NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 252 Eleven B

In the 9M data space,

"What...should we do?" 11S, who had been kneeling on the ground, was in a very low mood. He looked up and asked everyone.

He didn't see 11B,

21O sat on the ground,

In front of the black core, A2 held the sword on the ground.

"The body's energy is running low." Seeing the current situation of everyone, 11S, who was anxious, swiped out an interface to check the energy of the three people.

"Everyone, say something!"

21O, who was squatting on the ground, heard 11S's call and slowly raised her head. She looked over and said helplessly:

"He...can't be saved..."

"There's nothing we can do..." 11S sighed.

The atmosphere fell into silence again.

With a hunched figure and staggering steps, A2 moved in front of everyone in a daze.

a long time,

21O stood up slowly, as if she had thought of something. She sorted out her thoughts and spoke with difficulty:

“We have the following options:

1. We leave this place and he can never find us again.

Second, cut off his energy supply and shut him down indefinitely.

three,……"

She paused, looked up at A2 in front of her with empty eyes, and stopped talking.

After listening to 21O's analysis, A2's expression became even more resolute.

She slowly lowered her head to look at the sword in her hand and said quietly, "Kill him."

Everyone was silent.

"It seems... this is the only way." 11B and aux. 042 walked over from not far away and spoke softly.

The atmosphere of despair spread again.

He glanced at the three of them.

11B glanced at Pod 153, then at Pod 042, blinked, and spoke softly:

"Let's go out."

A silver light flashed, and the three people in the data space gradually disappeared.

However, 11B and Pod 042 stayed behind.

outside world,

On the platform filled with the remains of mechanical life forms,

A2 looked up at 21O in front of him and said nothing.

21O nodded, and both parties understood.

With trembling hands, she pulled out the long sword behind her, and the tip of the sword slowly rose up, gradually pressing against the chest of the 9M machine kneeling on the ground.

Her eyes were bloodshot and her hands holding the sword couldn't stop shaking.

Just one gentle poke and it would all be over.

She closed her eyes in pain, two lines of hot tears burst out, her throat kept twitching, and her body trembled.

A pair of hands rested on her trembling hands.

She opened her eyes suddenly and saw 21O's familiar face.

21O was extremely desperate. She suppressed all her emotions and spoke to comfort him:

"He doesn't want to see himself like this, we are helping him..."

She was comforting A2 and also comforting herself.

"Let me do it..."

She tried to take the sword from A2.

after all,

This scene was too cruel for A2...

"Miss Communications Officer..."

A2, holding the long sword, gently pushed 21O's hand away, smiled, and continued:

"Let me do it myself. After all...

I am familiar with this..."

She couldn't help but laugh out loud, as if she was talking about something very happy.

immediately,

She raised her head and looked at the familiar face again, her heart raging.

I exerted force on my hands instantly...

……

In the data space,

"YoRHa Unit 11B, you must be aware of what you are doing." Assist 042 reminded.

She gently lifted her hair, smiled and said, "I know it very well."

"You will die! And your death may be meaningless." Assist 042 said seriously.

"Just die."

She said cheerfully, as if death were a trivial matter.

Walking briskly towards the black core,

suddenly,

She turned back to look at Assist 042 and gave a meaningful smile:

"Do you care about me?"

"Negative: As YoRHa's accompanying support system, we cannot approve of any action that would be harmful to the YoRHa unit 11B we are currently supporting," Pod 042 said seriously.

"Well... your support target is not me." 11B winked playfully, showing an expression that you know.

Pod 042 was speechless for a moment.

"I didn't expect... you're such a good guy..." 11B touched Assist 042's head and praised.

"Well... there is no good or bad among our auxiliary machines. There are only tasks to be completed and programs to be set." Assist 042 continued to quibble.

"I see!"

She continued to walk forward, stretched out her hand and gently touched her short hair, and said to herself:

"He saved my life, and now I am just returning it to him."

"Hmm... when?" asked Assist 042.

"That time, during the 243rd airborne operation, I deliberately got injured and fell behind, but I didn't expect a small accident to happen. I made an operational error and was seriously injured and surrounded by mechanical life forms. Then, he appeared.

That moment... well... let me describe it.

It's like a long drought meeting a rain, a dying fish meeting water, a severe cold meeting the sun..."

She seemed to be thinking of happy things, like a young girl in love.

"Hmm... Human emotions are far too complicated." Assist 042 took over the conversation.

Then he continued:

"Here is a top-secret intelligence report on Plan 243. Actually, you didn't make any mistakes..."

"Ah...what do you mean?" She looked at Assist 042 in confusion.

"243 airborne operations are ostensibly aimed at defeating the enemy's fortress-type super-large combat weapons, but in fact that is not the case..." Auxiliary machine 042 kept the secret.

"Tell me quickly!" She became interested instantly and urged.

"The six YoRHa units sent to the ground, 1D, 4B, 7E, 12H, and five of them including you, all have escape plans." Assist 5 revealed the inside story.

"What!?" She showed an expression of disbelief:

[Could it be that... the Commander brought us together just to...]

【Ugh... this is horrible. 】

I broke out in a cold sweat on my back.

Seeing her frightened look, the auxiliary machine nodded helplessly and continued:

"Your operation was correct. The defense and evasion programs of the HO equipment you were riding were tampered with. You will definitely die."

"Uh...it seems that I was injured because of my equipment." She raised her eyebrows.

Assist 042 glanced at her and said quietly, "Don't think that you five machines are the only ones to be executed. In fact, the deaths of 2B and 9S were all planned."

"What!?" She was shocked again, and trembling, she said, "Could it be that activating the black box reaction and causing a huge explosion, killing Engels and the other three, was also within our expectations..."

“Yes,” the pod said, “But, I didn’t expect that at the last minute, 9S packaged 2B and 9M’s data and sent it back to the bunker.”

After some thought, she smiled, her expression relieved, and said to Assist 042: "Thank you for telling me the truth under such circumstances."

……

One person and one machine, they came to a place not far from the black core,

She jumped and soon came into contact with the black core in front of her.

suddenly,

The entire system space vibrated violently, and the space was instantly lit up.

"What's going on?" she asked, turning around.

"Warning: A2 from the outside is about to kill 9M. The aircraft senses danger and activates emergency measures. The power of the black box surges."

“Is this possible?!” She blinked, with a strange expression on her face.

"Report: Using the program to squeeze out the performance of the black box will cause permanent damage to the black box." said Assist 042.

"The guys who made him don't care! What a bastard!" she cursed.

The space shook again.

As if she had noticed the situation outside, she couldn't help but become worried.

"This way, they are in danger."

She stretched out her slender hand and gently placed it on the black core, a smile of relief appeared on her face, and she said loudly:

"Auxiliary machine, ready. Close range shooting, maximum power!"

"Understood. Goodbye! YoRHa-11B!"