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C-Colonel, taking that file out of here is forbidden!
Drop your weapons. You know they're useless against me.
Colonel!
Colonel! Colonel Grisham!
Hello. Sorry to have called you here like this.
You said it was an emergency, sir?
Yes. Emergency and top secret, too.
We've received a request from the Comerican esper team
for a joint mission with BABEL.
A mission that may affect our own national security.
Sir?
I'll let the Comericans in charge explain the details to you.
As the prime minister of Japan, I'm ordering this!
The government special esper support laboratory BABEL
is to give this matter the highest priority!
Yes, sir!
I'm Moga-chan! Emergency call, activated!
I'm Moga-chan!
Yes, we just got it. Oh? You want us both to report at once?
What beauty!
Your beauty is truly a psychic power of its own!
Um, Doctor, please... Your beauty is truly a psychic power of its own!
Dr. Sakaki, report to control, at once! I want to get to know you better.
Report to control, at once! How about we go to a nice restaurant I found?
Don't call me in now!
Saved...
Calm down, it's a simple problem.
Miss, I just got a stomach ache!
I'll take her to the nurse!
Gotta go to the toilet!
It's pretty awesome, invincible power!
Boy, does it feel great
Absolutely lovely! So we never lose!
Come on, let's head for tomorrow!
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Daring!
It just takes a touch for me to know
The limiter on my heart
Has been released, and then you see
Yes! Change the world!
Trying again and again through hot battle!
Reaching through what's real
Absolutely lovely! So we never lose!
The thrills just can't be beat!
Courage begins to light the darkness of the world
It overflows with the miracles you gave
If you can take pride in a smile
That suits no one else
Then let's go beyond the future now
We can try over the future world!
Yeah!
Ultimate!
Daring!
15th sense. "The Golden Rule! Don't Run Away!!"
Twenty-six hours ago,
a member of the Comerican Japan esper team went AWOL.
Deserted!
Your mission is to assist the Comerican esper team
in apprehending the escaped esper!
An esper deserter?!
I doubt he'll surrender quietly.
But, if it's a Comerican, then?
Yeah, they should handle this themselves, right?
Of course the Comericans are acting as well. However...
Why don't I fill you in on the rest?
Ken! Mary!
They're the ones from the hot spring resort!
The Comerican espers!
You already know each other.
Lieutenants Ken McGuire and Mary Ford,
the Comerican esper team stationed here in Japan.
Who?
The deserter is Colonel J.D. Grisham, our superior officer.
The commander of your Japan esper team.
There are three reasons we've asked for BABEL's help.
Number one!
This has occurred within the territory of Japan.
You Japanese know the details of Japan better than we do.
Two!
As our commander, the colonel is very familiar with our powers.
If we work alone, odds are he'll be able to get around us.
Three! The colonel intends to defect.
If he does, the information he has learned,
like the secret information he has on an allied country like Japan,
may fall into the hands of another nation.
Japan is not uninvolved! Do you understand?
Now, I'll lay out your assignments!
Wait a second, please!
Are these the only members for this joint mission?
We have other support staff, but this is essentially it.
We've assembled BABEL's elite staff. Is there some problem?
Oh, no! This is your elite staff?!
What're you implying?!
I was sure you were just the bottom-of-the-barrel espers!
Especially you, over there!
From what I saw at the resort, I doubt you're a Level 7!
What?!
Kaoru!
This is going to be a very dangerous mission!
You kids are just going to get in the way!
Fine, we'll just get Colonel... Gooly-gooly...
Grisham.
Um, Colonel Cream Stew...
Grisham.
We'll catch Colonel Grizzly ourselves!
If you can.
Darn it, don't act so cool just 'cuz your boobs are kinda big!
You're one to talk, Little Miss Flat Chest!
Don't go there! If my limiter hadn't been on that time!
Kaoru, stop it!
Kaoru's right!
She can't say that about us!
Stop arguing! We don't have time for that!
She's right. This is going to be a dangerous mission! However!
If you need the strongest espers,
then I'll go with these girls without any hesitation!
You'll regret judging espers by appearances!
You're the one with the thing for little girls, aren't you?
Dammit! Don't accuse me of that!
Calm down.
Wild Cat, moving out!
Double Face, moving out! Double Face, moving out!
Naomi, wait!
Where is the colonel?
I'm sure I sense a defector somewhere.
Okay, everyone, we're on!
Yes, Master!
He must have left some clues!
I'll find them with these hands of mine!
Minamoto! Why do we get stuck sitting in HQ on standby?!
Weren't you listening to the Chief?
Right now, the Plague Sigma prediction unit
is searching for where Colonel Grisham will appear.
We'll wait for the prediction and then go straight there.
That's why we're waiting here!
You're BABEL's ace in the hole.
When will we get the prediction?
We don't know.
Until it comes, we have to wait here quietly with the others.
I'm not wild about babysitting you kids, either!
What?!
I'm only here because I'm under orders!
Ken, can you fill us in on Colonel Grisham's exact powers?
The truth is, I'm not sure.
He's your superior, isn't he?
Maybe, but he only took command two weeks ago.
And he hardly spoke to us about his powers.
I've heard that he's an extremely high-level telepath,
but I don't know any details.
I made an inquiry to the States,
but esper intel is top secret in every country, so I can't get an answer.
I see.
I thought the colonel was suspicious from the start!
What do you mean?
Because he wanted so badly to be stationed in Japan.
The colonel's a real Japanophile.
So, he could have just taken a vacation here!
Men his age would normally retire!
They don't go out of their way to come here to work!
She has a point.
He must have been planning to defect for a while now!
He wanted to increase his value as an asset,
so he must have come to Japan to steal its secrets, too!
Message from the Precog room.
They seem to have gotten a prediction on Colonel Grisham.
Put it on the monitor!
Prediction probability: 82%.
Image is from two hours out. Error range: +/- 15 minutes.
It's Colonel Grisham! No doubt about it!
He looks like he's waiting for someone.
Probably an agent from the country he's defecting to.
Where is he?!
Looks like a river embankment.
It's pretty big, isn't it?
Something that big would have a sign posted somewhere.
Zoom in on the right!
ARAMAGAWA
Aramagawa?!
All right.
Special espers, The Children!
Released!
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See through to the single truth!
On the outside, we're children, but inside, we're ladies!
Undisputed Master Espers!
The Absolutely Lovely Children!
Ken!
The bells of freedom that ring!
The power of justice that smashes evil!
The ones who won't be outdone by a bunch of kids!
The Liberty Bells!
BABEL-1, take off!
I'll explain the mission to you.
Mission? Isn't it to just find Colonel Gooly-chan...
Grisham.
Um, find Colonel What's-his-name and capture him, right?
No, in the case of a defection like this,
we need to find out the background players, too.
What do you mean?
In short, the colonel is probably going to make contact
with a foreign agent at the Aramagawa embankment.
If possible, we'd like to capture that agent, too.
Piece of cake!
I could capture him by myself without any help from BABEL.
Well, we could do it without any help from Comerica!
Fine, now back off!
Evening.
Nearly time.
Break it up and privatize! Even BABEL!
Gimme another drink.
A Comerican esper team?
What about them?
They appear to be engaged in a joint operation with BABEL.
Oh, is that it?
What should I do?
You can just observe them for now.
Contact me if they do anything of interest.
Acknowledged.
Kyosuke, gimme more!
Get it yourself.
Shut up and gimme!
Just who are you talking back to, you little rodent?
Why, you! This is animal cruelty! Leggo!
Hm. Maybe I should go see for myself? Why, you! This is animal cruelty! Leggo!
No sign of him.
The Precog section at headquarters reports
that the probability of him showing up here has climbed to 96%.
It's a near certainty.
Comerican esper teams are guarding the train station and the main road.
No word from them, yet.
What's wrong?
There!
Colonel Grisham!
Impossible! When did he?!
It's him, all right, but how?
Sorry! Our observation line may have a hole in it!
Let's try and think of how we can capture him.
What's taking so long?! Isn't the other agent coming?
He might have realized we were here and aborted the contact.
Or maybe he was never waiting for anyone in the first place.
Then he's just been waiting here all this time for nothing?
We need to know for sure.
I don't care how you do it,
just make contact with the colonel and read his thoughts.
If he isn't here waiting for someone,
we'll move in to apprehend him at once!
Now!
I can't read anything!
This man's thoughts are completely blocked!
You're a Japanese esper, I take it?
Shiho Sannomiya, a Level 7 psychometrist.
He read my thoughts, instead!
Surely you're sick of waiting there, my dear friends from BABEL.
No!
H-How long has he known?!
Even so, can you take on this many espers at once?
Please, surrender peacefully!
Unfortunately, I can't let myself be captured yet.
It's started!
Then how about we play some ball?
Beat him to a pulp!
Yes, Master!
A puppet master, huh?
Charge!
What are you swinging at me for?!
PSYCHIC STUN SUBJECTION!
Psychokinesis, huh? That's an interesting application of your power.
Impossible! I thought he was a telepath!
Back at you.
What?!
You okay, Shiho? How dare you do that to them!
I brought your clothes.
HOLD IT!
You're not getting him before I do!
WATER DRAGON!
Lieutenant Ford!
I know every aspect of your powers. You can't win.
Is that fluid control?!
Someone besides that lady has mastered that skill?!
I'll catch you, then!
PSYCHIC WATER CUTTER ATTACK!
Where'd he go?!
There!
I'm sure you've heard this story.
A sufficiently high-level telepath can have the power
to make an opponent's power his own just by reading their mind.
What are you babbling about?!
And your power is magnificent.
I can use the power of any esper close by to me.
It's the reason they call me the Esper Killer.
Huh? What? I can't hear!
Of course! This is my special technique!
An ESP Lock!
Without teamwork, even a high-level esper team
is easy prey for me.
If you Japanese and Comerican espers had worked together,
you might have been able to capture me.
Colonel! How can you abandon your duty and loyalty to your country?!
It's nothing personal, Mary.
Don't patronize us!
Quit yapping and surrender quietly, you self-centered old geezer!
It's useless, little girl. I can use your power, too.
Who cares?!
An esper can get stronger just from their fighting spirit!
Now I'm thirsty. Gimme some juice.
Have I met that old man somewhere before?
You know him?
Yes, that one time...
Level 7 psychokinesis is truly impressive. But do you know this story?
He's speaking to us by direct telepathy!
Long ago, Japan and Comerica were at war.
Huh? Really?
Eventually, the tide turned against Japan...
It was battered by air raids from Comerican bombers.
The Japanese military came to a decision.
There was a danger that zoo animals might break out during a raid.
Oh no, not this story!
And so, it came time for three elephants to be destroyed!
Elephants?
Those clever elephants refused to eat their poisoned food.
The only choice was to withhold their food and starve them to death.
Those elephants did their tricks with all their might, begging to be fed!
This is so sad, I'm losing my strength!
Don't listen, Kaoru!
KAORU!
Until, finally, those three elephants...
Their strength exhausted, they went to heaven!
Failure!
Not only was his power extraordinary, but he's a master of esper combat!
And really good at telling stories!
He made me cry from just hearing it!
Me, too.
War is bad!
I just got a report from the States.
Colonel Grisham is a Level 7 telepath.
He can also use the power of any esper nearby to him!
What?!
That power lets him be feared as the Esper Killer.
Dammit, if we'd known that sooner, we might have tried something else!
What, is that a protest?!
But this was force majeure! It wasn't our fault!
Just as I thought.
So, his esper powers have developed to that level, huh?
Interesting, huh?
No doubt about it! It's the colonel's cell phone!
Mary, can you bring it up here?
All right!
This isn't an esper team-issued phone!
It's the colonel's personal one!
His thoughts are still imprinted on it!
Time and place... changed... Tomorrow morning...
This is!
A lake... No, not a lake. A dam!
The image is very specific, like he's gone there several times!
A dam?
Is the dam in here?
Here! No doubt about it!
All right, we've got him! We need to act at once!
Something's wrong here. We're being set up.
Thank goodness! We'll catch the colonel for sure, now!
It's like he left that clue for us on purpose. Thank goodness! We'll catch the colonel for sure, now!
Because, you're my heart's desire!
Yeah
When it comes to you, you see
My ESP is no good at all
Love is a puzzle that even
Pythagoras couldn't solve
Don't hang your head or have a tearful face
Because miracles are born from smiles
My, my, my heart's desire
Zoom zoom!
I want to make
Bye-bye!
You my bold desire
So absolutely serious, it gives me chills!
Trans, trans, transform
Zoom zoom!
I'll give you
Yeah yeah!
A dynamite kiss!
I absolutely want you to love me!
Because, you're my heart's desire
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Having a lot of espers close by will give him an advantage.
We'll capture him using one type of esper!
Psychokinesis, wouldn't you say?
Exactly. The ones to directly confront him should be Mary and Kaoru.
It's just me and this little girl?!
No way! I don't wanna work with her!
Zettai Karen Children!
Episode 16: "A Promise Is Worth Its Weight In Gold! Memories of a Distant Day..."
Do you know this story?
Enough. Just talk normally.
A Promise Is Worth Its Weight in Gold! Memories of A Distant Day... Enough. Just talk normally.
A Promise Is Worth Its Weight in Gold! Memories of A Distant Day... We're absolutely lovely, so we never lose!
A Promise Is Worth Its Weight in Gold! Memories of A Distant Day...