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Who is this vision I see floating before my eyes? Dare ga miteiru VISUAL? Me no mae no

Rushing water runs back over my body Kyuu na mizu ga karada wo sakasa ni kakemeguru

Now, the two of us think about... Ima futari wa

the meaning of our having met Deatta imi omou

Even though we must be swimming... Kitto dareka no kioku no naka

Within someone's memories Oyoideiru dakedemo

The wings of light upon your back Kimi no senaka

Spread out towards the sky Hikari no hane ga sora e hirogaru

No matter the place, no matter the past Donna basho mo donna kako sae mo

A single wish... Tadahitotsu no negai ga

Will surpass it all Norikoete yuku yo

So... This is a holonic loader, our new quantum weapon, huh?

I've been assigned as your partner. The name's Kyo Sogoru.

And, um... Your name is?

What should I call you?

YEHL, SHIZUNO

Maihama is!

Oh, Kyo!

I wasn't able to save them... None of them!

Where?

Maihama?

The Environmental Ministry today, speaking about the source of the environmental contamination,

announced that it had obtained data which pointed to...

a specific waste treatment plant operated by the I.A.L. Corporation.

This data, which includes some of the highest level secrets of the I.A.L. Corp,

will require several days to analyze.

What the hell is going on?!

This really is Maihama. Which means...

This world wasn't in the server that was destroyed.

Shizuno-sempai... And Lu-shen and the twins...

What the hell is going on around here?!

You know, don't you, Sempai?!

Why don't I start with the explanations?

We'd like to hear this, as well.

It's true that server once held the data for this city.

However, we long ago moved the data in the server to someplace much safer.

So, what gives?! If that's true, then why didn't you tell us before?!

He's right, Commander! At least you could have told me!

If I had told you, wouldn't you have asked me...

where the real Maihama server was now?

We were afraid it might cause distrust from our allies.

We had only one chance to carry out this mission.

We couldn't afford to fail.

Hold it. Where is the real Maihama server that would cause our allies to mistrust us?

Where are we going? I thought this train just leads...

This time will be an exception.

This is...

It can't be.

Yes. This is the surface of the moon.

Of course, this is also a visual simulation using virtual data,

but the truth is that the Maihama server is currently on the moon.

But, the moon is under total Gardsorm control!

What?!

Look!

What's?

The home of the Gardsorm. Their lunar base: G-Phaetus.

You've got Maihama smack in the middle of the enemy?!

This is dangerous!

No. The lunar surface may be the safest place of all.

Humanity once attempted an all-out attack on the moon.

But the operation failed.

Once the Gardsorm had completely swept human influence from the moon,

they transferred most of their facilities to the Earth.

All that's left on the moon is the old decision making body.

Although the defense systems are still active, so you can't wander too close.

But if by some chance the enemy should detect the Maihama server!

It's all over.

Shizuno! You knew all about this, didn't you?

Yes. It was the commander and I...

who transferred the data from the Maihama server. As well as...

And the Kyo Sogoru I never met. The one from before the reboot.

Correct.

Will you explain one other thing?

What data did the Coatlicue have which was worth all this?

When the time comes, I'll tell you.

Well? It's totally ridiculous, isn't it?

The thing we were desperately trying to protect was just a big decoy!

The president's really cruel, huh?

Yes.

Although I can't actually feel what "cruel" is right now.

Well, thank God everyone's okay!

Protecting them is the reason we fight, after all.

It feels funny, huh? That outside, we're surrounded by the enemy.

Maybe I don't really understand why we're fighting anymore.

Forget it. Let me think about that.

Thank you, Kyo.

I'm so glad Maihama is safe!

Still, I think the president... Sorry, the commander...

should have told us it was just a decoy. Right, Kyo?

Yeah. Right...

Sorry. I should have been happier...

when we talked about it at school this afternoon.

Forget it.

We can talk normally now. It's fine.

Five minutes until operational limit is reached.

Five minutes till our patrol is over. Five minutes until operational limit is reached.

Five minutes till our patrol is over.

We'll see each other tomorrow.

Even so, what you did was reckless!

You risked the Maihama facility and your own life-

It was necessary for the final operation.

The data is being analyzed here aboard the Oceanus.

It'll take a few more days.

Roger that.

In the meantime, we'll distract the enemy to keep them from finding you.

Yehl, come to the Dvaraka when the fighting is over.

Meivelle and the others really miss you.

Yes, Commander Isola.

Until later, then.

Lu-shen, why are you trying to get access from here?

And why lie about doing maintenance on the machines?

This is the only way to get access...

without the A.I. S or the commanders knowing about it.

Access authorization, received.

I'm intercepting any pings from the bridge...

and we can access the gateway through a backdoor.

Okay.

That's strange.

Hm? What is?

There's no profile on the commander or Shizuno...

before they entered the quantum server.

In other words, there's no data on them prior to becoming meta-bodies.

Sin knew about Shizuno. And she called her Yehl, too...

Shizuno denies it, but the possibility of a connection between them is undeniable.

Yehl...

I.A.L!

No... It's never that simple.

Maybe I don't really understand why we're fighting anymore.

I can see why.

The same old classes...

The same old quarrels...

The same old conversations...

Are we fighting and risking our lives...

to protect this repeating routine?

Hey! Sogoru, are you listening to me?

Huh? Oh. Sure I am.

Isn't there some way to escape from this infinite loop?

Shizuno-sempai.

You and Kyo used to have a relationship, didn't you?

You've given me that impression.

I did.

But it was with a previous version of him.

When I first met him...

It was when I first learned who I was.

Was he the same as he is now?

He was almost a completely different person.

Very thoughtful and prudent...

He kept all his pain wrapped up inside.

Although he ended up destroying himself.

Still, I love him, even now.

Everything about Kyo.

MINAMI MAIHAMA AQUARIUM

Hey, do you remember, Kaminagi?

We came here on a date before, like this.

Yes. I remember it.

Feels kinda weird, doesn't it?

Doing the same stuff over and over, knowing how it'll all turn out.

Man, I was laying it on thick last time!

Looking back now, I'm kind of embarrassed.

Once I'm back in the Altair, I'll probably feel the same.

I asked Shizuno-sempai if she loves you.

I can't feel anything the way I am now,

so I'd be okay with any answer she gave me.

That's why I asked.

I see.

So, what'd she say?

That she loves you.

N-No kidding? Wow, what do you know?

Sucks being a babe magnet, huh?

Even hearing that didn't trigger any emotions in me.

Sorry.

Is it all the same, in the end? For the fish and for us, too?

They're scrambling us!

What's up?

We're currently heading north to avoid an enemy deutera zone,

but the shortest route chosen brings us into contact...

with another, huge deutera zone.

Scramble all Zegapain units! You're to destroy that deutera zone! Wipe it out!

Let's go, May-yu!

Shizuno!

Right.

Hold it! Ryoko Kaminagi isn't in the Altair!

What?!

Where is she?!

Tracing data.

Found her! She's suffered some type of wet damage.

She's sleeping in the server in order to recover!

What did you do to her?!

What? Um... I didn't do anything!

What do we do?

I'll take the Hraesvelg!

Let's go. It's been a while since we flew together.

Right!

Countdown, started. Transmission scatter rate, confirmed.

Chamber seals, released. Q.L. Driver, conjunction.

Gunner, Wizard, I.D. S locked.

Stand by for meta-body transmission.

Bednorz parameter, stable.

Bednorz curve, holding.

Transmission airspace scan, complete.

E.X. Condition, green. All clear.

Switch over your feelings.

Right.

Just forget about her for now.

I know!

Transmission chamber, operating normally.

Releasing hanger lock!

Entangle!

Transmission, complete. Enemy units approaching from fore.

Here they come!

Kaminagi, launcher!

Kyo! Leave the small fries to us!

Conserve your Q.L. And go for the core!

Roger!

Sorry about just now.

Light wings, fully deployed. Flight path, to deutera zone.

May-yen!

Launching speed mines!

Altair has penetrated the deutera zone!

No response from enemy units in this area.

Something's wrong. They're hardly putting up any fight for a deutera zone this large.

Fine with me!

Let's blow this thing's core and go home!

Where's the main core?

Bearing to 12 o'clock. Range, two thousand. Straight ahead.

I see it! Let's do this in one shot!

Holo-Bolt Pressure!

Hold it! There's something strange about the core.

What?

What the?!

What?!

The deutera zone...

It self-destructed?!

Kyo!

What happened?!

The core's self-destruct system was apparently activated.

Why?!

Were the Gardsorm retreating?

I don't know.

I'm returning Zegapains Garuda and Hraesvelg to the ship for Q.L. Replenishment.

What about the Altair? Can we perform a forced transmission?

Impossible. Residual particle interference...

from the deutera zone is preventing a location fix.

Aw, man. We don't have enough Q.L. To get back on our own.

Once the haze clears, help will come.

Guess we'll just have to wait in the meantime.

We waited alone for help like this that other time, too.

Hazonmeyers!

A lot of them.

Holonic field, forming. Holonic shield.

The first battle we fought together, we were wounded...

and withdrew from the battle zone.

I guess just following the training program doesn't work, huh?

Forgive me. I should have assisted you better.

It's not your fault, is it?

Once we get back to the Oceanus, we'll work on this.

We don't have much Q.L.

We only have about 10 minutes of running time left.

So, if help doesn't arrive by then, we die, right?

Do you regret our having met?

Regret? Feeling regret is kind of meaningless.

Your name...

The way everyone calls you Yehl...

It's the same as them calling you "meta-body," right?

It's because I don't have any other name.

If you don't, then we should give you one.

Shizuno.

Shizuno Misaki.

Apparently, that's an important name to me.

A memory that I've lost.

Shizuno Misaki...

Rain... Something which will never touch me.

This is how we touch each other.

Right, Shizuno?

You're saying I went and just kissed you?!

Impossible! That's totally not what I'm like now!

No matter how I think about it, it's impossible!

When you named me, for the first time, I became "me."

What is it?!

Its sensors still work!

Do you regret our having met?

Regret is meaningless!

Sorry we took so long, you two.

We interrupting anything?

Gardsorm activity has been unusual for the past few days.

Not only have they stopped trying to enlarge their sphere of influence,

but they seem to even be retreating in some areas.

So, they're moving to their final operation as well.

How's the analysis of the enemy data going?

It is currently 87% complete.

Including error checks, it will take another 10 hours to complete.

Nothing can hold off... the march of time.

Awaken Me ga samete

The pain of your dream Yume no itami ga

Melts away into the night Yoru ni tokete yuku

The cold sky of the windy city Kaze no machi no tsumetai sora ga

Causes everything to change Subete wo kaete yuku

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

Kiss me and say goodbye KISS shite GOODBYE

To everything there is Ari to Arayurumono

And in the endless loop of time Meguriyuku toki ni

You'll come back to me again Megurikuru anata ni

On the edges of memory Kioku no fuchi de

Time repeats itself Toki wa kurikaesu

As I imagined once IMAGE wo mita

As I wish to imagine again IMAGE wo mitakute

NEXT EPISODE

NEXT EPISODE There is not a human left on that blue world.

There is not a human left on that blue world.

The moment I first thought how unnatural that was, everything began.

And now I must make my final decision.

I recognize the doubts the others have,

but I must continue along the path of my belief. I must continue forward!

Because time is not infinite.

Next time, on Zegapain: "Warriors..."

My pain, never to be forgotten.

WARRIORS... My pain, never to be forgotten.

WARRIORS...