Man...
Look at you pitiful fools...
Lag...
Connor...
We're gonna clean this up right now!
Heart's Recollections, Three
Zazie!
I'd feel even more confident if Zazie were here too, Connor.
Wha?!
Lag!
Is it a gaichuu?
No, it's not, Niche.
I see.
Teams are formed for dangerous deliveries.
But it's all about having the right men for the job.
Zazie can be really single-minded about exterminating gaichuu,
but he's not particularly interested in any other kind of delivery.
I doubt he'd be any use today.
Does that have anything to do with what that Moc Sullivan person said once?
Wha?!
Lag! Is it a gaichuu?
No, it's not that, Niche...
I see.
Moc said that Zazie focuses more on exterminating gaichuu than on delivering letters...
Zazie lost his parents when he was little after they were attacked by a gaichuu.
Lag!
Everything's fine, Niche!
I see.
Connor.
Zazie became a Bee to get revenge on the gaichuu.
So that's why I think he prefers deliveries where he can wipe out gaichuu.
Zazie just wants to find that enemy gaichuu and defeat it. The title of Head Bee means nothing to him.
Hey, Connor...
How do gaichuu... kill people?
I've never seen it happen myself.
But I hear that they eat your heart.
People who have their hearts eaten can't speak or eat.
They become frail and die.
So, Zazie...
...watched that happen before his eyes...
You little brat!
Zazie!
Postal Delivery is a National Service.
If you interfere with a Bee's delivery,
I will eliminate you along with the gaichuu.
W-What are you...
Shut up!
Don't get cocky, buddy!
Don't think I'm a pushover like those other Bees!
Zazie!
The Cidre went underground again!
Zazie...
I figured I'd see how you guys were doing on the way back from a delivery.
I can't count on you guys for anything.
Yup. Without me...
Lag, are those all letters?
Yeah.
It was only a few of the people here that wanted to stop deliveries.
And the girl?
Her name is Ann.
Ann's father tried to carry the letters out of the town,
but his heart was eaten by that gaichuu.
Zazie?
Cidre's weak point is in their butt.
It's a gaichuu that attacks from the ground without exposing its weakness.
They're pretty tough.
Wasiolka will sense its movements from above ground.
Connor, you corner it with land mines and force it above ground.
I'll keep it from moving with a Blue Thorn.
And when I do, Lag...
You resonate a Red Needle right into it!
Let loose a resonance as great as that girl's loss!
Let's go!
Right!
All right!
Shinjirai, set!
Shinjirai, set...
Shinjirai... set.
When this delivery is over, I'm having a feast!
The land mines I bury are fragments of my hunger!
Here it comes!
Yes! Yellow Explosion!
Great work, Connor!
Blue Thorn!
Lag, now!
Right!
Shindan loaded!
The ground collapsed?
I can't see the Cidre...
Lag!
The letters!
Lag!
The underground passages?
That's...
Damn it!
T-This is bad!
The Cidre is trying to eat her heart!
Stop it!!
Riding on my father's back...
My mother's chili hot-tomato soup I once loved...
The terrible singing of my father after he'd had too much to drink...
Walking back from Mother's funeral service...
Together with Dad, the Honey River...
His large, shaking hand...
I'm so glad...
...that you are here for me, Ann...
Thank goodness...
The first time seeing my Dad in a state of weakness...
Running an errand, getting lost and coming home late...
Seeing home on a far away hill...
The silhouette of Dad waving...
Breaking into a run...
My dad's hand, more chilled than mine.
The warm fireplace...
No...
Don't!
No, no! Don't take them away!
They're my precious...
They're all my precious memories!
Don't take them!
Don't take my heart!
Father... save me...
Father?
Father...
...who?
Hunt!
That masked guy's pretty good!
Damn it...
Zazie!
You might eat them, but they won't become your heart!
You hollow bastards!
'Cause you damn gaichuu's don't have any heart!
Getting angry isn't going to help, Zazie!
We can't defeat it without shooting its weak point!
Resound, my malice!
Oh, no... He's using too much heart...
I said resound, damn you!
Blue Thorn!!
Soup?
They say he always has it ready for them to eat when they wake up.
But their eyes are open...
So that's what it's like being done in by a gaichuu...
But that boy never cried even once.
Zazie!
Hunt!
Sarah...
This beast is the headliner for our next show!
It's more important than debt-ridden trash like you!
I told you to look after it!
Stop punishing Hunt alone!
We both took care of it.
Whip me too!
Wish I could.
But I don't damage my goods for sale.
Sarah...
You're beautiful, Sarah...
Farewell?
What do you mean, Sarah?
It seems there's a buyer for me at the next show stop.
A buyer?
I met him once before... He's a horrible man.
If I'm forced to work for him...
I just know... I'll be killed...
I'd rather stay here at this crappy little traveling side-show.
Because you're here, Hunt.
Sarah?
But, Hunt...
I'm more worried about you.
Your body's big, but you're timid.
I wish we could have payed our debts off together,
and gotten out of here...
Together... Together with you, Hunt!
I wish we could have gotten away from here...
You were kind to me, Sarah.
You were my only friend.
Sarah deserved a happier life...
Damn!
What is the meaning of this?
Our headliner's dead!
Maybe it started out weak. And that's why it was sold from show-to-show.
I'll kill that middleman!
What are we going to do, Impresario!
How can we have a show like this?
Don't be stupid! The location's already paid for!
We've got to make that money back!
Hey!
We'll cut off your arms and sew the beast's onto yours!
Huh? What did you say?
People ain't gonna come in to see a corpse!
I told you to become a beast man!
No!
Calm down!
Let go!
If the show is a success, I'll pay you plenty.
You'll have enough cash to live anyway you like for a while.
No way!
Money?
You'll pay money?
How much will you pay?
If you replace my arms with those clawed hands...
Will you please not sell Sarah?!
The masked boy with beast hands would also be a good draw.
Fine then! If you let us replace your arms, then the woman is yours!
Impresario, about this promise...
Please keep it a secret from Sarah.
Sarah...
As long as you find happiness...
That's all I desire...
Hunt!
Where did Lag go?
Damn it... I can't move...
A road beneath the flagstones...
There was an underground passage?
That's... Lag!
Resound, fragment of my heart!
Red Needle!
He did it! Lag really did it!
The hearts that were eaten are returning!
That's...
Roda, to the right!
Shindan loaded!
Gauche...
Next: One Unable to Become Spirit.