Forced out by the world
On top of an outrageously thin needle
"Terror in Resonance"
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
We have a special news bulletin.
According to the information we just received, the serial bombing terrorists...
The serial bombing terrorists, Sphinx, have made a proclamation
and the government and related agencies are...
There was a proclamation that an atomic bomb will go off at 10 p.m....
After hearing the proclamation, the chief cabinet secretary held a press conference...
"Evacuation Order for Kanto Region"
At 8:21 p.m. today,
the government declared an official state of emergency.
"Evacuation Order for Kanto Region"
The whole Kanto region has been designated an emergency danger zone,
and in order to maintain public order,
we have requested that the Ground Self-Defense Force be dispatched.
We ask that citizens promptly evacuate to outside the danger zone.
Twelve!
Lisa...
Twelve! Are you okay?
Twelve!
Those guys are seriously going to do it, Shibazaki.
This is their revenge.
No, that's not it.
What?
All circuits are currently busy.
Think about it.
How many have they killed so far?
What?
During the bombing at the Tokyo government office,
they made it so the fire alarms would ring
and make people evacuate before the building collapsed.
At Roppongi Station, too,
they put in a webcam and detonated the bomb when no one was around.
At Haneda, they even went so far as to disarm the bomb planted by the fake.
Sphinx aren't ordinary terrorists.
They have a goal...
They must have something they want to tell us.
Hello, Dad?
Haruka! Can you talk now? There's something I want to ask you.
"Metropolitan Police Department"
Where are you? You evacuated, right?
Calm down. I'm fine.
Fine...?
Haruka.
I promise I'll go back once I complete my duties.
Well, what did you want to ask?
Is there a way to use an atomic bomb without killing anyone?
What?!
The atomic bomb goes off, but without a single casualty.
Is that possible?
I think...
I've heard of something called a high-altitude nuclear explosion.
What did you say?
High-altitude nuclear explosion.
A nuclear explosion that takes place not on land,
but in the air--in the stratosphere.
The stratosphere?
During a past experiment in America,
there was a large-scale power outage, though.
How would they get the bomb into the stratosphere?
With a balloon, Shibazaki!
Huh?
When I was in college,
there were people who put a camera on a balloon and took pictures of Earth!
I'll call you back later!
Oh, it's you, Shibazaki!
I thought you'd been fired...
You come, too!
What? Hey, wait--
Shibazaki?
It's no use. I can't get through...
"Connecting..." "Emergency Call" "End call"
Twelve...
Wake up...
Twelve...
Any word from the meteorological agency?
We are currently checking.
Hamura, any eyewitness reports of a balloon?
I'm investigating right now.
I'll go to the roof!
--Wait, take a look at this. --Hm?
"Location: Kanto/Tokyo (Area A-054)"
It's footage from a camera within the city.
This is from 43 minutes ago--
Almost exactly the same time as the crime announcement.
There's no mistaking it.
The explosion will be in the sky.
Roger.
I understand.
This is video from an information-gathering satellite.
The balloon is currently ascending to 10,000 meters above the Kanto area.
All right.
Request that the Air Self-Defense Force be dispatched.
A high-altitude nuclear explosion is an explosion in the upper atmosphere.
The radiation will disperse into space,
but in exchange, a strong electromagnetic pulse will probably be generated.
An electromagnetic pulse?
Yes, it will probably be strong enough to destroy most electronics in Japan.
If that is true,
then most of the country will be paralyzed.
Are those guys...
...planning on returning this country to a time without electricity?
Contact the cabinet's crisis center.
Start with an emergency shutdown of all nuclear power plants in use.
Roger.
Oh right, what will happen to aircraft?
All aircraft without anti-EMP equipment will probably crash.
About how many do?
Zero.
The U.S. forces in Japan are probably the only ones with anti-EMP equipment.
Twelve!
Ow...
I'm glad you're okay...
Lisa...
Order all the planes and helicopters flying in Japan to make an emergency landing.
There are currently 250 aircraft in the air.
It will take at least 1.5 hours to get them all on the ground...
That'll be too late!
Do it in 30 minutes!
Contact the country's medical and transportation facilities
through the Welfare and Transportation Ministries.
--Yes, sir! --Yes, sir!
Echo 01, target 060 decrease 48 miles, altitude 660.
Roger, it's on my radar, 48 miles in front, altitude 660.
That's your target.
Roger.
Echo 01, target, dead ahead 18 miles.
Roger. Tally-ho. Target is approaching the mark.
Roger. Tally-ho.
Another, no stranger.
The Self-Defense Force plane has visual confirmation of the mark.
Is Nine...
...really going to destroy the whole world?
Are we all going to die from the atomic bomb?
Rising sun,
Echo 01, aborting mission due to climb limitation.
It's going beyond the altitude limit of the plane.
We cannot follow it any further.
We were raised not knowing our parents
in that dark institution.
Even after we escaped, we were always alone, just the two of us.
He and I...
Neither one of us was ever needed by anyone before.
Less than 3 minutes before the explosion!
What about the aircraft?
There are four left!
That's why...
All aircraft will soon be on the ground.
Thank you, Lisa...
I'm glad I met you.
Nine, um...
You used a hand grenade at the Shuto Expressway, didn't you?
You're the only one who would do something like that.
I owe you one.
I finally made it here.
This is your hometown...
The place you wanted to show us, right?
Through this incident, everyone's attention is on you.
What is Sphinx, and where did they come from?
All the media around the world want to know.
If you are caught, everything will come out into broad daylight.
If it's become such a big incident, no one can ignore it any longer.
To create these conditions...
That was your goal.
You were planning to be caught from the start.
There was one more thing.
We needed someone who could figure that out and come capture us.
Shibazaki, you were Oedipus.
Sphinx, you are under arrest!
She's just a hostage.
Please protect her.
What?!
No way! Why are there U.S. forces here?
This is a detonator.
Unfortunately, the atomic bomb is no more,
but there are countless like it in this country.
The bomb is in one of those places...
It's in a nuclear power plant!
If the U.S. forces do not withdraw, I will set this off!
...so it would seem. That's what he's claiming."
"Carry out your duties."
"But that's..."
"The mere existence of someone knowing the truth about the airport"
"and the Shuto Expressway incident"
"puts us at a disadvantage. Even if the bomb is real, nothing can be done about it now."
"Yes, sir."
"Don't kill the detective."
"If he accuses the Japanese government, it will turn attention away from us."
"Understood."
Hey, wait!
Wait, don't shoot!
Let me talk to him!
I will make everything come to light in court--
What you two put your lives on the line to do.
That's what you want, right?
I'll leave the rest to you.
Hey...
Remember us...
Remember...
...that we lived.
"Behind the Rising Peace Academy" "Health and Welfare Ministry Residences Under Investigation" "The Truth Behind Sphinx"
It was hard for me to believe what had happened before my own eyes.
A lot of people came to ask me about it,
but I couldn't talk about anything.
"Sphinx Incident" "Japan's Darkness Uncovered By Sphinx"
I thought I wouldn't be able to talk for the rest of my life...
That's what I thought,
but then I gradually got used to it,
and a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Miss Mishima,
are you done visiting their grave?
Yes.
I'm heading there now.
Um, thank you very much...
If anything happens, come talk to me anytime.
Um, I...
That time, I asked...
Hm?
I asked Nine what he was always listening to.
And he said it was music from a cold land... from Iceland.
And then...
...he said that in Icelandic, V-0-N means...
..."hope."
Hope?
Well, see you.
Yeah, be well.