Our business here is simple, really...
Merely turn over these nine by midnight.
If our demands are not met by the time limit we've set...
we commence our offensive against Aisora City...
with orders to kill everyone in sight.
P...Papa...!!
Stop, don't move.
Meddlers.
Seems someone's clued into our "Snark Hunt" strategy.
But...who?
A-ha.
Higgins! You hear me?
Yes, Colonel Gauss.
Among that nine is someone special.
The legendary soldier... "Laughing Panther."
In order to disarm the bomb...
she will no doubt head your way.
Straight ahead, 500 meters...
I get a troop of Red Caps.
Three submachine guns, two assault rifles...
grenade launcher and shotgun, one each.
Machine gun on the Jeep.
Well trained in UV warfare...
their moves are calculated and very, very careful.
Citizens riled up by Gauss behind...
patrolling the area.
We're sitting ducks, here.
In other words, totally surrounded.
Not good.
We'll make the Colonel a present.
We'll even tie a ribbon around this so called "super woman soldier."
We know you're there.
My, my. And here's you with no night gear.
I've gotta hand it to you.
Never thought to see you here...
How special.
Why not show yourself... Laughing Panther?
What'll we do!?
At this rate we'll never find the enemy command post.
And looking at you two just pisses me off more.
How...? How did this happen?
Kei...
It worries her...
the fate of the Blue Men base.
It was...
just too cruel.
There can't be anyone left alive.
Kei, it's too early to...
What would you know!?
It was...
the only place I could call home.
Unlike you two...
I've no memories of family.
Never felt a hug from my parents.
Long as I can remember...
I was raised as an "Arms"... as a soldier.
You could never understand!
Someone like you...who till recently had such fat, happy lives
Yugo...
Kei, I'm sorry.
But you must control your feelings.
For now, let's stay focused, okay?
We can look only forward.
Yugo, you said earlier...
that you couldn't find the enemy command post with your telepathy.
Right. The Red Caps have put up a barrier around their thoughts.
I thought this just now...
What if they were unconscious?
I'll try, sure.
I'll go out and catch one, then.
Just...
Don't you worry about me.
Look after Kei?
I will. Be careful?
I'm just like you.
My brother and I had no family memories, either.
With you, like this... I know just how you feel.
Telepathy! Don't...
You're...kinda warm, huh?
Setting a barricade in front...
then stalking up from behind.
How predictable.
You look different, yes...
but your brain's tired as always.
Lieutenant Karl Higgins... right hand man to Colonel Gauss!
Very good, Laughing Panther.
Very sharp indeed.
How flattering to be remembered.
However...
Best not underestimate we Red Caps.
No way! Back to life!?
You're so clever, how'd you not know?
We were born of the data taken from the Ex Armis...
regeneration, combat power, telepathy...
packed into young, strong bodies...
with smarts second to none.
Playtime is over.
It's time we show them...
the power of we Red Caps!
Granpa!
What th'... How'd they...?
That's it...
they're like the Invincible Volf!
They're what!?
Face it. Against elite soldiers like us...
you haven't got a chance.
Don't make me laugh. "Elite," you say?
Excuse me?
All that's in your head...
is old and moldy strategy.
You've no purpose... no one to protect.
You hurt the weak and innocent for your own selfish ends!
You're the dog in the manger, is all.
In that case you're Old Yeller!
Consider this dog heaven, bitch.
Sorry, no can do.
I've just one life... and more than just one!
Damn her! Flares.
To eyes trained for the dark, I imagine it's pretty painful.
You rely too much on your abilities.
I've any number of precious memories inside me.
The people who loved me...
who died to protect me...
I live not just my life, but their lives, as well!
To hand that over...
to the likes of you...
I shall never do.
Keep your eyes on her!
Ridiculous! How can she...?
No way!
Amazing...Misa is AMAZING!
Right, then. Can't stay here, shaking.
I've got to ACT.
I...
Takeshi!
I've got things, too... things to PROTECT!
Friends...family...
I've GOT to protect them!!
So fast...
They'll never catch him, at that speed.
Sir! if we stay here, they'll...
Retreat. We'll recoup and return.
Takeshi, that was amazing.
You saved me.
Good. At least I...finally...
did something.
You yourself may not know it...
but you have an amazing power.
Do you?
Know what that power is?
It's that very thing you told me you didn't have.
You'll know, soon enough.
Right. Shall we?
With a kickass partner like you, we'll stop the enemy cold!
Granpa... Hang on!
I'll be fine.
It's just a scratch.
I'm more worried...
about the situation here!
Hey... What's goin' on?
Yeah!
Those soldiers...just a while ago, too hurt to move!
This is your fault!!
You won't get away with it!
That's right! So long as you're alive...
someone else'll die!
Kill 'em all!
Yeah, yeah! Make 'em dead!!
Catch 'em, quick!
It's your fault! You won't get away!!
We can't use our power, either...
What're you idiots doing!?
Makes me sick.
Shape up, will you!?
Inspector Kabuto...
I mean, what the hell! Attacking kids, and an old man?
A cop, huh? So now you show up!
Where were the police when we needed them, huh!?
Too little, too late!
I'm a cop, yes.
But before that...
I'm Koiohi Kabuto!
I'm not here for the law!
I'm thinking and acting as Koiohi Kabuto...
the only one in the world...
nobody else!
You there, what's your name?
M-My name? Juniohiro Tanaka.
And you! What about you?
Me? Takenori Iohihara.
What's it to you!?
You...and you...and you over there!
We've got names, all of us...
or does that mean nothing!?
Stop acting as a faceless group, and start thinking for yourselves!
Think about it!
What'd these guys do to you!?
Look, man...
Well? Answer me!
Who accused them first?
Who was first to say "kill"...?
Who!?
Ah. I see.
So he started yelling, to get the rest of you going.
Why hide in the back like that?
Especially when...
it was so obviously on purpose!
Why, you...!
Listen up!
The enemy wants to grind you down, one by one!
Don't fall for their trap.
Book 'em, guys!
Let's take pride in our humanity...
and hope to greet the morning sun.
I'd hoped the police wouldn't come till later.
The Egregori dropped the local ball.
Leaving, Keith?
Becoming impatient...
in that without the Jabberwock, this all is meaningless.
Perhaps if I were to go alone...
it might be faster.
Don't let them lead too much longer.
Keith, you're still so green...
Make sure it's not your own youth that leads you along.
I see it, at least...
that which the woman, "Laughing Panther," values above all...
about to arrive on my doorstep.
The Jabberwock's head...mine.
Deep in Takatsuki's heart...
there's a pain so deep...
it's tearing him apart.
The memory of a girl called Katsumi, though...
keeps his faith alive.
Alive, they may meet again.
That tiny sliver of hope...
is all that keeps him going on.
That's why, as I watch him...
I become determined to stand alone...
to find my own strength.
Yugo... Are you saying...that you...?
Telepathy isn't always easy.
No matter how I love someone...
if I look into their heart, I can see if there's no place for me.
Ever since I was little...
my own telepathy, I thought, would destroy me.
Even without trying...
their thoughts and feelings flowed right into me.
How awful...to know...
that not all people thought only good things.
Without my brother, Cliff...
I'd be crushed by my own power.
My brother, he was the only one...
who understood me.
Yugo...
But I'll grieve for my brother and the others when this is over.
Right now, I can only move forward.
Look, what I said earlier...I'm sorry.
Dunno what's wrong with me.
Takatsuki isn't the only one in pain.
It's Hayato, and Takeshi...
and you, too, Kei.
But we're all helping each other.
That commitment... is what keeps our hopes alive.
That's what I believe.
Look...I'm just "Kei."
I don't need the " san" all the time.
So, Brother. I go on...
with these friends of mine...
"Angel Yugo" no longer, without wings, but...
walking, on my own two feet.
Misa... Awfully quiet, isn't it?
It is.
If I had to guess, I'd say they're sending soldiers to each level...
in anticipation of attack.
Stupid tactics, really.
But...how do we get inside...?
Oh! Well, our job's much easier now...
I'm counting on you, Takeshi... more than ever.
Right, Traffic Division...
guide the citizenry.
Mobile Unit, stay alert!
We cleaned out the precinct weapons locker...
Okay, everyone...
Balls out!
Let's show 'em what the Japan police is all about.
Let's kick the bums out of our city.
Inspector...
How'd you get the police to act...?
Hey... Haven't you got better things to do?
Leave this to us; go on, go!
Your time limit's been set at midnight by the enemy...
Don't talk stupid!
In this case the "enemy" is an ultra elite super force!
You guys are just cops!
You don't stand a chance! Don't you know who they are!?
Doesn't matter who they are.
We're the police, kid.
And a cop's number one duty is to protect the city's people.
But!
Al, that's enough.
What the inspector says is right... there's no time.
Hayato, let's go.
Let's set this up over here...
In Abumisawa, I was helpless to do a single thing.
I don't ever wanna feel that again.
Stay alive, mister.
Got that right. Too damn pretty to die.
You wish.
You've got a job to do, too.
Staying alive, that is.
Don't you die, kids...no matter what.