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Through Misa-san's magic,

I stand here, six years in the past.

Here, I met a six-years-smaller Yumiko-chan.

And this bad mage came here, I guess...

It was the first real magic I've ever seen.

I turned my back on my normal, everyday life

and stepped into a very dangerous world.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared.

But I don't regret it.

After all, I met Yumiko-chan here.

After all, I met Koyomi here.

The nice town that the kitty lives in

is a fun, fun town of cats.

6 Years Ago December 24th

Let's all dance with everyone, every night!

It smells good.

Well, then.

Your name's Morishita Koyomi-chan, right?

You said you're here to see me,

but this is the first time we've met, right?

Y-Yes.

I meet you much further in the future.

I came here from six years from now.

That's an interesting story you have there.

So, you're a time traveler?

What about that silver-haired girl with you?

Yumiko-chan isn't...

Yumiko-chan...

Oh? Three people with impressive Codes.

I'm definitely outnumbered now.

I'll settle my debt with you another time, Anehara Misa.

I'm trying to tell you, I'm not her!

Who are you?

I have no business with you.

Oh, but I thought you had a little something with Anehara Misa?

You're quite lucky, mademoiselle.

I'll be looking forward to the next time we meet.

I wonder if Yumiko-chan's okay.

I can feel it.

The Code which woke me from my sleep,

the one constructed by machines.

A new, but nostalgic, sensation.

I remember it-the Code of my arch-enemy, Anehara Kenjuro.

Prepare yourself!

Bastard!

Fate is cleverly crafted.

Once, I fought both Cristbarth and Kenjuro,

and now, I have met their descendants here.

I-I guess this body won't last long.

I must hurry and obtain the Sorceress's Library.

What is this?

Be careful.

There are PCB's inside.

Not only in that tree stump.

The toilet bowl there and that old clock...

They all have computers inside.

Why are there computers in-

Well, it's not like I don't get it.

A-A-A ghost!

I can't see anything.

Really?

Yeah.

Calm down. That's a ghostscript.

Huh?

When a strong image is burned into something as Code...

That's a ghostscript.

S-So, they're not ghosts?

When living things die,

a lot of them leave particularly strong Codes behind. So they're called ghostscripts.

But they don't require someone or something to die.

That's good.

Oh, a cat.

And as usual, I can't see it.

So, the cat just now was a ghostscript?

But because it looks like a cat,

doesn't that mean it has to be a cat?

It's just a cat!

As I imagined, I cannot help you regarding this matter.

I don't like cats or crime.

So the reason you've come to the past

hasn't yet been clarified?

I'm sorry.

If I don't convey what happened in order, I can't explain it very well.

So, what happens?

Oh, yeah!

This is a problem... I thought I'd ask Yumiko,

but I guess she has some cat-inflicted trauma.

Did something happen between that cat and Yumiko-chan?

A long time ago.

Yumiko was still a child, and no one could have stopped what was coming.

You've known Yumiko-chan that long?

That was the first time I met her,

six years ago on Christmas Eve.

What were you going to ask Ichinose to do?

I was going to ask her to take a peek into the past.

The past?

Oh, Koyomi! Could I ask you to do something?

The password?

Yeah. The ghostscripts here

are all Codes I made a long time ago.

It looks like the Christmas Shopper is the problem here.

Christmas Shopper?

So, to figure out what's happening,

we'll have to go back six years, to when the code was executed.

I want you to have a look at its administrator password.

I see.

You don't remember the password?

Well, given that it was a crime,

I must have destroyed the evidence in my head, too.

But how will you look six years into the past?

That's what the goggles are for.

We'll run the Codes accumulated in objects and locations in reverse

to reconstruct visuals of the past.

You could call it a practical application of ghostscript.

Anyway, thanks, Koyomi.

Good luck, Morishita.

W-Wait! Um, I don't think I'm ready for this!

And that's what happened.

I see...

So how do you plan on getting back?

I'm sorry. I didn't ask.

You know that you might be unable to return to your normal world?

What?!

B-But...

How long has it been since you came to this world?

Uh, probably about two hours?

You think I'd leave a girl there, wearing goggles for two hours?

This is just a guess,

but maybe you're extremely sensitive to ghostscripts.

And the data from this world reaches your brain having been greatly compressed.

That's why, in the world six years from now, not much time has passed.

So what should I do?

I dunno.

No way-

Hey, you're having gyoza on Christmas?

Who cares? It's good.

Anyway, what's that about?

This wash basin is yours, isn't it?

Do something about it!

I'm sorry!

Did you summon that wash basin?

Yes.

Something with this much mass?

Summoning magic is really difficult, you know!

In exchange, I can't use any other magic.

No matter what I try, the Code changes into a wash basin.

How large a Code are we talking?

If it's just me and one Code, it doesn't matter how big...

That's really impressive!

Really?

Sis, good grown-ups don't take everything a kid says seriously.

Shut up!

We might be able to do something.

If everything you say is true,

we might be able to return you to your own world.

Really?

If we were to execute a large-scale

magical activation Code that affected all of this world,

it'd be the same as you executing real-world Code,

since you're deeply intertwined with this one.

By turning it into a wash basin,

we might be able to stop the ghostscript from running.

H-How do we do that?

You're right on time.

I just started setting up some large-scale magic that uses a network.

That's the Christmas Shopper. You've heard of it, haven't you?

Y-Yeah!

You saw that, didn't you?

Jeez...

Father!

Mother!

You're trying to make me feel better?

It's okay. I'm not lonely at all.

Nine o'clock.

You have until nine tonight,

when I finish my adjustments to the Christmas Shopper.

So if you want to save Yumiko-chan,

you'll have until then.

I will warn you about one thing, though.

You may only be looking at this world through a ghostscript,

but don't let your guard down.

Huh?

You're extremely tangled in this Code,

so if you get hurt in this world,

there's a chance it could affect your future self.

What does that mean?

If you die in this world,

your self six years from now could die, too!

Sitting here until it's time might be your safest option, but...

What will you do? Will you still go?

Yes!

Yumiko-chan's young,

but she's facing all this by herself! I can't leave her alone!

You okay?

Don't fall when there isn't anything there.

O-Ow...

Here, I'll give you this.

I'm fine. I have some band-aids.

You fall a lot, don't you?

Take it.

O-Ow...

It's not like you can have too many.

Thanks.

Come on, let's go.

We're searching for Yumiko, right?

Yeah!

Are you looking for someone?

Yumiko-chan!

Hey, Katamari!

Did you want something from me?

Almost there.

If I activate the Code in the Christmas Shopper,

though it's nothing more than a bunch of silicon,

it'll become an unstoppable amulet embedded with 2048 variable Codes.

But to think the Code I constructed

still has an effect six years from now...

I wonder who it is.

Who is it?

If you're trying to sell me a newspaper, I already have one.

Joyeux Noël, mademoiselle.

Could you bring me Anehara Misa?

No one's here but me,

and I don't think Anehara Misa has any business with you.

Who are you?

Who am I? I'm a good Santa!

And who are you? An evil skeleton?

I am Jean-Jacques Guibarthez.

I've heard of him.

Some mage who lived around one hundred years ago, right?

You don't have to believe me.

I'm here for the Sorceress's Library left behind by Digitalis.

Digitalis, the legendary sorceress.

Digitalis Flammalacia,

the great, vile mage said to have long ago taken the lives of more than 100,000 men in Europe.

She was said to have returned to life countless times to go on rampages, even after being burned to death.

I've heard rumors as to the location of Digitalis's library, which holds the secret to her revival.

The Sorceress's Library does exist.

It should be sealed within the staff, Kerykeion.

I see.

So what do you need here?

I was thinking of having Anehara Misa recuse herself from this matter.

That sure sounds selfish.

In exchange,

I won't get in the way of the large-scale

magical ceremony that Anehara Misa is performing.

It's a fair trade, don't you think?

I, not the Anehara Misa you're looking for, am performing the magical ceremony.

Oh, I thought it was a magic done by Anehara's descendants,

but I guess it was you, after all.

I have no interest in the Sorceress's Library or Kerykeion.

But if it bothers you, I'll make a promise to you.

Really?

How does this sound? We won't get in each other's way

until either one of us finishes what we're doing.

So, the early bird can get in the other's way?

That's not really a promise, but more the way it is.

Sounds good.

Let's see each other again, should chance so provide.

Be careful.

She might look like a kid, but you always have to be prepared.

Hey! You've been staring at me for a while now!

Don't get mad.

I won't!

I'd be more offended if you were hiding something!

Now, what is it?

Uh, um... Um... You won't get mad?

I will!

U-Um...

I-I was just thinking that those breasts of yours, which look like the Siberian plains,

will grow to resemble Mount Everest in a few years!

What?!

I was just thinking about how nice that is!

But right now, mine are bigger than yours!

What are you saying?!

I'm still in grade school!

Stop making fun of me!

Transform to swords, my Code!

I won't let you get away!

Yumiko-chan!

Stop, Yumiko-chan!

Are you okay? Sorry.

That was my loss, Anehara Misa!

Huh? Anehara?

I'm talking about you!

I'm not Misa-san.

Huh?

I'm Morishita Koyomi.

I've come here from six years in the future.

I'm Misa-san's student, and I'm also a high-school student.

You've got to be kidding me!

Why's that?

It's impossible for you to be from the future.

There!

Hey, w-wait a second!

How about some food?

I'm busy right now, so go on ahead.

Right. Don't push yourself too hard.

If I'm going to fight with Guibarthez,

I'll need my I's dotted and my T's crossed.

I need to hurry.

Basically, you're like an alien to this world.

Alien?

You are a high-school student, right?

Y-Yeah, but...

Then you should at least know "alien" can be used that way.

I'm sorry...

Jeez.

Are you hungry, Yumiko-chan?

I'm fine!

Wait just a second!

H-Hey...

I'm going to buy a hamburger over there.

I'm hungry, too!

Mind if I sit next to you?

Huh?

Do you the story of "The President and The Elephant," little lady?

Huh? What are you even saying?

It's about which is stronger, the president or the elephant.

Among all living creatures, the elephant is the strongest animal on land.

But a hunter with a gun can easily take out an elephant.

But if that hunter fights with his wife, he'll lose to her.

And?

If you try to find the strongest person,

you'll eventually end up with the President of the United States.

He's the strongest because he commands the strongest military.

What are you actually trying to say?

But if you locked the president and an elephant in the Oval Office, what would happen?

An elephant and a human? That wouldn't even be a fight!

The elephant would definitely win. So which does that make the strongest?

I don't know. What's the answer?

The answer depends on how one thinks.

Little girl, which do you think you are, an elephant or a hunter?

I might be the president.

You shouldn't lie.

You shouldn't talk to someone you just met like that!

Is that staff so important to you?

Why are you so worried?

This staff is important to me.

I won't give it to anyone!

I think that staff will only be important to you

after you carve your own history into it.

Mind your own business!

The curse placed on your life is my greatest gift to you.

What?

Treasure it well.

What is going-

You mustn't hand Kerykeion over to Guibarthez.

If necessary...

I bought some!

Here's yours, Yumiko-chan.

Oh, don't worry about paying me.

I might be small, but I'm older than you!

Where is the knife and fork?

Huh?

There isn't a knife and fork!

How do you use a knife?

Wh-What?

Did I say something strange?

Yumiko-chan, you eat a hamburger like this.

See?

It's good.

Isn't it?

Food tastes better when you're eating with someone else!

What's wrong?

N-Nothing at all!

Huh? Yumiko-chan?

Bonsoir, mademoiselle.

The silver-haired girl's staff, Kerykeion, is taken away, with nothing she can do.

While the time limit, 9 PM, approaches,

Morishita Koyomi runs through the streets of Ginza,

so she can save a friend.