"Follow my route!" "It's impossible." "I can't scale this cliff..." "Didn't you want to be my equal?" "where are we?" "Don't resist..." "Huh?" "Let them capture us." "1)}The Reason..." "Rat?" "Who is he?" "The man who named me." "I have some questions for you..." "About No. 6." "I told you to forget the past and live free." "That's bull." "I'll never be free as long as No. 6 exists." "Then how will you obtain your freedom?" "By destroying No. 6." "By destroying it?" "Like slaying a monster?" "That city is a demon." "You will never be able to defeat it." "How can you be so sure?" "Because No. 6 was your creation?" "as it grew into a demon?" "!" "He created No. 6?" "That's Rikiga's..." "Sion here is the son of the woman in this picture." "Her name is Karan." "Karan..." "Yes." "And the person in the center... is you." "Rat?" "Why is my mother in a picture with him?" "I wouldn't know." "That's why I'm asking him." "was it?" "Come here." "Are you sure?" "He might bite you." "This kid's a lot meaner than he looks." "You brought him here." "I assume he's neither good nor evil." "Let me see the scars on your body." "it was a parasite bee..." "You know about the parasite bees?" "Sion..." "Tell me everything that's happened to you." "A plague?" "I can't be certain." "But many people have died of unknown causes." "As I explained before..." "My network of contacts provides me with reliable information." "Plus..." "All witnesses were detained by the authorities." "None of them have returned... like smoke." "Karan." "No. 6 takes everything from us." "They take anything that inconveniences them..." "Just like they took Sion from you." "Where..." "Where am I..." "Who are you... her synch rate is climbing rapidly." "But of course." "Do you realize how many elites we've sacrificed for this?" "I heard the higher-ups are starting to complain." "That's irrelevant." "they'll shut up." "Me?" "We just need to use this sample..." "I'm a sample?" "Who is she?" "I'm scared..." "Scared..." "Sion..." "Sion..." "Sion!" "What?" "Sion." "Do you remember the light purple sweater I gave you for your birthday four years ago?" "Yep." "The one your grandmother knitted for me." "Do you still have it?" "Oh..." "Well..." "I gave it away." "Who did you give it to?" "I can't tell you." "Why not?" "I just can't." "Rat?" "There." "I can hear it." "♪" "What can you hear?" "♪ heart stolen away by a human.♪" "A song." "Just listen carefully." "♪ Oh Earth...♪" "♪ Oh stormy rains...♪" "♪ Oh heavens..." "Oh light...♪" "What..." "What is this song?" "♪ Shelter all within your embrace.♪" "Stop. ♪ Shelter all within your embrace.♪" "Stop it!" "Stop it... ♪ To live in your embrace.♪" "Stop it!" "Rat!" "Water!" "please!" "I heard that song again..." "That song?" "What kind of song?" "What do you mean?" "Can you sing it to me?" "♪" "♪ heart stolen away by a human.♪" "♪ Oh Earth...♪" "♪ Oh stormy rains...♪" "♪ Oh heavens..." "Oh light...♪" "♪ Shelter all within your embrace.♪" "♪ Shelter all within your embrace.♪" "♪ To live in your embrace.♪" "♪ Oh soul...♪" "♪ Oh heart...♪" "♪ Oh love..." "Oh hope...♪" "♪ Return here to find shelter.♪" "Rat?" "Someone was still here to sing that song..." "I believe fate has returned you here with Sion." "Please tell us the truth." "I want to save Safu." "And this is the second time this has happened to Rat. and you know about the parasite bees." "as well." "Who are you?" "And just how much do you know?" "It's your turn to talk!" "Learn the truth..." "Save your friend..." "Do you believe the two to be connected?" "I don't know." "I never tried to learn the truth!" "{D:" "TC against final for next three lines} but that's no excuse." "That's why..." "That's why I want to know..." "The truth behind this world!" "You may come to regret your decision." "But I can live with it." "Elyurias." "Elyurias?" "That is her name." "Not here..." "Not here... damn it?" "What'cha looking for?" "what are you doing here?" "I need some information." "Don't make me laugh." "You can't afford my information." "It has to do with Sion." "What?" "Is something wrong with Sion?" "What happened?" "!" "Let's barter." "I was a core member of the reconstruction project formed to build No. 6's foundation." "The destruction wreaked by the multiple wars had left us with six habitable areas." "We decided to build utopias without conflict or poverty." "I... we were all passionate about our mission." "But it didn't go as planned." "The elites who created this utopia and even those who merely expressed their doubts." "That is what No. 6 has become." "Sion and that Safu girl were..." "Karan?" "Is something wrong?" "Everything happened so quickly." "The city grew at an alarming rate... armored by its prisons. as I was still completely immersed in researching the surrounding environment." "I met Elyurias..." "Who is this Elyurias?" "The great sovereign..." "The ruler... beyond human capacity." "that was my reaction." "I became obsessed with her." "delivering a sizable report to the higher-ups. they tried to kill me." "No. 6 no longer hesitated to eliminate anyone who might hinder it." "I had no choice but to escape..." "To this ravine that was outside the habitable zone." "So..." "Yes." "Everyone here was chased out of No. 6." "But the greed of No. 6 knew no bounds." "The land where I had met Elyurias was home to the forest folk." "seeking only to live in peace." "They worshiped and revered Elyurias." "But No. 6 invaded their home to obtain her power!" "They began burning the people living there." "his family..." "Rat is the sole survivor of the forest folk." "Rat..." "I have a question for you." "I don't know Elyurias." "I've never seen her before." "Never heard her voice before..." "You heard her song." "Elyurias is calling to you." "I don't know where she will lead you. will be guilty of a massacre." "You will become the same as those you despise!" "come here." "All of my research is on this." "the forest folk..." "Everything is here." "once you've saved your friend." "Me?" "Why? and the first survivor." "This is the truth behind No. 6." "Do you find it hard to believe?" "I just don't know what to say..." "I also... had loved ones taken from me by No. 6." "My wife and son..." "She was a teacher." "just as Sion did." "The only difference was that they listed her as missing." "I can't believe this... that's why I can understand your feelings." "it hurts..." "Yoming!" "This is a mistake..." "This isn't the way for us to make up for what's been lost." "So..." "Join us." "Join our group." "or friends taken from them." "By this false utopia that's nothing but a cesspool of lies and deception." "Give it some thought." "Rat..." "You want to know why I hate No. 6?" "Huh?" "I was trying to give you some peace of mind." "I was expecting him to provide some better information." "Nothing to be done there." "and think this through." "Oh?" "You were out rather late." "Dogkeeper!" "Rikiga!" "Sion!" "That was cold..." "You were going back to No. 6 alone?" "That's too reckless!" "Huh?" "But... you should have said something to me." "I was lying about that." "What?" "I figured that would get your attention." "What?" "You can have this back." "Ah!" "I never said anything about involving that guy." "He'll only get in the way." "The correctional facility is too big for me to handle by myself." "then..." "It's not fine!" "Explain." "What's going on?" "What are you guys trying to..." "Didn't you hear Dogkeeper?" "Sion and I plan to infiltrate the correctional facility. to make our job easier." "That's all." "You're going with him?" "Are you insane?" "We're talking about No. 6." "And the correctional facility is as bad as it gets!" "which holds the city together." "No. 6 will begin to fall apart." "The same No. 6 that crushed your journalistic passion..." "Are you trying to insult me?" "You aren't going to provoke me!" "Then you can leave!" "Huh? and dream about the past." "Dogkeeper!" "You're okay with this?" "I've already made up my mind." "What's your decision?" "Damn!" "To hell with it!" "Thank you." "Homemade Bread Today's Picks ○ Cranberry  Raspberry Bread ○ Petits Carrés with Nuts  Raisins ○ Baguette with Camembert Cheese" "Mr. Rat." "You're back." "Thank you." "This can't be... thank you." ""I'll always love you." "I don't believe this..." "No..." "Sion!" "Sion!" "Tomorrow is the Holy Day." "Yeah..." "I can already see it." "The submissive citizens will begin to curse and rage at this town's rotten guts!" "Die if you like!" "I want none of it." "Hold on..." "What about Sion?" "We might be able to save her life." "Stage for Disaster" "He was also a victim of No. 6." "Sion."