/continued from previous post/
"!!? Tyki...?"
They look similar.
(No, different)
They are different, somewhere.
Something is different.
The 14th extends a hand towards a shocked Allen with a smile.
Just like a child trying to do something to a prey whose movements he can't grasp.
"I am the 14th Noah who will destroy everything.
'Nea'."
Now, at the very moment where Allen and Nea make contact, a strange phenomena occurs in Jordan.
Tim, who is alongside Link as he's doing his best fighting the Level 4, suddenly lights up.
At that blinding flash, the level 4s, too are all "MY EYES, MY EYESSSSS!"
If Tim was capable of unleashing such Pac Sparks (TN: no idea what this is. Maybe from another anime/manga/game), he should have done so earlier.
"Timcampy--!? Why...."
So shouts Link, but he finds himself at a loss for words when Tim has expanded to thrice his height.
Not to mention that he seems to be like a squirrel hiding stuff in his cheeks, just like a gigantic daifuku (a kind of rice cake)
"A (abata) U (ura) M (masarakato)" (TN: this is the black magic Cross Marian and that Skull cast during the invasion of HQ arc)
Tim reveals that he is some sort of magic weapon, releasing a great electric discharge from his mouth when he goes "Kaibara Madara" (TN: another black magic incantation, presumably. No link to Naruto's Madara, I imagine, lol. The kanji means "barrier destruction".)
Somehow, the North American barrier is shattered all the way from Jordan!!
Wh, what happened!?
Perhaps Tim is one of the keys to the arc, so he has the power to "cross dimensions"?
If he was hiding such great power, he should have helped Link out a little more.
But I guess it can't be helped since in principle, a golem will only listen to its master's commands.
As expected of Tim, who was created by the master (TN: ie, Cross), he didn't cut any corners.
However, without the involvement of the master, there's absolutely no way to break out of the deadlock against the Earl and the rest...
"The Hekiji barrier enclosing this branch has been...
Broken!!"
Cyril is amazed that all those ladybug-shaped barrier devices are all shattered simultaneously.
There's no skin off his nose even if the order has any help coming from the outside, but at this rate the hostage will get away and Link and the rest will come too, so their plans are ruined.
Above all, the very fact that there is someone capable of pulling something like this off is a great threat in itself.
As is to be expected, they don't need a wizard the level of the master, just a powerful wizard apart from those from the Chan house.
The CROW division are meant for actual combat, but they are unreliable because at their current level they are just a stronger form of the finders.
From now on, if they can't use the third (exorcists), they need a wizard no matter what.
It's difficult with just a golem capable of healing (and just a single time at that).
The structure of having normal humans providing support to exorcists is fine just as it is.
However, in the final battle, it just wouldn't do if they don't have exorcists with god-like powers like those capable of cheat-like recoveries like Kanda or Crowley who is able to use blood.
Thus, if humans don't use some enhanced abilities (TN: like cheat modes in games) to provide support on the battlefield, the possibility of a normal human with normal stamina like Johnny is just so slim that you can't help but wonder if perhaps he is the heart after all (laughs)
Oh dear, what a punch line.
Now, at the moment where the barrier is shattered, Allen's eye that was closed is activated.
Light flashes in the darkness, and Mana, appearing as a Pierrot, extends his hand, his face all smiles.
"Allen"
"Mana!!"
Allen responds to his call.
His left eye opens and the monocle is there too
And just then, it seems the Noah-fication is complete, and Allen returns to his consciousness.
He was stabbed by Mugen with all of Kanda's might, but it seems his life is totally not in danger.
Now, Allen, who has regained consciousness, notices the intense reaction of his left eye.
Allen lands on the ground and looks to where his left eye tells him.
At Alma, whom Kanda is carrying.
(What is it? What do you want to tell me, left eye?)
The left eye reveals it.
The truth.
Alma is an AKUMA.
Its source of power is the human soul.
The stronger the feeling of suffering at bring forced to do something it does not want to do, the more power the AKUMA receives.
The soul trapped in Alma.
Suffering, crying in anguish; such an appearance shows itself with Allen's left eye.
"Sto... p...
Don't look...
Don't look at me..."
My true form. My truth.
I don't want it to be known by him, just him, who has lived on for my sake.
Because I don't want to torment him any more than this.
The soul is bound by chains, and it drops the hands it was using the cover its eyes.
It looks at Allen with eyes wet with tears.
Because it is unable to fight against that left eye.
That is "her".
"That person" whom Yuu had been searching for, with whom he had made a promise, the fulfillment of which formed the sole reason for Yuu's living.
The girl Allen had seen in Kanda's past amongst the lotus flowers 9 years ago.
Allen is surprised at seeing the true Alma.
Kanda senses something is amiss with Allen after the latter has seen Alma's true form.
"!? Beansprout...?"
Allen is able to let others see the souls of AKUMA with his left eye.
"Alma, you are..."
Just like with Eliade (TN: remember her from the Crowley arc? lol), AKUMA appear to know that their souls can be seen by Allen.
"DON'T SAY IT!!
Alma yells at Allen, the expression on his face like that of a demon's.
I'll be Alma to the very end.
That would be good enough.
It can be no other way but this.
Just then, Alma emits light from his body.
"Alma...!?"
Kanda and Allen are surprised.
"This is really the end...
Die!!"
As it emits light, Alma constricts Yuu's neck with both hands.
A huge pentacle appears on his forehead.
That is the sign that means he's going to self destruct.
Allen, knowing that Alma is choosing that path, is shocked.
An AKUMA which self destructs cannot be saved by God.
Both Alma and "that person" would not be able to go to heaven.
As long as he is not destroyed by Kanda, there is no way to free Alma.
There is no way for them to proceed to the same afterworld apart from dying together and being broken.
Thus, he tries his earnest to kill Yuu, trying to get him to destroy himself too.
But, there is no way for Yuu to destroy Alma now.
Alma knew this.
That Yuu was too kind.
That because they were friends, Yuu is no longer able to hurt Alma.
Thus, there is no other choice left for Alma.
(What great tenacity ♥ Alma Karma ♥)
"Farewell ♥"
The Earl takes off his hat as he faces Alma to send him off (as he dies).
Alma has fulfilled his "role"
That is, to cause the true awakening of the 14th.
After that, Alma sacrifices himself to those feelings and is sent off with both respect and scorn.
As usual, he says all his words of thanks.
Alma is enveloped by a flash of light.
His body expands.
His eyes can only see Yuu reaching a hand out to him.
He continues to gaze at him, with the consciousness of being both Alma and "that person".
(9 years ago, Yuu destroyed me and lived on.
But that was to fulfill his promise with me, wasn't it?
You will definitely search for me for as long as you live.
One day, you might discover that Alma is me.
That alone, I cannot bear.)
So, I'm sorry... Alma murmurs.
Alma disappears as he is enveloped in the flash of light and a lotus flower.
Let's die together.
I'm going off first.
Finally, I am disappearing beyond the blue sky that you yearned for, but which I never got to see.
I will never be able to see Yuu again beyond that sky, but in order for Yuu to continue to live
It is better that you know nothing.
That you destroyed me for the sake of your promise with me.
Because it is precisely because Yuu believes that I am still alive somewhere, that you try to live on.
So, please believe that I am still waiting at the end of that sky.
Please continue to keep your promise with me even after this.
I'm sorry...
For hurting you so much.
For trying to kill you.
But if Yuu knew the truth, you would have lost all hope, so for me (TN: here Alma uses the more neutral pronoun, 'watashi'), for me (TN: Alma repeats the same line with the more male-sounding pronoun 'boku'. The two different ways of saying "me" probably to symbolize the difference in gender between the real and "perceived" Alma?)
It was not a painful thing.
His body explodes.
His consciousness explodes.
This (TN: all the above stuff where he's apologizing to Kanda etc) Alma and "that person" think.
They think this, amidst flowers that fall and scatter in a boisterous dance.
A whole surface of lotus flowers we saw together in our last moments.
We weren't supposed to look at them under such circumstances, but even so, I wonder if our promise has been fulfilled?
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