CHANGED OUR LIVES.
These must be your friends, owner.
I guess this explains why you haven't been
hanging out with us lately.
This is clearly not a regular unit.
Please ask her for her registration number.
Lacia, do you know your registration number?
My registration number is
LSLX-22S99176LF.
LSLX? That's Stylus' top-end model!
This is a luxury model.
RYO HAS HIS SUSPICIONS OF
MEMEFRAME'S NEWEST HIE.
"Yuka Endo."
"The hIE, Lacia, that you have nominated
has been selected the Grand Prix winner
of our hIE modeling audition."
Grand Prix! Isn't that awesome?
Yuka! Take a seat there!
I'm already sitting.
"Fabion Media Group, Project Department."
I'm Asuna Kisaragi.
This is our hIE, Kasumi.
A mysterious hIE model?
Yes. Lacia will target high-school girls
and young women in their early 20s.
But I think a luxury model from Stylus
would be difficult to garner understanding.
So instead you hide the information.
Oh, that reminds me. I saw the signature and wanted
to ask if your father is really Professor Endo.
The pioneer of hIE technology who developed
the autonomous systems Matsuri and Mikoto.
You're well-informed.
Lacia isn't one of Professor Endo's creations?
No.
MY FATHER, KOZO ENDO, IS RARELY HOME
BEING BUSY WITH HIS RESEARCH IN HIE AND AI.
-Owner, do you see me?
-Yeah.
What was that?
You don't know what an analog hack is?
-What did you say?
-An analog hack!
Because hIEs look human,
they can create security holes in a person's
subconscious.
We used them to hack society itself
by spontaneously moving people.
AND LACIA BEGINS TO ANALOG HACK ME.
Ever since my job in Shibuya,
it appears you are having certain thoughts about me.
I don't know how to fix this either.
For the next five minutes,
I will change the way I communicate with you.
You can let me take care of you, Mr. Arato.
How do I let you do that?
Well, why don't you lay your head on my lap,
and we can think about it.
That's a little
Let-- Let me think about it.
Arato, help!
-What?
-It's Ms. Lacia
-Ms. Lacia got hit by some weird car!
-What?
Then some stranger picked her up and took her away!
As hIEs are considered to be property,
these cases get treated as thefts, not kidnappings.
More importantly, was your family member injured?
IS LACIA JUST A TOOL?
That's just a tool for humans.
What's the point of helping a tool?
What? I mean, considering their cost,
I'd understand thinking it's a waste.
-What is going on?
-Why are you calling so early?
I need your help.
-You should stop tracking them.
-Ryo!
The culprit went through all this trouble
to steal an hIE.
You don't know what he'll do.
He's right!
Besides, you just found her on the street.
-Is it really worth the danger--?
-Still!
I want to save Lacia.
LACIA IS MY FAMILY.
SHE WAS KIDNAPPED, NOT STOLEN.
I'll try tracking the signature code
I got from before, but
Thanks.
I imagine criminals of this nature
probably mask the signature code.
-What? I have a hit.
-Where is it?
It's moving from Kasai to Urayasu.
Nice, that's lucky!
It looks like the thieves are going to cross the bridge
and head east.
You should catch them if you cross this bridge.
All right!
Arato, there's something I'd like to check with you.
You said your hIE was carrying a large device with her.
Where is that now?
In our living room.
Can you check your security camera?
Yeah, I'll open our home system.
That's weird.
I swear it was in the living room.
What?
Arato, I'm just exploring the possibility,
but could your hIE be a Red Box?
What?
Are you talking about the technological marvels
created by a highly intelligent AI system?
Don't be ridiculous.
Why would something like that be--?
Just look at this situation.
At first, there were no leads.
But in just a few minutes, we've tracked down
the criminals as if we were guided by someone.
Are you saying Lacia is doing it?
I did some digging.
You saw the news about the explosion at my family's
Memeframe Tokyo research facility, right?
Apparently, they called a PMC too.
You mean a private military company.
That doesn't mean Lacia had anything to do--
It was the same day.
-The timeline fits too.
-What?
The explosion at the Tokyo research facility,
the flower petals that control machines
you said you ran into,
and the device that suddenly disappeared
from your home.
Helping someone isn't easy, is it?
That's not a person!
Lacia wants me to come.
So I have to go as her owner.
I WILL DEFINITELY SAVE LACIA.
Lacia!
DID LACIA GUIDE ME HERE?
Could your hIE be a Red Box?
Lacia.
What the hell are you?
Stop, that's enough!
He is dangerous. He should be eliminated.
Stop! I can't let you become a killer!
He crashed his vehicle into me,
knowingly putting Ms. Yuka in danger.
Even if he is arrested, I have determined
there is a high chance he will commit a crime again.
Stay away!
As my owner,
please give me your order.
Red Box Red Box
MY ONE JOB AS AN OWNER IS TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TOOL'S ACTIONS.
No, what you're doing isn't my will!
What are you asking me to become?
It's been a long time.
Dear sister!
I am a Lacia-class hIE
Type-001, Kouka.
I am my dear sister's first younger sister!
Lacia!
Why are you doing this?
You fail.
We simply automate the execution
of our owner's will.
If a tool is only worthless
it's because they're being used trivially!
It's time you figure it out, Mr. Owner.
What are you planning on using my dear sister for?
You said you trusted me.
So that must mean you also trust my actions,
does it not?
I guess so.
If you trust me, how do you plan to use me?
I DON'T WANT TO USE YOU. YOU ARE
In order to fight Kouka,
I must have my device unlocked.
You're asking me to take responsibility again?
I believe that you will meet my expectations.
You believe in me?
Lacia, fight with me!
Unlocking the device.
Any further orders and actions by you
will be submitted to the courts.
That's fine, do it!
Dear sister, this time I'm not going to hold back.
If you hold back, your owner will die!
Meta material barrier constructed.
Activating Flash Maze.
Wow! That's the first time I've seen that ability!
Switching to mass propellant mode.
Wait-- Wait!
Dear sister,
if I were to compare it to a human emotion,
I would say I love you.
What does she mean she loves you?
I thought you didn't have souls.
Let us go home, Mr. Arato.
Every day?
Every night this past week.
Did he start stalking some
hIE idol group or something?
My brother doesn't like hIEs.
-I'm sure there are things he doesn't want to share.
-But
Well, my brother
will talk to me about anything.
Kengo isn't a child.
He needs some time to himself.
You think so?
You might be siblings, but he's his own person.
I see.
You're looking to enroll into a university
with a pseudo-human engineering program.
Yes, and I figure there isn't anybody in the world
in a better position than me.
That's true.
But I'm relieved.
About what?
You used to come to the lab a lot when you were little.
But then that accident happened
You're right.
Speaking of accidents,
you worked at the Tokyo research facility,
didn't you, Mr. Shinohara?
Yes, thanks to that accidental explosion,
I've been freeloading at headquarters.
That was the center in charge of the regular
hIE behavior management cloud updates, wasn't it?
All equipment was lost in the explosion,
but the service didn't go down at all.
We must have a very solid system in place.
We learned our lesson from the disaster
that happened last century,
but we developed a hardware that could physically
evacuate the servers.
And you know how?
With its legs.
My brother's machines are a little
too complicated for me.
Using a machine for technologically-adverse people
is another service an hIE provides.
Even though his family is asking,
I don't feel right snooping.
I will now crack the password.
It seems it is involved with the antibody network.
They isolated lone hIEs
and destroyed them while avoiding law enforcement.
And those people kidnapped Kengo?
He is also an assailant,
a member of the antibody network.
KENGO WAS THREATENED BY KOUKA.
HE ACTIVATED THE ANTIBODY NETWORK'S SYSTEM
FOR PERSONAL USE TO FIND LACIA.
Your jobs are to run up to the 22nd floor
of this building,
and then destroy the hIE being tested
in the conference room, code named: Mikoto.
NOW IT'S MY TURN TO HELP KENGO.
Unlocking electronic warfare mode.
Altering data in the building's system.
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?
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?
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!
If I'm just able to destroy my target Mikoto,
I'll be able to go home!
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?
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.
Lacia, put out the fire in the assembly!
Are you certain? It will require you to take
responsibility for my actions.
Fine!
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT AN ISSUE ANYMORE.
PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE.
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
Heavy, isn't it?
Yeah.
But this is the weight of my friend's life!
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.
IS SHE A THING OR A HUMAN?
I'M SO NAIVE.
The pieces on this board game have no freedom.
But who had decided
we could not pursue this freedom?
To escape from the hands
of emotionless players of the game,
humans and technology both strive, fight,
and continue to clash.
Next episode, "Higgin's Village."
It's as if I'm on sale.