Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー)

Oh, dear...

Where's BB?

I suppose he escaped.

Princess?

Wait... Is that...

Find him.

Even if you only bring back his tattoo, verify whether he is alive or dead.

Yes, ma'am.

Just wait, Arya.

I'm going to wipe out your ambition, and all tattoos along with it.

In the end, I remained a weakling.

But I kept the hope alive to this point.

Would you accept this, Seigi?

It's no use. I can't handle it.

If you couldn't pull it off, there's no way I can.

I'm powerless.

I couldn't even protect Touko.

At first, it was just Izzy's hope,

but now, I've taken on Kujuli's and Varma's, too,

and even that old man's.

I can't carry it all alone anymore.

If you'll help me, I can still fight.

Together, with you.

You're already dead!

You were swallowed up by me, and died!

Why would you go that far?!

The future lies in a place you can reach with your hand.

So what reason do I have not to do it?

With my hand...

That hand is my future.

This hand is your future.

You're so studious...

You've got a bite.

Yeah.

It's been almost a year since Wiseman ordered us to move to this hideout.

I know it's what Blood wanted,

but how do you feel about him?

What do you mean?

Wiseman is a scientist through and through.

No...

It might be more accurate to call him a mad scientist.

He's a self-serving man who tried to

sell American tattoos to the Kingdom for his own gains.

To him, tattoos are the ideal research subject.

There's no way he'll allow them to be wiped out.

But the princess is Wiseman's enemy.

As long as we share the same interests, he's our ally.

You trust BB, right?

Well, of course, but...

Don't worry. I'll handle things in the end.

My left arm—

You've gotten taller.

Sure I have.

I can't stay a kid forever.

We have a mock battle tonight, right?

Better get the maintenance on your artificial arm done quick.

Letter of Challenge

Yes! Slutty pink tentacle bondage for the win!

I can't get enough of this!

This is totally doujinshi material!

Are all army people like that?

No, not that... Please don't look!

No, I wouldn't say that...

Fools! Look away and I'll kill her!

Then I guess we have no choice.

What is this? Lizards?

This one is grasshoppers and caterpillars...

Gross.

We caught some lively ones on the mountain.

We don't have to be self-sufficient, you know.

We can just buy food at the foot of the mountain!

Izzy-kun, you shouldn't be picky.

That's why your chest isn't getting any bigger.

I've told you, my body is... Hey, listen to—

Here, eat up.

Do that and you'll be a real sexy dynamite!

Boy, we lost big time.

I didn't expect to be beaten that thoroughly.

It's like what you were when we first met was a lie.

You really have gotten stronger.

It ended before I got to do anything...

How did you improve so quickly?

How to move, how to make decisions,

how to counterattack, what to do next...

I can see it all somehow. That's all.

My waifu!

Tom? Should I take you to the hospital?

What?

The Kingdom may have found the location of your hideout.

Just be on the alert.

They were already here.

Now that they know where we are, there's no point in staying.

We'll head back to HQ.

Looks like they came to bring us this.

I've checked the video letter,

but I don't want to have to show it to you...

Why is it necessary to hide it from us?

The third ruins, in the Grand Canyon, is our last fortress.

Even if the princess took the third ruins,

it wouldn't be the end of everything.

Without Seigi-kun, she wouldn't have all the keys.

Just show us already.

So as you can see, I am now

vacationing at a private California beach.

It's been a year, boy. Have you been well?

It's nice here.

A beach open to the public is like a hog farm.

The ocean is full of lard.

Everything in this country is so needlessly huge. So needlessly.

Not a very nice atmosphere...

I'm thinking of stopping by the Grand Canyon next

for some archaeological research.

Why don't you come and help me, boy?

If you feel up to it, let's meet up there.

Whoops...

No way! Lisa's alive?

Hey, now.

You need to keep that camera still.

In any case, the swimsuit I bought last year is already a bit tight.

A cue card.

I just saw a cue card.

Hey... I-Il! What on earth are you wearing?

It's my swimsuit. The princess chose it for me.

And on that note... Melon love!

Looove!

What... was that at the end?

That's it.

Izzy, you're going, right?

You'd better believe it. I'm going to save Lisa.

You're not going.

What are you saying, Wiseman?

What else can we do if we don't fight now?

I've had you grow stronger over this past year

so that you would survive to the final moment.

Not to beat the princess.

What kind of bull is that?

I can tell you now that your time to act

will be when the princess activates the ruins.

I'll plant a virus in your tattoo, which is the key,

and use it to destroy the ruins system.

Since the virus isn't yet complete,

I can't have you dying on me.

So you want me to keep running away until then?

That's right.

The princess, born for the sake of the tattoos, uses the atmosphere as a trigger

to freely control her sisters' powers,

making her the strongest Sealed of all.

If I have the power that confined my ability, I can win.

If not that, then if I have Tom-san's noise canceler...

It won't work.

The power to seal tattoos, an ability unique to the triggerless tattoo,

ceases all phenomena that originate from a tattoo.

The noise canceler is no exception.

If the princess can use it, can't I learn to use it, too?

We don't have that kind of time.

I wanted you to accept your weakness,

and our limited number of options.

I'm fairly sure BB would have accepted it.

No, Blood would have said,

"We have to at least get Lisa back."

Wiseman, make the arrangements to get us to America at once.

Izzy...

I'll bring Seigi back alive, even if it costs my own life.

I'll offer my own life, too.

So will I.

Seigi is a prisoner to his craving for revenge against the princess.

Even if it's a given that we'll lose,

we can never move forward if we keep avoiding a showdown with her.

Blood, I'll set Seigi on the right path.

Just like you want,

I'm coming to see you, Arya.

Because that's...

That's the only reason you killed Touko.

I will be the one to kill you.

Mission complete.

Now, I wonder how Tamaki-san is doing...

Yumi.

Tama-chan!

You really came!

Yeah. I'm going to be leaving Japan for a while,

so I wanted to see your cute face before I left.