Let's gather up the tears and give them back to the night sky
Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust
On nights when I've stopped knowing whether or not I'm alive
I get swallowed up by the starless night sky
"Don't disappear, light!" my uncertain heart cries out
I just want to see you!
Sprinting with all my might through illusions, delusions, daydreams
A miracle wakes all throughout my body
Don't forget, you're not alone
We're always just a dreamer
Take love, get all love, get back love in our hands
Scatter only love that never wavers, stardust
What kind of tomorrow shall I dream about tonight?
There are no mistakes in my calculations.
I'm going to have you all act according to my calculations too.
The future of the Limitless Fortress is in my hands.
This is my answer,
Mr. Ginji.
What's with you guys? Not even working, just loitering around.
If you don't have any recovery jobs,
hurry up and get a temp job or something, and pay your tab!
We're the Get Backers recovery service!
We can't just do a temp job!
Pride alone won't fill your stomach, will it?
I'm hungry, Ban!
Shut up! Be quiet!
Say, Master, is it all right if I give them a sandwich as my treat?
Yay! Thanks, Natsumi!
It's not good for them if you spoil them, you know.
Whatever. Hurry up and hand it over!
I'll have a ham sandwich.
I'll...
You can have this if you'd like.
Can I really?
Thanks, Kazu!
Time to eat!
What are you doing here anyway?
I was called here by someone.
Someone?
Me.
Right, Threadmaster Kazuki?
Hevn!
What? Why?
If Hevn the negotiator called you here,
does that mean even you've gone the Shido route and started a recovery service?!
What? For even you to get in the way of our business...
No, I...
He's a different case.
And what's more, Kazuki isn't the only one I called.
Come on in, you two.
Shido?
Himiko!
We meet again, huh, Ban?
I remember what you did last time!
No, never mind that.
Hey! What the hell is this about, Hevn?
Isn't it obvious? I have a big job.
You mean...
With these guys?
After the last person comes, I'll have the client explain the details to you directly.
Anyway, it's a huge job.
The client even told me to gather the most skilled people out there.
To put it plainly, it's a job that carries a lot of danger.
Whether or not you take it on is up to you.
Although I don't think Gin, Shido, or Kazuki will refuse.
Does that mean it involves the Limitless Fortress?
That's about the size of it.
The last person is here.
Really, I never can grow to like this city, no matter when I come.
It's full of noise and the air is foul.
Akabane!
Oh? Well now, this is an unexpected lineup.
My, it looks like this will be a truly enjoyable job.
Truly.
We were waiting for you, Doctor Jackal.
All right, this is everyone.
I'm going to have you do the job in a team composed of these members.
Hey, Hevn, is this for real?!
What?
Don't "what" me!
You know what happened between us and this guy!
So you did live.
It was a truly fun fight, wasn't it?
It's been a long time since I've been that excited.
Anyway, this is the one guy I refuse to team up with!
You never know when he's gonna stab you in the back.
Who can work with a guy like that?!
How about you, Mr. Akabane?
Are you thinking that you can't work with them as well?
It's fine with me.
I leave the choice of partners up to the coordinator, you see.
That's the deal. So what do you want to do?
No matter who withdraws from this job, it'll be difficult to complete.
A pro is someone who teams up with the person who is thought to be
the best man for the job without bringing his personal feelings into it,
even if he really doesn't like it, right?
Maybe so, but...
Fine! We're pros too.
This time we'll tolerate it.
After all, we just have to not let down our guard.
And...
Don't you clowns drag us down!
That's my line.
Then it's settled!
Now then, shall we go? The client is waiting.
I wonder if Mr. Ban and the others will be okay?
This job seems kind of different from the other ones.
Yeah, well...
If it involves the Limitless Fortress, it's probably not a normal assignment.
The Limitless Fortress is over there
where you can see those abandoned buildings, isn't it?
What kind of place is it?
It's a place you don't need to know about.
Receiving the assignment in the Limitless Fortress' outer holdings?
This is quite an elaborate production, isn't it?
This place isn't part of the Limitless Fortress.
Right, Kazuki?
That's right.
You're as knowledgeable as expected.
It's faith-inspiring.
Don't start fighting already.
Here we are.
What is this place? A ruin?
Looks like it.
I was only specified this location.
You haven't heard the details from the client?
No, I don't even know who the client is.
Now that's rare, for you to negotiate an assignment
without even knowing who the other party is.
They're from a reliable source, that much is certain.
So the negotiating fee was really good then?
It's not just that!
Anyway, this assignment involves a very serious matter.
That much is certain, okay?
It's Hevn. We've arrived.
It really is an elaborate production.
Now then, who knows what will come out of the woodwork.
It's me! It's Hevn!
They're pretty full of themselves.
This is why jobs Hevn brings...
I can't get excited about.
No one told me there'd be such a polite welcome.
As a joke, it's pretty weak.
Why, you!
What?
So does this amount to a test of our skills?
I don't like it.
Oh, so this was a test.
In that case, perhaps I overdid it a little?
What's the matter? You're going to test me, aren't you?
We've tested enough already!
Is that so?
It's too late.
Should I have left some for everybody else?
Just when did he...
Even I couldn't see it.
Bastard.
As nasty a man as ever...
What is it, Ginji?
There was no need to go that far,
and yet you...
I haven't done anything wrong.
This is what the client wanted, isn't it?
Isn't it?
I see, it seems you've gathered us members even more capable than we anticipated.
I wonder if you would be so good as to introduce them, Miss Hevn?
Yes, Sir.
First of all, these two are the Get Backers recovery service:
the Jagan user Ban Midou
and the former Lighting Emperor of VOLTS, Ginji Amano.
This is the Beastmaster Shido Fuyuki, also a recoverer.
In order to safely deliver the recovered target,
transporters Kuroudo Akabane, aka Doctor Jackal,
and Himiko Kudou, aka Lady Poison, will also be accompanying them.
Finally, the person who will lead the team's way as the guide,
one of the former Four Kings of VOLTS, Kazuki Fuchouin.
And I, Hevn the negotiator.
These seven are the members of Operation Recover IL.
Ban Midou
Ginji Amano
Thank you for your hard work.
We certainly couldn't wish for better members than this.
Now we'll get right to the point...
Hold it, you! Now we'll get right to the point...
Hold it, you!
What is it, Ban Midou?
We reveal our identities and you guys keep wearing your weird masks?
What's the big idea?
You have our apologies, but we cannot reveal our identities.
If we can't have understanding on that point,
you are welcome to withdraw from this job.
Oh, right, after you tested us. Just who do you think you are?
Please, Ban, hold back this time. Okay?
Now then, let's come to the point.
However, there's almost nothing I can tell you.
Not even what it is we're having you recover.
We'd like you to be aware of one thing.
For the people of Tokyo... No, for all the people living in Japan,
this is an extremely important thing.
For convenience, you will allow us to call the target by the initials of its name: "I.L."
And right now, this IL that was stolen from us is in the Limitless Fortress.
IL, huh?
It's pronounced the same as the English word "ill."
It makes you think of a disease, doesn't it?
The disease lurking deep inside that den of demons, the Limitless Fortress?
The very act of breaching the Limitless Fortress
carries in itself considerable dangers.
Accordingly we have prepared a fee of 5,000,000 per person.
Now then, in order to seal the assignment,
we'd like to give a tenth of the fee in advance,
plus a map noting IL's location, which we obtained at great expense,
to Mr. Kazuki the guide.
Now good luck.
Damn, they're unsociable guys.
Right, Ginji?
Hey, thread-spinner,
don't take the money in that envelope and run off by yourself.
Right to the money talk, is it?
Don't worry. I'm not as mean with my money as you are.
What did you say? Are you picking a fight?!
Everything they do is so damn dramatic.
They leave no trace behind.
This IL must really be something.
Whatever it may be, it doesn't matter to me.
To me, the value of a job is how much that project can be enjoyed.
That's all, you see.
We start this tomorrow.
Don't be late.
The Limitless Fortress?
I never thought I'd be going back to that place again.
Shido?
I've got things to do.
Hey, Ban.
What kind of place IS the Limitless Fortress?
In the big recession at the end of the century, a large group of buildings
were abandoned in the middle of their construction and left like that.
Before anyone really knew it, the people who drifted there settled
and before long, it turned into a lawless zone that couldn't be messed with,
even with national authority.
At this point, it's even been taken off the maps and people pretend they don't see it there,
but they say its population is ten or twenty thousand.
What's the inside like?
Well... Ginji knows more about that than I do,
since it was sort of his cradle.
It's about time you gave up.
There's no way you can win.
It's in your best interests to be good boys and come under the umbrella of VOLTS.
If you want to be spared, that is.
Join you guys? Yeah, right!
The Lightning Emperor of VOLTS!
Is this all right, Mr. Ginji?
If you go back to the Limitless Fortress again...
Hey, Kazu, do you think those two are involved in this?
Even if it's not both of them, one of them must be.
If not, you, Shido and I wouldn't all be called.
Yeah, so we might be able to see those two.
Yes, that's true.
I have someone I want to see in the Limitless Fortress too.
Oh, you mean him?
But I ended up leaving without saying anything too,
so he's probably angry with me.
What is it, Mozart?
Is someone there?
Mr. Shido?
The atmosphere is already kinda sketchy, huh?
The way you look, you'll stand out here whether you want to or not.
Please take care.
They'll take your bag, of course, but also your wristwatch,
and if you're not careful, they'll take your arm with it.
So don't overextend yourself, Miss Negotiator.
Please keep in mind that you'll be returning by yourself.
Right, Ban?
Yeah, go home now, Hevn.
This is the end of the negotiator's job, isn't it?
Don't joke around.
I have a duty to make sure that you all enter the Limitless Fortress
like you're supposed to!
Miss Hevn, we're telling you it's dangerous!
It's really haphazard. It seems easy to get lost.
This is still merely the entrance to the huge labyrinth called the Limitless Fortress.
Ginji?
If things haven't changed from before,
this is one of the entrances to the South Block.
What does the map look like, Kazu?
Yes, this is the entrance.
All right!
You can tell Gin grew up here, after all.
Mr. Ginji was the sovereign ruler of the Limitless Fortress.
There is no one here who doesn't know the name Lightning Emperor Ginji Amano.
But for that very reason,
Mr. Ginji's returning here after having once left means putting his life on the line.
That's the kind of place the Limitless Fortress is.
It's open!
So this is where we part, Miss Hevn.
What?
Later, Hevn!
Wait!
Part?
Don't talk like we'll never be able to see each other again.
Well, it'll be all right. They've got the devil's own luck after all.
I'll go home.
Well, Ginji?
Is it the same as it was before?
It's a little different.
This kind of thing, for instance.
What, again?
Our objective is the recovery and nothing else.
We've got a long way to go.
Let's avoid pointless fights!
Heh, you're sure talking big.
We already know that!
But what's with these guys?!
Are these guys immortal?
Jackal?! What are you...
I told you, didn't I?
To me, the value of a job is in how much that project can be enjoyed.
STOP IT!
What's this? Are you going to show mercy to your enemy, Ginji?
There's no need for more than this!
This isn't supposed to be our objective!
You're too soft.
While you're saying that kind of thing, your legs will be kicked out from underneath you.
Why, you!
You... you aren't...
The Lightning Emperor Amano Ginji?!
Shuu?
You came! You came back, didn't you, Mr. Ginji?!
Who is this guy?
A friend who was a member of VOLTS.
His name is Shuu.
This is great! Mr. Ginji came back!
VOLTS is gonna make a comeback, huh?
No, Shuu. We just came because of a job.
A job? Not to bring VOLTS back to life again?
I'm sorry. I won't come back here again.
You... Do you know?
Do you know what happened to us because you disappeared?!
And do you know what's brewing here in the Limitless Fortress now?!
What Makubex is about to start?!
You shot off your mouth about things you shouldn't have.
Shuu?!
Ginji, stop! This smoke is dangerous!
This scent... It's a powerful poison alkaloid. Run!
Ginji, you idiot! What are you doing?!
Ginji!
So this is the Lightning Emperor I've heard so much about?
Nothing special, huh?
Well, not that you'd be a match for me in this smoke
since I've been strengthened so that I can move in it.
What?!
Why? Why did you do that to Shuu?
I won't forgive you!
Well, look at this.
The smoke IS working, isn't it?
You jerk, you had me worried.
You may be called the Lightning Emperor, but you're really nothing special!
I thought I'd give you to Makubex as a present.
But if I do it now...
Lightning Emperor Ginji Amano,
I, Kumon Horii, have you!
When did you...
You're the kind of prey that it would be a waste
to let a guy like this defeat, you see.
Isn't that right, Ginji Amano?
I can't yet crack open the glasswork deep in my heart
I believe only in you
I feel the refrain
The well-trod distance to the train station
And the vending machine I leaned on, unable to go home
You're nowhere to be found
My heart can't be honest
Where in the world are you?
I keep searching for you over and over
I can't yet crack open the glasswork deep in my heart
I believe only in you
I feel the refrain
Ban, this turned into a very bad situation.
I know that!
Jeez, I can't believe you strayed off the second we broke in, you MORON!
I didn't stray off because I wanted to!
Thanks to you I ended up with a guy I don't like!
Hey, here come the so-called assassins already!
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