Mr. Asch...
You did well. Now get out of here.
Brother!
Hang in there, brother!
Noelle...
Ginji, where's Asch?
Weren't you with him?
Please... stop him!
Don't tell me he went on alone.
That's reckless!
Asch...
Mr. Asch was deadly serious when he told us he was going alone. He made Ms. Noir and the others get off the Albiore.
I couldn't let him pilot the Albiore, so I convinced him to bring me along.
Asch has a tendency to rush headlong into things.
Anyway, we have to find him.
Noelle, take care of Ginji.
If you see any signs of trouble, don't wait, just run.
All right.
Be careful.
We're counting on you.
Asch!
You're already here.
It's too dangerous to try this on your own! Come with us.
Shut up, dreck!
Master!
Luke!
Asch!
Damn!
A trap? I'm not surprised.
Major...
You're alive too.
Oh, I'm sorry. It's a shame that "Master Ion" died but the defective replica survived.
Since you're here, I guess Van must be around too.
I won't let anyone stand in his way.
Why, Major? Why are you doing this?
If the planet's memory determines people's future, what good is free will?
I refuse to accept that my feelings are controlled by the planet's memory.
The will of the people should be their own.
And you would destroy the original world for that?
If this world is controlled by the planet's memory, then destruction is inevitable.
Don't you have any ties left to the original world?
Is there nothing here that's important to you?
There is no one who wouldn't feel some lingering attachment.
However, the one who saved me from despair was the Commandant.
If it is his wish, then the world shall be destroyed.
Is that what you really want?
Then I've lost all respect for you.
You talk about free will, but you don't even have your own.
You're not the Oracle Knight I once admired!
It's a pity that I will have to be the one to kill you.
I feel the same way.
I believed that you, at least, would understand.
I will not spare you!
Crimson fury, burn!
Eruption!
Jade is awesome.
Cheer up. You get to fight someone with the same face as "Master Ion."
You killed him, after all.
You shouldn't forget about me.
That's right, it was me.
Anise...
I killed Master Ion...
That's why I'll create a world that doesn't rely on the Score, where replicas can live in peace! The world Master Ion wanted...
I'll make it!
Where are... we...?
And to think I fell in the same trap as the dreck...
Where is everyone?
If their aim is to split our forces, then those guys are probably under attack already.
Then let's get out of here quickly and find them.
Asch!
This is probably our last chance.
I'm going to settle this with you here and now.
Why do we have to do this?
To determine it once and for all.
To determine it...?
We were both taught by Van. Who is better?
Let's see who the real Luke is.
In this fight, we venture it all.
Asch...
His... Van's student is me! Me alone!
I respected him.
I wanted to believe in his ideal of rejecting the Score.
I wanted to stay his student!
That's why I'll be the one to take him down!
I respected Master too.
I thought he was the only one who understood me.
But now, I want to stop him.
A world of replicas is wrong.
I can't let anyone else be created just to go through what I have!
Then beat me and go after him!
You hesitated and missed your chance.
Suits me just fine.
Icicle Rain!
Colonel!
My apologies. I wanted to let you fight your own fight, but...
Jade the Necromancer.
Do you want to accept a world controlled by the Score?
I personally agree with the destruction of the Score.
However, your methods...
are not to my taste.
I did not create fomicry so you could abuse it like this.
Sync, you're a replica like Master Ion!
Why are you helping this stupid plan?
We're not the same.
I told you I was a failure.
But!
Ion was... The seventh Ion was a naive fool.
He believed that the Score meant only a choice between many futures.
And yet he couldn't defy the planet's memory.
"Fon Master Ion will die."
That's the planet's memory.
He died for nothing.
You take that back!
I won't. After all, it's the truth.
By following Van's plan, we will completely annihilate Lorelei and the Seventh Fonon.
The Score will really disappear.
Do you hate the Score that much?
I was born because the Score said that Fon Master Ion would die.
And I was thrown away.
Is that why you detest the Score?
Not at all.
It's because I was born!
Without the Score, I wouldn't have to endure this ridiculous life!
Do you mean that you gained nothing by being alive?
Nothing.
I'm empty inside.
Let's see which one the world will choose to keep alive, you or the empty me!
Rock Break!
Here!
Got you!
Guy!
tue lei zwe kuloa riou tue zwe
It's finally over.
I'll be released from this worthless world.
So you really had nothing?
Tear, you are wrong about one thing.
If it wasn't for the sake of someone special, no one would put their life on the line.
I am no exception.
Major!
I was ready to die for the love I hold for that man and his ideal.
That is my will.
Van...
Reform this twisted world.
Tear...
Let's go.
I was robbed of my place and my name, and all I could do was cling to life.
I lived in a small, closed world without really understanding who I was.
The only thing that supported my heart was a promise.
The ones who supported me through my times of ignorance were my friends.
What can you understand?!
You, who took everything from me!
That's true, you may be right.
But...
I'm not your substitute!
I'm me!!
We are different, Asch.
I have my own precious memories, just like you do.
That means we are separate beings.
I can't believe I lost...
Take this.
Asch!
To release Lorelei, you have to use the sword and the jewel.
But...
Shut up!
You won, so you do it!
Go!
Asch...
There's no time!
Leave it to me and go, now!
All right.
Promise me that you'll survive.
If you don't, Natalia and I will grieve.
I can't promise that.
Let us pass!
I refuse.
Your opponent is me, Asch.
No...
Luke fon Fabre!
This is...
A city built by fomicry.
Guy, what is the matter?
Looks like some noble's manor.
It's my home.
Then this is Count Gardios's...
It's well-made, but it's just not the real thing.
It's just an empty shell. The people who should be here are gone, forever.
Luke!
Master!
Everyone!
You're fine!
What about Asch?
Was he not with you?
He...
That sword...
Asch gave it to me.
He said he'd leave everything to me.
I see.
I don't know what happened, but I suppose it means that he's acknowledged you.
Yeah.
I see... Asch has...
If Asch is holding off enemies, then we'd better keep moving.
Let us go.
Yes.
Natalia.
Y–Yes.
We cannot stop what is happening to your body.
How did this happen?
It's been seven years.
There's still a great deal we don't understand about the replication of living beings.
But according to the records...
It seems that there is fonon interference – a bit like hyperresonance – between an original and his replica.
If that's so, what's going to happen next?
The big bang.
The fonons will explode, disperse, and flow toward the remaining individual.
So that means I'm going to disappear...
Even though that replica stole my place, I still lived on...
But now my body is going to disappear.
And yet, though I don't know why, I feel good.
There is still a way for me to leave something behind.
Why now...?
Luke?
Lorelei...
No, Asch!
Do you hear me, replica?
Asch...
Are you all right?
I'm coming right now–
Don't be stupid.
You deal with Van.
Asch!
I'm... counting on you...
What...
What happened?
Asch is...
Asch is dead.
That cannot be true!
Tell me it is not true!
Asch...
Natalia...
Those lights just now...
Those were fonons, right?
I... suppose...
I felt something warm flow into me.
I felt Asch's presence.
Asch's?
It's not impossible.
There is some kind of bond between originals and their replicas.
Stand up, Natalia.
Colonel!
Are you planning to sit here doing nothing when the world is facing its end?
Do you think that's what Asch would have wanted?
Natalia.
Asch's heart passed into me with those fonons.
His heart is here.
He's fighting with us.
To protect this world.
You are right.
We will not lose.
Yes.
Let's go.
To face Master Van.