Ayumi-san?
Good morning, Takuya-kun.
"Episode 6: Beyond a Pale Light"
Ayumi-san.
Don't worry. They'll find out soon you're innocent.
Yeah. Thanks.
Make sure you eat breakfast.
Sure.
Okay, see you later!
I have to get into Geotech if I want to prove her innocence.
Ayumi-san's innocence...
What's this?
What does it look like?
The Grand Canyon, filled with the dreams of men?
Your penalty for cutting class yesterday.
This is going too far.
You need to finish it all,
or you'll be spending that summer you were looking forward to in a classroom.
Boss, summer's waiting!
Let's finish this up and go to the beach! The beach!
The beach?
That's right! The bikinis are calling me!
Yuki-kun, leave him alone.
There's nothing in Arima-kun's head but dirty fantasies.
What's your problem?
There's no swimming allowed at the beach due to the Geotech construction project.
Okay, class is starting!
Arima, get your butt in gear, or you'll miss the whole summer.
Crap...
Takuya Arima-kun, please come to the broadcasting room immediately.
--Takuya Arima-kun, please come to the broadcasting room immediately.
--This voice...
Again?
You're a lucky guy, boss.
You heard the lady.
Yuki will do it for me.
I'm not even in your grade! How am I supposed to know the answers?
It'll be good practice.
I knew it was you.
You did, huh?
This is one of those times when it's rough being a popular newscaster.
What happened to Toyotomi?
You took care of him, right?
Of course.
Everything's been arranged for him to leave Geotech.
He'll probably never bother Chief Arima again.
How'd you pull that off? You don't work for Geotech.
I'm a journalist. So I've got lots of connections.
He's been given a good offer to work for another firm. No one will suspect a thing.
So he just gets another job, then?
And a few days later, he gets fired.
He won't be going to jail, but that's punishment enough, right?
Don't worry.
I've got a plan to save your mom.
You're going to break into Geotech and find proof, right?
How did you know?
No reason. I'm just smart, is all.
Then it'll be good to have you around.
You'll make the perfect partner for me.
Partner?
Sheesh...
What am I even doing here?
You shouldn't let a pretty girl like me be alone at night.
You're seriously planning on breaking in?
Of course.
That's what the blue card is for, right?
You managed to give her the fake one, right?
Yeah.
I'd already done it once before.
Once before?
What does that mean?
Nothing.
Security looks tougher than I thought.
How would you get in, then?
It feels like I'm being tested.
It feels that way because I'm testing you.
Let me see...
What about that dome?
Which one?
Look. That concealed dome.
The con-dome.
Hey, stop screwing around.
Right, right.
Well, the safe answer would be the rear entrance.
Not a bad answer at all.
It doesn't look heavily guarded.
Okay, see you inside Geotech.
You're not breaking in?
I'm with the media. I get to go in through the front door.
Unlike you.
Hey, that's not fair.
I'll unlock the back door for you when I'm inside.
Don't leave me waiting, Romeo!
Sheesh...
What a self-centered Juliet.
Not yet, huh?
Mother, you know how I feel.
Please, not another word.
Hello.
What can I do for you?
I'm here for an interview.
I'll open the gate for you.
"Geotechnics"
Working late tonight, huh?
Yeah. Tell your bosses that this is getting ridiculous.
Is she still not here?
Shit, that's not good...
Glad you made it, Romeo.
You're late, Juliet.
Were you putting on your sexiest panties for me?
Quit whining. You were fine, right?
Sheesh.
This is Sector A outdoor patrol.
Sector A outdoor patrol, reporting in.
This is the guard house.
Anything odd on the security cameras?
Huh? Um... nope.
Nothing out of the ordinary.
Roger.
I'll keep patrolling the outside.
Sounds good!
Roger...
It's quiet here at night.
Everybody's in a meeting deciding what to do about your mother.
You can really prove her innocence?
Don't make me repeat myself.
I can, as long as I can get through this door.
It's time, huh?
However, I'm afraid we're not quite done.
Don't waste my time, then!
We need this light here to turn blue before we can open it.
Somebody needs to be in the control room to unlock it.
And that's why you made me your partner?
You are smart!
I'll go to the control room.
You open the door.
Do it quick this time.
Sure.
Sometimes... I'm a woman too.
M-Mother!
No! You mustn't! No!
I don't care! We're not really related!
Is she still not done?
Okay.
Sector D-12.
This is the heart of Geotech.
Geotechnics' real goal is to excavate these rocks.
What do they want with some rocks?
You'll realize how amazing they are in a minute.
Dr. Kodai Arima was interested in them too.
My dad?
What is this?
A new type of luminescent ore.
Dr. Arima gave it this name after its unique properties: psychite.
Psychite?
It's so wonderful...
The blue light of life...
What is this stone?
Why did my dad care about it?
Psychite was first excavated beneath Mt. Sankaku.
Immediately after it was, its strange properties were recognized.
What properties?
It's a miraculous stone that
reacts to the human mind and creates vast amounts of energy.
Some people thought it may be a type of living ore.
Did those people just watch too many sci-fi movies?
It's certainly a mystery why a strange rock like that would be beneath Sakaimachi.
But it's got a weak point.
A weak point?
You saw the ones in the entrance, right?
Its molecular bonds are unstable.
Just making contact with air changes its properties.
That's why there was a need to crystallize it, like you see here.
Of course, it seems like this is the only sample.
Is that "crystallization"...
Yes.
That's what your mother, Chief Arima, was researching here.
At Dr. Kodai Arima's request.
My dad asked her to do it?
Toyotomi made Chief Arima take the fall for the data theft.
Next, he'll try to come get the psychite.
And?
This'll do it.
Use this to break the tank open.
You're going to make it so everyone knows what he's done, right?
You want me to do it?
I've got a recording to do tomorrow.
I don't want to get hurt.
Fine.
This thing is pretty thick.
Just do it!
This is for Ayumi-san.
Emergency!
Everyone, come in!
Here, now...
You done?
Toyotomi...
That was amazing.
Perfect, right?
Between the fingerprints on the glass and the rear doorknob,
he'll take all the blame.
Thanks, slacker son.
You were working together?
The guards will be here soon.
Let's go.
Yeah.
Have fun talking to the cops.
However, I'm afraid we're not quite done.
You need to unlock the door from the control room, right?
Huh? You knew?
You didn't hear that from your mom, did you?
You see it in video games all the time.
Do you?
Well, whatever.
I'll be heading to the control room.
You wait here.
Hurry.
Sure thing.
Shit... Now what do I do?
I know what happens next, but I don't know how to stop it.
Sometimes... I'm a woman too.
M-Mother!
No! You mustn't! No!
--I don't care! We're not really related! --Is it finally happening?
Psychite...
Emergency!
Everyone, come in!
Here, now...
You done?
Damn, I knew it was coming and it still hurt.
That was amazing.
Perfect, right?
Yeah. Nice work.
The plan to make me into the thief was a good idea, too.
What?
That's going beyond "smart."
But why make me the thief?
Chief Arima is in a very bad position.
The accidents. The criticism.
The suspicion of data theft.
To save herself, she came up with a plan.
She would have her stepson steal the research materials.
Who'd believe that bullshit?
There's no need for the truth,
and what the police want to know, to be the same thing.
As long as they find your fingerprints, the evidence makes you the culprit.
I knew Toyotomi was a scumbag.
But you too, Kaori-san?
Why?
I'm a journalist.
My job is to find hidden truths.
He and I want very different things.
Yeah, that's a bunch of bullshit.
You're an industrial spy.
Don't be rude.
It's true, isn't it?
You blackmail companies for money, and then report on them in your program.
And you call that journalism, huh?
Who was your employer this time?
Someone from a school...
We're wasting time. Let's finish up here.
Yeah, that's true.
You've only yourself to blame for this, slacker son.
Sorry. You're going to jail, not me.
It's already over, kid.
Nobody will believe a word you said.
Well...
I don't know about that.
Wait, is this turning you on?
Oh my!
I wanted to make sure everyone heard what you said.
So I borrowed this.
Every guard in this facility is a witness.
We heard it all!
Game over.
In the end, the good guys always win!
Don't push me!
This woman did it all!
Call my lawyer! Now!
"Geotechnics"
Thank you so much...
Thanks to you, I can continue my research.
Dad asked you to do that research, huh?
That's right.
He asked me to find a way to crystallize psychite.
The light disappeared.
Because it touched the air.
We haven't succeeded in perfect crystallization yet.
I never understood why Kodai-san was so obsessed with this stone.
But the journal he would always be writing in his study...
I found it when I was cleaning the room.
What did it say?
He still loves your real mother.
That's what his research into psychite was for.
What is this?
It looks like it's time for you to leave this world.
Ayumi-san?
Kodai-san's journal talked about the parallel worlds, too.
I don't know what world you're from, but...
Return to your path.
The one you belong to.
Thank you, Takuya-kun.
Dad?
It's impossible to resist causality.
This is the correction of chaos.
The correction of chaos?
It seems that you weren't meant to be there after all.
You will be sent back to the start.
What are you saying?
You will experience the same events over again.
But don't forget that they'll be slightly different.
How do you know this?
Because I rest against the Tree of Vrinda,
which rules over all events, past, present, and future.
I knew it. You're still alive.
Takuya, remember this.
Causality rules everything in this world.
To discover its secrets is to explore history.
What does that mean?
Hey, answer me!
Dad! Dad!
"Episode 7: The Cause of the Curse"
Episode 7: "The Cause of the Curse."