NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 291 S's Decision

[However, the Moon Conference was just a cover.

It's ridiculous that I can't even find someone to take revenge on.

even,

N2, Adam, Eve, and mechanical life forms, they were just there by chance,

I have no reason to fight, and even less reason to obliterate them.

YoRHa team members, Adam and Eve, and even the so-called ultimate enemy behind the scenes, N2,

All became meaningless victims.

For the twisted seeds of revenge in my heart, I ignored the damage to my body and collected the key to enter the White Tower.

In the God's Box, I watched helplessly as Miss 21O, who was infected by the logic virus, was stabbed to death by A2 who came to save me...

The twin androids Divara and Popola also died because of me, just to fulfill my ridiculous idea of revenge.

I killed the infected YoRHa members in the giant tower, and killed dozens of 2B-type machines.

He tore apart several HO fighters with his bare hands and killed the YoRHa pilot who was infected with the virus.

Teamed up with A2 to kill the bipolar machine that called itself 'Laozi' and 'Confucius'.

Finally, I turned my knife to A2...

A2, the only one left among the four Unit-16s that were abandoned by the headquarters and were the last to land.

A2 is innocent and very kind-hearted.

Poor girl...

I know all this clearly.

She has only one goal in life, to stay alive and kill mechanical life forms until she dies.

In order to fulfill the promise she made to 2B when she was dying.

She let bygones be bygones and transferred the logic virus in my body to herself...】

My heart seemed to be pierced by something, as if there was a hole in it.

For a time,

Sadness, resentment, regret, unwillingness, desire... and other emotions surged from the bottom of my heart.

It gradually spread throughout his body and occupied his brain.

The skin all over the body felt as if it was being electrocuted, with waves of chills wandering and spreading across the skin.

My chest seemed to be blocked by something and I couldn't breathe smoothly.

He felt like a drowning fish, something grabbing his throat.

Can hardly breathe.

His feet began to become unstable, and with a thud, he fell to his knees.

My eyes were also red from holding back.

He clutched his neck tightly with both hands and opened his mouth wide.

at last,

He took a breath with great difficulty, and then began to gasp for breath.

for a long time,

It seemed that the only sound in this world was his heavy breathing.

slowly,

He straightened up and his expression returned to normal.

Staring at the ruins in the distance, his eyes gradually became firm.

He pointed his finger under the rubble and said quietly:

"Is there something I need in there?"

The voice just fell,

He took staggering steps, limping, over the rubble, through the collapsed steel forest,

Walk deeper into the ruins.

153 and 042 looked at each other and quickly followed.

"YorHa Unit 9S, please tell us the purpose of this operation."

"Rescue!"

"Save who?"

"Unit 2!"

"Which Unit 2?"

"Two Unit 2s."

"……learn!"

"Report: Inform YoRHa 9S that according to previous intelligence, the key data for reviving YoRHa A2 and 2B is stored on the server under the ruins of the White Tower. Also, there are key items for reviving them."

Assist 153 reported as follows.

"really!"

9S felt a glimmer of hope. His assumption was correct.

Since they were able to create a machine of the same model as 2B, the machine lifeforms must have stored YoRHa's data.

[Mechanical life forms are indeed not simple. ]

He felt relieved and asked seriously, "And then?"

"Report: Given that all satellite orbital bases have been destroyed and the YoRHa robot manufacturing factory has been lost, it is recommended to search for the body of YoRHa A2."

9S nodded slightly. He thought the same thing.

He made his way to the pile of rubble, carefully picking his way through the deadly steel bars and sharp metal fragments.

"It's here." He said lightly.

"Definitely. Several dozen meters below the ruins is where the signal from the YoRHa A2's black box was last detected," Pod 153 explained.

“When leaving the white tower, there was a huge explosion, the main structure of the tower was damaged, and A2’s body fell rapidly.

Eventually, her black box signal stopped 30 meters below the rubble and became weak.

Finally, it faded away.”

153S felt a chill in his heart as he listened to Pod 9's description.

"Gradually disappearing..."

He looked up at the sky, his mood became very heavy, he felt moisture in the corners of his eyes, and tears flowed silently.

It was as if I heard the sound of a broken heart.

His legs went limp and he knelt on the ground, in the rubble.

The sharp stones pierced the knees, and dense and tiny blood seeped out, soaking the dust and sticking firmly to the wound.

pain!

It hurts so much!

The severe pain in his heart made him collapse into the sharp rubble.

He held his chest tightly and tried to dig out the black box to relieve the pain.

"YoRha 9S..."

"Now...is not the time to regret..."

"Please stay... useful..."

"after all……"

The voices of Assist 042 and 153 came to my ears, and their tone was no longer cold.

Let yourself feel a little warmth.

[I still have things I have to do! ]

He told himself this.

My heart gradually became firmer and my body stopped shaking.

I can't die easily before things are successful!

9S started to move.

Using his only remaining right hand, he began to move stones, wood and concrete bit by bit.

He kept digging.

The gap opened up little by little, and the height of the ruins dropped little by little.

The two auxiliary machines did not just stand there and watch. Their two small mechanical arms continued to work, throwing the debris that 9S had dug out to the bottom of the hill.

There was a sound of rolling down.

The earth has long stopped rotating, and the sun is always in a fixed position in the southwest.

Without the alternation of day and night, there would naturally be no concept of time.

A few seagulls flew over the sea, landed on a broken beam, stood there for a while, and then flew back to the sea.

Wild boars came in groups, roaring, and galloped away in groups.

The white moon rises from the west and slowly approaches the sun.

The waning moon gradually wanes, then disappears, then slowly becomes full,

Finally, it fell from the east.

The black combat glove on his only remaining right hand had already been torn into lines.

There were hundreds of bloody wounds of varying sizes on his palms, crisscrossed in an intricate pattern.

From the previously bare left wrist, blood oozed out.

The clothes also became tattered, mixed with sweat and dust, turning into wisps of dirty cloth.

There was hardly any intact skin or clean area on his body.

I do not know how long it has been,

"9S..."

"Hmm?" He turned around and looked at Assist 153 who was calling him.

At this moment, 9S had a head of hair that looked like a dirty bird's nest, his face was covered with solidified dust, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Sparks flew from Assist 153's mechanical arm.

She slowly floated over, holding a sealed glass container in her hand.

Inside the container was bright red liquid.

"This is... the oil extracted from the last auxiliary machine... 042...

You lost too much blood...you need to replenish it..."

He looked back and saw that the originally white auxiliary machine 042 had turned dark gray.

One of his robotic arms dangled in a strange position beneath the computer case.

Noticing 9S's gaze,

Assisted Machine 042, lying on the stone, raised its left mechanical arm with difficulty.

Of the three mechanical fingers, only one was left, and electric sparks flashed on the arm from time to time.

He raised his left arm and waved to 9S.

Looking at the two auxiliary machines emitting sparks, he felt mixed emotions. Although he had almost lost the ability to think,

But he still took the oil and walked gently towards the auxiliary machine 042 that was about to shut down.

Inject the bright red viscous engine oil into 042.

"thank you all!"

After doing all this, 9S stumbled back to his original position and continued digging.

The waning moon slowly rises from the west and sets in the east, over and over again. I don't know how many times it rises in the west and sets in the east.

He could no longer remember how many times he had felt extremely sleepy and weak.

He struggled hard to dig up a large rock and threw it down the hill formed by the ruins.

A broken right hand suddenly appeared in the messy ruins.

The mechanical skeleton was exposed from the broken muscles, and the blood had already coagulated, turning into a dark red color symbolizing death.