What's are you doing?
Jonathan?
Take this!
I did it!
Jonathan!
Are you all right?
Jonathan...
Remy!
Rakando!
Is that the Remy from their side?
He got swallowed up by the Energy Cube and ended up like that.
Tohru, something's coming out!
Everyone, listen up!
There's something important...
...I want to tell you!
The Dead End, the ultimate weapon?
Battlefield: The Price of Bloodshed
You're saying Remy turned into that thing?
But it's true.
That's what the Timekeepers are trying to create.
The Energy Cube I used to escape changed within the sand.
With this, I'm sure...
Tohru!
I don't know what you heard from that ghost.
But to me, it seems more likely you saw some illusion within that sand.
Kyohma!
How can you be certain the sand isn't a new weapon these guys created?
Stop talking nonsense! Our Jonathan was killed!
Says the guy that shot Kyoka!
Hold on!
That's right! Hold on!
That clump of sand wants a fight with us.
And to ignore it and clobber each other is something only morons would do.
Indeed?
Hey, this is only temporary. I'll be sure to kill you later.
That's my line.
So that's Rakando.
He's said to be the last of the "Bankara" men. You could say he's something of a living relic.
I never quite know how to deal with him.
Did you send the data from the Energy Cube over to Dr. Odhner?
Yeah, we're waiting for the results.
Wonderful!
I see. So this was the secret to unleashing the potential of spacetime?
Wonderful. The experiments we've been running until now can't even compare to this!
Thanks, Xi.
Dr. Odhner is very excited.
Why is his brain releasing that quantity of chemicals?
Aaron said that the doctor is a brilliant man,
but he's the type that thinks nobody recognizes his genius.
I believe everyone recognizes the doctor's genius.
I think so, too.
But in reality, he's on the Katagiri clan's leash,
and has to do whatever the Immature Lord Kyohma says.
If I were Dr. Odhner, I'd think some frustration would be building up.
If I could have understood human emotions of that sort,
would I have been able to better interact with Remy?
You're basically taking the place of Remy's parents, aren't you?
Yes. I am a substitute.
I-I'm sorry! That's not what I meant, Xi.
It's fine. That's why I will do what must be done.
I... I don't want to...
Help me.... Help...
All we can carry via time travel are personal rifles and portable modules.
The biggest thing we can carry is about the size of Jonathan's powered suit.
In the First Cross-Border Operation,
they were supposedly contemplating bringing a suitcase nuke.
So I've heard.
But...
The risks from carrying unstable radioactive substances during time travel were too great,
and that plan was abandoned.
Those circumstances seem to be the same on the other side.
Though the me on their side supposedly died...
That's someone else. Don't worry about it.
Here!
Are you all right, Jonathan?
Thanks...
It looks like you're working too hard.
I know that...
Because of the effects of the Dead End, the spacetime potential has stabilized,
so the amount of time we can stay in this era has been extended.
But, we don't know how long that's going to last.
Jonathan! That's not what I am talking about!
You're not the one who died.
I know... I know that...
I-I'm sorry. That I wasn't able to comfort you...
Can I change the future?
Can I stop everything from turning into the Dead End?
However, the birth of Dead End is an inevitable course of history...
A few irregulars... the result... same...
Here. You have a phone call.
A phone call? For me?
Yeah.
Keep it short. Time-phones eat up energy like crazy.
Hello?
Tohru?
I'm so glad you're alright.
That's my line.
Yeah... I'll be fine.
I'm sorry I can't help you.
It's all right. I promise I'll rescue Remy and come back.
When I do, let's go to school together.
You think we can go to school?
I'm sure we can. We're fighting to bring back that everyday life.
You know, I... I want to talk with you more, Tohru.
I do, too...
That's a promise.
I wanted to protect Tohru.
Yes, Brian Odhner speaking. Excuse me, but who is this?
Yes... yes.
And that's the final form of the Desert Syndrome, a.k.a. the Dead End.
It's expanding its spatial potential.
If it continues its growth,
it will start affecting the original spacetime from this Shadow Layer.
What's a Shadow Layer?
You know how the humans over here look like shadows, right?
No matter what we do, they don't get hurt.
Even if the buildings look like they were destroyed, they haven't actually been destroyed.
A world of shadows, overlapping layers...
And so it's called the "Shadow Layer," huh?
But if something directly affects the time axis, the people of this era will die.
No way!
Our timeline itself might be eradicated.
We speculate that the Dead End, after gaining the ability to affect the time axis,
will affect our timelines by surpassing the Shadow Layer.
So what does this all mean?
We can assume both worlds will turn into sand all at once and be swallowed up by the Dead End.
Before that happens, we're going to dismantle the Dead End.
Remy Odhner, who absorbed an Energy Cube, is the core of the Dead End.
If we can eliminate that,
the Dead End should cease all functions, just like a cell without a nucleus.
Eliminate? We're going to rescue him, right?
Whether or not Remy's alive isn't the issue.
The issue is that he's become the core of the Dead End.
Kyohma!
If we can rescue him, that would be ideal.
In that case—
But we don't have the means.
I've got it!
If we use the Energy Cube that's inside my guns like when I escaped earlier,
we might be able to interfere with the sand and destroy it.
Then it's settled.
You go rescue Remy.
You believe me?
We'll use any means possible to survive.
That's how we survived in those wastelands.
I'm not going to let that homeland be destroyed,
even if that means working together with you.
Make sure you rescue him.
It's not pleasant for me to have someone with my face do a half-assed job.
I understand.
We are not the pawns of the Timekeepers.
Start the operation!
You cannot do anything.
Your intervention will only make things easier for us.
You are, no matter what happens...
...our ally.
You're the center of attention again.
I wonder if that's how the stars are aligning?
Kyohma?
Take this.
This is Sidune's?
Well, it's not to my taste, but...
It's a protective charm. She was worried about you.
That Timekeeper showed up looking like Sidune, of all people.
That's one thing I'll never forgive them for.
Kyohma!
That's right. I think so, too.
Help... Help me...
Everyone....
Everyone is...
Stop! Stop it!
Help me! Help me, Xi!
Xi!
Xi! Xi!
I'm right here.
It's not just me.
Kyoka's here too.
So everything's all right.
It's fine.
There's nothing to fear, Remy.
That enemy.... It looks a lot like Xi.
Jonathan!
Leave this to me! The PUG's armor can handle it!
Hurry! I won't screw up like my other self did!
Got it!
Don't die until I kill you!
The same goes for you.
It is almost time for your role in this to end.
Dammit, this is endless.
Thanks, Kusakage...
Sir Aaron...
Have I been able to fight valiantly, as a man?
Yeah, so stop talking.
I'm glad... I... I wanted to prove that I was a man.
That was all.
Kusakage! Rakando, too!
Lyudmila made an emergency escape?
At this rate, they're all done for!
Xi?
Xi! That's crazy!
Stop...
Stop... Xi... Xi is going to protect me...
Remy! I'll save you now!
Releasing spacetime phase transition reactor final safety mechanism!
Goodbye, Remy. May you find happiness...
I will protect you.
Xi!
Damn it!
What's going on? Status report!
It's some kind of unknown spacetime storm!
I can't observe the synchronized time axis of 2015!
Remy! Snap out of it!
Remy! Remy!
I had no idea you were capable of dismantling a Dead End that had developed to this point.
I'm forced to declare this interference experiment a failure, I suppose.
Then, stop doing senseless things like this from now on.
Our interventions already reach everywhere in the world.
The two worlds learned the value of Energy Cubes and made travel between each other possible.
I'm sure that you will create another Dead End of your own accord very soon.
I won't let that happen!
You have opened Pandora's Box with your own hands.
SUDDEN TURN THE PRICE OF ARROGANCE
Next episode: "Sudden Turn."
"The Price of Arrogance."
Wait, it's over so suddenly?
Breaking the template! Breaking apart stagnant episode previews!
The well-love standards are important too.
A surprise has to betray the expectations and predictions of everyone!