To all fighters. This is Keith Red.
All that's left is to mop up any remaining survivors.
However...
Takatsuki!
Do not destroy the Arms.
Take them alive. Understand?
Roger!
That was an easy paycheck, huh?
We can go home early and relax
What was that!?
Wh-What th' hell...!?
Hey! What's wrong!?
What is that...?
They've spotted us.
Takatsuki!
What did you?
What happened to him?
My only guess is that the program which limits Arms...
has somehow been disengaged, and reabsorbed into his body.
It's out of control!
I'm not buyin' it.
If that were true, he... he'd be no more than a monster.
Emergency alert!
Magnificent. So that is Jabberwock.
Impossible to control. A perfect, living war machine.
Even I could not have...
W-We'll be killed, we!
Wh-What'll we?
C-Commander...?
Relax. I am unharmed. Still...
Let's turn back. Order all fighters to retreat.
Y-Yessir!
Dear Jabberwock... With such passion do you battle.
Next time, I'll be ready for you. Count on it.
I could be wrong, but the human race may be nearing its end.
And when you come back... I'll tell you something important.
Is it power you seek?
Power?
If it's power you seek...
it's power you'll have.
Power...
Yes, power... I want it!
Every day, the same dream...
Ever since.
Two weeks now.
I still haven't cried.
It's locked inside my head.
Hey, Takatsuki!
Your mom said, bring you a change of underwear...
plus, some reference books.
Also, you're s'pposed to eat the junk in this bag by today.
Hel loh. How much longer you gonna do this?
You think it's fun for me?
Since it's your mom asking, I can't say no...
but even if I am just a guest, I'm not your messenger, so
Takatsuki, I understand... but isn't it time to come home?
Even someone as cool as your mom must be worrying.
We don't talk about Abumisawa, if that's what you think.
That's for you to deal with.
That's not it.
Katsumi's house is in my neighborhood.
Her mom, her dad... how am I supposed to face them?
Everyone around me is in more and more danger...
I can't bear to lose anyone else.
It's true.
This is how it has to be.
Because of this...
This micron sized metal implant.
Arms, the nanomachine weapon.
It hijacked my DNA and moved into my right arm.
And in order to take possession of THAT...
Those damned Egregori appeared.
Making our lives take a turn for the worse.
And...
Go to Abumisawa Village, if you don't believe me.
There, you will learn...
the secret of your origin.
That's right, you were born here.
So that Arms might be implanted.
And then...
My reality was destroyed.
The future...I can't see it.
Takatsuki...
Takatsuki, psst!
What's the matter with you? You're not yourself, lately.
So have you heard anything? About Katsumi?
I called during break...
and she mentioned going on a trip somewhere.
It's weird, though...
I call and call, but she never answers.
Something wrong? Takatsuki...?
Uh oh.
What's with him?
Actin' kinda weird, lately.
Hayato!
Takeshi.
Was that Takatsuki I saw go by? What happened?
His Arms is starting to act up. He panicked.
Aw, hell... What is it, anyway?
Think about it.
In Abumisawa, we experienced something...
that was bound to change us all.
I get that.
And the one who had it toughest, of all of us...
was Takatsuki.
What happened to Katsumi, it
That's enough.
But...
I get it.
We freaked out, but he was calm. He knew where we were going.
Now he won't even look at us.
But...without Takatsuki... how can we go on?
The Egregori's gonna be after us worse than ever...
Plus, Takatsuki...he saved me.
He helped me get over the fears that locked me up, inside.
Maybe, instead of always rejecting, you might want to try accepting.
Otherwise, someday, you'll lose faith in yourself.
Nobody human doesn't have fears.
It's because we have them that we ARE human!
That's why it's our turn now, to go help him for a change.
C'mon, Takeshi... Let's go find Takatsuki.
So he's an amateur, after all.
Simple attack like that, and he couldn't even block it.
Fugitives are always like this. Start weak, end weak.
Though Gasher of the Crimson Triad was defeated by him...
this "Ryo Takatsuki. "
You MUST survive, all of you.
So that, one day, in the name of justice, you will rise on its behalf.
Ah.
So there you are, Jabberwock.
You've certainly kept me waiting long enough.
What's the punk goin' on about?
He's so scared, he's gone crazy.
What a chickenshit.
You're mistaken on three counts.
One: I wasn't running from you. And I wasn't afraid...
I was biding my time...
so that you, the Egregori, could make your move...
so that no one could interfere...
while I send you all to Hell.
H-How can he...?
H-How did...?
Two: It's not that I couldn't counter...
it's that I didn't.
Without knowing even a fraction of the agony...
that Katsumi suffered when she was blown into pieces...
I can't begin to forgive myself.
Three: I am not a fugitive.
I'm an avenger!.
So that's Ryo Takatsuki.
I'm starting to like him.
What th'!?
How the hell did!?
Try this on for size...
Eat it!
No doubt about it... Takatsuki's come back here.
And...he's fighting.
But where!? We need a way in.
How's that!?
Why, you!
Up there! I think we can get in.
Leave it to me.
Th-That's impossible!
We hit you so hard, yet you...
B-But how...?
It's not just his Arms...
it's his whole body... where does he get such power!?
He...
What was...?
Up there.
The roof!
Takatsuki...
Takatsuki!
Spare me!
I don't know anything, really!
Trap you...capture you... that's all we were told!!
We're just one lousy team from the underground forces...
sent out by the command center.
The top brass, who's in charge... I know none of it!
Spare me...please!
H-He wouldn't...!
He might.
Takatsuki, hey. Cut it out, man. You punished him enough.
Takatsuki, no!
Do it, and even if he is a cyborg...
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You can't!
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But you, being scared like this... Ryo, it's not LIKE you!
Not like you...at all.
Are you...Takatsuki at all?
Takatsuki...
Stay back!!
Don't even...come near me.
Right now a...monster is... trying to take over.
C'mon, Takeshi! We gotta go after him!
Like you said, it's our turn now.
Only we can stop him.
No matter HOW hard I get hit...
the nanomachines, that're in me...
heal me up after, like they're...
doing a favor.
Even now, not just my body...
but my heart, too, is like a monster.
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Answer me, Jabberwock! What the hell are you!?
What's this...
vibration?
Pathetic.
And you call yourself "Arms"...?
K-Katsumi...
Katsumi...