1. Sorry for waking all of you up so suddenly.Copy !req
2. But right now, I need your help.Copy !req
3. Find out where Konoha went.Copy !req
4. I'm counting on all of you.Copy !req
5. You found her?Copy !req
6. Where is she?Copy !req
7. Akihabara Stadium!Copy !req
8. 16bit Sensation:
Another LayerCopy !req
9. 16bit Sensation:
Another LayerCopy !req
10. Akihabara Stadium...Copy !req
11. The car that abducted Konoha
was seen coming here.Copy !req
12. That van...Copy !req
13. Who are those people?Copy !req
14. Going by their outfits and gear, they
don't look like regular security.Copy !req
15. What are these guys doing
at a construction site?Copy !req
16. What's going on here?Copy !req
17. What's Konoha gotten herself into?Copy !req
18. I don't know why they kidnapped
her, or where she is now.Copy !req
19. I can't just waltz in
through the front door.Copy !req
20. Now what, then?Copy !req
21. That's right.Copy !req
22. On top of constructing the stadium,Copy !req
23. there was one other
project that got put on hold.Copy !req
24. If that's still around, that can get me
part of the way there.Copy !req
25. Th-There are...Copy !req
26. There are people trapped inside!Copy !req
27. What is this place?Copy !req
28. None of this makes any sense!Copy !req
29. A robot?Copy !req
30. Th-That scared me...Copy !req
31. For crying out loud!Copy !req
32. The way forward is...Copy !req
33. That door, huh?Copy !req
34. The security at the Akihabara underground
market is as lax as ever.Copy !req
35. I can make do with this.Copy !req
36. Thanks for your hard work!Copy !req
37. As a kid, I cracked copy protection
schemes on games all the time.Copy !req
38. Burn hole protection, long track
protection, and CRC protection.Copy !req
39. You could even say that part was
more fun than the actual games.Copy !req
40. And now that I'm older, this time,
I'm hacking my way into Akiba.Copy !req
41. I swear.Copy !req
42. I haven't changed, even as an adult.Copy !req
43. No, perhaps I was never
an adult to begin with.Copy !req
44. This town is like a giant playground for me.Copy !req
45. Even after all these decades.Copy !req
46. Now then, for this type
of card key reader...Copy !req
47. Looks like it's time to use this.Copy !req
48. All right!Copy !req
49. No one's gotten in my way so far...Copy !req
50. But that's about to change here.Copy !req
51. The abandoned site of the
Joban New Line project.Copy !req
52. It was supposed to be a railway line to
connect to Tokyo, from Tsukuba to Akihabara.Copy !req
53. But they made a last-minute decision
not to run the line through Akihabara.Copy !req
54. Construction of the train
station was halted,Copy !req
55. and in its place, they built the radio
tower that is Akihabara Sky Tower.Copy !req
56. Could there have been a timeline
where this line ended up opening?Copy !req
57. If I climb up here...Copy !req
58. What now?Copy !req
59. A rat?Copy !req
60. What?Copy !req
61. Is someone there?Copy !req
62. Wh-What's that music?Copy !req
63. Over there!Copy !req
64. Another busy day running around in circles~Copy !req
65. I don't mind, I'm used to it by now~Copy !req
66. Halt!Copy !req
67. Th-They stopped.Copy !req
68. O-Onee-sama?Copy !req
69. Is that really you, Onee-sama?Copy !req
70. You look exactly the same as back then.Copy !req
71. But how?Copy !req
72. Toya-chan!Copy !req
73. Don't come any closer!Copy !req
74. I-I'm sorry.Copy !req
75. I-It's fine.Copy !req
76. Anyway, Toya-chan, what is this place?Copy !req
77. There's a ton of people trapped here!Copy !req
78. Toya-chan?Copy !req
79. Welcome to Planet Games.Copy !req
80. Konoha Akisato-sama.Copy !req
81. Oh, what a surprise.Copy !req
82. Just how old are you, Original Cuu?Copy !req
83. The genius creator behind The Last Waltz!Copy !req
84. You should be close to 50 years old,
but you look like a young girl!Copy !req
85. I see, I see...Copy !req
86. You truly are an extraordinary being!Copy !req
87. The perfect fit for this place!Copy !req
88. Wh-Who in the world are you?Copy !req
89. Take me back to Akiba!Copy !req
90. And what's the deal with this place?Copy !req
91. Oh, I do apologize, Ms. Konoha.Copy !req
92. My name is Glenn Faulkner.Copy !req
93. I'm the CEO of Planet Games Japan.Copy !req
94. And Ms. Konoha, you happen to find
yourself in our development room.Copy !req
95. D-Development room?Copy !req
96. You mean for developing video games?Copy !req
97. B-But...Copy !req
98. I don't see any desks, or even a computer!Copy !req
99. S-So what are these people doing, then?Copy !req
100. They're trapped in these weird tanks!Copy !req
101. Why, they're working for us, of course.Copy !req
102. You could say that they're something
like sustenance for our CI.Copy !req
103. C-CI? Sustenance?Copy !req
104. Cybernetic intelligence.Copy !req
105. Our company's glorious integrated
entertainment development system.Copy !req
106. Ms. Konoha.Copy !req
107. I'll be open with you and
tell you everything.Copy !req
108. As you know, AI has surpassed
humanity in the past few years,Copy !req
109. and all creative matters
have been left to AI.Copy !req
110. At first, there were no problems with that.Copy !req
111. A game that would take humans several years
could be finished by AI in a single day!Copy !req
112. A bright new future was upon us!Copy !req
113. Boo!Copy !req
114. However, it wasn't long
before we reached a limit.Copy !req
115. The things AI create end up
pretty much all being the same.Copy !req
116. AI are completely lacking in anything
like imagination or spontaneity.Copy !req
117. And so, the quality of a game ends up
depending yet again on time and money spent.Copy !req
118. Game development goes right back
to becoming a numbers game.Copy !req
119. But then we came up with an idea.Copy !req
120. It was time once again for
humans to be put to work.Copy !req
121. This CI is hooked up to 200 people.Copy !req
122. All of them were originally
creative professionals.Copy !req
123. What?Copy !req
124. By connecting their brains and
neural networks to computers,Copy !req
125. the CI becomes able to consult
human sensibilities,Copy !req
126. to create completely original games,Copy !req
127. the likes of which no one has seen before.Copy !req
128. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.Copy !req
129. These people do a great
deal of work for the CI.Copy !req
130. With compensation, of course.Copy !req
131. AI used to assist human beings.Copy !req
132. Now it's the other way around.Copy !req
133. That's all there is to it.Copy !req
134. It's not a bad deal for these folks, either.Copy !req
135. The CI get to make use of their talent,Copy !req
136. without any of it going to waste.Copy !req
137. S-Still!Copy !req
138. Say what you will, but
this is way too cruel!Copy !req
139. Ms. Konoha.Copy !req
140. That talent of yours...Copy !req
141. We're the ones who can utilize it 100%.Copy !req
142. I promise we won't put those
phenomenal gifts of yours to waste.Copy !req
143. Okay, let us proceed, Ms. Toya!Copy !req
144. Onee-sama.Copy !req
145. Please enter this CI.Copy !req
146. Starting today, you'll be...Copy !req
147. hooked up to this system!Copy !req
148. It feels different here than it did earlier.Copy !req
149. Where could Konoha be?Copy !req
150. Cuu... Cuu...Copy !req
151. What's the deal with him?Copy !req
152. Doesn't look like he's dead.Copy !req
153. Cuu... Cuu...Copy !req
154. Cuu... Cuu...Copy !req
155. Cuu... Cuu...Copy !req
156. Wait, is this a debug room?Copy !req
157. But look at them...Copy !req
158. They're practically zombies!Copy !req
159. Based on the personnel
upstairs and down here,Copy !req
160. we're not dealing with
anyone ordinary here.Copy !req
161. Konoha... Is she all right?Copy !req
162. I don't wanna!Copy !req
163. Onee-sama.Copy !req
164. You won't be in any pain
when you enter the CI.Copy !req
165. You'll just be spending time
in a tank for a while.Copy !req
166. That's all.Copy !req
167. N-No!Copy !req
168. No, I don't wanna!Copy !req
169. Toya-chan, you've completely changed!Copy !req
170. What's gotten into you?Copy !req
171. It's been over twenty years since then.Copy !req
172. To save my company, to survive...Copy !req
173. I needed to accept this merger.Copy !req
174. If I didn't, my company
would have gone under!Copy !req
175. But as a result, I ended
up getting you involved.Copy !req
176. Toya-chan...Copy !req
177. You've...Copy !req
178. You've always been my idol.Copy !req
179. I still look up to you to this day!Copy !req
180. Creating such an incredible
game and changing the world!Copy !req
181. I wanted to be just like you!Copy !req
182. But I couldn't do it.Copy !req
183. Th-That's not true!Copy !req
184. Toya-chan, you're amazing!Copy !req
185. You started your own company!Copy !req
186. Y-You're way, way more
incredible than I ever was!Copy !req
187. Really... Really!Copy !req
188. I'm not...Copy !req
189. I'm not a genius like you are.Copy !req
190. But I have my employees,Copy !req
191. and fans with expectations,Copy !req
192. so I need to keep on creating games!Copy !req
193. So... Onee-sama...Copy !req
194. I'm sorry.Copy !req
195. I'm sorry...Copy !req
196. Toya-chan...Copy !req
197. P-Please don't cry.Copy !req
198. I'm... I'm not...Copy !req
199. Onee-sama?Copy !req
200. I'm sorry!Copy !req
201. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!Copy !req
202. The truth is that I'm no genius!Copy !req
203. I'm nothing but ordinary!Copy !req
204. And yet... And yet...Copy !req
205. It's my fault that the Akiba I love is gone!Copy !req
206. That the games I love are gone!Copy !req
207. Even the bishojo I love are gone!Copy !req
208. And worst of all, I was
causing you so much pain...Copy !req
209. I hate this world, and
this way of making games!Copy !req
210. Onee-sama...Copy !req
211. I have a lot to thank computers for!Copy !req
212. I mean, it's thanks to my computer
that I became a good artist!Copy !req
213. It may not be that impressive
to anyone else,Copy !req
214. but I learned to make art
that I thought was amazingCopy !req
215. because of computers and
the programs on there!Copy !req
216. But if this is where that leads us,
then to Hell with computers!Copy !req
217. There's no joy to be had making
games in a world like this!Copy !req
218. I'll make sure I rewrite it!Copy !req
219. I'll make sure I completely
overwrite such a world!Copy !req
220. I'll... I'll...Copy !req
221. create a game to make everyone happy!Copy !req
222. O-Onee-sama...Copy !req
223. Goodness gracious.Copy !req
224. I have places to be, you know.Copy !req
225. I think that's enough catching up.Copy !req
226. Please make up your mind, Ms. Toya.Copy !req
227. If you refuse, then I'll take
matters into my own hands.Copy !req
228. I'll give you three seconds.Copy !req
229. Three.Copy !req
230. Two.Copy !req
231. One.Copy !req
232. Konoha!Copy !req
233. That voice...Copy !req
234. Mamoru-kun!Copy !req
235. M-Mamoru-kun?Copy !req
236. What are you doing here?Copy !req
237. I'll explain later!Copy !req
238. Right now, just run!Copy !req
239. O-Okay!Copy !req
240. Damn it!Copy !req
241. What happened?Copy !req
242. Ah! They're getting away!Copy !req
243. What are you doing?Copy !req
244. After them!Copy !req
245. Please let them go!Copy !req
246. Keep your hands off them!Copy !req
247. Don't be ridiculous!Copy !req
248. So be it.Copy !req
249. I'll just assume command directly.Copy !req
250. Mamoru-kun, you came to rescue me?Copy !req
251. I-I'm not very athletic!Copy !req
252. Besides, do you know how old I am?Copy !req
253. I said I would help you, but
I never agreed to all this!Copy !req
254. I swear!Copy !req
255. Sorry!Copy !req
256. The robots from before!Copy !req
257. Don't worry about them.Copy !req
258. What?Copy !req
259. Huh?Copy !req
260. They're on our side now.Copy !req
261. Our side?Copy !req
262. Yeah.Copy !req
263. I've hacked them to link them up
to the PC-98s in the warehouse.Copy !req
264. What?Copy !req
265. I've said it countless times:Copy !req
266. nothing can beat the PC-98!Copy !req
267. I see them! There!Copy !req
268. Geez, wasting our time like that...Copy !req
269. Return to the lab!Copy !req
270. Wh-Wh-Wh-What now, Mamoru-kun?Copy !req
271. What?Copy !req
272. What?Copy !req
273. H-Hey, look!Copy !req
274. Return fire!Copy !req
275. D-Don't shoot!Copy !req
276. I'm just an illustrator!Copy !req
277. This way!Copy !req
278. O-Okay!Copy !req
279. Open!Copy !req
280. Sesame!Copy !req
281. Wait up!Copy !req
282. Wh-What?Copy !req
283. The doors are closing.Copy !req
284. Cut the crap! Open up!Copy !req
285. I can't do that.Copy !req
286. Why not?Copy !req
287. Is your next game an
action game or something?Copy !req
288. I don't wanna make a game
full of dead ends like this!Copy !req
289. Found them!Copy !req
290. A flare?Copy !req
291. The hell is this?Copy !req
292. Trying to create a smokescreen?Copy !req
293. That's cute.Copy !req
294. Extinguishing fire.Copy !req
295. Mamoru-kun, what was that back there?Copy !req
296. I used a flare to set off the
fire extinguisher system.Copy !req
297. It should buy us some time.Copy !req
298. What are all of you idiots doing?Copy !req
299. How much time are you going to
waste capturing two people?Copy !req
300. Damn it!Copy !req
301. Mr. Glenn!Copy !req
302. What now?Copy !req
303. Targets have been spotted!Copy !req
304. They're heading to the
surface on the cargo lift!Copy !req
305. Cut the power to the lift!Copy !req
306. Shut down all systems other
than the CI and this room!Copy !req
307. Stop it already!Copy !req
308. Oh, it's just you.Copy !req
309. Hook me up to the CI!Copy !req
310. I'll take Onee-sama's place!Copy !req
311. And here I was wondering what you'd say.Copy !req
312. You, take her place?Copy !req
313. You'll never be fit to take her place.Copy !req
314. Beat it.Copy !req
315. Go and get out of my sight.Copy !req
316. Yes!Copy !req
317. We're almost there!Copy !req
318. Yeah, we are.Copy !req
319. It stopped...Copy !req
320. M-Mamoru-kun!Copy !req
321. The lift stopped moving!Copy !req
322. You sure have given us a
hard time, Original Cuu.Copy !req
323. But our game of cat and mouse ends here.Copy !req
324. You have nowhere to run.Copy !req
325. This is checkmate.Copy !req
326. I don't see the need to be civil anymore.Copy !req
327. You're getting in that CI, Konoha Akisato!Copy !req
328. Damn it!Copy !req
329. After we made it so far!Copy !req
330. Stop this already!Copy !req
331. Guards, bring both of them along.Copy !req
332. Yes, sir!Copy !req
333. Wh-What is that?Copy !req
334. H-Hey, look!Copy !req
335. What?Copy !req
336. U... U-U-U-U-U...Copy !req
337. UFO?Copy !req