# E9 - Paradox
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The balance between the worlds
has just been shattered.
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Naoto and Naoya Kirihara were originally
residents of the psychic world.
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Their existing simultaneously
alongside you creates a paradox.
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And that paradox means
the world will be destroyed.
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That was the future I saw.
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Destroyed?
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Me, my brother, everyone...
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A way exists to stop this.
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Remove the unstable elements,
Naoto and Naoya, from this world.
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That is the only way to protect it.
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Naoya-san?
**[01:12] ---**
* It's no good. I can't get*
* a hold of Sonezaki or Muto.*
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What about Takuya?
**[01:16] ---**
*I can't get a hold of him, either.*
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Th-There's so much information...
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What's going on?
***SIGN*** Episode 9:
Paradox
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Where am I? Where's Naoto?
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What's going on?
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What is this place?!
**[03:25] ---**
Welcome to my world.
**[03:31] ---**
What? An old lady?
**[03:33] ---**
Akiko Okuhara.
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She's the prophet.
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The prophet?
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And... the one who's
been giving orders to the SWE.
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What the hell are you talking about?!
**[03:46] ---**
Explain.
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You are the chosen ones.
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The special ones I have gathered together.
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Now, show me that you have
the power to save this world.
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Naoya...
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Naoto.
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We finally meet.
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Naoto and Naoya Kirihara.
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Oh, I met Naoya once.
**[04:23] ---**
We connected through Yuya.
**[04:27] ---**
She's the one from before?
**[04:28] ---**
Yes. She's a prophet of great power.
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And the one Mikuriya-san was talking about,
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who denied spiritual energy
and created the material world.
**[04:41] ---**
Yuya, what happened?
**[04:45] ---**
With the help of the talented Yuya,
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I was able to bring the
Kirihara Brothers here.
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You're the one who made
this disgusting world?
**[04:58] ---**
Nonsense.
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I am the one who has been
*protecting* this world.
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It was Misaki who created it.
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His limited, vague prophecies
caused you great suffering,
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and are now about destroy the world.
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What do you mean, "destroy"?
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Yuya. I think it's true.
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But... if the world is denying the
existence of something real, it's wrong!
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Does that make it right
to destroy the world, then?
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Is your world the only one that matters?
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Yuya shared a vision of this
world's destruction with me,
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and Yui Akiyama shared one with you.
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I'm afraid what you saw
is an inescapable reality.
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Hey, what does she mean
"destroyed," Yuya?!
**[05:55] ---**
This world will be destroyed.
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And the cause is...
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Yes.
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Naoto and Naoya Kirihara.
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You must not be allowed to exist
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in the same world as Yuya and Takuya.
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The four of you are
trapped inside a paradox.
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You've already noticed, haven't you?
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That you are intertwined with each other...
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The fact that Yuya and Naoya
are connected is proof.
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This is all part a terrible plan,
created by someone
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who seeks to twist and warp the world.
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There is only way to save this world.
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Eliminate the Kirihara
Brothers from existence.
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Brother...
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Sonezaki, Mutou, fulfill your roles.
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That was always the plan!
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I don't really understand,
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but I need to eliminate them
to save everyone, right?
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Takuya, step back.
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You have fulfilled your duty
of finding the Kirihara Brothers.
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With Misaki's plot still in motion,
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you should not face them.
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Don't worry. We're inside my garden...
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Now, Naoya, show me
the one who lies beyond you!
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Where are they?!
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Where?!
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Naoya and Naoto! Where are they?!
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I don't know. They disappeared!
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There was this light, and then...
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Again?
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I didn't do anything wrong!
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Why are you doing this?!
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Because you're a traitor to the nation!
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I haven't done anything!
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Not yet! But someday you will!
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That's the prophecy.
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Prophecy?
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That's right.
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There will be no "someday."
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This world will be destroyed.
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What?
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I can see the future, too.
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This world will disappear!
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Bullshit!
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There's only one prophet,
and it's Okuhara Akiko!
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She's the only one who can guide
the world to its proper state!
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This is a "proper" world?!
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So everyone's supposed to just disappear?!
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You're just delusional.
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I'm doing this for the sake
of the whole world.
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Don't hold it against me.
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I see... So you're the same.
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Wh-What?
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Did you connect to the prophet's network?
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Do you know what you've done?!
**[09:09] ---**
It was on her orders.
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What?!
**[09:12] ---**
These were her orders. We must simply obey.
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Sorry, but you cannot win here.
**[09:34] ---**
I can erase Naoya after we capture Misaki.
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Now release your power!
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Brother...
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Get back.
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Come on!
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Brother!
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Stay back!
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I told you, didn't I?
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This is my garden.
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The result was obvious from the start.
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What's going on?
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Naoya...
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Brother.
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They were involved with
Mom and Dad, after all.
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Is that what Okuhara said?
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Yeah.
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But why did they look
the same then as they do now?
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Brother!
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Just stand back and watch, yeah?
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Naoya...
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I don't think they know anything, either.
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I realized that when I connected with Naoya.
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So we're connected?
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But if Okuhara's right and this world
is going to be destroyed,
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we have to eliminate them.
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You won't get away now.
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Brother! Brother!
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I don't understand... Is this really right?
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What other answer is there?
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Take this!
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Now, protect our world.
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Brother...
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Sorry.
**[12:24] ---**
I guess in the end, we were just stronger.
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Wait!
**[12:30] ---**
Brother, is this really
what we think is right?
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We're doing it for the sake of this world.
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Stop it!
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Out of my way!
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Now let me see him, through you!
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What?
**[12:57] ---**
Masayuki? Why?
**[13:00] ---**
You came through the network?
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Why... Why did you come here?
**[13:09] (Flashback) ---**
Masayuki!
**[13:11] (Flashback) ---**
No!
**[13:18] ---**
*It's our special secret, okay?*
**[13:24] Shoko**
*The child you're going to have in the future*
**[13:24] Mom**
*I thought then that
Shoko must've guided me.*
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*will play a very important role.*
**[13:27] ---**
*Shoko, is this what you meant?*
**[13:31] Old Man**
*They all had their own role to play
when they appeared before you.*
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*And now that they've played their role,*
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*they've gone where they belong.*
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Impossible...
**[13:52] ---**
Masayuki's birth was planned
for this one moment?
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Takuya, eliminate Masayuki!
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I'll do it!
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Yuya...
**[14:24] ---**
What the hell is this?!
**[14:33] ---**
It intends to invade me?!
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Where are they?
**[14:43] ---**
They were removed.
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What are you smiling about?
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Don't screw with me!
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Shit! Shit!
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You stupid kid!
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Disgusting thing...
**[15:02] ---**
Masayuki, stop!
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So, this is how it ends, huh?
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Reika...
**[15:13] ---**
Big Brother Takuya, Yuya...
It's up to you now...
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Why?! We were stronger!
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We can't lose! Right, Takuya?
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Misaki... is this what you think is right?
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I'm so glad you're safe, Brother...
**[16:03] ---**
Mikuriya saved us?
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Mom!
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Masayuki!
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Mom...
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I missed you!
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It's okay now.
**[16:20] ---**
The two of them finished
their role and went home...
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Mikuriya-san?
**[16:27] ---**
My role is to send you to where you must go.
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And this will be the last time I do it.
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Mikuriya... I...
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Naoto, thank you.
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That's enough.
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If you see someone you can help,
and they reach out to you,
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then help them.
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Mikuriya-san...
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Is our job only to save those left behind?
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Naoto, Naoya...
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You two are capable of reaching
the thing you must do your own.
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I know it.
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I've played this role for a long
time, and now it's over.
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Hello again, Misaki.
**[17:27] ---**
Oh, Akiko.
**[17:29] ---**
You certainly got me.
**[17:32] ---**
Masayuki took every bit of my power.
**[17:36] ---**
It seems your selfish obsession with
the material world hasn't changed.
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You use people like puppets.
How are you any different from me?
**[17:49] ---**
Already a paradox has occured,
**[17:51] ---**
and the brothers are fated
to kill one another.
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Is this the future you saw?
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Pain is necessary for
a world without conflict.
**[18:03] ---**
Nonsense and platitudes.
**[18:05] ---**
Now both worlds will be destroyed.
Do you understand that?
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Or are you saying you see beyond it?
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You haven't changed...
**[18:19] ---**
Parallel lines, extending into eternity.
**[18:23] ---**
Well, neither of us need prophecy
to understand this one thing.
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I will eliminate those brothers.
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Listen, Akiko. You don't need
to cling to this world any longer.
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Ridiculous. This world
won't last without me.
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You've done enough.
**[18:45] ---**
The world you cling to requires
both a body and a mind, right?
**[18:51] ---**
Akiko, you're already dead
in every way that matters.
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And there's proof:
**[18:57] ---**
Your soul has already
reincarnated into this world.
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All you are now is a creature
**[19:07] ---**
that squeezes the last few drops
out the thoughts she left behind.
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Realize that.
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Impossible...
**[19:16] ---**
Akiko, I wished that you could've
seen the same world I do...
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Misaki, no matter who I am,
this is without a doubt my will.
**[19:30] ---**
I was able to find your puppet via Masayuki.
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It's not over yet.
**[19:48] ---**
There's a message from our boss.
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Report to the Operation Room, now.
**[19:51] ---**
Okay.
**[19:59] ---**
Yui Akiyama disappeared
right in front of me.
**[20:01] ---**
Where are the others?
**[20:02] ---**
*The situation is... well...*
**[20:05] ---**
What?
**[20:06] ---**
*Mike is dead.*
**[20:07] ---**
* I can just barely detect*
* Sonezaki and Muto's vitals.*
**[20:11] ---**
*But the damage to their brains is extensive.*
**[20:13] ---**
*They probably won't be waking up.*
**[20:16] ---**
I see... What about Takuya?
**[20:18] ---**
*He's fine.*
**[20:19] ---**
But... the prophet has
ceased all vital activity.
**[20:22] ---**
What?!
**[20:24] ---**
You're certain?!
**[20:26] ---**
*We tried to revive her, but...*
**[20:29] ---**
* B-But we have a final message*
* that we've analyzed.*
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* "The root of all this is*
* in Russia. Destroy it."*
**[20:38] ---**
* We have the coordinates*
* the prophet gave us, too.*
**[20:41] ---**
*I'm heading back.*
**[20:42] ---**
* Get the information ready so*
* I can be briefed immediately.*
**[20:45] ---**
*Call Takuya and Yuya, too.*
**[20:53] ---**
The numbers went crazy
and then stabilized.
**[20:56] ---**
But Mikuriya-san's vital signs are dropping.
**[20:59] ---**
What happened in the Intermediary World?
**[21:02] ---**
Mikuriya...