Oh, dear...
Where's BB?
I suppose he escaped.
Princess?
Wait... Is that...
Find him.
Even if you only bring back his tattoo, verify whether he is alive or dead.
Yes, ma'am.
Just wait, Arya.
I'm going to wipe out your ambition, and all tattoos along with it.
In the end, I remained a weakling.
But I kept the hope alive to this point.
Would you accept this, Seigi?
It's no use. I can't handle it.
If you couldn't pull it off, there's no way I can.
I'm powerless.
I couldn't even protect Touko.
At first, it was just Izzy's hope,
but now, I've taken on Kujuli's and Varma's, too,
and even that old man's.
I can't carry it all alone anymore.
If you'll help me, I can still fight.
Together, with you.
You're already dead!
You were swallowed up by me, and died!
Why would you go that far?!
The future lies in a place you can reach with your hand.
So what reason do I have not to do it?
With my hand...
That hand is my future.
This hand is your future.
You're so studious...
You've got a bite.
Yeah.
It's been almost a year since Wiseman ordered us to move to this hideout.
I know it's what Blood wanted,
but how do you feel about him?
What do you mean?
Wiseman is a scientist through and through.
No...
It might be more accurate to call him a mad scientist.
He's a self-serving man who tried to
sell American tattoos to the Kingdom for his own gains.
To him, tattoos are the ideal research subject.
There's no way he'll allow them to be wiped out.
But the princess is Wiseman's enemy.
As long as we share the same interests, he's our ally.
You trust BB, right?
Well, of course, but...
Don't worry. I'll handle things in the end.
My left arm—
You've gotten taller.
Sure I have.
I can't stay a kid forever.
We have a mock battle tonight, right?
Better get the maintenance on your artificial arm done quick.
Letter of Challenge
Yes! Slutty pink tentacle bondage for the win!
I can't get enough of this!
This is totally doujinshi material!
Are all army people like that?
No, not that... Please don't look!
No, I wouldn't say that...
Fools! Look away and I'll kill her!
Then I guess we have no choice.
What is this? Lizards?
This one is grasshoppers and caterpillars...
Gross.
We caught some lively ones on the mountain.
We don't have to be self-sufficient, you know.
We can just buy food at the foot of the mountain!
Izzy-kun, you shouldn't be picky.
That's why your chest isn't getting any bigger.
I've told you, my body is... Hey, listen to—
Here, eat up.
Do that and you'll be a real sexy dynamite!
Boy, we lost big time.
I didn't expect to be beaten that thoroughly.
It's like what you were when we first met was a lie.
You really have gotten stronger.
It ended before I got to do anything...
How did you improve so quickly?
How to move, how to make decisions,
how to counterattack, what to do next...
I can see it all somehow. That's all.
My waifu!
Tom? Should I take you to the hospital?
What?
The Kingdom may have found the location of your hideout.
Just be on the alert.
They were already here.
Now that they know where we are, there's no point in staying.
We'll head back to HQ.
Looks like they came to bring us this.
I've checked the video letter,
but I don't want to have to show it to you...
Why is it necessary to hide it from us?
The third ruins, in the Grand Canyon, is our last fortress.
Even if the princess took the third ruins,
it wouldn't be the end of everything.
Without Seigi-kun, she wouldn't have all the keys.
Just show us already.
So as you can see, I am now
vacationing at a private California beach.
It's been a year, boy. Have you been well?
It's nice here.
A beach open to the public is like a hog farm.
The ocean is full of lard.
Everything in this country is so needlessly huge. So needlessly.
Not a very nice atmosphere...
I'm thinking of stopping by the Grand Canyon next
for some archaeological research.
Why don't you come and help me, boy?
If you feel up to it, let's meet up there.
Whoops...
No way! Lisa's alive?
Hey, now.
You need to keep that camera still.
In any case, the swimsuit I bought last year is already a bit tight.
A cue card.
I just saw a cue card.
Hey... I-Il! What on earth are you wearing?
It's my swimsuit. The princess chose it for me.
And on that note... Melon love!
Looove!
What... was that at the end?
That's it.
Izzy, you're going, right?
You'd better believe it. I'm going to save Lisa.
You're not going.
What are you saying, Wiseman?
What else can we do if we don't fight now?
I've had you grow stronger over this past year
so that you would survive to the final moment.
Not to beat the princess.
What kind of bull is that?
I can tell you now that your time to act
will be when the princess activates the ruins.
I'll plant a virus in your tattoo, which is the key,
and use it to destroy the ruins system.
Since the virus isn't yet complete,
I can't have you dying on me.
So you want me to keep running away until then?
That's right.
The princess, born for the sake of the tattoos, uses the atmosphere as a trigger
to freely control her sisters' powers,
making her the strongest Sealed of all.
If I have the power that confined my ability, I can win.
If not that, then if I have Tom-san's noise canceler...
It won't work.
The power to seal tattoos, an ability unique to the triggerless tattoo,
ceases all phenomena that originate from a tattoo.
The noise canceler is no exception.
If the princess can use it, can't I learn to use it, too?
We don't have that kind of time.
I wanted you to accept your weakness,
and our limited number of options.
I'm fairly sure BB would have accepted it.
No, Blood would have said,
"We have to at least get Lisa back."
Wiseman, make the arrangements to get us to America at once.
Izzy...
I'll bring Seigi back alive, even if it costs my own life.
I'll offer my own life, too.
So will I.
Seigi is a prisoner to his craving for revenge against the princess.
Even if it's a given that we'll lose,
we can never move forward if we keep avoiding a showdown with her.
Blood, I'll set Seigi on the right path.
Just like you want,
I'm coming to see you, Arya.
Because that's...
That's the only reason you killed Touko.
I will be the one to kill you.
Mission complete.
Now, I wonder how Tamaki-san is doing...
Yumi.
Tama-chan!
You really came!
Yeah. I'm going to be leaving Japan for a while,
so I wanted to see your cute face before I left.
Oh, there you go again!
Isn't that paper bag full of the loot you've bought today?
Figured me out, huh?
As if you'd ever come to one of
these events and leave empty-handed.
There's something I want to say to you before I leave.
Tama-chan?
Yumi, if I make it back alive,
I want you to marry me.
You...
Wait, no, Tama-chan! Isn't a line like that a death flag?!
I'm the protagonist in your story.
So I'll come back alive for sure.
Stop!
You are the protagonist in my story,
but in this world, you're just a background character!
It'll be fine.
We were childhood friends,
then we overcame a sad parting,
and had a fateful reunion
in the middle of that crowd of human trash!
Tama-chan...
I'll leave this with you.
I haven't read it yet.
I Got Started in Tentacles
This is...
the latest book from the super popular circle with the booth right by the door, Araibudou!
I'll look forward to reading it when I get back.
I'll hop over there, take care of business, and rush back.
Tama-chan! How many flags are you trying to raise?!
There's no way you'll be able to break this many!
Yikes... Those people are messed up.
Tamaki-san, who's that?
The cosplayer I'm engaged to.
We're getting married when I get home.
Huh?
Y-You're kidding me!
Tamaki-san was secretly a normie with a love life?!
Looks perfect.
The only thing that could get through
that tight security would be a bee.
Good work, Sanders-kun.
Report!
Intruder located at point D-3! Inquiry requested!
What?!
Put the video up!
Enlarging.
So they're here.
I'll pay them back here for the humiliation we suffered in Japan.
I'm gonna shove a red-hot German Shepherd up his ass.
This will be the end of my role.
Just as life sprang from inanimate objects,
order is born from chaos.
I will become the avatar of chaos
and offer up my life to the Creator!
Princess! Create a new order
from the earth to which I return!
That monster!
Fire a barrage at him!
More enemies will show up.
Call for backup from the nearby bases!
Pull back the defense line and tighten security around the ruins!
Let down your guard and you're dead meat!
Looks like it's already started.
Let's hurry.
Stop!
We're supposed to be allies of the US Army...
They can't tell the difference from where they are.
Then we'll have to cut across from here.
Which means...
they'll just have to clear a path for us!
I'm totally your backup!
If you don't wanna die, stay down.
You've got a pretty nice squeal, for a pig.
Kill me... Please kill me...
Lakha, it's been a while since I teamed up with you.
Get smaller, get smaller...
That tickles.
Seigi, stay calm.
You don't have to tell me!
Those soldiers were the tattoo force...
Izzy's war buddies.
The princess isn't here.
Could this be a diversion, too?
Seigi-kun, head toward the ruins with Tom.
We'll beat these guys and catch up with you soon.
Tamaki...
It'll be trouble if the princess joins up with them here.
The army's defense will eventually fall.
In which case...
You're right.
Okay. Then...
Izzy, Tama-san, see you at the ruins!
Lisa...
Isn't backup here yet?! We can't hold out on our own!
Bravo 2-3! Bravo 2-3! This is Tango Alpha!
Hey!
Who are you?!
Hey, now. Is that what you say to the guy who saved you?
You guys are getting your asses kicked.
Don't you have any original Sealed?
They're heading this way right now!
I see. Guess you can't help it, then.
Stay back.
Huh? Who do you think you are? And wh—
Those needles...
Are you the one who attacked our hideout?
Oh, right.
You're a friend of that kid's.
Given my position, I can't tell you my real name,
but you can call me Tamaki.
Since I owe you such a huge debt,
I'm going to make you hurt a little bit.
Hey! Sorry to keep you guys waiting.
You can leave the rest to the Awful Shark, Dean Carter—
That's what happens when you let your guard down.
Unlike Lakha, the thought of leaving
this battlefield alive hasn't crossed my mind.
But that's my preference.
I want to feel the terror of dying.
For that, I need someone to risk their life to knock me down.
That's why I'm teaching those guys
that it's kill or be killed.
Come on, make me dance on the edge of death!
If I can do that, I wouldn't mind giving you my life.
Okay, I see.
This is one death that I can say was not in vain.
Haven't seen you in a while, little bunny.
I've found out some things since last time.
Bluesy Fruesy, former US Army lieutenant,
and the army's first Sealed.
Long ago, a pair of married geologists
brought their two kids here.
By pure chance, it happened to be a ruins,
and sadly, the triggerless tattoo
spontaneously went off in the little brother's hands.
With one child left, that family then disappeared, they say.
The US Army learned of tattoos
because of that accident, and began their research.
The daughter who survived the accident
was taken in by the officer overlooking it.
Isn't that a nice story?
A pure little girl, forced into service for the
tattoos that took away her family!
That old man had good sense!
Oh, and I think you know this, but the girl in the story
was Schrödinger's Cat, Il.
She had a rough time.
Even with her possession ability,
Il couldn't possess Sealed easily.
So I took on the role of her trainer.
I had all kinds of good times with her!
Will you shut up already?
As usual, there's nothing but swill dripping from your mouth.
Primitive animals both ate and defecated with the same orifice.
Are you like them?
Let me tell you one thing about me.
As you can see, just as my body's growth has halted,
my mentality is also immature.
I'm not as good a person as Blood was.
I hope you won't complain if I end up killing you.
I like those eyes...
My junior is racing straight toward
ecstasy at Mach speed!
Impossible!
What's the meaning of this, Sanders-kun? How can a single bee—
Again?! You're getting in my way again?!
Stop.
Let him live.
The show isn't complete without a clown at both the beginning and the end.
The... princess?
It's been a long time, Brigadier General Sanders.
Forgive me, but I'll be taking what you have here.
This power belongs to America! It's America's power!
I won't let you people
lay a single finger on it!
A man's misplaced conviction is a truly frightening thing.
I've... made a promise to return home alive.
For better or for worse, it looks like the path is laid.
Let's go and meet Seigi-kun!
In the Palm of the Hand