22 - The Cat Bares Claws
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[00:19] ---
You've come to?
[00:22] ---
Annette...
[00:23] ---
How's Sven?
[00:25] ---
His injuries aren't serious.
[00:27] ---
But... it looks like
he's taking this pretty hard.
[00:34] ---
Princess!
[00:37] ---
That's how it always starts...
[00:39] ---
under the azure sky
[00:42] ---
After making a vow,
[00:46] ---
I now set off
[01:02] ---
Yeah, the desert glitters with a golden hue
[01:07] ---
(The wind is scorching)
[01:09] ---
I'm searching for a diamond flower
[01:13] ---
(I keep on wandering)
[01:15] ---
Now, for the first time in my life,
[01:21] ---
I live for someone else
[01:28] ---
There's something I wanna protect
[01:34] ---
I'll never, ever lose it again
[01:40] ---
Resound, my heartbeat!
[01:47] ---
A heartbeat smaller and fragile,
but tougher than anyone's.
[02:07] ---
"The Cat Bares Claws"
[02:26] ---
Eve, your journey that began
in a tank at Bioberg
[02:30] ---
has come to an end.
[02:33] ---
The life of people, the joys and sorrows...
[02:36] ---
the wisdom to live, and battle...
[02:38] ---
You have obtained all
the knowledge you require.
[02:43] ---
Rejoice!
[02:44] ---
You have been given the
right to live in paradise.
[02:48] ---
Pa... ra... dise...
[02:52] ---
Yes, the paradise called Eden.
[02:55] ---
E... den...
[03:09] ---
From this moment, you
will become one with Eden!
[03:12] ---
And you will live in paradise for eternity!
[03:15] ---
Magnificent!
[03:33] ---
Eve!
[03:43] ---
You're going to get Eve back?
[03:45] ---
Of course!
[03:46] ---
You don't even know where she is...
[03:48] ---
and in that condition, what can you do?!
[03:49] ---
You expect me to lie still in bed?!
[03:52] ---
How can I?!
Eve's been kidnapped!
[03:56] ---
If I don't save her, who will?!
[04:00] ---
Don't act like no one else cares but you!
[04:03] ---
Even to me, Princess
is a precious comrade!
[04:10] ---
Remember, you once punched me?
[04:14] ---
I seem to recall something like that.
[04:17] ---
You said yourself...
[04:19] ---
to rely on your comrades more.
[04:23] ---
So leave the rest to me.
[04:26] ---
You sure talk cool!
[04:31] ---
Annette is checking on
Mason's movements right now.
[04:34] ---
That old man?
[04:36] ---
Mason was the oldest member of Chronos,
[04:38] ---
and the only member of the
Numbers to experience the Itairiku War.
[04:42] ---
Sephiria depended on him a lot, too.
[04:44] ---
But why would someone like him...?
[04:46] ---
The problem is that Mason
is the one who took Eve.
[04:52] ---
Anyway, take it easy and recover.
[04:55] ---
Hey! Where are you going?!
[04:57] ---
Mason is quite a schemer.
[05:00] ---
I've gotta be prepared for him.
[05:03] ---
Drink that and heal quickly.
[05:05] ---
Be seeing you!
[05:08] ---
Is this his only way of showing kindness?
[05:16] ---
The three elders have been assassinated.
[05:19] ---
As I expected...
[05:21] ---
I see it was Mason's doing?
[05:23] ---
We were totally had.
[05:26] ---
The branches around the
world are in a state of turmoil.
[05:29] ---
A plot 20 years in the making...
[05:32] ---
When we faced Mason,
he used Tao techniques.
[05:36] ---
When did he gain such power?
[05:39] ---
Probably in the Itairiku War...
[05:40] ---
So he made an alliance
with Taoists back then.
[05:44] ---
Nanotech and Tao...
[05:46] ---
This is quite a problem.
[05:48] ---
Ultimate peace...
he said something like that...
[05:52] ---
That's sheer nonsense.
We must stop them at all costs.
[05:55] ---
But Sephiria...
[05:57] ---
do we have the power at this time,
to confront Mason?
[06:01] ---
The reality is that world governments are
calling to cancel their financial support.
[06:07] ---
Still, we must do it.
[06:12] ---
What a creepy moon.
[06:15] ---
It's an ominous color.
[06:17] ---
Where're you guys headed from here?
[06:20] ---
I'm taking off for a while. I'm exhausted.
[06:23] ---
I have work.
[06:26] ---
So we're all going our separate ways.
[06:29] ---
Wanna come with me?
[06:30] ---
If you're by yourself, you get lost
even in your own room, don't you?
[06:33] ---
What?! D-Don't insult me!
[06:35] ---
I was at least able to find
my way back from the john!
[06:57] ---
Smooch, smooch, smooch...
[06:59] ---
Kuro-sama...
[07:11] ---
I guess no one's here anymore...
[07:15] ---
Who's there?
[07:18] ---
Quit standing there like a stick!
[07:20] ---
If this were a real bullet, you'd be dead!
[07:23] ---
Tim...
[07:26] ---
Leon...
[07:34] ---
Layla...
[07:38] ---
We thought you were dead, Leon!
[07:46] ---
Welcome home, Leon.
[07:53] ---
It's good to be back.
[08:06] ---
No data at all on those Zero Numbers?
[08:10] ---
Like the number says... zero.
[08:12] ---
Any word from Train?
[08:14] ---
He just left!
[08:18] ---
Hey...
[08:19] ---
What's the use of sitting there and
punching away at the keyboard?!
[08:22] ---
Shut up!
[08:24] ---
I'm contacting the information brokers and
the sweepers around the country right now!
[08:29] ---
I'll go walking for rehabilitation.
[08:37] ---
Sven?
[08:39] ---
R-Rins?!
[08:41] ---
You're alive?
[08:43] ---
Well, I saw the netherworld
for a second just now...
[08:45] ---
Never mind that.
What're you doing here?
[08:48] ---
I heard about Eve from Annette.
[08:50] ---
So I brought someone
who may have some leads.
[08:53] ---
Leads?
[08:59] ---
Sh-She's...
[09:01] ---
Eve!
[09:03] ---
Tearju Lunatique.
[09:05] ---
Eve's creator.
[09:08] ---
Amnesia?
[09:10] ---
Then she can't give us any leads!
[09:13] ---
But I'm sure she knows something.
[09:15] ---
That may be so, but...
[09:18] ---
In any case, they really look alike!
Are they blood-related?
[09:22] ---
I'm almost positive Eve's her clone.
[09:24] ---
Clone?! Hey!
[09:27] ---
Tearju is one of the top scientists not only
in nanomachines but also in clone science.
[09:32] ---
In other words, she was
experimenting on her own clone?
[09:37] ---
What was she thinking?!
[09:39] ---
Scientists live in a different world.
[09:44] ---
Rins, give me your cell phone!
[09:46] ---
Huh?!
[09:46] ---
You took Eve's picture
with it before, didn't you?
[09:48] ---
So?
[09:49] ---
If we show it to her,
it may jog her memory!
[09:52] ---
Hey, you're right!
[09:55] ---
Here it is. This is Eve.
[09:58] ---
E... ve?
[10:00] ---
Well? You recognize her, don't you?
[10:05] ---
Tearju?
[10:23] ---
Eve!
[10:24] ---
Hey lady, calm down!
[10:26] ---
Eve! I must stop Eve!
[10:29] ---
What? Do what to Eve?!
[10:30] ---
Eve! Turn back to dust!
[10:33] ---
Eve!
[10:39] ---
--Tearju!
[10:39] ---
--Tearju!
[11:15] ---
You're awake, Eve?
[11:19] ---
Where am I?
[11:22] ---
Eden... the paradise
at the center of the world.
[11:26] ---
Who are you?
[11:28] ---
I'm Adam. I've been
waiting for you a long time.
[11:41] ---
I was lonely all by myself,
[11:43] ---
so I'm really happy that you've come.
[11:46] ---
I... can't remember anything.
[11:50] ---
You don't have to remember anything.
[11:52] ---
You have been reborn, so...
[11:57] ---
Reborn?
[12:01] ---
Anxiety doesn't suit Eden.
[12:03] ---
Now smile!
[12:10] ---
There is no fighting...
no illness... no unhappiness in Eden.
[12:15] ---
Even food can be...
[12:16] ---
Look...
[12:20] ---
Like this, we can eat
all we want whenever we want.
[12:23] ---
There's no hunger here either.
[12:28] ---
An apple...
[12:30] ---
Take a bite.
[12:38] ---
Hypnotized yourself?
[12:39] ---
To react when you see Eve's face?
[12:43] ---
That's why you reacted
in front of the mirror...
[12:46] ---
Why'd you do such a thing?
[12:49] ---
I didn't want them to use me...
[12:52] ---
Huh?
[12:53] ---
Or my research... or Eve.
[12:55] ---
That's why when Torneo attacked
the research lab at Bioberg...
[13:00] ---
I tried to destroy everything.
[13:02] ---
But I didn't have enough time.
[13:05] ---
Kanzaki, my assistant, was
already in cahoots with Mason, so...
[13:08] ---
Kanzaki?
[13:09] ---
At the lab, we called him Doctor.
[13:13] ---
It's this man.
[13:15] ---
That's...
[13:16] ---
He may not look it,
[13:17] ---
but he was an ambitious man
who was determined to take my place.
[13:20] ---
And he fell victim to his ambition
and was ensnared by Mason.
[13:24] ---
I can't forgive him!
[13:26] ---
He stole the research that
I poured my heart and soul into!
[13:29] ---
Now, now...
[13:31] ---
So tell us, what was
this research of yours about?
[13:35] ---
It was the Eden Project, wasn't it?
[13:38] ---
What is that?
[13:40] ---
A frightening plan... to bring
about ultimate peace to the world.
[13:44] ---
Peace? Nothing wrong with peace.
[13:47] ---
Even if humans stop being humans?
[13:51] ---
Infect people with nanomachines
[13:53] ---
and centrally control
them using the power of Tao.
[13:56] ---
That is the outline of the Eden Project.
[13:59] ---
Well, that certainly would
put an end to wars...
[14:02] ---
But that's quite an outrageous plan.
[14:05] ---
But what does Eve have to do with it?
[14:08] ---
Eve will activate Eden.
[14:09] ---
Eden?
[14:11] ---
The mechanical life
form which I invented.
[14:14] ---
Once activated, it will spread
nanomachines throughout the world
[14:18] ---
and control the people of the world...
[14:20] ---
And using their life
energy as the driving force,
[14:22] ---
its life will become immortal.
[14:24] ---
And you're saying that Eve
will be the pilot for this?
[14:26] ---
Yes...
[14:28] ---
Eve will be set in the center of Eden.
[14:31] ---
Eve was developed to serve
as Eden's consciousness.
[14:35] ---
Her role as a "bio-weapon" was just a ruse.
[14:40] ---
That's why I must destroy Eve!
[14:42] ---
Before Eden is activated!
[14:44] ---
That is my duty as her creator!
[14:47] ---
Don't be so selfish!!
[14:49] ---
She may be a clone or
whatever, but... Eve is Eve!!
[14:52] ---
You think I'd let you erase
her just to suit your whims?!
[14:57] ---
Tearju...
[14:59] ---
I want to save Eve, too.
[15:03] ---
But if Eden is activated,
[15:05] ---
it will mean the end of this world.
[15:10] ---
Hasn't Eden been activated yet?
[15:12] ---
Eden's operation circuit is
trying to link up with Eve.
[15:16] ---
Once that is complete...
[15:20] ---
Aren't you going to eat? It's good.
[15:25] ---
It tastes wonderful... something
you've never tasted before in your life.
[15:29] ---
Now, hurry...
[15:32] ---
What will happen when Eden is activated?
[15:35] ---
Eden will cover the sky and make it rain.
[15:38] ---
Rain?
[15:39] ---
Nanomachine rain.
[15:41] ---
It will seep into humans...
and cause a transformation.
[15:45] ---
Even I don't know what the result will be.
[15:49] ---
Can't we tell Eve not to do that?
[15:51] ---
The Eve that you know will be erased
[15:53] ---
and she'll become one with Eden.
[15:56] ---
She probably won't
remember anyone by that time.
[16:00] ---
That's ridiculous!
[16:02] ---
Eve will become Eden's consciousness.
[16:05] ---
Only after that happens
[16:07] ---
will Eden be able to recognize and control humans.
[16:11] ---
So Eve will no longer be Eve...
[16:17] ---
A giant nebula which
has absorbed all humans...
[16:21] ---
Some people may call it god.
[16:25] ---
Or... demon...
[16:29] ---
Eat it.
[16:32] ---
Eat... this...
[16:47] ---
That's wonderful, Eve.
[16:50] ---
You will nurture paradise...
[16:52] ---
and paradise will continue to grow...
[16:55] ---
and soon cover everything on this planet!
[17:02] ---
Ohhhh!
[17:05] ---
The moment has arrived!
[17:07] ---
The day I have waited for...
[17:09] ---
for so long!
[17:14] ---
Creed...
[17:17] ---
Creed!
[17:30] ---
Oops, I drank too much again.
[17:32] ---
We had drinks... at the
wedding party... for a toast.
[17:35] ---
Huh?
[17:39] ---
Oh, the sunset?
[17:41] ---
How pretty!
[17:43] ---
But why a sunset in broad daylight?
[17:49] ---
Pretty...
[17:50] ---
Yeah...
[17:52] ---
The cloud is spreading in this direction...
[17:56] ---
So Mason is on the move now...
[17:58] ---
The location is the desert in the
northwest... near Kashmir City.
[18:02] ---
Just what is he up to?
[18:04] ---
That is not our concern.
[18:06] ---
Order an attack immediately.
[18:08] ---
The communication with our
Kashmir branch has been lost.
[18:12] ---
So nothing is left on our side...
[18:16] ---
Even if it's just us alone!
[18:17] ---
With just the few of us,
we cannot hope for victory.
[18:22] ---
Hey, hey... why so depressed?
[18:25] ---
I really don't want to
see you guys despondent.
[18:29] ---
Heartnet!
[18:33] ---
And you still call yourselves Numbers?
[18:35] ---
You're going to take
old Mason's antics lying down?
[18:39] ---
Since you left Chronos,
it's none of your business.
[18:43] ---
Or... will you return to Chronos?
[18:46] ---
Eve was kidnapped by Mason.
[18:48] ---
Eve? That bio-weapon?
[18:51] ---
Eve is my comrade!
[18:54] ---
What do you expect us to do?
[18:56] ---
It's simple. I'm gonna rescue Eve.
[18:59] ---
You're coming too, right?
[19:02] ---
Whatever happened to the Numbers' pride?
[19:04] ---
That insufferable pride?!
[19:10] ---
All right.
[19:12] ---
Just this one time...
[19:15] ---
We, Chronos, will lend you a hand, Heartnet!
[19:19] ---
Now that's more like it!
[19:28] ---
Oh?! What's going on?
[19:32] ---
Oh, it's rain.
[19:40] ---
Peace... peace is coming.
[19:45] ---
Huh? Maybe I drank too much?
[19:49] ---
Oh?
[19:53] ---
Oh, yeah! It's begun!
[19:55] ---
--Hey, sit down! I can't see!
[19:56] ---
--Go!
[19:57] ---
--I know I'm getting too old for this,
[19:58] ---
--but I always get excited
when I see something like this.
[19:59] ---
--Death Blow Beam!
[20:01] ---
--Hey, I've seen this program before.
[20:01] ---
--Ahhhh!
[20:06] ---
We interrupt this program
for important news.
[20:07] ---
Kashmir City in the
northwestern region of the continent
[20:10] ---
is under attack
from a strange flying object.
[20:12] ---
We will bring you more news
as it becomes available.
[20:21] ---
Say, what'll you order?
I'm having a fruit parfait.
[20:24] ---
Sweet bean soup for me.
[20:25] ---
Grilled octopus in batter for me!
[20:26] ---
A sweet shop wouldn't have that, you know!
[20:27] ---
Oh, really?
[20:29] ---
Oh? What's wrong, Kyoko?
[20:33] ---
Hey, Kyoko!
[20:35] ---
--Kashmir...
[20:36] ---
--Hey, what's that?
[20:37] ---
--The city where I dated Little Kuro-sama?!
[20:38] ---
--Oh... I'm scared!
[20:45] ---
Splendid...
[20:50] ---
Look! Man has abandoned
his ego and become one!
[20:54] ---
This is indeed Utopia!
[20:56] ---
Now we will absorb people into Eden.
[21:00] ---
They will become
the flesh and blood of Eden,
[21:02] ---
and become the source of Tao power.
[21:16] ---
What is this?!
[21:24] ---
Tearju, you really
created something terrible.
[21:28] ---
People are being sucked in!
[21:31] ---
It seems it's designed not only to merge
human minds, but their bodies as well.
[21:36] ---
Designed?! Can't you do something?!
[21:39] ---
As the one responsible for its development,
[21:41] ---
I will take responsibility
until the very end.
[21:43] ---
But how?
[21:46] ---
Oh! Is it over for mankind?!
[21:49] ---
Quit your whining!
[21:51] ---
I'm sorry... Huh?
[21:53] ---
Bro!
[21:54] ---
Yo! Sorry to keep you waiting.
[21:56] ---
Train, you're so late!
[22:08] ---
These guys are pretty
dependable, wouldn't you say?
[22:10] ---
Huh? Yeah...
[22:12] ---
Awright! Let's go, Sven!
[22:15] ---
Princess must be tired of waiting!
[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... what are you thinking?
[23:59] ---
You're not remembering the past, are you?
[24:03] ---
Stop this nonsense.
You are here in paradise now.
[24:07] ---
Look at this peaceful scenery
filled with happiness.
[24:12] ---
If you are still haunted
by the ghosts of the past...
[24:17] ---
I know a way to deal with that.
[24:17] ---
"The Cat’s Paradise"