 After significant loss, they rescue Nia, and in a one-on-one Gunmen battle that spans the universe, Simon in Lagann finally destroys the Anti-Spirals.This, however, causes Nia to fade away into nothing, as her own existence is tied to that of the Anti-Spirals.Simon, finding his life in battle to finally be over, hands his Core Drill over to Gimmy and leaves his friends to spend the rest of his life wandering the planet as a nameless vagrant, saying his destiny was merely to "dig the tunnel to the future", not to travel down it himself.