Phew.
THAT WAS FUN!! Hěn kāixīn!
It’s been a while since I’ve had a bout like that!
You’re being distracted, Master Shen.
Oh, so you’re already back, Mui.
Mind smoothing things over with the top boss?
I have delivered a convincing report.
THANK YOU! Xièxiè!
Master Shen!
Oh, right...
REFLECT, REMORSE Fanxing, Fanxing.
About the matter at Lake Baikal...
Ms. Gena has contacted both Undead and Unluck, and will now enter battle.
Aah...
Well, those two have tricks up their sleeves!
I’m sure they will overcome this obstacle, too!
Deady Dearest, it’s been far too long!
I still can’t cut ya.
That’s your Rule, ain’t it?
Hold the phone!
You’re so cruel! Our first reunion in 40 years, and the first thing you do is cut me?
Says the shrewd minx who has a barrier posted up!
Um... excuse me!
Are you the person who caught Andy fifty years ago?
Andy?
DEADY DEAREST TRENDY ME LI’L LUCKY‎
IN OTHER WORDS, ANDY!
Yeah.
I caught Deady Dearest and supervised him throughout his captivity!
B-But you look the same age as me!
Oh, stop it, Li’l Lucky! You’re skilled at flattery! Such a sweet girl! Kya!
You can’t be serious. You were sixteen when you caught me, which means you’re sixty-six now.
Six... sixty-six?
Gotta say, the organization’s anti-aging tech really works won-
Huh? What’s wrong, Andy?
You can’t be serious, Deady Dearest?
You know I’m eternally sixteen.
Don’t give me talk like that.
Wha...?
Wow, so cool! Now this is what I call a death mask!
Like, omigosh, what should I do with it?
W-Well, how about a little kiss for now?
Huh?
It’s gone? But why? Aww, come on! I was just getting to the good part!
Something invisible was coverin’ up my mouth.
I’m gonna have to figure out a strategy to deal with that.
Is your face okay?
And quit worryin’ over every little thing. I’m Undead, remember?
I know, but...
Li’l Lucky!
Huh?
I’ll have you know that I fell in love with him first!
Say what?
We first crossed paths fifty years ago.
It was an ill-fated encounter- me, the hunter, and him, the hunted.
While I did succeed in catching him, all of our seats were filled.
As I sat at the Roundtable, he sat in a cell.
After I was put in charge of overseeing him, I said to him...
Um...
I’m sorry.
I was just following orders, but if I hadn’t caught you... then none of this would have-
But my Deady Dearest simply replied...
Huh? What’re ya on about? I got beat. Simple as that.
Plus, I can die in all sorts of ways while I’m here.
There’s no better way to figure out my own set of Rules.
When I finally break outta here, let’s have a rematch.
You can bet your ass I ain’t losin’ the next one!
Hngh! That was so cool! I love you!
So that’s how she fell in love?
Yet, you escaped ten years later without so much as a word to me!
And for the next forty years, you completely dropped off the map!
But since meeting Li’l Lucky, you’ve been running all over the place.
I was finally able to find you the other day!
Oh, the joy I felt when I-
C’mon! She wasn’t done with her monologue!
That’s why I wanted to be the first one to come see you.
But that lousy Shen...
He went ahead on his own and put his dirty paws on my Deady Dearest!
I’ll never forgive him for that!
He was supposed to alert me when he found you!
The combat-crazed cretin!
But I do give him credit for taking Void with him.
Thanks to his death, a single seat opened up after all!
And that’s all we need. You can fill that seat alone.
Flashbangs work on her, eh?
Now’s my chance. Her barrier’s gotta be-
So she didn’t drop it.
Shouldn’t we run while we still can?
Wazzat? Why would we do that? I’m gathering intel.
B-But...
Oh, yeah! Your friends! Where are they?
Right... they’re dead. All of ‘em croaked.
Wha-? Then what now?
I snagged seats at a different spot for that party.
This one’s got rockin’ beef stroganoff!
No time to talk about that right now!
Cool your jets, kid. I’ve got this in the bag!
What she actually negates... I’ll bust that lid wide open!
One, she solidified the lake.
Two, she telekinetically lifted it up.
Three, she can create invisible walls and stairs- her main ability.
Let’s say her ability is hardening stuff.
Then she solidified water in case One, but what about case Three?
I mean, if she’s just hardening stuff, then my sword skills should be able to slice through.
So what is she negating to form that barrier of hers?
Tuck your legs!
Huh?
Y’know, that last attack... you coulda dodged that if you didn’t have to worry about Li’l Lucky.
If only she had died back then...
this would’ve been a better fight.
“Back then”?
Back on the boat.
My projectiles should’ve killed her.
That attack, huh?
W-What’s wrong? Can’t you move?
I’ve restrained your lower half.
Now you can’t run away from me.
Oh, she’s right! There is something there!
Just give up on all this Unluck business.
That girl would never be able to meet her quota-
Doesn’t matter!
Whether this is fate or not... no matter what happens to us down the road...
This girl is mine!
I ain’t lettin’ her die till I do!
Fine.
Then I’ll just take your head like I did fifty years ago.
And once I do, Deady Dearest... you’ll be mine forever.
I’m heading out!
What? Are you trying to get caught again?
I figured it out... what she negates.
- Huh? - Huh?
Parts Bullet... Head!
PARTS BULLET HEAD
Plus... bodily repair!
- Wha- - Wha-
Gena!
You negate an object’s change in form.
All of your invisible attacks have been negating the change in the air itself.
But covered in all this blood, it’s as clear as day!
Unchange! That’s your ability!
And? You can do something about it with your Undead powers?
Heck no. At least, not on my own.
Y’know what that means.
Lend me a hand, kid!
So you negate variations in form. Unchange, eh?
And I’m guessin’ those hands are a result of you fixing the air in place.
Right.
Not even you can slip from their grasp once they take hold, Deady Dearest.
I admit, not being able to touch you is a pain, but...
...that doesn’t mean we’re out of options.
Ain’t that right, kid?
Cover as much surface area as you can.
Okay... um... f-for how many minutes?
No clue.
Wait up, Li’l Lucky!
W-Wh-What are you doing with those knockers-
I’ve got no other choice!
This is no way for a girl to act in publi-
Li’l Lucky... I didn’t think you were a naughty girl.
Huh?
I see now that you’ve seduced Deady Dearest with those melons.
Wha-
I knew something was off. Why else would he keep such a weak girl by his side?
Give it 20 years! Those things are bound to droop by then!
Droop? That’ll never happen!
Oh, I beg to differ! Not to brag, but when it comes to that, I’m invincible!
Unchange!
‘Cause I will always remain the same!
Wazzat? What’re you even talkin’ about? you know you’re an External Targeter, right?
External Targeter?
Negators come in two types.
Self-Targeting Types like me can only use their powers on themselves.
AUGH
External-Targeting Types like you and Gena affect anyone other than themselves.
DROP
Excuse me? I’m a Self-Targeter!
One look at my timeless body should be enough to tell you that.
In Gena’s case...
She just cakes on the makeup.
I’ll admit her chest ain’t changed at all.
But her ass is saggin’ somethin’ fierce.
She’s an External Targeter all right.
I’m bettin’ Unchange works on everything but living organisms.
Don’t you... use my girlish figure... to prove your stupid point!
Eep, not again!
You dummy. This is how I get around.
Quit throwin’ a fit! The charm’s all in that droopage!
Shut up!
I like it like that!
That’s not a compliment! I haven’t changed one bit!
Dealing with her air hands is easy if I can see them.
Quit running, dammit!
Seems they need time to regenerate, too.
The real issue is figuring out how to take down that invincible barrier of air.
Get off!
Hey...
What’s up? Caught somethin’ I missed?
Eek! You didn’t have to face me!
Watching Ms. Gena in action, something’s been bothering me.
She has an invincible barrier, right?
YEAH. Meah.
And she’s clearly upset, but she’s speed-walking toward us. It just doesn’t make sense.
Gah, can’t you two drop the lewd act for even a single second?
Running would be more efficient.
Heh.
OF COURSE! GREAT GOIN'! Auf horse! Vreat voin’!
Stop talking with your face buried in there!
I figured out how to get to her.
Now all we need to do is...
...find the seed of unluck!
Find the seed?
A real gnarly one that’ll work on her as she’s-
Something’s lurkin’ up there.
Hey, you’re getting in the way of the investigation.
Didn’t that idiot Shen tell you?
We’re investigating a UMA that’s supposedly hiding out here.
I’ve been running a scan of the lake, using my ability to split up and harden it into chunks.
I was reluctantly doing this so that I’d meet my quota...
but I’ve had my fill. Let’s wrap this up.
My prey that replaces that UMA... I’m staring right at it.
Isn’t that right, Li’l Lucky?
Is that a UFO?
So that’s what was hidin’ up there.
Li’l Lucky... you told me that you prefer change, right?
Well, I don’t like it at all.
I want to be like how I was back then.
I want to be with the one I love forever.
No matter how much I hurt others, I’ll remain in the organization...
...so I can keep chasing after him forever.
The greatest change for a person is death. So if you want to change so bad...
...do it on your own time!
I actually agree, Gena.
To be born and to die- these greatest forms of change sound so sick!
But y’know...
That “Death” is mine!
It ain’t for her!
I’m gonna make damn sure she survives!
Then I’ll woo her over and over till she falls head over heels!
She will change as much as she can!
I’ll change her heart. Then we seal the deal-and I’ll change my mortality!
She can’t die till after that happens.
How optimistic. That sounds like you, though.
That blood trail...
Joining the organization is a painful and hollow ordeal.
That girl would never last.
That’s why, right here and now-
Hey, listen up.
Huh?
All right, listen closely.
There’s a hole in the barrier, down beneath her feet.
She wouldn’t be able to walk around otherwise.
If I can slip through the hole...
I can beat her with the unluck I’ve been charging up this whole time.
But that hole is tiny!
I can tell from the blood trail from the barrier dragging along the ground.
At best, I could squeeze my head in...
but even if I got in, she’d kick me right out.
So, if anything...
Now...
Is he trying to blind me?
It’s up to you.
Right!
Should I temporarily release my Unchange?
That hole...
I can fit if it’s only my head!
- Unluck Unleashed! - Unluck Unleashed!
All right...
Gena, let’s bring in some change!
Unluck occurring outside your barrier probably can’t take you down.
Even if it summoned a meteorite, I doubt that’d even put a crack in it.
But once I’m inside the barrier...
...the Unluck that kills me will come inside with me!
Since your barrier is composed of air... light passes through it just fine.
So the Unluck’ll be light-based.
And I’m hedgin’ my bets on...
...that thing!
A-Andy...
Her power has been released. That means...
Ms. Gena!
Pervert.
It was fun while it lasted, Gena.
See ya around.
Wait!
I chose not to put her out of her misery. She doesn’t have much longer anyway.
That can’t be.
Weren’t you prepared for the worst when you joined this fight?
I wanted to change.
Huh?
I was at the Union’s mercy. I was at their beck and call.
I’ve captured and executed so many... man and beast alike.
And yet...
...not a single thing changed.
Not the world, and not me.
I’m sure the world will gain more Rules... and go through a huge change.
I thought that our mission was to prevent change in this world.
I believed that was our life’s mission, but...
...perhaps I was wrong.
Your painting was so beautiful.
Sparkles around the moon? The idea never even crossed my mind.
I may not have been able to change, but...
maybe change in itself... isn’t so bad after all.
Now, go.
The anti-aging is starting to wear off.
I don’t want to be seen in such a hideous state.
Don’t worry. As for your seats in the Union, you two are as good as in-
Stop... not while I look like this.
You dummy.
A few wrinkles ain’t gonna change how beautiful you are.
NO.004 DO YOU LOVE THE CHANGE IN ME?
TO BE CONTINUED
PREVIEW
With no time to be laden in sorrow, the world leads the girl and the undead man to their next destiny.
That is the beginning of a new battle.
Next episode of Undead Unluck, Episode 5- United We Negate.
In search of the greatest death ever.