"A Sampo!" "A Sampo!" "Sion." "Come here for a second." "Is something wrong?" "I need your help. these weren't here." "Then we should treat them as lost property." "Have the Sampo bring them in." "Good grief..." "Our robots are too nosy for their own good." "I think it's cute!" "Another one..." "What is it this time?" "What's that?" "!" "Are you all right?" "Yamase!" "Contact the Bureau of Health!" "Got it!" "Hang in there!" "Hang in th—" "1)}City Adorned in Light" "Ow!" "Sion..." "Are you okay?" "Sorry..." "I was spacing out a bit." "Honestly..." "We haven't seen each other in ages." "How can your mind be wandering?" "I really was surprised to learn to study abroad." "What will your grandmother do?" "She's moving into the Twilight House." "that must be a load off your shoulders." "Sion?" "There's something I wanted to ask you." "What is it? why didn't you enroll in the gifted course?" "Isn't it a little late to ask that?" "Now is the perfect time." "All the teachers had high expectations for you." "They overestimated my abilities." "Your abilities are real!" "The numbers prove it." "Or must I again remind you of your evaluation exam scores from four years ago?" "Does it really matter anymore? along with my other privileges..." "It isn't that I didn't want to." "But it wasn't my decision." "in Lost Town." "I work as a park supervisor." "as you'd put it." "why were you disqualified?" "I'd rather not discuss it." "did you not?" "Yes..." "Why did you not turn him in immediately?" "Well..." "Answer the question." "Well..." "He looked about my age." "And he was seriously injured." "So..." "You felt pity for the VC. rather than turn him over to the authorities." "Pity?" "Sion?" "Oh..." "Sorry." "I get it." "I won't press the issue." "Let's go." "Sorry..." "Are you upset now?" "No." "Cheer up!" "in No. 5." "Aren't you jealous?" "Yep." "I sure am." "Liar." "Huh?" "I specialize in and endocrine systems. my presence would cause you stress. the adrenal cortex produces corticosteroids which..." "Safu!" "Can you save the lecture for another time?" "you weren't feeling any stress at all." "Because you aren't jealous of me. you wouldn't be able to smile like that... you would envy my situation." "But you don't..." "You have no regrets." "That's because your vision of the future differs from mine." "Sion!" "What are you thinking?" "What do you hope to achieve?" "To achieve... indeed?" "This is far enough." "be careful." "when are you leaving?" "Day after tomorrow." "Day after tomorrow?" "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" "I didn't want to tell you." "there's something I'd like you to give me." "S-Sure." "If it's something I can do before you leave." "Your sperm." "Did you hear me?" "I want your sperm." "Uh..." "Er... uh..." "I want to have sex." "I want to have sex with you." "well..." "Just hold on." "Right now." "Not right now." "Why not?" "Aren't you interested in women?" "Don't you want to have sex?" "That's not the problem." "It's just that I never thought of me that way?" "...thought of you as my friend." "You're so stupid." "Why do you have to be such a child?" "Fine." "I'm going home!" "Safu!" "Two years!" "right?" "I'll find you." "To see if I want to have sex?" "Yeah." "you really are hopelessly stupid." "I don't know how you've managed to survive this long." "Take care of yourself." "Don't overdo it." "I'm going to work myself to the bone!" "the guys will all steer clear of me!" "A rat?" "You're still a sap." "Rat?" "Sion?" "Sorry!" "Were you asleep?" "No." "sorry about earlier." "I was..." "Was it really that important?" "Huh?" "I've never seen you look so serious." "It was pretty funny." "Safu!" "It's not like that..." "It's okay." "I don't mind." "Sion..." "Never mind!" "Good night." "wa—" "Mrs. K." "Lili." "Yoming's with you." "Uncle Yo stays over at our place once every couple weeks." "He loves your muffins!" "How nice." "but there's no man around the house." "I have to come and check up on them." "It must be difficult for Renka." "I should buy some for Mama." "may I get three of each?" "Of course!" "Three it is!" "Here you are." "Would you mind if I wrote an article about your bakery?" "About my bakery?" "Everyone's starved for entertainment news." "Besides..." "I couldn't call myself a net reporter if I never spread the word about these muffins." "I'll stop by in the next few days." "Bye-bye!" "Mom!" "Sion?" "I forget." "Did something happen yesterday?" "No..." "Nothing happened." "You should have breakfast before you leave." "Cherry cakes..." "I'm thinking about adding them to the menu." "Try one for me." "Well?" "Delicious." "You finally remembered how to make them." "At long last." "Good morning." "Pledge unflagging loyalty to the city." "I pledge unflagging loyalty to the city." "The city is grateful for your loyalty." "take pride in your city." "Good morning!" "a young lady stopped by..." "The wife of the man who died yesterday." "She wanted to see where the body was found." "Oh..." "Young lady?" "She was only three years younger than he." "Huh?" "The body we found belonged to a thirty-one-year-old man..." "Three years older than his wife." "That's impossible..." "He was clearly an elderly man!" "Yeah..." "And the authorities have taken custody of the body." "Taken custody..." "Why?" "I really don't know..." "Want some coffee?" "The incident wasn't on the news." "Huh?" "The wife was told that her husband died in a park accident." "Accident... it's possible that the authorities have been manipulating information..." "Sion!" "Not another word." "We work for the city!" "We've pledged our loyalty." "We should never voice suspicions..." "Yamase?" "Sion..." "What's happening to..." "Where's Yamase?" "!" "The bee?" "The corpse was taken to the hospital." "age sixteen. and enrolled in the best educational institution available." "His major was ecology. after aiding and abetting a fugitive VC." "You can give us your story at the Bureau of Public Security." "Huh?" "Wait..." "What's going on?" "Aren't we going to the Bureau of Public Security?" "it's possible that the authorities have been manipulating information." "Sion!" "Not another word." "We work for..." "You are suspected of being a malcontent." "We aren't taking you to the Bureau of Public Security." "A correctional facility..." "Let go of me." "Let go!" "Let me go!" "I said let me go!" "Mom..." "Mom!" "A Sampo?" "Keep an eye on the suspect." "Rat?" "Where's the key?" "I-Inside pocket..." "Rat!" "Hang on tight!" "remote controlled?" "Rat?" "Get ready to jump!" "Huh?" "Superfiber cloth?" "Let's go." "Rat..." "Hold on!" "Shut up!" "Follow my lead!" "Get rid of it!" "Huh?" "They can use your ID bracelet to track you." "Get rid of it!" "But this has my identification number..." "Get rid of it!" "He'll buy us some time." "Rat..." "Where are we supposed to go?" "How can we escape?" "We use that." "What is it?" "Thanks for saving me." "Didn't you notice?" "Notice what?" "I'm taller than you." "Liar." "Doubt you've had much to eat." "You're all skin and bones." "you'd be too embarrassed to take off your clothes with a lover." "Th-That's none of your business." "Have you even seen me naked?" "What if I said that I have?" "Rat..." "Have you been watching over me this entire time?" "What do you mean?" "Don't play dumb! as though you knew this would happen!" "I'm not that bored..." "Then explain yourself!" "you refuse to budge." "You're always looking for explanations and elaborations." "You know nothing about me." "Don't patronize me!" "I just want answers." "Why did all this happen?" "What will I do now?" "when I've lost all direction!" "Move!" "?" "I don't want to hear any more of that naïve bullshit from you!" "Those guys can crush us like bugs." "Don't forget that." "The gate..." "Rat." "We can't pass the checkpoint without an ID!" "Shut up and watch!" "Rat..." "We won't make it in time!" "Get down!" "Huh?" "Get down!" "Let's go." "This is a waste disposal facility?" "A fitting way for a rat to travel." "You a fan of scuba diving?" "We're going to dive?" "Into that?" "He'll show us the way." "It's too early for napping." "We're only halfway there." "Giving up already?" "we made it." "Oh..." "Sion." "Your Majesty." "Welcome to the real world." "why do you hate No. 6?" "This is a dump for that holy city." "No. 6 prospers by unloading anything unsanitary here!" "Rat." "do you regret your decision?" "but I'm alive..." "This is my punishment!" "What is that place..." "Rat..." "No more..." "Let me die..." "No. 6." "Life and Death" "I will expose the hidden infection within."