À double tour (À double tour)

Briareos.

About this solo mission to infiltrate the Argonauts...

Are you still insistent...?

I'm not going to decline. I was specifically chosen for it.

It's too dangerous. All the more so if this giant Landmate is real.

Lance made the decision.

If you don't like the plan, take it up with him.

This mission is too much for you to handle.

That's why I'm going alone...

Because I want to fix that and find paradise!

You didn't used to be like this.

You were never like this when I lived with my mom

or when I was forced to learn to use knives and guns day in and day out...

I just want to keep you safe, like Karl did.

Like my detestable old man?!

Deunan...

Karl was...

I don't need a partner like you.

Deunan...

It'll take two hours for it to take hold. Rest until then.

These are implanted into some bioroids.

This one will only last for two weeks.

It'll disintegrate on its own after that.

Thank you.

I guess now ES.W.A.T. can keep tabs on whether I'm alive or not.

Another dangerous job?

A compass?

On your desk there...

Oh, yes.

I guess I never mentioned it.

It's a keepsake from my late husband.

I'm sorry...

It was a long time ago. Don't worry about it.

That reminds me, your partner was pretty worried about you.

Don't wait until it's too late. I speak from experience.

How... did he die?

Huh?

I've been wondering about it for a while now.

You've always been there to lend an empathetic ear

whenever I needed to vent about Briareos or my dad...

Compasses always point north.

Regardless of whether you're a human, bioroid, cyborg, or a robot,

compasses always point in the same direction.

What brought that on?

Oh, sorry.

I'm reminded of those words he said long ago

whenever I see you, Hitomi, and Briareos getting along.

In any case, you really should patch things up with him.

I hear the Argonauts have announced a terrorist attack.

How has Poseidon responded?

A man claiming to be Alcides' son has taken leadership of the Argonauts,

expanded the group's influence, and insists on its independence.

I'm told Poseidon will have to exercise the use of force

if armed guerillas are confirmed to be lurking within the Argonauts.

Independence, huh...

This truly is a repeat of twenty years ago.

I thought the bombardments had ruined the Argonauts' technical capabilities,

but if this terrorist threat is real, it might just take flight this time...

The mythical Landmate known as the "Bronze Bird."

You mean the Stymphalean, the exo-atmospheric Landmate?!

My fellow members of the Argonauts, founded by Alcidesl

I am Hyllus, son of Alcides and inheritor of his will!

Your skills and your spirit must continue to live forever!

So this is where the Argonaut is...

Here, let me carry some.

No, I'll do it.

Just let me.

Here.

Thanks.

Hey. You, too.

Thanks...

Pollux!

You need to work out more.

Thanks, Briareos!

113. Shifting from Point C to F.

45 to 113.

Shifting from Point C to F.

What's wrong, 113? You aren't paying' attention.

Oh, sorry.

Geez, still got her on the mind?

That's why I'm going alone... To find paradise!

You didn't used to be like this.

American Imperial FBI...

EU intelligence agents...

And colleagues from all sorts of other nations...

It's practically a spy trade show.

Hyllus...

A cyborg!

You're a dangerous girl, all right.

I'm not just "some girl"!

Take a good look around you.

Huh? isn't that that big-shot Poseidon doctor?

--She's being inspected, huh... --Yay! Yay!

--Yay! Yay! --What's with the luggage?

Oh, good afternoon!

Briareos! Perfect timing!

Could you babysit for just a day? Pretty please?!

No can do. I'm on duty.

Deia's going back to Poseidon now!

I can't take care of a baby all by myself!

You're returning to Poseidon?

Yes. My term is up.

As short as it was, I enjoyed my time here.

There, there!

Now, now! Don't cry!

Don't cry, don't cry! Don't cry!

No crying!