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- Quick. - Okay.

SAFE WATER

MORNING STAR GRAPH NEWSPAPER

Get your newspapers!

MOVIES

We can take two more resource collectors!

Let me join, will ya?

MUSIC SWAP SHOP - OPEN

GAGA by Peat Moth.

You found a rare one.

If it still plays, it's worth 400,000.

No way!

Oh, man! I really wanted to hear it!

Sis still isn't done yet?

MARU - KIRUKO

LOOK OUT, MONSTERS!

What have we here?

Crocodile Quest, right?

Why are you only using two people, when you could use four?

Not from around here, are ya?

If you're gonna play here, you better speak when spoken to.

Hi.

Ever had a girl you like turn out to be a guy? Can you imagine?

Can't say I've come across that--

What's that got to do with anything?

Don't just say "Hi." Insolent brat!

Hey.

Wasn't one whack enough?

What was the kick for? Say sorry!

Guess you're right.

Sorry.

Take it outside, will you? You're tearing the place up.

Ouch.

Oops, look at you now.

Why are you looking away in the middle of fight?

Is he stupid or what? Moron.

Wait, stop.

You brat!

What the hell is this guy?

- Sis? - Are you okay, Maru?

Whoa, why did you bulldoze in with no clue what's going on?

What if it was my fault?

We've been hanging out for ages.

I think I'd know if you were the type who looks for fights.

And anyway, who knows if he was about to call backup.

If you attack, you've got to get them all.

- Guess so. - It's not just "guess so."

Wait, your tooth!

Your tooth broke off.

Hey, let me see.

It'll grow back.

It won't grow back. It's an adult tooth!

Let's get out of here.

Let's get further away then sleep somewhere.

TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO

TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO

I was born the same year as the Great Disaster, apparently.

The first memories I have are from three or four years old.

I lived in a spacious room with other kids about my age.

I was cold and hungry,

but there were adults to take care of me, so it wasn't so bad.

I think I was about seven when the place closed down, I guess.

The adults took us all to different locations.

There were others like me,

without any relatives, I suppose.

We were all put in a separate group

and somehow survived on scraps for three years.

The adult who led our group, was killed over some sort of turf war.

We went with the killer,

and became part of their gang.

I was still working with them until recently.

Then Mikura turned up and took me in.

She was the one who taught me how to kill Hiruko.

DAY OF FATE

Did you think of Mikura as a woman?

Not really.

She was just the next person I had to listen to.

You don't fall in love easily, then?

What are you talking about?

Anyway, whenever she looked at me, she always had this coldness in her eyes.

She didn't really treat me like a human.

Can't you at least remember where the town is, or the name of it?

Until I started traveling with Mikura,

I didn't know how big Japan was.

I didn't even have any idea where I was in Japan.

My life has basically consisted of nothing but following adults around.

Don't be dramatic.

Especially if you're not offering any new information.

I've told you the story a thousand times. What did you expect?

Not the point. If you tell it over and over,

you might remember something, or notice something.

I read that somewhere.

Oh, yeah. Speaking of books, have you seen the next room?

There are so many books! Let's sell them.

I packed as many novels and comics as I could while you were sleeping.

I'm going to burn any books that seem useful after I've read them.

Knowledge has more value if you keep it to yourself.

Oh, got it.

MORNING STAR GRAPH NO. 336

Oh, that's a newspaper from the town.

Why don't you read it while waiting?

Aren't we going shopping together?

Your face will get us busted.

We'll be in a total mess if the guys from yesterday recognize you.

It's fine!

It's a bit swollen, but it's not busted.

Oh, boy.

Try to understand, okay?

I'm not saying your face is busted.

I'm saying your face will get us busted.

So, if Mikura taught you everything,

does that mean she has the Maru-Touch too?

No, she said only I could do it.

And that's why I need to go to Heaven.

By the way, the poster at your office said you could kill Man-eaters.

That was just advertising.

CHARGING SHOP

Where'd he disappear to? The stupid kid with the disheveled hair.

That brat doesn't bother me.

We should be focusing on the Ministry of Reconstruction.

You think they're nearby?

No idea. That rumor is always flying about.

Ministry of Reconstruction.

That rumor is still being passed around?

There's a group abducting people with the right skills and expertise

to get civilization back to how it was.

Are they going to come to Asakusa?

It's just a rumor, but they might.

Sis said that's just a fantasy that old people believe.

That's an alternative explanation.

Wait a sec.

Does this have something to do with all those disappearances?

Well, you guys have pretty special skills fixing all those electro-karts.

Better to act stupid if someone you don't know comes along.

How would you act stupid? Ran?

Oh, you're good at it.

I didn't do anything yet!

We've searched all over the place and he's not here. Must have left.

But what if he's still here?

We'll just grab him.

Iwata said he wants another round. One on one.

You wouldn't say that if you were there yesterday.

There were eight of us and he completely destroyed us.

He's like an explosive.

No way I want a second round.

My little Maru is strong, huh?

My Maru?

Why am I proud of him?

I'm just his bodyguard.

Once he finds what he's looking for, I'll be alone again.

What...

Maru?

Hey, Maru.

Ma-- Maru!

Maru!

Maru.

Where is he?

Be quiet!

Why are you yelling like that?

I was hiding like I'm meant to be.

What were you doing in the next room?

What? I was just...

I was looking to see if there are any useful books in there.

Hey, wait! There's nothing to see.

YOUNG LADY'S SPECIAL LESSON

I get it.

You were just using those porno magazines.

Using? I was just look--

Wait, I wasn't looking either!

Sis! What happened?

You seem weird.

I never thought I would panic like that.

I got back and you weren't here. Please don't do that again.

I told you before.

I might not always be exactly where you left me.

Sorry, I was wrong.

I think?

When I was telling you about my upbringing,

I was wondering whether yours had been even worse.

Hey.

I-- I can feel something hard.

You can't blame me! I was already halfway--

Wait, I wasn't halfway anywhere, but even so!

I was reading something in the newspaper.

Before the Great Disaster, humans made robots to make life easier.

But they started to get nervous that the robots were monitoring them.

But the truth is,

humans had too much spare time and ended up monitoring each other.

They started to push their own rules onto each other,

and slaughtered one another until everything perished.

That's the War Collapse Theory.

Sounds made-up to me.

It's too much like an old fable.

The story just means that life before wasn't just like Heaven.

Besides, if Heaven existed before the Great Disaster,

I'd have to go into the past, which is impossible.

But everyone who knows about life before, wants to go back.

What if, somewhere out there, civilization has already been restored?

Is that...

a footprint?

Why would there be a footprint here?

What are you doing?

If Tarao hears some fun sounds, he might wake up.

And over there?

When Tarao was well, apparently he could pick up that rock.

He didn't just pick it up.

He could throw it all the way over there.

Tarao was really strong.

I can do it too!

Ten'ei 17, October 16th, 11:34 p.m.

I'm so sorry.

Good morning, everyone.

Once dressed please come to the square before going to breakfast.

Tarao passed away last night.

Did Asura have the same disease?

Asura.

Yeah.

Maybe, yes.

Mina, may we cremate Tarao's body?

Yes, we've already taken the samples we need.

It's desperately sad.

This is the second death among the children.

No one could have predicted Asura's suicide.

That's not true.

Asura was born into a body that could not bear its own mind.

ASURA - TEN'EI 12, MAY 7TH

We are the ones responsible for Asura's death.

Too many cruel ideas were forced upon Asura.

Asura's birth itself was a sin.

Put Tarao's grave next to Asura's.

Was Tarao's illness a strange one? Or...

If an illness developed within a body built with immunity to everything,

then it's possible that all the children could fall ill.

Then we have a big problem!

The Day of Fate is the only thing that can't be changed.

Until then, figure out what it is and how to cure it!

Me too?

Am I sick too?

What do you think?

I sold all the books in my backpack and bought this map.

That's the value of information.

Yeah, right.

"Water safety level, 50%."

What are these numbers based on?

The guy at the map store said it's based on taste and how clear it looks.

That's subjective, isn't it?

"Water safety level, 100%."

100%?

A place where the water is 100% safe would be Heaven, right?

That's subjective.

I guess we could stop by, though.

Quiet! I hear footsteps.

Someone's in the building.

They're coming straight for us.

Do you think that gang has found us?

Sounds like just one guy. We can probably handle it if we need to.

What are you gonna do if he's mega strong?

I know you're in there!

I was on the ship with you. Let me in.

I spotted you in the tent city and followed you here.

I'll get straight to the point.

Will you protect me?

Well, if we're heading the same way, I'll think about it.

I'm not going too far.

Just to the Immortal Order.

- Immortal Order? - What's that?

Well, at least, that's what it's called.

But maybe it has a different name.

I heard there is a doctor who can keep you alive forever.

A doctor. A doctor?

The doctor, is it this man?

Wait. I haven't been there, or met him.

Where is it?

If you don't tell me, I won't be your bodyguard.

I can't take on the job if you don't trust me.

I've trusted you since I saw what you did on the ship.

I need you to protect me, and the contents of this bag.

Those things that appeared after the Great Disaster,

like that indestructible monstrosity that attacked the ship--

If you transplant part of a monster onto a human,

they become extremely powerful and have immortal life.

Had you heard that before?

Don't tell me that bag you're carrying...

Don't take it from me.

Don't dare take it.

Isn't it rotting? It's all sloppy.

What?

It wasn't like this before I got on the ship.

Don't chuck it everywhere!

Why?

After I finally got my hands on it.

Hey, pops.

Where is this Indestructible Order, or whatever?

Wasn't it the Immortal Order?

I'll buy the information from you.

You can use the money to find more Man-eater parts.

Let's get some of that 100% safe water, then off to the Immortal Order.

Sorry, it's a bit of a detour.

Doesn't matter to me.

There's a chance the Immortal Order could be where Heaven is too.

But, there's something a bit dodgy about the location.

On the map, it just says "strange people."

Director! It's urgent!

Why are you crashing about like that?

Tarao has been cremated, but--

Deal with the rest yourself.

But you need to see this!

What on earth is going on?

What is it?