Fully equipped with gravitational deflectors,
beam cannons,
plasma defense shields, and even air conditioning.
Well, their fearsome technology far surpasses our own, that's for sure.
Captain, this is a no-smoking area—
It's not lit.
More importantly, I have a question for you.
How were you able to pilot this monstrosity?
You were able to handle those complex controls easily after just glancing at them.
Call it a pilot's intuition.
You're a piss-poor liar as usual, James.
Out with it.
For you, that UFO was—
Stop!
James!
J-James!
Hang in there, James!
James!
Eliminate?
Yeah, there's no doubt about it.
The perp was specifically targeting the captured UFO.
Thanks to him, James is in critical condition.
The man must have really hated UFOs.
Huh?
No, it's more likely that he destroyed the UFO because he feared we'd analyze it.
That is the logical conclusion, but...
The man who brought the explosives into the hangar was, by all accounts, human.
Are you saying there are traitors among us?
I don't know.
But be careful.
I doubt this will be the end of it.
Yes, there's no mistake.
Penny!
Oh, are you here to visit the captain as well?
If so, he's in room eleven, down the hall.
I'm relieved that he's looking better than I'd expected, but—
Hey!
I wonder what's up with Penny.
Hangar 3 is basically in shambles.
As for the Helmet Worm, there's nothing left of it that we can draw any new information from.
The explosives were not of terrestrial origin.
So we can conclude that the act was carried out by them, as we suspected?
Dr. Brest, we were able to ID the bomber.
Scott Carter, a former NASA pilot.
What?!
Impossible! How could that be?
These are the results of the analysis.
The next of kin positively identified the body as well.
Doctor...
Our fears are about to become reality.
Please have the U.N. request government leaders to review security measures.
The enemy has given us a new threat!
Understood.
We will be arriving shortly in Haneda airport.
Please fasten your seat belts.
Sir, please fasten your seat belt.
Sir?
What a dangerous world.
This is the fourth bombing this month.
Five if we include the incident at the Labyrinth Agency.
The attacker has been identified, Young Master.
Claus Corder, conductor of the bullet train, Lightning.
What does that mean?
In all five cases, there was one victim who didn't belong at the scene.
Steffen Davis in the Frankfurt case,
and Rico Rodriguez in the Paris case.
Both were crew members on the submarine Alexandra.
A submarine and a bullet train...
So they were all people who had been abducted by UFOs?
That's right.
From these hostages' "return" and what we saw on that island,
we can draw only one conclusion.
It can't be...
It's not possible!
That's just too...
Yes.
It could only be the work of the devil.
We must find a way to thwart the enemy's plan as quickly as possible,
or we're going to experience a worldwide panic!
So you're saying that these attacks were carried out by the invaders?
We are simply saying that may be the case.
There are rumours that human agents were involved in some of these cases.
That is utter nonsense.
According to the Labyrinth Agency's investigations, the perpetrators are—
We have some shocking news.
As you've just heard, a bomb attack has just taken place in the middle of
U.N. Secretary-General Freeman's press conference.
According to a reporter who was present at the time of the attack,
the explosion came from within the assembled press corps.
The smoke from the explosion filled the press gallery in an instant.
Secretary-General Freeman appears to be uninjured...
Hello, Penny.
Why are you here?
That's my line.
I called you several times.
Excuse me.
I don't want to see anyone right now.
Would you please leave?
I refuse.
This is my home.
Are you familiar with Kirlian energy?
Life energy discovered by the Russian couple Semyon Kirlian and Valentina Kirliana.
Indeed.
All living things constantly emit this energy from their bodies.
As long as you have this,
you can instantly tell whether the people around you are enemy agents.
Agents...
It can't be!
That's right.
You saw them too, didn't you?
You saw what happened to the enemy's abductees.
They must be controlling their hostages' corpses like robots to carry out suicide bombing attacks!
Penny, you must help us!
If we can improve this helmet's functionality,
we'll be able to bring the enemy's zombie army infiltration to an end!
What the hell?!
I'm sorry, but I can't waste time playing around like that.
That's mean, Penny. Billy's begging you.
I'm not begging!
He's not begging!
Fine. Let's go back.
I was a fool to think a guy like him would be of any assistance.
You can stay holed up in there until the end of the world!
Penny Carter's parents were astronauts.
Astronauts?
They were aboard humanity's first manned Mars exploration mission.
His father was the pilot.
His mother was a biologist.
They were both accomplished individuals who would have made an imprint on the history of mankind.
But the launch failed.
And his parents died.
Oh my...
But Penny never said anything about that.
Of course he wouldn't have.
It must be something he doesn't want to think about.
What do you mean?
Penny's father, who was presumed to have died in space, was recently found
in Hangar 3 at the Labyrinth Agency.
It can't be!
The bomb attack?
The Labyrinth Agency has determined that the Mars mission's failure was not an accident,
but was instead the result of an attack by Helmet Worms.
The abducted crew members were divested of their souls
and reborn as weapons without fear of death.
So that's what it was...
But the launch failed.
And his parents died.
The hell with it.
It's his fault for not telling me.
I'm home, Billy!
I've come back.
Aren't you going to greet me?
Uhh... Welcome.
Welcome back!
Oh, you're tinkering around, making things again?
Let's play catch with Dad sometime, huh?
In this rain?
Good point...
Then let's rent out the Metro Stadium.
I'll call Mom. We can enjoy a family dinner for once.
Dad!
I'm busy right now.
I am too.
I have to go to the Labyrinth Agency after this.
Those idiots said they're going to cancel the Invincible's test flight.
The Invincible's?
That's right.
Dad's trying his hardest to find family time in between all his hard work.
And yet...
No, that's not what I meant.
That test flight...
The Invincible is an aerial warship we funded.
The academics are clueless.
If that thing doesn't fly, our stocks will plummet.
That's it!
Leave it to me, Dad.
I'll make sure that warship will fly.
As I keep saying, it's impossible.
If we conduct a test flight right now,
we're practically begging to have it shot down by the enemy.
We must delay the test.
Then when would it be okay to conduct the test?
A week later?
A month?
A year?!
In any case,
isn't the test flight all the more significant precisely because of the frequent attacks?
Won't it help bolster morale to see the Invincible in the air?
The test flight will give courage to people around the world!
But security is also an issue.
If the enemy were to infiltrate the operation—
There's no need for concern on that.
As long as we have the Kirlian energy goggles I created,
we can prevent enemy infiltration until matters come to a head.
I also support this request.
James!
I can't forget the pale face of that man who had been enthralled by the enemy.
We must not allow further victims.
All right.
We'll begin preparations.
Mr. Kimura.
What's that for?
It's her maiden voyage, after all.
I'll enjoy the flight from the VIP seat.
But...
It'll be fine.
I've clocked more than fifty hours in the flight simulator.
I'll be a lot more useful than your average new recruit.
Penny.
Here, Penny.
It's your birthday present.
Cool present, huh, Penny?
What do you want to call him?
Washington!
That's a good name.
You have to take good care of him, okay?
I know that!
Right, Washington?
Dad...
Mom...
You're still hanging around places like this?
A state-of-the-art aerial warship is going to be launched from Metropolitan-X soon.
What?
You didn't know about it?
It's a superweapon secretly developed by the Labyrinth Agency.
Of course, conducting a test flight at a time like this is practically asking for an attack.
Oh well.
I'm sorry about yesterday.
I had no idea your father had gotten involved.
It was my fault.
But... you were at fault, too.
Why do you hold it all in?
Why do you try to solve everything on your own?
If you're having a difficult time, you should talk to someone!
And what do you know?
Maybe I don't.
I'm smart and athletic.
Besides, I'm wealthier and more handsome than you.
Maybe I can't know how you feel at all.
Hey...
But I still...
Well, how do I say it?
Think of you as an excellent rival.
The sensitivity's low.
Is it broken or something?
Are you making fun of me?!
No, I'm at a loss.
No one's ever said anything like that to me before.
You're a loner, aren't you?
Oh shut up.
We have a big problem, Billy.
There's someone who's not emitting Kirlian energy at the subway entrance on 10th Avenue.
Bingo!
That's...
M-Mom...
Emily, it's a woman in a red dress!
Please secure her.
Don't move!
Mom!
Penny!
Don't! It's too dangerous!
Mom!
It's me, Mom.
Penny!
Mom...
Which wire?
Mom...
Penny!
Let go of her hand!
She's not your mother any more!
Penny!
Dear God...
Why did you shoot her?!
If I hadn't, you would've died.
Behold!
With our dreams and hopes, the aerial warship Invincible
will now take flight!
T minus five seconds and counting to takeoff!
3...
2...
1...
Liftoff!
You know, I've been studying as hard as I could so that such unfortunate accidents would never happen again.
So that I could create a world in which science would not cause more human lives to be lost.
But...
All that, for what?
No matter how advanced science becomes,
the dead cannot be brought back to life.
Your mother was already dead.
What you should hate are the cowardly practices of the invaders
who toy with human lives as though we are nothing.
The lights...!
What's going on?
What's wrong, Washington?
You!
Something's not right...
You're talking about the images sent by SOLAR-A?
It's a gigantic sunspot, that's for sure.
Its diameter is...
four hundred thousand kilometers?!
That's not all.
The ionosphere?
What's with the abnormal readings?
I find it hard to believe that's due to sunspot activity.
It's as if...
Yeah, as if something is...
What the—?
A blackout?
What's going on?
Mr. Clayton?
How many times do I have to tell you that smoking is prohibited in hospital rooms?
Er... uh, sorry.
The primary cooling water pump is down.
The G-reactive generator output is below critical levels.
Power generation turbine is unable to maintain rated operation.
The G-reactive generator has ceased operation.
Just who...
...are you?
The visitations of the undead are but the beginning of judgement.
Peace will be bestowed upon the world by the rainbow-coloured light.
Only the hair of the angels knows...
The hair of the angels?
She disappeared.
Control room? Control room!
The comm systems are down too?
The backup tidal generator should be cutting in.
Let's return to the control room.
Now on backup power.
Turbine output is stable.
New York, Washington D.C., and San Francisco... no response.
London, Belgium, and Paris are also silent.
Tokyo, Beijing, and Moscow aren't responding either.
What happened?
All 430 G-reactive power generators in existence have been silenced.
Why would they do that?
This is...
Doctor, please take a look at this!
Beautiful...
An aurora over Metropolitan-X?
"Peace will be bestowed upon the world by the rainbow-coloured light."
You mean this is what she was talking about?
The electromagnetic energy is being converted to sound waves!
We are aliens from the planet Bugua.
Bugua?
Aliens...
We demand the total surrender of all mankind.
You have 24 hours to surrender.
If you have not surrendered by that time,
we will begin by causing the aerial warship Invincible, currently in satellite orbit,
to fall on Metropolitan-X.
Did it say the Invincible?
Chairman Kimura's on board!
What?!
Dad's on the Invincible?
Is that true?
So it is true!
Oh no...
Engines 1, 2, and 3 are all silent.
Tanks 1 and 2 have stopped supplying oxygen.
Unable to re-establish contact with Metropolitan-X!
What is happening to my Invincible?
Are they interfering with the Invincible's G-reactive units as well?
With our science and technology, this is child's play.
Know that to us, you humans are nothing more than insects.
So all of their actions thus far were just the beginning?
Our real battle with the Buguans begins now.
Dammit!
Where do you think you're going?
Isn't it obvious?
I'm going to rescue the Invincible!
I'll launch a spaceship for the rescue mission!
Don't be ridiculous!
Wait.
Our top priority is to determine what caused all the G-reactive generators to cease activity simultaneously.
Are you saying you'll let Dad—and the Invincible —be destroyed?
I didn't say that.
However, what you're about to attempt is extremely dangerous.
Please refrain from taking reckless action.
But even now, the Invincible is...
Dr. Brest is right.
Calm down.
Shut up!
I'll rescue Dad with my brains and fortune!
Wait!
As you said, it's technically possible to launch an old spaceship
that doesn't have G-reactive engines without using energy from G-reactive generators.
Am I wrong?
But how can you get your hands on a spaceship like that so easily?
I'll use the Frontier II that's in the Dinosaur Museum!
That's part of our industrial heritage!
Frontier II was built during the transition to spaceships equipped with G-reactive engines,
so it was never launched.
I know that it's a hybrid spaceship using solid fuel and liquid oxidizer
and that it's been preserved so that the engine can still be ignited.
That's why I'm making the request.
This is a rare artifact that's been designated a heritage site!
I can't believe you're going to attempt a launch in the middle of this power outage.
You think you can...!
We're only borrowing it.
We'll house the Invincible's twelve test flight crew members in the Frontier II's payload bay,
which was modified to maintain pressure at one atmosphere and return to Earth.
As per your specifications, Young Master,
I have called in five veteran pilots as crew.
All right!
Is something wrong, Young Master?
No...
I'm very grateful that you responded to such a sudden request.
I am Tracy, the commanding officer.
You can depend on the Mercury Five.
We will rescue the Invincible crew members without fail.
Thank you, sir.
Good luck, Grandpa!
Launch preparations are complete.
Countdown will begin at sunrise.
All right.
I didn't think you'd be able to realize the launch in such a short time frame.
How much did you spend?
Rental fees for the Frontier II and 150 units of Energy Online's mobile power supply cars;
guarantees and gifts for Mercury Five's members—
Did you come here just to be sarcastic?
I came here to warn you.
If you launch the spaceship now, it'll just become a target for the Buguans.
I'll accept the warning as it was intended.
But how would they find out about this launch anyway?
That's a stupid question.
What?!
They can force a worldwide blackout!
Why do you want to stop the launch so much?
I don't want to see more astronauts become their victims, that's why!
Oh right...
What we should be doing right now
is figuring out why G-reactive generators around the globe have stopped, isn't it?
But we have no leads!
The hair of angels!
What that woman said?
You're telling me to stake my father's life on nonsense like that?!
But...
Dad's adrift in outer space aboard the Invincible with a dwindling oxygen supply!
What's wrong with doing everything I can to rescue him?!
You can't possibly know how I feel when you don't have parents—
Billy!
You said that I was a good rival to you, didn't you?
I...
I also thought that of you.
Let's go, Washington.
Commencing launch sequence:
T minus 20 seconds.
Engines nominal.
Launch device clear.
T minus 15 seconds.
All right!
Ignition.
10...
9...
8...
Oh? What's that?
7...
6...
It can't be!
5...
4...
3...
2...
Engines, start.
1...
Liftoff!
We can't stop the launch now!
No!
I don't want to see more astronauts become their victims, that's why!
And yet...
And yet, because of me...
I did...
something unforgivable.
Dad...
I...
Hey!
Hang in there.
C-Cold...
Will we suffocate?
Or will we freeze to death first?
Billy!
Not this one, either!
I know I saw it here.
Which one is it?
Which book did I see it in?
If he were here, the search would go faster...
Young Master.
I'll take care of the rest.
Please return to the estate.
Hey, wait!
You're not allowed in here!
You're the one who planned this mission, aren't you?
Look at this mess.
What were you thinking?!
This is what my father risked his life for?
Your father?
My father was going to command this mission.
I see.
I am deeply sorry.
I will do everything I can to atone for—
I'm not here to listen to your platitudes!
My father knew the probability of success was low.
But he was overjoyed that he could go back out into space again after having retired!
He said to me,
"This might be my last flight."
"But if I can put my life on the line for a human rescue mission, it's worth it."
"It'd be great..."
Please don't give up.
Don't give up on the mission my father couldn't carry out.
You're right.
I can't give up yet.
Please don't give up.
Don't give up on the mission my father couldn't carry out.
Don't look at me like that.
Who's there?
What are you doing in the middle of this huge blackout?
Professor Odewald!
Penny!
Penny Carter!
It's been a while.
Oh hey there, Washington.
Causing quite a mess again, are you?
"Libraries contain all the knowledge in the world."
That's what you taught us, after all.
But...
What are you looking for?
I thought I'd seen something about "the hair of angels" in some book.
The hair of angels?
Do you mean angel hair?
Why are you looking that up?
This is angel hair?
I've been asked for help by a certain organization.
It was apparently adhered to the Alexandra when it appeared in the desert,
albeit in minute quantities.
To the Alexandra?
Yes.
Then this must have some connection with the Buguans.
The composition of this substance is like no other found on Earth.
That's why I went to find this.
Dr. Stimson's collected works?
As I remember,
Dr. Stimson is well known for being a rogue who presented theories that were out of this world.
More or less.
He was eventually exiled from academic circles for his ridiculous theories.
One of those theories was...
this.
The angel hair theory?
This is what I read!
He believed that by surrounding Earth with an electromagnetic substance activated by solar winds,
we could control the Earth's magnetic field.
I do recall grimacing because it seemed like a joke.
Yes.
But the composition of this electromagnetic substance as stated in the equations in the book
is very similar to these.
I don't remember Washington barking like this.
Professor Odewald!
You're...!
Duck!
Washington!
Let's go!
This way!
We're on the third floor!
It'll be fine.
I'm actually an alumnus of this school!
Ow...
How did you know I was here?
Don't underestimate the power of the Kimura Group's intelligence network.
Damn the rich...
Hey, I saved your life back there!
You were right.
I wasn't calm, that's for sure.
You finally realized that?
This way!
And you call yourself an alumnus?!
You think this was here when I was a student?
Dad!
Billy...
The Buguans have finally declared war.
What will be the fates of the Invincible's crew?
Who is the silver-haired mystery man who has Penny and Billy in a bind?
The Super-Special Adventure Story, Project BLUE Earth SOS...
The next episode will certainly be a sight to see.
Stay tuned!
Hi! This is Billy!
This is Penny!
Well, just how much money are you gonna spend, Billy?
Don't you know what moderation means?
Nah, I've got a ways to go!
Money makes the world go round,
so using money helps everyone!
I, Billy Kimura, will continue to throw money around for the sake of peace on Earth!
Still, it was kinda painful this time around...
It was, wasn't it?
Those glasses—
they weren't cheap, you know.
You meant those?!
Wait,
don't you know that keeping glasses in your pocket without a case will scratch the lenses?
Okay! Excuse us!