# 21 - The Drowning Cat
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**[00:22] ---**
Daddy! Mommy!
**[00:24] ---**
Ellie!
**[00:27] ---**
Thank god...
**[00:31] ---**
Isn't this great, Ellie?
**[00:34] ---**
Thank you, Mister!
**[00:37] ---**
Well, you know...
**[00:39] ---**
Just doin' my job!
**[00:41] ---**
I even got paid up front, so...
**[00:46] ---**
--Thank you very much!
**[00:47] ---**
--Thank you very much!
**[00:49] ---**
It's over.
**[00:50] ---**
Yup.
**[00:53] ---**
How big you've grown, Ellie!
**[00:55] ---**
Having a family... is nice.
**[01:03] ---**
*That's how it always starts...*
**[01:05] ---**
*under the azure sky*
**[01:08] ---**
*After making a vow,*
**[01:12] ---**
*I now set off*
**[01:28] ---**
*Yeah, the desert glitters with a golden hue*
**[01:33] ---**
*(The wind is scorching)*
**[01:34] ---**
*I'm searching for a diamond flower*
**[01:39] ---**
*(I keep on wandering)*
**[01:41] ---**
*Now, for the first time in my life,*
**[01:48] ---**
*I live for someone else*
**[01:54] ---**
*There's something I wanna protect*
**[02:00] ---**
*I'll never, ever lose it again*
**[02:07] ---**
*Resound, my heartbeat!*
**[02:13] ---**
*A heartbeat smaller and fragile,
but tougher than anyone's.*
**[02:33] ---**
"The Lost Cat"
**[02:46] ---**
Hm? What is this?
**[02:49] ---**
Eden Project?
**[02:53] ---**
Not found? The data must've been deleted.
**[02:58] ---**
If their data admin is clueless,
I just may be able to recover it.
**[03:12] ---**
There! Yes!
**[03:15] ---**
This is...!
**[03:17] ---**
"Due to the collapse of Bioberg,
the project was cancelled.
**[03:21] ---**
This was not an accident,
but a terrorist act.
**[03:23] ---**
The research facility
was totally destroyed,
**[03:26] ---**
and the prototype machines
under development were also stolen.
**[03:30] ---**
Torneo Rudman, the perpetrator,
was killed at the hands of Chronos;
**[03:34] ---**
however, the whereabouts of the
prototype machines are still unknown.
**[03:37] ---**
The chief researcher of the Eden Project,
Dr. Tearju Lunatique,
**[03:42] ---**
was also critically injured
and is currently hospitalized."
**[03:45] ---**
Which hospital?
**[03:47] ---**
You need a password?!
**[03:51] ---**
How about... "femalescientist"?
**[03:58] ---**
Damn! They must've waited until
the Numbers were gone to attack.
**[04:01] ---**
Contact Sephiria-*sama* immediately!
**[04:15] ---**
What the...?!
**[04:17] ---**
What's going on?!
**[04:22] ---**
It doesn't seem as though
**[04:23] ---**
you've taken those from the
Apostles of the Stars as prisoners.
**[04:27] ---**
How pitiful... you seem quite confused.
**[04:31] ---**
You are Numbers! Are you telling us
you were conspiring with the enemy?!
**[04:37] ---**
You still don't get it?
**[04:38] ---**
The days of Chronos are over.
**[04:41] ---**
Now we, the Zero Numbers, will take over.
**[04:45] ---**
Zero Numbers?!
**[04:47] ---**
It seems that this was planned
from the very beginning... Mason!
**[04:52] ---**
Mason! You are a serious threat
to the noble cause of Chronos.
**[04:57] ---**
And I shall erase you!
**[04:58] ---**
You're not in any position
to be talking tough!
**[05:01] ---**
You simply cannot see beyond
Chronos' way of thinking, can you?
**[05:04] ---**
We do have our own noble cause, as well.
**[05:06] ---**
Sephiria...
**[05:08] ---**
I have waited a long time for this day...
**[05:14] ---**
the day that we take a step
towards ultimate peace.
**[05:21] ---**
This is farewell!
**[05:32] ---**
Hey Bro!
**[05:34] ---**
Bro! I'm glad you're back safe!
**[05:37] ---**
Yo!
**[05:38] ---**
H-Hey!
**[05:47] ---**
Bro!
**[05:49] ---**
--Cheers!
**[05:49] ---**
--Cheers!
**[05:54] ---**
Bro! Congratulations on attaining
your long-cherished goal!
**[05:57] ---**
I'm so relieved!
**[05:59] ---**
Well, I knew you'd be back safe,
**[06:01] ---**
but considering the enemy
you were up against...
**[06:03] ---**
If anything had happened to you...
**[06:04] ---**
I was just so worried!
**[06:06] ---**
Err... Hey Bro, are you listening?
**[06:09] ---**
More milk, please!
**[06:11] ---**
Geez! C'mon, Bro!
**[06:13] ---**
Ah... Ah... Ah-choo!
**[06:17] ---**
Hey, quit spitting all over the place!
**[06:19] ---**
S-Sorry.
**[06:22] ---**
Here's your milk.
**[06:26] ---**
Annette?! What're you doing here?!
**[06:29] ---**
Woodney told me...
**[06:31] ---**
that you took on some dangerous job...
**[06:34] ---**
So I brought all sorts of things.
I guess it was for nothing.
**[06:39] ---**
We don't need any of that stuff.
**[06:41] ---**
Humph! As cocky as ever!
**[06:44] ---**
I'm surprised you were
able to procure the boat.
**[06:47] ---**
The fishermen in this area were
too afraid of the Apostles of the Stars
**[06:50] ---**
to take their boats out.
**[06:52] ---**
I hired a boatman
who cared little about life.
**[06:56] ---**
It cost me a fortune, though.
**[06:58] ---**
When you collect your bounty,
I expect a big cut.
**[07:01] ---**
There won't be any bounty this time.
**[07:03] ---**
What do you mean?
**[07:05] ---**
Err... Haven't a clue...
**[07:08] ---**
Don't tell me you let Creed escape?!
**[07:09] ---**
Don't worry! We crushed
the Apostles of the Stars good.
**[07:14] ---**
You beat the Apostles of the Stars,
yet you get no reward?!
**[07:17] ---**
What's the meaning of this?
**[07:19] ---**
Aw c'mon... let it go.
**[07:21] ---**
The Sweeper Association guys
are okay with it, too, so...
**[07:25] ---**
Right? You guys don't care
about the reward, right?
**[07:28] ---**
Err... you do, huh?
**[07:34] ---**
Sure you do. Even I do...
**[07:37] ---**
I don't care.
**[07:41] ---**
We didn't lose to even
the Apostles of the Stars.
**[07:45] ---**
No matter what kind of job we take
from now on, we're sure to succeed.
**[07:48] ---**
Eve...
**[07:51] ---**
She's right!
**[07:53] ---**
In any event, with this battle,
we sweepers proved ourselves as men!
**[07:58] ---**
And as women, too!
**[08:00] ---**
Right! We beat those monsters!
**[08:04] ---**
The bounty means nothing!
**[08:06] ---**
--Right! Right!
**[08:08] ---**
--Right! Right!
**[08:10] ---**
I'm impressed! You first-class sweepers
really are different from the rest!
**[08:14] ---**
Tonight's on me! Drink all you like!
**[08:16] ---**
--Alright!
**[08:16] ---**
--Alright!
**[08:30] ---**
They're all gone.
**[08:33] ---**
They went off to their next jobs.
**[08:36] ---**
Being a sweeper isn't a stable job...
**[08:37] ---**
You follow where the wind
and criminals take you.
**[08:42] ---**
I see...
**[08:46] ---**
Let's head out to our next job, too.
**[08:51] ---**
Say, Eve... what do you want to do now?
**[08:53] ---**
What?
**[08:55] ---**
You can't keep roaming
around with us, right?
**[09:00] ---**
The Apostles of the Stars
have been destroyed.
**[09:02] ---**
Why not attend school or something?
**[09:05] ---**
Like that fire-breathing girl, Kyoko.
Attend a school in Zipang or something.
**[09:10] ---**
Since Zipang is a safe country,
it'd probably be...
**[09:12] ---**
I like just how it is.
**[09:17] ---**
I want to live freely.
**[09:22] ---**
You know, I'm saying this for you.
**[09:25] ---**
You should get into a
prestigious girls' boarding school
**[09:28] ---**
and get some education
under a respectable teacher.
**[09:32] ---**
If you're worried about the tuition,
I'll find a way to...
**[09:35] ---**
Hey, where are you going?!
**[09:39] ---**
Sven... you don't understand anything.
**[09:42] ---**
Eve!
**[09:44] ---**
Geez... they don't even have a
milk vending machine in this town?!
**[09:51] ---**
Something wrong with the princess?
**[09:55] ---**
It's nothing.
**[09:59] ---**
Miss Eve?
**[10:38] ---**
It's been a long time, Eve.
**[10:41] ---**
I wonder if you've forgotten...
**[10:43] ---**
that we're very old friends.
**[10:47] ---**
Friends?
**[10:49] ---**
Yes, I was there when you were born.
**[10:54] ---**
Come, Eve. I'll take you to paradise.
**[11:46] ---**
What in the...?!
**[11:55] ---**
Since you're here,
**[11:57] ---**
there must be no mistake that this is the gathering place.
**[12:01] ---**
Number VII!
**[12:03] ---**
Where are the others?
**[12:05] ---**
I can't find them anywhere...
**[12:08] ---**
I found David's body.
**[12:10] ---**
I've just buried him.
**[12:12] ---**
Then could Sephiria-*san
*and Belze-*san* also be...?!
**[12:17] ---**
There's no way those two
would be defeated.
**[12:20] ---**
I'm sure they're out searching
for Baldor and the others.
**[12:32] ---**
That's...!
**[12:35] ---**
Sephiria-*san*!
**[12:37] ---**
Belze-*san*!
**[12:38] ---**
Anubis!
**[12:47] ---**
No good!
**[12:48] ---**
This one doesn't work either!
**[12:51] ---**
Nor this...
**[12:55] ---**
Just as expected, this is impossible!
**[12:58] ---**
I'm so exhausted!
**[13:00] ---**
I'm sleepy... my shoulders are aching...
**[13:03] ---**
My butt hurts, too...
**[13:08] ---**
Ahh! I'm starving!
**[13:11] ---**
Even a simple omelet will do. I wanna eat!
**[13:16] ---**
Omelet?!
**[13:21] ---**
*The disk was empty, but I kept it
because of the weird title...*
**[13:28] ---**
*"Tips on how to make rolled omelets
without turning them into toxic waste."*
**[13:37] ---**
Thank you for coming,
**[13:39] ---**
but Ms. Lunatique may not
recognize you as her cousin.
**[13:44] ---**
The shock of the accident at Bioberg
has caused her to lose her memory.
**[13:49] ---**
This way.
**[13:53] ---**
Oh? She's not here.
**[13:55] ---**
Strange... she should be
done with her rehab session,
**[14:00] ---**
and I don't think any tests
were scheduled on her today.
**[14:06] ---**
What was that?
**[14:07] ---**
Someone, help! The patient in 303 is...!
**[14:11] ---**
She's agitated again after
seeing herself in the mirror!
**[14:37] ---**
You actually said that to the child?
**[14:40] ---**
Poor thing! Saying that to her
**[14:42] ---**
--After she trusted you so much...
**[14:43] ---**
--Refill, please!
**[14:44] ---**
Precisely because I'm close to her,
I'm thinking about Eve's future,
**[14:48] ---**
and...
**[14:49] ---**
Sven! You always
call yourself a gentleman...
**[14:53] ---**
but you're such a coward, aren't you?!
**[14:55] ---**
What?!
**[14:57] ---**
It seems to me that you're
trying to run away from Eve.
**[15:00] ---**
Hey! More milk, please!
**[15:03] ---**
You said, "Eve is not some sort
of weapon. She's a human being."
**[15:07] ---**
Then, isn't it important
not just to protect her,
**[15:09] ---**
but to think about her feelings as well?!
**[15:16] ---**
Let's go.
**[15:18] ---**
Let's go and get the princess.
**[15:19] ---**
She's probably sulking somewhere,
**[15:22] ---**
thinking, "Why isn't Sven
coming to get me already?"
**[15:25] ---**
C'mon, let's go.
**[15:28] ---**
The adjustments to the improved
NS amplifier have been completed.
**[15:32] ---**
Aside from the transformation control,
**[15:33] ---**
access permissions to the apperception
system have also been registered.
**[15:36] ---**
So, it won't accept
any input from anyone but us.
**[15:39] ---**
Furthermore, the pick-up
rate of all the data
**[15:44] ---**
that Eve has stored in her memory
and emotion filters have been optimized.
**[15:47] ---**
At this point, there is nothing
in the way of activating Eden.
**[15:51] ---**
Good.
**[15:53] ---**
Eve...
**[15:54] ---**
How long I've waited
to see you again...
**[15:58] ---**
From the very day when Dr. Lunatique
created you at Bioberg.
**[16:04] ---**
You will now proceed to paradise...
**[16:07] ---**
to Eden... where it will all begin.
**[16:17] ---**
Eve! Where are you?!
**[16:21] ---**
Come on home now!
**[16:22] ---**
Let's go get something good to eat!
**[16:27] ---**
Hey Train! What're you doing up there?
**[16:30] ---**
Huh? Of course I'm
looking for the princess!
**[16:34] ---**
I know! I'm asking why you're on the roof!
**[16:37] ---**
When people are lonely,
they like to climb up to high places.
**[16:40] ---**
That's common sense.
**[16:42] ---**
She's not you! You won't
find her up on a roof!
**[16:45] ---**
Get serious and look!
**[16:47] ---**
Mister Sven!
**[16:50] ---**
Ellie...
**[16:52] ---**
What're you doing here?
Did you come to see the boats?
**[16:55] ---**
No. But what are you doing out so late?
**[17:01] ---**
I came to greet Daddy.
**[17:02] ---**
Oh? You did? Good girl.
**[17:06] ---**
Oh! Good evening!
**[17:08] ---**
H-Hello...
**[17:10] ---**
Say Ellie, Eve still hasn't come back.
**[17:14] ---**
Did you see her somewhere?
**[17:16] ---**
Miss Eve?
**[17:18] ---**
Oh, that blonde child?
I saw her at the harbor.
**[17:22] ---**
Really?
**[17:23] ---**
Yes. A man who looks like a doctor
in a white lab coat was with her.
**[17:27] ---**
A doctor?! When?!
**[17:30] ---**
I went back and forth between the harbor
and my house several times today,
**[17:34] ---**
but I think it was in the morning.
**[17:37] ---**
Do you know which way they went?
**[17:49] ---**
We were finally able to obtain Eve.
**[17:52] ---**
The realization of
the ideal world is near!
**[17:56] ---**
I am grateful for all your work.
**[18:01] ---**
To think that a young girl like this...
has the power to change the world...
**[18:13] ---**
Eve!
**[18:15] ---**
Eve!!
**[18:18] ---**
Where are you?! Eve!!
**[18:25] ---**
Eve! So, that's where you were!
**[18:29] ---**
Let's go home, Eve.
**[18:33] ---**
Say, let's talk things over.
**[18:37] ---**
Hey, you can stop fooling around now.
**[18:42] ---**
Th-That's...!
**[18:46] ---**
Eve says she's not going back to you.
**[18:50] ---**
Quit talking nonsense!
**[18:52] ---**
You're making her say that!
**[18:55] ---**
Wait right there, Eve!
**[18:56] ---**
I'll free you... right away!
**[19:09] ---**
Sven!
**[19:21] ---**
Hah! It's been a long time, Black Cat.
**[19:28] ---**
Since when did Chrono Numbers
**[19:31] ---**
start hiring the Apostles of the Stars
to abduct people?
**[19:34] ---**
We are no longer Chronos.
**[19:37] ---**
We are comrades.
**[19:40] ---**
I don't give a damn who you team up with!!
**[19:44] ---**
Give Eve back now!!
**[19:46] ---**
Unfortunately, we can't.
**[19:49] ---**
We have a far deeper bond with Eve.
**[19:54] ---**
What?!
**[19:55] ---**
We know everything
there is to know about Eve.
**[19:58] ---**
Shut up!! What do you know about Eve?!
**[20:02] ---**
Scum like you couldn't possibly
understand how she feels!
**[20:05] ---**
Hah! How she feels?
**[20:07] ---**
Even if people understand
each other's feelings,
**[20:09] ---**
it does not stop them from fighting.
**[20:12] ---**
Mason!
**[20:14] ---**
So you're the mastermind behind all this!
**[20:16] ---**
Chronos once tried to destroy Eve.
**[20:19] ---**
So why do you want her now?
**[20:23] ---**
For the magnificent
and noble plan, Black Cat.
**[20:28] ---**
I am grateful to you both, though...
**[20:31] ---**
for nurturing Eve to this point.
**[20:35] ---**
Now, we will be able to change the world.
**[20:40] ---**
I don't know what the hell
you're talking about!
**[20:42] ---**
Just what does that have to do with Eve?!
**[20:44] ---**
Come, Eve.
**[20:49] ---**
Eve?!
**[20:55] ---**
It's time to bid farewell.
**[21:18] ---**
Eve!!
**[21:19] ---**
Sven!
**[21:20] ---**
Wait!
**[21:22] ---**
Eve!
**[21:30] ---**
Sven!
**[21:56] ---**
Eve...
**[22:04] ---**
Eve, this is Eden.
**[22:08] ---**
Eden...
**[22:09] ---**
Now go... Adam is waiting for you.
**[22:15] ---**
Adam...
**[22:29] ---**
*Since your new black
boots caused a blister,*
**[22:36] ---**
*you rest your right foot*
**[22:43] ---**
*We'll keep walking along
with our own rhythm, without rushing*
**[22:56] ---**
*Don't say anything*
**[23:04] ---**
*because we'll soon understand each other*
**[23:11] ---**
*I'm just holding you now to keep you warm*
**[23:25] ---**
*I'm completely wrapped around you, so...*
**[23:35] ---**
*Quietly the powder-like
snow is building up...*
**[23:55] ---**
"Next Episode"
**[23:56] ---**
*Eve, I have waited so long for your return.*
**[23:59] ---**
*Now my plan will be fulfilled.*
**[24:03] ---**
*Look, this is Eden,*
**[24:05] ---**
*the salvation that mankind has long awaited.*
**[24:09] ---**
*Eve, from now on,*
**[24:12] ---**
*you and Eden will bring
ultimate peace to mankind.*
**[24:15] ---**
*It is splendid...*
**[24:17] ---**
*Too splendid!*
**[24:17] ---**
"The Cat Bares Claws"