Live A Hero Chapter 1 Episode 13: The Sun Rises and Sets

Instead of continuing with the action from before, the camera decides to shift somewhere else in Orient City, still in the same time frame. In some lab or secret surveillance looking room, some mystery man is talking to himself and stroking his chin. He talks about a Presence being detected, and he notes that you're actually rather talented. So much so that he admits to being astonished by that. Once you pass This Trial, your ability as an Observer will grow further. He wonders how you'll clear this remaining hurdle and says he'll keep close watch of you.

 

Back to your end of things, Justice is yelling loudly about using his full power as he almost always does before he breaks out Gigabolt Breaker. The powerful electric blast stops the Kaibutsu in its tracks and makes its shell fall apart. Crunching sounds arise and the monster's chest area hollows out. The shining blue core is exposed once again. Justice signals Akashi to go for it, entrusting him with the last strike. Akashi yells about putting his all into this one ball, creating a giant orb of flames and smashing it right at the Kaibutsu.

 

The Kaibutsu falls over, screaming its death cries and slowly dissolving into light. Shouen pants, and Akashi asks if it's over yet. Mokdai announces that all the Kaibutsu signals in the bay coast area have disappeared and all the heroes have stopped their broadcasts. The battle is over! The heroes and children all start cheering, and Huckle says he was worried when he heard that there was a lot of Kaibutsu appeared. He's surprised that you guys managed to get through it without issue. You call out to Akashi and cheer about his success.

 

Akashi says it's all because of you and thanks you. He's feeling super tired now, but he's also feeling great. Kyoichi runs up to him, and Akashi asks if anything's happened to his body. Akashi also apologizes for letting his guard down earlier and leading Kyoichi to getting caught. Kyoichi however waves it off as him underestimating the Kaibutsu, and it doesn't matter since Akashi saved him anyways, he says as he thanks him. And also, he's glad that Akashi returned to being a hero and got his dream back. Akashi nods at that.

 

Shouen comments in surprise that Akashi picked a dream that may not get fulfilled again. It might never come true until Kaibutsu stop appearing in this world, and he asks if Akashi can stick with it without giving up on it. Akashi says he knows that the dream might never come true. He talked about being a pro, but he talks about how simply giving up might have been easier. But now that he's gotten a clearer look at how he once wanted to turn out and how he wants to be now, he knows how to move forward now. He feels he won't lose his way anymore.

 

Akashi calls himself bad at giving up, and he says he feels he can keep going. Shouen approves after a moment, and Toshuu watches him from a little ways away. He talks to himself about how naive Akashi is for not understanding how hard it is to keep pushing for your dream. There's probably going to be many obstacles in his way, and he might feel like giving up again. But if Akashi keeps his eyes ahead and continues walking, then Toshuu says he'll support him from the shadows. You sigh at Toshuu and tell him he could just tell Akashi this in person. Toshuu is surprised that you heard him and insists that you don't tell Akashi what he said since he doesn't plan on going easy on him. He demands you to answer if you understand. You either are intimidated into doing so or ask if he's a tsundere. A has Toshuu leave things at that and says it's fine if you get it. B has Toshuu getting mad for you teasing him and threatening to punish you to change your ways. Mokdai steps in not knowing what's going on but tries to get Toshuu to calm down. Either way, Toshuu talks to himself about how he lacks training to snap like he did.

 

Camera moves over to the others as the children get excited and call Akashi cool. They were impressed with that last ball and ask to shake hands with him. Akashi finds all the attention embarrassing, and Ryekie laughs at how quickly he's getting popular. He's proud of him for that. Akashi protests and asks Ryekie to stop teasing him since he's not good at showing off to fans. Ryekie tells him he's going to have to get used to it if he's going to continue being a hero. He dramatically declares that until Akashi can do things to make the fans happy and fight on camera, he'll be with him all the time giving him special training. Akashi is taken aback and says that sounds awfully tough.

 

Mokdai laughs and says Akashi might have to give in and bear with it. Huckle tells Ryekie not to be too forceful because it'd be a problem if the company gained a reputation for being excessively harsh to work for. Ryekie laughs and says it's the company motto to not be like those workplaces from hell. He then decides to welcome Akashi to the group again, saying they'll do their best together as heroes fighting together. Akashi says he'll look forward to it.

 

Kyoichi cheers and offers to take you guys out to a meal to celebrate Akashi's hero comeback. He offers to pay for it all, so you guys can request whatever you like. Toshuu steps in to tell him he can't because that today's battle became classified as a emergency remote response. There's also the part where they went to battle under the direction of another agency's Operators. They have to go back to headquarters and fill out reports. Shouen puts together a haiku that goes over the syllable count about exchanging drinking cups at a party and having a mountain of paperwork hanging over them. Kyoichi almost falls over in shock saying he's tired as it is.

 

Toshuu teases that Kyoichi has the energy to fill out papers if he has the energy to go party with his kouhai. Kyoichi moans about how hard life is, saying that while he's called a hero, it's still a job in the end. You either ask him to hang in there or suggest that the three of you go eat out together when he's done. A has Kyoichi give in with one last whine, then says you should come eat with him and Akashi too. B has Kyoichi excited at the idea as he says he's suddenly getting the motivation to get it done. Toshuu sighs at him being simple.

 

Huckle says there is some paperwork to do, but he suggests taking the kids still around home first. Even with the Kaibutsu gone, you guys shouldn't let your guards down. Plus, the city's comm network is a mess. It's your guys' job to see them home safely. Huckle tells Ryekie to stop playing things up for the fans and to get the kids together. Ryekie starts calling the kids over when he notices something. The remains of the big Kaibutsu are still around, and he sees it slowly struggle to get at some children away from the main group. When it moves to strike, Ryekie jumps in and uses his own body to protect a kid.

 

You are caught surprised by what happened. Blood trickles down Ryekie's stomach, and narration says that the Kaibutsu's body turned into a thorn in an attempt to bring something near it down with the last of its power. Ryekie prevented it from doing so, but the thorn has gone almost right through his center.

 

Akashi yells out to Ryekie, and Toshuu swings his shinai at the Kaibutsu. It doesn't have the strength to tank an attack by someone not transformed, and it bursts into light dust and disappears. Huckle is in disbelief at this turn of events, and Ryekie is breathing hard as he gushes blood. He falls over, leaving Huckle to yell at him to hold on.

 

Camera then shifts over to Parallel Flight's office as Sui comes in saying she's brought Ryekie's spare suit. She notices no one is around and wonders if everyone is out dealing with some incident. Crowne also happens to be around and knows Sui, and she asks if she has business there. Sui says she's there on errands for her master, then asks if Crowne's also here for something. Crowne says she came to give Huckle a report, but she wasn't expecting this. She came directly from the airport ward so she doesn't know personally, but she has heard of a large problem happening in the bay coast ward that had all the heroes sent out to deal with it. She does think she caught the radio saying something about an outbreak of Kaibutsu, and she turns to check, pulling out her phone for the news.

 

Sui decides she'll just come tomorrow then, saying Ryekie tends to hang around the office even on his days off. Crowne wrinkles her eyebrows upon seeing the latest news report, prompting Sui to ask what's wrong when she notices. Crowne says Ryekie might not come back from the field anytime soon as she turns her phone to her, and Sui looks on in surprise.

 

Camera then shifts to the shady surveillance room as Mystery Man says you put on a good show and thanks you. But having said that, the man also says that you still don't realize how strong your power is. The strength of the ability to connect to parallel worlds will likely become a worry for you as something that will either save the world or destroy it. The man says that, as someone Like You, he's looking forward to the chance to consign you to oblivion with his own hands while you're tormented by your power. He'll recognize you as his Enemy as he calls you the Observer who is the most different in this world. End of Chapter 1.