[electronic bleeping]
[lively rock music playing]
[alarm beeping]
[tires screech]
[commentator] Look at them jump! This really is the race of all races!
Welcome to the Warp Grand Prix!
SUMA GARAGE
What could be more beautiful than dozens of high-speed machines...
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
...testing their limits?
Autumn has traded flurries of leaves for soaring machines!
Contests between AI and humans are always intense, but this year's Tokyo Warp...
- Here you go. - ...may set some new records.
Wow! You're starting to blend in already.
She just hooked us up with a nice tech upgrade.
We can cross Walls more reliably now.
[Hugo] So we can ride as recklessly as we want without getting flagged now.
- What? No! - [chuckles]
Kai, thank you.
Have we figured out anything about the kid yet?
Well, I managed to find some of the kid's movement history.
I traced him to the eastern outskirts before I was blocked.
Nobody really goes to that region anymore, so data's limited.
Mind sharing the data you do have with me?
Hmm? Here.
If we wanna find out more,
we'll have to go to the scene and poke around,
but right now, this garage has bills to pay.
We need to get back to work.
[sighs]
- So, Hugo, what are you trying to... - [engine revs]
Hugo!
[huffs]
Ugh! Seriously! It's like he's never thought anything through in his life.
[Kai] Huh?
Did he come back?
[mysterious rock music playing]
You think you can do what my pit crew can't?
We'll try. Hugo's out right now.
[biker] It's fine. Sorry for barging in like this.
Hey. Is she a racer?
[Spoke] Didn't realize Hugo had famous customers.
Not sure I should care. Racing's just a hobby for the rich, right?
The results are pre-simulated.
It comes down to differences in processing power.
[biker] That's not all there is to it.
Tokyo Warp's themed around the fusion of technology and humans.
It's open to everyone.
This is a place where financial and physical limitations don't matter,
and that human element can screw up even the best simulation.
[commentator] Ooh! We've got yet another crash!
Whoa, what?
Accidents have been optimized out of this world.
Races are the exception,
with bikes pushed to the brink and lives balanced on a knife's edge.
Chaos is always close at hand.
So you're just hoping you'll be lucky?
Mm... Luck's too fickle to rely on.
- When the wind turns, I'm ready. - Hmm?
[commentator] Leading the pack, we have the S1 model
equipped with the newest simulation engine!
Amarin Lu is the only racer who opted for manual operation this year,
and her placing is dropping as most analysts predicted.
Get that spring as tight as you can. I need snappier handling.
I've already torqued it to spec. Any more and you'll have issues.
Please just do it.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna lose to some mindless machine!
Huh?
[sighs] I just ran out!
Hugo gave me these.
The candies are supposed to be my good-luck charm!
So much for not relying on luck. You're full of it, huh?
[Amarin chuckles] Why don't you come watch?
- [ratchet clicking] - You like motorbikes, right?
Uh, kind of.
[Amarin chuckles] Well, this should get you off the fence.
There's nothing like seeing it live.
[commentator] The highlight of this year's Tokyo Warp,
sponsored by the Digital Ministry, has to be this course!
To make use of our urban infrastructure's efficiency
and to keep you, our viewers, entertained,
we've created a track that reroutes itself in real time.
[Ieuji] Not only does this entertain while testing roadway efficiency,
it also checks the measures we might employ
during a disaster or terror attack.
Killing three birds with one stone, eh?
[commentator] All of Tokyo has been transformed into a racecourse
so that automated models driven by AI,
hybrid models driven by humans with AI-assistance,
and one brave rider who's operating her vehicle entirely on her own
can fight it out for the ultimate prize!
[gasps] Whoa.
- What's your deal? - It's nothin'.
Her good-luck charm.
- [beeping] - Hmm?
[Watari] Okay, guys, you are on your way, right?
The delivery! You're picking it up in East District, right?
You better not tell me you forgot about it 'cause of that stupid race!
Spoke!
Your lunch break is officially over, got it?
If we start ghosting our clients, the garage will go bankrupt!
[Spoke] Can't work without Hugo,
and it's not like this brat can take his place.
- [Kai] "This brat?" - I'm sure you two can figure it out!
Come on. Ugh!
[Spoke tuts] The second we run into trouble, I'm canceling.
[Kai] So you gonna start us off with a pun?
[Spoke] Don't lump me in with Hugo.
- All I care about is freedom and my bike. - Okay.
What should we do?
We can take the expressway once the race ends.
No. If we do that, we'll be too late.
Got a better idea?
The Tokyo Warp's final round is now about to begin!
I'll prove that I'm the fastest racer in this city.
We've gotta reach the expressway before the race cuts off traffic.
Huh?!
But that would mean we'd be racing against the entire race, right?
[commentator] Three, two...
- To do this, we need Hugo on our side! - [commentator] ...one!
- [Kai] Let's cancel! - [commentator] Go!
[energetic rock music playing]
[commentator] The final round of the Tokyo Warp Grand Prix has just begun!
This is friggin' insane!
Spoke! What are you trying to do?!
[screaming] Ah!
Head straight from here. We can still make it using this route.
No! You can't go this way! Ah!
What the heck?!
- You scream funny. - Huh?
I said not this way!
Hey! Look ahead! You're gonna drive us over the rail!
Ah! Ah!
[Kai screams]
That was a good roar, partner!
Bit quiet though.
[Kai screams]
[Hugo grunts, sighs]
TAGLESS
Hmm?
[softly] Hmm.
'Scuse me?
If you're home, come out and say hi.
Hmm.
Hmm?
[grunts]
Hmm.
[mysterious music playing]
Uh...
[tense music builds, fades]
[both straining]
[attacker] Why are you here?
- [energetic music playing] - [Kai screaming]
[Kai] We're going so fast!
[screams] Ah!
Ah! Ah!
[panting] Huh?
The racecourse is changing again.
We won't make it at this rate!
Damn it. The course is too unpredictable.
Huh? What are you doing?
Whoa.
I just need to find the code for the racecourse.
♪ Ya ♪
♪ Ya-ah-ah ♪
♪ Ya, ya... ♪
That's it. You should turn left.
♪ Ya, ya ♪
♪ Ya-ah-ah ♪
Every point on the road's grid has a marker assigned to it.
They're using those to alter the shape of the road.
Turn right this time.
Now left!
Right again!
Here comes the expressway.
[Spoke] It's a dead end.
We're fine. Just keep driving!
As you wish.
[Kai] Come on.
Open, open, open, open, open!
[both yell]
[Kai screams]
Again?
Look at that. You really did beat the racers.
[music fades out]
The detour's landed us at the edge of East.
It's like a pretty important area of Tokyo.
Hey, uh, can we take this next turn?
- We're running behind as it is. - Please, Spoke?
[tuts] All right, fine.
[Spoke] About earlier,
did you hack the system?
Yeah, well, I found some stuff in the garage
that let me upgrade my device.
I don't know if I could pull that off again,
but, you know, I was desperate.
You rewrote the rules that bound you.
The system was built to constrain us. Break past it and you're free.
- I don't really get it. - [Spoke] You could pretend.
Who the hell sent you, huh? Was it Lizard?
No! I'm here because Lizard has his sights set on me and my friends.
So I guess you know him?
Yeah.
[narc] This is the worst. That brat just isn't walking into our traps.
[Lizard] As the system grows more precise and complex,
more gaps emerge in the code.
More weaknesses to exploit.
To catch a hacker this skilled, we've got no choice
but to hunt her on foot and flush her out.
Feels like a recipe for a wild-goose chase.
Uh...
[commentator] We're already halfway through the Tokyo Warp final round!
- [robot] Thank you for waiting. - [commentator] ...get shaken up!
- Amarin Lu... - [Lizard] Huh.
About the duplicate tags that got flagged by the Wall... Vehicle?
Don't know. I don't have access to that data.
- What if... motorcycles? - [narc] That's impossible.
The second a motorcycle gets flagged by the Wall,
its engine shuts down, then it's game over.
[Lizard] That's if it relies on electronics,
but what if it has a combustion engine?
[chuckles] Thank you for this food!
- Time to go. - Huh?
To where?
To the gap I just found in our system.
[narc slurps and gulps hurriedly]
Man! Ah!
[knocking]
[man] Mmm.
Here for a pickup.
Took your time! At this rate, you'll miss the auction.
- What is this thing? - It's an old traffic control device.
- A traffic light. - Huh?
[Spoke] Tokyo ditched them a long time ago.
Now, it's an eccentric collector's item. Illegal at that.
[auctioneer] Today's highlight item has finally arrived.
In its time, this object was a symbol of order and restriction.
We rank it first place among countless relics we're better off without.
This is the traffic light.
[Spoke] Can't believe that people used to sit and wait for that thing to turn green.
[bidder] Three hundred thirty!
[Spoke] Seeing this, I feel like we must live in a much freer world now.
[auctioneer] Five hundred thousand.
- [auctioneer] Are there any further bids? - Huh. I wonder.
[commentator] Half the riders that have made it to this round have crashed!
Those that remain are just one mistake from colliding...
Oh! I jinxed it!
Another one bites the road!
The racers coming up on the crash are getting tripped up by the wreckage
one after another!
- Amarin weaves through the carnage. - You have to hold on!
[commentator] Oh! But she falters after she corners her next turn!
Amarin Lu seems to be struggling!
[scoffs]
Bet she regrets that over-tightened spring now, doesn't she?
- [Kai] Hey. - Hmm?
I heard these are lucky.
It'd be a shame if she lost when we had one lying around.
[action music playing]
[commentator] This is Amarin Lu's final pit stop.
Is it too late for her to stage a comeback?
Is it too late for you to shut up?
[Kai] Hey!
You can't make any excuses now!
Who needs excuses when you're a winner?
[tires screech]
[Spoke] Riding a motorcycle is a lot like breathing.
You're best at both when you move without thinking.
Once you're conscious of your actions, they become stilted.
When the wind turns, I'm ready.
[Spoke] You'll get it once you learn to ride.
Bingo.
[commentator] Here she comes!
Amarin is rocketing her way up through the ranks!
Tokyo Warp has the most intricate course in the world,
and she is carving it up like a roasted turkey!
But will she manage to catch the leading pack?
[music fades]
[chuckles lightly]
[Spoke] Motorcycles set people free.
- [engine starts] - [gasps]
And, kid, the meaning of that freedom is up to you.
[revs]
[upbeat music playing]
[breathing heavily]
[exhales]
There's a rhythm to the engine's motion.
Feel it out. Get lost in it.
[upbeat music continues]
[Kai breathing deeply]
- [gasps] - [gasps]
[commentator] It's happening!
Amarin is finally sinking her teeth into the leading pack!
- [music builds, fades] - [Kai exhales]
Well done.
Seems that good-luck charm did the trick.
Huh.
- [Kai] Candy. - Hmm?
I suppose we could describe her comeback as "sweet victory."
I'm not engaging, Kai. I'm too tired.
Your bike is too tired.
[Kai chuckles]
[commentator] And the winner is Amarin Lu!
And the crowd goes wild!
Amarin Lu, this year's...
[Watari] I hear the delivery went about as well as Amarin's race.
- Yeah, it did. Everybody won. - [Watari] Today, at least.
- Sorry, but I need to bring the mood down. - [ominous music playing]
I read some accidental-death cases just like the case of the kid we delivered.
Managed to trace each victim's final movements.
All these cases had one thing in common.
Evidence of drugs or drug deals.
Then this was more than a simple accident.
There's one more concerning fact that these cases have in common.
The man in charge of each investigation was Lizard.
[Spoke] So either his cases are riddled with tragic accidents...
[Watari] Or they're being disguised as accidents.
[Kai] No way. Did he...
[Lizard] You're next.
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Mm-mm-mm-mmm ♪
["Cryptogram" playing]
♪ Cryptogram, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ We'll never solve it ♪
-♪ We try to fight it ♪ - ♪ Fight it ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
- ♪ I decided ♪ - ♪ Decided ♪
♪ Everything is in between ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ It's not the same, I know that ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ Cryptogram ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ Cryptogram ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ Beside your cryptogram ♪
[lyrics in Japanese]
♪ Cryptogram ♪