Wait.
Hold on, I said--

Move it! Quickly!


What is it?

You stupid Doll.
You tried to stop our new future, but all you did was postpone it.
It starts here.


Besides that idiot, there are six other Contractors in there.
They're former members of the EPR.
From what I understand from my client, they're negotiating with two groups:
a Chinese agency he has connections to, and a French Syndicate remnant as well.
Let's get this done before either of them arrives.

I don't take orders from you.

You know it's impossible, but you're still going to try to save her, aren't you?
Fine, do what you want then.
I'm not going to waste any more time trying to convince you to do otherwise.
However, I will remind you that our one and only object here is to prevent that Doll from awakening. Got that?
Why would you want to save her?
She's a Doll; it's not like she has some great future she's dreaming of.
And Contractors don't dream at all. So where is your fantasy coming from?

They're here.

Who are they?

Six people total: four Caucasians, one African, and one Asian.

So it's the French?

What the hell's going on here?

I had a memo sent out to every single agency: "If you want the Doll, then come and get her."

Hm?

Take up positions below. I'll handle things here myself.


Take him out, kill him!
Hurry up, do it!

I just checked out the guys above us.
They're the Chinese agents. And three of them are Contractors.
They're as sharp as the Syndicate was... no, even sharper.

It's been a while, xizhi.
Come now. You could at least show your true face to me, couldn't you?
Especially when you consider all of the things I've done for you in the past.
Fine, be that way then.
So this must be the Doll, eh?
There are plenty of others who want to acquire her.
However, I'm hoping you'll find our offer to be acceptable.

Should we make our move?

Not yet. There's no need for us to get involved until after they've finished killing each other.
And if we act now, it's likely the other groups that are watching and waiting will realize what we're up to.


Yin! Yin! Yin!

Hei...

Yin...

Thank you. I didn't think you would come for me.
I'm just a Doll, easily replaceable.
Did you come here because you care for me?

What?

Or are you only interested in seeing me awaken, like they are?

It's too late. You see, I already have control of your mind now.
Not only that, but you're also too late for her.
I've already sold your Doll to these gentlemen here for princely sum.
It's crazy, isn't it?
Even after becoming a Contractor you still can't live without this stuff.
It's what makes the world go 'round.

I didn't have any as a kid, I grew up homeless on the streets. But then I became a Contractor at 16. That's when this bunch took me in.
I went from starving and dressing in rags to having all the food and clothing I wanted.
All I had to do in exchange was kill and deceive others at the beck and call of these gentlemen.
One day I started thinking about things.
We Contractors are the ones who've been given these amazing powers, yet for some strange reason we live in servitude to humans, and I don't know why.

Enough of this, xizhi. It's time.

That Doll of yours has the power to change the stupid world so that we don't have to serve humans anymore.
Doesn't that sound fantastic? Come on.
Don't you want to try living to your fullest as a Contractor?
Our kind should be ruling this world instead of serving it. I say it's time we fix that.

No, wait!

Oops, I'm guessing you didn't know I could control two people at once.

What the hell's happened to you?
Your actions aren't the rational ones that a Contractor would take.

They are in respect of what I'm trying to accomplish, and that's a future that's free of human scum such as yourself.

There's only one thing in your future.
And that's a long, slow, painful death! Do you hear me, you ungrateful bastard?!

Hei...
Hei...

Yin!

Kill me...
Please do it... Please kill me...

What the hell is happening?!

I don't know, sir. But this energy... it's strong, almost like... the Gate...

Why?
Why do you want me to kill you?!

Please...
Do it now, Hei... Please...

Don't move. It'll be over soon.

Show them...
Yes, show the Contractors! Show our kind...
Go show them all... that a brave new world... and a new age's dawn--!

Yin...

That's our cue to get out of here! Come on!

Bravo One, we can't make out what's happening. Do you have a visual. Over.

Affirmative. There's this weird glow, but the gauges aren't reading anything out of the ordinary.
Wait a minute, something's happening!

Like I told you, she almost awakened before when she was in the jungle, but she stopped herself when she heard that baby crying.
You had a chance to prevent this by killing your Doll, but now it's too late.
You know what I thought my former partner was a huge idiot for believing Contractors could rule the world one day.
But you're a bigger one than he was.
What did you think? You could stop this, bring her back? Even after I told you that it was impossible?
Why? Did you think she had some peaceful future waiting for you?
Is that it? A Contractor's dream of a dream.

Tell me where Yin is!

Yin? I am Yin.

No, you're not! Where is the real Yin?!

Stop it!

Tell me. If I'm not Yin, then who is this?

Yin!
No, stop!

Hei... listen! Don't fight it anymore! Kill me now!

No, I can't!

If you care for me, you will!

No, Yin, please...
I'm tire of losing everything that's important to me!

Thank you. But I'm sorry, Hei.
As much as I want to be with you... we can't!

If you miss her so much... we can become one.

Stop!
Stop it!
Stay away.

Yin...

I'll always love you, Hei, and I'll never forget you, but now... it's time for me to leave you.
I'm sorry...

No, wait! What are you doing, Yin?!

Goodbye, Hei.

Yin!

Thank you for everything. Perhaps one day we'll meet again. And then...

No!


"On that day she will awaken, the maiden Izanami.
Clothed in white light, she will rise from the ashes, born anew.
And a new gate shall open under the world."
The Mitaka Documents predicted this years ago.
What we witnessed today was the beginning of that awakening, gentlemen.
Contractors and Dolls have been affected since the outset of this event, but we now have reports that the effects are spreading to non-Contractors as well.
Attacks with conventional weapons have all been nullified.
And we're now detecting bends in the space-time continuum similar to those preceding the appearance of the Gate.
Our guess is that she's in contact with the Gate, drawing power from whatever is on the other side.
To be brutally honest, however, we do not have the means to fully understand what is happening here.
We're in unknown territory, so all that we can do at this point is theorize the following:
Izanami's begun to awaken, but the use of the antigate particle beam has slowed that awakening.
We assume that by increasing the beam's output, we can do more than slow her down.
We can also eliminate Izanami, and the grave threat she poses.

Hello?

What is it?

Izanami! I don't know how but she's on the move again, sir!

Put it on the monitor!
Beam output maximum! I don't care if it overloads, do it!

It'll take another hour to reach maximum strength!

What the hell do we do?
Now what's happening?

Scanners show that Izanami's Gate particle count is dropping.
Her awakening... somehow it's stopping.

Prepare the cryo-preservation chamber now! Do it quickly!


Man oh man, is this place jumping!
Alright, thanks a bunch, kid.
Now go bust the tables, okay?

Knock it off, you boozebag!
We're in the weeds back here, so you should be lending a hand instead of drinking!
You bastard! You're not listening to me, are ya?!
Look, I don't know what's gotten into you, but even if the world's about to come to an end, folks still gotta eat till it happens!
Li! Li!

My my, what a temper.
I've got a job for you if you want it.
The CIA is looking for a skilled agent, and I think you'd fit the bill perfectly.
You should know, she is still alive.


Fifty years ago, the Syndicate was created to keep the prophecies of the Mitaka Documents from coming true.
It may have taken half a century, but we can finally continue the mission that others abandoned.
You see, to increase its power, the Syndicate expanded, and eventually, its members lost sight of its original purpose.
But now that we have her, we can get back on the path we strayed from for too long.


What is this place? Where are we?

Inside of me.

Oh. Who are you?

My name? My name is Yin.

Yin?
Are you the only one here? Can I talk to other people too?

No, not now.

Why not?

Because no one else is ready, it's not time yet.

I still don't understand. We gathered so many samples.

They'll be ready someday, you'll see.

Let's make a deal. If that day comes, we'll grant your wish, okay?

You'll really do that?

Sure, if it happens.
Do you think that day will come?

I'm sure it will. Hei will tell me when it does.

Hei?

Yes. Hei.

I see. Very well. Then we will both eagerly await his arrival.