They're so adorable...
The cockroaches on Earth.
I'm sure the people on Earth have no idea
that on Mars, it's the roaches that attack us.
That punch
wasn't aimed at Sheila...
Are they trying to destroy the rest of the medicine as quickly as possible
before we can transform?
Everyone, hang on tight!
Bastard...
They must have attached themselves to the vessel at that moment.
It's true that the radar wouldn't detect them if they were right under us.
But now, it's alone.
Marcos and Keiji, I need just the two of you to
follow me and bring the medicine and nets.
Yes, sir.
The rest of you, hide inside the vessel.
We're going to
capture it here.
All-Out War
To get a sample of the virus, we'll capture that thing right here.
We'll inject the medicine, and use our powers.
If I remember correctly,
the manual said that when there's only one of them...
Yeah. But there's way too much we don't know about them,
so we should fight back with everything we've got.
What?
It was a decoy?
They're trying to steal the escape vessel?!
No, no, the sight is over here.
Hold it like this.
Your M.A.R.S. Ranking is 89,
so you won't have to go toe to toe with the roaches,
but just learn how to use this.
That way, you can protect those precious
to you in case something happens.
Let's meet again on the surface!
Capturing!
The net. It is something that humans invented
and is one of their most strategic tools.
Alongside the evolution of humans,
the material nets are made from advanced from natural fibers
such as hemp, yarn, and cotton, to synthetic fibers that are much harder to cut.
I'm not letting you get away!
Captain!
This German Anti-Terraformar Net Launcher
is made to withstand three times a terraformar's strength.
Capture complete.
Well done, Sheila.
Your courage saved everyone here.
Thank you!
Marcos!
I'm gonna open up the vehicle's bug cage.
Help me throw this thing into it.
Right.
Actually...
U-NASA told me that if I found you, I should kill you, Honda-san.
Are they still holding a grudge?
About the fact we performed the
BUGS surgery twenty years ago without permission?
Well, that can't be helped.
Though I believe that we, the Japanese, thought "well done".
The scariest thing when it comes to one group against another
is having your techniques stolen.
It wasn't fire.
The substance that pierced Sheila's chest
was an extremely hot gas.
Hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinone.
Th-The BUGS surgery...
How?!
Komachi Shokichi knew that power.
The bombardier beetle's gas spray.
The same power as one of the members of the Bugs 2 crew, twenty years ago.
Sheila!
Sis...
There's no doubt about it. That thing's extremely fast movements
are something from the dead twenty years ago.
That is the power of the steninae water skater from the BUGS surgery.
The members of the Bugs 2 crew
were experimentally combined with various bugs
and made into hybrids to fight against the terraformars.
It was all so they could fight against the cockroaches on Mars.
To be equipped with weapons that could not be stolen...
But now...
They were stolen.
Why are you holding me back?!
This is all because you—
I'm sorry. Holding off on the medicine was my mistake.
Please lift your head, Captain.
The enemy...
Sheila!
Don't speak.
Your wound will just get worse.
Captain!
Please listen...
Sheila was...
Um, could you...
...teach me Japanese?
Huh? Could it be
you're trying to get closer to the Captain?
How silly can you be?
Just teach her already.
So you just want to be able to tell a Japanese guy
your true feelings and make an impact, right?
In that case, simple is best.
Make sure you look straight into the Captain's eyes and say this...
Yeah...
I understood, Sheila.
I'm so sorry.
I'm sure that you
had the current crew undergo the same procedure, didn't you?
The procedure called the BUGS surgery.
Yes... What was it actually called again?
The bugs...
The terraformar immunotolerance organ transplant surgery.
As well as being the generic term for bug hybrid surgery,
where we insert an insect's DNA array into human cells.
Please stop messing around.
Oh, right.
However, the surgery that the members of the Annex 1 crew underwent
isn't actually called the BUGS surgery.
What?
That roach wasn't alone because it just happened to wander in.
Considering it possesses a power, it has a rank and a role to play.
Apparently their insight is far beyond what we had imagined.
Apparently they figured out that we separated,
and where we're located.
To think they've undergone the BUGS procedure...
They stole it and made it their own...
The technology from Bugs 2...
However, it just means that instead of dealing with one pest,
we get to deal with multiple kinds of them... huh?
That's fine, though.
They're relying on dated technology.
Akari, the medicine.
Ivan, we're going to use it.
The new surgery involving the BUGS procedure is called
Human Metamorphosis...
Mosaic Organ Operation.
You're vermin that live on this planet
that was nothing but a desert until recently...
We come from Earth, that burns
with the flame of the lives of 1,250,000 species.
Don't
mess with us.
Mosaic Organ...
You mean the immunotolerance organ the terraformars
have, which was used in the BUGS surgery twenty years ago?
That is correct.
The organ that allowed the terraformars to go through such a
drastic mutation in just 500 years.
They gained that through evolution, and we stole it from them.
The mosaic organ.
So the theory is the same as the BUGS surgery.
However, since it's not called that anymore...
That is correct.
It is now possible with organisms other than bugs.
We can use any species of organism on Earth as the base.
We've also added the shell, open blood-vascular system,
and muscles of the treehopper.
Which means
we left the strengths of the BUGS surgery intact,
while being able to combine the special abilities
of various Earth creatures of the land, sea, and air.
But even twenty years ago,
the Asian giant hornet and bullet ant had a hard time on Mars.
When fighting against something that is the same height and weight as you,
what could possibly help the humans win?
Against those humanoid cockroaches?
When the swiftness of the cockroach, which we have all witnessed before,
is magnified to the size of a human,
it can be estimated that
they can travel 320 kilometers per hour from their first step.
This speed, out of all living things...
is supreme!
Nay!
While on the same scale,
there is an organism that runs and captures the cockroach.
That is the arthropod, the huntsman spider.
It doesn't use a web.
It uses its body hair, eight eyes, and the muscular fibers of its legs.
So, you're Marcos and Alex.
Listen well. If you're going to live in our complex,
you are hereby forbidden to cause any trouble outside.
That is an order from your landlady!
Hey, who the hell's the bitchy girl?
Should we skin her?
She's not your little sister?
So she's just a piece of meat.
Hey, whoa! Stop! Stop!
You really thought you could win against all of us?
Come on. Hurry up and apologize.
Who the hell's this brat?
Are you going to take responsibility for them?
Yes, I am!
Hey! Don't just butt into our business, Sheila!
No!
Run away, you two!
It's the landlady's job to help her employees.
Why aren't you guys running away?!
You idiots!
Who cares? We won.
They just got tired of hitting you!
Look how hurt you are!
Sheila...
I thought you were going to die!
All right, Sheila.
We'll hold back on fighting with the other kids.
Not "hold back"!
We'll stop...
Back then...
Thanks for saving us.
Good!
Did you get in another fight?
Jeez... why don't you change it up and play baseball next time?
So...
Who won this time?
I'm going to...
...kill you all!
Martian Atmosphere and Roach Suitability Ranking
9TH
Marcos E. Garcia
Sheila sort of looked prettier than usual.
Well, c-considering how she usually looks... Just a little, yeah.
Sh-Sheila.
Wh-What about the party?
Private Sheila-chan has embarrassingly returned.
Wow, that was fast.
Well, there weren't any hot guys.
More importantly, what were you two talking about?
Huh? N-Nothing.
Was it about me?
Hell no!
Then what?
What was it? Tell me!
It's nothing.
What were you guys talking about?
The Miracle Child