Episode 9

Freedom (自由, Jiyū) is the ninth episode of LISTENERS. The ending theme is by Jin sung by µ (Rie Takahashi).

Synopsis
With Mu's awakening, Tommy has big plans to do the Freedom Project right this time. In the meantime, Echo runs into Nir on the streets of Londinium.

Summary
With Mu defeating the Earless mass, Tommy announces his plan for a new Project Freedom. As "Jimi" came back, Players from around the world start to gather in Lodinium. Tommy later thanks the Noise Sisters, but tells them he no longer needs their help.

Living on the streets, Echo Rec meets Nir who was heading to the cemetery. He tells her that Mu is Jimi's sister and they didn't expect this to happen. Nir tells him that if Jimi was an Earless, then Mu is an Earless too. As Earless had killed Nir's parents, she tells Echo that she will kill Mu. Echo decides to stick with Nir and stop her and Mu. Echo helps Nir infiltrate the Watchtower and they find the storage with Purple Haze from which Teen Spirit was made. They meet Marshall, but he betrays them and Nir and Echo get caught.

Ace hears about Purple Haze and confronts Tommy, who explains he plans to use it on everyone and make them obedient and with that they will not only win over the Earless, but win supremacy for Londinium for a long time. Tommy had made the children spies and they informed him that Ace had contacted in secret Denka the Purple and the Countryless King, and as he betrayed Londinium, he shoots and kills Ace.

Joe, a friend of Ritchie and Lyde, visits Nir in the cells and frees her. Not wanting Echo to get in her way, she leaves him there and heads to take her amp from Marshall. Echo still manages to escape on his own and finds Mu. However Tommy waits for Echo and tells him that Mu is no longer the same and is with him by her own free will. Echo explains he realized the enemy isn't the Earless and attempts to tell Mu something, but Nir arrives and interrupts him. She prepares to attack Mu, but as it turns midnight and New Year, Tommy activates his plan and Mu awakens and fights off Nir. Mu can't recognize Echo and uses Over the Top Boost, but Nir protects him from the blast. Marshall then throws Echo in a pipe and sends him at the bottom of the Watchtower. He then visits him there, giving Echo his amp and commenting that he isn't with anyone.

Characters

 * Bilin Valentine
 * Kevin Valentine
 * Mu
 * Tommy Walker
 * Sally Simpson
 * Nir
 * Echo Rec
 * Ace
 * Jimi Stonefree
 * Ein Neubauten
 * Stür Neubauten
 * Zende Neubauten