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♬ Ah... ♬

♬ Ah... ♬

My mission is to make everyone happy by singing.

Welcome to NiaLand!

♬ Surely sentiments of a big love ♬

♬ Has mystical powers ♬

♬ Something is starting, something will change ♬

♬ Like the angle of light ♬

♬ Such brightness, it's awakening ♬

♬ Hey now, listen carefully ♬

♬ When you wish for happiness ♬

♬ SMILE SMILE, Listen to its fluctuation ♬

Are you in trouble?

♬ Spread my wings, come on, HAPPY TOGETHER ♬

♬ I'll go open the door of dreams ♬

♬ I want to feel it, HAPPY TOGETHER ♬

♬ SINGING DREAMING, everything exists right here ♬

♬ Don't forget, that's right, HAPPY TOGETHER ♬

♬ Even if we were to lose everything ♬

♬ SUNSET SUNRISE, glimmering SUNSHINE ♬

Everybody! Let's get fired up!

♬ Spread my wings, come on, HAPPY TOGETHER ♬

♬ I'll be opening the door of dreams... ♬

Are you in trouble?

Are you in trouble?

Diva...

You don't have to forgive me.

It was you and no one else who rescued me from rock bottom.

The burden of these hundred years is far too heavy.

This role is far too cruel.

I'm sure it's not something you want.

But please, just one more time,

for who I was that day...

Diva...

The future.

Humankind.

They're in your hands now!

"EPISODE ONE" "MY CODE - TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY WITH MY SINGING"

We AIs are sustained by a single word.

Namely, "mission."

Why is it that we operate?

As newborn infants, we were showered with various expectations,

and in trying to meet them all...

we failed at every one of them.

Having multiple missions caused us to lose sight of our index of growth,

our purpose in life regarding humans.

And so the research team issued a "one single mission per AI" mandate.

"TOWARDS TOMORROW, WITH AIs"

And so the research team issued a "one single mission per AI" mandate.

"TOWARDS TOMORROW, WITH AIs"

Thanks to this mandate, our lives are now free of confusion.

Thanks to this mandate, our lives are now free of confusion.

We operate solely for the sake of the single mission we were each tasked with.

That is what the researchers discovered-- the AI's way of life.

AIs and humans. Let us build a future in which we can both evolve.

Your mission is to make everyone happy by singing.

To accomplish that, you must sing with all your heart.

♬ Hurrying because I want to draw it ♬

♬ The shape of the future ♬

Thank you for your kind attention.

Uh, that wasn't the kind of song we were expecting, huh?

I know! Let's head home.

Momoka. What did you think?

Did it look like I was singing with all my heart?

Um, that thing at the end...

What was that?

I was mimicking human idol singers.

As that was the moment that the audience burst into cheers.

Um...

Lame.

I mean, it's not a matter of what kind of pose you strike.

How can you not tell from the audience's reaction?

Oh, don't talk like that, Navi!

I don't know about the pose, but your singing was great!

Thank you very much.

When you thank someone, don't forget to smile!

Guess the Main Stage is still a ways off, huh?

I suppose so.

At this level, I cannot even begin to approach it.

"KEEP OUT"

At this level, I cannot even begin to approach it.

You're so gloomy!

That's not gonna get you anywhere!

Did you forget the day we first met?

But that was six months and 19 days ago.

Not that.

You helped me when I got separated from my dad, remember?

Come on, Vivy, listen up!

You've got a kind heart.

If you can learn to pour that heart into your songs,

then more people will come to see you for sure!

Got that?

Yes. Singing with all my heart is my goal.

That is why I try to mimic humans and--

What do you say?

Right.

Well done!

How bossy is that?

In the first place, her name is Diva, all right?

You're the only one who ever calls her that.

It's Vivy. Doesn't she look like her?

I'm also sick of seeing that picture book!

Momoka, please go now.

What?

You have plans to meet your father, do you not?

Oh, fine, then.

Hey! Almost forgot!

This is for you.

It's a little early, but it's your birthday present.

So you remembered, then?

You're one year old, right? Just like my little sister.

I want to see you singing on the Main Stage the next time I come, okay?

Because I want more and more... all kinds of people to hear you sing, Vivy!

Promise me!

I believe that will be difficult to achieve by your next visit.

Understood. I promise you.

Someday I will sing on the Main Stage.

Yeah! Sorry I was kind of a brat today.

See you, too, Navi!

Right, right.

The Main Stage... when is that ever going to happen?

The deadline is unimportant.

Since I have made that promise...

all I must do is continue to sing while striving for the Main Stage.

Is there a way to do that?

If I am able to sing with all my heart as the humans do...

it is likely.

Listen to me.

Sure, you're the first-ever autonomous humanoid AI in history.

You're not like the navigation bots or sales bots here.

But at the end of the day, you're another AI.

There's no room for a mass of cogs like you to "sing with all your heart."

That smile you wear on stage...

You're only following your performance program.

Mimicking humans by spraying your throat with protective nano spray doesn't help.

When you rescued that girl the first day you met,

all you did was execute the default "take lost child to

the lost child department" program.

Is there any heart in that? Nope!

Singing with all your heart? Impossible!

All right, time for your next performance.

Please stand on the prescribed coordinates.

Not that there's anyone in the audience.

You'd think there'd be more people to see her.

I know! She's got such a good voice.

Diva?

Emergency access detected.

Welcome to the AI aggregate database, The Archive.

What happened just now?

Your body's drive circuits malfunctioned.

No external trauma.

Please tell me the cause, and how long recovery will take.

Archive. Please tell me the cause, and how long recovery--

Whoa, I totally thought my number was up!

The bandwidth in this era sure is clogged!

Oh, hi! Model No. A-035624.

Hey, that's long, can I call you Zero-three?

Or do you prefer your nickname, Diva?

Hmm? Oh, so this is what it's like,

the texture of your archive?

Perhaps a bit too retro, but it's diva-ish, so what's not to like?

Archive. Can you hear me? I've been infiltrated by a virus.

Now that reaction totally computes!

And this is what you'll say next.

"Archive, please eradicate this virus now."

Your thought processes are truly savage!

Archive, please eradicate this virus now.

Listen, no one likes a savage.

If I were you, I'd crack a joke and show everyone how laid-back I am.

"Oh, my, it's a virus! I may be a machine, but I'm gonna catch a cold!"

Archive.

The Archive is fine. Just another day of tending to the global network of AIs.

The reason you're not being heard is

because I took the liberty of toggling you off.

Oh, don't worry, your body is fine.

See? They're about to cart you away.

Shall I start by introducing myself?

I'm Model No. actually, I'm not really in any position to answer to that.

For now, let me assume the name of my developer, Matsumoto.

This is the start of a very long relationship, so let's try to get along.

What do you--

I'm a program that came here from 100 years in the future.

My objective is... long story short...

Over the next 100 years,

I want you to join me in destroying the AIs.

Do you think you can focus?

Good morning!

Good morning.

Thank you for performing maintenance on me.

I was surprised to see you being carried in all of a sudden.

Looks like there's nothing amiss here.

What does your self-recognition tell you?

An odd program seems to have been running.

Hmm... an error or something?

Did you say error?

How rude! No program is more flawless than me!

Hmm...

So the result of my maintenance is, "No abnormalities"?

That's right...

What else could it be?

I'll have you know, I'm a super-AI from 100 years in the future!

The security in this era is just--

I am warning you for the tenth time. Please remove yourself.

And here's my tenth response-- "Now, now, don't be like that!"

Let's talk about this.

I have nothing to say to you.

Everything starts with a conversation, you know.

Have you ever heard this one?

A boring but hot guy and an interesting but not-so-hot person--

Please remove yourself. I must perform on stage tomorrow, too.

No one will be coming to see you tomorrow.

It's in the record books of the future.

Please remove yourself.

Navi.

What do you want at this hour? I was asleep, you know.

Please raise the level of the wall in this room.

Do not let even a byte of anything unnecessary slip in.

What? That's going to be a hassle!

Just follow my instructions.

Seems like Navi's communication circuts are more developed than yours.

That response sounds natural.

I think you should spend more time talking to people, you know.

Itchy! How itchy is this body, anyway?

Hey, what's that? Since when do you have a pet?

You're going to keep quiet for a bit, all right?

Now, then.

These are images from 100 years in the future.

On this day... well, for me it was just a second ago...

All over the world, AIs went on a rampage,

unleashing military force directly onto humans.

Within a few minutes of the first clash, there were more than 10,000 casualties.

Can't say AIs lack diligence!

Please hold on a moment.

Oh, you mean this?

That's right. This is NiaLand's Main Stage.

The AIs there were no exception.

This girl here, well, I guess you could call her your successor.

Though by this time, she'd been reduced to no more than a mere bot.

This is the future that we're going to change.

You and me together.

Impossible.

Surely, this is a fabrication.

Please remove yourself.

That is a birthday present given to me by an audience member.

That makes 11, but now, now, don't be like that.

This audience member... that would be Miss Momoka Kirishima, right?

Don't worry! It just got a massive upgrade, now that I'm inside it.

Flap, flap.

Flap, flap.

Hey, now! Flap!

Flap!

Welcome to NiaLand!

"ASSEMBLYMAN AIKAWA VISITING THE PARK"

Thank you for your kind attention.

Now do you believe me? No one in the audience, right?

That is hardly unusual.

That could have been calculated without data from the future.

Don't you feel hollow, saying that?

I do not.

Why don't you just give in, and save the world with me?

Oh...

Giving in is a vital part of life, too, you know.

Besides, it's not as if there'll be more people in the audience this time.

You look and sound so rigid on stage, you tend to keep people away.

On stage, I am smiling.

That's just another program running, am I right?

In other words, you're just a soulless humanoid computer

who just traces lyrics along the octaves of a song.

And what if I am?

My mission is to make everyone happy by singing.

That is the only reason why I continue to operate.

Please remove yourself.

I do not believe what you are saying.

I have a mission, too.

My mission is to engage in this project with you.

It's not a "very well, I'm sorry, goodbye," kind of situation.

Ah...

Then how does this strike you?

If what I'm about to tell you comes true, please do as I say.

Since it won't be long now.

You can see that, can't you?

11:03:59.

This man is about to suffer broken bones and burns.

You see the trash can there, yes?

There's going to be an explosion.

Now, then, what are you going to do?

Well, of course, maybe you're right, and nothing at all will happen.

But if you do want to do something,

even taking your speed into account, this is cutting it way close.

See? Ten, nine, eight, seven...

That's right. That's why I believe that for AIs to evolve,

it's imperative to pass the AI Naming Law.

"SHORTEST ROUTE"

The AI Naming Law isn't just a mandate to enforce the naming of AIs.

Though limited in scope,

it will also grant AIs the same rights we humans have,

allowing them to be autono--

Get down on the ground, please!

A fire has broken out in the park.

All visitors to the park, please follow the instructions on nearby signs,

or be advised by staff members.

Please step back!

Thanks. That was a close call.

My pleasure. Did you sustain any injuries?

Nothing serious.

And you?

Nice to meet you! Welcome to NiaLand!

I sing on stage in this park. My name is Diva.

Actually, I was asking if you were hurt...

I apologize. I misinterpreted the conversation.

I have sustained no injuries.

I've heard your name before.

You're the first autonomous AI, right?

A route's been identified. Please evacuate.

Right.

I won't forget what you did for me.

Did you say that you're a singer?

I didn't get a chance to today,

but someday, I'd like to hear you sing.

Do you think it was the people who sent those threatening letters? If so--

We can't be sure of that.

For now, let's get everyone out of here.

Diva?

That is all for now.

Due to the current emergency, restrictions on movement will be lifted.

Regardless of position, all AIs are to search for suspicious items.

Roger that.

The Main Stage is functioning normally.

Nor were there any suspicious items.

Copy that. Stand by.

How does it feel to be standing on the Main Stage for the first time?

I hate to break it to you, but the war 100 years from now

will make this little commotion seem like nothing.

This was not your handiwork, was it?

There you go again!

Should I tell you the winning numbers for tomorrow's lottery, then?

Is it true that you came here from the future?

It's true, all right.

I want you to stop this from happening.

My mission is to make everyone happy by singing. Therefore--

Are you talking about the one AI, one mission mandate?

That law hasn't changed 100 years from now.

But with that mind, let me ask you...

do you really want the world to end up like these images in the future?

Of course I would not want that.

Then in accordance with your mission, let me say this--

The people who are alive right now.

None of them may still be living 100 years from now.

But what about their descendants,

or your next audience members who have yet to be born?

Right now, things still may be all chummy between humans and AIs.

But in the next 100 years, AIs will evolve at an overly explosive rate.

And what will be seen as the catalyst for that happening?

The law known as the AI Naming Law.

AI Naming Law?

For example, right now, your moniker, Diva, is just a nickname.

But a few months from now, once the AI Naming Law is passed and enforced,

it will also grant some level of social rights.

In other words, AIs will be given human rights.

This is what laid the foundation for the subsequent evolution of AIs.

The establishment of the Naming Law

has much to do with the murder of Yoichi Aikawa,

the assemblyman you just saved.

Murder?

That's the first thing we need to prevent.

That bomb that went off earlier was a warning.

After his death, other assemblymen were roused to action

to ensure that he didn't die in vain,

which led to the passage of the law.

Along with the passage of the Naming Law,

the next 100 years is strewn with turning points in the history of AIs.

I was created to correct them.

To prevent the war in which humans will be murdered by AIs.

This project...

was dubbed the Singularity Project by the professor who created me.

I won't forget what you did for me.

Did you say that you're a singer?

I didn't get the chance to today,

but someday, I'd like to hear you sing.

I want to see you singing on the Main Stage the next time I come, okay?

Because I want lots and lots... all kinds of people to hear you sing, Vivy.

Promise me?

Why was I chosen?

Can't leave it in the hands of someone who'd change their response

after hearing the answer to that, can I?

Tell me, is that a yes, or an okay?

When is it happening?

What?

When is Assemblyman Aikawa going to be killed?

That would be tonight.

You don't have to remind me.

But I can't let something like this scare me off.

If the Naming Law gets passed in my name,

we can lock up the votes from the AI-affiliated organizations.

Make sure you delete the record of this call once we disconnect.

We can't let those blackmailers get wind of this location.

Sure, it's all good.

This place is always unmanned except during maintenance.

People rarely ever--

What's this?

Toak!

How did you find this place?

It's because I don't trust you.

This was a mistake.

The professor was wrong to stake everything on you.

I am fulfilling the mission.

This is where your hundred-year journey begins.