Episode Title:
corru[P]tion
Episode Description:
9S attempts to enter the newly constructed Machine tower, but cannot breach the entrance. He is then attacked by Operator 21O, but despite being infected by the virus, she is unwilling to hurt 9S and commits suicide instead. In her last moments, she passes along data about the tower, revealing that it is powered by three sub-units, the destruction of which will render the tower defenseless. Armed with this knowledge, 9S makes his way to the nearest sub-unit. Meanwhile, A2 returns to Pascal's village to pick up supplies for the Resistance until Pod 042 warns them of an army of hostile Machines approaching...