You do know the truth, don't you?
Just acknowledge it.
If you acknowledge it, you'll feel better.
Everything will go as you want it to.
So acknowledge it. Acknowledge it, and accept it.
That'll make everything much easier.
You know that... right?
Ren?
Noiz?
Noiz, what are you doing here?
Oh... You're here?
Ren!
What are you doing?! Let go of Ren! Just give him to me!
Ren!
I haven't done anything that'll harm him.
You're being weird.
What?
Why are you getting all worked up over an Allmate? Pathetic.
Look, you...
Ren?!
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Really? That's good, then...
I told you.
Noiz, that's...
Yeah. Probably got cut by the screwdriver.
Did I do that? Sorry.
We have to stop the bleeding. Let me see.
It's fine.
No, it's not.
Don't touch me. I'll do it.
Just let me see.
A game app's been sent to you.
Again?
That's strange...
Strange?
I've played this game before, but it didn't have a scene like this.
This game was sent to me when Grams got kidnapped, too.
Things from the game ended up happening in real life.
So maybe this is another preview of something...
Let me take a look.
Yeah, I can't identify it.
It's been packed in all sorts of old junk data from the network,
and it even came from a fake sender.
I'm not sure of their intentions, but...
So it's a prompt from Toue?
What a pain.
Anyway, what are you doing here?
Someone sent me this.
I could get in even without this, but...
Pleasure and enjoyment are emotions
that are no match for negative emotions like resentment and hate.
That's how much negative emotions spread deep darkness within one's heart.
It appears that Ryuho's tattoos had something of an effect...
If not to the point of awakening him.
Despair and irritation seem to heighten his chances of waking.
All we have to do is help awaken him within Aoba-kun.
Hey, Ren, what did he do to you?
It seems he overhauled me, found a worm, and repaired me.
You were infected? Seriously?
Now I feel bad. He should have just told me that.
It's morning, but nothing's changed since last night.
Is it like this all the time here?
Hey...
I made some coffee.
Listen... About that stuff with Ren yesterday...
He said that you overhauled him.
Sorry... I didn't give you a chance to explain.
Whatever.
Hey, cool down your hand. It's burned, too, isn't it?
Hurry up and take off the bandage.
How did you get that scar?
Thanks again for fixing Ren.
Fixing your Allmate was secondary.
In truth, I had some interest in your Allmate.
Interest?
I wanted to find out if your Allmate was what allowed you to beat me.
And I felt like removing the worm, so I did. That's it.
You're too nice...
Or do you gain something by being nice to me?
Gain something?
Hey.
Aren't you hungry?
Wha?
Hey, what are you doing?
Shopping.
Hey, I wasn't done yet!
Hey!
Hold this.
How much are you buying?
I have more than enough money.
What?
Do you have a part-time job that pays well or something?
I sell Rhyme information.
Some people are willing to pay a lot of money
for the information my team gets.
I'm pretty much never wrong about where Usui will appear.
Oh...
Hey, about Rhyme...
So you have no memory at all from back then?
Yeah. Sorry.
No need to apologize for that, is there?
I can't believe you when you say that, anyway.
What is this?
Huh? You bought it yourself a minute ago.
I did, but I don't know what it's called.
Are you kidding me?
No, I'm not. Hurry up and tell me.
Takoyaki.
And what's this?
A crêpe.
And those?
Fried donuts.
Is that different from what I ate at your house?
They come in different shapes.
What have you spent your life eating, exactly?
Delivery pizza and pasta.
What else?
Just that, for nineteen years.
Huh... For nineteen years...
Huh? You're younger than me?
What's wrong with that?
I don't want to start a commotion here. We're running.
Hey, Noiz!
Damn it!
Hey!
Morphine!
Break them.
Destroy.
Destroy them!
Stop...
Stop!
Noiz, are you all right? You're bleeding a lot.
Do you just... not feel pain?
I can get punched, kicked, or stabbed...
No matter what, it doesn't hurt. I don't feel pain.
My senses are dull, other than taste.
I can sort of feel when I'm touched, as if through thick rubber.
Hold on. We've got to patch you up.
Don't touch me!
Leave it alone and it'll heal.
Seriously, don't be stupid!
Even if it doesn't hurt, you still bleed.
If you were badly hurt, you'd die.
You think wounds don't need treated if they don't hurt?
What are you thinking?
They're still here?
Noiz!
Hey!
Noiz! Why'd you go running off like that?
Noiz... What's wrong?
His eyes look like Mizuki's did...
Noiz, stop.
Use it!
Expose it.
Damn it!
I'm going inside you.
Noiz? Where are you?
Noiz?
It's Noiz.
How did this happen?
If this is how it's going to be, maybe it'd be better if he never goes outside.
He's ruined the clan's reputation. It will be our shame forever.
It would be better if he'd never been born.
Honey, you don't have to go that far...
Even you don't want to let him outside, though, do you?
No, but...
Noiz's parents? Is that something parents should say?
Noiz...
Move!
What the hell?
Am I being tested?
This isn't reality. I have to go.
If I go back now, I've failed.
Noiz, can you hear me?
Noiz, answer me.
The world... has abandoned me.
My Parents Abandoned Me
The World Forced Me to Live Alone
I Don't Feel Pain or Anything Else. I See Nothing.
This is...
I Was Left Alone
Alone in the Darkness
This is how the world has always felt to you?
Gross!
Disgusting! Gross!
Monster! Disgusting! Gross!
Can I just never wake up again?
No...
I'll accept you.
So come back...
Can I stop trying?
Yes No
No!
Noiz...
A world where you can't feel anything is lonely.
You don't know what anyone else is feeling.
So I don't know how to interact with others.
That's extremely lonely and hard,
but no one could understand that.
Even my parents treated me as a burden,
since all I did was cause trouble.
That child just brings misfortune.
So I threw away the idea of relying on others.
That way, I could learn to survive on my own.
I'd be okay on my own. If I died, no one would be sad.
It's the least problematic and smartest way to live.
Can I quit now?
Yes No
No!
You know that's not okay, don't you?
I've already gotten involved with you.
So I get worried about you,
and I'll treat you if you get hurt,
and I'd be sad if you died.
And you want to settle things with me in Rhyme, right?
That means you're dependent on me, too.
That's why you've followed me.
Right?
Why are you so obsessed with Rhyme, anyway?
You're not even interested in connecting with people.
In Rhyme, you feel the damage in your head rather than your body, right?
That means even I can feel pain, a little.
I don't know what true physical pain feels like,
but when I take damage in Rhyme, I can understand that it's pain.
That's the only time that I feel alive,
and not like some monster that feels nothing.
That I'm actually alive.
Even in Rhyme, where I can feel pain,
I was never afraid of taking damage.
That's why, with or without pain, I was strong.
That further convinced me that I didn't need anyone else.
You're contradicting yourself.
It's true that you might be able to live alone...
But the real you desires interactions with others.
That's why you like Rhyme, where you feel pain.
That's...
I will accept your rematch in Rhyme.
Not just in Rhyme, but in real life, too.
You're not alone anymore, and can't be alone anymore.
I won't leave you alone.
If you want to know what pain is, then I'll teach you.
I will destroy you.
I'll destroy the world you've been hiding in...
The world you've been trapped in.
Noiz?
Ow...
Wait, are you...
Ow.
Because you went inside me...
My body's regained its ability to feel pain.
A-Are you all right?
No, I'm not all right.
Since I didn't know pain before, it hurts even more.
What are you going to do about that?
I don't know how to answer that...
It's your fault.
Here.
What?
Well, you actually look your age now.
I think I understand what you were saying, just a little.
If someone's hurt, you want to help them... or something.
You said that earlier, right?
Yeah.
Once you know your own pain, maybe you can feel that way towards others.
Acknowledge me.
What's wrong?
No... It's nothing.
You already know, don't you?
Hurry up and release me.
That'll make you feel better.
I won't forgive anyone who hurts my Master.
You've never seen your own face?
I probably look like a monster under this mask.
I believe in you, Master.
A person's life is limited.
Send in Alpha.
I'm your master, aren't I?
Did I have a heart, too?
Apparently, that's his master.
I want to live as a human.