Karakuri Circus

Master! Where are you, Master?

Faceless. Shirogane.

Mr. Masaru, run!

Let go of Shirogane!

Good for you. You found Éléonore.

Not that you can do anything.

Lay one finger on Mr. Masaru, and you will pay!

Masaru did pretty well.

He beat those android-Os.

I agree. He's done an admirable job.

All out of your love for Éléonore, eh?

Why should I answer you?

But I will save Shirogane.

I see.

Then you will die here.

You go ahead and take Éléonore.

As you wish.

-Mr. Masaru! -Hold on, I'm coming!

Now then, let's begin.

Am I destined to lose my way?

All I want is to have fun in my life

All I want is to be with those I love

Ready or not Here I come

I don't care anymore

I just don't know anymore

I wish everything would just disappear

There are days when I think like that

But everything is precious to me

And so I fight on

Today was a tough day

I almost gave up hope

But the truth is I don't want to lose anything anymore

I wish everything would just disappear

There are days when I think like that

But everything is precious to me

And so I must fight

#27 Download

Master!

It's Arlequin.

-I found it when I was looking for you. -Thanks.

Arlequin!

Let's go.

Go!

Where am I?

A rocket?

Lord Faceless is going to ride in it. Together with Lady Francine.

With Shirogane?

But, where to?

480 km above Earth.

To a man-made star that has been repurposed by Lord Faceless.

Or so I heard.

You mean, a space station?

I have to let them know!

Why did I tell her?

Is it because of that smile?

There is a giant space station being built in Earth's orbit.

It's called Alpha.

The US, Japan, European countries, Canada and Russia

are collaborating on a joint project.

But we've lost contact with the six astronauts constructing it.

And ZONAPHA struck the entire world right after that.

Right.

Powerful electric waves were emitted towards Earth from it.

I'm analyzing them right now.

But I believe those waves are what control the ZONAPHA bugs.

Then you do what you can about that.

-Are you going? -Yeah.

Pantalone said Éléonore was being taken to Mont Saint-Michel.

It may be a trap.

How long will it take for you to mass-produce Harry?

About three years.

And they'll all die waiting.

The children first.

I can't sit around waiting for that.

It's no use. I can't fight three automata at once.

What's wrong? Have you run out of steam already?

But I have to fight.

Swirling Tiger!

No, you can't spin!

Damn it.

Stop it. Masaru doesn't like you to do that.

You're going to disobey me?

Yes, I am. Because Masaru held me.

-You can move? -Yes.

I'm fine now.

I'll take that little girl on, so you go save your lady.

All for love, right?

Rip her apart, my little teddies!

No, I don't want to be ripped apart.

Not so fast.

Masaru!

You came, Lise.

Damn it.

-Where's Shirogane? -She was taken upstairs.

Hurry, you must go save her.

-Faceless means to take her to space. -What?

Go on now. Leave them to us.

-You're...? -Yes, I'm an automaton.

But I'm on Masaru's side now.

Hey, over here Colombine!

Go on, save her!

No, I can't leave you all fighting here.

No, you must go to fight.

To save Shirogane and go home.

For all of us to go home.

Hurry!

Thanks, Lise.

Let's all go home together!

Where's the rocket? Is it on a higher floor?

Finally, we're all alone.

Faceless!

The elevator behind me leads right to the rocket Éléonore is on.

Beat me if you want to reach it.

-Dismantle. -Swirling Tiger!

I'll get his legs.

Dismantle!

That was close.

I see, we know each other's moves.

What is he going to do to me with this rocket?

You're going to a nice space station for your honeymoon.

With Lord Faceless.

Impossible, I would never!

Even if I do, I will break the rocket with him in it.

Do it if you can, then.

-What? -Oops, sorry.

But you see, you won't do that.

I'll bet you a cat's tail that you won't.

-Swirling Tiger! -Dismantle.

-Damn it. -Ha!

Dismantle!

Not bad. I'll have to step up my game.

Here, take a look inside.

It's the latest download system.

This time, it won't even take 10 minutes to download me into you.

You still haven't given that up?

Countdown in progress. 42 minutes 30 seconds until lift-off.

That's more than enough time to perform a download.

I will be bound together with Shirogane in your body.

Faceless is too strong.

I can't win that quickly.

Even if I do win, I might not have enough time to save Shirogane.

What should I do? What can I do?

Master!

Master!

Oh no...

Master, Master!

Too bad, Gryphon.

He can't hear you now.

I'm Guri-pon, now. That's what Master calls me. Let him go!

No can do.

Stay there and watch your master become me.

Commence the download.

No, wake up Master!

It's much too loud here for our little fight.

Yes, I was just thinking your remains would look better in the ocean.