Episode 13

**Turning Point** (転換点, *Tenkan Ten*) is the 13th episode of *No Guns Life*.

## Synopsis

Tetsuro and the others get attacked by unknown assailants while Juzo is out getting the data from the memory medium he received from Rosa. Mary runs into her long-missing brother, Victor, during her escape from the attackers...

## Summary

Juzo heads into an old store to buy an old device able to play the old memory data. Kids play on top of him, which annoys him as they used to be afraid of him. He listens to the data and hears Tokisada talking of how he pushed Gondy of killing the investigators. Meanwhile, Mary prefers staying home as she is interested in the left hand. She comments its an remotely controlled extend and the main body must be somewhere else. The phone rings and as Mary picks it up, she is surprised its Olivier. Hearing that Juzo isn't there, Olivier warns them to leave immediately, but the line breaks. A flash smoke grenade then comes from the window and the left hand extend covers Mary face. As some men enter, Mary and the rest hide in the room where she had build electricity trap at the door. When the men try entering, they get electrocuted and Mary and the rest manage to escape outside, but Christina gets captured. Mary tells Tetsuro to keep running as the men that attacked them were ordinary humans and didn't had sub-brains, so he can't use Harmony device on them and likely Christina wasn't their objective. They see the dead EMS guards that were supposed to protect them. Seeing one still alive, Tetsuro wants to use his Harmony device on him and go save Christina, however Mary prevents him and he returns alone and gets caught.

Tetsuro thinks he is their target and wants them to leave the rest, but the men are after the data that Juzo got and are from Spitzbergen. Having captured Christina and Tetsuro, two members of the Spitzbergen remain to track down Mary. The left hand extend then points a direction and leads Mary to Victor, her brother, who warns her to not get involved with the extends as a calamity will fall upon them soon and then leaves.

Juzo returns to his office and Mary explains what happened. He speaks with Olivier asking her why George McMahon had that recording and Olivier explains he was the most trustworthy prosecutor she knew and had send him the data. The original one was destroyed when they got attacked and Tokisada died, which leaves the copy the only physical evidence. She explains the importance of the evidence and how it can shake the country and not just Beruhren and wants Juzo to give it to her, but he hangs up. Avi Kovo then approaches them, introducing himself from the third public safety unit of Reconstruction Agency and that he is currently serving as substitute director of EMS. He shows Mary a picture of Victor and asks her if this was the man she saw. Avi explains they don't know much about his background, but he is currently part of Spitzbergen and can pull Extended bodies apart instantaneously due to his mastery with extensions, earning him the nickname Dismantler. Avi also explains that they believe Spitzbergen has a base in Kyusei Pit, but its hard for them to enter there and likely the one kidnapped won't return alive. Avi offers their help, bur requires the data from Juzo. Juzo states he sold the data and seeing his anger, Avi decides to leave. He knows Juzo still has the data and realizes Mary is Victor's little sister, so he orders his man to follow her, guessing Victor will come to see her again.

## Characters

* Juzo Inui
* Mary Steinberg
* Tetsuro Arahabaki
* Lefty
* Victor Steinberg
* Christina Matsuzaki
* Olivier Vandeberme
* Shimazu
* Avi Kovo
* John D. Kunugi