S-Something is... flowing into me...
These are my memories?
No, wait...
Are these...
Your memories, Ren?
Why are your memories...
At this rate, I can do nothing but disappear.
Ren?
Are you... inside me?
I have to talk to Ren.
And to do that...
I'm going to use Scrap on myself.
Ren! You look like you're falling apart.
Aoba...
What's wrong? Is it because of a bug?
It is.
I'm sorry I left you alone.
I'm sorry I didn't realize it until it was this bad.
I was always with you, Aoba.
But now, I am something that cannot exist within you.
What do you mean?
You're not like other people, Aoba.
Reason, desire, and restraint...
In most people, these factors exist in balance together.
But within you, these three factors came about independently.
I existed within you as your restraint, to monitor your desire.
But ever since you lost control of your heart and became unstable,
my words could no longer reach you easily.
I could only work effectively from inside you.
Because your heart was unstable, your desire washed it away,
and you began to act however you pleased.
That's when you picked up that Allmate's body.
I thought that was my chance.
When you registered the Allmate,
I shared my consciousness with it online via its individual recognition chip.
That's when I combined my consciousness with the dog Allmate
and became your Allmate,
which allowed me to take physical action from the outside, as well.
From then on, I stayed by you as the Allmate Ren.
But after the memories of that Rhyme accident were deleted
due to a strong impact upon my outer body,
I forgot that I had existed inside you.
I believe I remembered due to a bug
that occurred when I was infected with the worm.
But that's not all.
The bug has awakened feelings in me that I should not have.
What do you mean?
It made me aware that I was an older Allmate model.
The first feelings I had were harsh and painful.
I felt inferiority, jealousy, and despair toward newer models.
I feared that you would one day abandon me for a newer model.
Perhaps this is what the Allmate Ren felt, rather than myself.
Feelings I shouldn't have were flooding in me without end.
I wanted to be with you forever.
Not because it was my job,
but because I wanted to share feelings with you.
I can't stay with you any longer.
If I cannot fulfill my duty as your restraint,
I must disappear.
I understand what you are now...
But do you think I can accept you talking
about disappearing all of a sudden?
If you were inside me for so long, you should know better.
Did you really think I'd want a newer model?
Do you know why I used that model, even though it was older?
Because you're precious to me!
So precious that I would always fix you.
Even if I didn't have the parts, I'd search high and low until I found them.
All because you're precious to me.
You should understand that already, Ren.
I don't understand all that stuff about your emotions,
but is it really that bad?
Well...
It contradicts my original purpose.
Right now, instead of balancing your heart,
I'd only throw it into disarray.
I cannot continue to exist like this.
No! I won't allow that to happen!
You're part of me, right?
So I have the right to say whether parts of me should stay, right?
Only I would disappear.
The Allmate Ren would remain functional.
Stop talking like that.
I don't need the Allmate; I need you!
Aoba, I appreciate your feelings...
But...
I'll keep saying it!
I don't want you to disappear.
I need you.
Aoba...
So please,
stay by my side.
Ren?
Aoba...
Pardon me, Aoba-kun.
Toue?
All right, we got it!
Welcome, Aoba-kun.
Thank you for responding to my summons.
Toue...
Forgive me for saying this abruptly,
but there's something I'd like to confirm.
I'll get right to the point.
I need your power.
Have you no intention of joining me?
Of course I don't!
That's a shame.
If you're going to deny me, I'm left with no choice.
I've already set the stage so that we may see whose belief shall be victorious...
In this field where our raw wills shall face one another head-on, with no escape.
Rhyme Field, release.
Aoba, be careful. The limiter's been removed.
If I win,
regardless of your own wishes,
you will obey me.
Aoba, Usui is Toue's Allmate.
Does this face not look familiar?
Sei?!
Usui was modeled upon Sei.
The real Sei was raised in the laboratory.
He has never set foot outside.
Perhaps because he wished to at least let his soul roam,
Sei produced many copies of his own consciousness,
which allowed him to dive into the network.
His contact with you ended up working in my favor.
It means I get to face the power I had given up on owning.
However, you were unaware of your own power...
Destroy!
That's why I helped you awaken it.
And that's why you involved the others?!
Your ability is to destroy...
To bring death.
No. My power doesn't just destroy!
I can also use it to help others, to set them free!
Ren, Jubilation Set!
Understood.
What the hell are you after?
I want to control the minds of everyone,
and seize everything.
Platinum Jail is merely a test site.
My goal is to found a nation...
And first, I will conquer Midorijima.
That's why you try to take over people's minds and make them obey you?
That's reasonable, isn't it?
Controlling people is...
Think about it carefully.
If I were a ruthless dictator,
I would kill everyone who defied me.
But with my method...
Before people even realize it, they obey me.
Doesn't that sound like happiness to you?
Losing your own free will is not happiness!
To finally know how much one mind can control another...
I will enjoy our game to the utmost.
Go around to get the guy in green.
Roger.
Die!
What the hell are you sneaking around for?
Please stop!
Are you all right, Ren?
Yeah.
Damn it! If one of those hits us again...
Aoba...
If Sei's consciousness is within Usui,
why don't you try summoning Sei?
All right. I'll give it a try.
I will protect you in the meantime.
Thanks.
Sei, please answer me.
Sei, can you hear me?
Please, answer me.
Answer me, Sei.
Aoba!
Sei!
Sei...
I have lost.
It appears that fortune was on your side after all.
Sei is in the room up ahead.
The loser will graciously depart from the stage.
That is the least I can do to respect the game etiquette.
Sei?
I'm sorry I'm late.
Aoba...
At last, I get to meet you.
I've wanted to meet you for so long.
Though I also hoped that this moment would never come.
What do you mean?
Because if we were to meet, Aoba,
I would need to have you destroy me.
We can't escape from here together?
Thank you.
Just hearing you say that makes me so happy.
But I don't think it's possible.
My heart won't hold out for much longer.
Ren...
You protected Aoba all along, didn't you?
Thank you.
But Aoba, I'd like you to accept him, as well.
Him?
Who do you mean?
Aoba, you are reason,
Ren is restraint,
and desire is...
Ren always protected you from him,
so that he wouldn't crush you.
But he is not your enemy. He's not a villain.
And he doesn't want to crush you.
Isn't that right?
Ren told you his wish, and you accepted it.
So I hope you will lend your ear to his wish, as well.
I'm sure you'll be okay, Aoba.
Sei... your body...
I believe that I must take care of this on my own.
This might surprise you, but I don't hate Toue.
I must bear some responsibility for Toue's plans myself.
I will obliterate Toue's scheme.
That's how I'll settle things.
Now, Aoba, destroy me.
Set me free.
No!
Aoba, please.
Put me out of my misery.
Use your power to free me from this place.
I don't have any more time.
If that'll really save you...
It will.
Sei... my brother.
I will destroy you.
I'm glad we got to talk like this in the end, Aoba.
Thank you so much.
I was afraid to use my Scrap power.
After what I did to Mizuki...
Exposing what's in people's minds and breaking them...
I thought it was like committing murder.
I was afraid of myself for having that power.
That's why I couldn't accept you.
And that meant I had to deny you.
But you're me,
so you were trying to tell me you were here, weren't you?
Every time you tried to talk to me,
I thought you were trying to be hostile...
But I won't run or reject you anymore.
You are me...
And you're within me.
Now, in the past... and always.
I'm sorry for all this.
Thank you...
Hurry up and get on!
You're Mink's...
Mink put my chip into this bike.
I've been told to come retrieve you.
That's right.
There's someone I want to hand over to you.
If you don't hurry up, the Tower's going to collapse.
Sei...
We should probably get going, too.
Where's Aoba? We can't leave him behind.
Aoba-san is heading toward the surface!
Aoba...
Aoba?
Are you all right, Aoba-san?
You're not hurt, are you?
Come on. I'll sit you up easy.
Koujaku...
Clear!
Aoba-san.
Noiz...
Is it over?
Yeah, it's over.
Mink.
Ren?!
Ren!
Ren?
Now for further information
on the destruction of Platinum Jail's Oval Tower.
Evidence suggests that explosives were planted underneath the tower,
and that this was most likely a terrorist act.
The investigation is ongoing.
As for casualties,
thanks to warnings transmitted via Coil before the explosion,
there were no deaths.
But there is currently no information
regarding the whereabouts of many Toue Konzern employees,
and searches are still underway.
It's been a year since then,
and life is returning to normal in the Old Residential District.
Your cooking's always the best, Grams.
Just shut up and eat.
The awful headaches I used to get have vanished since then,
along with the pain in my hair.
Now that everything's over,
I'm working at Mediocrity just like before.
Koujaku is still cutting hair.
He hasn't changed.
Hey.
Come on, no running...
Mediocrity
Welcome...
After that, Noiz disappeared for a while,
and then suddenly resurfaced,
looking completely different.
Here we go.
Clear comes and goes, suddenly dropping in at the shop and my house.
I go to his place sometimes, too.
Yeah.
I don't know where Mink went, though.
But I'm sure he's...
Thanks for your hard work.
Yes?
This is Seragaki Aoba-san, right?
A member of your family is in the hospital.
Could you come and see him when you have the time?
My family?
Yes.
Your brother's name is Sei-san, isn't it?
Midorijima General Hospital
All right.
I'll be right there.
Aoba.
Welcome home,
Ren.