An uncharted island…
The legend was right!
A surge of excitement shot through the exploration team!
All right, let’s land!
Francisca, bring that out!
Uncover the mystery of Bird Cage Island!
Fuga.
There’s no sign of anyone living here.
There were supposedly people living here in the past. Are they gone?
Anyway, we, the exploration team, have landed on this island.
Fuga.
What’s wrong, Francisca?
Fuga.
What? A script?
According to the information at hand,
no one who’s visited this island has returned alive.
According to legends, people who landed on this island…
…developed some kind of mental abnormality within a few days.
They claimed to have seen things that weren’t there.
They were killed by things that weren’t there.
And they became trapped on the island for eternity.
What the heck is this?!
Did you see that?!
What do you mean?
What’s this?!
I don’t know.
But it sounds like something huge is coming.
Fuga.
No, it’s this way!
Bucchi, what are you doing?
Keep filming!
But… it’s hopeless!
I knew we shouldn’t have come!
Hey.
I can see the island.
I see.
We’re reaching?
That’s the island that Princess Sherwood was searching for.
So it seems.
After all, we came here by following her sea chart.
I hope they’re all right.
An island that’s not on the map, huh?
That’s a pretty cute island. Right, Hime?
Nee-san, we didn’t come here to have fun.
This boat…
Yes, it’s Sherwood’s boat.
There are two other boats parked here.
This doesn’t look like a deserted island to me.
Fuga, Fuga, Fuga, Fuga, Fuga.
Thank you for coming! Welcome to the Bird Cage Island!
Hime-sama.
Haven’t we met before?
You must be mistaken!
I’m just an ordinary hotel-keeper!
I’ll be your guide!
Come, follow me.
What’s going on?
You were all invited by Princess Sherwood, weren’t you?
I’m sure you’re already aware.
This island is a phantom island that doesn’t appear on any maps.
Every time the island disappears,
no one knows where it’ll reappear next.
Or so I have heard.
Princess Sherwood said she analyzed every document and record mathematically…
…before she finally found this island.
And she’s very eager to show you this island!
That’s what I was told.
Hey, how far are we going?
I’m sorry, but it’s just right around the corner!
Look, there it is, Hime-sama!
That’s where you’ll be staying – the Bird in a Cage Hotel.
Oh my, the interior is beautiful!
Well then, let me bring you to your respective rooms.
Hold on.
Yes?
Where’s Sherwood?
I’m afraid I don’t know…
I suppose this is traditional field work for the royals?
It’s you…
Prince Gilliam!
Hold your horses.
I am only here because I was invited by Princess Sherwood.
Since the field work is the main pretext, there is no reason to start a fight.
You were invited?
What? Are you still in the dark, Lillian?
Don’t call me by that name.
As you wish. Forgive me, my dear sister.
For your information, our other siblings are here as well.
However, they are not the main problem this time.
Do not let your guard down on this island.
Flan-chan, was that Hime’s older brother?
This way, please!
Fuga.
He’s an interesting man!
Fuga.
Hime-chan is here.
No, it’s unfortunate she came.
Go, Taroumarou, Jiroumaru.
This island is wretched.
That was a good sleep.
Although I think there was some intense rocking during my sleep.
Should I ask Sawawa-san to spare me some tomato juice?
Or perhaps…
Huh?!
Hey you, the spider woman over there!
You took a rather long time to wake up.
Vampires are nocturnal.
Anyway, what’s this island?
Hime-sama told me so many times not to get abducted to an island.
Vampires can’t cross the sea on their own, you know?
Is Hime-sama also on this island?
Yes.
Where is she?
In the hot spring.
But it’s hard to believe there’s a Japanese-style hot spring inside with that kind of exterior.
Is it all right for you to be in the same bath as us commoners?
I don’t particularly mind.
Is the water hot enough?
Reiri…
Hime-sama, you’re too mean.
You got abducted to this island without telling me.
Are you sure you can get in a hot spring?
I thought you’re afraid of stuff like ponds, lakes or swamps.
The hot spring is okay.
What about a completely natural hot spring?
You talk too much.
This place looks quite lively.
Fuga.
Silvia-neesan…
Oh, Hime-chan.
This is so refreshing if done every once in a while.
Whose are bigger?
What?
No, don’t mind me.
Fuga?
By the way, have you seen Sherwood yet?
No, I haven’t met her since I arrived.
Oh, I guess no one here has met Sherwood yet?
This is awkward.
What’s wrong, Blood Warrior?
Take it easy since we’re all men.
Is this sickly human the blood warrior?
Even his ribcage is showing.
Well, our doll is definitely the weakest warrior around.
Impossible! You’re…
How is it?
I can’t find her anywhere.
Or rather, I can’t smell Sherwood’s scent in this hotel.
The bats in this hotel are also unware of her presence.
Perhaps she’s never set foot in this hotel to begin with.
No, that’s not true.
Nakua!
You’re here too?
Say, is it fine for you to leave Sasanaki?
I thought you’re the guardian deity there.
It’s not a problem if I’m only gone for two or three days.
Anyway, take a look at this.
That’s Bucchi’s camera!
What do you mean?
What’s that?!
I don’t know.
But it sounds like something huge is coming.
No, it’s this way!
Bucchi, what are you doing?
Keep filming!
But… it’s hopeless!
I knew we shouldn’t have come!
Taroumaru found the camera in the dense forest on this island.
Tarou… You mean that big spider?
Does that mean if we find this dense forest, we can find Princess Sherwood?
Who knows?
You’re not aware that this island…
Customers! Bad news!
Prince Gilliam is…
…dead!
What?
Prince Gilliam…
When I walked past just now, he was already dead!
He’s dead alright.
But I don’t often see people who looked this cool when they died.
What’s up?
Emil-niisama.
Prince Gilliam!
Is he still alive?
No, he’s passed away.
Could someone have taken this chance to kill him?
That’s entirely possible.
What happened to the homunculus?
That’s right! Aren’t homunculi supposed to self-destruct when their owner dies?
Are you serious? Now they’ve done it.
How terrible.
Have a good day, Hime-chan.
Onee-sama…
I’ll be leaving since this place isn’t safe.
Are you responsible for this?
How could that be? That’s the reason I’m leaving.
Emil and Hime-chan don’t look like they would do this sort of thing.
That means if I’m interested in pinpointing the culprit…
Sherwood would be the most suspicious.
She was the one who invited us here, right?
We’re right in the enemy’s lair, and I might be her next target.
That’s why I’m leaving.
Lame.
Would Sherwood do something like this?
Lord Emil!
I haven’t seen Slege around since awhile ago.
Should we do a roll call just in case?
Oh, yeah, where’s Nee-san?
She’s in her room, right?
It’s still warm.
She was probably still here not too long ago.
No way! Nee-san…
Damn, and I thought I had a bad feeling about this.
Anyway, let’s go and look for Sawawa, Hiro.
Okay!
Stop this right now.
Naqua!
Get out of my way!
I don’t mind, but may I ask what exactly are you looking for?
What do you mean?! Sawawa of course!
She’s right over there.
What?
Listen well. That maid is right over there.
What’s this girl saying?
An explosion?
That’s in the sea.
Was that a ship?
Say, didn’t Silvia-san say she was leaving?
Then that’s…
In that case, isn’t that the explosion of Silvia’s homunculus Fransica?
Which means that Silvia has died.
Gilliam, and Silvia after that?
Wait.
Something doesn’t make sense.
Then we just need to go out and confirm it.
Hiro and I will go look for Sawawa.
I’m going to observe the situation from the sky.
The boat is burning.
Did you do this?
If you think so, so it shall be.
Emil…
Fuga.
She’s dead.
Everything is as Reiri predicted.
Fuga.
Hime…
Riza…
Riza was killed…
Hiro.
Who killed you?
Prince Gilliam.
Huh? Did I just say something?
Yes. You said you were killed by Gilliam.
That’s not possible.
I couldn’t see because everything happened so suddenly.
Besides, Prince Gilliam is already dead, so he couldn’t have killed me.
I see.
Let’s go, Hiro.
I’ll bring you to Sawawa.
This was the room that we came from.
Is Sawawa back?
No, she was here all along.
Right, Flandre?
Fuga.
I thought so.
We’re going in.
Sawawa!
You were right.
But why wasn’t she here just now?
It was an illusion.
You could call it a strong hypnosis.
We were misled all along.
Sherwood disappeared right after we were told Sherwood wasn’t around.
We found Gilliam dead after we were informed of his death.
We predicted the explosion of Flatirus before it actually happened.
The same happened to Sawawa as well.
And so we, linking these memories together, started making a chain of delusions within our heads.
Sawawa is dead and so she mustn’t be here.
Gilliam is dead and so he mustn’t be alive.
Anything that contradicts our original memories becomes invisible and silent to us.
Suppose if someone continues to feed us with malicious information…
…and everyone interprets this information differently, what would happen?
We become shackled by the hypnosis we imposed on ourselves…
In time, even if someone else is right beside us, we will fail to notice them.
Each of us will be isolated.
Then we become the slaves of this island.
This island is one that eats men.
In that case, Hime, could those dead people be…
Yes, they should still be alive.
However, we might not be able to sense them.
At least not while we’re still on this island.
This is because we’re unable to rewrite our memories as we see fit.
You can see me, Hime-chan?
You were the first one to hypnotize me with a suggestion.
Silvia-oneesama.
And I firmly believed that you’d appear before my eyes, alive.
I’m honored.
Shall we settle this before Emil destroys the island?
Nee-sama…
Fuga.
Don’t look away, Hime-chan.
Suppose that I’m just a figment of your imagination.
If you fought and got killed by what isn’t there, what would happen to you?
Either way, it doesn’t matter.
Because they’re both the real you…
Silvia-oneesama.
Fuga.
Let’s continue another day, Hime-chan.
Fuga.
Riza, I thought you were dead.
What’s this…
What is that?!
I’ve disposed of the root of the problem.
Let’s go home.
Emil…
Onee-sama! Let’s race each other with our boats!
Flatirus, we’re lagging behind.
Fuga!
What was that island about, anyway?
But I had lots of fun, Riza!
I envy you sometimes, Sawawa.
Look. The island has disappeared without a trace.
Crap, you’re right!
Is it trying to pretend that nothing has happened?!
Taking you to hell with me!
Cerebelotte
Ah, ah… test, test.
Is it recording, Kuroblack?
It’s perfect, Lotte-chan!
Acting on sources that say there’s a fallen angel here,
we landed on this uncharted island.
Two weeks have already passed.
However, the investigation was going nowhere.
That said, there were only a mysterious hotel and its keeper here.
The investigation of the fallen angel was hampered by various obstacles.
I still think it’s false information-
Shut up, Kuroblack.
This camera was found in the vicinity of the hotel yesterday.
I don’t know who dropped the camera.
But I decided to use it after judging that it was the best way of recording our investigation on this island.
However, I stumbled upon an incredible fact in the process of filming!
We believe we’re in the real world, when in actuality, it has been switched with a virtual world!
I’m telling you the bare facts knowing full well that you don’t understand me.
We’ve record everything up until the point I reached that conclusion, so I’d like you to watch this video.
There’s nothing here.
It’s really deserted.
You’re right.
Huh?
I just saw something pass by.
What? I didn’t see anything.
Look! Over there! Do you see her?
Huh? What are you talking about?
Here, look at the image on this camera!
You’re right! She’s really there!
But I don’t see anything with my naked eye.
Could it be that? Augmented reality or something.
In a nutshell, it’s Den*** Coil, right?
Don’t say it.
Yes, everyone only exists within the camera.
Once that had been verified, the rest was a breeze.
Look, Kuroblack! There are many people in there!
Really?
Wow! WHAT-WHAT A PARADISE!
Hey, I thought you’re supposed to go in the men’s bath?
What does it matter? This is all virtual!
I want to enter the world on the other side of the camera!
Hey, isn’t this Fuga-Fuga?
Why is she staring at the camera?
Beats me.
It’s a mystery.
Hey, wait a minute!
Hey, Fallen Angel!
What are you doing here?!
Lotte-chan, he didn’t notice us. He only exists inside the camera.
Oh, that’s right.
All right, let’s try pointing the finder of the camera at him.
How’s this? Can you see me?
You god-slaying fallen angel!
You’re the gatekeeper of hell!
Exactly.
And what are you doing in the women’s bath?
Huh? Is that what you’re concerned about?
Well, I became very lonely since there was nobody on this island…
I thought I should at least indulge myself a bit when bathing, so I entered the women’s bath!
Is he for real?
Doesn’t he know he’s surrounded by beautiful naked women?
I feel really bad for him.
I really envy you.
Your world is filled with beautiful women!
What?!
This is bad, Lotte-chan!
We’re slowly getting trapped in the virtual world!
Are you serious? What should we do, Kuro?!
If we become virtual beings as well, we might be able to deport that fallen angel.
But then we’ll be trapped in the virtual world as well!
Run! Full power!
Lotte-chan, wait for me!
Anyone who watched this video, please verify this.
Are you in the real world?
That’s just a misconception.
I’ll erase this part before showing it to her.
See you again!