Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King (ロード オブ ヴァーミリオン 紅蓮の王)

You think an apology will suffice?

We lost a valuable fighter.

Tsubaki, surely you understand now.

We can't work with these sinners.

Your naivete brought about this outcome.

They are our enemies.

You're wrong. We're not your enemies.

Ridiculous.

You were just betrayed by a woman you believed your ally.

Yuri is...

I don't wish to be stabbed in the back.

Never contact us again.

Tsubaki-chan.

Here.

We don't need your pebbles.

Pebbles? These are—

What is it, then?

Kurokami Marie is gone.

You think returning that to us will make us forgive you?

I don't have time for this.

Tsubaki-chan...

Sometimes People Become Cheerful When Faced With Death

Fog density stable at over 98%.

Hey. Show your face already.

You must be bored to death "conserving your strength."

Begin the test.

Artificial keystone 6, final test.

Resonance volume at maximum strength.

Excellent.

A shame things didn't go as planned.

Befriending an agent of Chaos was the pinnacle of foolishness.

"We can change fate"?

Is this the result of that?

Our relationship with the Guardian State is ruined.

What will you do now?

I don't know.

Kurokami died because she trusted you!

And you "don't know"?!

How many people do you have to kill before you're satisfied, grim reaper?

I'm sorry, but...

But what?!

I was never counting on the Guardian State to begin with.

Destroying Tokyo is the only way to save the world.

Kotetsu. Give me Kurokami Marie's blood crystal.

Huh? Okay.

Where are you going?

To continue Inuki's research.

This is the only way to save the world.

Tsubasa, let's go.

I have my own way of doing things.

Wait—

Wait, Kakihara-san!

Do you not understand your noble calling?

Unless we destroy Tokyo, the Heroic Lineage will be annihilated!

Is that what you want?!

This was Kurokami's parting gift.

Let's revert the changes.

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This is the AVAL Science Foundation's...

It's the land they've been forcibly acquiring.

Kurokami must have discovered something and was killed at one of these locations.

I'll avenge her alone.

This is where we part ways.

Do what you want.

Don't say you'll do it alone.

I'm your partner.

We'll start by compiling a registry of the list.

Yes, sir!

What do you think you're doing, Kamina Chihiro?

Have you come to kill me?

No. I just...

I bet you dreamed of my death.

Is that true?

What an honor.

I can finally cover one of the deaths you cause.

This is no laughing matter!

Kakihara-san...

Your prophetic dreams seem unavoidable.

I couldn't write an article unless you let me know beforehand.

I don't want you to die.

You're going to make me cry.

Tell me how you really feel.

You're not doing it for me.

You're doing it for yourself and Shiraki Yuri.

You can't change fate unless you can change your prophetic dreams.

And you can't change your destiny to kill one another, either.

I won't deny that.

You're awful.

I'm delighted to hear that.

Now tell me about how you killed your father.

I don't care if you hate me.

I don't like you, either.

But I have to do something.

Nothing will remain.

We will change our destiny.

For Inuki-san and Kurokami-san, who trusted us to carry on their mission!

Kakihara-san!

If you don't want me to die, stay away from me.

I'll protect Kakihara-san!

Those weren't the eyes of the Kamina Chihiro I've been pursuing.

He's trying to live.

The plan is coming along smoothly, but it's likely we've been discovered.

Tighten your guard.

Lay out a trap and kill them.

Let me kill Kamina Chihiro.

No. What can you do with eyes clouded by hate?

Wait, Jun-san!

Fool.

But it's true that Kamina Chihiro is an eyesore.

He did tempt your daughter, after all.

Though we were able to stop it,

the church and the Guardian State nearly forming an alliance was a thorn in our sides.

And at the center of it all was Kamina Chihiro.

It was only temporary, but he united the Heroic Lineage.

He may have what it takes to become the Lord of Vermilion.

Chihiro-kun...

Kakihara's next?

Yeah. Chihiro-san said he dreamed it.

And he's trying to stop it alone?

What should we do?

Are you asking me as a member of the Guardian State?

Or as Manazuru Tsubaki?

Huh?

I don't mind helping out a friend.

What did Kurokami find?

The message she left Manazuru Tsubaki was her last communication.

Her call history...

Her history?

Come to think of it, you never get mad.

Are you in there, Tsubasa?

Is this...

A coincidence?

No. Shoko had us break the barriers to destroy Tokyo.

The barriers, huh?

You never give up.

What did you want to discuss?

Don't make me laugh.

You're the one following me.

I just want to protect you.

Well, either way, I was supposed to die.

I wouldn't regret dying at this point.

I survived a family suicide, too.

Forced into it by debt.

In the end, I was abandoned.

I was a precocious brat.

I knew my parents didn't like me,

but I still don't know why they left me.

Why did you refuse to die with him?

Your father wanted to take you with him.

Why did you reject his feelings?

Were you so reluctant to die that you were willing to kill your father?

You killed him, didn't you?

You killed your own father so you could live!

I don't care about living!

What?

I don't remember what happened that day.

But I've suffered ever since then!

When I think that I may have killed my father,