According to the Nulls, by eating the seed of pain,
they became creatures whose goal is pain itself.
You!
Why do you have an encode reactor?
I don't know!
Probably because I just put that metatag on?
Just doing that shouldn't make an encode reactor...
It can't be!
The kirabug from back then...
Anyway, let's move on.
The encode reactor couldn't have activated on its own.
What do you mean?
Sorry about before.
If I'd explained better,
you wouldn't have done that.
The encode I gave to the Hackers Club
is a fake that can be used without possessing the Imago.
The guys from the other side of the station probably use a similar one.
But yours is different.
Yours is directly linked to the Imago.
Your actual condition
is similar to mine.
The encode reactor is connected to the Imago
and is now structured to react to your thoughts directly.
But if the encode reactor is connected to the Imago
and is attacked by that new type of level-three format,
it won't end without causing injury.
Especially in a case like mine, where the connection is deep inside.
Moreover, this old-type encode acts by consuming the Imago.
It's too dangerous.
But that's...
Your encode reactor is still thin.
Do not stimulate it anymore.
Okay.
Crap!
They can also enter shrines!
Where the heck should I hide?!
They can't go into private houses!
Just go into a house, it doesn't matter which!
A house?!
How can I just drop in at someone's house?!
Hey you!
What the hell are you doing in my house?!
Sorry!
Do you think it's easy to drop in at someone's house?
Indeed...
Oh, right!
Say you've gotta take a pee, and they'll let you in!
Impossible... There are so many!
Fumie!
Pee...
Pee!
Pee?
I gotta take a peeeeeeee!
Fumie!
Aunty!
Did you see Daichi?
See, you say?!
He was running like crazy, shouting that he had to take a pee!
Where did he go?
Where should I go?!
Oh! So this kind of place is safe?
Man, that was easy!
As of now, we are submitting a request to Megamass under Special Article Three.
Permission granted.
B-But that's no good at all!
Hey...
Miss Isako...
I mean, Isako!
Throw that capsule here!
Take this!
Densuke! Thank goodness!
Are you all right?
We're fine.
But Amasawa is...
Amasawa, are you all right?
Hey...
What happened to you?
Can you stand?
I'm all right.
Ah! I forgot!
What's that?
If I hand over that thing,
you have to give me back the Hackers Club!
You already handed it over...
Damn it...
It's fine with me.
When all this is over, I'll give everything back to you.
Okonogi, you're the witness.
Tell those two guys that they can go back to the original Hackers Club.
Are you serious?
If I'm lying, you can take my life.
I don't need your life.
I just want you to give me back the Hackers Club.
What's the plan now?
We're gonna look for the Coil Space.
Aunty, take care of Kyoko.
Got it.
Let's go!
Crap!
In any case, what's this "path" thing?
The reason why you need to follow a path to enter obsolete Space
was hidden in the data that survived the attack at Okonogi's house.
When Coil was sold,
they must've hidden data that they wanted to conceal from the public.
Probably relating to Imago or Illegals.
So, those things sealed in twisty paths form obsolete Space, huh.
And the paths found by Yasako and Kanna are part of those.
Exactly.
Either I or the 2.0 smashed all the shallow areas.
If there are some left,
they must be in a deeper layer.
I think it must be like a complicated labyrinth.
Let's split up for now.
That way, we have more chances.
If we find something, we'll get in contact by phone and join up.
Amasawa...
Will you be all right?
Am I the one who should be worried about now?
After all, I have the Imago.
Right...
The format is about to end.
After that, you're gonna search over there.
I'm gonna go the other way.
According to the data,
the discovery of the Imago was an accident.
The engineers at Coil discovered that
a base pattern in a special quantum circuit functioned as a highly sensitive antenna
unlike any seen before.
Thanks to that circuit, even weak electromagnetic waves could carry data at high speed,
giving rise to cyberglasses and a revolutionary information infrastructure.
Obviously, Coil tried to understand how the phenomenon worked,
but they failed to discover its true nature.
Nonetheless, reproducing the phenomenon and copying the circuit were easy.
Management plunged into production,
and Coil grew rapidly.
But the engineers' discovery wasn't limited to just that.
They also discovered that the circuit could transmit something more than electromagnetic waves.
Something more?
Human consciousness.
The engineers called it Imago and conducted more experiments,
like extracting consciousness from the Space,
or manipulating consciousness.
Then, they built a Coil System based on the Imago,
and used it for cybercures.
The place containing these cures
is still hidden somewhere.
Time's up.
The compulsory format has ended.
Next, because we are carrying out ongoing adjustments,
only authorized personnel should use their glasses.
It'll be easier like this.
Repeat.
Here!
The compulsory format has ended.
The professor's password still works!
Next, because we are carrying out ongoing adjustments,
only authorized personnel should use their glasses.
Indeed...
The professor's collar sealed the functions till now.
If I connect that Coil Node to the Coil Domain...
Perhaps not as well as with kirabugs,
but I can open the passage!
Now,
I just have to prepare something to send.
I can't hear any voices.
Maybe it's because of the format?
Again...
Right...
Back then too,
there was a shrine with stairs, like this one.
I want to live here like this, with you, forever!
That kid will break it!
I beg you!
Protect this world!
Finally I can contact you!
Nekome!
I kept calling you.
Sorry for calling so late.
At this point, it's no use!
You're the one who sold me out!
Not at all!
Do you doubt me, after I spent five years looking for Nobuhiko with you?
Then explain to me, Sosuke.
What happened to...
my brother...
Listen to me, Yuko.
A certain group is trying to block us.
Don't believe their lies.
Nobuhiko...
is still alive.
What?
Those people have Nobuhiko's body.
They brainwashed you with their lies, and they played a trick in the hospital room.
But who are "they"?
People who fear improper uses of the glasses.
But I did find the best way.
A way that solves everything, and makes everyone happy.
Happy?
Yeah.
You're looking for the Coil Domain, aren't you?
In order to save Okonogi's dog.
How do you know...
I know the path to it.
What?
I just found it.
I just found some data on Coil that the head office was hiding.
And not only that.
That dog is a Coil Node.
If we connect that dog directly to the Coil Domain,
we can achieve our objective.
Our?
We can open the passage to "the other side."
From a shallow Space, we need a forceful method like kirabugs.
But if we connect to the Coil Domain with a Coil Node,
you can open it immediately.
Nobuhiko is also there.
In the passage to "the other side."
Got it?
You have to take the dog to this place.
But you have to come alone.
What do you mean?
There are reasons.
This is your last chance to meet Nobuhiko again.
Amasawa!
Densuke is...
Moreover, I can't find the path.
I found the path.
Really?
Yeah.
There's no time. Hurry!
There's no doubt!
The depth of the Space is becoming greater and greater.
I can feel it, too!
This is...
...the new school building.
I never noticed it before.
I can't believe it's under the school.
Megamass is also in this building.
Mr. Security Guard.
We forgot something at school.
Please let us in.
Mom will be mad at us.
It can't be helped...
Just this time then.
Wait up.
I'm gonna check the area.
Is there something?
Amasawa?
Sorry.
Amasawa!
Wait!
I'm gonna go on alone from here.
Why?
Stop this already!
Sorry...
What?!
Whassup?
Yeah... in the elevator.
Got it.
I'll try to access it.
Amasawa! Don't hang up!
I'll save the dog for sure.
Don't worry.
It's not about that! Why are you doing this?
There's a danger.
I think there's a trap for me.
But in order to find the device that can heal the dog,
I have to go.
It's best if I'm the only one...
to face the danger.
But...
I don't really understand if you and I have become friends.
Because...
I don't really know the meaning of "friend."
But you're the first one who...
has gotten so close to me.
But after all...
the world I live in,
the path I have to follow, is different from yours.
Amasawa...
There's a distance between people.
A large distance.
Between my brother and me as well.
But...
if I search patiently, slowly,
I may be able to find a path that shortens this distance.
That path is extremely narrow,
so if I take my eyes off it for a second,
I'll lose it forever.
So,
I have to keep my eyes fixed on it and search.
If I lose my faith in the existence of this path,
it may disappear for real.
That's why
I have to keep believing that this path exists.
I'm sorry.
I may be the cause of everything that happened till now.
To this dog,
to Harakawa,
and maybe...
to Kanna Ashihara.
Amasawa...
All the things you see with the glasses...
are nothing but fakery.
Throw your glasses away already.
And
believe only in things you can touch with your hands.
Otherwise, just like me...
your glasses will kill you.
Amasawa, don't hang up!
Goodbye.
Amasawa!
Coil Space?
This is the device!
Don't move.
It'll be over in no time.
It's this way.
This...
So this key
is a Coil device!
As I thought,
this collar was blocking the repairs.
Thank goodness!
It worked!
What is this?
This is exactly like...
the kirabugs!
Yes, exactly.
Sosuke!
Thank goodness, that dog was cured.
Yuko,
we found the way to solve everything.
Namely, the cyberbody of that dog.
In this Coil Domain, it will become the fuel for the Coil Node instead of the kirabugs.
What?
Wait.
Stop!
Why are you hindering me?
This is your very last chance to meet Nobuhiko.
What do you mean?
Nobuhiko is already dead, after all.
At least, his body is.
That's a lie!
It's not a lie.
Nobuhiko is alive on the other side.
What...
are you talking about?
So,
you can finally meet Nobuhiko, like this... Yuko.
This way, your wish will come true.
She'll be glad, too.
She wanted to meet you.
She?
Miss Michiko.
Sosuke...
What the hell...
did you do...
I made a pact with Miss Michiko.
Sosuke!
You'll be living on the other side with your brother.
I'll be able to prove the existence of the other side.
That way, everyone's happy.
You're happy, aren't you?
Yuko.
Do you remember now?
It wasn't Miss Michiko who separated you and your brother.
That's not true...
She granted your wish.
So you could be with Nobuhiko forever,
he was sealed on the other side.
That was your wish.
Stop it!
What are you doing?!
This is...
Densuke!
Go away!
What the hell are you doing?
If you keep on enlarging the passage,
I'll make my encode reactor go berserk!
What?
Close that passage!
That's nonsense!
If you do that, you'll die!
I don't care.
Don't you want to meet Nobuhiko?
You can meet him soon!
Densuke!
Amasawa!
Don't come in!
Amasawa!
So it really was a trap!
I wasn't able to save your dog.
I'm sorry.
I was
the cause of everything.
I've remembered.
I was the one
who made the wish in the first place.
Amasawa...
I said,
"Take my brother to the other side."
To Miss Michiko.
I wished for a place where I could live
only with my brother forever!
My brother couldn't come back anymore.
But that's...
Because I asked!
Asked Michiko!
Run away!
Densuke...
Densuke!
Damn it...
The passage is incomplete!
This Space will be formatted.
Yasako!
Come.
Densuke...
Amasawa?
Yasako...
Wait up!
Ama... sawa...
NO!
Next time on Dennou Coil:
The kids cast their glasses away.
See you next time!