This is the last of the uncontaminated stuff.
Thanks.
Briareos...
How long are we going to keep living like this?
Until we find our paradise. You know that.
Yeah.
Wonder what I'll do when we find it...
Maybe I can work at a good restaurant, or at a bar so I can drink...
Or maybe I could be someone's wife?
Karl would weep with joy if he heard that.
Still, I'm much better with this than a kitchen knife.
Four staff members and seven clients have been taken hostage.
There are five gunmen, three of which may be cyborgs.
They're all gathered in 2-2.
The Human Liberation Front is claiming responsibility.
They demand the release of their members being held in detention camps.
Another hostage rescue, huh?
#3 through #6, are you ready?!
#3, okay.
#4, okay.
#6, okay.
#5, okay.
#5 has engaged!
How long are we gonna let the regular police play around?
Remain as you are, 109. We aren't here to take the building.
109. Roger.
You're sure rarin' to go, rookie!
- Quit treating me like a kid, will you?! - Stay sharp! This is not a drill!
113. Rabbits have taken the bait and left the burrow.
109! Three rabbits detected!
Shift C to A. 45 and 113, give 109 backup.
Roger that. Cover my tail, guys.
25 and 81, ready the corral.
- Roger. - All set.
- Don't chase them too far! - Again with that?
Forget the corral! I can catch 'em myself!
- You're disobeying orders! - Leave it to us, rookie!
Quit worrying!
You all right?
Yes...
Thanks, Briareos!
Pay more attention to what's around you!
It still worked out in the end!
Partners are supposed to clean up each other's messes!
I'll start with the analysis results.
The case likely contained Argonaut-made Damysos parts.
The Argonauts, huh...
The Argonauts are in Poseidon's jurisdiction;
have they not yet disposed of them?
No, Ma'am.
Although terrorist hideouts tend to spring up wherever they're shot down,
they're also an important source of information.
So they're being primed, huh?
To think that this is the end of the Argonauts,
once revered as the "Mobile Corporate City."
What?! The manmade riverside?!
It can't be helped. We're only on leave for 72 hours.
We might get an emergency call, so we have to stay in the area.
Oh, well.
Deunan is part African.
When she was ten, her mother was shot and killed
while crossing a street for white people.
After that, her father Karl trained her in how to fight.
You took a real beating.
Briareos...
Use this. You'll heal faster.
Thanks...
I wish I could go somewhere that isn't here...
Is this life hard for you?
Day in and day out, all I was taught was how to use a knife and gun...
It was never like this when I lived with my mom...
Hey. Let's go somewhere else, away from here.
Somewhere peaceful, somewhere paradise-like...
Do you really think such a place exists now?
Together, I know we can find it.
I know we can...
Look, Briareos!
Water birds!
Earth to Briareos...
What's with you? Are you still thinking about work?
About this morning's mission...
You're going to lecture me now?
You should pay more attention to your surroundings.
The regular police's closure was full of holes.
It's their fault a civilian was in the mission area.
Cool down.
It could've turned out differently. Just because we're on a new team now...
What's the big deal? I recovered the bait just fine.
I can't rely on those losers.
Listen. Most of the other members are more experienced than us.
You need to trust them more!
Forget that.
I have faith in each person's skills...
...but you're the only one I can really trust.
If that's your attitude, then you should quit ES.W.A.T.
You don't understand anything.
For someone with eight eyes, you're completely blind when it comes to me!
Stupid Briareos!
I ain't goin' home tonight!
Hitomi! Lemme crash here tonight!
Hitomi?
Oh! Hi, Deunan!
Let me introduce you!
This is Deia, a bioroid researcher sent here from Poseidon!
How do you do, Deunan? I'm Deia Cides.
Forget it! I ain't going home!
Why do humans get like this?
A bioroid like you wouldn't understand!
It's about Briareos again, isn't it?
Briareos?
Her man. He's a Hekatoncheires cyborg!
For a Hekaton, that jerk's completely blind to women's feelings...
She's a member of ES.W.A. T?
- Oh, you know her, Deia?! - Yes, sort of.
The explosion severely damaged his entire body.
Briareos! Briareos!
Briareos!
Sorry for the trouble.
It's no problem. It happens all the time.
Hitomi's a nice girl.
Well, bioroids are designed to serve humans and all.
How many humans are there in Olympus?
We humans are only 20% of the population.
Bioroids even run Olympus' administration.
Still, I never imagined that you lived so nearby.
Thank you for saving me earlier.
It was nothin'. Just doing my job.
- Well, see you later. - Yes. Goodnight.
Briareos...
You're nice and warm...
Just talking in her sleep...
Deunan...
If only I'd been stronger...
If only I'd been by your side...
We expect a backroom human-smuggling deal.
The dead can't talk. Capture everyone on the list alive.
There will be no changes to this operation as briefed.
This heavy armor is a real nuisance...
Yeah. It's useless against supersonic blades.
Quit complaining and just wear it.
Rules are rules.
- Yeah, yeah. - Always so straight-laced.
Deunan. These people are going to have your back.
If you trust in them, you'll see things you can't see on your own.
Squeeze the trigger before looking at your target...
Always take out anyone who seems suspicious...
That's how my dad trained me...
That's my style.
40 seconds to drop point.
I'm assigning 45 to 113 's position.
109 will provide backup for 113.
Roger that.
You don't have Briareos to watch your back!
Don't assume you'll always have a buddy!
I'm going on ahead. Stay on your toes!
109, drop!
109! Copy!
A military model?
The hardware might be, but the software seems different.
113, storming in!
ES.W.A. T!
Well, well, well.
So this rabbit hutch is actually the Poseidon ambassador's dressing room...
This is an international trading port!
We're essentially standing in my nation's territory!
This is a flagrant border violation!
We have the Chief of Staff's approval.
Unfortunately, your homeland informed us two seconds ago
that your diplomatic privileges have been suspended.
Poseidon has suspended me? What has Foreign Minister Araragi said?!
We can discuss it back at our reception room.
Might I ask your bodyguard to stand down?
ES.W.A.T. will see that you remain safe.
Magus.
I'm pretty sure that's Professor Leon. He's on the international wanted list.
A terrorist engineer who works for the Argonauts.
Vengeance belongeth unto me.
Striving for a paradise where people can live like people,
the Argonauts hereby declare independence from Poseidon!
A Hekatoncheires!
Briareos!
Go... Deunan...
Go...
Together, I know we can find it...
This guy's good!
What kind of armor is this?!
Thanks.
You're vital for our future, after all.
"Our"? Don't you mean your?
Perhaps.
How did you guys even make it out of there alive?
Just barely, let me tell you...
Don't look so down.
Briareos...
Is this really our paradise?