I've had it up to here with my DT!
Won't you help me lose my DT (lose my DT)
I want to return home as a real man
(Can I help?)
The treasure I've kept my whole life is too saddening to bear (saddening to bear)
I've long since hoped to give it up to you
Since I crossed worlds and met you, we've hardly been apart
I dream every night, but not always soundly
I toss and turn as my Hyperion bursts into flames
How can I cool my fevered aura?
The closer we become, and the further we clash,
the more my Alma Gear rises for battle
Won't you help me lose my DT (lose my DT)
My right hand has served me faithfully, but now we must part (Farewell!)
It is decided; we shall no longer be apart (no longer be apart)
I won't let you go until our score is settled
(Tonight's the night!)
I will fight to lose what is mine
As the party arrives in Jugglaburk's domain, the Princess finally goes to make her wedding preparations.
Meanwhile, hoping to find a lead that will allow him to return to his own world, Kon heads to the "Ixion Research Center".
Her Highness Ecarlate Juptris St. Piria has arrived!
Welcome.
I am Mainess, the Chief of Protocol who will be conducting the marital rites.
Until the day of the wedding, you will also be in my care.
And where's Jugglaburk?
He rode with us, but we haven't even been introduced.
It is the custom of this house that the bride and groom
shall not meet until the day of the ceremony, once all of the eighteen wedding rituals have been completed.
A custom, huh?
Man, that's strict.
I bet the in-laws are gonna be really annoying.
Cut it out already, Kon.
You're so rude.
I just wanted to meet that Jugglaburk guy, since I have a couple questions for him.
These will be your quarters during the days of the rituals.
If there is anything you need, please don't hesitate to—
Right here!
I want to go to Olvidia!
That is not a place where humans can go.
I came here because I was told that if I came to Jugglaburk's territory,
I'd be able to go to the floating city of Olvidia.
The only reason why I wanted to meet him was to ask about this.
There is a research group studying Olvidia here in the city.
Yeah, that sounds good.
I'm fine with that.
Where are they?
That's confidential information.
What the hell?!
What is this, Area 51?
Come on, how about you say it to yourself out loud?
Rules are rules.
Don't be such a stickler.
It is my duty.
Excuse me.
Man, my last lead is gone!
I thought it was going to be a straight shot there.
Where did I go wrong?!
Just calm down.
Why don't you take a bath?
I won't learn anything new by calming down!
Oh, is that it?
The story won't progress until you sleep?
Like, there will be new developments the next day?
The wedding rituals will start tomorrow.
That's it!
Wait, no it isn't.
I'll have to find another way.
Yeah, that's it!
Sorry 'bout buggin' ya.
We gotta hit th'bar next time, yeah?
Nah, on me!
No worries, pal.
Yer a great help.
'Till then!
Aight.
I got it.
Got what?
The research center's location.
How?
We've come this far together, so I might as well help ya finish the job.
That's not what I mean.
How did you find out?
Ya shouldn't underestimate m'network.
You mean ratwork?
That's your problem?!
You know, I just don't care anymore.
So, where's the research center?
Right here.
Here, huh?
What's written up there?
Ixion Research Center.
Ixion?
Ixion.
Ixion?
Wait, what?!
I could've swore I just heard voices saying that we've finally gotten there or something!
No sweat, man.
It says ya can't just walk right in without permission though.
I may not have permission, but I won't be walking.
I'm crawling!
Same shit!
Welcome.
How may I help you?
I wasn't expecting something normal like you!
How may I help you?
Uh, well, it would take too long to explain,
but maybe you could take me to someone who I could talk to?
What exactly do you wish to speak about?
Um, well, I've been asked if I'm a Hyperion.
They also mention that I might be from a place called Olvidia.
Well, actually it's called Mitaka.
Anyway, it might be a place above the sky.
I'd like to know how to go there.
Wh-What?!
I'm not suspicious!
What evidence do you have that you are a Hyperion?
Hold your horses.
Is this an interrogation?
I don't recall having been read my rights.
You came here because you want to know about Olvidia.
That's right.
Do you know anything about that city in the sky?
I am willing to exchange information with you.
However, you must first prove that you are a Hyperion.
This is an Alma Gear, right?
Well, I can use it.
Anything else is circumstantial evidence.
I fell from the sky.
That means I'm not from this world.
I'm from a place called Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, in Tokyo, Japan.
They have a completely different culture and civilization.
Well, I guess there are a few cultural similarities.
What is your name?
Hokaze Kon.
All right, Kon.
Tell me about your world.
What?
A kid?
Who are you?
Yodogawa Alan.
I'm the Lab Chief.
And I'm the president!
Excuse me, can I please talk to someone in charge?
Who the hell is this shrimp?
You're pretty damn cocky for a kid.
What's up with this prank?
I'm telling you, I am the highest authority here.
And I'm telling you that I don't believe you!
Tiny brat!
Does a Hyperion judge others by their appearance?
This has nothing to do with being a Hyperion!
For people, appearance is like 120%.
What's inside is just as unexplainable as complex compound math.
I see. I guess that's to be expected from a Hyperion.
As far as Alma power goes,
the research is still pending on the internal systems that control it.
What is Alma, anyway?
It's a fundamental energy found in all substances.
However, very few can actually utilize this energy.
The Hyperion are some of the few that can.
You did your homework, shrimp.
I keep telling you, I'm the Lab Chief.
Well, at least you're dressed for the part.
So you're all complicated and deep, huh?
Then take me to Olvidia.
But Olvidia is not the world that you came from.
Mitaka is not a sky-city, and it's not an international city either.
I still feel like there's a way for me to return though.
I see.
Please!
You've doing research on Olvidia, right?
You know, it said "Ixion Research Center" outside,
but what is "Ixion", anyway?
I said we would be exchanging information.
First, I'd like to take a look at your body.
My head tells me that this is for science,
but my body is telling me this is way too embarrassing.
Pulse, blood pressure, and body temperature all seem the same as for normal humans.
Well yeah, I know I'm nothing special.
Huh?
Isn't that the girl from before?
Commencing Experiment A-1.
I'm down with cute nurses giving me an examination,
but don't you want to change into white first?
Do you find white uniforms more exciting?
What a naughty boy.
What the heck is this?!
Is this "Nani Kore Chin Hyakkei"?!
Pulse, blood pressure, and body temperature have all risen.
The (potential) Hyperion demonstrates the same response as any ordinary man.
Hey!
You ain't old enough for this stuff, kid!
Make it stop!
That was close.
Get in the water, Kon.
Yeah, yeah.
I should warn you.
I don't think you're going to find anything special.
Commencing Experiment A-2.
Not that again.
Can't we do something else?
What kind of fetish is this?
It looks like the (potential) Hyperion sinks too.
That was close!
All right, next experiment.
Stop right there!
We're supposed to be exchanging information!
You did your experiments, now give me some information!
Your point is valid.
You can ask me two questions.
All right!
How can I get to Olvidia?
I don't know.
How do you not know?!
What if I got back on that airship and hightailed it up there?
The airship can't fly high or fast enough to get you to Olvidia.
'Kay, those are your two questions.
What?
Did I fuck up or are you just a prick?
I simply gave you precisely what I said I would.
I answered your questions, so now it's my turn.
It's time for Experiment B-1.
You trying to pull one over on me?
Don't think you'll get away with it!
1015, 1016, 1017...
Is something wrong?
I was wondering if Kon is really leaving this time.
Who knows?
I guess we'll have to see.
Make it stop!
The (potential) Hyperion is good at running away.
Make it stop!
Hey! Wait!
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Stop!
I'm calling off Experiment C-3.
That was really dangerous...
Let's take a short break.
Then it's my turn to ask some questions!
You get four.
First off,
what do you know about Olvidia?
Tell me everything.
The (potential) Hyperion is exceedingly cunning.
Make it clever or something.
And stop saying "potential" already.
I did it to be as precise as possible, but fine.
It was starting to annoy me too.
All right, out with it.
Based on visual data compiled from the ground,
this is what Olvidia might look like.
Yeah, that's it!
I saw that for a second too!
Then you were lucky.
There is no regularity to Olvidia's observational data.
We have no idea when and where it's flying.
It's just floating around randomly?
Or is someone... I was just talking to myself!
That wasn't a question!
Roughly 1,000 years ago...
You're going all the way back?
That was just some grumbling.
It wasn't a question.
In St. Piria's archival hall, there is one ancient document
of an eyewitness account.
But since then, each place has collected its own myths, legends, and folklore alluding to the city in the sky.
They all explain it in their own way.
The indigenous people of what is now Jugglaburk's domain called it "God's Castle".
They believed the gods who created the world lived there.
The people of the north however, believe that—
What I want to know, though, is what do you, as a scientist, make of that place?
To float in the air like that, it must utilize some sort of energy.
I speculate that it uses Alma as its power source.
In other words, they have enough Alma to move something of that size,
and they have an efficient Alma engine.
I can't conclude that they are gods.
However, I'm certain that it was built by someone.
Who do you think built it?
And for what purpose?
I don't know who.
Nor do I know their objective.
Aw, damn it!
Your four questions are now over.
I still have three!
You asked me tell you my theory regarding Olvidia.
Not what I know, but my theory.
You wormed your way out of this one!
We'll resume the experiments.
I'm so full.
That was ordinary.
I could eat more if this was conveyor belt sushi.
Conveyor belt sushi?
I could educate you, but it'll cost you questions.
Let's keep going.
It's done.
So, how was that?
No, don't even tell me.
I'll tell you.
You were below average.
Shut up!
I'd like you to tell to me what you see in these images.
Volunteer soldiers in the turf war between Mitaka and Nerima
settling things with a Dance Dance Revolution match.
And this?
The reactions of the kitchen staff as I stormed in to make my own ramen.
They came recommended by a magazine, but after one bite, I couldn't eat any more.
The Hyperion lies.
How do you know I'm lying?
That's not a question, by the way!
It's an objection!
You are so transparent.
You're the one who keeps messing with me in the name of science!
I'm not getting any of the information I want!
You keep asking the wrong questions.
And it looks like it's my turn to ask questions again!
Fine. You get two.
What are the top-secret facts about Olvidia that you would never want me to know?
That's an interesting question.
I've solved quite a few quests in my day.
An examination of the legends
has revealed the possibility of a mysterious route between the land here and Olvidia.
However, no land entrance has been discovered yet.
Where do you think it is?
That was not a very good question.
They've already searched all the places I thought might be a possibility.
It still eludes us.
I told you this when we started.
I don't know how to get to Olvidia.
I see.
So even with your treasure trove of information,
you still have no idea how to get there.
That's what you don't want to tell me.
I think it's time I left.
Can't you work with me more?
I want to know more about the Hyperion!
But there's nothing you have that I want.
Wait!
What the hell are you doing?
Don't go, Big Brother!
Oh god, are you trying to be an adorable little brother?
You're all I have, Big Brother.
But he's the one clinging to me, so am I supposed to be the irresistible big brother?
Am I the one being adored here?
You're the only Hyperion test subject we have!
You're under...
...arrest.
What the hell are you doing?!
Lemme go!
The Hyperion can charge their bodies with Alma Energy,
and release that pent up energy at will.
Yeah? And?
Whether or not there is a specialized organ for this process cannot be determined by mere hypothesis alone.
To solve this mystery, we will dissect the Hyperion.
Our aim is to find the Alma organ.
Wait! Please wait!
There's no such thing!
How will we be certain without experiments?
That's what x-rays and MRIs are for!
You can do a non-invasive examination!
A response I'd expect from a Hyperion.
They have technologies that we do not.
Let us begin.
We'll start below the neck.
Stop!
No!
Help!
What was that?
I'll go see.
Kon, I got ya back!
This way ain't gonna work!
Then we make our own way!
Come on!
Don't run! Wait!
I'll never tell you any of our discoveries again!
I hate you, Big Brother!
Stop, stop, please stop!
Oh, I can't take it anymore!
It's so spicy! It burns!
What's going on?
We've been heavily reprimanded by headquarters.
Reprimanded, I say! Reprimanded!
I'm doing this to reflect and repent on my failures!
What about you?
Well, we're under house arrest, which means we're not going anywhere.
And that means I won't make my date with Akina when she gets off from work!
I can't see Moena, either!
And damn, it's also Anna's birthday.
Ah, I'm going to get a nose bleed!
I can feel blood coming!
And you?
Since I'm responsible for this situation,
I'm punishing myself by eating extremely spicy food.
God, that's so hot!
You're all freaks.
I'm not a freak!
I'm doing my best to endure our punishment!
I am most definitely not a freak!
I'm reflecting on my actions!
I'm enduring the burn!
They're taking this very hard.
Or so it seems.
Sir Erec...
I guess this simply means that for us, Incognito, action is all that we have.
We have been punished long enough.
We will now take action independently.
We will follow DT and infiltrate Jugglaburk's territory.
Yes, sir!
Hurry and make them stop whatever it is they're doing.
Yes, sir.
This is the first morning of the wedding rituals.
The first ritual is a growing love.
The second ritual is an eternal love.
The third ritual is a passionate love.
The fourth...
Will you stand up straight?
You know, I've come to Jugglaburk's domain
and I still don't have a single lead.
What did I even come here for?
You came for the princess's wedding rituals.
Should I go through all my intel again?
Maybe I should start over.
And then, the eighteenth and last ritual, Olvidia.
Olvidia?
What's the ritual about Olvidia?
You'll understand once you reach the eighteenth ritual.
Can't you just tell me now?
No, I cannot.
Those are the rules.
Back off, Kon.
You're being rude.
But he's talking about Olvidia.
That's the only thing I care about!
Then why don't you just do your job properly so I can complete the eighteen rituals?
Huh? Me?
It is custom that the eighteen rituals are completed with the aid of the servants.
Here begins the wedding rituals.
The first ritual is a growing love.
I'll take over from here.
What, that's all she has to do?
Just a tap, and then let someone else finish the job?
It's a symbol.
Well, I want to get to the end as soon as possible, so I'm not complaining.
I guess I'll be the artisan.
And the rider?
Kon, that'll be you.
Me?
What?
Help!
Why?!
It is tradition.
We're doing eighteen of these things?!
Aw'right!
Gotta do it, gotta do it, gotta (love!)
Burn with love for me, girl (Fire!)
The imagination is fine training (with the left brain!)
I won't miss my practice swinging today (DT!)
I wander around alone at night, wanting to see a movie
I wind up in a terrible rom-com and love it
Reminds me of how sweet and sour orange jelly is
When will I see you?
Our hearts and our bodies will be connected
Suddenly I want to cry and sing my DT song
We're going to fly soon (Let's fly!)
Nothing beats flying (Fly!)
The imagination is fine training (with the left brain!)
I won't miss my practice swinging today (DT!)
Next Time
Ecarlate's wedding rituals have begun.
Incognito's house arrest has yet to be lifted.
However, we cannot just sit back and watch her
get married to Jugglaburk.
We're working on a secret plan to stop that wedding.
After being relegated to the sidelines for a long spell, Incognito is finally striking back!
Meanwhile, Kon is enduring the hardships of the eighteen rituals. Why is this necessary? Because it's a ritual.