I can see it now. That's SPES's base.
Where you say this Alicia girl is...
Our goals are clear-cut: Subduing Hel and rescuing Alicia.
The fifth heart she harvested as Jack the Ripper
has most likely worn down by now and is no longer functioning.
In short, now is our best chance.
Three years after our battle with SPES began... this is finally it.
Sidekick... Shall I stroke your head?
What was the segue into that?
Mom, I'm scared.
You really are erratic in your moods.
You don't want me to?
Don't be silly. How could I do something so embarrassing?
Hmph. I'll give up my place.
Come here.
That's quite a dramatic pose just to offer a head rub.
We've got a little time, so I thought I'd give you a hug.
Don't try to press your chest against a guy as if it's a commonplace thing.
You have a unique way of expressing things, Kimi.
Okay, fine. Some other time, then.
I doubt that time will come.
Hey, you should've taken that hug from Mom earlier, when you had the chance.
That's silly. You think I could do something so pathetic?
You'll regret it if you keep being so obstinate all the time,
since you have nobody else besides Mom.
That's not... And what's more, Siesta has nobody else but me either, right?
She doesn't.
Mom doesn't have anyone but you.
"Episode 9" "SPES"
There's nobody here.
And here I was mentally prepared for at least two or three fights.
Wha--?
What are these? Corpses?
Cerberus? No, you're--
Sadly for you, I am not Hel.
Bat?
Ooh, that's a great reaction! But I'm not Bat either.
Then who are you?
I'm the parent.
Wait, you're SPES's...
A parent who wantonly kills his children-- your thinking is that of a monster.
No. I am neither a person nor a monster. I am "Seed."
I'm a form of plant life that flew to this star system from outer space.
What?
Though I say "plant,"
that is only if I'm attempting to force us into classifications as you humans describe them.
Come on, give me a break.
What in the world are you telling me we've been fighting against?
What are your intentions?
Answer her, Seed. For what purpose is SPES committing terrorist acts?
It's for the purpose of surviving.
Our intentions are to blanket this planet with "seeds." Only that.
The most primordial drive of living things is to leave behind offspring.
In birthing clones like this, I wish for my seed to flourish.
You think that motive makes it okay to kill innocent human beings?
What's the matter with eliminating an alien species
that stands in the way of spreading our seed?
You're the ones who are an alien species!
Wha--?
The "seeds" of my fallen brethren here have now been taken in by that one.
Hel, you mean? Where is Hel?
She isn't here, which means there's only one conceivable place she could be, no?
Kimizuka, Mom!
Right, I know. Hurry!
It looks like I'll get to have my fun, too.
It can't be... Chameleon!
Kimizuka!
Let me ride behind you someday.
He--Chameleon--said he'd get to have his fun, too. Which means...
Crap.
Siesta!
Stop playing around!
You promised you wouldn't go off and die without a word to us!
Right?
Forgive me.
I never supposed you would come here, Kimi.
What a mess. My plan has gone awry.
The root cause must be that your love for me was deeper than I supposed.
That said, Kimi, performing first aid is fine,
but normally, checking whether someone is breathing on their own comes first.
You... So your heart was beating before I started?
No, it wasn't beating, but--
It was stopped?
I've felt mildly outmatched against Chameleon.
Since it seemed like a hassle, I had stopped my heart and was playing dead.
Stopped... your heart?
I'm only now asking after three years together,
but just what manner of person are you?
Huh?
Could it be you've gone weak in the knees with relief, knowing I'm okay?
Can I tell you my honest feelings right now?
No! Don't! I won't listen.
I'm thinking you're very cute.
Argh! I can't hear a thing!
What to do... Shall I stroke your head after all?
I positively refuse!
Shall I hug you?
Not a chance.
Or in Kimi-speak, press my chest against you?
Don't ever so casually try doing this to any other guy!
Oh, but you touched my chest earlier already.
This is absurd.
Siesta, you've come into my life to kill me, haven't you? Socially, that is.
Teasing you is truly a pleasure, Kimi.
It truly was a pleasure.
Siesta...
Maybe just once, comfort me by holding me to your breast.
If we survive to meet again outside this island, that is. So...
Which one are you?
I think you can tell that if you look at my form.
Hel.
So it looks like we can consider you fully recovered.
Uh-huh, thanks to Father. This time--
I'll defeat you.
Huh?
And without fail, I'll fulfill Alicia's wish.
No, without fail you're going to die here. You can't save that girl.
You're so desperate it's laughable.
You want that badly to recover Her Ladyship, eh?
Her Ladyship?
Did you realize?
This body is built a little differently than those of the other SPES leaders.
Originally it was ordinary, human. But because of this body's peculiarity,
it had a variety of experiments performed on it...
Pain, heat, pain, heat... torment.
Apparently, Her Ladyship suffered some very harsh trials.
And then one day, when she could no longer endure that agony,
Her Ladyship brought me into being.
So that's the story.
A secondary secret personality that Alicia generated
when she couldn't stand the agony anymore... that's what Hel is.
Half in anguish, half in sorrow-- that's how we lived life.
If that's the case, I'll end both the anguish and the sorrow for you right now.
Kimi... zuka...
Alicia!
Don't.
If you'd shot me through the heart or the head, you would've won.
So Her Ladyship is that important to you.
But such a soft-hearted bunch won't defeat me.
What is that?
Well, we are in the enemy's stronghold.
I see. You're saying even something like this was within your expectations.
This time I'll finish you!
Sidekick, you're in the way.
That's absurd.
I'll kill you, and this time,
I'll fulfill my mission as a member of SPES!
Ah. So it was a lie.
What was? What about me are you saying was a lie?
That you're a wholly new being,
brought into existence by Alicia's self-protection instincts.
The one who first took on SPES's abilities and intentions was Alicia.
So you were trying desperately to get close to SPES. You're a mere impostor.
To what purpose would I do that?
What's the reason I've devoted myself so entirely to SPES?
Most likely you wanted to be loved... by a father.
You only wanted a father to love you. You wanted someone to appreciate you.
That was all.
You're wrong! You're wrong!
Earlier, your changing over to Alicia's personality was to cause Alicia pain.
That's because you were envious of Alicia.
What are you saying?
You brought yourself as much suffering as you possibly could,
yet you hated Alicia for finding companions in Sidekick and me...
Hated her and envied her.
You're wrong!
You're wrong! You're wrong! You're wrong!
I'm not wrong. You only wanted to be loved. You wanted companionship.
Shut up! Kill one another.
Siesta, you're not going to die.
Sidekick, neither are you.
Huh?
How?
It's simple. It's because I trust Sidekick more than I trust anyone, even myself.
We trust each other more than we trust ourselves. That's all there is to it.
What nonsense is that?
You're saying because of something like that my power doesn't work?
Isn't that a little too convenient for you?
I'd ask you to at least call it a spiritual bond.
A spiritual bond? How can...? How can such a thing...?
Hel, you don't need to conform to some Sacred Writ.
You don't need to kill any more people either.
You can have companionship without doing those things.
Spiritual bonds come into being. Thus, you don't need to force yourself
to obey whatever he-- whatever Seed--tells you.
So you say!
I can't lose.
I'll admit it: I wanted to be loved.
I wanted to be needed.
I wanted someone to acknowledge that my being born meant something.
It can't be just anybody, though.
I live, fight, and lay ruin to the world only for Father's sake.
That's what my survival instinct drives me to.
Well and good. Shall we bring this to a conclusion now?
Let's end it here.
What now?
Sidekick!
Mom...
It was supposed to be confined to the lab; maybe the scent of food lured it out?
Siesta!
I want you to not move for a moment.
I've lost a little too much blood.
I need to exchange it for a new one...
Don't! If you want a heart, I'll give you mine! Just don't...
Just not Siesta!
I told you before that you'd become my partner someday.
So we need to keep you alive, right?
I'll take the legendary detective's heart for myself.
At last, I've acquired a heart that's worthy of this body.
With this, Father will certainly...
Give it back.
That heart belongs to Siesta. You're going to give it back!
That's an impossible proposition. This belongs to me now.
Don't touch Siesta with your filthy hands!
Your fist won't reach me.
Where is that rage welling up from?
What's the reason for that spiritual bond that you both were talking about?
What on earth were you to her?
Hel's asking was immaterial; I'd been thinking about this all along...
What on earth was I to Siesta? What did I mean to her?
And yet...
...at this point, I can never know.
Nevertheless... from that day we first met, 10,000 meters up in the sky,
we continued our travels over the course of three years.
During those days, which could never be called tranquil,
my life was in jeopardy countless times.
I was denounced as stupid, and pushed into absurd situations.
And yet, in the midst of those thousand absurdities, I laughed 10,000 times.
I laughed together with Siesta.
You ask what the relationship was between Siesta and me?
You ask me what I thought of Siesta?
I knew that beyond a doubt, from the beginning,
she was the most important thing in the whole world to me!
What the...?
Sies... ta...
What just happened?
"Episode 10" "So I Can't Become a Detective"