Episode 19

**Scar** (瘢痕, *Kizuato*) is the 19th episode of *No Guns Life*.

## Synopsis

Tetsuro struggles with his task to take control of Juzo. The appearance Edmund pulls up Juzo's past and forces Tetsuro to face even more of the absurdity in this world. Unsure of himself and his own past, he turns Juzo for direction.

## Summary

Edmund is curious why would Juzo kill one of his own. Meanwhile, Tetsuro returns to Mary explaining that Edmund was old acquaintance and they had some things to talk about. Looking at Tetsuro's throat, Mary explains it was her brother Victor, who fixed it as there aren't many experienced people who can do that. Mary confirms that she met him, although his real body was somewhere else, she could talk to him. Tetsuro comments that Victor is still trying to atone for his sins and Mary explains its was his puppet doing, but if she end up seeing her work doing the same, she would have regretted it too.

Edmund explains he was Hands for Gun Slave Unit Device 5. Six years ago, when the war was close to an end, they asked him to give them Five as they would turn him to a human again. He knew that was a lie and they planned on disposing of the Gun Slave Units, but still followed the orders. Five stated he is no longer a tool since his Hands tossed him aside and that means he is finally free. For turning him in, Five held a grudge against him and he didn't feel save returning to Emma, so he created the fake identity. Edmund asks Juzo of the events after that. Juzo explains that Five escaped the military and started a rebellion with other Gun Slave Units and their Hands. Before leaving, Edmund tells him he remembers his partner as he was the only one that named his GSU. Juzo recalls how his partner states that it feels tacky to call him a number and decides to name him Juzo as that translates to thirteen in his native language.

Tetsuro if Juzo regrets of what he had done during the war and Mary guesses so, as he is always worried about having money. He made huge contribution during the war but isn't like Tokisada, but if he did things differently, he would have gotten a better job and Mary could have been his personal engineer and live a good life. Tetsuro thinks that resolver is a admirable job that helped people. He realizes something and tells Mary that there were 13 Guns Slave Units at the end of the war. They were two-person teams with their Hands and were know as Noble Rot unit. Right now, there are only four confirmed Gun Slave Units in existence. Two of them are in Wunder Bender, Seven, who is under the supervision of Beruhren and forth being Juzo. The remaining nine died after the war as the military tried to dispose of them to not face public backlash for having powerful weapons.

Juzo returns to his office, where he sees Tetsuro, who knows that Juzo was ordered to eliminate nine Gun Slave Units that deserted the military. As he regrets abandoning his comrades and murdering them, Juzo never uses his power for himself, but for others. Tetsuro reveals that before losing his memory, he seemingly was helping and financing Spitzbergen. He wants to save those that are being sacrificed for Beruhren, but no longer knows of his true feelings and wishes he never knew of his past. Juzo tells him he can't decide on things you don't know, and its now important what he will choose to do knowing the truth.

Wachowski and John D. Kunugi head towards Tokisada momentum. Wachowski comments that they don't know where Victor is, but as long as their goals to eradicate extends is the same, its all fine. John comments that Victor was deeply involved in development of extension technology and is the very same thing Spitzbergen wishes to destroy and he believes it was a mistake to let him join them. Wachowski wonders if he should destroy him too, but John explains he is the reason Spitzbergen exist, although is late actions have gone against their creed and he let Tetsuro go even though it was quite hard for him to capture it. They couldn't get the data and they lost a valuable ally against Beruhren, John wonders if Wachowski has objective he has yet to tell them. Juzo appears carrying Tetsuro and Wachowski explains they will call back all the people monitoring his friends and will ensure their safety. Wachowski then pushes a button, causing the Harmony device to shine. He explains that this confirms the Harmony is in use and they have also installed additional function locking the current state of Harmony and until they deactivate it, he cannot change Harmony's target. Wachowski knows that Juzo can hear him and explains that he has a twin brother Lawrence. As Wachowski is born with weak legs, his brother eventually was drafted for a war. The train transporting his brother derailed and his brother returned without legs. His brother was angry that he ended up losing his legs, while his family regretted he didn't die as they could have gotten some compensation. Wachowski then realized that it wasn't him who was lacking something, but the world. He started a research and eventually that became the extensions technology. He introduces himself as Andy Wachowski and explains in the past he worked for Beruhren to create the theory of extension technology, but as its creator, he cannot forgive the outrageous actions of the Beruhren company. With the hacking abilities of Harmony, they can bypass Juzo's limiter and he can fight evenly against Seven.

## Characters

* Juzo Inui
* Edmund Baker
* Mary Steinberg
* Lefty
* Tetsuro Arahabaki
* Emma Kurtz
* Hugh Cunningham
* Mathilda and Imelda
* Seven
* Pepper
* Wachowski
* John D. Kunugi