Gachiakuta (ガチアクタ)

I don't hear anything anymore.

We can't use our chokers down here.

Get topside and call for backup.

I'll check on Zanka.

Thank goodness.

Looks like he just finished.

Zanka, were you injured?

How'd you leave the Raiders?

White hair... darker at the ends.

Sour expression... circles under the eyes.

Who are you?

So it's you, is it?

The Sphereite Giver...

He's...

a Raider?!

He blocked the exit!

Damn it.

There are more of those thieves here...

He's a member of the Cleaners.

Going after him will make you an enemy of all of us!

I was late, okay?

I got a bad sense of defec—uh, direction.

I got all turned around, and by the time I got here the other guys were down.

Sorry. Didn't mean to give you so much time.

Hey. Where's Zanka?

There was another Cleaner the way you came from.

What's he—

There's someone who really wants to talk to you.

How's about you come with me, my little Sphereite friend?

You don't need that. No trash beasts here.

What did you do to the Cleaner with the staff?!

Oh, the guy with the bad attitude?

No worries.

I try to go gentle when an opponent is strong.

I just knocked him out. He's not dead.

Although...

I don't think he's enjoying my venom, exactly...

Just come along quietly. It won't hurt a bit.

What's the call?

You've got potential.

You, I don't need.

I'll protect my team at all costs!

No matter who I have to fight, I'll protect their...

their worth!

Oh, yeah.

I heard the Cleaners kept weaklings called "supporters" in their ranks.

What can a weakling protect?

Hey... Gris...

You can't fight him unarmed.

Just fall back, okay?

You don't need to protect me!

I can handle him myself.

Come on, out of the way!

Hey, Sphereite, man...

Promise that you won't get upset, but...

I think he's already dead.

But hey, don't worry.

Weaklings are completely worthless!

Episode 6

"One Good Strike!!"

Rudo?

Hey.

What the hell are you doing?!

Stop it, Rudo!

What in the world?

Why are you bashing your head into the wall?

You told me... not to hurt other people.

And you took that to mean you should hurt yourself?

Why in the world...

Rudo, I thought you'd settled down a bit since the pain in your hands dulled some.

You're avoiding people, too.

So what else is there? What led you to do this?

Nothing.

There's nothing else there.

Nothing at all... but...

The only thing I've had... all the time...

is this angry feeling.

If you ask me what I'm angry about, though,

I can't explain.

I see.

You think your parents threw you out,

and it's convinced you that you're worthless.

Must be such a miserable feeling that it turns into anger.

And you don't know how to work through that yet.

What does it mean to be... worthless?

Okay, once I've got you patched up, let's head outside.

One of the reasons you feel empty is probably because

you haven't found things you like and want to do.

Today, let's look around, experience all kinds of things,

and little by little, find the things that you like.

As we do that, little by little, this empty room of yours

will come to be full of things you like!

Just warn me when it's time to bring in a girl you like, okay?

That's a promise.

Well, you showed a little interest in a few things, at least...

but nothing hit the bull's-eye, huh?

Well, it's just day one. There's plenty more to try.

Regto. What's that?

Oh, looks like an upstanding citizen throwing out his trash.

Rudo?

Rudo! What's come over you?

What's that making you feel?

It's just a little bit broken...

You shouldn't throw it out!

It's got a lot of life left! This isn't right!

I want to fix it...

I want to fix it!

This is more than just projection.

I see. You can perceive the worth in things others throw away.