Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー)

It has been a long time, Princess.

Thank you for the reception.

The fourth ruins were,

indeed, at the coordinates you predicted.

Yes.

How is Il doing, by the way?

Rescue

This feeling... of approaching climax!

I'm gonna nail you with everything I have pent up!

I'll go take out the enemies in back.

I barely feel a thing! Are those toy guns or what?

Let me show you what a real heavy hit feels like!

I will kill all.

And here's my take on a turkey slap!

It might just crush your jaw!

I hate vulgar men.

Only the first shot had any effect?

This is exactly why...

you're my favorite little bitch!

P7, the target is moving to the south! Be alert!

P5, get away from the storage units!

P1 and P2, get out into the central road so you can see—

She's too fast! I can't keep up!

Th-That's...

Seigi! Over there!

It's her!

I won't let you kill anyone else!

The slicing hand cloaked in nothingness?

Don't think I'm at a disadvantage because I'm bare-handed!

Come to think of it, you have a partner, don't you?

You're okay leaving him alone?

I am only acting alongside him for the sake of the mission.

Here!

You must be one lonely girl!

Lonely?

That self-righteous attitude, those pitying, condescending eyes...

Those are the things I hate most.

I have stolen, injured, and killed for the sake of staying alive.

I don't need partners now.

The only person I revere and wish to protect is the princess.

If you think you can withstand my loyalty, go ahead and try!

Touko-san, can you hear me?

Touko-san!

Tom-san?

Please give the receiver to Seigi-kun.

There's something I need to tell him.

G-Got it.

O-Ow...

Seigi! It's Tom-san!

Tom-san?

I'm going to tell you how to beat Schrödinger's Cat.

For real?!

For real!

What the hell is that ability?!

The source of Schrödinger's Cat's power is the uncertainty principle.

If there's no observer, she can't return her indistinct self to normal... I think!

You think?!

I get it.

I just have to close my eyes.

S-Safe...

He really didn't know for sure?!

Do you think that will improve your chances of winning?

That won't work!

Seigi, run!

You aren't the only observer around here.

A cat?

Izzy...

Damn, the anesthetic...

Ow!

Hey, I'm fine.

It hurts... My body is burning... I'm gonna die...

Seigi...

Seigi!

You...

I swear...

I won't let you get away with this!

I'm being pushed back?

Is the tattoo's boost power passing into her?

The power of will...

Her strong desire to protect Seigi-kun is letting her

draw power from the tattoo's owner!

Don't get cocky!

Why do you not simply erase everything with Void Maker?

Who are you?

Are you telling me to kill her?

You said you would negate that girl.

That would be proper.

Your power, after all, exists for the purpose of negating others,

the world, and all of creation.

Quit running your mouth!

Fine, have it your way! I'll negate you!

I will protect Touko!

You die first.

You used Void Maker to create empty space underground?

I don't want to hit a girl!

You'll die this time!

Y-You're holding me like a princess—

This is the difference between someone who's fighting to protect

and someone who's fighting to kill.

Kill me.

Seigi, you're not gonna—

You? Why are you here?

What the hell?

So you do have a partner.

There's no way I'd kill you.

What I want to negate isn't you,

it's your words.

You're a fool.

You don't know anything about me.

Maybe I don't...

Of course you don't.

The likes of you can't understand what's in Il's heart.

Princess!

Where'd she come from?

Wait, "Princess"... The Kingdom's ruler?

Crap... Lost too much blood...

Now, now, you mustn't overdo it.

If you do, you'll be eaten up.

Of course, you're just a child, so that didn't count.

I'll purify you, Princess!

Wait, what? Wh-What?!

I-I-Indirect kiss!

All right! I'll bleep you later, so behave!

B-Bleep?!

So, you are Akatsuka Justice, correct?

Don't use my real name...

I can't believe you made Il cry. You have my compliments.

However...

If you weren't able to use the Void Maker with precision,

both Il and that girl would have been dead.

No matter what happens, I won't let anyone die!

You are naïve... But you have surprising potential.

Perhaps I can count on you.

What are you talking about?

Il, time to go.

Meow, meow...

Wait!

They disappeared...

The only thing a tattoo that manipulates

the laws of physics can't mess with

is another Sealed's body!

Close combat is the most

surefire double-edged blade!

Give it up already...

Or do you think you can keep up that

cushion of compressed air that's protecting you?

What the hell was that?

It was my compressed air. That was a high-explosive air shell.

You seem to be capable of freely manipulating the weight of objects,

but I guess you can't defend against shock waves.

I was giving you a handicap

so Lisa wouldn't get hurt, small fry!

Checkmate!

Return checkmate.

It can't be...

You fell for the same trick again!

Could you be any more careless?!

Now, lose all hope!

Let me hear that cute cry of yours!

We'll start by widening that cute little—

Lisa!

That's my lethal attack, Return-Return Checkmate!

When did you...

Whoa, wai—

Get yourself off!

Mission complete.

What a nice breeze...

You've always had a problem with following through...

Ow, ow, ow.