Taboo Tattoo (タブー・タトゥー)

Where... am I?

Hey!

Watch where you're going.

Who is this scrubby girl?

There is a slum nearby.

Do you want this?

Oh? Then, here. Lick my shoe.

Do that and it's yours.

You little...

I like you, stray cat.

What are you—

You have the courage to do whatever it takes to achieve your goal.

I am in need of people like you.

In need... of me?

I bet you'd shine with a little polishing.

What is your name?

Iltutmish.

Seigi-kun, please run away!

She's an assassin from the Kingdom who's after your tattoo!

An assassin from the Kingdom?

But that's Touko!

You know her?

I am borrowing her body.

I don't understand!

To be honest, I don't understand the situation I'm in now, either.

But...

the thing I understand least is your way of doing things!

Is this what you call justice in your kingdom?!

Cut the crap!

Justice?

Seigi-kun!

In the box is a blood transfusion bag to use as your trigger!

Activate your tattoo with it!

A flesh-and-blood human can't beat a Sealed.

Just avoid using Void Maker, whatever you do!

You're pissing me off!

Moving forward, eh?

Nice, nice...

Hide-and-seek this time, is it?

You've made two very big mistakes.

The first was not killing me before my tattoo activated.

The other was tearing up my brand new school uniform!

Over there?!

Air trapped inside concrete by a tattoo becomes pressurized and explodes.

An improvised grenade, huh? Little bitch...

Next time we meet, I'll kill you.

Misery Loves Company

It's hard to move with this chest.

It's not activating! Not enough blood?

Tom-san's blood!

Die.

Sorry, can't do that.

No handicaps from here on out.

I can see it...

But...

I can't get the right amount of force!

Seigi-kun...

It seems there was no need to borrow this body.

Then get out of Touko right now!

You coward!

Coward?

Wrong. This is justice.

You asked what my idea of justice was.

Justice is reason and law.

Reason is defined by one's own beliefs,

and law is made law through power.

And I carry that out using methods

that conform to the princess's philosophy.

Thus, justice for me is to kill...

To kill you.

Stop!

Why do you have to do this?

You're the bad guy here, aren't you?

Seigi hates things that don't follow logic!

This has...

nothing to do with you.

Yes, it does!

Seigi is my hero,

and my...

M-My...

My p-prince!

A-Anyway...

Just get out of my body!

What happened?

Now, Seigi-kun! Seize her now!

I'll do the rest!

Sorry, Touko!

Good job, Seigi-kun.

A Sealed with the power of possession...

I've heard of you.

You're a member of the Kingdom's tattoo force, Brahman...

Nicknamed "Schrödinger's Cat."

That little girl is...

The lieutenant would scold me if I used such language in front of her,

Touko! Are you okay?

but I know the colonel would say...

Tou...

Your ass is—

S-Seigi-kun?

How dare you drag Touko into this?

You won't...

You won't...

You won't get away with that!

No! You mustn't use Void Maker!

You can blather all you want,

but there are some things it's not okay to do!

"Justice is reason and law"?

Then I'm gonna devour your idea of justice!

I'll kill you first.

Seigi! No!

Il, did you get the key?

I haven't killed him yet.

Pull back, then.

Someone beyond your ability is headed your way.

No. I won't be satisfied unless I kill him now.

Come on... If you don't do as I say, I'll tell the princess.

I don't want that.

It appears she's retreated.

What?

That's odd.

Gaping

I was sure my house was right around here...

Lieutenant!

Did an assassin also find y—

Hup...

Tom! How can you expose your organ like that?!

This is why I always tell you not to get involved in shady talks

It's not that "organ"! They're internal organs!

and dangerous deals.

Shove it back inside right now! It's indecent!

What was that back there, anyway?

That's easier said than done!

You're going to explain all this to me.

Sorry.

You were fighting for my sake though, huh?

So I forgive you.

Sorry.

I should've known.

When you're an athletic type, you get used to being in drive much faster.

But stop using only throws.

It makes you too easy to read.

I've never seen anyone beat Seigi other than his grandpa...

What's "drive"?

The state you're in while your tattoo is activated.

It went out...

Touko-san, we'll hide the tattoo with this sticker. Let me see your forehead.

Ah, I'm sorry... Did that hurt?

It's still a little swollen...

So this tattoo won't come off?

It's not just any tattoo.

A copy like mine can be removed, but...

Huh? You can take them off?!

Oh, it doesn't work for yours, Seigi-kun.

Mine is known as a "copy."

It's a byproduct of the research process that resulted in the original.

It doesn't take root, so it can be removed,

but its capabilities are low.

A copy tattoo can only act

as a noise canceler that negates supernatural phenomena

generated by other tattoos.

So is Izzy's...

Mine is an original.

It's not as special as yours, though.

Then what about Touko's?

I've never seen one like this.

The range in which

a tattoo's power can manifest is very limited.

And it's hard to believe that last Sealed

stayed within that range the whole time to use it...

Still, its pattern is indeed hers.

I just don't get it.

The mechanisms of tattoos are still being researched, after all.

How could anyone try to use these without understanding the logic?

You used its power

without understanding the logic or consequences.

Well, I just went into a rage...

I never thought it would end up like that.

Come here and look at this.

What, what? What is that?

This is the test subject in a failed experiment

to attach a triggerless tattoo.

Don't look!

Void Maker went berserk.