You told me that you finally found where you belong.
I don't even know when it started.
Ever since I can remember, we were always together.
Your hand always held mine, no matter what we faced.
Thinking back on it now, your hand wasn't that much bigger than mine.
But the warmth of your hand helped me confirm my own existence.
It was where I belonged.
But...
After we started living at the old man's house,
you told me this after discovering extension technology.
To those who have lost valuable things in their life,
I might be able to use this technology to give back something even more valuable.
Someone like me. I finally found where I belong, Mary.
Your eyes were so beautiful as you gazed into the distance saying those words...
I wasn't able to say, "The place I belong is right next to you, Victor."
When you left me behind and joined the war, I was very uneasy.
At the same time, I was so proud of you.
If I could meet you again, I wanted to say one thing...
I've become a full-fledged engineer and found my own place to belong.
But...
A Place to Call Home
That skill that Victor uses...
It has to be a huge strain on the sub-brain.
He shouldn't be able to use it in quick succession without sedatives.
If that's the case, I don't think Juzo would lose to Victor, even with one arm.
But...
As an old friend, let me tell you one thing, Juzo.
You shouldn't hold back if you want to take me down.
You're pretty cheeky.
Do you really understand that I'm a Gun Slave Unit?
Of course I do.
I'm your personal engineer.
You're the one who doesn't understand.
Just how many Extendeds do you think I've slaughtered?
That's true...
What the hell are these?
Remote control?!
Juzo! Victor's comrades must be hiding nearby!
They're the ones controlling those Extendeds!
That's not quite right.
Did you know?
Curiously, Extendeds stuffed into a body without a head often lose their free will.
So now they're puppets that just follow my orders now.
Puppets?!
Funke Faust!
Quit joking around.
True. That was rude of me.
You'd never be able to go all out on puppets like these.
Juzo, get back!
Bastard, what the hell did you do?
Did you forget? My other name...
The Dismantler, huh?
That's right.
As long as they are in my reach...
...I can take apart any Extended instantly with these hands!
You bastards!
How far do I have to strip you down to see your true form?
Juzo!
It's no use...
...even if you block your pain sensors.
Shall I remind you, then?
Even though enemies and allies alike feared you during the war,
the reason you always hesitated to flaunt your power...
Victor... You bastard!
Among the 13 Gun Slave Units, only you were given the role.
Verrat Dreizehn.
The brethren slayer, Device 13!
The anecdotes of you are stained in blood!
Brethren killer?
No matter how long it has been since the war, those events have shackled you.
Well, that's a problem for me.
All of your outer layers...
I'll strip them down!
Where is the Victor I know?
Victor!
That's enough already!
Boob rockets...
...launch!
Funke Faust!
I'm a bit reluctant, but it looks like I don't have any more hands to play!
Impossible!
You sacrificed your right arm to steal away my own arms?!
Whether the Victor I knew was the real Victor...
...or the Victor in front of me.
I just don't know...
But to stop you from hurting any more people...
At least, with my own hands...
You're always so reckless.
Just because you can block your pain sensors!
Mary, you...
It...
It was the right thing to do.
That's right.
You have no reason to blame yourself, Mary.
Lefty?! You're okay!
Yes.
Since that body is unconscious, I was able to allocate more of my sub-brain here.
I'm able to communicate using this voice box because of that.
Bastard. Hurry up and tell us who you are.
Juzo, you have my thanks.
As promised, you've been protecting Mary in my place this whole time.
Huh?!
You're...
V-Victor?!
That's right.
I'm the real Victor.
Huh?! But then...
That body was just a puppet for the other Victor.
Tell us the details.
Sorry, I'm going to borrow your body a bit.
Let's put aside whether we can trust you or not for now.
If you're the "real" Victor, who the hell was that?
It's just as I said before.
That was just a puppet.
And the one controlling that puppet is my shadow.
Victor's shadow?
That's hot.
Juzo.
I want you to destroy the shadow that I have created.
Let's see...
It was back when I was your personal engineer.
As you know, I joined the military as an engineer.
Because of that, I was sent to a research facility far from the front lines.
I thought that my research results would save the soldiers.
Working toward winning the war was a very worthwhile job.
I never doubted the fact that extension technology would help the people.
Eventually, in order to get around the Limitation of Drone Weaponry Treaty,
we worked day and night to make remote extension control a reality.
If we could make remote control a reality,
the soldiers wouldn't have to be exposed to unnecessary danger.
However, to do that, we had to deal with the intense feedback from the remote body.
Resonance.
Just like the boy.
Pain is an important source of information when controlling a body.
If we just shut down the sense of pain, there was a huge drop in systemic control.
However, the sub-brain technology that could handle the input and output
of that much information had just been invented and was still lacking...
It was then that I suggested the parallel sub-brain system.
We used two sub-brains to simulate the left and right side of the brain.
I had succeeded in increasing the amount of sheer processing power.
Parallel sub-brains?
I don't think it was ever released to the public.
It was top-secret military research and has already been scrapped as a failure.
In other words, there was a flaw.
If it had succeeded, the problem with remote resonance would have been solved.
That's right, Mary.
I used myself as a test subject.
After many trials, we did our first test on the front lines.
That's when I saw it through the eyes of my remote extension.
The results of my research.
Stop it!
It should have been research to save the people...
But not a single soul was saved on that battlefield.
Just what have I been doing until now?
When I opened my eyes after the shock that seemed to crush my heart...
...all I saw was the research facility and my fellow engineers burning to the ground.
Along with someone who looked like me that wasn't me.
What does that mean?!
Did you do it while you were unconscious?!
Just like it sounds,
you know that a sub-brain is a program used to help control an Extended, right?
Those sub-brains are often affected by the thought process routines of the user.
No way...
My sub-brain decided to use those routines to move autonomously as Victor,
controlling my body.
It took over since my own brain had been shocked from the scene of war.
No way. I can't believe that a sub-brain would move on its own...
I know that it's hard to believe.
However, I'm sure that he is moving
in accordance with my thought processes at the time.
Extension technology should not exist in this world.
That's what he believes.
That is why he believes that his sin
is the development of extension technology and bringing Extendeds into this world.
He's trying to atone by destroying all of the Extendeds.
B-But it seemed like he was trying to look inside of Juzo more than destroy him.
Well, I'm sure he also holds a lot of interest in the extension technology.
Juzo.
The hostility he showed you is real.
Once he gets a clear look inside of you, he will kill you.
Then, the reason that Victor is working with Spitzbergen...
Their aim to destroy all Extendeds match up with his goal.
I don't really get it.
But long story short, your body has been taken over by your sub-brain?
Well, that's about it.
I'm not comfortable about this.
So that means...
...the fake Victor I had been fighting was controlled by your parallel sub-brain.
That's right.
And, you're controlling that hand extension remotely from somewhere.
Well. To summarize, yes.
Why are you doing something that troublesome?
Then, where is your real body with the sub-brain?
I'm sure you'll find out soon enough.
And when you do, Juzo,
please destroy the parallel sub-brain installed on my body.
Huh?
What do you mean by that?
It's true that I felt despair on that battlefield.
Everything I believed in crumbled away.
But I don't wish for all Extendeds to disappear.
There are facets of extension technology that can definitely help people.
So please, Juzo...
Victor?!
His consciousness is returning...
It looks like our conversation is reaching its limit.
No way...
I'm sure he still has a puppet somewhere...
Sorry, but I'm sick of doing jobs for free.
Juzo...
I'll be sure to get my pay from you. Including the first job.
You better prepare yourself.
Juzo, I'm sorry...
Juzo!
Sorry, but I can't have you taking care of Victor's real body.
In accordance with the law, I will take it into custody.
Me, Avi Cobo, as the upholder of the law!
Stopping that is the job of a personal engineer.
Why did you leave me behind?!
The other Victor, I presume?
What in the world are you thinking?
That joke ain't funny.
Victor...
NO GUNS LIFE . Episode 16. "Engineer."