cried, "It's pointless to wait!...
... Let's go today! Let's go now!
We're going now!"
Forming a cluster, they moved quickly,
and at the next moment...
...they were clinging to the
magnet from all directions.
The magnet laughed and laughed.
Because the grains
of iron sand thought...
...they paid the visit on their own
volition and never doubted it.
Do you see?
In short, things such as free
will are nothing but an illusion.
Yes...of course, I'm the magnet,
and you're the iron sand.
You might think you're resisting,
but in truth, without knowing...
...you're inching toward
the direction I want you to go.
Well, calm down a
little and think about it.
What if the magnet's neighbor
hadn't been iron sand but sugar?!
Without visiting the magnet,
it would've been eaten by ants.
C'mon, what are you doing?
Right there, I'm telling you.
Put it down, man.
Alright.
Thanks.
You're doing it wrong,
right there.
See, that's why you keep losing 'em.
OK, come on.
Hey, do you really know
what you're doing?
There.
Oh, man.
Oh! Ma'am, can we help you?
You're doing such a good job.
I thought I'd make
you a midnight snack.
Yeah!
Do you like it?
Oh, no, there, there, come now,
try not to spill so much.
How are your wounds?
I went to see Ao.
Soichiroh sold you out.
He's being supported
by Bunmei these days.
Did you hear that he's
earning a living by gambling?
No.
Though I could guess.
Think about it.
Do you think that earning
a living as a gambler...
...is still possible these
days without backing?
Though Soichiroh isn't the only one.
Ginji, too.
And you?
Well, am I?
I already got rid of the guards.
If I kill you here, nobody
will know what I've done.
Including Bunmei.
Look, I want you to tell me.
Am I your enemy?
Or friend?
Which am I?
Of course you're my friend.
If I'm your friend...
...then why have I
become Bunmei's woman?
That's because...
...things got out of your control.
Out of my control, and therefore
I've become Bunmei's woman.
But today, I'm your friend
and comrade, is that it?
Uh-huh.
Cut the bull.
I betrayed someone once,
and then betrayed myself.
How can you trust
someone like that so easily?
Because... I believe in you.
I couldn't believe...
...that you would return,
no matter what.
I had believed you would, once.
I had believed and kept waiting,
but in the end, I couldn't any more.
That's because...!
I mean...
Nobody is 100% perfect.
Everybody has a white
canvas in their hearts.
But this color white,
if you see it in the shade...
...could look gray or it
could melt into black.
And so it has sort
of an obscure nature.
If you really think about it...
...white actually means it's
already been dyed that color...
...so maybe I should say
transparent instead, but then...
Anyway, "to live" is
synonymous with "to dye,"...
...and therefore, um, therefore...
That's right.
That's your...
that was the logic we hated the most.
Good or evil.
Friend or foe.
Black or white.
Making those decisions
without being sentimental...
...that's how we enabled ourselves to
turn into the Watchdogs of Hell...
...and continue killing people.
Maybe I should kill you, after all.
Can you kill me?
Ah, how confident.
What is that confidence?
I was feared as
"Midori the Crack Shot."
I was a tough-looking chick in
those days of constant killing.
But maybe I concealed
feelings toward someone...
...that I couldn't confide
in and was aching inside.
Someone like you.
Is that what you think?
It's absolutely true, but...
Maybe I should die!
Don't be stupid!
Women always come
out on the losing end.
I don't give a damn about
being born a woman...
...but the world is set up that way.
I'm sorry.
You fool. Don't apologize.
That makes me all the more miserable.
I'm sorry.
Why did you come back?
I'm no longer your comrade,
no longer your friend.
I don't deserve to fight by you.
It took me so long to convince
myself to think that way.