He is asked by Lisa if Nine really was going to destroy the whole world, to which he replies that he and Nine were always alone and were never needed by anyone before. Simultaneously, the passenger flights are all grounded, and Twelve regains consciousness.

Fighter jets are dispatched to intercept the atomic bomb but are unable to succeed, while Nine goes up a skyscraper as he observes the countdown on his cellphone. They then realize that aircraft would also be disabled, and there are hundreds of passenger flights currently in the air, carrying evacuated citizens. Finding a security video of a balloon carrying a box into the air, the police realize that Sphinx plans on disabling all of Japan's electronic devices with anР’В electromagnetic pulseР’В that would result in the atomic explosion, essentially paralyzing the country. He then calls Haruka and asks her of the existence of the possibility that an atomic bomb can explode without inflicting a single casualty she replies that it would be possible if it explodes while in the stratosphere, otherwise known as a 'high-altitude nuclear explosion.' Hamura realizes that Sphinx would be using a balloon to lift the atomic bomb into the air. Citing that Sphinx had killed no one during all of the attacks, Shibazaki assumes the atomic bomb is just part of a message from them. Lisa regroups with a severely injured Twelve, who greets her before collapsing. Japan goes into a state of panic from Nine's declaration, and Tokyo's entire population begins to evacuate.

Zankyou no terror episode 11