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Uninstall.

Back then, the greatest shock to our reality...

was that our lives were so primitive and simplistic, it was laughing in our faces.

Even covering my ears, the truth slipped through my fingers and left me confused.

Where in my frail body am I supposed to hold the strength to stand?

Uninstall. Uninstall.

Right now, I can't even begin to understand...

how the countless lives on this planet are essentially one.

Uninstall. Uninstall.

It looks like I'll have no choice but to act as a soldier who knows no fear.

Uninstall.

Uninstall.

Who are these people...?

Are they the Masterminds?

They're so far away...

And far too grand...

We can't possibly... defeat them.

Doom

They were dressed all in white, and were all lined up staring at me.

And they were laughing at me.

It's not recorded in the data at all...

Why not?!

I thought you could reproduce what we saw.

It's true that your thoughts accessed and reached the beings who devised the battles with Zearth.

And the program allowing you to access that central system somewhere in this universe...

was running within Zearth at the time.

That program was indeed copied into your hacking chip and into this system here at the Research Institute.

I'm trying to gain access to those unknown beings myself right now, but...

You can't?

Yes... I keep getting denied.

The system is far too protected.

And that's why the images you saw weren't recorded.

So we can't even come close to reaching them, like I thought...

If we could've at least accessed that system, I thought we might've been able to free you from the contract...

Mom...

It's impossible.

If I remember correctly... you're the girl who isn't contracted?

It seems like she's ready to tell us everything she knows.

Freeing someone from the contract is impossible.

No one can escape from this battle.

What makes you so sure of yourself?

Because I've seen it before.

Lots of kids dying, overhand over, again and again.

What are you doing?!

It'll be faster if you see it for yourself, right?

What are you?!

Don't think about it too much.

On the Earth I'm from, this is normal.

Where to begin...?

I guess... I'll start at the beginning.

For me, it all started at a training workshop called the "Future Development Seminar" on the Earth I grew up on.

A game?

Yes. It's a game where you all ride a giant robot and fight fifteen opponents.

I'm totally in! That sounds friggin' awesome!

And conveniently enough, there's fifteen of us here!

Onii-chan, me too!

You're way too young for this.

I can do it!

I wanna play, too!

I know I can do it!

Guess I have no choice...

'Scuse me, but could she join as one of those extras in the background?

In the end, I wasn't able to join the contract, but...

I could at least follow Onii-chan as a spare sixteenth member.

And then... it appeared before us.

After the instructor taught us how to fight...

he disappeared.

And that's where...

This robot moves using a person's life force.

N-No way...

I don't have to go into detail about what happened next, right?

We continued to win... and each member died, one by one.

And among those remaining, Onii-chan...

I brought him here for you!

I didn't ask you to.

But I'm sure you're in a rush to take care of everything, right?

I'm more than happy to help you out in any way I can!

Don't go running away, you little twit!

Once you've been chosen, fight and die like you're supposed to!

Stop it!

That's enough, don't you think?

Youko-chan's watching, you know.

I know! Let's go with you next, Class Prez!

You love seeing girls like this break down crying and sniveling when they die, right?

Right?

You certainly have a winning personality.

Oh no, not at all, really!

I'm not sure if you'd call it a last-ditch effort or not, but...

in order to survive, he didn't care how ugly he appeared to everyone else.

C'mon, punk!

I'm not sure if it was because of how he acted, but Onii-chan somehow managed to survive to the last battle.

But...

I know this is sudden, but one of you will take over the battles after this is over.

Take over?

That's right.

Travel to another Earth, gather another fifteen pilots, and contract them just like you were.

In exchange, as a reward for completing your job, I'll save the life of that person.

Dung Beetle never said a word about that!

There's no way he could have.

Because it's the sole way to survive this battle.

Yes! Me, please!

I'll be more than happy to...

So on that note, if you wouldn't mind...

M-Me?

W-Wait a sec! This is all a bad joke, right?

I hate jokes.

N... No...

So everything's settled, all right?

Of course, it all depends on him winning the last fight.

Screw you...

Screw you!

Who the hell do you think you are?!

I won't do it!

I won't fight!

Damn it... go to hell!

Everyone can just go to hell!

I see...

Now I understand what kind of person you are.

Well then, if you win this last battle, I'll make a special arrangement for you.

R-Really?!

Yes.

Please leave everything to me.

O-Okay! Then I'll give it everything I've got!

And on the day of the final battle...

All right! I won!

Hell yeah, I won!

I lived through it!

H-Huh?

Is something wrong?

W-Wait a second here!

What is this...?

From now on, you'll take my place.

So that's what you meant!

You're satisfied with this, right?

Of course!

You can leave everything to me, don't worry!

I'll perform your job to the fullest!

I'll really crack down on the kids!

How screwed up does this have to be before they're satisfied?!

This piece of shit game...

So Dung Beetle really is your real brother, Youko-chan...

Soon after, the class president and Onii-chan moved on to the next Earth.

And I went, too...

Youko-chan, you don't have parents, right?

Why don't you come and stay with me?

After all, Shirou-kun's already...

But even so... he's my one and only brother...

I see...

Then, this is goodbye...

I'm so sorry...

Being the only one allowed to return...

After that, I worked together with Onii-chan to direct the battles.

And at the very end each time, we'd choose one of the pilots to be the guide for the next round.

In the next Earth... and the Earth after that... We repeated it over and over again.

Even if they lost, we'd simply be given a new robot and continue the battles.

And then... I don't remember which Earth it was by this point, but...

we met the man I'm sure you all remember well.

Kokopelli...

You know him?

He's the one who contracted us.

So that's him...

We knew him as Usui-sensei.

Apparently, Kokopelli is known as the deity who brings fertility to the land.

Thinking back, he'd always set the actual class aside and tell us all sorts of stories like that...

Is this a robot simulator?

This is great!

It's really great!

It looks like so much fun!

Sensei, can we try it out?

Sure! Let's do it!

Hey, everyone!

Come gather 'round!

The day I transferred to that school was a day for independent research and inquiry-based learning.

We had gone to a research facility out in the suburbs.

I had put the contract board in front of the robot simulator in the exhibition hall.

And just like always, I worked with the survivor from the previous Earth and contracted the pilots.

On this Earth, they were my classmates.

But what made this situation different...

was Sensei's only daughter, Yuu.

What's wrong?

I just have a bad feeling about this.

Yuu, don't be such a wimp!

It's just a game. There's nothing to worry about!

Come on now.

Okay...

My heart felt like it was going to be torn apart...

Yuu-chan was my friend...

Soon after that, everyone realized..

that they'd gotten themselves involved in something terrible.

And Sensei...

Are you serious?

Yes. Please contract me, too.

I want to enter the contract.

But in exchange, would you please relinquish the children?

Don't you mean, relinquish your daughter?

After all, everyone else is a stranger!

No!

Then I'll let you choose who you want to save in exchange for your life.

Who'll it be?

Hmm?

In the end, Sensei didn't choose Yuu-chan.

I'm home.

Welcome back!

Are you hurt?

I'm fine.

I was so worried about you!

The enemy looked really powerful this time! I'm so glad that you're okay!

One of her friends passed away.

How can you say that?

I see... well, what a shame for them, I guess.

That child must not have been lucky.

I know!

Some of the other parents probably want to take revenge for their dead children, right?

Why don't we ask them to offer to join the contract themselves?

Mom...

But that aside, you must be hungry, right?

I made your favorite tonight!

Come on!

I think Sensei did the right thing.

Please wait!

I beg of you! Please listen to what I have to say! His mind was set solely on saving the children.

Please! He tried to get the support of a politician.

Please!

But in the end...

all but Sensei and Yuu-chan died.

So, choose.

Who's gonna die, and who's gonna live and be the successor?

Please let me... let me do both!

Dad?

Are you stupid or something?

That's obviously out of the question!

I beg of you!

I don't want my daughter to be forced into either position!

You're so full of yourself!

After the last battle, you'll die!

How the hell do you plan on taking over the final job after that?

If he takes care of the job first...

he can contract the next fifteen pilots first, and then finish the final battle!

You shut up!

Please, Onii-chan!

Let him...

Onii-chan!

I'll make an exception just this once!

And then Sensei and I came to this Earth.

What's the matter?

Who left the fireworks here?

I wasn't sure what to do because of my guilty conscience...

Did you know there's a cave over there? I wasn't sure what to do because of my guilty conscience...

Wanna try going inside?

Machi... Youko.

I wasn't sure if I should join the contract as well...

What's wrong? I wasn't sure if I should join the contract as well...

I wasn't sure if I should join the contract as well...

You suck! I wasn't sure if I should join the contract as well...

Come on, Kana-chan!

What are you doing, taking liberties like that?

Now we don't have enough people!

D-Dad...

Dad...!

Y-Yuu!

It's because you tried to cut corners, dumbass.

You bastard!

Onii-chan! Stop it already!

Shut up!

What are you doing contracting yourself like that?!

I thought I should fight, too...

You weren't contracted.

It's fine if you just stay in the background as an extra!

Dad?!

Dad!

It's here.

W-What is this?! This has to be a joke!

I thought I'd call you over.

Watch carefully as your daughter dies before your very eyes.

Die!

Die! Die! DIE!

Honey...

Let's go...

to where Yuu is.

Let go!

Let go of me!

Let's go together, honey!

No! I don't want to die!

I don't want to die!

Like I thought, you really don't want to die!

Will you admit that you're a powerless ape?

Yes... I admit it...

I can't even choose whether I die or not...

I'm merely a pawn in this game.

And that's everything I know.

You've sure got a big mouth.

You were listening?

Yep. I thought these apes were acting a little strange.

And to think you used to be human!

One of the worst kind!

Yoshikawa...

You really must have a death wish, huh?

Kanji...!

Mom...

Kanji!

I was so close, too!

Mom...

What, so you're gonna play the loving mother now?

Yoshikawa, wanna hear something nice?

She was the one leaking all that info about you guys to the government.

You're kidding!

No!

She was also well aware of the fact that Komoda's dad was being hunted down by the financial world.

It's all a lie!

They only gave me the information about...!

Kanji...

In our next story...

At the latest United Nations meeting...

Hasegawa Toyoharu proposed a limited lift on the ban of unmanned weapons of mass destruction.

In response, both China and Russia expressed agreement, while America showed signs of reluctance.

But at present, it appears that Japan will continue its efforts to persuade them otherwise.

Vermillion. We clung to life with all of our strength.

Vermillion. We never stopped to think how disgusting that was.

Because you were so straightforward...

when you said you couldn't see your chair,

I was worried because you looked about to snap, like a branch in winter.

You ran off that day,

throwing a crumpled ball of paper at me.

When my fingers traced the words "please remember me,'

I loudly cried out into the setting sun.

Vermillion. We clung to life with all of our strength.

Vermillion. We never stopped to think how disgusting that was.

We never stopped to think how disgusting that was.