SSA:Wait for audio trigger
One enemy AS at 12 o'clock!
Is it an M-9? I can't confirm!
Don't isolate yourself! Stay in formation!
It's too fast, I can't get a lock on it!
Right! On your right!
Calm down!
There's only one enemy!
Over there!
Boy Meets Girl
Sagara-kun...
Five units...
The silver AS...
Well dodged...
Kashim...
Which is superior?
In an ordinary battle, they would be evenly matched...
But...
That silver AS isn't normal!
It's got some strange weapon that gives it the upper hand.
My shell exploded in midair!
It's some messed up trick...
Trick...
No... It's not...
It's not a trick...
Skill... Technology...
The enemy has it...
But, in his machine...
Ka... Kaname-chan...
What's wrong?
He's going to lose.
At this rate...
he's definitely going to lose.
What?!
Shit, that's it!
It's not an incendiary grenade...
It's not even reactive explosive armor...
It's like...
some invisible wall...
How can he...
Al...
Unharmed?!
After taking that hit?!
What?!
Al... what was that sound...
Main system, boot up sequence executing
20 seconds until boot up complete
What...
What are you doing!?
Al!
I missed?
Once more then...
Lambda driver initialization complete
Lambda driver?
What are you talking about?
Cannot answer
Combat system...
Answer me, Al!
Cannot answer
What's going on?
When that happened to me...
my whole machine was destroyed!
I somehow...
understand...
Kaname, you okay?
I feel sick...
He...
doesn't know how to use it...
A strong...
will to defend...
Stop it!
Kaname, get a hold of yourself.
A hint...
I...
Hint? What hint?
I'm...
always being saved...
this time...
I have to perceive...
the... similar to... topological...
No!
I won't lose!
Kaname...
What's wrong with you...
Your radio...
pass it to me...
I have to tell him quickly!
Hurry up!
Can you survive this next one?
Sagara-kun, can you hear me?
Chidori?
Listen carefully...
You enemy has...
a special device equipped...
The enemy's...
impulse to attack is...
projected as a physical force...
by that device.
Chi...Chidori?
Listen!
And...
I don't know why but...
Your AS...
has... a Lambda driver equipped!
That's why you were unharmed.
Lambda... driver?
Just a minute ago...
You thought about protecting yourself, didn't you...
The device reacted to that!
What you strongly desire in your heart takes form!
What I desire takes form...
There's no way a weapon like that...
This is...
Your enemy just thought...
of smashing you to pieces...
but he couldn't!
You can do the same too...
Concentrate hard.
Concentrate on defeating your opponent!
Give it your all.
Gather you thoughts!
I see.
Of course, it's possible...
since you were protecting the whispered...
It's not strange that you possess it...
What are you doing!?
Give it everything you have!
I've been doing that!
Nothing is happening!
This is how you use it!
How long do you plan to keep on running away like that?
It's useless.
You don't have a clue about what you're doing.
Let's finish this.
Listen Sagara-kun, what's important is concentration.
Breath in and when you're about to exhale, let your gun have it all.
Even if you say so...
Then imagine this...
If you lose, I...
am going to be stripped naked...
they're going to perform experiments on my body...
...and kill me!
Think about that!
You don't like it do you...?
No...
Does it piss you off?
Yeah...
He's...
planning on doing that...
Would you forgive him for that?
Never...
Then... aim your gun at him.
So that's all you've got...
You disappoint me...
It'll be alright...
Close your eyes.
Believe in me...
Picture it in your mind...
Now, you're going to hit him.
Close his eyes in front of the enemy?!
When you do that... take a breath...
Die.
Imagine it...
Now!
Sagara-kun, you okay?
Affirmative.
Geez.
This is the world's...
worst way of transporting injured people.
Quit complaining.
How do you feed, Chidori?
Better than before.
I forgot what I was saying earlier though.
Chidori!
Are you okay, Chidori?
You're gonna hear about this later...
Kaname-chan, we've arrived at the sea.
Moreover, we have a grand escort.
Wurz-7, keep running forward!
Sousuke, you only get one chance!
Jump off the cliff's edge!
Recovered Wurz-7...
Request entry from hatch #4.
Complete.
Commence locking on hatch #4.
Two seconds remaining...
Locking complete.
Starboard, steer two zero five. Full ahead.
Aye aye, ma'am.
Starboard, steer two zero five.
Full ahead.
What a mess...
What happened to Gauln?
He dies.
This time for sure...
I see...
I would've liked to be there...
You look like you want to say something...
Major... what is the Lambda driver?
Major, I understand elementary physics...
I've never heard of a device that can generate that kind of power.
This is probably hard to understand for someone from your generation.
The weapon technology we have at this point is an aberration.
The Lambda driver is one... so is the ECS...
Even this ship's propulsion system...
All of them are far too developed...
Have you ever thought that having Sci-fi-like robots running around on the battlefield...
is a bit abnormal?
I...
thought for the first time today...
I've always carried this question with me...
There's no way such a thing can exist...
But.. there it is...
Technology that is able to produce things such as the AS...
Who created this Black Technology...
or should I say, where did it come from?
Do you know?
From people like Chidori...
The ones called whispered...
That I cannot say...
But, keep it in mind...
Yes sir.
And, about Chidori...
We've decided the intelligence division will spread false rumors.
Gauln and his men analyzed Kaname Chidori, but...
she was not one of the whispered.
She should be safe with that...
But... it is necessary to have some kind of insurance...
Insurance?
Are you awake?
Sousuke is safe.
There is no need to worry...
Where is this?
Who are you?
This is a hospital in Tokyo...
You've been unconcious for two days...
We were the ones that brought you in.
I'm one of Sousuke's comrades.
Sagara-kun's?
There isn't much time, so I'll make it short.
Listen, Kaname...
You were drugged at that base, and became unconscious...
The next thing you knew, you were in this hospital...
You don't remember anything about what happened in between...
Forget everything.
Who are you people...
We are Mithril...
We're a group that brings down terrorist groups, destroys drug factories and such...
I guess you can say we're a group that protects the world...
Mithril...
I think there are people in Japan that have at least heard of the name...
But... if you don't want any trouble... you'll say you don't remember anything...
That's what you have to stick with.
and another thing...
I have to thank you.
Thank me?
You saved two of my subordinates.
You're a life saver.
Uh... I didn't...
If you hadn't been there with them...
Sousuke and Kurz probably wouldn't have survived...
You could quite possibly be...
a much stronger person than us.
Oh no...
I feel awkward...
Well then... bye for now.
Wait!
Will he...
Will Sagara-kun...
Sousuke?
He's already on another mission.
Are there... any messages...?
For you?
None that I heard...
I see...
Good bye.
Kyoko...
Kana-chan!
Thank God! I was really worried!
We were thrown out of those transport planes at Fukuoka Airport.
We haven't seen that rescue team since.
Seems like they had nothing to do with the United Nations.
That's why we didn't know where you were!
But just a little while ago, the hospital contacted the school.
They said you were brought in here.
I'm so sorry, Chidori-san!
I was the one who should have been taken away by them!
Hey, wait...
I am a patient you know...
That's true. Even though it's only a slight injury, you should get some rest.
That's right, so be gentle.
You really ought to thank that rescue team.
Yeah, though our field trip did get ruined...
You're alive, that's all that really matters.
So there really is no problem.
Yup, that's right. We're alive, that's all that matters.
Sa...
Sagara-kun!
What is it, Chidori?
Why... are you here?
What do you mean, why?
It's okay, it's okay.
I just came to see how you were doing.
Here, I even brought you a gift.
What's going...
I'm your insurance...
For a while...
Sousuke!
Let's go, Sousuke!
What is this smoke!?
No, the data!
My precious word processor!
I used a smoke bomb!
What?!
You said we needed a diversion.
If you reduce visibility to zero, you can safely get away with the copies without being seen. On top of that...
they won't...
You imbecile!
That hurts...
Oh, shut up!
You war-driven gloomy creep!
Look at this!
The papers are all ruined!
Now all of that was pointless!
We can probably use them if we just dry them.
No excuses!
You're just too stupid!
I don't care if you're an AS pilot of whatever. You need to learn some common sense...