Oh, good.
Just who I wanted to see.
You don't like it, do you?
You don't like how I forced you to shoot Nicholas D. Wolfwood dead.
Your scene is concluded.
Soon, the final curtain will rise.
Tell me one thing. Why did you come here?
I... I don't know how to live with a debt...
...that I h-haven't paid.
That's nonsense.
Animals run instinctively when they sense danger...
...but your behavior is completely irrational.
Even the word 'foolish' fails to describe you.
The only reason the human race came to possess humanity and morals...
...was because they believed themselves a superior breed of beast.
The moment they taste the true fear of knowing a far superior breed exists...
...humans act entirely on instinct.
T-The cornered mouse will attack the cat!
That's because the mouse is seeking death...
...in order to escape the pain.
This is the ravine between life and death.
That's right. That is your essence...
...the essence of the animals called Homo sapiens.
Good-for-nothing resource-consuming garbage.
I know, my master.
I will make Vash the Stampede suffer eternal pain.
Hey, lady!
Pardon me, MISS, might I have some donuts?
Comin' right up! How many will it be?
$$30 worth, please!
And make 'em fresh ones! I don't want no day-olds.
Yeah, yeah, I know!
Oof.
A populated city at last! Oh, lucky day!
Bonjour!
Ooh, that smells good! This smells almost like honey.
And without further ado...
This is great! This is super-tasty!
Oh, it's good to be alive!
Hey, wait for me!
Mom says she's gonna buy each of us a new toy! Hurry up!
Have you been to Maggie's store? She has some new bolts in.
Is that right? I had no idea!
- Thanks a lot! Is that right? I had no idea!
I'll help you out. Which girl is she?
Never mind, I'll tell her myself.
At least tell me her name!
It takes three days to get there by sand steamer. Forget it.
It'll be fine! Trust me!
That's why I'm nervous.
You look funny, Daddy!
I'll get you for that!
- Eek! - Watch where you're going, Linda!
These are good.
These are really good.
Why... are they so...
Mr. Vash!
Why do these huge incidents happen around you?
Why did a nice person like Mr. Wolfwood have to die?
Who is "he"?
- You heard about that? - Please tell me!
It's my fault. It's my fault that everyone gets involved...
...that my friends die... ...everything.
That's why you can't be with me.
That isn't an answer!
I need a real answer, or I won't understand!
Please give it to me straight in your own words!
As long as he's around, I can never truly die...
...not as long as Knives is around.
Knives?
My brother.
That's why I should be alone.
And besides, there's a girl who needs you.
That's... That's...
Are you sure?
Don't you want to follow him?
O-Oh, I'm glad that no-good troublemaker is gone!
We should report this quick, and get taken off this detail.
We would need more lives than...
I can handle it.
But you...
If we don't go after him now, we may never see him again!
Is that all right with you, ma'am?
I'm totally, perfectly fine now!
And besides, if we don't work, we won't get paid!
Milly...
Do you know which way he went?
Yes.
Then there's nothing to worry about.
I'll be ready in a minute.
Get your things together, too, ma'am.
Don't forget anything, because we're not coming back.
Yes... That's true.
Hey, this guy's crying!
And he's a grown-up!
Is there something wrong with that? Everyone feels like crying sometimes.
Why are you crying?
A friend of mine ...went away.
- Why? - Because...
He died because of you.
You're the one who killed Wolfwood.
If you hadn't influenced him with your foolish ideals...
...he would not have gotten himself killed.
You...
I meant to pay my respects for the death of our friend.
Did I pass?
You...
YOU!!
Going to draw?
Please stop!
Someone will die! Someone else will die!
That's right. You can't possibly draw.
You seem to think you've never killed anyone...
...but you're wrong.
You merely think you haven't because your hands aren't dirty.
You believe it so strongly, countless people are killed...
...including the Gung-ho Guns and Nicholas D. Wolfwood.
You people forced me to!!!
Every time you make that expression, my left arm shakes uncontrollably.
My left arm...
...which holds your hand.
I will be waiting on that hill.
If you wish to shoot me now, shoot.
H-Huh?
What happened to me?
What happened?
Is this... Is this how far you dare play with people's lives?
You do the same.
You destroyed July and Augusta, and drilled a hole in the fifth moon.
You're a monster.
You and he are the same breed.
Who are you?
I'm the eleventh Gung-ho Gun...
...Midvalley the Hornfreak, the man who plays the greatest music...
...on the greatest stage.
Will you join me in a number...
...Vash the Stampede?
- Vash?! - Vash the Stampede!!
What?!
Is he synchronizing pain and airwaves?
Sylvia is responding very well today.
Did you know that, up close, the sound produced by a famous instrument...
...can actually sound rather flat?
Only you can enjoy my greatest sound.
A beautiful melody deserves applause.
A splendid performance deserves shouts of joy.
Why don't you finish the job?
You could have killed me easily by now!
The answer is simple. I am under his orders.
Knives...
I can't defy him.
Those who serve him have no free thought nor rights.
You're wrong! You have rights!
Is that the mercy of a superior being?
l-I can't control myself!!
Stop it! I don't want to go there!!!
Legato?
Don't!
N-No!!
Please, don't kill me!!!
Somebody stop me!!
Stop me!!!
I should be alone.
Don't start brooding, ma'am.
You'll regret it.
You're right, you're right. You're absolutely right!
This is no time to lose my nerve!
Go, Meryl, go!!
Are you all right?!
Here, drink some water!
You have an iron will.
Your single-mindedness is commendable.
But it's not over yet. The show must go on.
Stop it!!
Don't struggle.
My 'la'! I've lost my 'la'!!
The show's over.
You were trying for a ricochet all along!
But it's too soon for the curtain call.
This is my fate, the fate of the dying.
Don't! If you shoot now...
Don't!!!
Legato.
Long, long ago...
... we should have died the instant we fell upon this sandy land...
... without pain, and without sorrow.
The schedule has only been set back a little.
The end is around the corner. That is why I...
I...
This is the climax, Vash the Stampede...
Do you hate me?
I suppose you do. So many sad things happened to you because of me.
Be it friend or foe, everyone you meet dies.
It's enough to dry up your tears forever.
Shut up!!
But it isn't over yet.
Did you think it would end this easily?!
You are not human.
I will teach you that as a courtesy.
T-This light!
It is the power you've always had.
Actually, you could say it is what you are.
N-No!
No!!
NO!!!
Haven't you given up yet?
That's annoying.
Y-You...
You had better fight back or you'll die.
Go ahead. It won't bother me.
An egotistical being like myself can't be allowed to live.
Give me nothingness. Give me death.
He is waiting. He is looking forward to your visit.
I put on your left arm because you aren't by his side.
Shoot me.
I can't.
Shoot me.
I CAN'T!
Milly!
Stop! Make them stop!
Make them stop!!!
Then shoot me!
Shoot me.
All you have to do now is pull the trigger.
If you kill me, it will all end.
Come now, choose of your own free will.
Stop it... Don't make me fire!
Your faith in humanity is as obstinate as it gets...
...to embrace every worthless ideal that woman taught you.
Maybe it's only reasonable since you have lived for over 100 years...
...but that, your way of life is nothing outside of comical.
Rem Saverem...
...a woman who could only pretend her logic made sense.
A worthless human being...
...just like me, but unlike you.
SHUT UP!!!
Luck and persistence won't work forever.
As we journey, we search and think...
... of ways to make everyone happy.
Don't force your way of life on others!
No one has the right to take the life of another.
Don't tell me your dreams in a world like this!!
Then if you turn around, you will see the future.
No!
I know, my master. I will make him suffer.
I will make Vash the Stampede suffer eternal pain.