I was thinking... Maybe we should stop doing this...
At this rate, many people will die.
I don't care what happens to me.
Your life means nothing to me.
Anyway, do you really think those guys have a future?
Lisa!
It won't work like it has in the past. We don't have any more time--!
I know that!
I'm going because I don't have time!
Forced out by the world
"Terror in Resonance"
On top of an outrageously thin needle
Trying to find my balance
The tip of my finger touches you
And I know I'm not alone
With the single bent wing we were given
From when I was born
(Until I die)
I'll ask what you want to do
Because your smile is like that of an angel
In the heat of summer
(Getting distorted)
Out of the gaps between the cluster of burning buildings
We fall down
I'll pull (I'll pull)
The last trigger (last trigger)
Winter covers everything
"Aoki"
I'll force him to tell us everything!
I am Shibazaki from the Metropolitan Police Department.
May we have a moment of your time?
Oh, um...
Come in.
"Helium"
At my age, you don't get very many visitors.
Especially after my wife passed away, in my case.
But I thought that people like you might come someday.
I want to know more about the Athena Plan.
"Souta Aoki, Director" "Ministry of Health and Welfare - Information Bureau"
Your organization administered an intelligence test to all the orphans in the country
under five years of age.
Then you gathered the chosen children and erased all traces of them.
Is that correct?
Do you know who Shigeru Yamamoto is?
He was a former under-secretary of state for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, wasn't he?
I believe he passed away three years ago...
He was going to report what had happened there to the authorities.
If you would like to be able to walk the streets safely at night,
it would be prudent to go home now.
Hamura, you should leave.
What are you saying?
I can't leave in disgrace after coming all this way!
Do you know what savant syndrome is?
If I remember correctly, it is a condition where the brain function is extremely high,
but only in a specific area.
Savants are known to excel in mental arithmetic, memorization,
music, and reproducing artwork, among other things.
Although they have abilities that greatly exceed others in specific areas,
many are unable to communicate with others, or compensate in different ways.
To reproduce the savant syndrome artificially and create humans with abilities beyond the norm--
That was the goal of the Athena Plan.
A total of 26 children were gathered.
They were all test subjects.
Test subjects?!
Is something like that even possible?
It was based on a new drug accidentally developed by a Japanese pharmaceutical company
that was engaged in brain function research in the mid-90s.
The Rising Peace Academy focused on that research,
and launched the Athena Plan
That's right.
We called that place the Settlement.
Vast amounts of research funds and many talented researchers were poured into that place.
But the new drug was only effective on developing children under the age of five.
It was not permissible for use on a regular person's body and mind.
The bodies and minds of many subjects were ruined, and most died.
I've had enough of this!
--How can you talk about that so calmly--? --Hamura!
In the end, the Athena Plan resulted in failure,
and the U.S. government, which had become aware of the plan, intervened,
and it was discontinued seven years ago.
Oh...
The tea's gotten cold.
Why...?
Why did you decide to talk now?
If you two hadn't come, I would have taken this to the grave.
But those children probably would not have allowed that.
The moment I told you about this, I put my life on the line.
However...
I am getting old, and my body grows feeble.
Even if I were to continue living, I only have a few years left.
What happened to the children after that?
By the end of the experiment, only a single child survived.
An American agency took custody of her.
I see.
However...
What is it?
Actually, two children escaped from the facility.
Do you know their names?
The children did not have names.
They were all called by their numbers.
One was subject number 9.
The other was number 12.
They started a fire and took down the security systems to make their escape.
When did this happen?
Eight years ago.
If they are still alive, they would probably be 17 years old.
Shibazaki.
All I can do is hope that those two are still alive somewhere.
Even if they won't be able to live long.
I can't believe you can say that!
To use children as test subjects!
You're... You're not human!
That's right. I'm not human.
I am just one of many pawns.
I couldn't go against the orders of the person in charge...
I'm sure the people who performed the selection of inmates at Auschwitz said the same thing.
Who was the person in charge?
It was Dr. Mamiya.
Is Mamiya...?
Shibazaki.
It can't be...
"Terror in Resonance"
Shunzo Mamiya is the politician who was the reason for your demotion, wasn't he?
He was called the monster of Japan's political center...
What will you do?
"This is Alpha 1."
"We have visual confirmation."
Five, shall we enter the capture phase?
No way, that guy's job has just begun.
Lisa...
Lisa!
Twelve...
Th-The... The bombs... I...
U-Um... What should I do...?
Calm down, Lisa.
Five.
This is too much to be a joke...
It looks like he likes it.
What is the meaning of this?
I thought you were going to capture the target and make him tell us the location of the object.
What idiot ends a party before midnight?
Wh-What should we do?
Hang on a sec.
Twelve?
It's all right. Don't worry.
All right.
That's one...
What in the world are you after, Five?
Not even a professional can disarm that many bombs in the time remaining.
If he dies, it'll be harder for us to secure the object.
You haven't forgotten our goal, have you--?
"Shut up!"
I'm sorry...
I went out on my own... got caught...
I'm always, always causing you two problems...
I'm sorry...
You don't have to apologize anymore.
It's okay.
It's not your fault.
I'm the one who should apologize.
Nine was right.
If I hadn't asked to bring you to the airport,
this wouldn't have happened.
I shouldn't have given you a ride that time...
No, I know...
I shouldn't have talked to you...
I knew that it would turn out like this someday.
But...
I...
Thank you.
I'm okay now.
Run away.
Lisa...
If you go by yourself, you can get away.
I can't do that--
Nine is waiting for you.
I know... Nine needs you.
Don't you two have something you need to do?
Isn't that what you came here for?
Hey, are you having fun?
Five!
Let's make a trade.
Where's the atomic bomb?
You guys didn't steal plutonium.
It was a prototype of an atomic bomb this country was developing behind closed doors.
If you tell me where it is, I'll disarm the bombs for you.
Well? It's not a bad trade, is it?
Yes, Twelve, that means you'll betray Nine.
But you already betrayed him.
Shut up...!
You chose that woman over Nine.
Are you going to let the woman you betrayed Nine for die before your eyes?
Nine will not forgive you, you know.
He'll never forgive you.
You're a dirty little traitor.
You don't have to tell me if you don't want to.
You can die a lover's death with that woman.
Oh, what a romantic evening.
Good night...
Prince.
It's at school!
In locker D12!
Well done, sweetie.
"Metropolitan Police Department"
Twelve...
We've lost visual.
The target has escaped.
Target sighted!
Capture him!
Don't let him get away!
Five!
Will anyone sprinkle the ocean over my head?
I want to be showered by submerged fish and sun
The brilliant unknown
The magic that disappears when I stumble
As if looking at the cracked sky through a glass slide
On the roof of an abandoned building
Surrounding the murmur of down feathers
We are a song
Clad in the throbbing
Of the light decorating the ashen ground
We are a bouquet
Wings pulled out