Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー)

Do you hate tattoos?

Yes.

I could never like something that took everything from me.

But I can't escape tattoos now.

I have no choice but to stay involved.

I wish these things would just disappear from this world.

Creator

As long as the nanomachines I created

hold off the erosion of your source,

BB, you can fight with all your strength.

I must say goodbye.

We will do what we must do.

Izzy, stay back.

Traitors must be punished.

For the wages of sin is death!

Blood!

You get the brat!

Blood...

Don't get full of yourself!

He's lost so much blood...

Hey... He's...

Burns, the colonel is down! He needs immediate help!

You take command for now!

Roger.

Why is BB here?

This is Major Burns.

I'm taking over command for Brigadier General Sanders.

Kurz 23, give me a report.

Kurz 23 here.

Our unit is down to...

Eleven... No, ten!

Retreat! Order all troops to retreat!

Retreat?

Survivors, withdraw via our route!

Helicopters, relocate to point α-2!

Retrieve our men!

The living take priority, but gather as many of the dead as you can!

I'll take Seigi back.

Major Burns!

Tom-san!

Tom, can you run? You can, right?

Take this girl and retreat!

R-Roger!

Let's go, Touko-chan.

B-But Seigi is...

We can count on the lieutenant to handle Seigi-kun!

Seigi...

You find it strange that you can't use Void Maker, yes?

It's because my own Void Maker

is preventing your power from activating.

What?

There's no way you can—

You do not understand the original objective of the triggerless tattoo.

Its original objective?

But I'm not going to tell you.

You are no more than a key,

so you don't need to know.

I thought you were more of a realist.

I can't believe you're still avoiding physical contact with the void.

"Let the enemy cut your flesh while you cut their bones," as they say.

Not that you actually cut me.

You haven't cut my bones, either.

Seigi...

No! I have to be with Seigi!

Touko-chan, not that way! It's dangero—

D-Damn... Of all the times for my tattoo to wear off...

My trigger...

Huh?

God damn!

What is that thing?

I'll hold it off.

Burns...

You take the opportunity to run.

Don't be stupid, Leo.

You won't last five minutes alone.

When we die, we die together,

my soulmate.

No matter how big you are, you're still just a cat!

We're gonna cuddle you until you're meowing like one!

Your absolute boundary reflects all abilities, and all matter...

But there's one thing it doesn't reflect.

This is the second time I've cut your katana.

I won't give you a chance to rest.

If there's something I cannot have, I will destroy it myself.

By killing and being killed,

let you and I be forever bound to one another!

Gas to solid, solid to liquid...

Come on, let me hear you meow!

Meow, meow!

Did that get it?

When did...

She can still use her

transmissive power, even in that form?

Leo!

What was that for?

I'm sorry...

But I at least want you to live, Lisa!

Leo!

Seigi, you promised, right?

That we'd stay together...

If you don't keep that promise,

I'll never forgive you!

I don't like the idea of killing a kid, but...

Sorry!

Humans cannot give up on fighting.

They quarrel, they clash,

they hurt and kill each other.

This has gone on throughout history for thousands of years.

What is this?

Humans, with their high intelligence and social nature,

have wished to escape fighting,

but have never been successful at doing so.

And that's because...

BB!

Blood!

I am Aegis Armadillo.

You may not cross that boundary!

Blood...

You bastard... I know you can hear me.

Five minutes.

At least lend me strength

in my final moments, damn it!

Captain Ajita was no more than a human weapon.

In truth, the strongest one in Brahman

was you, Cal.

Civilization created by humans rejects natural selection,

hindering the species' evolution

and forcing it into a dead end.

So long as humans are human, war will never go away.

We will never move forward.

As far as living things go, humans are a failure.

What are you talking about?

So I thought...

"Why don't I rebuild everything?"

Rebuild...

the human race?

Y-You're...

Rewriting the world as she sees fit...

The reason wasn't that simple at all.

She plans...

to use the power of tattoos to become a god!

Hey, you! Are you okay with this?

She intends to wipe out every human besides herself!

Absurd. We of Brahman endorse the princess,