The destroyer of the neverending darkness.
The one who fights God. The incarnation of evil.
Time is frozen, and there come cries of anger.
Give me the power to cut through the darkness!
The sky cracks, and the flames dance.
A great demon appears!
Now that we’ve come this far, no one can slow us down.
With your hands held over your head, what are you going to grasp?
For whom is your strong, burning courage?
The answer surely lies at the place we’re both headed for.
As we keep walking, we’re staring at the future.
Now shoot the ground!
Grudge! The Kurogane House’s Longest Day, Part I
We don’t have enough sake!
Hey, hey!
Bring a barrel of it!
Right away!
Abashiri Family Party
So, why are we stuck doing this again?
Can’t be helped.
The Kurogane Five were killed!
There’re not enough hands to go around.
Somehow, it looks like we’re going to be profitable this month.
It seems the life is coming back to Atami again.
Really.
It’s almost as if Dr. Hell doesn’t even exist.
Maybe if it just stays…
What’s the matter?
Just a little…
You should take precaution and retire early tonight.
Then, I just might go ahead and call it a day.
This late at night?
Odd. No one’s here.
Oh well.
Y—
You’re...
Tsu—
Tsurugi Tetsuya!
Dr. Hell! I have a report for Dr. Hell!
We have regained control of all Talos statues that were taken by Gorgon.
Good,
but we must destroy them all so something like them is never dug up again.
However, if we stop any further excavations, our forces will be limited.
I am aware.
It seems that we must become earnest in our efforts to obtain Photonic Power.
I will do my best!
That is a weak answer, coming from you.
Not at all. It is just that…
Nishikiori Tsubasa.
If only we had what she stole from Bardos Island ten years ago, then we could settle everything.
But…
Please allow me to take care of her!
Pygman. You say that you can accomplish it?
To that end, I would like to borrow Count Blocken and a certain thing.
You don’t mean…
Exactly.
Our ace of aces.
Very well.
I will leave the rest up to you.
Go and slay Nishikiori Tsubasa!
Normally, we would bomb this entire area with Gool,
but if he were to die, then it would be for nothing.
I’ll pay you back plenty for all the work you’re putting me through.
Find him! Find him!
They’re desperate.
So, that information we got must be for real.
That missing guy has been found.
And we’re here to swipe him first!
We’ve found him! We’ve found him!
Hurry there! Surround him!
He’s headed toward the peak!
Sounds like they found him!
I’m counting on you.
There he is! Over there!
Fire! Fire!
Fall back!
I’ll get him myself if I must!
Don’t think you’ll get away.
With you wandering around, Pygman’s plan will be ruined!
Now, I’ll finish…
Who are you?!
My nickname is Boss! Even the author doesn’t know my real name!
Wh—Wh—What do you intend to do?!
Buy some time, of course!
The Count!
I’m here! I’m over here!
Save him! Save the Count!
Over here! Circle around him!
Won’t letcha!
Nice kick! I got it, Boss!
I don’t want you to have me!
Hurry me to my body!
Here! Over here!
Thank you!
You’re quite the gentleman.
Just kidding!
I retract my prior statement!
You’re a despicable barbarian!
Let’s slam it into the goal!
Where’s this goal?!
We won’t allow it!
Here comes the Iron Cross!
I’m such a miserable character!
I finally stopped!
Evil is never vanquished.
But…
Stop it!
I’m going to execute you all!
Playtime is over!
Prepare yourselves!
Forgive us!
You can relax. I don’t have time for you!
Farewell!
I won’t let you!
What?!
The Pilder?
Come on, Boss, Nuke, Mucha!
Screw you!
Damn you! I won’t let you get away!
What is that?!
They got away.
But you’ll regret saving his life!
What was that?
What’s wrong? Are you all right?!
Kouji, is true that you succeeded in rescuing Baron Ashura?
Yes. Boss is guarding him right now.
It’s odd. It’s so odd.
Hell of a biology.
And more importantly, he chose the women’s bath without hesitation.
Is it a man or a woman?
The more I see him, the more I wonder.
One of the seven wonders of the world!
I see. It seems we can relax.
After coming back from the pillar, he’s even hiding from Dr. Hell. Why is that?
Probably from the shock of seeing Mykene being annihilated.
Who knows. We saw a lot of things inside that pillar.
Even so! Ashura was our enemy!
I know. Normally, I would object too.
If that hadn’t happened to the Mistress…
It is quite ironic that she would request help from Baron Ashura.
What’s the matter, Mistress?!
Please stop!
Shut up! Why are you here?!
Why come before me now?!
Disappear!
Get out of my sight!
I keep telling you, I’m Kikunosuke.
Shut up!
Boss!
Ka—Kabuto!
I got you!
Mistress!
Don’t come any closer!
Hold still. I’m going to send this one back to the land of the dead again.
W—Wow. She caught Miss Okiku.
But why?!
Why? He wants to take “it” back, but I won’t let him!
Take back?
That’s right!
You saw it too!
Inside that Corinth pillar.
B—But that already…
Shut up! If you keep babbling, I’ll take you out too!
Now! Young master!
Why…
Why now?
Mistress! Hang in there!
You’re…
Can you see it too?
I see nothing.
I see. Then this is Pygman’s doing.
No mistake.
It is clever.
He can’t attack me directly, so he summoned ghosts to drain my spirit.
I didn’t think you could do that.
I agree with your judgment.
Thank you for going to the trouble.
Not at all. I was saved as well.
If I can stay here for a little while, that would be fine.
Hide out for as long as you’d like.
It’s not as if he’s going to leave.
Right, Tetsuya?
So, who’s this Tsurugi character?
At the time, he was a genius at piloting robots.
If I recall, he was friends with your father, Kabuto Kenzo.
Why do you know about him, Bro?
I told you. I saw a lot of things in that Corinth pillar.
Among them were the Mistress’s memories.
What is that?!
Our controls aren’t working on it!
Our analysis of the Kedra was perfect!
I had this under my control.
A living machine. A mysterious biology.
It was like a dream come true.
I… I had it in my control.
Watch out!
Do not be so conceited!
Science is much more terrible than we think it is,
because there are forbidden things which we must eradicate from this world.
Do not forget that science has the courage and right to withdraw from those.
Yes.
Who are you?
His name is Kabuto Kenzo.
And Nishikiori Tsubasa.
This was their fated encounter.
The two do not yet realize that this encounter will open the door which will alter the fate of the world.
Watch out!
There is no need to worry.
Do it! Tetsuya!
Leave this guy to me!
How?!
How do you like it, Hell?
That is the newest model made by me and my son.
Then, it uses Photonic Power?!
Yes.
This one’s strong.
And it’s pilot is amazing as well.
Then, he’s the renowned…
Indeed.
The piloting genius, Tsurugi Tetsuya!
Amazing. He took out that Kedra with a prototype robot.
Yeah. If I could have, I would have asked him to train my piloting skills within that memory.
Indeed.
You could say he is the ultimate pilot of this world.
Ashura!
You…
Shiro!
You bastard! Why is he here?!
You killed Grandpa! You killed Grandpa!
Stop it, Shiro!
Why, Bro?!
Don’t you hate him?
I understand.
I haven’t forgotten what happened to Grandpa,
but right now, we have to rely on him.
Bro…
I’m sorry.
It’s fine. However…
At this rate, Tsubasa will die.
Oh, no!
Rather, the woman known as Nishikiori Tsubasa should be dead.
I’m sure that’s what he thinks.
That is why Pygman summoned that grudge and guided it to that woman.
Grudge?
What is that?
An unresolved hatred he left in this world.
That is what links the Tetsuya on the other side with the Tsubasa on ours.
You don’t mean…
Then, there is one way.
Find it!
We’ll hurry this way!
You boys better look hard!
Roger!
Ashura. Will this work?
Yes. If Pygman is using this kind of spell, there is something nearby that either broadcasts or amplifies his power.
Something related to the grudge between the two of them.
It is probably somewhere in this Kurogane House.
Exactly!
What?!
Nice deduction.
Bastard!
It’s pointless!
I am just thought taking shape.
I cannot do anything against you.
Relax.
Why have you come?!
That is a foolish question.
I’ve come all this way to exorcise Tsurugi Tetsuya.
You say that after you’ve summoned him?!
True.
However, once he has been summoned, he cannot be expelled until his grudge has been avenged.
I heard that from Ashura.
And I’ve known it from the start: what you’re obsessed with.
It’s the same for me.
It’s burned onto the back of my eyelids. I can’t forget, even when I want to,
what you saw right before you died.
That was Zeus’s arm!
Zeus, who changed Mykene’s fate.
He revolted alone against the gods to save humanity. That was his arm.
All this, because we found that thing!
We… We…
If that thing hadn’t been left in this world, then you may have been a better family.
Shut up! You have no right to say that!
Indeed, I have no such right.
However, there is one man besides Tsurugi Tetsuya who understands the significance of that arm.
What? What?!
Hatsu Island exploded!
What was photonic energy?!
Oh, no… Who else has that besides us?
You can’t help but be shocked.
That is no illusion or mistake. That is photonic energy.
And the one who rides it is…
Dad!
And then…
And then, the Mistress screamed
the name of that giant shadow!
Energer Z!
Next Episode Grudge! The Kurogane House’s Longest Day, Part II
Oh, strong one, the true hero...
When the battle is over, for whom will you shed these tears?
The wind is but a fleeting thing. Its direction changes in an instant.
The sky, too, stretches out toward the future right now.
Don’t forget the pain of winning.
Someone has to leave.
Keep the ones you’ve defeated and seen in your memories.
Oh, strong one, the true hero...
Why are you walking, as you’re standing up alone?
The end of the road... Change the world.