Clockwork Planet (クロックワーク・プラネット)

Sprocket Calendar January 12th, 1016 19:24 Tokyo Core Tower

My name is Marie Bell Breguet.

I am a member of the Meister Guild.

We are terribly sorry for the trouble we have caused you.

Is that a Chrono Compass?

The mark of a world-class clocksmith, the thing that allows

you to inspect and tinker with all the gears in the world?!

May I continue?

That YD-01, RyuZU, is the property of the Breguet family.

We currently have need of it.

Please return it immediately.

No.

Of course, you will be rewarded appropriately.

I refuse.

RyuZU is mine.

Halter, let's bury this guy and forget we ever met him.

That will resolve everything.

We don't have time. We can't be picky.

Stop it, Princess.

Shut up! I don't have time to deal with this idiot.

I told you to stop, Marie!

Do tell, who are you trying to kill?

Episode 3: Conflict

If you honestly believe that a piece of junk like you,

who's far more inferior than the flea-class humans,

is allowed to point that toy at Master Naoto,

then I'll gladly turn you both into mincemeat.

I wasn't serious.

Of course, neither was the princess here.

Princess, never say anything rash again.

I was just almost killed!

If she had been serious, I wouldn't have had time to draw.

First, calm down.

She is the one who is in control here.

I retract calling you "junk" since you seem to understand what is going on.

I apologize for our rude behavior.

I'd also like you to hear us out.

The army wants to sacrifice 20 million people and purge Kyoto?

In seven hours? Tell me you're joking!

YD-01, RyuZU.

The Initial Y-Series are the best automata that the creator of the

Clockwork Planet, Y, left behind.

They are maintenance machines entrusted to the future generations.

You awoke at this point in time because you are the guardian of this planet.

Am I wrong?

I am sorry, but there is a severe problem... with your head.

You are so far off the mark that I can't tell if you're even trying.

Hey, stop giving me that pitying look!

Fine, then what are you?!

"One who follows."

My raison d'être is to be by Master Naoto's side and to do everything for him.

However, there is one person who could do what you are asking for.

Who is that?!

That would be—

RyuZU, over here!

Hey, what?

A big one is coming!

A gravity anomaly?

Did the military already begin the purge?

No, it's way too early.

This is quite something.

Once the real purge begins, it won't be contained like this.

RyuZU, are you okay?

Yes, I am fine.

You! How could you tell?!

How? I mean there was such a huge noise down below.

Aren't those noise-canceling headphones?

Nowadays, even the cheapest pair will have a 100% block rate.

How can he even have a conversation?

Dissonance?

In the Core Tower, on Floor 24.

Wait! I never even mentioned that the problem was on Floor 24!

How did you...

You mean to say you pin-pointed an anomaly 7 km beneath us using those headphones?

Yes, why?

Impossible! There's no way a human could do that.

That's child's play for Master Naoto.

He was able to locate and fix the defect that kept me in a slumber for 206 years,

so I believe he can save this city, as well.

So you did what generations of Breguet clocksmiths were unable to do?

Well, I just have slightly better hearing.

Actually, you are mankind's best clocksmith.

I'm happy that you're saying that, but...

Naoto, was it?

Uh, yes.

Even now, we are not able to locate all the problems on Floor 24.

But you're saying you can?

No, from here I can't pick out the details.

Then I'll take you there.

Then we can stop the purge from happening.

Why are you trying so hard?

According to your story, you're surrounded by enemies and it's unclear

what is going to happen in the future.

So why are you not running?

I hate to think that something is impossible.

I know there are limits.

But we are alive right now because there were people who didn't

give up and kept trying.

If I run away now, I will never be able to have faith in myself again.

So please, Naoto, lend us your strength.

I'm sorry, but—

Since I am nothing but a servant to Master Naoto,

I was torn if I should mention this,

but my younger sister is in the basement of the Core Tower.

Young-er sis-ter?

Yes.

Initial Y-Series, Unit 4, "One who annihilates," AnchoR.

Could you give me a little more detail?

She keeps her pretty black hair in a bob and she has bright red eyes.

She has a little trouble expressing her emotions, but she also likes to be spoiled.

What are we doing?!

Let's get moving, everyone!

Hurry up, or I'll leave you behind!

Did I trigger something I shouldn't have?

If the army finds out what we're up to, they are sure to intervene.

We need to make it to the Core Tower before that.

Oh, they already know.

What?

They are approaching the underground parking lot.

She is with a civilian and a bodyguard.

Civilian? Oh, well.

Capture Dr. Breguet alive at all costs.

I don't care what happens to the rest.

A dozen military automata are armed and ready for us.

Hang on a second!

If we just barge in there it will most definitely cause a rift

between the guild and the military.

If that happens...

Um, so what exactly do you want to do?

Play politics?

What do you even know?!

Nothing, that's why I am asking.

You guys want to fix the Core Tower.

I want to meet AnchoR.

Isn't everything else totally irrelevant?

Halter.

Yup.

It's seriously killing me that this doofus outargued me.

I think it's fine.

Children should act childlike.

It's the job of old geezers like me to worry about the rest.

You're right, I am nothing but a child.

Time to work, Halter.

Roger that.

Naoto, since you're so full of yourself, you need to help.

I'm super weak.

I wasn't counting on your strength at all.

But I was counting a little on your talent.

Got it.

You're so obvious!

Mister, you're not just some cyborg!

I'm an 8th generation Breguet unit.