I know more than you do yourselves.
We are all brothers, after all.
If you don't believe me, go to Abumisawa Village.
There, the secret origin of your Arms...
may still be hidden.
The secret origin of our Arms?
Cut the crap!
Until yesterday, you were on the side of the Egregori.
Don't play us for fools.
But I'm not playing.
Keith killed my younger, twin brother.
I have no place to go.
Get revenge on the Egregori...
learn more about Arms, that's all I have left!
Our goals are the same.
Why shouldn't we join forces...?
Too bad.
You're not allowed in Abumisawa.
Especially not after a hijacking.
Are so many guys really necessary for a couple of kids...?
It's not up to us.
It's how "Mister Face" wanted it.
No choice but to obey.
What now, Takatsuki?
Let's just lay some Arms on 'em and...
We can't, there's innocent people on that bus.
I said, get off the bus!
Katsumi...!
What'll we do with them, Chief?
Alive, they'll be nothing but trouble.
You hear that!?
Can't be helped...
Takeshi, look after Al.
Why, you...!
You don't know when to quit, do you. Jerkwads!
Thank goodness...the Arms listened to me, at least.
Ryo!
Katsumi!
You idiot! Why'd you follow me?!
I was so scared!
What the...?
Hey, old man... You okay?
Wh-What was...?
So those are Arms, huh...?
Not bad.
At least we were able t' make 'em transform, eh Boss?
Face, you don't really intend to confront them, do you?
According to Keith, we should leave them alone...
Hah! Who cares what he says?
If we can bring in those kids...
there's no telling how far the Crimson Triad might go.
No way I'm missing that chance.
My town, the one burned down ten years ago...
those Egregori bastards destroyed it all.
At last...I've returned.
Hey, it's not so bad!
Is this really Abumisawa Village?
Not at all what I was expecting...
Strange...
I thought the place burned to the ground a decade ago...
Maybe they rebuilt it?
Then why isn't it on the map...
and why don't the buses run through?
It is a pretty big place.
Plus, there's those guys who attacked us...
It's one of two things: You're wrong...
or ten years ago was just a dream.
We'll know soon, won't we.
This can't be! They don't remember ten years ago?
Why?
What's WITH everyone?
It IS Abumisawa, isn't it? How can they NOT know...?
No address out front... Nothing left in the house.
Still... Here's where I lived. I'm sure of it.
Let's say it does catch fire, ten years ago...
and, in the shock, you become convinced the village burns with it.
Textbook trauma, really.
Shut up!
I know that it
Hayato, we understand.
Leave me alone.
Hayato!
So now what do we do?
From the looks of it, no one in town will put us up...
plus, in two hours, it'll be dark.
What choice do we have? We'll have to stay here.
Katsumi, as of tomorrow, you're out of here.
I'll take you as far as the bus stop.
Don't worry, I intend to stay out of your way.
Besides, I've brought all this stuff...
Too bad! You're going home.
I don't get it. Since when are you such a scaredy cat?
No, not that, it's damp.
It's hard to burn, and it makes too much smoke.
Gather up the dry stuff.
Oh, okay.
Dry wood, dry wood...
Ooh, mushrooms!
Let's pick some!
No, not those, those are poisonous.
I thought that was the colorful ones.
No, there are some plain poisonous ones, too.
Now those are maitake mushrooms... These are delicious!
Careful, your father's training is starting to show.
Guess so. Three times a year, he'd take me up to the mountains to camp.
Your father, maybe he knew this might happen...
and taught you your survival tactics because of it?
Or...maybe not. Stupid joke, sorry.
No, you're right. I've wondered the same thing, lately.
Arms was implanted in me without my knowledge.
And now, the Egregori's after me.
Maybe Dad did know, all along.
But...why would...?
Katsumi, it... It scares me.
At school...at Hayato's house.
Sometimes I can't control this thing.
And what if... What if, someday...
this right arm of mine...
takes a human life?
And that's why, Katsumi.
That's why you can't be near me.
But I'm not scared.
That arm doesn't scare me at all!
Maybe your arm is strong...
but then, so am I!
B-But I I'm not just talking about my arm...
What, then? What?!
Being afraid, Ryo, it... It's just not like you.
Besides, I... I plan on staying with you.
Just you and I, together, like this.
Katsumi...
Wow! Looks delicious!
It's just mountain roots and mushrooms simmered in bean paste.
It'll warm you up, at least.
Still, though...we haven't learned anything, have we. About this town.
And Hayato hasn't come back...
We can't help that. And tomorrow we'll just have to start...
Puh leeze.
Are you guys blind, or what?
This place has "Freaky Town " written all over it.
Its size, for one thing its population should be correspondingly huge.
But I have yet to see one.
Children.
This town has no children.
It's here...I'm sure of it.
Nothing. Not a thing. But why?
It happened ten years ago...
Was it all a dream?!
Do you seek power?
Something wrong? Ryo?
I heard it just now. The voice.
"Do you seek power?, " it said.
Takatsuki...your right arm!
If you seek power...
it shall be yours.
Great. It's pitch black.
Where'd those punk kids run off to?
No way can I go back now.
Just go!
This investigation is closed, Inspector Kabuto.
But can you be certain that the school bombing incident...
is the work of terrorists?
I just can't believe it.
That incident...
and this more recent one...
I'm sure that these youths are somehow involved.
Ryo Takatsuki, Hayato Shingu... and now, Takeshi Tomoe.
I'm not buying it.
How can you have closed the investigation...
without even questioning them?
If it were up to me, I'd have them all...
Enough is enough!
Listen. This case is OVER.
All you're digging is your own grave! It's for your own good, Inspector.
Now get the hell out of here.
Yeah, sure. I'll go, all right.
I don't know who...
but SOMEBODY's moving heaven and earth to keep a lid on this...
and I mean to find out.
It ain't over till I say it's over.
What's the deal here?
This place is too new to be an abandoned town.
Yet I don't see people.
Where have all the townspeople gone?
R-Ryo!
The arm, it's...starting to act up again!
Who are these people...?
Townspeople?
But they're acting so weird...
Are they after us?
Watch out...
They're all being mind controlled.
"Mind control "...?
As in they have no will of their own?
We can't fight them...
W-Wait...
It won't stop!
Stop!
Please stop!
R-Ryo!
Takeshi...hurry!
Get out of here!
Got it.
Takatsuki! Hurry!!
Sorry, Takeshi...
Wow, Al... I'm impressed.
How'd you know they were being mind controlled?
Their eyes... It was obvious.
They're in a hypnotic state.
Someone else is manipulating them from outside.
You know a lot.
Course I do. I did research while with the Egregori.
What's wrong?
Let's split up.
At this rate, we'll never escape.
What're you saying, Ryo?!
That's why we have to stay together.
She's right!
Even Hayato is gone.
And that's why we have to split up.
If they catch us all together, that's it. It's what they want.
We need to separate and find Hayato...
No! I refuse to be apart from you!
We're together... I thought we decided.
I told you, I'm not afraid of this arm.
I promise to come back for you.
No!
I swear it!
Okay. Let's say that, ten years ago...
it WAS all a dream, or a figment of my imagination.
But still, why won't anyone talk to us?
And why are they all...so cold?
Why?!
Hayato!
Takatsuki!
I'm so glad you're okay!
Why? Did something happen?
We can't fight the townspeople.
We've hidden Al and Katsumi in a safe place...
Now we need to split up and get out of town, fast.
But... Wait a sec. No!
What about searching the town?
Th-The Arms...it's...
Darn. You sensed us.
Takatsuki!
Why, you... Are you Egregori?!
Your reaction speed's pretty good.
For a normal person, thwarting Face's first attack...
It's impossible.
That means you are the ones equipped with Arms...
the youths that the Egregori's higher echelon so desperately seek.
I've wanted to challenge you.
Prepare to fight!
Wh-What's going on?!
The ultimate state of the art cyborgs, trained solely for war.
We are... The Crimson Triad!!
I wonder if Ryo and the others are okay...
So long as they have Arms...
mind controlled freaks are the least of their worries.
But there's still one thing that...
It's not up to us. It's how "Mr. Face " wanted it.
I hate to even think it...
but if there's even a chance the Crimson Triad is here
Crimson Triad?
Yup. Three killer siblings.
They're named "crimson " for the blood they've shed.
"Cyborgs trained solely for war"?
"Ultimate cyborgs"?
"Crimson Triad "?
Poor widdle babies... The Arms are twembling.
Don't worry boys, I'll take care of you...real good care.
Bee! Stay alert!
Our opponents have Arms. Let your guard down and you'll lose.
We will complete our mission as planned.
So the boys have ended up in this deserted town...
And get a load of them... What's up with that?
So deep in the mountains...
Something's bothering me...
Something familiar with them.
Bee, you take Takeshi Tomoe.
Face, you take Hayato Shingu.
And my opponent will be you, Ryo Takatsuki.
With our weapons and experience, they are woefully outmatched.
Now take them!