NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 148 After the Great War

"002 calling the captain. We have confirmed the situation on the scene. YoRHa Unit 9M is completely destroyed and has no value in recovery. Over."

"T001 received. Order: Everyone move closer to me and prepare for the next phase of the mission. Target: YoRHa Unit-2-B.

Also, please do not take the recovery of Pod 154 lightly."

"003 calling the captain, I think there are big problems with the next phase of the mission."

"002 calling, same question."

"004 calling, don't act recklessly, the orders of the commander-in-chief and the council cannot be disobeyed."

The communication was silent for a long time, and then a firm male voice came out:

"It is a soldier's duty to obey orders. Follow them!"

"But captain..."

"Excuting an order!"

“Yes, sir! Wait a minute, Captain. Something seems to be approaching us. There are two people. Oh no. Ugh…”

Zizzi~

There was a burst of electric sound in the communication.

"Everyone be alert...it's you again!!!"

Immediately afterwards, several more screams were heard.

Eventually, communications in the area went quiet.

Two human figures appeared in the ruins, walking side by side.

"elder brother!"

Eve looked at Adam in front of her with shame.

"Eva, I was wrong. I shouldn't have left you alone." Adam comforted his brother with concern.

"Brother, did I do something wrong? I seemed to have killed the person who saved you?" Eve asked Adam like a child who had done something wrong.

Taking a deep breath, Adam looked up at the deep pit in the distance and said:

"Remember him. He was more like a human being."

"So what should we do next?" Eve asked, "And brother, where did you go?"

"Let's find a way to save the world. And revenge!" Adam said firmly, took Eve's hand and walked away.

On the ground, there were four corpses that looked like mechanical creatures, flashing with electric sparks.

……

The ruined city,

Beep~beep~beep~

An electronic sound rang out around, and the sound seemed particularly abrupt.

2B looked up, her eyes confused and tired.

Her eyes swept around and finally stopped on the ground.

There, there was a complete mechanical life form's head, with eyes flashing green.

2B, who had already cried all her tears, slowly put down the two cold bodies in her hands.

Her body was trembling slightly, as if she was in great pain and pressure.

She staggered to her feet, holding the broken pure white contract sword, and moved forward step by step.

Every step she took felt extremely difficult, as if she was carrying a heavy burden on her back.

Finally, she walked in front of the head of the mechanical life form.

She looked at the head of the mechanical lifeform in front of her, and a trace of anger and hatred flashed in her eyes.

She shouted hysterically: "It's you...broken machines!!" Her voice was filled with despair and unwillingness.

She raised her sword, ready to strike.

However, at this moment, the electronic sound of "beep, beep, beep" filled the entire world.

She turned her head and was surprised to find that the heads of the mechanical life forms all over the ground were making beeping electronic sounds and their eyes were flashing green light.

Those mechanical life forms that had originally died seemed to come back to life at this moment.

She was stunned and didn't know what was going on.

She felt a powerful force reviving, an inexplicable data signal resonating.

She looked around, her heart filled with fear and anxiety.

"Data signal, how could it resonate?" she muttered to herself, with a confused look on her face.

She became at a loss and could only hold the broken sword upright in front of her, looking around vigilantly, guarding against possible danger.

"Isn't it over yet?"

She whispered, a hint of desperation in her tone.

Crunch~~~

There was a sound of metal and gravel rubbing behind her. She turned around and looked, alarm bells going off in her heart.

A large mechanical life form slowly pushed aside the rubble that buried it, crawled out from the ruins, and revealed its head.

I can't fall down here yet!

She frowned even more tightly, clenched the broken pure white contract, and struggled to get into a sword-drawing posture, ready to attack.

At this moment, the large mechanical lifeform suddenly stretched out a hand and shouted:

"Wait! Wait a minute! 2B!!"

She froze when she heard the familiar voice, a surge of hope rising in her heart.

Could it be that......

She couldn't believe her ears and wondered if she had heard it wrong.

"Are you... 9S?" she asked cautiously, her eyes gleaming with anticipation.

The large mechanical lifeform seemed relieved and nodded in affirmation.

"it's me!"

It said, its voice full of joy.

A smile finally appeared on her face, and she felt relieved.

She put away her weapon and slowly walked towards 9S.

The large mechanical lifeform raised its big hand, touched the smooth and huge mechanical head and began to explain:

"It seems that I left my personal data on the machine life form. Anyway, when I woke up, I had already formed my own self through the machine life form network. Although it is a valuable experience to integrate different selves into one, I really want to record it, but since I can't connect to the storage unit, I will put it into this machine life form first..."

The large machine controlled by 9S is chanting at the speed of light.

2B dropped the sword in her hand, walked towards him, placed her hand on his huge thumb, and smiled at him:

“9S!

It’s great that you’re still here…”

"Hmm..." The large machine nodded.

"What about 9M?" 2B asked with a glimmer of hope.

"Ah, I found some data that 9M left behind inside the machine lifeform network, but that data didn't generate 9M's self. I tried to collect his information, but since I couldn't connect to the bunker's storage unit, and his information was so strange, I couldn't do it at all, so... But, 2B, as long as we don't give up hope and use some technical means, we will definitely..."

9S began to chant at light speed again.

"9S!" 2B gently stopped him and looked at him tenderly.

"I'm so glad you're okay."

9S extended his huge mechanical arm and lifted 2B up, and the two looked into each other's eyes.

"Let us remember 9M, who has been with us during this time."

What is the difference between machine life forms and us androids? Robots with consciousness and emotions. Their dying struggles and final cries are still fresh in my memory.

As 2B thought about this, the whole earth seemed to be filled with the sound of a song called "Weight of the World".

That was Assist 154 executing 9M's final order.

"Host... the ending A that you've been dreaming of... I saw it for you... and completed it..."

An extremely sad cry came from auxiliary machine 154, and she floated silently under the big tree, leaving only a lonely back.

Suddenly, she stopped crying and looked towards the deep pit.

……

At this time, a wild boar heard the sound and came over. After seeing the scene in front of it, it stood there stupidly, motionless.

After a while, the wild boar seemed to come to its senses, stepped on its hooves, and ran forward vigorously, roaring desperately.

I saw it kneeling on its front legs in front of the 9M body, making a humming sound from its mouth. The sound was full of pain and sadness, as if it was calling for its owner.

It desperately used its nose to nudge the body of 9M, who could no longer wake up, with two lines of tears in its eyes.

2B and 9S saw this scene, and felt sad, and slowly gathered around.

At this moment, something seemed to fall out of 9M's shirt pocket. 2B staggered forward, squatted down, and took the thing out.

Looking at the pink handkerchief, the girl covered her mouth because she recognized it.

However, some black lines appeared on the handkerchief.

With trembling hands, she turned the handkerchief over and found a simple painting embroidered on the back.

The few lines represent the Q version of 2B, 9S and 9M.

"I can't believe you're still keeping this..."

She smiled bitterly, tears rolling down her cheeks. She gently stroked the handkerchief, feeling the temperature on it, as if she could feel the presence of 9M.

9S stood quietly by, his eyes also falling on the handkerchief, and a feeling of sadness welled up in his heart.

At this moment, he could only stay by her side silently, giving her support and comfort.

At this moment, the whole world became quiet, with only the wailing of wild boars echoing in the air.

On the other side, Pod 154 looked at this side quietly, seemingly thinking about something.

She stayed for a while, then floated away silently into the distance.