The ruins are in an underground cave 200 meters directly beneath us.
Okay.
Back me up.
I'm going in.
Please be careful!
This is it!
In the Palm of the Hand
So you did show up,
key boy.
I can't use the void?
Cal, I heard about you from BB.
Is the princess already inside this?
It's impossible to physically destroy the ruins.
But I can obstruct them.
My tattoo originally came from here.
If I can make a path to it, I can interfere.
You think you can do that with me here?
BB destroyed my absolute boundary's control circuits,
but that made it possible for me to use the noise canceler.
And to make up for the loss of my ability, I honed my spirit, technique, and body.
I don't mean to brag,
but I'm sure BB would still call me...
the "strongest of the powerless."
Last time, BB and I beat you together.
And now, BB is right here.
I don't mean to brag, either,
but if I beat you, don't fall for me, okay?
I'm just a kid.
I don't have any time to waste.
She's right within arm's reach!
I didn't expect Cal to use the noise canceler.
If his restorative ability isn't sealed,
Seigi-kun's chances aren't zero... But...
Super-acceleration using distortions in space...
A double-edged charge that ignores
any damage his body takes...
Tamaki Souha, the Ox Demon...
is coming.
I'm going to rush you hard and deep, as many times as it takes!
You are incredible, on so many levels!
Two against one definitely puts me at a disadvantage.
Question!
According to Freud, what do
snakes symbolize in a dream?
Male genitalia.
Why would you answer that, Il?!
Izzy-chan...
Quit being snooty and suck on this!
This is a snake den!
I've got my pick of the goods!
This might be a problem...
Lawrence! Tony!
Izzy? So it really is you.
Lisa? Why are you fighting each other?
We'll talk later!
I'll handle Lisa.
You guys take care of that fucking head over there.
Izzy's language has gotten pretty nasty.
This is pretty serious.
If that's how you're playing, this game is mine!
Hey, now, that's just cowardly!
Like you can talk!
May the Force be with you!
Don't get cocky, pigs!
If you think I won't go all-out against Lisa, you're dead wrong!
Better grit your teeth,
you homewrecker!
Oh, crap...
Do you know how anacondas mate?
A bunch of males surround one female and intertwine,
forming a big ball of snakes.
I... got careless...
You can be the first to die!
Lawrence!
And now you!
Wh-What...
It's a special bullet just for Sealed like you.
Inside it is the venom of the snakes you love so much.
I don't really like snakes, you know.
And I really don't want to see a ball of snakes.
This is great... Just fantastic!
I guess you've got a few screws loose, huh?
But that's what I like!
Come on, charge straight into me!
I'm all ready!
But you have to die on the bed of spikes, too!
I've made a promise to return home alive.
I'm a pro-level protagonist.
And as you know,
protagonists are people who transcend reason.
You're best off assuming that I'm not human.
You are seriously crazy!
Come on, die with me!
I wholeheartedly refuse!
You insufferable cock!
Namu...
She's pretty damn strong, all right...
He's going for my chest?
Right here!
Hey, Cal,
there's something I want to ask you.
How can a measly human support a stupid idea
like trying to become a god?
It makes no damn sense.
An egoist such as yourself wouldn't understand.
I'll tell you, as an offering before you die.
As you know, the princess is what she is because of her sisters.
When she uses the four keys to fully activate all four ruins,
the link between the princess, who is their yorishiro,
and her sisters will also be complete.
It will mean the fusion of their minds, and their homogenization.
Yes,
the personality we identify as Princess Aryabhata will be lost.
The unified spiritual body will perpetually rewrite itself.
It will then be freed from the limits of the human species,
its pattern of thought will transform,
and it will be reborn as a far superior being.
"Becoming a god" is a sort of allegory.
It means the princess's wishes will create a god in a world that lacks one.
If one truly wishes to be omnipotent,
the "human" framework is only a hindrance.
She's... not going to be herself anymore?
To deny other humans, but never herself...
Did you truly think the princess was that sort of person?
Arya, why don't you understand?
All I want is for you to be you...
Her, deny herself?
As if I'm going to allow that.
That's my job!
I have to avenge Touko with my own hands,
or there's no point!
You shouldn't rely on weapons you aren't used to.
And you shouldn't rely on tools you aren't used to!
You are correct.
Cal intends to finish this with her next attack.
That's fine.
She can't finish me off with that piece of crap.
The best gift you can give to the dead
is not grief, but gratitude.
For bringing the key all the way here,
I thank you with all my heart.
We've gotta hurry to Seigi!
Right.
Seigi...
If I take the slightest step within her blade's range,
she'll strike out from her low stance.
This is distracting, so I will close my eyes.
Now, come.
Thanks for your concern.
Time to go...
to the place BB couldn't reach on his own.
You are strong.
Stronger than me, and stronger than Cal.
So...
Don't stand still!
You are already dead!
Why...
are you always so far from me?
Yes...
That's why your sword will never reach me again.
Did you see that, BB?
I beat Cal.
Damn... Was I too late?
I never expected you to defeat Cal.
Seigi, here.
You keep this.
A memento of Touko-chan.
I'm sorry. I know an apology won't fix anything now,
but no matter how much you blame me, I...
It's fine. It wasn't your fault.
But...
Touko's killer was the Kingdom.
That cat, the princess...
And Touko died
because I wasn't strong enough.
I hate, hate, hate...
no one more...
...than myself.
I'll just take the two keys
you've kept for me.
I don't care if it costs my life.
You can have my blood, my flesh, my bones...
even my soul.
So...
Let me kill you!
Very well.
I'll play with you a bit.
At last, it's starting...
I like where this is going.
This will somewhat curb the exhaustion of
your soul due to overuse of your power.
Thanks.
Are those really going to help you?
Wings that can't fly are just decoration.
I'll send you to the next world with this!
What's wrong with a little decoration?
These symbolize my majesty.
Even without wings, I can still fly.
Don't you get funny with me!
Why?
Why can't I use that power?
Why can't I defeat that power?!
Really, what a laugh.
Maybe you could have back then,
but now that you have been
taken captive by hatred and lost your way,
you cannot use this power.
Yes, you have let go of whatever
slight chance of victory you had.
What?
The hole...
My signal is...
Hey! We've got trouble!
Very, very big trouble!
One who is truly strong
can control the environment and psychology of the weak,
making the weak serve them without realizing it.
The weak are eaten away by illogical feelings,
unaware of their ignorance,
and unwittingly become absorbed in their servitude, like slaves.
Bitterly, pathetically, miserably...
Yes, all this time,
you've been dancing in the palm of my hand.
All I need to do now is...
close my hand.
This is bad... This is bad!
Tom!
Lieutenant! Tamaki-san!
Where's Seigi-kun?
He's down there fighting the princess now,
but the hole leading straight to the ruins closed up!
I am sorry...
Princess, it looks like my time is up.
Bring the blessing of death to mankind!
Bring a new order to the world!
No way!
We're saved...
It self-destructed?
It seems so.
For better or for worse, it looks like the path is laid.
Let's go and meet Seigi-kun.
Yeah.
Colonel...
Dad!
Th-That voice... It must be Izzy.
I swear...
Where did you run off to at a time like this?
I-I'm sorry...
Well, it's not the first time you've acted on your own.
I know what I must look like now, but listen to me, Izzy.
You must stop the princess.
I'll be all right. Just get going.
I know.
There's something I have to do there, too.
You've gotten stronger.
Straight to the place we've been avoiding...
I'm so sorry I was such a useless dad right up to the end.
But I have a duty to protect this country.
I won't die a clown.
If worst comes to worst, I've got a nuclear bomb.
So I really ended up coming back here...
To that horrible place where I lost
my parents and my brother.
If I had reported to the colonel then,
I probably wouldn't have come back here.
If I hadn't sheltered him in a temporary lapse of judgment...
Was it you who led me
to meet Seigi?
I'll sever those ties here.
This time, I'll protect him.
I won't let Seigi die!
Seigi...
No!
I have to be the one to defeat her!
I have to avenge Touko!
I don't want to lose anyone.
Let me give my own life to save Izzy!
The Deciding Battle