Despite having devoured the five continents
and slurping the three oceans dry,
the sky alone remains out of reach
for this body of mine that
lacks wings, hands and feet.
I am the World Serpent.
My name is...
...Jormungand.
Our path is littered with so many weapons that it makes me wonder
if this world is made of iron and gunpowder.
As I clenched a tool developed for the sole purpose of killing people,
my hatred for the weapon had no end.
I traveled with an arms dealer.
And I know a changing world.
(Baby, you know...)
(Ready, go!)
(Stop! Ah, can't hide!)
(Five, four, three, two, one, zero, go!)
How can you break or chop the vision?
That mirage is making me sick.
hakike ga suru no mirage
You put your gun against my forehead
hitai ni juuka mukete
and put my soul to sleep.
nemurase that's your soul
Where's a god that won't feast on me?
where is god that kucchawanai
orokamono dream right tagau wa
It's completely different from a fool's dream.
Can't keep up to your blood, can't wait.
bokura wa nani wo yume miteite
What is this dream we're having?
(Tell me!)
(Right now!)
(Stand back!)
It's the show tonight, and we mean
it's the show we must mean that we spend it
tonight goes along with people like you
to spend it with people like you.
We'll break the fake blue sky.
itsuwari no aozora wo yabutte
dareshimo umare shinu dake nara
If we're merely living from the cradle to the grave,
I will put my trust
only one shinjitai
houkai kara umareru ashita wo
in the only possible future, born after the apocalypse.
You have a vicious scent!
I am under the shaft.
Port Elizabeth
Moko, Chen-san's restaurant has turned into an average supermarket!
Yes, Dr. Miami. It's a rather nice supermarket; it's cheap.
Come to think of it, we haven't heard from Mr. Chen in a while, have we?
Karen-san? Aren't you Karen-chan?
Aren't you Chen-san's secretary, Lieutenant Karen Lo?
Professor Minami Amada... It's ex-Lieutenant.
You realized that I was a member of the military?
Karen-chan, got nowhere to go? Wanna come with me?
Why don't you work as my secretary at Märchen?
I already have two, but I was wanting another one!
Weren't you in Alexandria? I'm glad you came back!
Your salary is negotiable!
Isn't it chilly? You'll catch a cold dressed like that!
You're hurt, aren't you? Are you okay? You don't look it!
Let's fix you up at my place.
This is Mokoena. I hope you get along!
Oh, you already know him? Call him Moko!
We also have a lady called Malin-san!
Lately some guys who reek of the CIA have been prowling around.
Or are they simply industry spies?
Karen-chan, why are your eyes blue? Are you a half?
Haven't you had a bath? You can use the one at our office.
Aren't you strong? I've got high hopes for you!
Oh, right! I made an awesome new toy! It's totally gonna sell!
U-Um...
It looks...
Serpent
Looking
to
the
Heavens
...like she's taken a liking to her, doesn't it?
Shaojiang!
Shaojiang! Shaojiang!
Valmet? Valmet?!
I-I'm sick of this world!
I see...
So that's what happened between HCLI and the Da Xinghai Company.
And thus Valmet-san got her revenge.
Karen-chan, you didn't dare go back to your country after that,
so you were basically dumped in Africa by yourself.
I had forgotten.
Professor, you have connections with HCLI.
You can imagine what happened, can't you?
Pretty much. You can get away with anything in Africa!
The Da Xinghai Company wielded great power.
And your superior was both hot and dangerous enough to steal your heart!
Do you hate the world after losing them both at once?
No, I wouldn't say that.
Figures. Like a person who runs away without a fight could feed herself.
Doesn't it make you feel like you've lost? To the world?
But soon that very world is going to change.
So there is no need to worry, Karen-chan.
Slice! Ninja star!
My robotic ninja, Kunutto-kun is gonna sell! It's so gonna sell!
Laters! You start work tomorrow.
Hey!
It's an industry spy! Catch him!
This one's CIA!
Chase him away!
Wait!
Tactical withdrawal!
Pleased to meet ya!
Forget it!
It's time for her meeting with the dealers. Where is the Professor?
Well, she went fishing...
Huh? Fishing?
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm so terribly sorry!
Malin-san, there is no need for you to apologize.
Karen-chan, let's go on a trip!
Our destination is the Solomon Islands.
So, Minami, why did you bring an outsider with you?
That's Karen Lo.
It's cool, it's cool! Don't be such a Scrooge.
Karen-chan is my secretary. I told her not to pick any fights.
And you had the nerve to come at the last minute...
Oh, it's Dr. Miami!
Knock it off, you two.
I'm sorry, Koko-san.
I'm sorry, Professor.
What the heck?
One minute until launch.
But jeez, your father sure can be a turd. This is supposed to be the last one,
but he never even showed up. You don't even get a commemorative song?
Huh? Yeah, he isn't interested in the process.
Once the system becomes profitable, he'll finally say that he's "satisfied" with it.
A supplementary Navigation Satellite System.
A private enterprise can manage distribution under the pretext
that it is helping America.
GPS uses 24 satellites with 6 orbits.
We can quintuple that number!
It'll let us control the world's distribution system!
As well as transmissions and communications.
That flattery means nothing to me, Minami.
All right then, Koko.
Ignition sequence starts in 6, 5, 4...
All engines running! Lift off!
Was the launch a success? Or a failure?!
Stop pushing, Mildo!
Oh, it blasted off.
Wow! It was totally worth chasing Dr. Miami out to these boonies!
Whadda ya mean by "boonies"?!
You're insulting the locals, dumb bimbo!
Who is it at a time like this?
What?!
Oh, hey, Chief Black. Can I help you?
Scarecrow-kun, aren't you currently in the Solomon Islands?
I don't care if you hang around Koko and Dr. Amada,
but Operation Undershaft is still in effect.
Be sure not to get in our way.
What?! Sorry, but I can't hear a friggin' word you said!
That brat!
How many rockets have you launched, Little Lady?
Ladies and gents, congrats on successfully launching our 126th and final rocket!
Man, wasn't that impressive?
It was! It was!
Wasn't it incredible, Jonah?
Amidst the roar of the launch...
...they didn't so much as look at the rocket.
What were Koko and Dr. Miami discussing?
Maybe it was due to the gut-wrenching sound,
but I thought that the two looked terrifying.
Where are you guys headed next?
We have a bit of time off, after which it's back to business.
But it's not like we're going anywhere right this second.
In that case, let's all go grab some drinks, Koko-chan!
Sure. We've got enough time for something like that.
Yay!
Don't give Jonah anything alcoholic!
Hey, Jonah!
You aren't supposed to leave my side, how are you?
Koko?
No matter how the world changes,
Jonah, you'll stay by my side, won't you?
This is your only chance to infiltrate them.
Go, Renato. We are initiating Operation Undershaft.
We'll be working together as of today, Renato Socchi-kun.
You're a former lieutenant that handled info for the Bersaglieri.
I expect a lot from you.
There are currently six members in Koko Hekmatyar's escort unit.
That's right. With you, there are six of us.
One of my subordinates went to Heaven.
Don't merely fill his shoes. Do an even better job than he did.
You're more handsome than the picture let on.
This is what I'll call you: It's a pleasure, R.
I will do my best to protect you, Little Lady.
I had more or less checked her out.
But as of that day, the air around Koko Hekmatyar changed.
She became the Little Lady she is now, constantly with a smile plastered on her face.
In other words, I have never seen the Little Lady's true face.
You're still a heavy eater, aren't you?
I got hungry after all that walking.
Don't you drink an awful lot?
Don't get so wasted that you forget what was important enough to call me here.
Our company was the source of the three killers I reported the other day.
The Little Lady said, "My fans have an investigation room,
which is where those guys got hired."
It sounds like she's managed to narrow it down to us.
This news could lead to a malignant tumor. This isn't good.
That goes for you as my agent as well as for me,
since the operation would come to a halt if she began to doubt you, R.
For one thing, the plan Operation Undershaft
is not meant to eliminated Koko Hekmatyar.
It would be strange for me to send assassins after her.
I don't think you're behind this, Saw.
An insider?
Yeah. We can't have strange incidents like this persist.
They'll make me act in haste and expose myself.
The Little Lady wouldn't hesitate to kill me if she learned I'm a traitor.
At best, she might give me a minute to explain myself.
Got it. R, I'll find the root of this problem.
That said, I can put my mind at ease.
Oh, right! Since I rarely get to see you, I came with a question of my own.
After spending two years as our mole,
what do you think of our target, the arms dealer Koko Hekmatyar?
"I don't know," would be the most accurate answer.
She doesn't expose herself.
She knows how to shroud herself and her thoughts in mist.
It reminds me of when I was gathering data on villainous scum in Bosnia.
Some were smart, some were charismatic.
They came in all types, but all of them were pitch black.
The Little Lady is different.
Regardless of whether the situation is black or white,
she continues to walk along the gray path. She's a monster.
I mean, she continues to swim and flutter between
the narrow borders as she does business.
She's the most beautiful criminal I've ever seen.
Remember that incident with Dragan in the Balkan Peninsula's Republic of T?
Back then, the Little Lady compared Baldrag to a man-made monster.
A doctor who was our client replied, "Are you also a dragon?"
She tried to keep her cool,
but directly afterwards her actions seemed funny, as if she was off balance.
I think that the Little Lady is aware that she's becoming a monster
and she's afraid that her subordinates will abandon her.
Isn't that rather human of her? At least for now.
I do not wish for her to become an uncontrollable monster.
My greatest fear lies with her interactions
with the Japanese scientist, Dr. Minami Amada.
What exactly are they scheming?
I'd love to know!
Both of these women will become monsters at the same time.
I can't help but get that feeling.
I haven't gotten to drink the night away in a while.
In your case, you ate the night away.
Well, let's get back to work.
R!
How many rockets has the Little Lady launched so far?
Later!
You're one cheerful man, sheesh!
Are you bored, Jonah?
No. The ocean is pretty.
It's the Aegean Sea.
The CIA has four positions that oversee spies.
They are officers in charge of collecting info: Collection Management Officers;
officers who assist operatives: Staff Operations Officers;
officers over operatives and operations: Case Officers;
and officers in charge of paramilitary operations:
Paramilitary Operations Officers.
What brought this on? Doesn't Scarecrow work for the CIA?
That's right. He's a Case Officer.
He sneaks around the field, where he does his operations.
This must be confusing, but I want you to remember it.
This has nothing to do with other kids your age,
but you're on our side, Jonah.
In other words, I'm teaching you about those pesky CIA agents
because of your line of work.
The first two work in the CIA's headquarters, so we rarely see them.
The one I'd most want to run away from
if I encountered them on the field is the P.O.O. The paramilitary.
They're the team that carries out the CIA's military operations.
Supposedly a bunch of them came from the Special Forces.
They requisition weapons and conduct raids and ambushes.
They deal with explosives, abductions, imprisonment, torture, et cetera.
Now do you see? We tend to clash with them a lot in our field.
We mutually find each other to be a nuisance.
If you're wondering why I suddenly brought this up,
it's because of those last hitmen.
You didn't see them,
but it's highly likely that the paramilitary sent them.
Was it someone you know?
I can't say. But there's a whole bunch of them out there.
Although there is one who still hates me to death.
Man, can't you just croak in some ditch, Hex?
I would like you guys to wait out here.
Hex?!
You got it! Hasn't it been ages, Spin?
Raking in the dough?
What are you doing here? Ever heard of "making an appointment"?
Hey, I want you to fall back.
B-But...
If I said to leave, leave! Got a death wish?!
Hex... As in a hexagon?
No, in German it means "witch."
Hex, I thought you were in Afghanistan.
Oh, I'm still working on my Afghanistan job. It's currently in Eastern Europe.
As your old friend, I came hoping you could tell me something.
Hold it! I can't tell you anything.
My unofficial cover is someone working in the trading industry.
This is dangerous since I don't have any diplomatic leverage!
Please, get out of here!
Goodness! You're so mean, telling me to leave without hearing me out.
You've got me working on this operation too, you know.
Why can't you fill me in on the details?
Wait, He—
Why do you think everyone always slights me?
And here I'm working for our country...
Hex, you take things too far.
Everyone's scared because you're so dangerous.
They say your handiwork is similar to the Gestapo and the Cheka.
You lead the Cutthroat and have killed countless terrorist sus—
Operation Undershaft.
"Undershaft" is a genius arms dealer that appears in one of Bernard Shaw's plays.
I know that. So, what's the name of our target arms dealer?
Operation Undershaft is our plan to make arms dealer Koko Hekmatyar our puppet.
HCLI has become a transportation giant in oversea shipping.
The goal of the plan is to use their information network
as a positive power for military communications.
We're targeting Koko, who is the youngest in their family.
The head of this operation is Book Man.
So that was the deal after all, Koko Hekmatyar!
That sly dog knew what's going on between Koko and I,
so he used me as his gofer to set the operation's groundwork.
This isn't funny!
There is a bit of history between me and that girl,
so I took it upon myself to send her a present: Hitmen.
It was just a little warm up.
But, lo and behold, it coincided with when
people were getting antsy with Operation Undershaft.
Good thing I got to confirm who's getting in my way!
I am going to kill Koko Hekmatyar.
You're planning to defy Book Man?!
Get off of me! Hex, I'm begging you! Please go!
What? Not going through to the end?
Well, I guess that's not possible now!
People are destined to die, and yet they won't fight.
Then why were they ever born?
I didn't see anyone today and I didn't hear anything.
Make sure of it.
If you rat on me, I'll kill you, Spin.
Eastern Europe CIA Black Site (Secret Prison)
How is No. 24?
Ma'am, he won't talk. What should we do, Hex?
All you need to do is tell us your friends' names.
Witch! Go to hell!
Just killing Koko wouldn't be any fun.
What part of her would hurt most if I were to break it?
As your lamentation grows faint and disappears,
nageku koe wa kasumi okizari ni
kimi no imi dake no kuni wo tsukutteru
I will create a nation that will be yours alone.
nee oshiete
Hey, tell me...
hanbun no sekai wa donna iro de
What colors make half of the world,
donna nioi dashiteiru no?
And what smell does it have?
dare ni mo mienai paretto he no gu kasanete
I'll take my brushes to an invisible palette
kimi wa kotoba sae nurikaete waratteiru
and I'll even repaint your words as we laugh.
doushite soba ni itemo
Why can't I make out the tone of your heart,
kokoro no hashi desura yomitorenai?
even though I'm by your side?
bokura ni nozondetemo onaji temochi ni narenai nara
Even if you long for us, it will not be the same.
hayaku katahou wo ubatte
So please, find someone else quickly.