01x04 - Episode 4

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Old Man...

I'm gonna die...

I don't understand.

Ran Deng was so powerful.

How could he have been defeated?

Maybe

he never thought he'd lost.

Maybe

he believed he could save it.

Here.

Don't count on me all the time.

This

shows the capacity of
the next memory layer.

Right now, it decreases layer by layer.

That means

this memory layer

allows two collectors.

So I can still come with you.

Starting from the next layer,

you're on your own.

Aaaaaah!

What happened?

Did the elevator explode?

That layer allows two people.

But the elevator spat you out.

Only Guan Chao got in.

Huh?

Barbecue!

But why?

That one's not done yet.

Did the elevator bug out?

The elevator doesn't malfunction.

Someone may already be
inside the memory layer.

Cabbage that tastes like cardboard.

How could someone's memories be like this?

Did someone get in before us?

Who?

Hard to say.

But

that has to be another collector.

A BUG Being?

Why is there nothing here?

A Dune BUG Being?

A Sun BUG Being?

What the heck?

Come on out!

What am I supposed to fight?

Could this BUG Being's power...

be giving people heatstroke?

Help!

Who would create a memory layer like this?

Hello?

Hello.

I'm a collector here to
collect a BUG Being.

May I ask who you are?

Wait!

The halo...

S-Sorry...

Ah...

Hui Huo?

What happened to him?

That's horrible!

Hasn't he been missing for so long?

I can't even remember

the last time I saw him.

"Hui Huo", right?

Chest out.

Head up.

Quit cowering.

Have some dignity.

You two.

I'm your instructor,

Crux Star.

What's that?

Huh?

Old Man,

you watch Psycho Buster too?

I'm Team Sen Luo Luo!

I'm obviously Team Wan Xiang.

Don't get friendly!

You,

broke into the archives.

Hm.

You,

trespassed across memory layers.

Starting today,

you'll both work here

as part of your reform.

Help me forge halos.

Until you're qualified

to become true collectors.

Every collector's halo

has a different material and shape.

Yours,

is steel-like.

Yours,

is stone-like.

A halo's material

is set from the start.

It reflects a collector's true nature.

Its shape,

is formed over time.

You.

You must use it!

Embody it!

Until you become it!

Get iron,

become iron.

Get a sight,

pull the trigger!

A memory collector's life

is stored inside their halo.

Your halo is your weapon,

and it is your life.

Its strength

reflects your determination.

Sometimes

that determination can even bring about

miracles even the Memory
Administration Bureau

can't explain.

However...

Anything can happen inside a memory layer.

No matter how powerful
a collector's halo is,

one careless mistake can
still get you k*lled.

Never let your guard down.

Let me see.

A translucent halo looks fragile,

but how far a halo can go...

depends entirely on its owner.

Whew... - That was close...

Looks like

we've got a newcomer.

Crux Star later said

there was a collector named Ran Deng

who gained this halo.

No one could have imagined
at the time that,

from then on,

Ran Deng wielded this glass-like halo

and never lost a battle.

He even became

the most powerful collector in legend.

Fang Tang.

Do you think what we're doing

really solves anything?

Why?

Did you run into a troublesome BUG Being?

No.

Quite the opposite.

They're all too fragile.

That's because you're powerful.

I...

don't think overpowering them...

is the only way.

Exploring memories

is even more dangerous than fighting.

Even for you.

It is.

I know.

But I'll try.

Fang Tang.

Can you do me a favor?

How long have you been stuck here?

If we defeat it,

the elevator should come down

and take us to the next layer.

But

there's a passenger limit...

so that might be a problem.

It opens its shell before attacking!

How about I—

Let me pry it open, then you hit it!

Hey!

Hurry!

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry...

You'll be okay...

The wounds will heal...

Just give it a little time!

They said

as long as your halo isn't broken,

you won't die.

I'll stop the bleeding.

Don't move anymore!

You need to rest.

"Whoosh!"

"We have to destroy it outright.

Sen Luo Luo,

move!"

"As long as it's fun,

I don't mind taking a few wrong turns.

Wan Xiang,

you're all about results and efficiency.

You're missing all the fun.

Don't you want to see

how it'll evolve?"

"Curiosity k*lled the cat." "Slash!"

"You don't actually think

you can get through to a monster like—"

You don't have to go easy on me.

All right.

This is so boring!

So boring!

So boring!

When does my sentence end?!

It's gotten pretty hard

just to see you lately.

So what've you been up to?

I saw that translucent halo.

A translucent halo?

Ran Deng?

Where?

Shh.

He doesn't like being disturbed.

Don't tell anyone.

That memory layer was a desert.

The sunlight, even the textures,

felt completely real!

He must be pretty reclusive.

Is he really huge?

He's the "Undying Ran Deng".

Didn't he beat you up?

Nope.

I'm super strong, after all!

Ran Deng...

How does he use his halo?

How does he fight?

What's wrong?

I've never seen him fight.

It seems...

he doesn't plan to fight

BUG Beings anymore.

No...!

You're protecting a BUG Being?

Why?

Because it's too pitiful.

Don't go any closer.

Your wound!

Calling Guan Chao.

About to enter the fourth layer.

When you're ready,

the elevator doors will open.

There's no time.

Why have you never told me about Hui Huo?

All this time,

he's been staying in the desert.

And now he's...

As far as a collector's life goes,

he's dead.

How to use a halo

is each collector's own choice.

So you know

how Guan Chao got his halo too?

I only made a promise to Ran Deng.

That if one day

there truly came

a BUG Source bearing his halo...

I'd make him face the BUG Beings.

Guan Chao.

The next BUG Being

is already in the elevator.

I've already taken care of the BUG Being

on the next layer for you!