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Thanks for waiting!

Bringing hot new discs to your antenna, it's time for...

...“Today's Spotlight Corner!”

Today we debut a new record by a band that's back after a year-long silence...

...Vision and the Revengers!

It's rocketing up the charts faster than mercury in midsummer!

It's our pick for today!

So let's hit it!

Here's Vision and the Revengers' bright new disc,

“Say Yes!”

Let's go!

Like the wind, you disappeared into the asphalt...

...while being torn to pale ribbons.

Though I hold on to your voice saying, that day, “I won't be beaten...”

...it's just the wind blowing.

The faster I run, the more it seems like the buildings are going to fall on me...

...and I bite my lip and tough it out, until the storm subsides.

“Say yes!” I'm going to live more passionately than yesterday...

“Say yes!” ...because I've known loneliness that I couldn't do anything about.

“Say yes!” Answer me if you can hear me say...

“I can be, I can do, I can sing, I can live.”

Something twinkles behind the wall; it is the knife of darkness.

The only place I won't ever surrender to it is the area where you hid your dreams.

When I look up now, my eyes still hurt from crying...

...but if I can work out my future, these platinum tears will become stars.

“Say yes!” I want to believe deeply that freedom...

“Say yes!” ...is more becoming to us than sorrow.

“Say yes!” I hope these words will reach you, now that you're far away from me...

“You can be, you can do, you can sing, you can live.”

Genom and Gulf & Bradley will each invest 50% of the capital...

...and the patents will become the joint property of both parties.

This contract appears to be perfect.

Continue, Mr. Yamada.

As regards the joint development, Gulf & Bradley's R&D department will...

...be responsible for the endoskeleton and motive power systems...

...and Genom will provide the armor and weapons systems.

The ultimate head of development will be your own Dr. McLaren...

...who will use our facilities in Tokyo.

Well, Doctor?

The research facilities have already been completed.

Please observe.

We have assembled the very best Genom scientific experts.

The laboratory can be operational in one month.

That's just fine, Mr. Yamada.

We have absolutely no objections.

Thank you, sir.

We eagerly await your arrival in Japan, Doctor.

I'm looking forward to it, and to meeting some beautiful geisha girls.

Mr. Yamada, is he by any chance...?

Yes, sir.

The Model 55-C Boomer.

Genom's best-selling product.

Once it's finished, our new model should sell even better.

Give my regards to Mr. Quincy.

Go!

Damn...!

This is Chopper 3.

Incident at the Gulf & Bradley Building.

Emergency dispatch!

Where's the attacker?

It appears to have fled to the river.

We've extended the cordon out to twenty miles.

That's stretching it thin, but we've got no choice.

What does our survivor have to say?

He says he couldn't see the attacker's face.

And that he has no idea who it could have been.

Probably because there are too many possibilities.

Huh?

The victim was the chairman of a major corporation.

He'd have as many enemies as there are stars in the sky.

Then the other victims were just collateral?

Could be.

How about this, Madam?

Thank you.

Tokyo is only 30 minutes away.

I see.

Is something worrying you?

I'm scared, Kou...

...not that I might die, but of what I'm trying to do.

We can still turn back.

No.

I've made my decision.

I don't intend to turn back.

I don't intend to quit, but...

Miss Vision, what are your first impressions of Tokyo?

I'm not really sure. I just got here yesterday.

I expect to be able to give a meaningful answer when I've finished this tour.

Why did you arrive a whole week before your concert?

Because there are several places I want to visit.

May I ask why you've suddenly gone back on live tour?

Because I want to present new emotions with my music.

New emotions?

Yes.

I want to sing about all kinds of human emotion.

Joy,

grief,

laughter,

despair,

regret,

anger,

malice...

all emotions.

And as usual, Miss Vision disappeared as soon as the press conference was over.

Let's briefly go to Ms. Nakamura, in Shibuya.

Ms. Nakamura?

Hi, this is Nakamura.

Take a look at this line.

Isn't it incredible?

It's made up of Vision's fans, who are here to buy advance tickets for her concert.

Excuse me, Miss, how long have you been in line?

Since 3:00 A.M.

Do you like Vision?

You bet! I've got all her CDs and IDs, starting with her debut!

Fm a big, big, big, big fan!

Gimme a break.

Her fans are a bunch of sheep.

You don't like her?

It's not her singing, it's her marketing technique that gets me.

She's a complete question mark. Age, personal history, everything...

Who's she supposed to be, Batman?!

Kinda like you, eh Priss?

Oh, is that so?

What's on your mind, Linna?

I feel like I've met this Vision somewhere.

No way! It must have been someone who just happened to resemble her.

How much longer, Shin?

Give us two more hours!

We move out at midnight!

And listen, if anything goes wrong...

...put Miss Reika's personal safety first, and act accordingly.

Protect her with your lives.

Don't worry about me at all!

Dear Reika, how are you?

I think I mentioned my engagement in my last letter.

The top news this time is this.

He gave it to me.

Pretty nice design, huh?

I told him about you; he says he'd really like to meet you.

In other news...

...some friends threw a bachelorette party for me.

Here are some snapshots.

Sign 1: Wanted: A Good Man

Everyone picked on me, and I got teased a lot...

Sign 2: Traitor! I want half! Damn! Old Bag!

...but it was really a fun party.

It looks like we'll be postponing the wedding date slightly.

I'll let you know as soon as it's set...

...so please attend, even if you have to break a concert date.

I hope Grandfather, Kou, and the rest can come as well.

Well, that's it for now.

Goodbye, Sis.

You took three seconds, Madam.

In a real situation, that would have been enough to kill you.

First of all, not noticing my footsteps demonstrated a lack of attention.

Kou, if you were to give me a score for this, what would it be?

Say, 50 out of a possible 100?

About a 20, I think.

Dr. McLaren, the rate of epidermal cell adhesion is tapering off.

It's a sign that it's nearly complete.

Looking at it makes me think that strength and ugliness go hand-in-hand.

A regular modern-day Frankenstein's Monster, huh?

Emergency in Block 24!

The outer wall is too thick!

We'll use one of the walkways to get in!

Roger!

Intruder is heading for Walkway 2!

There's someone in the walkway!

Shoot! It's someone from Genom!

No!

Miss Reika!

No, Kou! I can't shoot him!

Enough!

Damage?

Nine Boomers and four areas of structural damage.

Fortunately, no serious injuries.

Test models undamaged.

Intruder has escaped and disappeared.

Is this machine the same as the one in Houston?

Absolutely!

Chairman Quincy, I'm returning to Texas.

The Boomer is nearly complete.

I'm no longer needed here.

No! You will remain here until all the tests are completed.

But...!

I have a good idea who it was.

It must be the Chang Group.

You mean, the Hou Bang?

Could they be after the new Boomer?

Probably.

Dr. McLaren, you're not the target.

Get some R&R for a week or so.

Get a load of this!

There's nothing left!

A ceramic blastproof overlay.

Wait a moment, please.

I can't let you in here!

AD Police.

Let me check around!

I trust you have a search warrant.

Our company does have its secrets.

Entry into this section is forbidden to outsiders.

All I can see is that you're trying to hide something.

And what might we be hiding?

Something illegal...

like, maybe, a new type of Boomer.

You can't be serious.

First of all, we're the victims.

Victims, huh?

Wh-What are you...?

A little excessive, don't you think?

You think you're Harry Lime, choosing a place like this for a meeting?

Just a little change of atmosphere...

...and besides, we won't have to worry about eavesdroppers.

So what's the job this time?

Complete details are on the disc.

I'll just hit the highlights.

An executive of a certain corporation is in Japan at Genom's invitation.

The job is protecting that bigwig.

Protecting someone involved with Genom?

That doesn't sit well with me.

The fee is 50 million!

30 in advance, 20 upon successful completion.

All right, I suppose.

Now, whoever's after him is extremely tough.

I heard they took out a Boomer in one shot.

It may be a bodyguarding job, but you'll be risking your life.

Please be as careful as you can.

Your work must be done secretly, nothing overt.

This is an insistent request of the client, Dr. McLaren.

“Drop the investigation?!”

What the hell does that mean?

Please tell me why!

Upstairs said to remove you.

I don't know any more than that.

Genom's bringing pressure to bear, huh?

Chief, there's more to this than just some terrorist attack!

We've got to check out Genom!

Here. Got you something.

What's your problem?

Tickets to the Vision concert?

Right!

Oh, wow! Front-row seats!

These weren't easy to get!

Thank you!

I have no intention of dropping this case, you hear me?!

Daley.

Umm...

I hereby place Detectives Daley Wong and Leon McNichol on two weeks' paid leave.

They are absolutely forbidden to work.

Investigatively or otherwise.

Yes, sir!

Don't let that hothead boil over.

And be careful.

Here we are.

Big, isn't it?

Even a lowball estimate of its cost would be about 700 billion.

What the hell is Genom planning to build here, anyway?

Their answer to Disneyland, maybe?

Well, I don't see Mickey Mouse anywhere.

Well, well, well...

Is it Snow White?

No, it's someone who'd make her eat the poisoned apple.

Chairman Quincy himself has come out to inspect the jobsite.

So where to now?

The St. Regis Hotel.

Huh?

There go our paychecks.

We're not going to check in.

So what?

A cup of coffee there costs two or three thousand.

Oh, I hate this.

It's like being in a steambath.

We need to be somewhere we can monitor the hotel!

We won't be here long.

I know all that, but they get to take it nice and easy, at poolside.

Uh-oh, he's a old perv.

Be careful he doesn't jump you, Nene.

Here you go, sir. One Blue Hawaii.

I should've gotten to infiltrate the hotel as well.

What the!

What is it?

Fifth floor coffee shop. Window seat.

Leon!

What's he doing here?

There would seem to be more to this job than meets the eye.

Things are getting interesting, wouldn't you say?

You figure it out?

Yeah.

When our expert analyzed the photos he said the tower was a production facility...

...and the city-like area was a mock-battle stage.

For Boomers?

Yep! A performance testing ground.

Things are getting interesting, aren't they?

Room Service.

I've brought the champagne you ordered.

Pardon me.

Yes, this is the St. Regis Hotel, Room 2011.

No, not another blonde.

Hmm... I think an Asian today.

Make sure she's young.

Very good, sir.

I think it'll take about an hour.

Yes, sir, we'll send you an incomparable beauty.

Sylia, do you read me?

Looks like he's ordered another call girl for tonight. Nothing else to report.

Roger. Continue surveillance.

Okay.

After we went to all the trouble to buy off the hotel manager...

...we should have put concealed cameras and microphones in the suite.

We couldn't intrude on the client's privacy, now, could we?

But just having him wear a transmitter isn't good enough.

I don't think the enemy wants to assassinate him.

Huh?

There were plenty of opportunities to kill McLaren in Texas last March...

...but the attackers didn't do so.

Don't you think that's strange?

Then there's this unofficial FBI report.

Last December, the U.S. DOD held an advanced weapons competition.

Six companies, including Gulf & Bradley and Genom, competed, and in the end...

...the winner was the GD-42, a combat robot...

...built by Kyuusei Industries, of which Chang is Chairman.

Founded by Asian-American immigrants, the Chang Group...

...has had an antagonistic relationship with Gulf & Bradley for over a decade.

Why's that?

Chang's son and daughter-in-law died fifteen years ago.

It appears to have been a murder made to look like a traffic accident.

Gulf & Bradley were thought to have been behind it...

...but they were found not guilty, due to insufficient evidence.

Genom and Gulf & Bradley entered into their partnership this past January.

So the Chang Group are the culprits?

If so, why did they wait fifteen years before taking revenge?

What's your name?

My name is Irene.

That's a nice name.

Pretty good for a man his age.

This is the fourth night in a row.

Tell me about it!

He suddenly clutched at his chest, moaning in pain.

That's why he should have been more concerned about his age!

They just left the room. Looks like they're taking him to the hospital.

One of the bodyguards is still in the room, along with the call girl.

Be careful, Priss.

There's something strange about that ambulance.

Roger!

Where are we?

Hey!

Get out of that ambulance!

Let's do it!

No effect!

I must have contracted Miss Reika's disease.

The patient's gone?

Is this some kind of joke?

Why no. You see, the ambulance already came.

It already came?

We're going back to the office.

Then what?

We open a kidnapping investigation!

I got trashed.

It was embarrassing.

Priss!

Why, that's Irene's...!

Dr. McLaren gets abducted,

Linna goes missing...

...and to top it off, Priss gets a broken arm.

Everything's going wrong.

When Linna's transmission was cut off,

she was near Irene's grave.

I have a feeling there's a connection.

Would you check the data on Irene?

Okay.

I wonder if Linna's all right.

I don't think she's from Genom,

but she could be a bodyguard McLaren hired.

I consider it prudent to keep her captive for now.

I'm sorry we were so rough with you.

You were in Irene's letters, weren't you.

Were you a friend of hers?

You're Reika, aren't you.

Irene's older sister.

Yes.

Just what are you trying to do?

Tell me, Vision!

Irene told me that her sister was a singer.

I didn't recognize you at first, without your make-up...

...but you're Vision! There's no doubt about it!

Mr. Kou, there's a call for you from Mr. Chang.

It's been quite some time, Mr. Chang.

How is it going, Kou?

We have McLaren.

And Miss Reika is still the same.

Hmm...

Now, how is Reika in combat?

Speak frankly.

Miss Reika is too soft.

She can't bring herself to kill people.

Her anger about Miss Irene's death fuels her desire for revenge, but...

It was my beloved granddaughter's wish.

Even I could not refuse her.

I didn't want to drag her into the shadow world, but...

I understand how you feel, Sir.

I am old. Now you are the only one upon whom I can rely.

We will protect Miss Reika, even if it costs us our lives.

I'm counting on you, Kou!

My family, the Changs, has led the Hou Bang for generations.

“Hou Bang:” Literally, “The Tiger Corps”

“Hou Bang”?

A secret society which was the basis for my grandfather's success in the world.

After my father died, there was no obvious candidate to succeed my grandfather.

But I didn't particularly care...

until she...

until Irene was killed by Genom.

Then I became determined that I would have my revenge...

...first, on the Chairman of Gulf & Bradley, for killing my parents, and then...

You're going to kill Quincy?

With McLaren as bait?

Yes. I'll kill him.

I'll teach him about the pain he's caused us.

Doing that for Irene's sake...

Won't bring her back!

I know that.

I know it's pointless.

But... it hurts so much.

I can't let him get away with it!

What will you do after you've killed Quincy?

You'll become the leader of the Hou Bang?

What about your singing?

I'll give it up.

This tour was bogus from the start, after all.

Strange, isn't it.

Time was that I hated my own clan with a passion.

But now I think of it with pride.

Fluid temperature: 23°C. Ion concentration: 75%.

Initiating armor plating.

Mr. Quincy...

The man who abducted McLaren?

Is this Quincy?

You people went to a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Unnecessary?

The Boomer is finished.

McLaren is a closed subject.

Boil him, roast him, do whatever you want with him.

Are you sure?

No one knows the new type's limitations and weaknesses better than McLaren.

Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa...

Lots of people will want McLaren.

Your new model would soon be unsaleable.

No one will want a weapon that's had all its secrets exposed.

What are your demands?

I want to deal with you face-to-face.

I'll give you my demands at that time.

You want to meet with me personally?

Will I be dealing with Mr. Chang?

That's right.

All right.

Suppose we meet at 17:00 tomorrow, at Artificial Island D-35?

Are you thinking of trying something underhanded?

Is that an objection?

No, that's fine.

Tomorrow, then.

Activate in two hours! Prepare for testing!

Yessir!

A public servant, moonlighting... Naughty, naughty, Nene.

What do you want?

I want you to check the computer for connections to this case.

Let me know as soon as you've got anything.

I understand you were a friend of Miss Irene's.

I'm sorry about the cramped accommodations...

...but I must ask you to bear with them for just a little longer.

That lock will automatically disengage in twenty-four hours.

Tomorrow night, you will be free.

Wait!

Are you going to kill Quincy tomorrow?

Don't drag her into this!

Do you want to make Reika... Vision... a murderer?

Don't you realize she's just acting out of despair?

If you keep supporting her...

What do you know?!

You don't know how grief-stricken Miss Reika was when she lost Miss Irene!

To see Miss Reika smile again,

I'd kill Quincy, even if he was a god!

You're so wrong about this!

Carl Baker's 4:00 piano concerto at the Yokohama Bayside Hall...

...still has seats available.

Tickets for the Rumenka Mupata Combo go on sale on the 20th of this month.

And finally, the opening concert of Vision's tour...

...beginning tonight at the New Tokyo Dome, is sold out.

I can find absolutely nothing on Irene's past.

A major organization must be obscuring it.

I'm trying to find a password, but...

And there's still no movement on Quincy's end, either.

Maybe I miscalculated.

A chopper just left that lab.

Looks like it's heading for Genom Tower.

Linna!

You all right, Linna?

Priss!

Nene, are you all right today?

“Am I all right?”

The concert's tonight!

You mean you forgot?

Roger!

Quincy's made his move.

I'll bring the car around!

Leon! I've got it!

We'll talk in the car!

Come on, Linna!

So it's just you two, after all.

Well? What are your demands?

I demand your life!

Oh? For what reason?

Does the name Irene ring any bells?

No.

She was my little sister, killed last year for the sake of your rotten, filthy dreams!

I know nothing about it.

I have far too many dreams, you see.

Don't play innocent!

I won't let you just bury your head in the sand!

Well, this doesn't make any sense to me at all.

So a little girl like you is going to take revenge on me, huh?

It's really silly of you to cause such an uproar over just one little girl...

Stop this pointless fighting!

Linna!

Silence, Genom agents!

You're wrong! We're...

The Knight Sabers!

They and you are two of a kind!

Foolish rabble, how dare you strike at Genom!

An android!

Now that the cast has been assembled, let's raise the curtain on the show!

I'll shake it off!

This case began with the murder of Irene Chang.

And the Texas incident?

Was revenge for the murder of her parents.

And the perpetrator?

Is Vision, I think...

...though I don't know if she's the principal actor.

There... there are extenuating circumstances, aren't there?

Shit! We're not moving an inch!

Let me give you some advice.

This town has been laced with booby-traps.

Don't even think of hiding behind any of the buildings!

The sucker's blind!

The monitor!

Can you see yet?

I'll be your eyes!

Reika, immobilize the thing!

Linna, forget it!

Just get yourselves out of here!

Too late!

Stinking monster!

Kou! We'll blow it up with our self-destruct system!

Did you copy that, Knight Sabers?

What about you?

We'll eject! Now get clear!

Arming self-destruct system!

Miss Reika!

Reika!

Stay back!

Get away! There's no time!

You better hurry, or your concert's going to start without you.

It's okay. I'm not going to sing anymore.

Besides, my revenge isn't finished yet.

It won't be over until I kill Quincy...

How long are you going to go on like this?

But Irene won't rest until I've finished this!

What's this?

Irene was a typical pretty girl...

...a girl at an age to delight in getting an engagement ring.

If you take Irene's dreams, and make them real...

...that would be a better road than revenge, Reika.

Linna...

Leon...

AD Police.

I'm glad you're here.

Those are the people who kidnapped me!

I'm the kidnapper.

She had nothing to do with it.

Kou!

Richard McLaren...

...I arrest you for violating arms-control laws.

Wait a minute!

Also, multiple counts of soliciting prostitution.

Oh, come on!

Miss Vision, we appreciate your help in arresting this criminal.

Please permit us to escort you to the concert arena.

Would that be all right?

Yes!

All who sleep in the nooks and corners of the town, look: the Sun also rises.

The morning murmured these words to my cold heart, lonely and closed off.

I opened the door, took a deep breath, and realized how blue the sky is.

These brand-new days will not end...

...because thousands of lights color the shirt of my faded dreams.

My heart will sing the unforgettable melody until...

...I understand you more than I do now. “No, never the end.”

“No, never the end...”