I thought I would have a more competent set of actors,
but it seems Ragna the Bloodedge may end up beginning to take action before those girls awaken.
Well, that is interesting in its own right, but...
In order to fully realize the best, most abysmal scenario,
I would like it if I had a little more time.
Oh, my.
What do we have here?
Who are you?
You know me?
Who are you? Who are you?
Who? Who?
You tried to mess with the power of the Boundary and got swallowed up.
Azure, Azure, Azure. I smell the Azure.
Barely more than a beast.
You are trash.
Give me the Azure!
Ouroboros.
I think I will have you buy me some time.
Your turn to shine, Phantom.
Why can't you hear
the heartbeat of this world?
Can, and audible...
Can it believe the future
We nurture an inexperienced smile
as we are thrown around
Does not give up
I'd like to know the truth
The night god toys with our suffering
like a branding iron
I won't hold back, won't doubt
If you are innocent after purification,
then let your soul strike out at the demons
Salvation won't lie in fighting
What power is this
You can see it
With eyes of steel we keep our emotions in check
Until our life ends,
commence your awakening
Your hands so clean, your blue shiny lights
May they reach the sky
Rebel 8: The Mechanical Soul
Azure, Azure, Azure!
As I suspected, she's still unstable.
As things stand now, she'll just be a pretty toy for that bastard to play with.
I need data for her to stabilize.
All right. As soon as Tager gets back, we're doing a test run.
Dammit.
I gotta stop leaving coffee around when I don't even drink the stuff.
Transfer
Transfer Complete
Idea Engine activated.
Status: checking.
Status...
Verifying.
Complete.
Result: the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi.
Area 2.
Detecting hostile presence.
This way.
I sense more Azure this way.
The deep, sweet smell of the Azure.
Danger assessed at Level A.
Extermination...
A prey! I will gnaw it to pieces!
I will make it mine.
Life... Life...
Suffering heavy damage.
Escape not possible.
The hell are you doing?!
Who are you?
Why are you getting in my way?
Bastard!
Azure. Azure, Azure. Azure aura, smell...
It's my Azure!
Azure. Azure. Azure.
Hey, you okay?
You're...
So you came back.
Identified as the master of the Azure Grimoire.
The inevitable coincidence is sweet poison.
Do you have it in you to reach out?
Lambda!
Oh boy...
If I use the observation equipment in Kagutsuchi, I can search her out right away.
Even from the outside, manipulation of this order should go unnoticed by the NOL.G
It's not working very well.
Is it the effect of the sealed armagus?
Well, it'll be no problem once I increase its power output.
Oh crap! It blew up!
There's only one way I can find her for sure.
Temporarily shut down the Idea Engine and track the residual particulates.
But if I do that, there's no knowing how long it'll take to restart the Idea Engine.
Worst comes to worst, it might never come back...
No! That's one thing I can't do!
I have no choice but to look for some other way.
Hey, where's Sector Seven's Red Devil?
You alone?
Did Kokonoe send you?
This crap is starting to get on my nerves.
They keep sending new ones, all with the same face.
Hey!
Huh?
This is gonna work. It's going to work!
I'll hack into the security system of the NOL's Kagutsuchi branch
and get it to search for data that'll help locate Lambda!
Your defenses are a joke, NOL!
I've seen third order partial differential equations that were easier to crack than this!
I'll dig into every little corner of your database!
All right! All that's left now is to convert the interface to ars magus!
Just gotta get into the mainframe and—
What?
The mainframe's down...
What the fuck, NOL?!
Searching... Searching... Searching...
Search complete.
Phylum Mollusca. Class Gastropoda. Tartar.
Male.
That wacko must've dropped him.
I heard that Arakune likes to keep lots of insects inside its body.
So you're telling me you're lost?
Phylum Mollusca.
Class Gastropoda. Tartar.
Lost.
No, I was talking about you.
Uh... How about you tell me your name?
Requesting permission.
You can't do jack without direct orders from Kokonoe, huh?
Master of the Azure Grimoire, who are you?
You want to know my name?
Ragna the Bloodedge.
Rag...na.
Ra...gna
Rag...na.
Ra...g...na.
Ragna.
You're not getting any food from me.
The observation equipment was a no-go.
The NOL's security system is also down right now.
Guess it's time to go cash in on some old favors.
Have you calmed down yet?
Yeah.
Makoto, I just can't leave Tsubaki alone.
Makoto?
For now, let's just get to a safe place.
Huh? What's wrong?
Wait, do you have special orders from Mr. Hazama?
Captain Hazama has nothing to do with this.
Huh?
I looked into him.
But I couldn't find a single thing about him.
Nothing about his background or where came from or even his age.
It's weird. That's just not possible.
He can't be trusted. He's hiding something for sure.
Yeah, he might be.
Noel.
Let's ask Dr. Kokonoe of Sector Seven to shelter us.
Sector Seven?
Huh? But why?
That's because...
All right.
I'll do something about this whole mess. For your and Tsubaki's sake.
Noel, make sure to stick with me!
Okay, she's lost, but what the hell am I supposed to do with her now?
Sheesh, why am I stuck babysitting her?
So she's a Prime Field too.
A target to be destroyed...
What's wrong?!
What are you doing?
Heart rate, dropping.
Guess he was hurt.
He's dying.
But not because of the injury.
It must be because he's away from his host body.
Whether it's fluids or nutrition,
this little guy survives by sharing them with that wacko.
Is he dead?
Tough bugger.
Oh, all right then.
Hey, wait. You can't go and pick things at random.
I'm looking for aqualeaf.
Aqualeaf.
Searching... Searching... Searching...
Search complete.
Family Asteraceae.
A perennial of the genus Aquafolia.
The substance its rhizomes secrete has antimicrobial and analgesic properties.
Pretty much, yeah.
Back when I was training with my master, we didn't have any medicine.
Instead, we foraged for medicinal herbs in the forest on a daily basis.
This area in particular hasn't been ravaged by the seithr,
so there should be some aqualeaf is good condition.
And there it is.
Tager here. What is it, Kokonoe?
Sorry, but I lost Lambda.
Go find her for me, Tager.
I don't want to lose Lambda's Idea Engine.
I need it to defeat that asshole.
Roger that.
Leave it to me, Kokonoe.
Ugh. Gross.
Why?
Huh?
Male tartars are rare.
Is that why you saved him?
You want to know why?
No real reason.
I just let something alive now to keep on living.
No matter who or what you are, you'll die someday.
But that doesn't mean you have to die quietly.
You fight tooth and nail, and if there's nothing you can do yourself,
it's okay to get help from someone else.
Ragna had help?
Yeah, I got help.
That's how I'm here now.
I don't think that's gonna work.
Here.
You're blowing too hard.
Try being more gentle about it.
Gentle?
You don't understand?
Uh, well...
How do I go about this?
You're a weird one.
One?
Lambda.
So you're called Lambda?
Hey...
Warm.
Heart rate...
Dropping. Dropping. Dropping.
Pulse has ceased.
Male tartar, all life-supporting functionality has ceased.
Deceased.
Course of action...
You don't have to do anything.
Then, remember him.
Until you forget.
Until you naturally forget, remember him, remember that he was alive
and keep that memory in a corner of your soul. That's good enough.
Soul... Where is it?
Who knows?
Maybe it's in your head.
Maybe it's deep inside your heart.
I don't know where it is,
but it's the spot that gets warm when something nice happens
and the spot that gets cold when something painful happens.
That's what it means to be gentle, Lambda.
Kokonoe, I have a confirmed sighting of Lambda.
But him again...
Ragna the Bloodedge, huh?
Yep.
Like calls to like, huh?
Hey, Ragna the Bloodedge.
Red Devil!
I guess you've been taking care of Lambda for me.
What the hell is that thing you call Lambda?!
I built Lambda by taking the 11th Prime Field
and salvaging the soul from the 13th Prime Field.
A living weapon, if you will.
And using her, I'm going to defeat Terumi.
Terumi is someone I—
Impossible.
With your Azure, you can never win against him.
Tager, you go back to searching for Noel Vermillion.
Noel?
What the hell do you want with Noel?
Terumi has his sights set on Noel Vermillion.
His goal is to smelt her.
She must be brought into protective custody before then.
Smelt Noel?
What's my soul saying?
Just letting something that's alive now keep on living...
I'm one to talk.
I'm the one who's been destroying everything...
But maybe there's another way.
To protect things.
Guess I'll just have to do it.
Now, the time of awakening has come.
Just show me blaze your mind
Only you destroy our world
Just show me blaze your brave
Make alter our memories
Go for it!
I believed
that even if the world were an empty illusion
I would look for a faint warmth
waiting for me somewhere
Don't look away now
It's time to come now
Look hard at me
I will free you from your grief
Don't be afraid of sorrow
I'll promise you
Endless reincarnation
I'm powerless
My memories course through my head like fog
Why do I fight?
I fight to protect you until the very end
You must obey the destiny
We're fated to be
We resign the destiny
guided by the voices
Hey, there. I'm the wonderful Arakune.
For the preview, I'm going to talk as the sparkling version of me.
Rebel 9: The Power of Order
Episode 9 is "The Power of Order".
Check it out!