- Captain! - Captain!
To think that you would actually come alone.
Perhaps you really are an idiot.
Captain, how is she...
How is Kei?
Still at the brink of death.
The person you were talking about was Kei Yuki?
Yeah.
I am getting tired of this sideshow.
Captain, look out!
He's got some strange tricks up his sleeve!
What a waste of time.
I told you that it was a waste of time.
No matter how much you try to fight...
...our revival is just around the corner.
I don't care at all about you.
Then why are you chasing after us?
You eradicated the Earth.
That planet is currently on your side, I hear.
So it's revenge for the elimination of your homeland?
It doesn't matter if that planet is mankind's homeland or not.
It's just that to me, it's a planet where I made an oath to a friend...
...a place of mixed hatred and hope.
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SHADOWS OF THE SOUL
I will bring the Earth back for my own space.
For that, if there is anyone standing in my way...
...I will defeat him.
That's all.
No, it's like before...
Touch me.
Noo...
O Noo...
It is impossible for someone to remain sane...
...after seeing our true figure.
Now writhe in fear and hand that body of yours over to me.
This dry, hollow space is the shadows of your heart.
As long as a shadow is held in the heart...
...there is no body that we cannot seize control of.
We are servants of Noo.
- W-What's this? - We are servants of Noo.
We are servants of Noo.
The spirit of Noo is trying to take over his body.
What?
That monster is some sort of astral body?
Yeah.
Oh, then there's no way it'll win.
Nothing can beat the captain in terms of spirit.
Not even a monster.
That's what I believe.
In any case, we've got to get rid of these guys first!
Y-Yeah!
You still don't get it?
Not everyone succumbs to fear.
There are men who do not feel fear...
...no matter what the conditions.
As long as they exist, I will never forget my passionate soul.
Our master...
Besides, within my heart always resides...
Noo...
...my friend!
W-What?
The ship's...
It disappeared after it lost its host.
To think he was this powerful.
Very hard to believe.
Captain!
Chief Engineer, you're still the same as I remember.
C-Captain...
T-Takematsu...
Boss...
Takematsu...
Captain...
Save him.
B-Boss...
Boss...
Takematsu, I'm so sorry...
Third nozzle at full speed!
Hey, you! Is the auxiliary engine checkup finished?
We're on it!
We've just got to have the chief here.
That's right!
All right, fill up the auxiliary engine with gravium ore!
We're switching over to the main engine for 5 minutes!
Aye aye, sir!
Arcadia, take off!
Wash Up First!
Man, that's good!
Seconds, please!
Me, too!
I want an extra large portion, Masu!
Hey now, you guys need to stay in line!
And you'll pay if there are leftovers!
We know!
You sure haven't changed!
Here you go. Here.
Damn it, Mii!
Damn it, wait!
Idiot!
Because of you, Missie's...
Missie is...
These are the analysis results of that stone tablet he brought.
Though I only have about a third of it deciphered.
Half of the writing here...
...is the same space legend we heard in the Moon Palace ruins.
And the other half had information about...
...the arrow of time and the chain of space that imprisoned Noo.
In other words, blueprints for the space-time cannon they used.
To explain this, I need to explain how the universe was created first.
The beginning of space...
Hey, you.
You know, right?
Y-Yeah, the big bang...
Yeah, that's right.
The universe was first one singularity.
A singularity is a point of zero size and infinite density.
From there, the universe gained the concept of space...
...and slowly expanded to form the current universe.
But space needs to at least be bigger than an elementary particle.
Understand?
However, when the universe expands from zero size...
...there must be a time when it's smaller than elementary particles.
That's what people call "blank time."
The length of which is 1e-43 seconds.
The time the Moon princess said that Noo controlled the universe.
The chaotic period when matter didn't follow the laws of physics.
A horrible world where you're burned and crushed by...
...infinite heat and pressure.
It truly is hell.
But when space surpasses particle size...
...and matter can shape time and space to the laws of physics...
...something changes.
I'm dropping out.
Time and space aren't distinct in basic space coordinates.
Meaning the time axis and space axis have the same positive sign.
This period is called "imaginary time."
This imaginary time flip's secret...
...which turns into the current positive time axis, is in the spin.
Spin is the direction in which the elementary particles turn.
I'm bailing out, too.
The spin of matter that makes up the universe...
...always takes one form, up or down.
But on this stone tablet...
...something's written about a way the spin's both up and down.
Showing a wave function of the spin on a density matrix...
...they line up diagonally.
That's this universe we're standing in now.
But on both sides of this diagonal...
...expands a universe where the spin's both up and down.
A quantum reactionary world that our sciences ignore.
A place where Schrodinger's cat is both alive and dead.
That's...
...Noo's alternate dimension.
That's right.
Flipping matter's spin towards the imaginary axis...
...the sign on the time axis is reversed.
That's the world Noo is trapped in.
This is a space-time map I drew of an 8-dimensional space...
...including Noo's imaginary one, based on the stone tablet.
If this is where we are now...
...the Hourglass Nebula is on the other side of the vortex.
Because the Earth's heading in a straight path...
...we need to move faster than the speed of light to make it.
But boss, even if we got there before it...
...how do we return the Earth to where it was?
The Earth is still in the Sol system.
In 3-dimensional space, that is.
But the spin's been changed towards the imaginary axis.
The directions for the Density Serial Cannon...
...that rotates spins is written here...
...but unfortunately, I couldn't understand it.
- No way... - No way...
It took Professor Daiba 5 years to decipher this.
Even I can't decipher it that easily.
There is a way...
We can use the Density Serial Cannon they have.
- I see! - I see!
We have to catch up to that ship and take it over.
That's the only way!
Well, that's how things turned out.
And so, I'll do my best to decipher the rest of this thing.
Well, then.
Oh, that's right.
I'll say one more thing.
Noo's imaginary space...
There might be one more place that's directly linked to it.
Our spirits.
One theory says feelings are density shifts in brain capillaries.
In other words, when we think about things...
...the spin is up and down simultaneously in our brains.
But that doesn't mean much.
Though I thought this might be the reason behind how they...
...easily enter human psyches and make them give in to fear.
Young lady, you are still alive...
Captain...
Please...
Please punish me.
It's because of my callous actions that she's...
You swore that you would avenge your father's death.
You fired the gun to fulfill that oath.
So it's all right.
But...
Was it not that?
I don't know.
Back then...
Something came from deep inside me, and I was desperate...
Act as your soul guides you to.
As long as you can be proud of that soul.
Herlock doesn't like punishing people.
Those he truly can't forgive...
...he kills.
Sake
Jeez, why are you still being such a crybaby?
It's not like we'll hold a grudge forever, Daiba.
One punch and it's over.
That's what being a man means!
Y-Yeah...
Amazing...
Energy consumption is going down, but we're speeding up.
The chief engineer knows everything about...
...the Arcadia's dimensional fluid mechanical engine.
At this rate, maybe we can catch up to them!
Something's there.
No, we're gonna hit it!
What was thatjust now?
The body seems to have completely shattered.
Determining status of the ship...
Looks like nothing's wrong.
Well, I guess I'll get ready for tomorrow.
Is someone there?
Kei?
K-Kei...
K-Kei!
Next Time
Tell them.
That the Earth is still alive.
Close the corridor bulkheads and shut everything off.
Afterwards, I'll slowly kill everyone off.
It can't be that the captain...
...is planning on killing the missie?
No good...
I can't go back anymore...
KEI - ILLUSION