Chapter 2
The End of a Long Dream: To get this ending, the player must follow Claudia's path in chapters 1 and 2, but not meet Cal, and then choose not to shoot Lizzie when she draws her gun. Reiji then goes to the warehouse in the desert and waits for Ein to find and kill him, which she does, lamenting his death and the scar left in her heart.
Southbound: To get this ending, the player must complete Ein's path in chapter 1 but not fully complete Cal's path in chapter 2, and must also identify the sniper and attackers at the harbor. Reiji goes to the warehouse in the desert and waits for Ein to kill him, but Ein asks Reiji to kill her instead, as Scythe has no more use for her and she sees no other purpose in her life. Neither is able to kill the other, and they finally vow to head south this time to start a new life together, having headed north during their failed attempt to run away from Inferno in chapter 1. This can be considered Ein's happy ending and is more or less the same as the path to chapter 3, but because Reiji has no complete relationship with Cal, the two simply head south to start a new life together.
Fugitives: This ending requires the player to follow the full Cal path in chapter 2 but not finish Ein's path in chapter 1 or Claudia's path in chapter 2. After the loft is bombed, the player must select "Hide". Cal then arrives back from her shopping trip, and Reiji vows to escape with her and start a new life together.
Vengeful Spirits: This ending requires the player to follow the full Cal path in chapter 2. After the loft is bombed, the player should select "Kill everyone". Reiji goes berserk and storms Inferno HQ, killing more than 20 men and McGuire in the process before dying of multiple wounds, as he believes Inferno has taken Cal away from him. However, Cal was not in the apartment during the explosion. She waits faithfully for him to return as he promised, finally accusing him of lying to her after the third morning.
At this point, the alternative option "Hide" simply causes Reiji to hide at the warehouse in the desert and wait for Ein to kill him, which she does not do. Instead, the two flee to Japan, progressing the game from Chapter 2 to Chapter 3. It is nearly identical to "The End of a Long Dream" ending.
From Atop the Hill: There are two variations of this ending. Both require the player to finish Claudia's route in chapters 1 and 2 completely and finish by selecting "Shoot Claudia" at the hangar. One version requires the player not to have met Cal or to have broken off the relationship early on, while the other requires the player to have gone as far as possible with the Cal route in addition to Claudia's route. Reiji remembers that he vowed to survive at all costs and shoots Claudia at the hangar, bringing her body and the disk back to Inferno.
Five years later, Inferno has united all the underworld kingpins in America and is poised to conquer the new century. The kingpins are then shot by Scythe's elite team, the Zahlen Schwestern, as part of Reiji's plan to take over Inferno and manipulate the criminal underground for himself. He is able to do this because the Zahlen Schwestern were created based on Ein's data, and, as he once tried to communicate with Ein, he manages to communicate with the Zahlen Schwestern and gain their trust. Reiji then shoots Scythe. If the player also completed the Cal route, Lizzie reports that Cal managed to assassinate McGuire in Colombia. Reiji gives her the title of Phantom, as she became his best assassin in the five years since the hangar incident. If the player did not meet Cal, she is simply not mentioned. In both variations, Lizzie is disgusted with what Reiji has become and leaves the organization for the country, where she starts a bar. Reiji finally visits Claudia's grave at a small cemetery on top of a lonely hill, looking down at the city below.
If the player is playing the DVD version, the player receives the first part of the ending password here. The ending password unlocks several extras, such as production trailers, television commercials, nearly all of the FMV sequences, and the soundtrack. However, the English-translated DVD version has the "Gun Gallery" locked for unknown reasons. The gun gallery is used to showcase all the guns in the game.
The Woman in the High Castle: Unlike "From Atop the Hill", this ending has only one version regardless of whether the player met Cal. Reiji chooses to accept his fate and allow Claudia to shoot him, helping her by pretending to try to shoot her. Reiji dies in Claudia's arms, telling her that she needs to live, reclaim everything that was stolen from her, and take revenge on Inferno.
One year later, Claudia has become involved with the new No. 2 man of the Gambino family and is slowly manipulating both him and the family for her own purposes. However, she still keeps the .38 Special cartridge from the bullet that she shot Reiji with and cannot seem to get rid of it or forget what she did that morning in the hangar. As she stands at a window looking down at the city below, she vows to become stronger or risk losing to someone like her previous, merciless self.
This ending also gives the player the first part of the ending password.
Chapter 3
Road of the Cerulean Sky: This can be considered Ein's "true ending". To obtain this ending, do not fully complete Mio's path in chapter 3, and at the final choice, choose to go after Elen. Reiji finds her in the church, and after a tearful reunion, they get married there. Reiji insists on fighting Cal and manages to get Elen to promise that she will leave and wait for him and that he will definitely return to her. Cal arrives at the appointed time and takes out the pocket watch that Reiji bought for her two years earlier from a street vendor while they were preparing for the counter-sniping operation. She places it on the altar, opens it, starts the music, and sets the stage for the duel. When the music stops, both reach for their guns, but Reiji is faster and Cal suffers a fatal wound. As she lies dying in Reiji's arms, Cal forgives him for everything. Shortly afterward, the Godoh group sends 19 men to assault the church. Reiji nearly runs out of ammunition but is saved by the sudden appearance of Elen, and they manage to escape.
Scythe arrives after the sun has set with the Zahlen Schwestern and manages to get Shiga to back off and let him handle the situation. In the ensuing battle, Elen shoots Scythe, and all the members of the Zahlen Schwestern are killed. When the semester starts, Mio, who was rescued from the ruins by Shiga, who of course insists that it was a kidnapping motivated by money, cannot help but feel that it was a dream. Regardless, she resolves to live her life and meet the challenges of tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Elen and Reiji begin a long and arduous investigation into Scythe and Elen's past, trying to discover her identity. In the 2012 remastered edition, it is revealed that Lizzie, who was shot by Cal in the duel for Mio, survived and killed McGuire, effectively putting an end to Inferno after learning of McGuire's intentions to send men after Elen and Reiji. They eventually trace Elen's past to a Hong Kong brothel that handled young girls and then to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, where the trail runs cold. Eventually, a young translator advises them to go to the grasslands and look at the sky to find Ein's homeland. With no other options, they do so, and Elen discovers that this place really is her homeland. She ends the investigation, stating that she is satisfied simply to be there with Reiji.
This ending gives the player the second part of the ending password.
Cherry Blossom Avenue: This is Mio's only ending. Elen and Cal meet at the church to duel. Cal puts her pocket watch on the altar and says that once the music stops, they will shoot. Reiji appears at the last moment in an attempt to stop the fight, but the girls ignore him and fight as they do in the "Dusty Desert Trail" ending. When Elen throws a survival knife at Cal, which Cal does not notice, Reiji fires a bullet to make Cal move and avoid being killed and once again tries to reason with her, but to no avail, as Cal has no intention of making peace.
Shiga and 20 of Godoh's men arrive at the church and start shooting at the three assassins. Cal kills her way out, and Reiji persuades Elen to leave through the back door while he stays behind. When Reiji runs out of ammunition, Mio runs into the church and persuades him to use her as a hostage so that he can escape alive. Shiga orders the men to stop shooting, and Reiji and Mio safely get out and run to the school. Shiga and his men follow them but encounter Scythe Master and the Zahlen Schwestern, who also want to enter the school and kill Reiji. Shiga refuses to retreat, and the groups begin fighting each other. Meanwhile, Reiji and Mio talk in the school about various subjects. Shiga soon finds them and says that he is the only survivor. Reiji persuades him to take Mio away while he stays behind to deal with the Zahlen Schwestern. Mio initially refuses to flee but accepts Reiji's explanation when he promises to return to her once the fight is over.
While they are fleeing, Mio and Shiga are nearly killed by one of the assassins, but Reiji kills her from the window, allowing the two to reach the parking lot. Scythe notices them and orders the assassins to eliminate them. Shiga notices that the car has been sabotaged and will explode if the ignition is turned on. He removes the bomb from his car and orders Mio to hide behind a wall while he risks his life to check whether the car is safe. One of the assassins then shoots Shiga, severely wounding him, but he manages to kill the assassin and drive Mio away. When they are far enough away to be safe, Shiga dies from his wounds, unable to tell Mio not to trust Reiji.
Cal watches Shiga and Mio from a distance, satisfied because her help is not needed. Elen then appears and points a gun at Cal, saying that she considers her to be the greatest threat around. Meanwhile, Reiji manages to kill the remaining assassins but finds himself weaponless in front of Scythe's gun. Scythe compliments Reiji and calls him his best assassin, one who unfortunately was not obedient enough. During their conversation, Scythe calls Ein and Drei failed experiments. At this moment, Cal sneaks up behind Scythe and kills him for insulting her. She then tells Reiji that she will let him live for now because she owes Mio, but promises to kill him and Ein in the future.
Reiji later visits Mio, and they spend a night together, talking about various subjects and sleeping together. The next morning, Reiji leaves her because they come from different worlds. Later, Reiji meets with Mio's grandfather, the head of the Godoh group, and tells him to end his life of criminal activity for Mio's sake. The Godoh head refuses, so Reiji coldly threatens to kill everyone affiliated with the group before leaving him in shock. Later, Reiji and Elen watch Mio visiting Shiga's grave from afar at the cemetery. Elen asks Reiji if he is really sure about taking on the Godoh group for the sake of one girl, and Reiji answers that he will stay there a little longer. The final scene shows cherry blossom petals falling all around Mio as she declares that she will look toward the future with optimism.
Dusty Desert Trails: This can be considered Cal's "true ending". As with "Road of the Cerulean Sky", do not fully complete Mio's path and, at the last choice, choose to go after Drei. In this ending, Reiji rescues Mio, and they part without explanation because Reiji is still trying to prevent her from becoming involved in the situation. Cal returns and finds Mio gone and calls Reiji. Taunting her over the phone, Reiji arranges a duel at the church in one hour, intending to deliberately lose. As the music box stops and Cal is about to fire, Elen appears and forces Cal to dodge and miss. The two girls then duel, with Elen about to win, but Reiji jumps in front of Cal, blocking the knife with his back and fainting. Cal is stunned that Reiji would do something like this for her, and Elen explains that this is what he wished for.
Godoh's men attack the church, and Elen convinces Cal to take Reiji and escape through the back while she holds them off. After the sun has set, Scythe arrives at the church with the Zahlen Schwestern and marvels at the mound of corpses. Meanwhile, Cal has hidden in the school with Reiji and has reverted to her happy personality from before she became Drei. She demands that Reiji have sex with her, but just as they are about to start, three members of the Zahlen Schwestern launch a surprise attack and are taken out by Cal almost instantly. Cal then tries to draw out the other three, but one of them searches the building for Reiji and falls into his trap. Just as Reiji is about to help Cal, Scythe shoots him. Cal blows up the last two members of the Zahlen Schwestern using the chemistry lab but is forced to drop her guns when Scythe uses Reiji as a hostage. Scythe is about to shoot Cal when Elen, who has suffered fatal wounds from the battle with Godoh's men, shoots him. Elen then dies in Cal's arms.
An unspecified amount of time later, Reiji and Cal have become well-known freelance assassins known as "Phantom". They hitch a ride on a truck heading to the desert town of Santa Madelia, presumably somewhere in Mexico, as one of the gangsters there uses the term "gringo". Their target is the town's gang boss, with the whole town there to protect him. They make plans to go on holiday after the job and think about how they will always be together.
This ending gives the player the last part of the ending password.
- There is also an additional "bad" ending exclusive to Phantom Integration that can be found in Chapter 3. To acquire this ending, the player must have completely fulfilled Cal's path in chapter 2 (choose to make love to her) and then choose to search for Ein in chapter 3. This follows the "Road of the Cerulean Sky" ending until the duel between Reiji and Cal. Here, Reiji is unable to keep his promise to Elen and hesitates to shoot Cal, allowing her to win the duel. Cal stands there and wonders why Reiji did not shoot. A moment later, she is interrupted by Scythe, who arrives at the church with the Zahlen Schwestern in tow. Scythe is pleasantly surprised by the outcome of the match and compliments Cal. However, she appears dissatisfied and impulsively betrays Scythe, causing a shootout between her and the Zahlen Schwestern. Time passes until nightfall, and Cal is lying wounded on a beach, presumably having won the battle at the church. Ein arrives at the scene a moment later, seeking revenge against Cal for killing Reiji. However, Cal makes no attempt to defend herself and simply lies there, appearing regretful about the events that transpired. Elen, in turn, loses her motivation to carry out her vengeance and looks sorrowfully at the night sky. Nothing they do now will bring Reiji back, so both can do nothing but lament their loss.
