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You're the only one I'm longing to see, now and always

There's only one wish I remember on rainy days

The shard of me that I left forgotten in your heart

Is it still there?

Sleeping inside a closed book

Pandora's jewels called "memories"

In a hesitation hiding a sigh

I was always watching

My eyes cracked and fell to the ground I was always watching

My eyes cracked and fell to the ground

They are quartz fractured into crescents

You're the only one who satisfies my heart

I'll always be waiting

Here in the rain

"Gazth-Sonika is located in Southwest Asia,

and its official name is 'Gazth-Sonika Korslan Kingdom.'

Its longest distance from northeast to southwest is about 1850 km.

At its broadest point it has a width of about 930 km.

The population is approximately 24,540,000 people.

Twelve years ago, a military faction opposed to the monarchy's push for modernization

formed the Galza armed resistance group and initiated civil war.

There have been many attempts to conclude a peace treaty,

but talks failed to bring the parties any closer to agreement,

and the civil war continues to this day."

This is weird.

It really won't connect.

And I just bought it too.

Foreign Nation

Including this container, that's all the goods that arrived today.

All that's left are these small packages here.

This ship is arrival #134.

It came into port right on schedule, didn't it?

Yes, ma'am.

Will you be inspecting the inside as well?

That doesn't seem necessary.

There haven't been any real problems in the past few years, after all.

Thank you for your time. I'll take my leave now.

Oh, if you'd like to go sightseeing in the city, I'll have someone from the company guide you.

No thank you, I know someone in the area.

So she was involved after all.

Honestly, she's such a straight arrow.

Well, it would be easy to dispose of her,

but doing so might cause him to find out about Secondari.

However, I can't very well leave her to her own devices, either.

Even if I fabricated a perpetrator instead,

I'm not sure if I could completely pull the wool over his eyes.

In any case,

it's a pain to take on Enfant's leader, Friday Monday.

What? Come back home right away?

What's this about, Chief?

The plan you were doing international negotiations for,

to develop comprehensive leisure facilities across three countries has started rolling.

I want you to come back to Nafrece quickly and join the project team.

But the onsite inspections here...

I know.

Wrap it up in a hurry and come back.

Understood, Chief.

It's me.

What's the assignment?

Guard duty for an ordinary civilian.

I'd like you to check into whether anyone is targeting them or not.

So that means there might be someone targeting them?

That's correct.

Who?

I can't give you the details yet, but this job involves Enfant.

Enfant.

Now there's no turning back, Badgis.

The last connection my True Cluster used

ran through a city called Daman in Gazth-Sonika's demilitarized zone.

The data you want should be sleeping on a terminal somewhere in that city.

Daman's population is about 80,000.

How am I supposed to look for it?

I know the serial number of the terminal I transferred the data to.

I hacked into Gazth-Sonika's distribution routes and found out this much:

The terminal was sold in an electronics store in western Daman, 32nd precinct.

Then the owner of the terminal is a regular customer of that store?

There's only one electronics store in that district.

I think the chances are good.

Okay.

But if the terminal's owner connects again,

it's likely Enfant will easily find the data we stole.

And they'll also find out that you're trying to investigate it.

So basically, I'm working against the clock.

I'll say it straight.

This is a trap.

If I just sit on my hands, the truth will get consigned to darkness.

Once you've stated your opinion, you never change it.

You've always been that way.

What's this?

The contact info for an illegal agent working in Gazth-Sonika.

An agent?

Agents are people who take contracts for all kinds of illegal activity,

from information gathering and VIP protection to sabotage and even assassination.

How did you get this?

I'm part of the underground world we call "information" too, you know.

I can do that much.

It does require some money illegally changing hands, though.

Thank you, Badgis.

How about we do that sumptuous dinner tonight?

An agent working illegally in this country...

Once...

Twice...

Three times...

Four...

Five...

Six...

Seven...

Miss Client, you've already died seven times.

How careless. Can people really leave themselves that vulnerable?

But to think the job involves Nafrece again.

Nafrece...

Enfant...

From the serial number,

the terminal is an S-32 series laptop made by the Tarvic Company.

It's a new model that just hit the market this month.

What's more, it's also a subsidiary product of your company.

Well, what a lucky thing for me.

A bug in the product?

Yes, a bug has appeared in some of our company's S-32 series computers.

I'm going around to all of the retailers to inform them

for the benefit of customers who aren't registered users.

Wow. The Tarvic Company goes that far with their customer support?

Well, yes.

If I remember correctly, I sold three S-32 series computers.

Do you know who purchased them, sir?

Well now, it's a bit tough to remember who I actually sold them to.

I see...

Oh, there is one I remember.

If I recall... yeah, Eins bought one.

Eins?

He's a student, and a regular here.

His family is in medicine, so he gets a pretty big allowance.

He's one of our best customers.

I see.

Hi.

Welcome.

Good timing. That's Eins.

This, please.

What? Why?

Your PC's got an internal card, doesn't it?

That one's malfunctioning.

A network card?

Excuse me...

Nice to meet you.

Hello.

I'm with the Tarvic Company.

You purchased an S-32 series, isn't that right?

Thank you for your business.

Uh, right...

To tell you the truth, there's been a bug discovered in some of the S-32 series.

Have there been any problems with your model, by any chance?

No, it's fine. I'll work things out myself.

If possible, I'd like to check.

Really, it's fine.

See you later, then.

Thank you, come again!

Sir, thank you for your cooperation.

Please excuse me.

A woman...

Can you recover the data you migrated to Gazth-Sonika?

No, it's impossible.

I forcibly shut down the connection right before they were about to catch me.

The terminal in Gazth-Sonika is completely isolated now.

That one's malfunctioning.

The data is on that boy's computer.

But if he connects through the card, Enfant will...

If that happens, it'll cause trouble for that boy too.

So...

Do you have some business with me?

Um, well...

You see, I really admire people who are good with computers,

and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind talking with me a bit.

Oh, no, compared with someone from Tarvic Company, I'm not really...

The truth is, I just started working there, and I'm still virtually a beginner.

So I'd like to...

Okay?

I really do think Tarvic is the best for hardware.

They're always the first ones to adopt the newest technology,

and the design is good.

Although I do feel they're a little expensive.

Oh, yeah, and I also like the fact that unnecessary software

isn't bundled in with everything.

So it's streamlined.

Wow, I see.

I guess as a Tarvic employee I'm happy to hear you like us so much.

Thanks...

I'd like to see it.

Your computer, I mean.

Mine?

I'm interested to see what kinds of software you're using.

But if I bring a stranger into the house, my parents will...

In that case, do you think you could bring it out here?

But...

Please?

I'm sorry.

What? There's been no word from Keith or John?

No. I tried to pick up their trails, but they're not...

What's wrong?

What happened?

It seems the kid has made a move.

Shall I take the next step?

Yes, please do.

Sorry to make you wait.

I'm the one who should apologize.

You forgot this.

Oh, thanks.

I haven't really customized enough to brag too much about it,

but there's a site that I've gotten really into lately.

The people that run it are anonymous, but it's full of info on the latest hardware.

How?

But you just bought a card!

Oh, this?

It's one we had at home, but it's not high-speed.

Let me see that for a second.

Um...

Here they are.

What are those files?

I've never seen them before.

I'm sorry. Thank you.

Um...

See you.

Um...

Run.

Huh?

Just run, fast.

What's going on?

Who are you?

Well, that's fine.

With our information, we can make even a dead man talk.

Now let's have the data.

Where is the data?

This boy has nothing to do with this.

If you don't hand it over, the kid dies. And it'll be your fault.

I'm sorry for bringing you into a scary experience.

Where is the agent?

The data is right here.

Wise decision.

The truth will get consigned to darkness...

To darkness...

Sorry I'm late!

There were more people watching you than I thought, so it took some time.

Something wrong?

Sheesh.

You should forget what happened today, for all of our sakes.

I'll pursue them. Please contact headquarters.

Before that, there's something else we need to do.

Thank you for your work.

The person who hacked our company's system and absconded with the data is Madlax.

Whereabouts unknown.

How long are you going to stay spaced out?

Hey.

Stop.

Stop the car.

What?

You killed people.

Yes, I did.

Three people.

Seven people, including the people who were watching you.

Why?

Because that's my job.

You mean...

you're the agent?!

I'm Madlax.

Nice to meet you, Miss Client.

A child like you is...

There was no helping it.

Your face was seen by Enfant members.

If I hadn't killed them there,

you'd have been targeted by all the Enfant members in the world.

You're kind, aren't you?

In that case, you could've just not done anything like this...

This is Gazth-Sonika.

This is the country where a person's life is cheapest.

To evade the things you don't like,

all you have to do is shut your eyes and plug your ears.

Yes, just like you.

"Falsity" is changing the truth.

"Ignorance" is not realizing the truth.

"Incompetence" is being unable to fully grasp the truth.

And "escape" is retreating from the truth.

But running away is useless.

Because the truth is right nearby.

The truth is this close.

That's surely an old song someone was playing on a water-colored lute

Deep inside your heart, inside your pain

Drifting in daybreak's sleepiness on the street corners Deep inside your heart, inside your pain

Drifting in daybreak's sleepiness on the street corners

When you were called by that singing voice

You were still in the middle of your journey

Following the tracks that loneliness left behind

I wonder if you can go it all alone

And get to the other hill on the other side

Watching the retreating back of a goodbye And get to the other hill on the other side

Watching the retreating back of a goodbye

The story told so that you can meet yourself

Now quietly begins