Kaito, let's do a puzzle.
What is it?
Weren't you going to save me?
I can see it, Kaito...
Our puzzle time!
Why?
Why did Nonoha Itou appear in my and Kaito's future?
Lost
Tesaguri de sagashiteta I've searched, groping
Tozasareta mirai no kotae nante doko nimo nai The answer to a future that's been closed off
Tozasareta mirai no kotae nante doko nimo nai Is nowhere to be found
Hashiru shoudou, ima kaidoku funou The impulse to run, it's impossible to decipher now
Found
Kudaketa hazu no unmei o A fate that was supposedly smashed
Mijuku na yume no naka de kikoeta kitanda I've come to hear it within that half-formed dream:
Saigo made I'll be there for you Until the end, I'll be there for you
Tachidomaranai, kono hari dake wa It won't stop, not this needle
Boku no asu o kizamu oto o tsukisasu It will pierce the sound that engraves my tomorrow
Shinjitsu kara nigetara ima If I run from the truth, then now...
Genjitsu ni mo maketara ima If I lose to reality, then now...
Nani ga nokoru no? What will remain?
(Nokoru no?) (Will remain?)
Kazoekirenai kono kizu dake ga These countless wounds of mine
Boku no kinou o zanzou to shite kataru They tell of my yesterday as an afterimage
Unmei ga hodoketemo ima Even if fate were unraveled, now...
Sonzai o kowashitemo ima Even if my existence were smashed, now...
Boku no michi o yuku yo I will travel my path
It's now or never
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
There will always be, there will always be a way
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
There will always be, there will always be a way
That is what they say
Live your life today, yeah, yeah
The Closed-Off World
He really said that, right?
Yeah, he gave Pinochle a message that
he's waiting at the Puzzle of God.
I'm friggin' shocked.
I never thought the Puzzle of God would come up now.
Count Pythagoras and Jin fought at the Puzzle of God, right?
Yes, but it collapsed after their battle.
The POG is currently unable to confirm if there is another one.
Then, what are we supposed to do?
The Puzzle of God is
a puzzle that cannot be solved unless two
Phi-Brains wage their lives.
But I ain't a Phi-Brain.
Not now.
Why did Freecell take the Final Ring from Klondike?
He already had a Ring equal to the real thing.
The only conceivable reason is...
Kaito?
Rook, can the POG help and find out where Freecell is?
You're going, aren't you?
Yeah.
Even though that guy's a monster?
Klondike beat you, but this son of a bitch is even more powerful!
I made a promise.
I'll fulfill the promise to begin puzzle time with Freecell.
And I'll rescue him!
To think this is how Klondike's ambitions would be thwarted...
I couldn't have imagined it.
I'm grateful for your help.
Let's go back.
We could use a little rest.
Thank you.
What is it, Pinochle?
Freecell, huh?
To me, Freecell's running wild...
sounded like cries.
It was sad.
Kaito!
Freecell!
Kaito, let's do a puzzle.
What is it?
Weren't you going to save me?
I can see it, Kaito.
Our puzzle time!
A dream...
The future again.
What time is it?
What's this?!
Freecell, what are you thinking?!
Miss Nonoha Itou is...
She is with us.
She and Mr. Freecell await
Kaito Daimon's arrival at the Puzzle of God.
The location is...
Sure enough, there's a strange, giant structure
at the specified coordinates.
It's probably owned by the Loewenherz Foundation.
I'm reading the transmitter placed on Nonoha at that location!
Looks like it's for real then.
Kaito, we still don't know what our enemy is after.
We'll do a little research on our end,
but keep your guard up.
Yeah, I know.
Thank you.
Pullin' a dirty trick like takin' a hostage...
If somethin' happens to Nonoha, they've had it!
Kaito would have kept his promise
without them taking a hostage.
He doesn't get it, huh?
That bothers me too.
Is Nonoha just a hostage?
Huh? Meaning what?
I don't know yet.
In any case, we won't know till we see Freecell.
Please.
Don't you "Please" me! There's no "Please"!
Meaning?
I came here 'cuz he said he wanted to talk to me.
What is this place?!
Where am I?!
The Himalayan mountain range.
Th..The Himalayas?!
The Himalayas.
I don't believe it!
A "talk" in the Himalayas?
I thought it was strange how we stayed on that plane!
You've complicated things, Whist.
The Himalayas...
My apologies, The Himalayas...
but it was necessary for the game to begin.
Well, fine.
I am a little curious about that girl.
And? What's your evil plan this time?
Don't be so uptight.
Whist makes a superb cup of tea.
Drink before it gets cold.
It's been a while, since you and I helped Kaito together.
Wow, it's great!
Ah, um, yes.
I saw the future.
And in it, you were there as well as Kaito.
I wonder why?
There's no way I could know that.
But I do know that you don't understand Kaito at all.
I don't understand?
That's right.
Kaito would have kept his promise
without you taking a hostage.
Kaito, keep his promise?
That's of no consequence.
His coming here was a future already written.
It's not of no consequence!
Kaito said as much.
That he'd keep his promise.
Really?
Really?!
Kaito said that?
I see, the promise Kaito made to me...
What's with you?
Wasn't Kaito's promise "of no consequence"?
Oh, that's right.
Now's a good time.
Here's this back.
Sure enough, you should have your mother's memento.
There you go.
Again, you've made me remember something
I don't want to remember.
That day...
Nonoha...
Be safe!
This is a puzzle,
but I just can't solve it.
It's strange.
Even now, I can't solve it.
This is the puzzle I wanted Kaito to solve with me.
I wanted to solve this puzzle to make my mama happy.
But now, I just don't care.
Not about the promise,
or about Mama.
Solitia...
That's your mama, right?
How do you know Mama's name?
Solitia was your mama.
She was the first victim of the Replica Ring.
"I am in the midst of anguish."
"Happiness fairly brimming with light,"
"and malice as if blown from the depths of the earth..."
"I am buffeted by a wave of emotions
that drives me between the two."
"I love Freecell,"
"and yet in the next moment I find myself loathing him."
"Why am I unable to smile at him?"
That was written in a diary found in your old house.
It's the truth.
Her mind had been twisted by the Ring.
Your mama suffered, caught between good and evil.
You knew, didn't you?
That your mama loved you?
Huh...
Wait, that's all?!
This is the shocking truth!
Can't you be a little happier?
Say what you will,
but I hated my mama.
Knowing her past changes nothing.
Listen here, the truth is, your mama was kind.
The Ring was evil!
You're amazing.
Huh?
You can memorize a whole diary
after reading it just once, right?
Say, what else was written in Mama's diary?
Understood.
No matter, please open the gate.
Um...
Yes?
Sorry, could I have a pen and some paper?
Okay, here.
It's the puzzle my mama made for me when I was little.
This takes me back...
Ah, this goes here.
What's with that smile?
This puzzle was made by the mom he supposedly hates.
It's an installation on a massive scale.
It's probably a secret Foundation laboratory or something.
And you're getting Nonoha's signal?
Yes, we're getting close to the transmitter.
They're bein' eerily nice, huh?
He loves and yet hates his mom.
He doesn't care about Kaito's promise,
yet he's happy he kept it.
Two conflicting emotions...
Bound by them, he's made this closed-off world.
It's gotten so he can't get out of here.
This is the Orpheus Ring's fault.
Freecell, let's take the Ring off!
You can't keep that Ring off any longer!
I solved it!
Don't you get it?
Your mama suffered between two sentiments too!
Huh? What?
I never noticed...
This puzzle has another answer.
If you line up letters with the same numbers...
"You are my hope."
Hey, what...
Your hair...
Would you put it down?
What gives, all of a sudden?
Please!
You look just like her.
You have Mama's pendant,
you've memorized her diary...
You know things about my mama even I didn't.
You are...
my mama!
Just watch, Mama.
My puzzle time with Kaito will start soon.
Kaito is my eternal aspiration.
I will become Kaito.
What was that?
Kaito's gone to see Freecell?
Understood.
Is that for real?
Looks like it.
Please!
Let's go there too.
I intend to.
This is a big place.
Freecell and Nonoha are here?
They should be.
My apologies for the wait.
Whist!
Bastard! Whist!
Where is Nonoha?
Give her back right now!
Mr. Kaito Daimon...
I have observed many of your exploits up to today,
and have firm conviction...
You can fight Freecell as an equal.
Whist, just who are you?
One who wishes the great cause of
the Orpheus Order to become manifest...
As did Solitia.
That's Freecell's mother's name!
How do you...
Both she and I
wished for the birth of the Great One
who will lead humanity to nirvana.
Klondike was little more than a tool to that end.
You want to make God, is that it?
No, man shall surpass God!
He who wins this fight will be the one to free humanity,
the true owner of the Orpheus Ring!
Now then, let's begin...
This ceremony to give birth to the Great One!
Nonoha!
Kaito!
Everyone!
You're okay?
No injuries?
No, I'm fine.
Thank you for coming.
Th..That guy d..didn't do nothin' to ya?
Um, not especially.
We drank tea and did a puzzle together.
A puzzle?
Yes, a puzzle that Solitia made.
Then he called me his mama and stuff.
Well, it's about time for you to disappear...
Whist.
There was no sign of you in the future I saw.
Probably not in the future Kaito saw either.
Mr. Freecell...
I am to serve either you or Kaito Daimon, whomever is victor.
You're a pain.
I don't want your eyes sullying
the final, sacred game that Kaito and I play.
But...
Begone!
Kaito, you wish to save me?
Then save me.
Win the game and take off the Ring.
Hey, what the?!
Unfortunately,
you can't win as you are now.
Want to try coming up to my level?
Kaito!
It's hopeless if you're not here with me.
This is...
The Final Ring.
With this, you'll be a Phi-Brain too.
The Final Ring?!
Sure enough, that's why he stole it from Klondike!
You and I have earned the right to become gods.
The Puzzle of God I made is complete.
No, Kaito!
Don't be swallowed up by the Ring!
Who will save Freecell?!
No!
Kaito...
I can fight you without having to borrow its power,
Freecell!
Incredible!
You're so incredible, Kaito!
Can you see?
That is the Puzzle of God I've made.
Shall we go?
Fine by me.
They're gone.
Kaito...
That bastard!
By brute force, he refused the Ring!
Kaito has become someone with no need of the Orpheus Ring.
Freecell tried to make the closed-off world he wanted.
If they're both of equal strength...
he'll never be able to return.
Eiyuukidori Playing the hero
Itsudatte shinjita muteki no kankaku A sense of invincibility you always believed in
Tatakatte iru no wa chikyuu no tame nanka ja nai You're not fighting for the sake of the world or anything
Motto maipeesu de It's for a more leisurely
Sou, motto shoujiki na onegai no tame Yeah, more straightforward request
Nandotonaku kizutsuitemo tachiagare, hero Even if you're wounded over and over, rise up, hero
Kitto daijoubu, kimi o mamorunda It's sure to be all right, I'll protect you
Machigai da to shitemo tomarenai Even if it's wrong, it can't be stopped
Seikai ka nante wakaranai I don't know if it's the right answer
Donna toki demo original ni No matter the situation
Step o fumidashiteku I'll take those first steps, originally
Dramatic ni, mawaru sekai de On this spinning world, I'm searching, dramatically
Kiwameita wonder sagashiteru For wonders that sparkle
Boku, shijou saikou no tabi o tsuzukeyou Me, I'll keep going on the greatest journey in history
Image shite shiawase na mirai e To the happy future I imagined
Mirai e To the future
(Mirai e) (To the future)
Kaito, how you sparkle!
You truly are my aspiration.
The only one, for as long as I've been alone...
Come, it's puzzle time,
using the Puzzle of God I've made!
Next time, "Release the Infinite Puzzle!"
Release the Infinite Puzzle!
Shall we begin?
Let's play up!