I just followed those two from Berühren here, but ran into a nostalgic face.
Long time no see, Kronen.
We went through the same training together once, with our hatred for Extendeds...
But here we are on completely different sides.
Is your car still the only thing in your heart?
My job is to eliminate all criminal Extendeds.
I have nothing to say to a terrorist.
But... Well, you're a different story.
I have to take responsibility for an embarrassing fellow pupil.
Imprisoning Binds
You better close the distance if you plan to take me down.
I have the advantage at this distance.
You've only focused on slaughtering Extendeds until now.
You don't even know the trigger points for regular humans, do you?
You already know that you'll lose if I close in on you.
But you only took your shots when I got close.
In other words, you should be low on needles.
I'm finally getting results.
That's why I can't let you catch me in a place like this.
Do you really have the time to play around with me, Kronen?
Was that Inui just now?
I have to save Juzo.
Save him? That guy?!
That's right...
Kunugi. I let the bastard escape.
He's me.
The me that was just a tool that didn't know the meaning of my choices.
That's why...
I'm going to abandon this mission.
A soldier shouldn't kill his own comrades.
You're not my tool... much less the tool of the command center.
You decide what you want to do, Juzo.
I'm just a gun.
I only exist to follow orders and take down enemies.
I see.
Well, I guess that's your choice, partner.
That's why I can't lose against him.
Protective smokescreen dispersed.
Vertebral coupling bay. TH05 changed to 07.
Converting configuration to subjugation mode.
I hate you.
Pepper only needs me.
But if Pepper really wants you...
...I'll defeat you and make you bow down to Pepper,
even if it means destroying an entire city!
This is...
We are currently at the End of War Commemoration Park.
It seems the stadium is being heavily damaged from a renegade Over-Extended.
Hey, now. Do you think that it could be Juzo?
Please evacuate immediately if you are near the park or neighborhood. I repeat...
Juzo...
In order to respond to any situation of the war independently,
structurally compressed vertebral coupling bays known as the Devil's Backbone were installed.
The control device and key to those bays are Hands.
You and Seven.
This is the difference between a Gun Slave Unit with and without a shooter.
I feel like you and I can complete one another.
So become mine, Juzo.
You decide what you want to do, Juzo.
What the hell's wrong with you?!
What are you trying to protect, to go this far?!
You're definitely going to die at this rate!
You should toss aside intangible things like policies!
Even if you end up showing your disgraceful side!
Not wanting to die is what it means to be human!
I don't have anything like that!
I don't have anything that I'd give up my own life to protect.
If I open you up...
...will I get my hands on something like that?
The results aren't very satisfactory on an irregular like him.
If you're going to do it, hurry up.
The reason Harmony is special is because it can hack into the sub-brain.
The hacking abilities of Harmony is needed to remove that limiter so Device 13
can fight evenly against Seven.
If I use Harmony...
Don't you ever think of using Harmony on me again!
I'm sure Juzo will be mad.
What's important is what you'll choose once you find out.
You obtained a chance to make a choice.
You get to decide your own worth.
Even so, I...
I want to save Juzo!
This... This must be the reason Berühren is chasing him down!
This is...
That's my trigger.
The trigger that the higher ups and that guy used to always pull.
I don't have any memories of when I was still flesh and blood.
The only me that I know is me as a soldier through and through.
This is...
You're using something that looks so unstylish again.
I heard that there are various daily goods with sedatives mixed in for Extendeds now.
Like cigarettes, for example.
These were distributed by the military.
It's not like I chose what to use.
You never change.
You know what our mission is this time.
We are supposed to eliminate Five and ten other Gun Slave Units as well as
three Hands that are going against the disposal order.
Our targets have barricaded themselves inside the church in the town of Tabal.
The small town is surrounded by soldiers,
but they won't engage in combat.
You're the only one who will fight against the targets, Juzo.
Your battle program will be active for 48 hours.
Take care of everything in that time.
This'll be the last time I pull this trigger.
But don't forget, I'm always behind you.
Do you really understand what will happen if you abandon this mission?
Listen, partner.
That's what makes it such a stylish move.
Juzo's memories?
That's why I didn't know how to be anything other than a soldier.
I thought you'd come soon.
Now don't be so hasty, Device 13.
I'm tha only one here.
I'm device 12. I go by Twelve.
I was thinkin' of talking with you.
The last Hands that was helpin' us just took his last breath.
Four Gun Slave Units have already fallen, too.
Our leader, Five, can't move half of his body anymore.
Without a Hands, we can't even patch ourselves up with the Devil's Backbone.
Everyone's beat up now.
We don't got the strength to break through the soldiers.
We're soldiers at heart.
We ain't afraid of dying.
It's just... we finally made it through that war.
It doesn't hurt to enjoy life a little.
Why don't you come with us, Device 13?
We're all numbered comrades.
On top of that, no one else has faces like ours.
We could even call ourselves brothers.
I'm... different from all of you.
I heard you got a different setting from the rest of us.
That's probably why they sent a guy like you to deal with us.
Ya know, though...
That's even more of a reason that you gotta make a decision.
How you'll live.
That decision.
When your life comes to an end, it'll be how you measure your worth.
Come with us, Device 13!
This is the last of the sedatives.
Can't be helped if you want to be a tool until the very end.
But you know I can't let you go to my comrades.
Regenguss Faust.
I, Twelve, will take your life faster than the speed of lightning!
Southwest of the town.
There's an underground transportation route left by construction.
The military doesn't know it exists.
You're telling me there's a way out?
Come on, we're almost there.
Just a bit further everyone.
But, really...
Is that guy trustworthy?
It won't be funny if we're surrounded the second we step outside.
No worries, Five.
The moment we make it outta here will be the moment of our birth as humans.
We're gonna be kids with bodies like these?!
The stronger the baby, the better!
We really made it out...
Looks like it's time for us to say, "Babuu."
What do you plan to do now?
Well, our faces stand out a lot.
We'll have to lay low for a while.
What? Time'll take care of everything.
I just wish that shackled man...
...has a peaceful end.
I see, that's you're answer, huh?
Confirming elimination of targets.
Terminating battle mode.
Looks like he baited them so he could get them all at once.
Even though they're comrades... I can't believe it.
He's just like he looks, a lunatic Extended.
We're all numbered comrades.
We could even call ourselves brothers.
Shutdown of Device 5 confirmed.
Heavily damaged devices 2 and 9 have been collected.
Roger. Mission accomplished.
Time to fall back.
What are you doing? Hurry up.
Don't forget, I'm always behind you.
I'm... I...
Well, I guess that's your choice.
You're wrong.
Are you still being loyal to the one who abandoned you?
That ain't it.
That was the moment I realized it for the first time.
The fact that I never made a decision until now.
I pushed all the decision making onto him ...
And, no matter who was pulling the trigger,
everything that seemed like the doings of someone else...
...was actually all done by me!
Why have things come to this?!
Are they planning on startin' another war?
Is this the orders of your owners?
There's no way to save him anymore.
It's my turn now, Juzo.
NO GUNS LIFE . Episode 23. "Trigger Again."