Let's gather up the tears and give them back to the night sky
Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust
On nights when I've stopped knowing whether or not I'm alive
I get swallowed up by the starless night sky
"Don't disappear, light!" my uncertain heart cries out
I just want to see you!
Sprinting with all my might through illusions, delusions, daydreams
A miracle wakes all throughout my body
Don't forget, you're not alone
We're always just a dreamer
Take love, get all love, get back love in our hands
Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust
What kind of tomorrow shall I dream about tonight?
When Makubex was still a baby whose eyes weren't even open,
he was abandoned here in the Limitless Fortress.
The characters for Makube were etched into the bag he was stuffed in,
so his last name was the only thing they were able to figure out.
But nobody knows his first name.
Not even him, obviously.
In time, those who were awed by his mind took Makube and added an "x,"
which expresses the unknown, and called him Makubex.
Hey, this better be the right way to go, monkey trainer.
If you're saying you can't trust me, go by yourself.
I won't stop you, snakeboy.
Although I don't believe you'd be able to get through
the mazelike Limitless Fortress on your own.
You'd get lost, and that would be the end.
What did you say?!
If you don't want to turn into a snake mummy, then just shut up and follow me!
Damn, why do I have to be with a guy like this?
That's my line.
Hey...
Now what?
This Makubex bastard, what's he like?
You haven't heard anything from Ginji at all?
No.
Unlike me or Kazuki, who came from the outside,
Ginji and Makubex grew up here in the Limitless Fortress,
here in the worst of cities.
I don't know if that's why, but they both had ways in which they were weirdly cold.
You didn't know what they were thinking, or something.
But that's all in the past.
I can't buy Makubex being anything like Ginji now.
Well, I guess I'll find out when I meet him.
Looks like there's a lot to ask him about, if we're going to recover IL.
"IL," they say.
It seems they're talking about my Lens, but the name's got no taste, does it?
Even so, it looks like Shido's gotten quite chatty.
He must've found happiness in the outside world.
You couldn't even imagine the old Shido
coming to get the Lens back with his friends.
Right, Sakura?
People with a proper name have it good.
He probably gets called "Shido" all nice and warmly by his friends, huh?
Sakura...
That's a nice name.
Who gave it to you?
Yes, I think probably my mother.
I see.
Makubex?
I have the same dream, you know. Over and over...
Mr. Ginji disappears,
and then Shido and Kazuki leave.
And him too.
Everyone disappears,
and finally, I'm the only one left.
That's when I always wake up.
Makubex...
Sometimes I think it, you know?
Rather than let that happen, maybe I'll wipe out everyone together.
With that lens, I could turn everything white.
Will you go?
It'll probably be a painful task for you, but...
I've been prepared for this from the beginning.
And...
He's the one who did the betraying.
A traitor?
Is there something the matter with this painting?
Oh, no, I accidentally showed my back to him!
The Last Supper...
It's a reproduction of Da Vinci's famous church wall painting, isn't it?
Is it? I'm not knowledgeable about paintings like Ban is, you see.
Do you know about it, Ginji?
The twelve Apostles who surround Christ,
they were impressed by Christ's teachings and became his disciples
and were always with him.
They were supposed to be bound by ties that strong,
and yet one Apostle betrayed Christ.
One of the ones painted here is said to be that traitor, Judas.
A traitor...
Well then, let's end our masterpiece appreciation here and hurry along.
After all, we have to search for everyone else too, don't we?
Uh, right!
They just come one after the other. There's no end to them!
How's everything over there?
Please spare us!
You started the fight, and now you're begging for your life?
We didn't know!
We had no idea you were the Threadmaster Kazuki!
Answer me. Where is Makubex?!
Please, ask us anything but that!
If we tell you that, we forfeit our lives!
Is that so?
The same goes for not answering.
Quite like Akabane's approach.
That's because in the Limitless Fortress, showing mercy is fatal.
Say, don't you think it's strange?
Ever since we came here, we've done nothing but run into enemies.
It's as if they're monitoring our movements.
You're right.
It could be
that there's a traitor among us.
A traitor?
Yes.
What if someone on our current team
was reporting our every move to Makubex?
No, that can't be.
Can you be so sure of that?
Even now?
Mr. Kazuki?!
At last, you finally gave me an opening, huh?
You... are you?
That's right. I'm the traitor.
From the very beginning, I've been accompanying you on Makubex's orders
as the guide to lead you all to Hell.
I can't believe you!
Aren't you one of VOLTS's Four Kings?!
I can't believe you're betraying Ginji Amano, your leader!
That's all in the past.
Now the one who rules the Limitless Fortress is Makubex.
I am his faithful subordinate.
Damn it!
Now, on Makubex's orders, I'm going to have you all disappear.
After you... Yes, who shall be after you?
I'll let you decide now, at the end.
So, who shall I send after you?
Ban...
Ban?
Ban Midou? I understand.
Next I'll get close to him and make him prey to these threads.
So sleep with your mind at ease.
Goodbye, Lady Poison.
BAN!
What?!
The Arrangement Method of the Fuchouin-School Thread Technique?
I'm surprised.
To think there was someone here in the Limitless Fortress
who uses the same technique I do.
Who are you?!
ME, Makubex's subordinate?
That's a bad joke.
There's only one person in this world that I've followed of my own will.
The Lightning Emperor Ginji Amano. That's all.
There are two Threadmaster Kazukis?!
Apparently, when we all split up due to the commotion in that smoke,
he took my place.
Reveal yourself.
Then see the error of your ways,
and never show your face in front of us again!
If you don't do as I say, I, Threadmaster Kazuki,
will pass judgment on you with your death!
Kazuki Fuchouin
Himiko Kudou
What does this mean?
That man is an impostor, Miss Himiko.
In the Fuchouin-School Thread Technique I studied,
there's a secret technique called the Arrangement Method,
which uses threads to manipulate the skin and muscles of the face,
completely changing the face's appearance.
That man is using that technique and disguising himself as me.
Just what you'd expect from one of the former Four Kings of VOLTS.
It looks like the skills of the successor to the Fuchouin School weren't hype.
It's just like Makubex told me!
I am Kogenta Akame, also a thread user,
a student of the Asou house of the West Fuchouin School!
I see. So that's your real face?
Your looks are well-suited to your dirty methods.
I'll rip that pretty face of yours to shreds for you right away!
Whoops, if you make a wrong move, what will happen to the woman?
Do you understand?!
Hey, you guys!
Yes, Sir!
How far does your cowardice go?!
Now, now, stay like that and don't move, Threadmaster Kazuki!
You may be the successor, but as long as I have a hostage, you can't do anything!
In other words, intelligence is more important than skill with threads.
If you win in the end, that's what matters!
If you win, that is!
All right, come here, little missy.
What?!
This is...
She's inside my barrier of threads.
Any threads that snap will attack without mercy anyone who gets close to her.
A barrier of threads! When?!
If I make a wrong move... What did you say would happen?
You guys, go! Everyone catch him and keep him from moving!
Then I'll... Hey!
What are you doing?!
My orders are Makubex's orders!
You want to defy Makubex?!
You see, even if we wanted to move, we couldn't!
What?!
Thread restraints?!
You said you were from the West Fuchouin School, didn't you?
Judging by your skills, you got halfway through training at most.
Someone like you won't win against me. Get away from here right now.
If you do, I'll overlook you this once
as someone who studied in the same school.
Gee, thanks.
I'll step down!
Those threads...
That's right, they're a special product of the Limitless Fortress,
made from a zero-gravity alloy!
Halfway is far enough for something like the Fuchouin School.
Now, MISTER Kazuki the Successor, can you use those koto strings
to completely block these threads which can cleave iron in two?!
If I defeat you, I'll be recognized by Makubex!
Then, when the Limitless Fortress gains
absolute power through Makubex and that Lens,
I too will... I too!
Lens? Is that IL?
It can't be! No, if IL was...
Oh, no!
I've got you!
I won! I beat the Threadmaster Kazuki!
I, Kogenta Akame...
Impossible!
He captured my zero-gravity alloy threads with mere koto strings?!
My threads!
The Fuchouin-School Thread Technique doesn't need alloyed threads.
They didn't teach you?
That its ultimate technique lies in the very waves played with your own fingers?
The waves are conveyed through the threads.
Sometimes they give the threads a strength like steel,
and sometimes...
They tear flesh and crush bones!
Please, spare me!
What a fearsome expert.
I can't believe the Ginji Amano that I know
had a man like this under him.
The Lightning Emperor Ginji Amano, what on earth is...
Spare me! I was ordered by Makubex. I had to.
Fool!
Those threads will not uncoil for seven days, no matter what.
Stay there and repent for what you've done!
I'm sorry, Miss Himiko. Because of me, you had to go through something like this.
Well, frankly I was surprised.
But I guess in this place, anything can happen, huh?
Anyway, let's hurry. We have to meet up with everyone.
I'm a little worried about something.
Miss Himiko, what are you doing?
I'm not doing anything!
My body moved without me telling it to!
That's a wire cord?!
Just like Threadmaster Kazuki. He notices quickly, doesn't he?
What on earth is...
This guy.
An ultra high-speed interface cable made in the Limitless Fortress.
It's a top-quality product made from a zero-gravity alloy.
It's simultaneously both flexible and elastic, and can't be cut by just any means.
It's commonly known as giga wire.
By connecting these cables to a person,
you directly access their neurons and motor cortex
and control their body's functions via computer.
It's the Wire Doll system I developed.
She's fast!
What's going on?! My body's moving on its own!
I get it, it's that wire!
Miss Himiko's body is being given orders through that.
And where that wire ends is...
Makubex's mother system!
Bingo!
Just like Kazuki. His instincts are good.
But my calculations are perfect.
Now, Flying Needles Juubei, it's almost your turn.
Damn it! I can't stop myself!
It's like she's a different person! Is this inhuman speed Makubex's doing too?!
We have to do something. At this rate...
If I cut that wire...
Thread barrier!
Now!
It's no use.
The answer has already been decided.
Game over.
Flying needles?
Is that you, Juubei?
You dodged enough for them to miss the vital points, did you.
You're as talented as ever, Kazuki.
Why, Juubei? Why are you...
Even YOU are with Makubex?
That's how it is.
I won't let you escape.
Flour
Ending his own life rather than being killed by me,
that's like him.
Thank you for your work, Juubei.
Using Akame as a decoy, you plant the wire on that girl, and make her attack Kazuki.
I aim for that opening, and come from behind, huh?
Things have gone according to your plan, Makubex.
Were you dissatisfied? As Flying Needles Juubei?
I was confident I would win even if we fought each other properly.
With my own hands, he...
Juubei, all you have to do is obey my thinking.
I know that.
Please, bring that girl back with you.
Why did you come back, Kazuki?
Your playing's gone on too long, Makubex.
If the alternative is to send small-timers like Horii and the Magami brothers and Akame,
just let us go in the first place.
We'll clean them up right away, and...
It's best not to underestimate them too much.
What?
You guys don't know.
Beginning with Ginji Amano, this isn't the true power of the old VOLTS members.
What's more, there's also Doctor Jackal.
He hasn't even put out a tenth of his true power yet.
And the most dangerous element of all is that Jagan man,
Ban Midou.
Right now the assembly of the Lens is proceeding steadily.
We must prevent them from making the recovery at all costs.
For that purpose, I want a little more data
for a perfect calculation.
And for the time when I have you guys act as well. All right?
I see. Then perhaps this was the right thing to do?
It's the negotiator. I caught her at the entrance to the South Block.
I see. She might be useful.
So, shall we move on to the next stage?
This time the show will be a bit of a spectacle.
Okay...
The Lightning Emperor Was Here Okay...
The Lightning Emperor Was Here This should do it.
The Lightning Emperor Was Here If we leave marks like this, we'll meet up with the others faster,
The Lightning Emperor Was Here and we'll know where we've already been.
The Lightning Emperor Was Here Ginji, I've been wondering this for awhile.
The Lightning Emperor Was Here Yes?
You wouldn't be lost, would you?
Of course not! I grew up here, you know.
It might as well be my backyard.
He's on to me! What should I do?
Ban, this is bad.
If you don't find me fast, I...
Is there something on my face?
You haven't noticed?
Here.
Something is here...
I can't yet crack open the glasswork deep in my heart
I believe only in you
I feel the refrain
The well-trod distance to the train station
And the vending machine I leaned on, unable to go home
You're nowhere to be found
My heart can't be honest
Where in the world are you?
I keep searching for you over and over
I can't yet crack open the glasswork deep in my heart
I believe only in you
I feel the refrain
Here in the Limitless Fortress, there's no time to be surprised, no matter what happens, huh?
Yeah, you don't know what's real and what's an illusion.
It's really changed from when I was here.
This is probably Makubex's doing too.
Don't show mercy and get your feet kicked out from under you.
I know, but...
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