Namida atsumete yozora e kaesou
Yuragu koto nai ai dake baramake stardust
Ikiteru ka dou ka wakannaku natchatta yoru wa
Hoshi no mienai yozora ni nomikomarete shimau
Kienaide hikari, mayoisou na kokoro ga sakebu
Tada kimi ni aitai
Gensou, mousou, musou no naka wo honki de shissou
Karadajuu no kiseki ga me wo samasu
Wasurenaide, hitori ja nai yo
Itsu datte, we are just a dreamer
Take love, get all love, get back love in our hands
Yuragu koto nai ai dake baramake stardust
Donna ashita wo yume mite ikou ka konya
A boy?
It's me...
It's me.
This kid
is me, from when I was abandoned in the Limitless Fortress.
Mister, what is this place?
This is...
What are you doing?
Why this...
This...
Calm down, Ginji.
The enemy sent this.
Why... WHY?!
Is this what the aim was?
Using the fact that to him,
memories of his childhood are such a great psychological wound
that they cause an explosion of passionate emotions.
I believe I dodged, but...
There's no mistake.
Since I fought him before...
No, even compared to a few minutes ago, he's powered up.
Does it have something to do with the fact that he's in the Limitless Fortress?
Is there something here in the Limitless Fortress that is giving him power?
Interesting.
This won't do.
I was about to play into the enemy's hands too.
That's right, at the moment you're my precious work partner, aren't you?
It's truly a shame.
I'll have you wake up, and...
Well, now. My my, Ginji,
suddenly there have come to be quite a lot of you.
I see. So that's how it is?
This IS the right way, isn't it?
Yeah, although I only saw the map Kazuki was carrying for a second.
This is right. IL is somewhere on the upper floors!
You're the real one, aren't you?
Mr. Akabane, what on earth...
Look around you.
There's a lot of me!
What's with this?!
Ginji, make an electrical attack!
Towards the scalpel, quick!
This is...
It was all three-dimensional images this device was showing us.
The Lightning Emperor Was Here It was all three-dimensional images this device was showing us.
Everything in that passage was, you see?
They were using themselves as screens and blending into the 3-D projections,
intending to attack us.
Well, there are a lot, but that doesn't matter much either way.
But just in case, I disposed of them.
It seems the enemy hoped I would accidentally defeat the real you,
along with the countless fakes.
But that's unthinkable.
The real you would never be defeated that easily.
Right, Ginji?
So, shall we go?
Mother! Mother!
Kazuki, run away, quickly!
Mother, no. I couldn't run away and leave everyone else.
It's to protect the school!
For that, you... you have to survive.
But where should I go?
The Limitless Fortress.
I'm sorry, Mother,
it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to grant your wish.
Miss Himiko?
Thank goodness you're safe.
Who's Himiko?
Hey, girl, get ahold of yourself.
This is medicine. If you drink it, it'll help you.
Hello...
No help for it, huh?
The 3-D imaging system or whatever that you're so proud of was broken through too, huh?
I was able to get the data I needed. Everything went according to plan.
What a waste of time! Instead of doing this complicated crap forever,
we should hurry up and...
Stop, Fudou. we should hurry up and...
Stop, Fudou.
Hey, Sakura.
Yes?
Don't you think that Christ wasn't enough by himself?
He was crucified because of the betrayal of Judas, one of the Apostles,
and through his resurrection, became the true Messiah.
My lens is the same.
Another Judas is necessary.
Do you understand?
Those recoverers were betrayed beforehand.
Everything is calculation.
And my calculations have produced a result.
That's why all you guys have to do is obey me,
like him.
Right, Juubei?
Now then, the long-awaited moment is here.
It's you guy's turn.
The target is the Beastmaster Shido Fuyuki, and
the Jagan man, Ban Midou.
Hey, you woke up, huh?
Wh... Wh... What?!
You're a man?!
Saying that, it sounds like you're a girl.
Shut up!
Your wound is all right already?
Well enough.
Thank you. You helped me, didn't you? Well...
It's Ren, Pharmacist Ren.
If you wanna thank someone, thank Gramps.
'Cause you were saved by medicine Gramps made, you know.
You're awake, then?
Gramps!
You are?
Pharmacist Gen.
It looks like you've gotten much better.
Thank you very much, Sir.
No, your resilience is miraculous.
Here inside the Limitless Fortress,
wounds close many times faster than they do outside,
but you seem to be special.
Although Ren here is the same.
Not likely.
A weak little guy like this wouldn't be able to stay alive here.
You were probably kidnapped and brought here from the Great Outside, weren't ya?
Maybe it was a little like that.
There you go. That's what I thought.
This is why outsiders are trouble.
Listen, the Limitless Fortress is...
VOLTS?
Yeah! Do you know about VOLTS?
Yes, a little.
When VOLTS was running things, this place wasn't that bad.
We had things that were like rules, more or less,
and nothing awful would've happened to someone like you, either.
They were amazing, the core members of VOLTS.
I admired all of them.
I was only watching from a distance, but there were Four Kings,
and there was that Lightning Emperor.
But now,
the bad guys have all gathered under Makubex.
What did you say about Makubex?
Hi there, it's the money collectors!
You guys!
Last time was the last time. There aren't any valuables left.
Why, that's not what our deal says, is it?
Hey, we heard you.
You were badmouthing Makubex, weren't ya?
That's treason, ya know. Treason!
Shut up! Let go of me, you jerk!
Well, well, that's just perfect.
Hey, guys, make it so they can't talk like this ever...
What?!
This is...
What did you say you were going to do to them?
Mr. Kazuki!
Don't ever come near this shop again.
If you do come near it, next time...
Yes, Sir, we understand!
We're sorry!
You, are you really Threadmaster Kazuki?
Ren?
Yes!
VOLTS isn't here anymore.
But you know, the era that belongs to you guys is coming next.
No...
It might already be here.
Right!
Oh, where are you going?
I'm going to see Makubex and question him
about the reason things have gotten like this.
Wait.
You say you're going to Makubex, but do you know where he is?
No, not the details.
I've only been told that he seems to be on the upper floors.
Anyway, I'll cross-examine some of his people somewhere and...
Your thinking is soft.
He knows the weaknesses in people's hearts,
the dark part of people's hearts.
The heart's darkness?
Even if you catch and examine someone under his command, they won't answer anything.
If they talk and someone informs on them,
a hell on earth, more terrifying than death, is waiting.
That's how Makubex has made his control strong.
He's created the kind of world where people suspect each other
and keep an eye on each other.
Why? Why would the Makubex I know do something so...
Come, Kazuki.
I may not have much power, but let me help you.
So that you can get even a little nearer to that terrible Lens.
What?
Oh, you're awake, Lady Poison?
Negotiator?!
It's Hevn.
Damn...
Where is this?
It seems to be the enemy's safe house.
So, what are you doing?
What happened, you didn't listen to our warnings
and came bouncing in after us and got caught?
What about you?!
You're talking pretty big for someone who's captured, aren't you?!
Shut up!
What?!
Let's stop. This isn't the time to be doing this, is it?
I agree. Anyway, we have to get out of here.
Well, well, well, looks like the babes are awake, don't it?
How are you ladies feeling?
It's not a bad feeling being called a babe,
but somehow after looking at your dirty faces, I've started to feel gross.
What did you say?!
You bitch!
The rest is up to you.
You leave it all to someone else, huh?
What did you say our faces were?!
Why don't we help you understand your position, eh?
Oooh...
My back's gotten itchy.
Won't you scratch it for me?
What?!
Why, you! Are you underestimatin' us?
You know, we're...
Please...
Well, if it's only a little...
Yeah, if it's just her back...
Take off the chains.
What is this?
My trump card, the seventh poison perfume: puppet perfume.
That's the scent that comes from my own body.
Now, we'll find IL a step ahead of everyone else.
What about Ban and the others?
Wouldn't meeting up with them or contacting them be...
Do you think I'd be captured for nothing?
This is tracking perfume.
This scent is left behind me as I go; it's become a set of guideposts.
When I was on the verge of losing consciousness,
I only had a few tenths of a second of freedom,
but it was enough time to use this.
You get it, don't you? Ban should notice.
Let's go.
This is Himiko Kudou, the Lady Poison's...
a pro's true ability.
But why is it
that there are this many skilled professionals gathered,
and still I have a horrible feeling about this?
Ban, Gin, please be okay.
This is...
This is the floorplan that Ren and I made of the Limitless Fortress,
of everything up to the midfloors.
This is my shop.
There is the entrance we came in from.
And we were attacked right away by an enemy using poisoned smoke and got scattered.
After that, an enemy disguised as me got close to one of ours,
and I made a blunder as well.
That's strange, isn't it?
That means that the moment you entered, Makubex had already gotten wind of it.
You're right!
He's been too efficient for him to have been on the upper floors.
But there isn't that much space on the lower floors,
or up through the seventh floor.
What if it was further down than what we're thinking?
If that were the case...
Come on, spill it! Where is Makubex?!
I don't know, I don't know!
Damn!
Hey, monkey trainer.
Is the enemy really above us?
What do you mean?
Look.
A garbage chute?
Usually these things go all the way down to the garbage dumpsters in the basement.
Although there's probably an independent garbage disposal facility.
What's that got to do with anything?
The scent of Himiko's tracking perfume is coming up from out of that garbage chute.
Maybe that Makubex bastard has got IL harbored...
Not up but underground!
So he's near the garbage disposal facility?!
They've come to pay us a visit.
Heh, no matter how many small fries come...
That's!
Who're these guys?
It's the Wire Doll system!
Huh?
It's a system that connects the human brain to a computer
and controls it, bringing out its maximum potential.
If we can just perfect this, we can protect everyone.
Everyone!
That bastard, he really perfected it.
I see, so the deal is that all these guys are his puppets?
Exactly.
Though technically, they're puppets of Makubex's mother computer.
You.
Takuma Fudou!
Known as Enlightenment Fudou.
Back when I was a thief, he was a member of the same profession.
Living only for his own desires,
he's like a man made only from the ugly parts of humanity, the worst.
But he's strong.
That much is for sure.
I've been wanting to see you, Midou.
I owe you one for that time, huh?
Thanks to you, this is how things are.
It's a little gimmick made in the Limitless Fortress.
Well, this thing does suit my personality better than the original.
I never thought you'd be under Makubex.
I'm not under him. He needed me.
That's all.
Oh, so the lonely computer boy wanted a dog that barked a lot, huh?
You probably planned to get me angry and then take an opening to use the Jagan on me.
But I won't fall for that trick twice.
It throbs, you know, Midou.
It's saying it wants to take you down.
My desire throbs...
I can't believe these guys.
From the way things look,
the second those two crossed, they each made three consecutive hits.
But I could only see the first one.
Interesting, I'll just have you show me, Ban Midou.
How you are when you're serious, that is!
I'm going to rest for a bit.
The answer has already been set.
There's no need to be watching.
I'll leave command to you, Sakura.
Separately they're no problem,
but when there's this many of them...
Damn!
You haven't forgotten, have you Midou?
That you can't use the Jagan on me, that is.
Snakebi...
That was One Second.
Hey! Snakeboy!
Quit posturing and use your damn Jagan!
Shut up.
The Jagan doesn't work against this bastard's Enlightenment.
Enlightenment? You don't mean...
Yeah, I do mean.
He reads what you're going to do the instant before you do it.
With One Second he reads one second ahead,
with Two Seconds he reads two seconds ahead.
If I slip and start to use the Jagan, that's the end.
The very second I concentrate on it, I'll get taken down.
You do get it, don't you?
Two Seconds.
Midou!
Next it's Three Seconds!
This whip?!
Loulan Dance Whip!
It can't be!
Haruki Emishi!
Hiya, Fudou!
Here I am!
Came from over there, to help Shido!
What's THAT?
Can't you see around you, Emishi?
With you, just one more person, you think you can fight fifty Wire Dolls and me?
Fifty Wire Dolls?
Where do you see those?
Well, that's fine.
I'll put off the fight for awhile.
But Midou, someday I'll defeat you,
for certain.
You can count on it!
Shido!
Came back, didn't ya, Shido?!
You haven't changed, have you?
You've changed a little.
Before, if I came at ya like this I woulda gotten a hard shove.
Is that right?
Hey, monkey trainer, who the heck is that clown?
Haruki Emishi, he's a former VOLTS member.
Hi there! Now I'm doin' resistance with my group!
Resistance?
A resistance movement against Makubex, of course!
Now that's encouraging.
What's encouraging about a joker like this?
This guy's got skills.
In the VOLTS days, they said he could match the Four Kings
in the battle arena at any rate.
The people he fought with were covered in blood from that whip before you knew it.
So he got nicknamed the man who laughs at spraying blood,
the Fresh Blood Joker.
Pleased ta meetcha.
Sennen ni ikkai no koi nante mon ja nai
Futari no tame ni sora to daichi ga ugoiteta
Shakariki no hi yo, come back
Mafuyu no umi ni nageta misanga
Oto mo tatezu kiete shimau no ne
Bouhatei makka ni moeru gogo
Nami ga supankooru mitai ni kirei ne
Konna ni, dakara, sou waratte
Furimuicha dame
Saa, iku wa yo
Arashi ni dakarete yume kara, jump!
Eien ga oshiyoseru island
Hate shinaku sunda sora wo motome
Kizu tsuita kamome mo tonde yuku
Namida no harikeen
Oh, good, even in the Limitless Fortress there's someone who'll be on our side.
Although I can't believe that fool who looks like an entertainer will be of much use.
You've got it all wrong!
If you let Emishi use a whip, he's the best there is!
His gags don't go over well though.
I guess I'll take a look at his moves.
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