No. 036 Simulated Personality 模擬人格
Flashback | Ayame Pass Factory | Sentinel Hangar | 1944
Ei Sekigahara:
Wait!
This… can't be…
×Sentinel
Ei Sekigahara:
A third-generation model…
Sentinel No. 19…
So this is where it was transmitted.
…Is this a hangar for Sentinels?
Tsukasa Okino:
Awfully persistent, aren't you? Fine. You got me.
×Talk
Ei Sekigahara:
I know it’s you, Okino.
Tsukasa Okino:
Even if this outfit…
…you managed to catch me.
Ei Sekigahara:
Have you been in hiding ever since the incident?
Just laying low in Sector 5?
Tsukasa Okino:
…
×Tsukasa Okino:
Tsukasa Okino:
Tell me. Sekigahara-kun…
Why are you searching for me?
△DD-426→Tsukasa Okino
Ei Sekigahara:
I need to stop the effects of DD-426.
You're an expert on the subject, aren't you?
Tsukasa Okino:
I am indeed. It’s a code that was distributed on the battlefield.
Do you know who’s responsible for spreading it?
Ei Sekigahara:
…
…No.
Tsukasa Okino:
Right…
This is exactly why I went into hiding.
Because I can't trust anyone…
…and that includes you, Ei Sekigahara.
×Tsukasa Okino:
Ei Sekigahara:
You were on the battlefield, too…
Yet you're not showing any symptoms.
Tsukasa Okino:
I could say the same about you.
Ei Sekigahara:
I'm taking pills to help reduce the symptoms.
Tsukasa Okino:
…Pills?
×Tsukasa Okino
Tsukasa Okino:
What are you taking?
△Oral NM
Ei Sekigahara:
Pills the android gave me in the underground facility in 2104.
They slow the effects of DD-426.
△Oral NM→Tsukasa Okino
Ei Sekigahara:
These.
Tsukasa Okino:
I see…
These serve additional code for priority processing.
Ei Sekigahara:
These aren't going to save me.
Tsukasa Okino:
Of course they won't.
All you're doing is buying yourself some time.
Ei Sekigahara:
What about you? you're completely healthy.
There must be some way to stop it, right?
Tsukasa Okino:
I'm afraid that’s impossible.
×Tsukasa Okino:
Tsukasa Okino:
It was about a year ago.
I discovered a code created by 426.
…The aptly named DD-426.
I tested it on myself in an attempt to detach the D-code…
…which resulted in the loss of my memories.
That’s why I was unaffected on the battlefield.
×Tsukasa Okino:
Ei Sekigahara:
That can't be true.
You don’t seem like you've lost your memories at all.
Tsukasa Okino:
That’s because I transferred my memories to my nanomachines.
And I was able to create a simulated personality.
It carries all the qualities that make up my identity.
×Tsukasa Okino:
Ei Sekigahara:
Let me get this straight…
You're a program that’s simulating Okino?
Tsukasa Okino:
Initially, yes. But now that I've been affixed to the brain…
…I've become the true Tsukasa Okino.
I possess the original Okino’s personality and memories.
You can't even tell the difference.
Ei Sekigahara:
…but you're still not the same.
The Okino from before was different.
Tsukasa Okino:
Human beings are constantly evolving.
Whether we retain our memories or not, we’re never the same as our past selves.
×Tsukasa Okino:
Tsukasa Okino:
My goodness…
Your pursuit of me caused quite the panic.
Professor Douji wants to have me restrained.
And now that you've caught me, maybe it’s time I gave up…
Oh… Perfect timing.
Ei Sekigahara:
…?
Tsukasa Okino:
Hijiyama-kun! Over here!
Help!
Ei Sekigahara:
Huh?
Takatoshi Hijiyama:
Kiriko-san!
What’s going on?
Tsukasa Okino:
Th-That man…
Takatoshi Hijiyama:
Hey! Who the hell are you!?
How’d you get in here!?
Tsukasa Okino:
Please, make him go away.
Ei Sekigahara:
Hold it, Okino!
Takatoshi Hijiyama:
Not so fast, you bastard. You're coming with me.
This is highly-classified material, and you've seen too much.
Ei Sekigahara:
Damn you, Okino…
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