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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.

You wanted to ask me for something?

Please... kill my mother.

I'm not sure what happened, but killing your mom's not all that popular, you know.

Besides, I don't get involved in any of that revenge business.

Even if it's to avenge Tanaka-san?

To avenge Nee-san?

Are you sure about that?

Most likely.

"Most likely," huh?

This is my first, last and only request before I die!

The Truth

Why here?!

Isn't it supposed to appear wherever the pilot is?!

Professor! Please evacuate!

Never! Zearth still holds too many mysteries!

Until I solve them, nothing will stop me.

At such close range, this is a great opportunity to collect data!

His mom is probably jumping ship right about now, I bet...

Maybe we should give it up and head back...

No. Knowing that woman, she's staying behind and saying that this is her chance to get her data.

Hurry and get to the top while the elevator's still running.

I just can't bring myself to do this...

Sakakibara-san, I'm asking you to do this.

Would you please tell her to at least see Kanji-kun off?

If it's just that, there's no problem...

I'll wait here.

Zearth should be coming any minute now anyway.

Yeah. Stay safe.

Yeah. You too, Sakakibara-san.

Be careful.

I know.

Oh, man.

This is Zearth...

Something I can't read from just data.

Professor Yoshikawa.

Please evacuate.

It's unfortunate, but this is the end.

We might be able to solve all the mysteries with just one more push!

I understand how frustrating it must be, but there's nothing we can do here.

If you transfer the data to the underground server, we'll be able to save it.

It crapped out on me...

Give me a break.

Why the hell did it appear here?

Beats me!

I shouldn't have come after all.

What to do?

Machi, what should I fight for?

You have to protect this Earth, right?

For the Earth, huh?

Can't think of one good reason to.

Anything's fine.

Just think of something you want to protect.

Let's see...

Something I want to protect...

Can't think of a damn thing.

I've got nothing.

Who are you?!

The name's Sakakibara.

Yoshikawa Kanji-kun asked me for something.

Kanji?

Hold it!

Ah, would you be Kanji-kun's mom?

Kanji-kun entrusted me with his last request.

He asked me to kill you.

I'd have no problem protecting the Earth...

if my mother was really trying to save us.

But what's really going on here?

Nothing like that, right?

It's coming!

What was that just now?!

Stop!

Who are you?!

I... had a pretty close relationship with Misumi-nee-san through the Hobashiri Group.

With Tanaka-san?!

Wait!

So you're still fond of the old bag, huh?

Keep dreaming.

A huge flux of energy in a single instant...

We had nothing to do with Tanaka-san's death!

If you've come here to avenge her, then you have the wrong people!

That's not it.

Everything will be fine!

Kanji-kun's fighting.

Dung Beetle!

Just like you said, my mother is a lowly human.

But her research is top of the line.

I can't really put my finger on it, but I get the feeling there's still something in Chutenro Tower!

With it, we might still find the key to releasing Ushiro and Seki-san from the contract!

I guess blood really is thicker than water in the end.

Even if you want your family wiped out, you still can't erase them from your heart.

I highly doubt his intentions were that good.

He probably hasn't given up on finding the key to freeing those remaining from the contract.

And you, his mother, continue to do your research here...

What a screwed up family.

But that's why Kanji-kun will protect this tower and you.

I'm sure you'll be safe here.

How about it? Will you watch Kanji-kun's battle to the end with me?

If you can watch your own son's battle to the very end, I won't kill you.

That's what I've wanted to do since the beginning.

Great.

Looks like we've settled our differences, guys.

Honestly, I'm amazed you've lasted this long, living so recklessly.

You're tellin' me!

But even I've become a senile old man.

This is the last time I'll be able to put my life on the line like I used to.

I regret being unable to save Misumi-nee-san, but I don't hold a grudge against anyone.

And besides, there's nothing more I can do anyway.

Then at the very least... let's watch the children's battles to the end.

I see...

I'm starting to understand this.

Understand what?

Some of us fought without knowing a thing.

Some of us fought after finding a reason within ourselves.

And those of us who have sat back and watched them fight...

The few of us who remain...

What are we supposed to do?

There were fifteen of us.

We were just fifteen random kids.

But in truth, the fifteen of us were a single whole!

Don't you think so?

Ushiro!

I'm gonna quit thinking about this by myself.

I'll leave everything to you after this.

I'm sure there's something hidden in Chutenro Tower, though I don't know what!

So I'm entrusting our future to you, Ushiro.

And I'll protect it until the end!

I'll protect you, Mom!

That's the way!

Amazing...

Is he really fighting out there?

This is the...

Mom!

Take a good look!

It's over...

It moved!

Why?!

Kanji-kun won, didn't he?

Judging by the other battles, that should have been the end!

What's the matter?!

The Program... it's running!

What?

You mean the Zearth Program?!

Yes...

It's using an incredible amount of energy...

What's the meaning of this, Dung Beetle?!

It's because you monkeys went and built something like that!

If you hadn't, it never would've appeared in a place like this.

L-Look over there!

It's absorbing all of the energy from the city?!

The Zearth Program's technology allows energy to be transferred wirelessly.

Using the Zearth Program that we've copied into the Cognitive Robotics Research Institute...

the enemy robot is draining the power out of the city!

Messing around like this...!

The enemy robot probably appeared here first because...

it was attracted to the energy the Zearth Program was emitting!

Hold on.

If... if the Zearth Program were to spread around the entire planet, what would happen?

They would absorb energy from around the world.

No! Not just that!

It would even be possible for the aliens to absorb all the energy from the Earth's surface!

We've created something terrible...

It doesn't have a vital spot! What am I supposed to do now?!

Guess you'll just have to keep fighting till you rip it to pieces.

You piss me off so much, floating on your high horse!

Ever since you guys showed up, we've been put through hell!

Just disappear! Get off our Earth!

Well, eventually we'll have to!

You punks actually think this whole thing's over after all the chosen pilots bite the dust?

The Earths that win, you see...

offer their life forces to us on a silver platter for allowing them to continue to exist.

To those Masterminds?!

It always naturally turns out that way.

As a result, those who try to solve the mysteries of Zearth...

end up grafting the Zearth Program onto their own Earth.

And little by little, for all eternity...

You mean, it'll continue to absorb the life force of the Earth itself even after it's sucked ours out?!

We've gotta charge you at least that much, you know.

It's only natural!

You should do everything you can to erase the Program as soon as possible.

That's just it. I can't.

Just like I can't release the children from the contract...

I can't uninstall the Program!

Though if we destroy the system entirely, that's another story.

Kanji-kun, give it everything you've got!

The enemy is obviously weakening!

It should be approaching the limits of this city's energy any minute now!

All right...

Then here comes the finishing blow!

You did it!

I can't believe I actually thought we won this war by reproducing the Zearth Program...

You're about to win, and the other side turns the tables and finishes it off.

It's something that happens a lot in a competitive world.

I had lost from the very beginning...

and now that I've lost that child, there's nothing more I can do...

It looks like there's one last job for me to do.

I have to stop the industrial world from using the Zearth Program.

It's just as Kanji-kun said.

There was something at that Research Institute.

Ushiro, let's have a little one-on-one chat, shall we?

What?

Let's see... how many enemies have you guys beaten now?

If you don't count the one Kokopelli killed, twelve.

And if we count it, it's thirteen, right?

That's right.

So, how many are left?

Two!

Bzzt.

Wrong-o.

That's how many remain for your own Earth.

There's one more battle after that.

I need you to fight the battle to determine who will move on to the next Earth.

The catch is that I won't take the life of the pilot who wins.

Now then, you and Seki are the remaining pilots.

So I'll have to contract one more person...

We always have Kana, right?

What?!

Why do you think I've brought Kana here every time so far?

Let's go with her next!

But... aren't the pilots chosen by the spinning chairs?

That was just me having some fun!

I decide the pilots.

Kana's... still so young.

I wouldn't say that.

I think she'd fight if it were to protect you, big brother!

What?!

Ushiro, I'll let you be the successor.

Be a little happier!

You'll get to survive.

Don't wanna die, do you?

Dying would really suck, wouldn't it?

Onii-chan!

Tamotsu-san... hasn't come back, has he?

No...

So I have to think this one out by myself...

Onii-chan...

I... don't mind joining the contract, too.

And then you can...

You've got a lot of nerve!

We're not even real brother and sister!

How can you say that?!

Don't say it like that!

You might've been sad... but so was I!

That's why I stayed with you this whole time.

I... don't want you to die, Onii-chan!

Let me be alone for a little...

Dad?

It's Jun.

Yeah.

Tomorrow... I'll be coming home with Kana.

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.