Part 97: Mission 54 - Beyond a Distant Eternity - Part 2
: And with this… my role as conductor is over… : Dear sister… live with Ayato. Guide him… guide our son…
: Unknown objects coming from below at high speed! Two of them!!
: They come…
: Th-The RahXephon…!
: Two of them?!
: But their shape is different!
: Th-That’s… Ayato?!
: LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…!
: LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…!
: …
: Three winged, godly beings taking to the stage at once… sounds like something straight out of the Apocalypse.: Futagami… that’s…
: What you used the first M-type Sample to create… it is your son, Prof. Kamina.: …This whole world is about to change… I don’t know how meaningful it is for people to continue living as people…: But it is clear what each and every survivor must do...Live on, despite everything…: Gendou Ikari once thought the same way.: …But I still have something to do.: No, that’s not your responsibility. : …: I’m the one who does all the dirty work, you know.: Futagami…: But if you wanna make it up to me… couldn’t you make sure your final mission as TERRA’s director succeeds?
: My final mission?: Operation Doolittle. I know that’s a very long shot, and Prof. Hibiki spoke against it, but why not have them make ready to go with that method?: But we’d still need the Star of La Mu.: The world is coming to an end, so I think it’s best to do everything that’s in your power and that includes making some risky bets – like the Magnate Ten do.: Alright…: Well, I better be off… Gotta get over to Mutropolis ASAP.
: Laala, laalalaala… laala, laalalaala…laala…: Ayato liked this song… so did I…
: …
: … He left… again… and this time, for good…!
: …Stay strong.
: !: You have to stay strong…!
: Megumi…: Don’t just give up because you lost the one you love. That… that’s not the Haruka Shitou I’ve always measured myself against.: …!: If he’s gone, then go after him – get him back. And don’t give up, no matter how many times you have to do that…
: Didn’t you learn that from the Magnate Ten folks?: …: So get going, sis…: OK… I will…!*Off she goes.*
: …
: Still trying so very hard to act tough, I see…: Hm. I know…
: Ernst von Bähbem…
: …
: ...: The promised time is come… and your role is over.*
*: …*Someone shoots!*
: Heh, heheheh…hmhmhm… Immortal? Methuselah…? What a load of crap…
: Isshiki…?! What are you doing here?!
: You still die when shot, don’t you…? Just like this…: …*Bang!*
: Hm…? I’m…?: You are “D”… D for “designer’s children”… D for “dolem”…: Isshiki!!: Wh-What did you…?: You are no more than a puppet of my creation.*Bang!*
: !!
: …And D for “dreck”. You’ve already served your purpose… just like my body.: Don’t… call me… D……*Dead.*
: … That was a bit unexpected.
: Y-You…!: You… what, exactly?: Kch…!: I suggest you don’t say anything more, Prof. Kisaragi.: ?!: Please head back to Mutropolis right away. You still have things to see to, no?: …!: Hurry up, please. Show’s already starting.: …Fine…*Itsuki leaves.*
: …And what business have you with me, Futagami?: Why, just an interview – finding the truth and all that jazz.: …: Would you care to indulge me, Mr. Bähbem?: Methuselah… What did such a long-lived man like you want to do that you’d even switch bodies?: This girl was glad to offer her body to me. : Of course, of course… And were the Vermilions also cogs in your system?: Yes, same as the D… and the other D – Devil Gundam. They were all insurance to make sure that this world would head towards its end… though they weren’t too useful.: As for what I wish… it is just to see what lies at the end of all this, Futagami. I did create the RahXephon System when I lived in the MU world, so it’s only natural, no?: How many hundred years ago was that? How many thousands of years, even?: Twelve thousand years ago. That's how long I’ve waited since coming to this world.: December 28th, year 74 of the Universal Calendar… the fateful day where the RahXephon System would manifest itself into this world… : The same day prophesized in the Hidden Dead Sea Scrolls, hm? But someone else besides you and SEELE knew about that.: Hm, that’d be Lemuria with her precognitive abilities.: And the guardian of this side’s Mu, the Raideen… did you have a hand at creating it too? Maybe as a replacement for the RahXephon System you’d lost?: That was part of it.: But, in the end, Princess Lemuria saw through your schemes and you ended up exiled from this side’s Mu as well, right?: I confess I did not expect it to also be capable of singing…: But the two RahXephons are a pair and now that they’ve awakened, the plan concocted by the Mu... the Star of La Mu is on its way to becoming a nonissue.: Hmhmm… And how will this game you’ve set up change the world?: That’ll depend on the two who’ve attained Yolteotl. All I did was create the system. : My, what a godlike statement.: Of course. This world now revolves around my system… isn’t it my divine right as Creator to witness where it’ll end up?: Eeh, I wouldn’t be too sure about that. You’re not the only actor taking part in this play… there’s also SEELE and the Magnate Ten. : It’s still anyone’s guess how things’ll end.
: You decided to come here too, Shirou?: Hm, I still have a job to do.: …: Prof. Hibiki, what’s the status on the T-J Busters?
: All are still safe thanks to Cmdr. Yakumo and the federal troops’ tremendous efforts. : And the Star of La Mu?: …Its seal has yet to be released.: Have you something in mind, Shirou?: We’ll start Operation Doolittle as soon as the Star emerges and cover Earth itself in a barrier before the MU’s world makes it to this side.
: Wh-What?!
: E-Earth?!: So rather than go for another Tokyo Jupiter, you’ll make a Terra Jupiter…? And with that, you hope to protect some of the people outside of Earth too?: Yes. And I’m well aware that the death toll will still be enormous… though it is far better than all of mankind dying out. : B-But…!: Shirou… I can see that you’re certain of this, but it’s still a bit early to put that plan into action.: …: Why don’t we have some faith in the Magnate Ten? Let’s wait until the last possible moment and see what they might pull off, eh?: I agree… Things aren’t quite over yet. And I believe my wife, Lemuria, also thinks the same and that is why she hasn’t released the seal on the Star of La Mu.: …: Director Watari… I ask that you please trust Lemuria, Akira and the Magnate Ten. I'm quite sure they’ll manage to pave the way to our future.: So will your son.: …I understand.
: The two Ixtli In Yolotl have appeared at the site of the ceremony. We’ll use them and the EVA Series to bring Instrumentality to the world and its peoples…: The time of the Third Retribution is now…