Hi there, welcome!
Yun-Yun?
Huh? It seems you don't much care for steamed buns.
Oh, bread!
You look like you could use some bread!
Of course, as always...
Look over there! There's a bread shop that way!
You should go check it out.
Ah, too bad! So you like bread...
Well, farewell!
So that's it, you like bread...
Too bad!
Get in. I'll buy steamed buns for everyone.
That includes you.
Thanks for your business.
Excuse me.
So?
Yes.
It seems that Liang-Qi is heading to the Factory.
And?
Er, uh... Yes.
I was hoping you'd be willing to further instruct me on the matter.
I told you to discard her.
Yes sir. Then should I just-
Don't misunderstand me.
Get rid of her.
I'm telling you to kill Liang, Cummings.
Fine. I'll go.
Alphard-sama!
One plus one is two.
Five plus six is eleven.
Me plus my sister is...
Shut up!
You're not here yet!?
I told you to bring her, didn't I!?
Hurry up and bring her... Bring me Canaan!
U-Um...
W-Well...
I...
I get it!
But I don't want to go back there.
If I'm living just to die, then killing myself is-
I'd rather just kill myself...
Hakkoo-san! Calm down!
I can't make out what she's saying!
So you're from that village, huh?
Yeah.
And you're going to die once your medicine runs out? That's just...
It's like cash in the organization.
It's a world you wouldn't understand.
Hey...
Then let's say, for example, that someone gives you-
No, the medicine for Borners only reacts to certain symptoms.
And I'm unique.
Why are you here?
I thought I would face the end in the village where I was born and raised.
There's nothing there.
Doing nothing...
Thinking of nothing...
In a way, that seems nice.
That's the kind of place I wanted to...
It certainly feels like... I'm being exposed to a lot of violence today.
Idiot.
Idiot! idiot! Idiot!
I don't want you to die!
I don't want you to! Idiot!
No... If we go to the Factory, then maybe...
Somehow... I don't like that.
If you die, Maria will be sad.
Besides, I'd feel something... like sadness.
A feeling similar to giving up on life.
I just... don't like that.
Yun-Yun!
I don't want to give up either!
But-
But this kind of life is... is...
Canaan!
Stop!
Don't shoot!
She's always fought using her synesthesia.
It must be like fighting in pitch-darkness.
Don't kill him!
Don't take it off!
What?
He lived in the house behind mine.
He was a carpet-maker and a farmer.
He's an Unbloom.
Unbloom?
A seed that can never bloom.
A failure.
Thank you for everything.
Oosawa, take some pictures.
I can't do that!
I...
Right.
You're sweating a lot.
Unfortunately, I don't happen to have anything so fancy as a handkerchief on hand.
Thank you very much.
Uh, long day, huh?
I mean, a woman's mood is best fixed through the stomach.
If that doesn't work, then with a funny face.
Or so the editor-in-chief told me.
Well, I mean, I guess this is different from a bad mood.
Sorry.
My words aren't really...
Huh? What?
You've been putting it off this entire time,
but you're going to tell me, right?
Yeah.
This is Hakkoo's parents' house.
Hakkoo-san still hasn't forgiven you.
Yeah.
Hakkoo still...
I used to be at Langley.
With the CIA?
Note: CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
I was in charge of virus control in this village.
There were fears that the virus could spread epidemically.
In order to prevent that from happening,
we disguised ourselves as agents from the CDC
Note: CDC - Centers for Disease Control
and handed out samples of disinfectants.
Disinfectants by the name "Ua virus".
It was an experiment to determine the efficacy of an antiviral.
We gathered the infected villagers together
and quickly administered the antiviral.
We were foolish,
trusting blindly that this was connected with the national interest of the United States.
But we eventually learned.
It was an experiment designed to manufacture creatures by using a side effect of the Ua virus...
It was called the "Flower Garden Plan".
You're saying America was in league with the Snakes!?
Langley was.
The screams and cries of the children...
are still echoing in my ears.
I left the CIA.
But...
I wanted to know what was happening here.
An NGO's job is to get its hands on traces of the CIA's sins.
At least, on the surface.
But in reality, that was just a front to lure them out.
That's all.
There was no resistance.
There is a saying in the land where I was born:
"He who gives me gifts is my master."
That was certainly true of me.
Santana and I had shared interests in the matter.
So we decided to investigate what happened at the village and the whereabouts of the bodies.
Dad was here.
My brother was here.
We ate all our meals together.
Mom's shish kabobs were the best.
And on that day...
I was taken away.
The Snakes created that facility.
It was Alphard.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
I just feel like she's not the kind of person who would do something like that.
Ah, sorry!
I'm sorry!
I was just talking, even though I don't know anything!
Well regardless, I've never actually met Alphard.
I was always getting pushed around by an openly sadistic woman named Liang-Qi.
Even so, we, Borners, were lucky.
As you know, the word Borner is used to describe people like Yun-Yun and Hakkoo,
whose bodies changed as a result of the Ua virus.
That man... You called him an "Unbloom," right?
Yeah. He wasn't able to become a Borner.
In order to figure out the cause of that failure,
they're keeping them like pets until they die.
It's like a childish nightmare...
Yeah, that's right.
Wherever we go, we're living in the midst of an extremely cruel nightmare.
Please.
I have to settle things with my past.
If something happens to me...
Wait.
What are you-
I want to bring her out of this nightmare.
Because it's love~
There they are!
You should be grateful! I came all the way out here to meet you!
Run!
Canaan!
What are you doing? Hurry!
Canaan!
Love attack!
Canaan!
Wait!
Nee-sama is... Nee-sama is trying to kill me!
Not Canaan, but me. I'm scared!
My tongue ripped out...
My head slowly, painstakingly cut off...
My arm mashed to bits...
All smashed together into a pulp!
Cummings!
Hand me another clip!
Cummings!
It seems you intend to kill Liang-Qi-sama.
And if I am?
P-Please prepare yourself!
I swapped yours for an air gun.
You didn't notice?
I'll let you say one more thing before I kill you.
"Ah?"
Love!
How many times do you intend to be played for a fool?
I changed my mind.
You and Liang-Qi would throw away everything for what you desire.
I'm interested in how you live.
So show me.
"Because... it's love," right?
I'll be waiting for you, Nee-sama!
Where love blooms in our flower garden!
This is...
Just like before...
Why are you here?
Why are you surprised?
You should have known I was...
Or could it be...
You can't see my color?
You remember, don't you?
That day.
That... day.
Yes, on that deserted train...
We were fooled by your fake request
and boarded the train.
It was Sham's last journey.
You killed Sham.
Sham!
That's right.
And then...
You said something that day.
You said this was proof of family.
You said that as long as you have this, you won't forget what Sham taught you.
Sham was my shining light.
"Was?"
That's past tense.
I have a new light.
Feelings.
Then don't die.
Just stay here and let me kick you like this.
When are you going to show me your true strength?
Don't die before you show me.
A strange... color.
You can see my color?
You have a strange color...
What color is it?
Tell me.
No.
Tell me.
A light... brown.
The same color as... Sham.
Canaan!
It's a huge misconception to think you're Sham's hope.
There's no need for two people with the name Canaan.
Canaan!
Alphard!
Don't worry.
She's just unconscious.
You're all here.
And it seems like you're all fascinated by something.
Wait, Hakkoo.
I'll do it.
You shouldn't do that.
I'm headed to the Factory.
Like a polluted flower that won't bloom, I will destroy everything.
If that's your intention, too, then it's in your best interest to let me go.
When she wakes up, tell her this:
"Your true name is Despair."
Canaan!
It seems the next stage is set.
The cursed flower garden.
Episode 9
Flowers of the past
Loss.
Fascinated by memory.
Fascinated by you.
Loss.
Where?
Where are you?
Right here.
Grasp memories.
Episode 10
Loss
Loss.