"Aya really went off alone...?" "That stupid fool!" "She plans to get the hagoromo back by herself." "If we don't do something, Aya will..." "I know that!" "You two, come with me." " Who is he?" " Shuro Tsukasa." "A singer who's enormously popular these days." "He used be part of a duo, but he's gone solo." "He is also a descendant of a celestial maiden." "He has considerable power." "Shuro?" "I really didn't want to rely on him." "But we have no choice at this point." "He's our trump card." "Sorry!" "Are you all right?" "Huh...?" "Hey!" "Ceres, this way." "But that girl..." "Don't worry about her." "She'll be fine." "But..." "I see." "Again?" "That's the 29th one." "The number of C-Genomes, the descendants of celestial beings... has decreased to less than half." "Only a handful of descendants are left." "What you are trying to do... is what we ourselves tried to do ages ago." "Chief!" "The men from Ragnarok are waiting." "Ragnarok?" "So it's the twilight of the gods is it?" "Mikage Junior, I understand that another C-Genome died?" "Is the C-Project really making progress?" "The mission of Ragnarok is to create superior humans... to whom we can entrust the future." "The C-Project is the vehicle towards this goal!" "And that is why so many invested so much to this project!" "Junior." "You are a man who experimented on the people of your own country." "We have high hopes for you." "If this works in Japan, then next comes the world." "The uses for celestial power are boundless." "We are especially looking forward to... the re-creation of the celestial robe." "What kind of attitude is that?" "!" "They know the potential of the C-Project." "This undertaking is just too huge for the Mikage to handle alone." "Right now, let's just continue with our plan." "He's really popular." "You can't see him!" "He's about to go on stage and he needs his privacy." "I see." "Let's go, Mrs. Q." "It's okay." "It's all right." "Come in." "Sorry to intrude, I know you're very busy." "You're the descendant of a celestial maiden, aren't you?" "I could tell in an instant." "So... what do you want with a guy like me?" "Guy?" "You dress like a guy, but you're a woman, aren't you?" "Supposedly, I'm descended from a celestial being from Okinawa." "My great-grandmother once told me." "And yes." "I am a woman." "But you and Kei were a male duo!" "When we first debuted..." "Kei and I were childhood friends from Okinawa." " Actually, we were related." " Were?" "When we returned to Okinawa... some organization came after us." "As a result of that incident..." "Kei... died." "The Mikage..." "Right after that, my body underwent a change." "About that time, there was a newspaper article... about girls nationwide who were experiencing physical changes." "I did some checking on my own." "And they were all descended from celestial beings." "I did more checking about what was going on... and it led me to that laboratory." "So I decided to put on a concert." "Here... is where I'll have my final concert." "Final?" "This is my way of settling the score." "Settling the score?" "The only thing I can do at this point is sing." "I don't know what you want from me." "But I'm going to follow my own path." "Aya, how are you doing?" "I understand you're not feeling well?" "The Shuro Tsukasa concert will begin shortly." "Shuro?" "A descendant of the celestial maiden Juno." "A descendant we failed to secure." "It seems she doesn't have much longer to live." "You should see the performance of one of your own." "Doesn't have long to live?" "Tell me... how many C-Genome women... have died since you brought them here?" "!" "Could it be that each one of them experienced these changes?" "I don't have to answer that." "Wait, Kagami!" "Each one of them... then... each of their children, too." "This way." "Has it been completed?" "I see." "So this is the hagoromo." "This person, too is descended from a celestial maiden?" "Everyone... come together." "Give me your strength." "Amazing!" "Your power is becoming one." "It's overwhelming!" "I can sing... one, last perfect song." "A final resolution for everything...!" "No way." "Aya, wait for me." "I'm coming." "What's that?" "!" "What...?" "!" "What's happening?" "!" "This... this is..." "Supreme celestial power...?" "Take the hagoromo and the embryos to the shelter." "My power!" "This girl is also a sacrifice." "All because of me... the descendants of celestial beings are all... are all..." "Stop!" "No!" "You mustn't!" "Stop the song!" "Shut off the monitor!" "It doesn't work!" "The monitor is playing by itself...!" "The shield power's been magnified tenfold!" "Young Mistress." "No!" "You'll die!" "Stop!" "This is the final solution to everything!" "Aya." "Aya." "Chidori?" "Aya." "Be strong!" "No, I can't!" "Just because of me... no more!" "Stand up." "It's okay." "A miracle will happen." "I'm watching over you." "You must live on." "Live for me, too." "You must go and take back what's precious." "Chidori!" "I can't..." "Kei." "I will get my hagoromo back." "I swear it!" "Stop!" "Don't interfere!" "I can't..." "My power is weakening." "I can't even fly properly." "I must hurry and become one with my mana." "What's the damage?" "The main computer, everything, the entire system has been destroyed." " There's no back-up either!" " What about the C-Genomes?" "We've gathered them in the central hall." "But several have begun to deteriorate." "Chief, this establishment is..." "Never mind that." "Make sure Ceres doesn't escape." "Looks like you have more than you can handle." "We heard the details." "You get your news quickly." "It seems you won't be able to continue your research." "We'll take over now." "Hand over the hagoromo and Ceres and the remaining C-Genomes." "Even if they are dying... we'll be able to use their bodies for experiments." "The hagoromo makes eternal youth a possibility." "It's enough if we ourselves can become ageless." "In any case, we'll take over from now on." "We wish you well as a member of Ragnarok." "You want the hagoromo?" "Don't kid yourselves!" "Where is my mana?" "W-Wait!" "I won't do anything." "My name is Howell." "Where is my mana..." "my hagoromo?" "Well..." "I just barely escaped from the lab." "But I have an idea." "Follow me." "Has Aki come aboard?" "Yes, but the C-Genomes." "They won't listen, no matter what I tell them." "It's so dirty outside." "We will not leave this place." "I understand." "Where is Aya?" "Ceres!" "Yuhi!" "Ceres!" "Damn!" "Sis!" "Ceres is on that ship!" "We must go after it!" "This is the hagoromo?" "I finally found my mana." "Are you all right?" "I have no strength." "We have severed ties with Ragnarok, our sponsor." "But I will not suspend C-Project." "As long as I have you, the hagoromo, and the embryos." "Fool!" "You still won't give up..." "When you speak of mana, you mean the hagoromo?" "Yes, that's what we call our celestial robes." "It's a part of our bodies." "Without our mana, we cannot survive." "You cannot survive without it?" "Celestial beings are all females." "We do not possess the power of evolution." "Whether we were born from our mana... or whether our mana was born of us..." "The memories of ages past elude us." "It all began with the purpose of leaving progeny." "But the end result was that... we could not survive without the mana." "Then the celestial being whose hagoromo was taken..." "Please return my hagoromo." "You are the child of the Mikage." "My foolish descendant." "Please understand." "I will not let you go anywhere." "I won't let anyone have you." "What is it?" "That's..." "That's..." "Toya...!" "Your body won't last without the mana!" "I'm not alone anymore."