This can't be happening...
How could Karasuma be in a place like this...?
Wait a... Dojima.
What is it?
You said an assault team from headquarters is going to attack this place soon, right?
Huh? Yeah...
Then we have to stop them, and stop them fast.
This place is rigged to crush everything in it if there's an emergency.
If we're not careful, we'll all be crushed.
I knew it, I'm not getting through.
What is it?
The attack is going to start.
We had it planned so the attack would begin immediately if my signal was cut off.
Let's move.
Intruders are crossing the security line.
Seal security gates.
Security personnel, circle behind the gates and stand by for intruders.
November Foxtrot to command base.
Have just passed point 3-A. Proceeding to combat altitude.
They're equipped with heavy weaponry?
I understand. Speed up the evacuation of the scientists.
Is it an attack by headquarters?
That would be my guess.
But sir, why would they rush matters like this?
I have no idea.
Is something the matter, sir?
Toudou's ROM!
Of course! There must be something on it!
What's your file decoding progress?
We're currently at about 78%.
Send it to me at once.
Very well, sir.
What is it?
About that test subject, sir. She's tested negative for Orbo extraction.
Eliminate her.
Eliminate her, sir?
But I believe she may prove to be an excellent specimen for further testing.
You do, do you?
All right, fine.
It's offline.
Does that mean the attack's started?
Probably.
We have to go.
Go where? Up?
Going up there now would be dangerous.
I know that.
You do, huh?
What about the elevator? How do you suggest we get it working?
I think I might be able to help out with that.
You can?
There ought to be someplace that lets you control the elevator directly.
For instance... someplace like that.
Dojima, jump in once I get the door open.
But Michael...
This situation isn't going to be solved by staying put down here.
Besides, where you're going is even more dangerous.
I'll keep you company.
This won't exactly be safe, either.
Yeah, I know.
Sakaki...
I guess I'll tag along with you, little lady.
I'll go with you, too, Dojima.
No. You and I are staying here.
Robin. There's something that you need to take care of down here, right?
Nagira...
Amon...
Let's get to it...
It's me.
The elevator's moving?
Robin's group, huh?
Send security personnel to the elevator hall immediately.
That's right.
One more thing...
How's it going?
They'll probably be okay.
I think we've been spotted by now, though.
We have company!
Keep 'em busy, Haruto...
...must be eradicated... ...by the ultimate Witch...
I believe you've seen it by now. Robin's true form.
Robin is no mere Witch.
Can you tolerate power like hers?
Can you let a world to come to pass in which the artificially created strong...
...make the weak bow down to them?
It's all up to you.
Even if your abilities have weakened, it doesn't change the fact that you're a Witch.
Will you join me and survive as a hunter,
...or will you become a fugitive just like Robin?
I'll give you one last chance.
One last chance? You want me to hunt Robin?
That's right.
Where is she?
She seems to be somewhere inside this facility.
Son of a...
How much longer, Michael?
C'mon, c'mon!
Just a little more! It's all up to you now, Lady Dojima!
They know we're here. Don't get yourself killed, lady.
Same to you.
I never imagined that it would be you who would come to visit me.
Karasuma... What did you do to Karasuma?
You came here over such a trivial matter?
Trivial matter?
She's working for me, just as she always has.
Unlike you, Amon.
That isn't the only reason we came here.
The message Toudou left with you 15 years ago.
You know about that ROM?
Do you know what's in the message he recorded on it?
Not everything, no.
In spite of that, you still want to know?
If it explains who I really am.
You're absolutely certain, then?
Toudou...
Zaizen, by the time you, or anyone else, listens to this,
...I will most likely be dead.
But I can't consign my research to oblivion.
This work done by me, a mere Solomon research scientist.
As a member of the Genome... ...perfect Witch...
I have named this project Project Robin,
...playing off the name of the King of Witches.
My colleagues have laughed off this project, calling it "Project Devil Child,"
...and have given me the cold shoulder, dismissing it as a mere armchair theory.
And I would probably have never put the project into motion if I had not met her.
Maria?
Normally, Solomon should have found me out when they pulled the plug on all our research.
But they were far too lenient when it came to my research.
My results eventually came to run counter to Solomon's ideals.
As luck would have it, the project made it to its final stage without being uncovered.
To Solomon, I expect that its existence will be something that they will be unable to admit to.
However, her father was the one person I was unable to deceive.
Juliano Colegli. He will never...
The Devil's child.
Do you understand now? That is what you really are.
Is that all?
What?
Is that all of what Toudou left?
What more do you expect there to be?
It's me.
Forget about the missing parts, just put it up on the monitor right away.
To Solomon, the success of Project Robin...
...would mean the rebirth of the Devil in a literal sense.
Her existence is the very past which they must obliterate.
In ancient times, mankind was ruled by a new species of humanity called "gods".
The species that possessed special powers, Witches in other words,
...were nothing less than gods to us.
But a genetic mutation in a god born about 3,000 years ago...
...changed their destiny, as well as that of us humans.
The gods, having lost the ability to pass on their own genetic elements...
...to their descendants due to this mutation,
...lost their status as heirs to humanity.
What does he mean?
Humanity, having risen to power, feared the rebirth of the gods.
They suppressed and controlled them over the years,
...putting them in the position of devils and witches,
...species that had powers that humans were not meant to possess.
That is the truth behind Solomon.
This research was branded with the mark of heresy, and Solomon destroyed it all.
Witches are our successors?
That's impossible.
We humans are a species that's inferior to Witches?
Delete all the files! Including the ones you've decoded so far!
Wait!
Are you sure, sir?
I don't care! Do it!
Stop that!
Continue the playback.
Karasuma...!
I attempted to recreate a Witch...
...that had their innate powers, and had the ability to inherit the species,
I met a hunter named Maria and fell in love with her.
Karasuma, are you trying to betray me?
Maria's body had been frail since childhood.
I'm not betraying you.
I was terrified of losing who I am.
She had been given only a few years to live due to a chromosomal abnormality.
I had to cling to something.
I was afraid that if I didn't, I'd gradually fall to pieces.
But it was those abnormal chromosomes that were the key to a perfect Witch.
I never believed anything you said!
I can do nothing to save her life.
But within her is a new life,
...a child who may be able to change the future.
Change the future?
My mind has become obsessed with this fascinating idea.
There is only one future!
And you have no place in it!
It is clear that Solomon will try to exterminate this child.
Neither do you!
Or you!
...not its power, but...
...the ability of Witches to once again inherit the species.
They are terrified that this child will become the Eve of Witches,
...believing that she will be a threat to them.
You're the Eve of Witches? That's supposed to be the truth?
Is what I have done...
He's wrong!
Witches are simply filth! A race that pollutes the pure water that is humanity!
As my final gamble, I have decided to entrust this unborn child to Juliano.
To protect the beauty of that purity, to protect humanity,
...capable of killing Maria's child?
...we must wipe Witches off the face of the Earth!
I will stake her slim chances of survival on him.
Even if Witches were God's chosen, just like humans?
But he will probably never forgive me.
Chosen by God?
Why did that abnormality occur in their genes, then?
For all eternity.
In the end, wasn't it because they were unfit to become humanity's successors?
Because they were forsaken by God?!
God doesn't forsake anyone.
I'll admit that I can't fully accept the existence of Witches, either.
But I have to accept what that man said just now as the truth.
No.
It's not!
Witches are the beings that will take humanity's place?
I won't accept that!
It's nonsense!
What's wrong?
The Witches in the tanks have started a system runaway...!
But the Witches inside them are...
I don't understand. If we don't do something, the self-destruct device will activate, and...
Self-destruct device?
It'll bring down the building!
That's impossible. Why would they...
It's you?
Your very existence is what is causing those ghosts to...
Now I see.
I have to kill both you and Toudou's nonsense!
This is also God's will.
This is the purest Orbo we've ever made.
Don't!
Shut up!
Weren't you listening? This is our purest Orbo ever.
Your Witch power can't touch me.
The Orbo side-effect...
No, I won't give in...
Not until I defeat this Witch...
You defeat Witches using Orbo that you made from us?
I won't forgive you.
I'm not about to ask for your forgiveness!
Juliano told me something.
He said that woman... Maria... He said she called me "hope".
Hope, huh? Don't make me laugh!
There's no hope for your kind!
What have I done?
Does this mean that headquarters was right all along?
This place is going to come down. We've got to get out of here, Robin.
The blood of Witches that have been persecuted...
...since ancient times flows inside of me.
I don't just know the power. I know the sadness caused by that power.
Maybe that's why that woman called me "hope".
A Witch who knows sadness...
...might be able to understand humans even when surrounded by a sea of them.
That's why l...
I don't know whether or not you ought to exist.
But the only way to find that answer is for you to survive.
If what Karasuma was worried about ever comes to pass,
...I'll kill you before it can happen, Robin.
I guess that makes you my watchdog.
What's wrong?
I hear screams... They're all crying.
Let's go!
Maria told me something.
She said that if she could change the future with the power that's lying dormant within her,
...she wanted to pass it on to this child.
As my final gamble, I have decided to entrust this unborn child to Juliano.
Will he be capable of killing Maria's child?
I will stake her slim chances of survival on him.
But he will probably never forgive me.
For all eternity.
Worm to Charlie.
Collapse seems to extend to entire facility.
Request temporary abeyance of assault plan until ground situation is verified.
Charlie, roger that. Glad you're alive.
Thanks.
I want my STN-J members extracted at once!
You made it!
Hold your fire!
Miho!
I'm amazed you guys made it out.
Where are Amon and Robin?
What, they weren't with you two?
Then they're still...
Aw, don't worry. Those two aren't dead.
How do you know that?
I dunno. Something tells me, I guess.
It was a fluke. A fluke and a miracle.
No, that wasn't it. It wasn't like that.
Are you saying that Robin and Amon are...
No. I don't know what happened to them.
The two of them were caught in the collapse.
That's what happened, all right.
Good, just like we planned.
And so, we went back to hunting...
Follow him in and corner him.
Hm? That's strange...
...day in, day out, just like before.
Haruto, report your status!
Of course, there were a few changes.
Careful, sir, it's hot.
Administrator, about the new hunter who's being assigned to us today...
I warned you that it was hot, sir!
Sir? Here are the files for your next case.
And one other thing...
When is that delinquent of a girl going to come back?
What do you mean, "when"?
Some lawyer you are, not being able to reform one little girl.
Hurry up and drag her back here.
Amon and Robin left this Earth when the Factory collapsed.
That's what Miss Dojima said, but I don't really believe her.
I mean, do you expect me to believe a word she says?
Am I right?
Expect a wonderful encounter. Your lucky color is black.