YEAR X492 OF THE COSMIC ERA OCTOBER 14TH
On to the next news.
Regarding the killing of Mr. Sibir seven days ago
it became clear that he was executed for treason against Drakken.
What are the citizens saying?
It was his fault for betraying Drakken.
But what will happen to Sibir's debts?
It's been seven days since Shiki was killed.
I was given a room.
They confined me in here for seven days without doing anything to me.
I was told that all of my other friends were well.
My heart aches every time I think of that day.
I still can't believe it.
Shiki died.
Why?
Why did this happen?
OUR FUTURE
Calm down. I'm not the CEO.
It's me.
I had become apathetic,
but there was one emotion left in me.
Fear.
Overwhelming fear that eclipses
even hatred.
You better start eating soon, or you'll get sick.
You can keep on doing that, but it won't change anything.
Mr. CEO told us to treat you like you're one of us.
Forget about your past.
You can have a comfortable life here.
It's true that we started off on the wrong foot.
But try to understand where Mr. CEO stands too.
Moneylenders have an image to maintain.
You guys snuck into this ship on your own will.
It ended horribly, but that's only to be expected.
Oh well.
One more thing.
You stink so bad, it's bringing tears to my eyes.
You should at least take a shower.
This room has surveillance cameras,
but not in the bathroom.
We're not that degraded.
That guy right now is Laguna.
He appears to be the most decent among all of Drakken's men.
I don't think he's a bad person.
Drakken's main objective is me.
My power.
We have a device that extracts Ether Gear's power.
The Petrification Ray that Illega from Guilst had.
That was made by extracting my power.
I want to use that device
to extract your power.
The power of speed?
For what?
No,
your power isn't speed.
Cat Leaper.
It has the power to change the laws of the cosmos.
Cat Leaper.
That's the name of my Ether Gear.
Change the laws of the cosmos?
What does that mean?
I can't tell you that.
Because it'll put me at a disadvantage if you use that power.
In that case, just hurry up and extract it.
This is where it gets complicated.
You haven't awakened that power yet.
It'll be pointless to extract the power before it's awakened.
But once it's awakened, we'll be in a real tough situation.
That's why I'll be monitoring you inside your room.
I'll extract it the moment we get Cat Leaper's Ether signal.
You must not know about this power.
This is a forbidden power.
I am the one who deserves it.
Drakken called me No. 29.
What is No. 29?
It sounds like a model number of an old robot.
I have to sort out this information.
There might be a way to counterattack somehow.
I want to see everyone.
Happy.
Weisz.
Homura.
Pino.
Witch.
Sister.
Hermit.
Mosco.
Connor.
Shiki.
I want to see you.
Mr. CEO!
There's a highly-concentrated Ether signal from No. 29.
Has it awakened?
The Ether numbers are rising much faster than we predicted.
Damn it!
Don't let No. 29 get away!
It's Cat Leaper!
What? My body feels hotter than usual.
The water from the shower has stopped. . .
My body. . .
feels heavy. It's as if I'm being pulled down.
What's happening?
Gravity?
Hey, you finally woke up?
I. . .
You fainted in the shower because of the heat. You're so careless.
Are you all right?
Where am I?
It's my room, which is also the medical office.
There's also a "training" room in the back.
Happy! Sister!
What's up with you?
YEAR X492 OF THE COSMIC ERA OCTOBER 7TH
I had the most scariest dream!
It was so real.
I'm so glad it was just a dream.
That was. . . that was a dream. . . right?
Is everyone all right? How's Shiki, and Weisz? And Homura?
They're all fine.
How long was I out?
About 30 minutes.
A lot happened during that time.
I told you that we're being tailed by a mysterious large battleship, right?
We got them off our trail once, but they're coming after us again.
What? This flow of events. . .
When I told Shiki about it. . .
This is what happened in my dream.
I don't like it that they're marking our ship.
Please wait, Demon King.
Where's Shiki and the rest?
They're at the launch deck.
Happy, connect me to Pino!
All right!
That might have been a dream.
But. . .
Master, there is a signal from Rebecca.
Oh, Rebecca woke up, huh?
Hey!
Are you all right, Rebecca?
Hey, why are you dressed like that?
I'm glad. Now we can all go out and fight together.
Everyone is safe. I'm so glad.
Everyone, please don't go out to fight.
I want you to listen to me.
Huh?
Please.
A dream?
It felt super real.
I still remember the fear and pain
as if it really happened.
In my dream,
we were defeated by Drakken.
And Shiki
was killed.
What a nightmare.
But it's just a dream, right?
I hope so.
But I got a bad feeling about this, so I stopped all of you.
I see.
Was it a precognitive dream?
Such a thing hasn't been scientifically proven yet.
But,
if Rebecca has turned back time,
this might all make sense.
Turn back time?
When we were on Sun Jewel,
do you remember how you felt when your Ether Gear awakened?
It felt as if time was going backwards.
If we assume
that power to be Rebecca's true Ether Gear,
then she could have experienced events in the future,
and came back in time to this moment.
Time leap.
She may have leapt through time.
Time leap?
Moscoy time!
Now that you mention it,
while Rebecca was unconscious,
a slight change in her Ether was detected.
In other words, Rebecca's consciousness in the future,
overwrote her consciousness at this moment in time,
causing the change to her Ether.
Then she really turned back time? That's amazing!
She can be called a Self-Chronophage.
I don't like to hear that name.
The only difference
is that Chronophages turn back the entire planet's time.
And their targets
aren't aware of it.
They can't keep their memories.
As it was with Weisz.
I don't want memories of being old.
Rebecca's time leap only puts herself back in time.
There's a high probability that she has her memory intact.
Then are you telling me that what I saw is the future?
It's a possibility.
Theoretically with Chronophage, outsiders can observe the time changes.
Outsiders can tell that Norma went back 50 years and so forth.
But with Rebecca's time leap, no one can observe the change
except Rebecca herself.
In other words, these are all just possibilities,
and it's very hard to prove.
Is there something that you saw in the future that we can check on now?
I remember! Labilia!
Labilia?
That mean B-Cuber?
Labilia
was captured by them.
"Poured foul soup over the girl who got carried away
and became full of herself!"
What a horrible title!
She hasn't posted in a week.
Labilia usually posts every day.
Couchpo!
Long time no see, Rebecca!
Couchpo, do you know what Labilia is doing right now?
Come to think of it, I haven't seen her lately.
You know how the terms for the B-Cubers changed this month,
and trash talking users like Labilia
can no longer get advertisements.
Got it! Thank you.
She hasn't updated her social media for an entire week.
She must be captured, after all.
Then. . .
What I thought was a dream,
might really happen in reality.
But what should I do?
We can't win against Drakken.
But. . .
I can't leave Labilia there.
Even after she bullied you?
In the past,
we were friends.
And plus, I'm the reason why Labilia was captured.
This woman put you through a lot of grief, right?
That's why I can't just leave her be.
What do you mean?
The situation is complicated.
Rebecca's friend is my friend too.
Shiki. . .
Let's go save her.
But we can't win against this opponent in a fair fight, right?
Right. If we fight fair.
That's right. We have information about the future.
We'll take advantage of that!
If we lose this time. . .
I don't know if I'll be able to time leap again.
There's no way we'll lose.
Information is the strongest weapon.
Okay.
I'll share all the information that I have gathered.
Let's have a team meeting!
What is it?
A part of Edens Zero's shields have been damaged.
How?
It's them!
They forced their way in by using Drakken's power.
We're here, Gunman.
What should we do with the crew?
We'll kill them all.
Maria, don't break anything valuable.
That trio!
I thought they invaded us because Shiki invaded first.
But they're invading us either way!
So far, everything is going according to the future that Rebecca saw.
But
this is where our future begins!
Wow!
She took down all of them by herself.
Eek!
Witch can use Ether like magic.
People call her. . .
the Steel Sorceress.
You're one of the Four Shining Stars like my master, after all!
Oh, please stop making me blush.
Everyone, don't lower your guard.
They still have hidden powers.
Hidden powers?
This lady is a space slime.
She tricked Sister by pretending she got caught by us.
What? I was tricked by her?
This guy has the power to become invisible.
He's planning to hide in this ship.
This guy is the most troublesome.
He's going to self-destruct and invade the ship's system.
I see. A virus with artificial intelligence.
You're right, this code is really troublesome.
But I can take various countermeasures if I know what to expect.
Is everything going accordingly?
But the real problem begins now.
Drakken's power is called Alchemist,
which allows him to change materials of objects.
His power is what changed Edens Zero's armor into paper.
It seems like he can extract Ether Gear powers,
and transfer it into weapons.
Are you serious? Is it possible to do that?
I think he wanted
to use that technology in order to extract my power.
Power to turn back time.
I guess everyone would want that.
But how did Drakken know about the power
that even Rebecca herself didn't know about?
I think he heard about it from Master Noah.
I knew it! That bastard!
But if so, how did Noah know about it in the first place?
I don't know that yet.
And Drakken has
a special force called Element 4.
Fie of Fire is a long-range sniper.
Laguna of water, turns anyone who sheds tears into water.
Daichi of earth incurs pain by making branches crawl through bodies.
Sylph of wind absorbs everything by using wind.
There's one more person who is an assistant to Sylph.
Jinn. He works for them.
That ninja?
He's gotten super strong.
From what I heard, Shiki was no match for him.
Hold on.
Mosco.
Yes, ma'am!
You were in the same mercenary unit with him, right?
Yes, ma'am!
Why is he in such a tizzy?
Don't you know about his weaknesses?
He has no weaknesses.
-But. . . -But?
It seems like he was working for Pseudo-Sister
because he wanted her to heal someone.
He wanted her to heal someone?
That's it.
The real Sister is right here.
If I agree to do him a favor,
he might switch to our side.
Wow! I can be friends with him?
Give me a break. No way I'm trusting him.
Even if he doesn't switch to our side,
it'll help if we don't have to fight him.
All right everyone,
if you get in contact with Jinn, tell him about Sister.
But. . .
no matter how hard I try, I don't see how we can win.
Drakken Joe
is too strong.
No, I can see a way to win.
I have a strategy.
Why is it taking Seth and the rest so long to contact us?
Yes. They were supposed to contact us as soon as they infiltrated the ship.
Were they defeated by any chance?
Even so, we have a backup plan.
Seth will pretend to self-destruct. . .
I know that!
I'm getting a bad feeling.
Gather the Element 4.
Yes, sir. Oh?
Mr. CEO, it's an emergency!
We were following Edens Zero, but they have changed their course!
They're heading this way at an alarming speed!
At this rate, they will crash into us!
Are they serious?
But please rest assured. Belial Gore's armor is. . .
Idiot! It means that Edens Zero's armor
is much more durable than ours!
Otherwise, they won't do anything so risky like this!
Last time, things ended up badly because we jumped the gun, right?
But not this time!
We will all storm in and fight!
What about this is a strategy?
But I believe this will raise our chances of winning.
Nice. It's been a while since I've been on a rampage!
Moscoy!
Let's all join our strengths.
More importantly, can we really break through?
According to my calculation, we just need to make full use of our shields.
Don't worry. Leave it up to me.
Wait for us, Labilia.
We'll save you.
What is that?
A ship crashed into us!
There is a city inside the battleship. There are so many people.
Those people aren't soldiers.
I believe they're debtors who owe money to Drakken.
If possible, I don't want to hurt them.
You say that, but we made a hole in their ship.
It's okay.
It seems like they have an automatic repair mechanism.
These people won't be thrown out into space.
Where's Drakken?
That building!
That was pretty bold, you little brats.
I'll make sure you pay for underestimating me!
I'll kill all of you, except No. 30.