Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー)

Why a kid? Why a kid?

Why a kid?!

You run pretty slow.

If you want to be a thief, you need to be able to run faster,

Mr. Tattoo Thief.

What is your deal, brat?!

You're too stiff.

Relax your muscles.

Don't try to suppress the abilities that the tattoo has boosted for you.

Be more natural.

I'm getting sick of hearing you say that!

Oh, yeah. That was a good one.

What is your deal, brat?

Too close... I'd be in trouble if that had happened during the fight.

Your tattoo's drive lasts about ten minutes.

Think carefully about the right timing to reload your trigger.

There's no point in using up a large amount at one time.

Right. I'll be careful.

I guess I still need more training...

It's only been two weeks since he learned to use the tattoo.

He's adapted abnormally quickly.

And on top of that, he's the match for Void Maker.

One might say he's a godsend to tattoos.

Distance

I guess the parents have left the den...

Oh, well.

Get by on your own from now on.

I have to get to work.

Who wants coffee?

I do.

The tattoo detector!

Be careful you don't hit each other!

David!

Wow, 3.56 meters!

From a standing position?!

That was incredible, Ichinose!

You jump like a sow!

I think you mean a serow...

You could take on the world!

Why don't you join the track team and maximize those muscles?!

I-It was just a fluke!

Hey, Touko-chan, are your jumps always that long?

No, they've been kind of hyperbolic lately...

It's like my body feels really light.

It's activating?

Then she should be extra-sensitive, too...

Izzy-san! What are you doing?!

Sorry. I couldn't resist.

Lieutenant! It's an emergency!

We have a request for backup from White Rose!

I don't know the details,

but please hurry to their hideout!

I'm heading there, too.

Gotouza-sensei...

What is it?

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I need to leave early.

What are you talking about?

Please.

An enemy?

No... It's picking up Izzy's signal.

Why is she activating her tattoo at school?

Sensei, gotta go! Number 2!

What?

What happened?

A tattoo user can't get out of drive on their own.

That means Izzy left the detection range.

There she is!

Izzy!

Time to stop being naughty, stray cat girl.

You're Schrödinger's Cat, right?

You can turn air into combustible matter?

Looks like the fuse is elsewhere, though.

How did you get in here?

That's a secret.

Yeah, I guess it would be.

You can't show your cards to the enemy.

Still, you have some nerve.

You barge in when we're all happily hanging out in here,

then you murder my precious underlings.

Don't think...

that I'll let you leave here in one piece.

The impudence of fools who offend my princess is overwhelming.

Die.

Don't come crying to me when you're reduced to cinders!

How are you right there?

Did she pass through the wall?

Lisa...

M-My body feels so heavy...

Why?

I figured if I set it up around here, you'd fall for it,

little bunny.

The noise canceler system...

Chains made for binding Sealed.

A system?

No fancy machines are needed to work a tattoo.

All they need is a human brain and a trigger.

He can't mean...

And since my tattoo isn't active,

it's this easy for me to...

Bang.

I'm joking.

Junior wouldn't allow me to

kill someone in such a tacky way.

You just sit there and watch for a while.

Izzy! You okay?!

You can move?

Something happened, right? I'm here to help.

You followed me here?

Of course. Isn't that what partners do?

Well, this is a problem...

You're a real monster.

Your ability is to obscure your own presence, right?

That's how you can both possess people

and pass through walls.

You're half right and half wrong.

I will collect you as a sample.

Nice joke.

If I let it end here,

I'll never forgive myself!

She's exploding?

What is that smoke?

Lisa!

There's a friend over there, right?

Seigi, I'll be fine. Just go!

Lisa... Lisa needs your help!

O-Okay!

I've never seen Izzy look so shaken.

What is this?

It's so frustrating...

Why can't I stop my tattoo on my own?

What the hell is this?

You're that girl from before...

Why are you here?

Did you do that to those guys inside?

You want to die that badly?

Answer the question!

I asked you if you did that to them!

Yes.

Why?

Why did you have to do that?!

Is there some reason you had to kill them?!

You are a child who's been spoiled by peace.

You take being alive for granted.

And you don't... You don't think anything of killing people?!

Get a clue already.

In the world you and I live in,

being alive means controlling and defeating everyone else.

Being kind will kill you.

I don't understand you!

No, I don't want to understand you!

Just give that woman back right now!

If you want to live your own way, it's best to control your opponent with violence.

That is the only law that exists in this world.

Tom-san!

Seigi-kun, why are you here?

Why? Because Izzy asked me to!

She asked me to save the woman named Lisa.

The lieutenant did?

Izzy's friend is my friend, too!

I have to save her!

Seigi-kun!

I appreciate that sentiment,

but we can't have you facing the enemy recklessly.

Your existence is a secret known only to us.