Twelve can't bring himself to leave, and with than 2 minutes remaining on the timer, Five calls Twelve and incites him to give her the location of the "plutonium" in exchange for stopping the bombs on Lisa. Moved to tears, she nevertheless tells Twelve to escape and save himself, reminding him that Nine needs him. Though both seem to realize that he can't possibly defuse them all in time, Twelve continues, while revealing his feelings for Lisa.
Twelve comforts her and begins disarming the bombs one by one. The bombs immediately activate, and the ride begins to run. As he comes onto the Ferris wheel, he finds Lisa, with many bombs strapped to her body. At the same time, while Nine is busy in his preparations for the bomb, Twelve reaches the amusement park where Lisa is being held captive. Shunzo Mamiya, the politician, and reason for Shibazaki's demotion. Aoki tells Shibazaki the mastermind behind the Athena Project was in fact Dr. However, Aoki mentions that 2 children, presumably Nine and Twelve, managed to escape. He reveals Five was the only child to have survived by the end of the experiments within the "Settlement," a place where orphan children were secretly taken to for the purpose of artificially producing Savant syndrome in humans. To their surprise, Aoki tells them everything about it and its connection to the members of Rising Peace Academy. Aoki, the former welfare minister to find out more about the Athena Project. Meanwhile, Shibazaki and Hamura visit Mr. Nine leaves their hideout and heads to retrieve the "plutonium" he and Twelve have hidden. Twelve goes off to save Lisa while Shibazaki and Hamura learn more about The Athena Plan and the Rising Peace Academy.