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00:08Ladies and gentlemen, it's recycling time!
00:14Today's fresh meat, Mania, goes up against our very own janitor, The Scavenger!
00:27Odds are 1 to 20!
00:31Get your bets in now!
00:36Move, just like before.
00:46Look at that look.
00:48He still thinks he's human, trying to run cold steel on flesh and blood muscle memory.
00:53What an idiot.
00:55Hey, scrap metal!
00:58Your dignity is cheaper than a two balloon down here!
01:02Either kill it, or turn into a shit!
01:07Take your pick!
01:09Take your pick!
01:41You are now clear to read the opponent's energy, frequency.
01:52Where am I?
01:56The last thing I remember, Silas's smile and the lights at the top of the bone cage.
02:13Vitals restored.
02:15Neural splicing initiated.
02:18Activating mania protocol.
02:20What is this?
02:21No!
02:23Stop thrashing.
02:26The spinal splicing hasn't set.
02:29Stay still unless you want to be permanently paralyzed.
02:35Irene?
02:37It's you?
02:38What?
02:38Biological tissue survival rate, 37%.
02:42Cybernetic compatibilities, 89%.
02:45Higher than projected.
02:47Mr. Silas will be pleased.
02:49Bravo!
02:50Reorn from a pile of rotting flesh and scrap metal.
02:53Rake, or should I say, mania.
02:56Welcome to your new life as the latest property of Titan Heavy Industries.
03:00Silas!
03:01I'll kill you!
03:02Kill me?
03:03With the hands I gave you?
03:05Dr. Irene finished the calibration post-haste.
03:08The audience at the bone cage is dying to see our new toy.
03:12Kill me, Irene.
03:14For old times sake.
03:16Death is a luxury, Rake.
03:17And I can't afford the price tag.
03:19Live.
03:20Become a monster.
03:22Because only a monster can tear other monsters apart.
03:26Anesthesia wearing off.
03:28Initiating pain tolerance test.
03:30Level 7.
03:48That is the weak point.
04:06It's damaged.
04:08Energy is leaking.
04:12Lock onto that frequency.
04:14Absorb it.
04:18wrink,ем it.
04:29Interesting. Not just luck, huh?
04:39All you are feeling is just data.
04:42Data? It's all data!
04:52All you have to do is manage.
04:54All you have to prepare is the game.
05:08And you're already shooting.
05:10All you have to do is carry on.
05:35Catch, rookie.
05:37You made the bookies bleed today.
05:39Consider this your cut.
05:41I don't need your charity.
05:43Charity, this is an investment.
05:46You got a little spark in you.
05:47Unlike the real scrap metal in here that'll be spare parts by tomorrow.
05:50That siphoning trick of yours, where'd you learn it?
05:54Figure it out yourself?
05:56None of your business.
05:58Listen.
05:59In here, everything that moves is locked down by a chip.
06:02Man, what a convenient little loophole, huh?
06:07Does he know about Irene's back door?
06:10Don't overthink it.
06:11I don't know how you did it, and I don't care.
06:12All I know is, anyone who uses that trick either becomes an ace real fast, or gets dragged off to
06:17recycling even faster.
06:19And looking at you right now, I'd bet five cans of premium lube you won't survive the next melee.
06:25What's your point?
06:26A trade.
06:26I teach you how to actually use that tin suit of yours instead of letting it drag you around.
06:30In return, in the next melee, I want you to draw the aggro.
06:33Help me take out Butcher Berg.
06:35His cybro kidney?
06:36Exactly my model.
06:37How do we do this?
06:38First off, forget about muscle memory.
06:41Your tendons are hydraulics now.
06:42Your bones are titanium.
06:45What you need to feel is pressure feedback, torque data, and energy flow.
06:49Pain is the teacher.
06:50Data is the bible.
06:51Now, get up and try to punch me.
06:53Do it the way your system calculates is most efficient, not the way you think feels natural.
06:57Too slow.
06:58Your logic is garbage.
07:00You're using your brain to command the arm.
07:03Again, feel the energy flow.
07:05Anticipate, don't react.
07:20Surveillance system overrun.
07:29Stress fractures at the spinal splints.
07:3337% wear on the left actuator.
07:36Taking it all head on again.
07:37You never learn how to dodge, do you?
07:39Pain signal suppression threshold has been lowered.
07:42Energy is prioritized for damage repair units.
07:49I'm sorry, Rake.
07:50I have to make you hate me.
07:52It's the only way Silas will believe you're a pure weapon.
07:55The only way he'll give you the time and the space to grow.
08:00You have to get faster, stronger, before they catch on.
08:08Basic maintenance for unit Mania complete.
08:11Survival probability for next engagement project to increase by 5%.
08:15Expect significant gains in asset utilization and data use.
08:19Welcome to the meat grinder.
08:22The rules are simple.
08:23Last man standing.
08:25Today's special prospect.
08:27Can the rookie, Mania, survive the first three minutes?
08:46Anticipate.
08:47Don't react.
08:59Don't stop.
09:00Keep the rhythm.
09:00Keep moving.
09:25Now, kite him under that suspended crane on the east side.
09:29The floor's cracked over there.
09:43Thanks, rookie.
09:47Kane!
09:48You're all...
09:49You're all...
09:53You're all...
09:55You're all...
09:57You're all...
09:58You're all...
10:01Deal's done.
10:01The rest is on you.
10:27you're the last one left scrap without kane you're nothing
10:33the data says the hydraulic regulator in your right knee hasn't been serviced in 97 days
10:39wear and tage is at 37 way over spec what anticipate trajectory correction 0.3 degrees
10:48evasion energy cost optimum
10:53i'll tear you apart
10:56kane taught himself feel the energy flow like an irregular heart now i'm taking the win
11:12let's go pain is just data static purged
11:21the winner is mania clear the floor
11:48deal's done the rest is on you
11:51you had a deal with the wardens you used me as bait to buy your early exit what else you
11:56think i'm
11:56running a charity down here everything has a price tag in this place i teach you how to survive you
12:02help me grab spare parts fair trade berg kept this in good shape pristine tech like this will fetch a
12:09hell of a bounty
12:16he's right nothing comes for free in this hell hole damn it don't give me that sour look
12:24the i taught you
12:27anticipating feeling the energy flow letting system think for you
12:32it was all real you've at least got the juice to sit here and interrogate me instead of turning into
12:38scrap metal like berg or getting sucked dry like iron jar mania report to prep room one immediately
12:44you have a guest watch your six rookie take that cold dead look you had when you gutted iron whore
12:52and weld it to your face when a guest comes all the way down to this sass pool looking for
12:57you
12:57it only means two things either they're tossing you into an absolute meat grinder
13:02or someone is paying top dollar to watch you suffer a slow agonizing death for their entertainment
13:15ladies and gentlemen welcome to the crossroads of evolution
13:21tonight a miracle of savage growth goes up against the future of precise calculation rising from the
13:30scrap heap mania challenges our ultimate martial masterpiece the hunter alpha odds are
13:38one to twenty will instinct tear through logic or will technology crush the wild
13:54one to twenty will instinct tear through logic or will technology crush the wild
13:59yeah
14:18shield overload window
14:21rake or should i say mania your little tricks are quite amusing your opponent is the hunter alpha
14:29its weak point is in dorsal sector three
14:44zero point five seconds now
14:51uh
15:01doors for sector three only shot
15:21dr irene it appears our creation has exceeded the parameters of its stress test
15:26now then prepare phase two
15:32the data shows that the energy spike mania unleashed in the final 0.3 seconds of fascinating
15:39that falls well outside the standard prediction parameters of your pain conversion model
15:44there is indeed a margin of error
15:46i have flagged the data anomaly for subsequent analysis
15:54a margin of error the fact remains mania's two victories have validated that choice
16:01validated entirely correct
16:06fossils on the board were entertained by tonight's spectacle you mean they want to know how much of
16:11the will hidden inside is actually left and whether it truly obeys the next bout schedule
16:16the executioner the executioner that psycho who gets off on torturing and butchering gladiators
16:22a walking armory of heavy execution tech my dear doctor if he cannot withstand this level of pressure
16:29then his so-called evolutionary potential is just another failed prototype waiting to be recalled
16:34remember irene you are my sharpest blade understood mr silas
17:01you have to live no matter what
17:12adaptive stress test phase two serial number sc 95 subject mania parameters survival duration extreme
17:21pressure response systematic interference tolerance test initiated
17:57the follow-up supply protocol for your spinal inhibitors
18:01and the safety of that little collection of yours in the outer ring
18:08depends entirely on your cooperation
18:12you have three seconds
18:26interference
18:27kane
18:28you
18:29it's part of the coordination test look out the root command is coming i can't block it entirely but
18:34i'm trying to wedge open a conflict window time to activate the level one compliant protocol module
18:40let's see if this beast still remembers who holds the leash
18:45obey kneel await recycling
18:48no stop
18:51get out of my head
18:58overwrite it
18:59use the pain conversion protocol i gave you
19:02treat the obedience signal as pain
19:05absorb it convert it now
19:07power
19:29my turn
19:32go
19:32go
19:33go
19:33go
19:51Opposing Unit Executioner functions terminated.
19:54Test Subject Mania, survival confirmed.
19:57Test Designation S02, logging complete.
20:02Beautiful.
20:03Far exceeding expectations.
20:05Send him to the Maximum Spec Maintenance Bay and have our little interference collaborator
20:10wait outside for him.
20:16They found my sister, used her as leverage, push the button or lose everything.
20:24I pushed it.
20:26I know.
20:28You know?
20:29I know you're not Silas, you're just another monster on a leash.
20:33But he used that leash to yank you into biting me, and that pissed me off.
20:41This is payback for pushing the button.
21:12You taught me everything here has a price tag.
21:13It's a leash that got wrapped around your neck.
21:39Look here.
21:40The data is indeed staggering, Silas.
21:51But unpredictability equals risk.
21:54The board requires assessable, controllable risks, not a ticking time bomb.
21:58Risk?
21:58No.
21:59No.
22:28This is value.
22:33I don't know.
22:49I don't know.
23:05It's a huge risk that you're not so much.
23:06You've got to be a little bit.
23:06I don't know.
23:07I don't know.
23:08I don't know.
23:12I don't know.
23:15I don't know.
23:18I don't know.
23:27ladies and gentlemen welcome to the newest spectacle of new edel the opening night of
23:34nirvana tonight is a clash of intellect in this corner the savage miracle who crawled from the
23:41scrapyard of hell forging himself anew with steel and sheer will mania and his opponent the absolute
23:48pinnacle of titan heavy industries achievements in artificial intelligence and battlefield
23:53adaptability the adapter
23:57this is the ultimate trial primal instinct versus digital intellectual
24:02tonight let us witness together will the beast tear through logic or will the algorithm tame the
24:08wild let the match begin
24:25learns fast
24:27is he fighting himself
24:31give us some real action
24:34now's the time rookie give it something new to chew on hit it with the counter joint lock from the
24:39seven footwork drill i taught you but intentionally delay your strike by 0.1 seconds
24:50attack pattern unrog discontinue with previous data sets suspected tactical deception learn this
25:10target b has entered autonomous tactical optimization learning rate exceeding projections
25:16the opening is in the microsecond it thinks
25:26the arena floor the scene between sector 3 and sector 7 an old primary power content violent vertical impact will
25:34cause it to cave in
25:35attack pattern as well
25:35so that's not the case
25:35the
25:35the
25:35the
25:35the
25:49the
26:01the
26:03We're going down together!
26:08Behavior understanding in progress.
26:31V-A-R-E-A-R-E-A-R-E-A-R-E-A-R-E-A-R-E-A
26:47-R-E-A-R!
26:57Reet this new Charles Bohus.
27:09this isn't standard protocol
27:11high-res scan
27:12comply
27:25the fight three hours ago
27:28was a master class
27:33tell me
27:34how does a gladiator
27:37know exactly where to strike
27:39at second 127
27:41pressure variance
27:44he didn't know
27:45he felt it
27:47through movement
27:49through impact
27:51through damage
27:55a fascinating theory
27:59perhaps someone guided it
28:01initiate level max neural scan
28:04mr. simus
28:06this will destroy him
28:08you'll lose everything
28:09the project
28:10if it breaks
28:11it wasn't worth keeping
28:14it wasn't worth keeping
28:41where am i
28:43am i dead
28:45no
28:47this is
28:48the far shore
28:51an encrypted buffer zone
28:52i built
28:54we're safe
28:55for now
28:57but time is short
28:58the buffer is unstable
28:59silas could find us
29:00at any moment
29:00irene what the hell
29:01are you playing at
29:02is this a game
29:02or just another one
29:03of silas's tests
29:04i'm trying to save you rake
29:07then i went to silas
29:08i offered him the king protocol
29:10a plan to create weapons
29:12by merging the brains
29:13of dying champions
29:14with machinery
29:16i staked my entire
29:17research clearance
29:18and my freedom
29:20as collateral
29:20just to get him
29:22allow me to preserve
29:23and use your brain
29:24the modifications
29:26the pain
29:27it was real
29:28i had no choice
29:29i had to turn you
29:31into a monster
29:31so you could logically
29:32survive
29:33so you'd have a chance
29:34to get close to him
29:35to take revenge
29:37those crude
29:38mechanical arms
29:39they were the most
29:40inconspicuous scrap parts
29:41i could find
29:42in the back door
29:43the pain conversion
29:44was that part of the plan too
29:46it's a weapon
29:47but it's also your lifeline
29:50i modified the core protocol
29:52so you could
29:53absorb agony
29:54and your opponent's energy
29:55turning them into
29:56your own power and clearance
29:59but i have to be careful
30:00he can't suspect a thing
30:02until tonight
30:03he ran out of patience
30:05how long
30:07can we stay here
30:09about three minutes
30:11in real time
30:11but conctionation
30:12is accelerated
30:13we have roughly
30:14three hours
30:16we have to act
30:17before he makes his move
30:18act how
30:19i'm still locked in a cage
30:20covered in chips and chains
30:22the key to those chains
30:24is hidden in the protocol
30:24i modified
30:27use your consciousness
30:28to override their root protocols
30:30but you only get one shot
30:32once you trigger it
30:34silas will know instantly
30:35we must have the next step
30:37ready before then
30:39these are internal vulnerabilities
30:41kane helped me verify
30:42and you
30:44you need to win over your own people
30:46kane was the first
30:47but he won't be the last
30:49many of these gladiators
30:50are like you
30:51the company's discards
30:55what do i need to do
30:57keep performing
30:59make silas so obsessed with his perfect creation
31:03that he can't bring himself to destroy you
31:06meanwhile i'll find the physical location and final defense codes for the hub
31:11we'll be exposed
31:15i never expected to leave this place alive
31:19but you have to rake
31:21you must walk out of here
31:23and then you burn every inch of this place to the ground
31:27time's up
31:28listen rake
31:29once you leave here
31:30find your allies
31:31and
31:32if the day ever comes
31:33don't forgive me
31:37irene
31:37i command you to live
31:48i've read the scan reports
31:49they're clean
31:50so clean in fact they're almost
31:52boring
31:53so dr irene
31:55are you telling me those inexplicable leaps in adaptability
31:58were merely side effects
31:59and interface glitchers of the biological nerves
32:02scientifically yes
32:03however from a risk management perspective
32:06i recommend increasing the observation frequency of mania
32:09and embedding an independent tracking subprogram
32:12it will report only basic vitals and location
32:14for recovery purposes
32:17a tracking subprogram
32:19interesting
32:21this back door of yours
32:22could you bypass it
32:24i cannot
32:25this subprogram will exist independently of the king protocol
32:28the keys will be generated by the security committee
32:30and written into read-only hardware
32:32i am merely providing the integration scheme
32:34this is to eliminate any lingering doubts
32:36you or the board may have mr syvis
32:38the hardware read-only lock is a viable solution
32:41but it must be implanted during mania's next deep maintenance cycle
32:46we need at least 48 hours for preparation
32:52excellent we'll proceed with your plan prepare the hardware lock for the next maintenance
32:57in the meantime the exhibition matches continue
33:00who is his next opponent
33:02the punisher
33:04the objective is to test mania's sustained armor piercing abilities and his energy consumption curve
33:09it's scheduled for next week
33:12fine dismissed
33:14the old energy processing sector
33:16usually just two lazy guards
33:18the pipes in the back lead to the perimeter wall
33:21past that is scrapyard
33:23the wall's rigged with new high voltage sensors
33:27irene said we need the final defense codes for the nexus
33:29that thing is at the very bottom of the central control tower
33:33physically air gatted from the network
33:34unless someone blows the tower or opens it from the inside
33:38she said she'd find a way
33:39but she needs time
33:42and a distraction so big the guards can't ignore it
33:45a distraction
33:47you want to pull something during the next match
33:49too obvious silas is watching
33:51i'm not pulling anything
33:52i'm going to win
33:54but i'm going to win in a way
33:56that makes him bleed
33:59meaning
34:00the punisher isn't cheap
34:01i'll stay within the rules
34:03but i'm going to dismantle it piece by piece
34:04in the most wasteful way possible
34:06i'll turn every sensor and every plate of armor into unrecyclable trash
34:09tell me won't the responsible board members
34:11breathe down silas's neck
34:12won't they divert more resources to watch me
34:14won't the tower guards be pulled to bolster the arena's security
34:18you'll need enough juice
34:20you have to manage your consumption
34:21or you'll drop before you finish the job
34:23the energy
34:24i'll find a way
34:35routine inspection for the upcoming system upgrade
34:37kane
34:38out
34:42tracking chip
34:43read only hardware
34:44implanting next week during maintenance
34:47unbipassable
34:48but the transmitter's power module can be remotely overloaded and fried
34:51it's a last resort
34:52understood
34:53send me the data on the next opponent
34:55i'll transmit it to your terminal shortly
35:08ladies and gentlemen
35:10welcome back to nirvana
35:12tonight mania steps into the concrete jungle
35:16to face a lurking predator
35:18the punisher
35:19let's see if the hunter shreds the prey
35:22or if the prey bites back
35:24log his terrain utilization efficiency
35:26and his instantaneous reaction lines
35:29when ambushed
35:30let's see how he performs
35:32in an asymmetrical environment
35:40every time he moves his seventh step deliberately avoids that loose floor plate
35:43in the southeast corner of sector 5
35:45there's a decaying power line under there
35:46step on it and it triggers a local out blackout
35:49he knows the terrain's weak points
35:50he's no meathead
35:51let's see how he deals with that spider's legs
36:03he's sending a signal
36:05it means back to the wall
36:08rebellious
36:09looking for our own
36:20die
36:28watch
36:39are we done
36:40with this
36:42pathetic little game
36:52silas
36:54have you seen enough from up there on your throne
37:00watching us burn the last shreds of our humanity
37:03as fuel for your machine
37:05i am rake
37:06and we the trash
37:08you slice in half
37:10and skid back together with cold steel
37:12we are not standing here today
37:14to perform for you
37:15silas
37:16the throne you stole from our flesh and blood
37:18it is time
37:20to give it back
37:22and we'll try and call back
37:32and where the treasure
37:32and so
37:49you know
37:50and so
37:51you know
37:52Now the tower jam all channels go
38:39irene open it b2 c7 corridors security locks disengaged hold on
39:09go blow that door
39:15come on guys this way let's go
39:24we can't stop break through straight into the streets we're sitting ducks here
39:28damn it their firepower is too heavy we need to throw them off
39:32go go go
39:52fire open fire on all attackers including those vermin
40:06looks like we're gonna have to do this the hard way no problem i was hoping to say that
40:16come on guys this way
40:20rake hound squad simus is private force over 60 percent adaptation weakness relies on centralized
40:28tactical link frequency sent jamming
40:35target rage burner confirmed priority capture in case of extreme resistance disassembly authorized move
41:09the main force is in the safe zone fall back now
41:13just a little longer
41:40clammy
41:43sky
41:48Target severely damaged. Priority, secure the nexus. Withdraw.
41:58Rake, answer me. Rake!
42:23Scouted it. A fronted assault equals suicide. The walls are active. The power source is deep underground. No chance to
42:28brute force it.
42:29The only potential gap is every 120 seconds, when the Northeast 3 auxiliary power gate pulses for 0.8 seconds,
42:36but it's heavily guarded.
42:37Scraping fragments of their internal comms. Fewer guards than expected.
42:42Silas pulled most troops to suppress other city riots and fortified the tower top. He doesn't think we'll ever reach
42:48the base.
42:52Irene, any word? Last signal ping came from deep inside the tower. After that, nothing.
43:02Only noise will move them to the bankers.
43:07She's waiting for us.
43:20We've been spotted!
43:38We've been spotted!
43:41It's finally worthy of its scale.
43:49He's right.
43:51It's time to right the ending.
43:53But who holds the pen is still undecided.
43:56Let's go!
43:57Let's go!
44:14Take cover!
44:22Draw their fire! Give me three seconds!
44:25No!
44:29Now!
44:43The dark red main feedback line controls the entire defense loop.
45:02Impressive intuition, my creation. You know how to exploit the system's old wounds. But the real welcome lies ahead.
45:12Oh, and do check the time.
45:18That bastard!
45:21Then we kill him before it hits zero!
45:32Let's go!
45:34The lift is locked. Needs level two clearance.
45:46We force it.
45:53Rake! I've breached the firewall! Stalling activation!
45:59It's too massive!
46:01Redirecting to self-destruct!
46:03Buying time!
46:09Syvas found me! He's engaging!
46:12My dear Irene, you'll be erased.
46:22Irene?
46:24Kane! Change the charge!
46:27North-East! Third column base!
46:36Oh! Quiet!
46:47The End
46:48The End
46:48The End
46:48The End
46:48The End
47:01The End
47:04You've arrived, look at you.
47:08Broken, yet magnificent.
47:11A form forged by pure survival instinct.
47:14Far more beautiful than any design.
47:21Rake, the divine vessel. The energy core, directly behind the chest.
47:27Irene? Hold on.
47:31Still clinging to hope?
47:33That traitor is already dissolved into data.
47:46The End
47:47Damn it!
47:47The energy gap is too wide.
47:49Resonance gap.
47:50Seventh pulse.
47:52Struggle is part of evolution.
47:54Meaningless struggle is just noise.
48:04Now, the Seven.
48:07Now, the Seven.
48:24The End
48:25your order is complete bullshit!
48:50stop eight minutes that's all it takes to turn everything below into ash
48:58and you you'll die
49:08it's a quantum cascade virus it's rewriting the code as it spreads
49:20irene rake take it
49:26i'm sorry rake
49:30what is this
49:36even the nexus core
49:49damn it stopping the program requires multiple biometric keys and majority board authorization
49:54impossible forcibly recutting the core output would trigger a chain explosion
49:57enough to destroy half the city
49:59the only option rewrite the directive
50:02repert the overload to a less populated zone
50:13that's my new world
50:15my order
50:17no one takes it from me
50:32it's over
50:34you me this tower and the filth below
50:37we all become the foundation of a new world
50:42russian
50:43too late
50:44fight head on
50:45this body won't last
50:47wait
50:48what irene gave
50:50the console is just his tool
50:53the tower itself
50:55is the lock
50:57wow
51:01oh baby
51:05what what are you doing
51:11now
51:14in the name of irene
51:16in the name of this body
51:18and all the pain borne by heaven and earth
51:20die
51:21oh
51:21oh
51:22oh
51:22oh
51:24oh
51:24No!
52:03The core's energy mostly shot skyward, following your and Dr. Irene's guidance.
52:15Our people, butcher, informer, none made it up here.
52:32When clearing the hall's ruins, I found this.
52:38Maybe what she desperately preserved in her final moment.
52:58And now, what do we do?
53:02Silas is dead, the tower's gone.
53:06But the city is in chaos.
53:09No food, water, medicine, or order.
53:13No food, water, medicine, or order.
53:20No food, water, medicine, or order.
53:24Freedom!
53:25No!
53:26No!
53:26No!
53:27No!
53:30No!
53:30No!
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