NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 236 The 4 Sisters' Awakening

"Pod 153 calls Pod 042. We have detected that 9M and his crew are becoming more and more human-like in their behavior and thinking. We have found that the cause seems to be related to the deceased YoRHa unit 9M. Can you analyze the cause?"

"Pod 042 calling Pod 153. Not just them, but us as well."

“Is this… consciousness?”

"Inform Pod 153. Through analysis of past intelligence, it has been confirmed that all androids... no, including machine life forms, that have come into contact with 9M will undergo varying degrees of evolution. The reason is unknown..."

……

The four sisters were talking and laughing, gossiping and joking about all kinds of things, as if they were talking about something happy.

From time to time they would touch each other, chase and play, and let out girlish screams.

The sky where the sun never sets makes everyone lose the concept of time.

The passion gradually faded, and everyone gradually ran out of topics to talk about. They sat on the ground panting.

The girl's bell-like laughter gradually disappeared, and the atmosphere became silent again.

11B leaned down, took off his black combat gloves, and picked the grass leaves on the ground, one, two...

A lush cactus was in trouble. 64B and 22B were interested in pulling out the thorns on the cactus and then stabbing them into the flesh of the cactus...

The two looked at each other and immediately had a tacit understanding. 64B pulled out the thorns, 22B stabbed...

8B kicked the stones on the ground out of boredom. Suddenly, he felt that it was too boring. He looked at the three people.

Suddenly, she became interested.

64B's hair seems to be particularly interesting.

She stepped forward slowly.

I fiddled with the 64B brown broom head and started counting, one, two...

“Piece by piece…”

The grass on the entire lawn was damaged, and the ground gradually turned from green to yellow...

There is not a single piece of good flesh left on the cactus. Every thorn on it has been pulled out more than once...

11B looked expectantly for the next intact blade of grass, but he didn't find any after looking around.

"No more?" She stood up disinterestedly, muttering to herself, "What a disappointment..."

She looked around and saw that her 64B and 22B hair had turned into a mess of weeds, and the cactus was pierced to pieces.

Finally, it could not bear the heavy load and its branches were riddled with holes.

It fell down under the gaze of 64B and 22B.

"Spoof!" 64B withdrew his hand in dismay.

"That's right!" 22B threw the remaining thorns in his hand aside.

22B seemed to notice someone was grabbing her red hair. She struggled for a while, then noticed that 8B was counting her hair with interest.

"Don't move! I haven't finished counting yet..."

"team leader!!!"

"almost……"

8B comforted 22B and continued with what he was doing.

Finally, feeling her hair being loosened, 22B looked at captain 8B with resentment.

8B was still not satisfied and said, "You have fewer hairs than 64B...how many fewer hairs...oh, 42...forty-two...

Huh? What’s the question about this answer…”

"enough!!!"

64B roared, waking everyone up from their sleep.

Hearing the sudden voice, the other three looked up indifferently and looked at 64B.

“It’s OK!!!”

She yelled loudly, and her usually sharp voice became hoarse and silent: "That's enough..."

8B looked at everyone, and all kinds of emotions came up again.

She took steps, pulling everyone together and hugging each other with their arms.

"Everyone……"

"sisters……"

……

The four of them stood there silently, hugging and leaning on each other...

at last,

A long time passed, and the crowd slowly dispersed.

The depressing atmosphere gradually dissipated, and the faces of several people returned to normal.

22B was the first to speak: "What should we do next?"

8B glanced at everyone and stopped at 64B: "64B, what do you think?"

64B, who was called out, looked at everyone, then turned to look at the white tower and said, "I think this white tower is very important...

according to……"

She paused, as if thinking of the information provider, she shook her head and continued:

"...Intelligence, this White Tower should have taken action a long time ago, but... until now, you know...

It...seems to be waiting for something..."

64B That’s all I have to say. I won’t say any more.

22B's eyes lit up: "You mean... it... is waiting for us?"

11B continued, "It may include others. Depending on..."

She also thought of something, paused for a moment, and continued: "...Information, there is an entrance to this white tower, which is very unreasonable."

"That's right." 8B suddenly realized and nodded, "Then, let's go on..."

64B said, "There are only a few options left. First, leave. But our personalities won't allow us to leave.

Second: do nothing. This approach is also ruled out.

third:……"

She pointed in the direction of the White Tower and said quietly, "Let's go in and take a look..."

After hearing the options she mentioned, 11B thought for a long time and said, "I have a different opinion..."

The three of them looked over and looked at 11B with interest.

Feeling the passionate gazes of the three people, 11B thought of something, which made her emotions ripple again.

She bit her cherry-colored lips and said bluntly, "Because of that man! I looked up some popular romance novels among humans...

According to the normal flow of the story,

In the situation we are facing now, the male protagonist... is gone.

Those who stay behind will be disheartened and determined to die.

Then he inherited his will and faced the big boss alone...

Then……"

She paused, looked up and glanced at everyone, then continued, "And then...he died worthlessly..."

"what!?"

The three of them were shocked and looked at 11B in disbelief.

This plot sounds like...

That makes sense!!!

8B raised her beautiful eyes and looked at 11B curiously. She walked to her side, lifted her chin and asked, "So...what happened next..."

"Later..."

11B's eyes sparkled for a moment, then gradually dimmed. He murmured, "I haven't finished reading it yet. From the catalogue...

The ending seems to be... the hero didn't die, he came back... and what he waited for... was indeed the corpse of the heroine..."

Her voice gradually became lower.

After hearing what 11B said, 22 looked up at the traces of the battlefield in the distance, shook his head helplessly, and poured cold water on everyone: "Can he come back?"

(Ye Feng OS: Fight for me...)

"Yeah." 64B looked into the distance and said in vulgar and easy-to-understand words: "Although I can't see him, he is everywhere..."

Everyone fell into silence again.

8B thought hard about something, and finally, she made up her mind.

[We can no longer risk the lives of our teammates, and we must stop those who act on impulse...]

She raised her eyes and glanced at 11B, her meaning was very clear.

Without a doubt, the saddest one among the four is girl 11B.

So, what about the other four people?

She looked again in the direction where the black figure left, as if she had just left.

Gradually, she came up with an idea in her mind. She glanced at everyone with a firm gaze and said seriously, "What 11B said makes sense.

I think: At this moment, none of us should enter the White Tower, otherwise it will be a way to death.

In addition, we guarded a hidden place outside the White Tower gate, keeping an eye on any strangers trying to enter or leave the White Tower.

At the same time, if... Miss A2 and the others try to enter the White Tower, we must do our best to stop them... stop them from committing suicide...

What do you think? "

The four of them looked at each other, then nodded: "No problem."

"So, pack your bags and get moving!"

"learn!!!"