NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 248: The White Tower Returns

Outside the White Tower,

The three of them jumped down the pit, walked through the ruins of the building, and carefully came to the bottom of the giant white tower.

Looking at the white gate at the entrance, 11B was filled with thoughts.

【This is the second time I come to this place. 】

A2 said nothing, and there was no expression on his face. He just clenched the sword in his hand.

21O raised his head and looked up at the huge white tower, looking like he was worried.

"Let's go!" 11B urged.

Enter the elevator, turn on the operation switch, and the elevator climbs all the way up.

Inside the car, the scene is still pure white, with European architectural style and church-like carved beams.

"9M...Mr..."

11B's thoughts went back to a few days ago, as if nothing had happened.

But she had to tell herself,

Everything has happened, everything has changed.

Noticing 11B's abnormality,

A2 thought for a while, put away his sword, walked forward, and held her hand tightly.

She slowly raised her head and saw a gentle look on A2's usually cold face.

She read some information.

This moment was deeply engraved in her heart.

She gradually became determined and held A2's hands tightly.

……

I don't know how long it ran, the elevator door opened,

The three girls walked out of the elevator side by side, with 11B walking in the middle.

After all, she had been here once, so she walked forward skillfully.

A2 and 21O behind him looked up at the space inside the tower, then followed 11B's steps.

"Is that... a HO fighter?" 11B pointed at the black machine parked in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.

"Where are the others?" A2's heart skipped a beat.

21O carefully examined the fighter plane while the auxiliary machine analyzed it.

"Report: Confirmed that the owner of this HO equipment is YoRHa 9M. It is in hibernation due to exhaustion of energy, with 75% energy remaining." Pod 042 reported.

"Report: The fighter has been modified and upgraded and is equipped with a plasma shield and a high-power EMP launcher." Auxiliary machine 153 reported.

11B rolled his eyes and had an idea: "Can I grab it?"

"Negative! Detected that the HO equipment comes with an automatic counterattack program. Hacking success rate: 0." Pod 042 reported.

"Forget it!" 11B said angrily.

A2 looked ahead and said softly, "He must have gone up."

"Positive: Faint black box response detected in upper portion of tower."

"let's go!"

11B reluctantly dropped this killer weapon and followed 21O.

The three of them soon arrived at a platform.

What came into view were three corpses.

21O walked forward quickly and looked at the corpse's face and wounds.

After analyzing it, he said, "These are YoRHa infected with the Logic Virus. Judging from the wounds, it was 9M's method."

Listening to 21O's analysis, 11B felt a chill in her heart and spoke silently:

"The last time I encountered these infected people, 9M tried to save them, but in the end all he could do was force them to shut down. But now..."

11B did not continue.

The three of them knew that this time, 9M was decisive in killing.

The difficulty of the task can be imagined.

A feeling of loss permeated everyone's heart.

Putting down the corpse in their hands, the three of them silently continued to walk up the curved white stairs.

I encountered several corpses again, and the same method was used all over again.

"Horrible...is this...really him?" 11B murmured in shock.

Looking at the distraught 11B, 21O seemed to have thought of something.

As the communications officer of Unit 9, no one knows Unit 9M better than her.

She stepped forward and gently stroked 11B's back, saying, "This is just cruelty directed at the enemy. It's okay."

A2 still had no expression on his face.

However, a strange emotion arose in her heart.

Seeing everyone's morale gradually drop, Pod 042 and Pod 153 looked at each other, and the latter understood.

"Report: 9M is indeed very cruel to his enemies, but you have never seen it. But he will never be cruel to his own people."

"Well……"

11B's eyes sparkled, and she looked at Pod 153 with hope.

There were two other gazes also coming towards him.

Pod 153 continued:

"This footage takes place before the underwater city battle. The enemy is the supreme commander of the mechanical life forms in Tokyo - the General."

Then she played a video clip to everyone.

Since it was played in clips, everyone finished watching it quickly, and gradually accepted what the auxiliary machine said.

after all,

Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

[It's just that the contrast between before and after he killed someone is a bit too big. ]

The three girls felt much more at ease.

Of course, stability is only temporary.

quickly,

In front of the stairs, a broken platform appeared.

Looking forward, there are pillars standing one after another.

The stairs had already broken.

"This... was broken by a falling building when I came in last time. Then it caused a chain reaction and everything collapsed..."

11B pointed at the mess in front of her and introduced it, with a faint blush on her face.

21O looked curiously at the almost insurmountable chasm in front of him and wondered, "How did he get across?"

Then he turned his gaze to the auxiliary machine: "Does he have an auxiliary machine?"

"Report: Through the auxiliary machine network in various places, no other auxiliary machines were detected." 042 reported.

"He...could he...jump over..." 11B said in disbelief, eyes widened.

"It seems so. After all, there is only one road here." A2 nodded in agreement.

After all, that man has always been very powerful.

"Then... how do we get there? Why not just let the auxiliary machine help us get up there."

Pod 042 and Pod 153 looked at each other and said, "Agreed."

"Who will go first?" The three looked at each other.

"Ms. 21O, please wait a moment. Miss A2 and I will go ahead." 11B raised her eyelids.

Looking at 11B who looked sincere, 21O nodded helplessly.

153 and 042 grabbed 11B and A2's hands respectively and slowly floated towards the distant platform.

There is a bottomless abyss under my feet.

11B looked down unconsciously and felt dizzy. His right hand that was hooked on the auxiliary machine loosened unconsciously.

In an instant, she was awakened by the sudden feeling of complete weightlessness and grabbed auxiliary machine 153's small hand again.

【so close! 】

She was so frightened that she didn't even breathe.

A2, who was following her, reached out his left hand and gently stroked her back, comforting her: "Don't look down."

quickly,

The two landed steadily on the platform.

The two auxiliary aircraft then slowly flew back to pick up 21O.

Looking at the big hole in the ground, 11B remembered what happened here:

"That day, we were about to go in when suddenly a high-energy laser shot from below, and then we fell down..."

A2 listened to her description patiently, walked to the edge of the big hole and looked down.

The abyss shrouded in mist,

On the wall at one side, there is a crack extending downwards with no end in sight.

"9M stabbed his sword into the wall, slowing down his speed and finally being able to catch us. His sword... should still be down there..."

11B blushed as she thought of her own stupid behavior.

The last sound was like that of a mosquito.

"Just leave it there for now. It's more important to find him." A2 smiled and comforted 11B who looked troubled.

Simultaneously,

Her gaze shifted to the white church.

Almost instantly,

The smile on her face froze.

Humph~

She walked quickly into the church and stopped in the middle of the hall.

The hall was very dark.

Looking at the mess on the ground, she showed an expression of disbelief and looked at the corpses on the ground in great shock.

11B noticed her strange behavior and quickly caught up with her, also looking around.

Lots of dead bodies.

She leaned down to check the nearest body lying on the ground. She just turned her over.

A familiar face appeared in front of her.

"This is... Miss A2... the same model as yours..."

Her voice was trembling with a hint of fear.

21O, who arrived late, looked at the corpses around him with mixed feelings. Some bodies were blown apart and the body parts were scattered all over the ground.

They all knew what this meant.

[1. This guy is very powerful in combat.]

【2. He cannot recognize A. 】

A thick despair lingered over the three people.