NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 253 Despair

"Warning: 9M unit has been activated."

"Warning: Extremely dangerous!"

In an instant, the sharp blade attack against 9M's chest missed.

A2 and 21O were startled when they heard the auxiliary machine's alarm and looked over at the same time.

The 9M machine flashed back, avoiding the fatal attack.

Simultaneously,

The tip of A2's sword brushed across his nose, and the black tactical eyepiece was cut in half and fell to the ground.

His body flashed backwards in an extremely strange posture.

A2 stared at 9M in front of him in a daze.

I saw 9M holding the sword and supporting the ground.

In an instant, the tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and a flash of blood red appeared in the light blue eyeballs.

"how so……"

A2 murmured,

Without having time to wipe away the grief in her heart, she quickly got into position, guarding against the killing machine in front of her that looked exactly like that man.

There was no unnecessary expression on that person's face.

His face was grim and his eyes were fierce, as if he was looking at a dead person.

[Confirming the target…]

[Killing program taking over the body...]

[Logical analysis takes over…]

【Action takes over...】

[Erasure command is running...]

[Black box overload...]

[NFCS system overload...]

[FFCS system overload...]

As the next CPU clock arrives, the killing program immediately enters the execution state, and a large amount of code and energy flows into the body's entire system.

He moved his body and pointed his sword at the extremely threatening woman in front of him.

Keng~

The woman raised her sword and tried to block the attack, trying to deflect the sword from his hand.

Following the force to the left, the sword in his hand instantly drew an arc, turned backhand and slashed towards the woman's chest.

The woman then held her sword horizontally downward to block and repel his upward slashing sword.

Following the downward force again, he moved his body, rotated 180 degrees, and slashed to the left. The woman raised her sword to block vertically.

The tip of the sword passed over the woman's face, cutting off a strand of white hair, which fell to the ground and mixed with the sticky red engine oil on the ground.

clang~clang~

The sound of the two swords colliding and rubbing against each other continued.

Suppressing all the emotions in her heart, she continued to block and defend against his attacks.

Just now, she was ready to stab him to death.

But the attack missed.

Now, she no longer had the courage to kill him.

The duel just now only took place in a few breaths.

21O, who was standing by, freed her hands, took out the EMP launcher from her back, and quietly aimed it at 9M from the dark.

You have to hit the target with one shot, otherwise the next shot will be too late.

She carefully aimed at the black figure of the man, her finger on the trigger, and gently pulled it...

Realizing that the woman in front of him was very difficult to deal with, 9M took a few steps back and distanced himself from the woman.

His CPU was calculating new strategies for dealing with the enemy.

suddenly,

As if sensing danger, he stretched out his left hand and moved to the left to block the attack.

At the same time, a thin layer of plasma shield instantly emerged.

The EMP attack was blocked by the shield.

Realizing that someone was ambushing him, 9M removed his shield, turned to look to the left, then raised his left hand high and slashed at the woman who was attacking him from the side.

"This guy!?"

Seeing that the enemy had predicted his attack, 21O's heart skipped a beat.

But she didn't hesitate at all and was about to pull the trigger again.

Da da da~~

There was only the sound of firing.

The EMP launcher in 21O's hand was instantly pierced by the plasma bullet, creating several huge holes and emitting hissing sparks. It was completely damaged.

This unexpected change shocked 21O.

She turned her head to the right and looked in the direction where the bullet came from.

I saw a black HO fighter plane floating in the air.

That's where the bullet came from.

This is 9M's HO fighter, summoned by him.

Auxiliary machine 153 was at a loss. She looked at the HO fighter anxiously and stood there without daring to move.

Realizing that the two enemies in front of him had lost their means of resistance,

9M, who usually had a gloomy expression, now had a distorted look on his face and revealed a hideous smile.

He beckoned to 21O, who was hiding among the corpses of the machine lifeforms, to signal her to come over.

Looking at the glowing gun muzzle of the HO fighter, 21O felt mixed emotions. He dropped the broken EMP launcher in his hand and staggered towards 9M.

The HO fighter floating in the air remained aiming all the time.

at last,

She walked up to A2 and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, with her right shoulder slightly forward, vaguely protecting A2.

A large amount of code is flowing in the body, and the 9M CPU provides a variety of execution schemes.

Finally, the best strategy was determined - killing both people with swords would reduce energy loss.

"9M!?"

Realizing what was going to happen next, A2 called out his name with tears in her eyes and mixed emotions, her body rising and falling.

Keng~

The sword slipped from his hand.

The steps are no longer graceful,

She opened her arms and pushed away 21O, who was in a complicated mood.

With trembling steps, I walked towards 9M.

He placed his chest against the tip of the sword.

"A2!?"

21O exclaimed, trying to stop her.

9M moved his left hand.

Da da da~~~

The HO cannon opened fire, and a string of plasma bullets swept under her feet, giving a warning and stopping her movement.

"9M!? No way!!!"

21O kept calling out loudly to the man who had been carrying out the mission under her guidance, feeling very anxious.

The shadow of death hangs over this platform.

Two more android corpses will soon be added to the corpses of mechanical life forms.

She closed her eyes in despair, quietly waiting for death to come.

Seeing the woman in front of him actively rushing forward to seek death, 9M slowly exerted force with his right hand and pushed the tip of the sword forward at an extremely slow speed.

The sword gradually pierced the woman's skin.

A trickle of blood flowed down, staining the silver-white tip of the sword red.

21O's heart was filled with despair. This was such a despairing scene.

She, who was always calm, suddenly felt her knees weaken and she knelt on the ground.

She stared with wide eyes, watching the scene that was about to happen.

The eyeballs were bloodshot, almost spurting blood.

He grabbed his hair tightly with both hands and tore it madly.

The mouth under the black mask was completely open, trying hysterically to make some sound.

9M, who was confident of victory, noticed that his right hand suddenly stopped moving forward, as if it encountered some obstacle.

His CPU had doubts about this and was about to perform the calculation.

In a flash,

The white sword in his hand seemed to be out of control, and the sword emitted a shock wave that knocked back A2's body.

The sudden change caught people off guard.

21O was quick-witted and caught A2 who was being pushed back.

"How are you!?" She quickly lifted the clothes on A2's chest and checked her wound.

"I'm fine... just a little scrape."

She was almost emotionally broken, and she weakly recovered and turned her eyes to the man in front of her again.

To be more precise, he noticed the silver sword in 9M's hand.

[That sword, could it be...]

She looked carefully.

The silver-white sword body and the red tassel were his...

9M was very confused. He carefully observed the white sword in his hand, the red tassel, and the pure white blade...

Dazzlingly white, emitting light, even the tip of the sword is shining,

White blinding eyes...

【not good! 】

His CPU sounded the alarm frantically, but it was too late.

A white light shone from the sword and shot towards his forehead.

【what happened? 】

Then, a strange feeling rose in his body.

He felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his logic analysis unit, as if some shackles had been broken.

【who I am? 】

Where do I come from?

What should I do?

【…】

Various problems continued to accumulate in his cache, filling up all his cache and queue space.

hiss~

Severe pain, severe pain in the head, making his body tremble constantly,

He dropped the sword in his hand and held his head tightly with both hands.

My head almost exploded.

21O and A2 were stunned by the scene before them. They looked at each other anxiously.

Is it...

A2 noticed something was wrong and felt a glimmer of hope.

She rushed over quickly and hugged him tightly.

21O understood and ran up to him, pushing him to the ground, then turned around and asked the auxiliary machine loudly.

"Assist, what's going on?"

Pod 153 trembled beside him.

At this time,

Assist 042 seemed to wake up from his deep sleep. Seeing this scene, he quickly said:

"The logic analysis unit of the YoRHa 9M has returned to normal, and its thinking is evolving."

"this!?"

"Could it be!"

A2 looked at 11B who was lying on the side and had not woken up yet.

In an instant, she understood everything.

"11B..."

"Report: The killing program of the 9M unit is running out of order, and the process tree is being forcibly terminated..."

No time to think too much,

Looking at 9M who was struggling, she suppressed her sadness and hugged him tightly, hoping that he would recover soon.

Gradually,

The doubts in the 9M unit's cache gradually dissipated.

After continuous calculation, the CPU finally came up with two words:

【Ye Feng】