Freezing (フリージング)

Volt Texture...

Equip.

Medics to Blocks 8, 7 and 5, stat...!

Collect all wounded

and transport them to the recovery center!

The second year's strongest four are about to go head-to head.

The Carnival's grand finale...

This should be a hell of a show.

This semester's top-ranked student

is currently being transported from Block 11 to Block 12.

We still haven't seen the top student yet?

So you've been saving

the best for last, have you, Sister Margaret?

Perhaps.

Rank 1 is surrounded.

Six contestants closing in... seven... eight... eleven total.

I realize these matches are designed

to simulate real battle conditions,

but this year's Carnival is something else.

Can't say I've ever seen one Pandora face

so many opponents at once.

It's not the sort of thing you expect to see

from a second-year student...

...that's for sure.

Now deploying... Volt Weapon.

It's time for battle, Nova Blood.

Three down... Now another two.

Rank 1 has eliminated nine opponents.

The Untouchable Queen...

That is the title the students have given her.

Although you may know her as Satellizer el Bridget...

Bridget?

You don't mean that Bridget...

None other.

"Untouchable Queen" is a rather odd nickname.

I think it will make sense soon enough.

The fifth, fourth and third-ranking students

are currently en route to Block 3.

I'm bringing in the injured.

Are you ready?

Ready!

As you may know, the East and West Genetics Academies

were founded as institutes

to prepare all Pandora for their battle

against the extra-dimensional creatures known as Nova.

You know all about Pandora, I'm sure,

but let's cover the basics.

Kaho Hiiragi! Is learning about the fate

of the world really that boring to you?

Uh... No! I mean...

No, ma'am! Not at all!

In that case, since you're a Pandora,

why don't you tell us about them?

We Pandora are implanted with Stigmata that give us

the power to equip Volt Textures and deploy Volt Weapons.

That's what we use to combat the Nova.

And what else... in addition to our Volt equipment,

the Stigmata also give us

increased agility and strength...

As far as the basics go, I guess that's about it.

Well spoken for a first year--you can take your seat.

The Stigmata also give their user healing abilities...

They can reconstruct a Pandora's body

by using her DNA as a guide.

Administer the activating solution...!

If the Stigmata doesn't activate quickly enough...

these injuries may not heal properly!

Start neural array expansion and optimization now!

Yes, Doctor Elise!

I don't want to see any deaths at this Carnival!

Neural integration complete.

Synapse signal transmission normal.

I need 1,000 milligrams of Savitcam.

In extreme cases,

like when a Pandora loses one of her limbs,

the Stigmata can grow a new one without even leaving a scar.

I would know...

Four years ago, I experienced it myself.

Miss Yumi?

Yes? What is it, Arthur?

Before you became a teacher,

you were a Pandora like the girls here, right...?

Could you tell us a little bit about how that went?

Oh! I wanna know, too!

Me too! Yeah, me too!

You said you were hurt four years ago...

I did the math and that means you took part

in the Eighth Nova Clash...

That's when the Nova Type S showed up in Japan, isn't it?

It was the Eighth Nova Clash...

Once again, the extra dimensional creatures

entered our world...

Leaving nothing but destruction in their wake.

Nova Type S detected in the Uraga Channel...

Freezing initiated. Radius: 220 meters.

All vessels in the area have ceased movement!

Lost contact with all vessels!

At its current speed, the Type S is expected

to reach Tokyo Bay in 20 minutes.

We will encounter the Nova in 20 minutes.

At Genetics we learned all the skills we need to fight...

Now is the time to put them to the test.

Yes, ma'am!

Yumi.

What is it? Where's Kazuha?

Back home...

She had something to take care of first.

I see.

Of course... we fought with all our strength,

but in the end, it amounted to nothing...

It wasn't us who defeated the Nova that day...

It was all her... Kazuha Aoi.

Kazuha! Kazuha!

Kazuya!

Don't go...! I can't lose you!

You're my only sister!

I need you!

What if those things kill you?!

Don't worry, I promise I won't die...

I have something special to protect me.

It's not just Stigmata that I carry on my back...

I carry all of your hopes and dreams as well.

We Pandora carry the hopes and dreams of the whole world

because we're the only ones who can defeat the Nova...

And all of those hopes, give me strength...

That's why... I promise I won't lose.

And that was the last time I ever saw my sister...