Needless (ニードレス)

200x A.D.

World War III breaks out.

Cities around the world, starting with Tokyo,

become targets of mass bombardment

and are engulfed in blazing hellfire.

Half a century later,

the now polluted Ground Zero has been isolated from the other cities,

creating a black hole in Japan's night view.

This came to be known as the Black Spot.

Don't back off now!

They may be the Needless,

but if we blow off their heads, they—

Long time no see,

members of the resistance.

She's a psychokinetic—

It's a magic!

The Fourth Wave!

Looks like we're finished here as well.

All that's left now is that brother and sister, eh?

Weakness is such a pitiful thing.

Why did this happen?

We had so many people on our side!

Cruz!

Sis!

Run faster!

It's going to catch up to us!

Cruz!

It's hopeless.

This was all a trap.

We had so many people on our side,

yet we couldn't even scratch them.

It's all over.

You idiot!

So you're just going to die here?

Escape from here.

But what about you?

Don't worry.

I have power.

I have my Fragment.

Go, Cruz!

Sis!

Heat Explosion!

Sis!

Sis...

G-God?!

Fa... ther?

If that thing's chasing after you, then you're a Needless, right?

No, I'm not.

What?

Father!

Wow, he stopped a Testament!

Run, kid!

I guess humans can't stop it after all.

That thing is a new robot created just to exterminate the Needless;

there's no way we'd have a chance against it!

Jump, kid!

I've been waiting for you to take that out.

Eat this!

Father!

Did Blade really come back?

Yeah.

Looks like someone helped him back after he was badly injured.

Whatever. I'll be right there.

So you're awake, Blade.

Guido.

I was really surprised

when I saw you being dragged back here in that condition.

Did that kid...

Is he really just a priest?

He destroyed the Testament's armor

and shut it down with a Hail Mary attack.

He was badly hurt and collapsed in the end,

but he took down the Testament that even Sis couldn't...

Sis...

Sis...

Father!

Are you all right now?

That was nothing.

But you were bleeding so much!

I'm impressed.

You brought me all the way back here.

Well, it wasn't—

That was unnecessary.

Yoo-hoo!

Eve.

Hey.

Blade!

Sparkle sparkle!

Watch where you're kicking!

Look who's talking!

Oh my God!

Who could have done such a thing?

Again, look who's talking.

Sis?

A dream?

Who are you calling "Sis"?

Quit it.

Aren't you all a rowdy bunch?

Guido!

Let me introduce you to everyone.

I'm Blade.

This is Guido, a scientist.

He's been helping us out for quite some time.

And this is...

My name is Eve Neuschwanstein.

You can call me "Lady Eve Neuschwanstein" for short.

That's actually longer.

And what's your name?

I'm Cruz; Cruz Schild.

I'll call you "Yamada" for short, then.

Could you bug off for a bit?

Why were you being chased by a Testament?

I'm one of the resistance members who ambushed the leader of Simeon.

Shimeji mushrooms?

It's Simeon.

They're a pharmaceutical company that's grown rapidly in the past few years.

They set up a building right in the center of the Black Spot.

And their leader is...

Adam Arclight.

Master Arclight,

it seems that a Testament has been destroyed in Area S20.

A Testament?

We have a photo that it transmitted to us before it was destroyed.

The image shows a minor resistance member named Cruz Schild and...

A priest?

Does that mean that the priest was the one who destroyed the Testament?

Is this man a Needless?

No.

We weren't able to confirm that he was using an ability.

All right.

Inform Uten and Saten as well.

Exterminate this priest...

immediately.

Do you guys know about the "Needless Hunting" that's been happening?

Yeah, I've heard of it.

The Needless are being hunted down one by one by something, right?

There are even stories circulating of dead bodies found with missing body parts.

Yes.

Innocent people are getting caught in the middle and being killed too.

This is all the work of Simeon!

We rallied against their leader, Arclight,

with a force of four hundred men,

but I was the only one to get away...

So you're the one who did it!

W-What did I do?

Because of your thoughtless actions,

those damn Teriyaki Steaks have been creeping around all over the place!

They're called "Testaments."

There are areas that have been burned down because of those things, you know!

B-But...

That's exactly why we formed the resistance: to prevent Simeon from

excessively intervening, exploiting, and promoting violence within the Black Spot—

Shut up!

Quit blabbering, Yamada!

It's Cruz.

Shut up, Yamada!

I don't care if they're shimeji mushrooms or shiitake,

They're called Simeon...

but it was you guys who blew this whole mess out of proportion.

For the most part, the only thing you actually accomplished in the end

was leaving your friends and running away.

Sis!

You're the definition of someone who's good-for-nothing;

a true Needless!

All you do is hesitate,

and now you want your sister?

You sister-complex freak!

Hey, Cruz!

What's up with that guy?

Sis...

Don't you worry.

You'll see her soon, resistance kid.

Y-You can't—