Chronos Ruler (時間の支配者)

March 15 14:00

We've been climbing forever. Aren't we there yet?

You're so impatient. It's not far now.

You're sure we can learn about Victo's past if we go to this Chronos HQ?

HQ has detailed records of all Chronos Rulers it employs.

Only thing is...

I've hidden my darling's records in my room.

What?!

They're waiting in the highest part of the castle,

like a princess in a fairy tale.

If you want them back, you have to marry me! Okay, darling?

If I get my memories back,

it'll prove whether or not you're really my wife, right?

If you are, there's no need to marry you again.

We're here! This is the entrance to HQ!

There's nothing here.

Silly. It's a secret organization because ordinary people can't find it.

This boulder beneath us is under the effects of Slow Down.

Making contact with an Oath of Time releases it.

Release

If you're afraid of heights, you might want to close your eyes.

Oh, so it's underground!

Yep! Welcome home, darling!

This is the home base of the Chronos Rulers...

Chronos!

Mina has returned.

It appears she has brought them here, as she was ordered.

I will now go and receive them.

All as you wish it, Master.

You are Victo and Kiri, yes?

Welcome to Chronos.

I am Snake, head of the technology division.

No need to be tense! Relax, relax!

Are we not comrades in the subjugation of Horologues?

And Mina...

You've done fine work.

We have eagerly awaited your return.

Huh?

The truth is...

I wanted to see you in this school uniform!

This is the summer uniform of the famed high school

for girls of nobility, St. Laurent High School, circa 1987!

The school was closed just after it came into use,

and only a few were preserved, making it a legendary find!

I finally got my hands on one for 50,000 euros!

I'm sure it'll look adorable on y—

I won't give up!

School uniforms have a beauty that transcends age and social standing!

The head of the technology division?

Don't worry about him.

He's just a perverted old geezer.

A perverted old geezer? That hurts.

This is a matter of course.

I am also a Chronos Ruler,

and the thing I rule is...

high school girls' uniforms!

And now that I've given a brief introduction of myself...

I must say, Mr. Victo, I've heard much about you.

You have?

Yes. May I have a look at the scar left when the Horologue bit you?

It's preventing the flow of time out of your body!

This is most definitely the original Oath of Time...

Also known as UNIQUE!

This is the treasure that we at Chronos have sought for a thousand years!

Chronos was established 2,200 years ago.

It was formed by gathering the very best humans to combat Horologues.

Today, it has grown into a massive family

with a total of 689 personnel among all its branches.

Oh?

For having so many people, it looks awfully deserted.

Everyone just happens to be out and about.

This is where I was a long time ago, right?

Can you tell me what I was like back then?

I'm afraid I don't know much about that.

I only joined less than ten years ago.

Victo, it's still too risky to drop our guard around them.

No one who likes school uniforms can be bad.

Oh! Are you like me, Victo?!

Of course. That's how I knew with one look

that this uniform is not from 1987.

Huh?!

My girlfriend from back in middle school,

Alice from St. Laurent High School, didn't wear a uniform like this.

School uniforms...

Why do you only have clear memories of useless things like that?

There was also Lisa from Amelia High School

and Jill from Feiler Girls' High School...

How nostalgic.

Those are all legendary girls' high schools!

Do you want their uniforms?

I could arrange that for you.

Please, sir!

How supremely fortuitous it was that I met you this day!

I would like to humbly present to you these two uniforms!

Huh? I do like school uniforms,

but I like what's found inside them much more.

Give those to Kiri. He'll be thrilled.

Look, Victo...

Now, please don't say that. This is...

the mission bestowed upon me by my master.

This is... Slow Down?!

Slow Down

Didn't I tell you?

I am a Chronos Ruler.

Snake!

These are the master's orders.

The recovery of UNIQUE has been the wish of Chronos for a millennium.

I won't stand for that!

If you take UNIQUE from my darling, he'll die!

I wondered what sort of heroes of justice you guys would be.

I guess you're really people who'd sacrifice others to get your way.

Seventy-six!

That is the number of people who remain alive here at HQ.

We have sacrificed the lives of far too many.

But if we have UNIQUE, which is capable of ruling the time of all living things,

we can control the Horologues

and put a swift end to this war, which has persisted for thousands of years.

And the price for that

is no more than the life of a single man: you!

I believe a sacrifice like this aligns with justice.

Mina, take care of the rest.

You've done splendidly well.

What are you saying?! I won't abandon my darli—

This is a message from the master.

"Letting personal feelings interfere with your duty is intolerable."

Now, bring our two visitors to my lab.

Oh, and be careful not to soil the school uniforms.

I get it. You don't want to sacrifice any more of your comrades.

You truly care about the others in this organization, don't you?

But...

It just so happens that I care about my partner, too.

Slow Down

If I die, Kiri will cry like a baby.

So I cant give you my life just yet.

Kiri, let's go.

You were right. It was a bad idea to drop our guard around these people.

I won't let you escape!

What?!

Bye-bye.

My darling never believed me in the first place.

Darling, wait!

I didn't know what the master had in mind!

I wasn't trying to trick you! Please believe me!

If fate sees fit, I'll see you again.

Victo...

You're leaving... again?

After them! Don't let them escape!

Just try and lay one finger on my darling.

I'll kill you all myself!

Mina! Where are you going?!