He's not here...
I hope he's just busy with his research like usual, but if not...
It couldn't be that even Lucien was...
With his Evol out of control, Gavin distanced himself from me.
I've tried calling him over and over since then,
but I've been unable to reach him.
And Kiro, after the commotion caused by his fans,
Kiro, an Idol at Peak Fame, Announces Sudden Retirement. A Result of His Fans Rioting?
We'll be waiting!!
Kiro I love you
Give Kiro back!
suddenly declared his retirement.
Predictably, I can't reach him, either.
No one knows where Victor has gone.
Even Mr. Goldman and Mr. Mills don't know where he is.
The one thing these four men I can't contact have in common
is that they are Evolvers.
Please, everyone...
Please be safe...
But by that time,
an invisible, warped power had already engulfed the city.
"It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."
~The Red Queen Hypothesis~
"Queen."
The one who possesses her genes
can bless those who have special powers, Evolvers,
with even greater power, clearing a path to the future.
When the Queen truly awakens,
will the world achieve further evolution, or...
Mr. Love: Queen's Choice
"Monochrome"
All this information is from our viewers?
Yes, it is!
It's been like this since yesterday.
Even just verifying it all is a lot of work.
Things like patients complaining about negative reactions
after getting X-rays at the Central Hospital...
This one's about the elevator at the Starly Tower going out of control.
Out of control...
But there wasn't anything wrong with the elevator, right?
Right!
So, since that place used to be a graveyard,
I was wondering if it might be ghosts.
The occult, huh?
As an aside...
According to my info network,
there are migratory birds in this area that shouldn't be here,
and certain spots where smartphone and internet connections don't work...
I don't think that has anything to do with this.
What? Why not?
What do you think about this string of incidents?
All the things that have happened since yesterday
seem like they have to be Evols gone out of control.
President? Where are you going?
Loveland University!
If he's just busy, he should be in his lab.
First, I'll make sure Lucien is safe,
then I'll ask for his opinion on the berserk incidents.
That's...
Run!
Everything's all right now.
Lucien!
I was worried because I couldn't reach you,
so I thought I'd go to the university.
I've been busy with research.
I'm sorry. We must have ended up missing each other.
I was actually on my way to visit your office.
I heard a lot of inexplicable incidents have been happening.
Does it hurt?
No, not at all.
Has something happened?
You don't have to tell me if you don't want to,
but if it would help your heart feel even a little lighter...
I wish you'd tell me.
Everything that's happening...
might all be my fault!
Hurry up!
It's so high!
So this girl said you have the ability to awaken and amplify Evols?
I think evolution is necessary.
To create a better future, we need to always keep moving forward.
It's because you didn't give in to your difficult circumstances and troubles,
because you kept moving forward,
that your company and program survived and continue to thrive even now.
Your courage cleared the way to that future.
Lucien...
And because of that, you've had precious, irreplaceable encounters.
Right?
Right.
That really is true.
If I'd given up along the way,
I know I wouldn't have met any of them.
Moving forward is not a bad thing.
In fact, it's a wonderful thing.
But because of that, everyone is...
So many people have been hurt.
The blame for that should fall on the ones who were using you.
You haven't done anything wrong.
Thank you, Lucien.
Now that I know you're safe, I feel a lot better.
I'm sure everyone's worried about me, so I'll head back to the office.
You really are a fool.
Do you really think you can deceive me with such a transparent lie?
Huh?
I'm not so stupid that I don't know what you're trying to do.
The you that I know will keep chasing after the truth, regardless of the danger,
and try to put an end to this situation.
Well, I mean...
I can't just leave things this way and do nothing!
Don't worry. I'll be fine on my own.
But I won't be fine.
I'm worried about you.
I don't want you caught up in this, too.
Then let me ask you this: who is it you see in front of you right now?
Huh?
You have the perfect specialist to investigate the berserk incidents, right here.
And you're going to just pass that by?
Is that the best decision you could make as a journalist?
Will you help me, Lucien?
Of course.
Loveland University
After that, the two of us
thoroughly reexamined all the data from incidents
thought to be caused by berserk Evols.
The locations of the berserk incidents
are concentrated in these few areas.
Which means there's something here that triggers Evols to go out of control, right?
It isn't visible, but there is definitely something exerting an influence on us.
Electromagnetic waves...
Electromagnetic waves?
Didn't you mention that
certain areas have been experiencing service interruptions lately?
You see? Look.
The locations with the most incidents
and the places with the service outages are the same!
Yes. I can't imagine it's simply coincidence.
If some kind of unique electromagnetic waves are being transmitted from here,
and they're triggering Evols to go out of control
and also interfering with other frequencies and geomagnetism...
That would explain the service outages and the migratory birds flying off course.
I see.
Then if we investigate this place...
I'm sorry.
You should keep that.
I've been using it for a long time as a good luck charm.
I'll give it to you.
I can't accept something so precious to you.
This carries the name "Iridescent," meaning "rainbow-colored."
You're like a rainbow.
I know you can become a brilliant, glittering bridge to the future.
I truly believe that.
Lucien...
Thank you. I'll treasure it.
Let's go.
Mr. Love: Queen's Choice
Loveland Station
If electromagnetic waves are randomly triggering Evols to go out of control,
they have to be someplace where a lot of people gather.
And it also has to be somewhere people won't see them.
Construction here has been stopped while they revise the blueprints.
This place does meet all the requirements perfectly.
But it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Are you all right?
Yup! I'm totally fine!
After all, all we can do is search inch by inch.
Okay! We can do this!
Is something wrong?
What are you...
Shh!
Shh...
Anything out of the ordinary?
All right. Let's go.
Um, Lucien...
They're gone.
Thanks.
But you kind of surprised me, to be honest.
I saw a vision of someone coming here.
So I panicked and did... that...
"That"?
You know, sort of threw myself at you...
You were very cute back there.
I don't want to see it again, though.
Huh?
Promise me that when there's danger, you'll prioritize your own safety first.
All right. But I want to keep you safe, too.
You want to protect me?
I need to do something to thank you for what you did.
Think about what you'd like.
Oh, you don't need to do anything...
This seems to be a receiver.
A receiver?
It's likely that more of them are set up in other places.
They receive the broadcast electromagnetic waves
and scatter them.
You mean these devices don't create electromagnetic waves,
but the electromagnetic waves that trigger Evols
to go out of control originate elsewhere?
Exactly.
The center of the area where the incidents are concentrated...
A place that could transmit
electromagnetic waves strong enough to cover an area this broad...
Loveland TV Tower.
The tallest structure in the city, standing at its center.
It's probably safe to assume that it's the source of the triggering waves.
In that case...
Where are you going?
Loveland TV Tower!
Stopping the waves at their source will be the quickest and most certain route, right?
That is true.
But this isn't something that can be solved by recklessly marching straight in.
Still, I have to find a way to stop them.
I can't let them take away the hope of a future where children like them can play freely.
Flying kites...
I loved doing that when I was little.
The kite looked so free, dancing in the sky...
I've never done it.
What? Not even once?
In that case, once this is all wrapped up, want to fly kites together?
When we do, will you teach me how to fly a kite?
Of course!
It's a promise.
My kite!
It flew away!
It's those men from earlier.
We need to get away from here.
An Evolver...
Run, Lucien!
It's me they're after! So you should...
Lost sight of 'em.
Don't panic. They haven't left the park yet.
They took a receiver. We can't let them get away.
We will capture them!
Lucien... At this rate, it's only a matter of time before they find us...
Quiet. Stay still.
But if we stay here, you'll be in danger, too.
Lucien, I'm sorry.
Make sure you stop the electromagnetic waves.
I'm leaving it to you!
I'm over here!
Over there!
After her!
You head around that way.
Got it!
You're really trying to protect me?
Just how far will you...
You really are...
a fool.
If you don't want to get hurt, don't move from that spot.
Let go!
Let go of me, you—
Settle down!
Ow!
The great and mighty Queen...
We don't wish to cause you harm.
However, if you interfere with the great Hades's plan, that's a different story.
Hades?
So this is one of Black Swan's plots?!
Transmitting those triggering waves from Loveland TV Tower,
leaving those receivers all over the place...
It's all for the sake of the new world that awaits the Evolvers after evolution.
There's no point.
It's not as though you don't know who I am.
Whoever interferes with the plan,
no matter who it is, must be stopped.
Even if it happens to be you,
Ares!
What?
In that case, I will restrain the Queen.
You will withdraw.
We can't afford to lose her yet, can we?
For Hades, the Queen must be a necessary pawn in the plan.
What's going on?
Who is Ares?
Lucien, are you...
Are you... part of Black Swan?
No, I'm not.
If I said that, would you believe me?
Trust your instincts.
Show me your color.
The lower the chances of something are,
the more likely people are to feel it was fate. Right?
But I won't be fine.
It was... all lies?
I have a policy never to engage in anything pointless.
I told you, didn't I? Humanity must evolve.
"It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."
Evolution is the only way to create a better future.
To that end, I will not shy away from any means.
Stay back!
Let me go.
Do you think that here, in this moment, you have room to negotiate?
You haven't done anything to thank me for earlier yet!
I see.
I will let you go.
However, there is no next time.
You must make sure I never catch you again.
Ares! I don't believe you!
Because you're not Lucien!
Lucien would never... do anything to hurt me!
The jar that held the butterfly has broken.
The next time I see you, it will be as Ares.
That's right.
There are still things I have to do.
Don't cry!
Oh?
So Ares has failed.
And he had been taking such pains to raise the Queen in some tepid greenhouse...
With the true Queen's great guidance,
the fate of this world has already been decided.
No one can change the ending.
What is all this?
My Evol went wild, twisting space and time, and I was thrown here...
It was on a level incomparable to anything previous.
Could it be that the entrance to a wormhole opened in that moment?
Loveland Super Expo 2030
That smile has saved me so many times.
To think it would disappear from my sight...
One day, I'll fulfill that sweet promise I made with you!
Episode ten,
"Dawn of Farewell."
"Dawn of Farewell"