Episode 22

**Imprisoning Binds** (枷鎖, *Kase Kusari*) is the 22nd episode of *No Guns Life*.

## Synopsis

Without a Hands, Juzo is fighting a losing fight. Even so, he doesn't budge from his ideals. Even though Tetsuro knows Juzo will get mad at him, Tetsuro uses Harmony on him once again. There, Tetsuro discovers the reason for Juzo's decision.

## Summary

Cronen von Wolf engages John D. Kunugi, but he manages to shoot him in the leg. Kunugi comments he needs to close the distance if he wants to defeat him and that Cronen have been fighting only extendeds and doesn't know human trigger points. Cronen comments that Kunugi knows he will lose if Cronen gets close on him, but he only used his needle bullets when he did, so he guess he is low of bullets. The wall breaks and Kunugi uses the moment to escape. Cronen sees Juzu and is surprised that's him. Tetsuro then wakes up and states he needs to save Juzo.

As Juzo fights Seven, he comments that Seven is the same as him. He recalls how his Hands tells him that he will abandon his mission as he doesn't believe its right to fight his own comrades, but as Juzo isn't his tool, he is free to chose what he wants to do. Juzo states he is a gun and exist only to follow orders and take down enemies. Seven tells Juzo that he hates him, but if Pepper wants him, he will defeat him and give it to her even if he has to destroy an entire city. Seven then shoot a gun and hits Juzo, sending him outside.

Juzo is heavily damaged and had lost his lower half. Pepper comments that in order to respond to any situation during the war, the GSU got Devil's Backbone, a structurally compressed vertebral coupling bays, which are activated by Hands. She proposes Juzo to become hers again, but Juzo declines which angers her. Seven shoots, however Cronen had hit him with some needles, making him miss. Even though he knows Juzo will be mad, Tetsuro still uses his Harmony device.

Tetsuro finds himself inside Juzo and see his trigger. He then see his memory of his mission with his partner against the rebelling GSU. Juzo's partner informs him that they need to take down Five and ten other Gun Slave Units, along with three Hands who were against GSU disposal. They stand in front a village, where the Gun Slave Units are and he pulls his trigger, informing him the program will be active for 48 hours and he needs to finish it in time. However he informs him this is the last time he is pulling Juzo's trigger. Juzo then meets Twelve in the sewers, who informs him that he is alone and wants to talk with him. Twelve informs Juzo that the last of the tree Hands that was helping them, died recently and that four of the GSU had already fallen, while their leader Five can't move half of his body. Without Hands, they can't even patch themselves using the Devil's Backbone. As they could be called "brothers", Twelve invites Juzo to come with them. Juzo tells him he is different than them, and Twelve confirms he heard he has different setting and guess that's why they sent him, but he can still make a decision on how he will live. As Juzo turns his back, Twelve tells him he can't let him go to his comrades and prepares to fight Juzo, however Juzo tells him to go southwest of the town as there is a underground transportation route left by construction and the military doesn't know it.

Following the route, they manage to get outside of town. Twelve comments he hopes Juzo has a peaceful end, but then notices Juzo on the clock tower, who shoots his gunhead and hits them all. The soldiers comment that Juzo baited his comrades and obliterated them all at once. A report states Five had shut down, while Two and Nine are heavily damaged. Juzo realizes he never made a decision until now and had pushed all decision to his partner, and no matter who pulled the trigger and everything he done is done by him.

## Characters

* Cronen von Wolf
* Tetsuro Arahabaki
* John D. Kunugi
* Juzo Inui
* Seven
* Mary Steinberg
* Christina Matsuzaki
* Pepper
* Twelve
* Five
* Two
* Nine