"Why are there so many toads around here?" "so why do you look like that?" "What I..." "What I want to know is..." "Do Fiends really exist?" "And Karma Demons?" "What about them?" "member registration is required." "Eh?" "Tell us earlier!" "Only those above 18 years of age are eligible and address:" "What now?" "{until gakuseisho}" "Want to rip off the rest and hack it in half?" "or equivalent documents.{until sore ni junzuru mono}" "G-Good idea!" "But look at how gummy it is." "We should skin it first." "The document must still be valid." "The document confirmation requirement has been waived." "Commencing member registration procedure." "128.665)}UTW {\fs72\fsp-3}Presents why are there so many toa— but Saki's comes first." "compared to the audio." "I think it should be reworded for a more natural split}" "The word "Fiend" was first used during the final years of ancient civilization also known as "Fox in the Henhouse" syndrome." "While their existence today cannot be confirmed that they once existed is undisputed and it is likely that they may emerge once again in the near future." "The phrase "Karma Demon" refers to serious cases of the Hashimoto-Appelbaum syndrome 158)\cH222421}Bloodstained History" "158)}Bloodstained History first recorded before the collapse of ancient society." "What is that?" "Psychokinesis was first conclusively documented by scientists of ancient civilization in year 2011 of the Gregorian calendar." "The experiments conducted by Azerbaijani cognitive scientist Imran Ismailov were largely successful." "Following the scientific acceptance of wielders of supernatural power humanity started to awaken to their latent potential." "Users of psychokinesis grew dramatically in number and eventually reached 0.3% of the population." "Only 0.3%?" "!" "users of PK only had weak powers." "their destructive potential was sufficient to disrupt contemporary social order." "this disruption was set off by the actions of Boy A." "What did he do?" "A noticed that he could use PK to open any and all locks." "He repeatedly broke into homes raped 19 women in their sleep and killed 17 of them." "Wait!" "Wait a moment!" "That's impossible!" "Wasn't he human?" "A human killed other humans?" "Yes." "crimes involving PK rose in number." "Indiscriminate terrorism by PK users followed." "and ethical conflicts resulting thereof plunged the world into an unprecedented age of strife." "No way..." "This can't be true... as the lives of PK users were continuously threatened the survivors' abilities underwent rapid evolution." "world population took a steep dive and now stands under two percent of Golden Age levels." "We now look back on a dark age that lasted approximately five hundred years." "human societies fell into one of four competing groups." "The first were the slave empires ruled by possessors of PK." "The second were hunter-gatherer tribes without PK who wished to escape the threat of the empires." "The third were bandits who used their PK for murder and robbery." "The last were scientists who sought to preserve all the ancient knowledge." "it was this last group that maintained written records." "What happened afterwards?" "What happened between that dark age and now?" "right?" "Which were our ances—" "I don't want to know!" "The approximately nineteen slave empires persevered for over six hundred years as they observed a policy of mutual non-aggression and non-intervention." "Four slave empires existed in the Japanese archipelago but my records only cover the Holy Cherry Blossom Empire." "The five hundred seventy years of its existence saw ninety-four generations of emperors." "was crowned the celebratory applause of the masses lasted for three days and three nights." "During the final years of the empire it had become common practice for the successor to kill the emperor and claim the crown." "Once the heir reached puberty and their PK awakened the emperor's life was a candle in the wind." "For the Emperor of Merciful Light{distorted lines}{shikoutei wa} murder was as natural as breathing.{kokyuu wo suru you ni hito wo koroshi}" "At times he would unconsciously use his PK{toki ni wa hanpa muishiki ni pk wo koushi shite} to slaughter his servants and other commoners.{shinka ya ryoumin wo koroshita no de wa} his rule saw a decline of his empire's population by half.{sono chisei de ouchou no jikou wa hangen shi}" "Corpses lay rotting on the fields and in the hills.{noyama ni houchi sareta igai}" "{shichuu itaru tokoro ga hae no taigun ni de makkura ni nari} and the stench of decay could be smelled leagues awa—{fuhaishuu wa nankiro mo saki made}" "N..." "No!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Why does any of this matter?" "You could be making it up for all we know!" "Shun!" "This might drive us all crazy." "I'm not listening because I enjoy this either." "How did our society come about?" "That's all I want to know." "The five centuries of the dark age ended with the fall of the slave empires." "The number of PK users had waned." "The wars had been growing in intensity." "made their move." "Then we're their..." "But how did our society come to exist?" "right?" "What happened to them?" "Reliable sources from these past few centuries are scarce and therefore I cannot answer your question." "How did society change from theirs to ours?" "Wait." "Maybe it didn't change." "right?" "they would've had PK." "unlike the emperors or bandits." "Why?" "Isn't that obvio— the fearsome destructive capabilities of PK." "The focus of their research was the prevention of attacks on human beings." "How did they prevent it?" "The importance of education was the first subject of research." "Psychological influences were studied next." "but far from perfect." "research showed that psychological and personality tests could be used to filter out children likely to violate the rules with almost perfect accuracy." "removal of children posing potential danger has become the generally accepted solution." "Ethology took the spotlight next." "research turned to the societies of primates called bonobos." "strife is practically nonexistent." "Why?" "When stress and anxiety between individuals rise they vent it through intimate sexual behavior." "This applies to mature males and females but immature individuals or individuals of the same sex also engage in sexual play." "The scientists considered it their immediate duty to create a society of love similar to that of bonobos." "it became clear this would not suffice." "A society of PK users would be bound for ruin if even one of its members lost control." "So that wielders of PK could build a society a powerful attack inhibition was necessary." "But how would they create one?" "Only changing the human genome had lasting effect." "Two mechanisms to this end were included in man's genetic code." "for instance." "The other was called "death feedback"." "Death feedback functions as follows." "Once the subconscious becomes aware that the user is attempting to harm another human it uses their PK to stop liver functions and the activity of the parathyroid glands." "and sweating and hypnosis." "Please stop!" "Do you understand?" "You are torturing me!" "Please don't kill me!" "Most humans would cease their attack at this point but if they sustained it either tetanic asphyxia caused by low blood calcium levels or cardiac arrest due to a sudden rise in potassium concentrations would kill them." "That's... impossible..." "No way..." "But it makes sense." "Did Fiends appear afterwards?" "No." "cases of Raman-Klogius syndrome are recorded to have existed even before the fall of ancient civilization." "which results in so-called Karma Demons is suspected to have emerged at around the same period." "Doesn't our society feel like it's made specifically to prevent the appearance of Fiends and Karma Demons?" "Yeah." "Then..." "What does that mean?" "Explain it so we can understand!" "Stop scaring me!" "Raman-Klogius syndrome—" "Who was that?" "{Who did it?" "}" "What do you mean?" "Those were Cantus flames." "Who did that?" "{Who did it?" "}" "I did." "That was a mountain demon whose speech deludes the mind and spirit." "they must be incinerated." "What in the Heavens are you doing here?" "We..." "This is our summer camp." "We went upstream." "Do you have permission from your school to go this far?" "We're sorry." "We do not have it." "We did not mean to go this far." "I see." "You "did not mean to"... a visiting high priest emeritus at the Temple of Purity." "I know who you are quite well." "You will now come to the temple with me." "Until Head Priest Mushin has been informed of this" "I cannot let you back to the villages." "Wait a moment." "Please tell us one thing first." "Was everything that thing told us a lie?" "You have violated the rules and gone where you were not supposed to." "you have allowed your mind to be poisoned by a demon." "That alone is a grave sin." "weighs far heavier." "the very basis of the Code of Ethics:" "The Four Tenets Against Evil." "I am left with no choice but to seal your Cantus immediately." "Seal?" "I will now contain your Cantus inside these emblems." "Make your own emblem stand now." "Aonuma Shun." "Akizuki Maria." "Asahina Satoru." "Itou Mamoru." "Watanabe Saki." "Your Cantus has been sealed here!" "May your mind heal." "May your worldly desires be burned away." "wild earth." "The spirit has left you." "Your mantra is gone with the dust." "Heed my words." "You will never again remember your mantra." "So that's true Levitation." "I wonder how he does it." "Doesn't even matter." "We're never going to use our Cantus again anyway." "Don't say that!" "I'm sure we will use it again!" "How do you know that?" "It's not gone." "right?" "Do you really think they'll unseal it?" "We'll be targets for removal now that we know this." "What are you talking about?" "Something's not quite right." "What exactly?" "That Rijin man." "He's been acting strangely for a little while now." "He's just a strange man." "You're right..." "I wonder if maybe..." "Maybe what?" "Maybe the curse of the false minoshiro is real." "That image was probably supposed to protect it against humans." "It's death feedback." "The false minoshiro was talking about it." "but I got really queasy just from watching." "The effect on the actual attacker must have been much stronger." "I think that's why his concentration broke and the flames of his Cantus died out prematurely." "A queerat..." "It looks odd." "It's got some nerve." "huh?" "It's not from a wild colony either." "Which means..." "It would appear that foreign queerats have invaded these lands." "This is somewhat problematic." "Something's out there!" "Halt!" "What did you see?" "I'm not sure." "But something..." "Something moved!" "Itou Mamoru-kun." "Look closely." "I don't want to!" "Stop!" "Well?" "Are there queerats?" "I don't... know." "I have a duty to ensure your safe arrival at the temple so one cannot be too careful." "then." "We shall proceed." "Halt!" "What the..." "They're going to attack!" "You have no place in the three realms." "The supreme grace of Buddha is the sole reason you beasts can live and yet you foolishly dare to confront me?" "I shall exorcise you!" "No..." "You pests!" "I shall slaughter you!" "Stop!" "He did it!" "Awesome!" "Why are you happy?" "Are you out of your mind?" "Aren't they the enemy?" "They're not the real enemy." "Then who is?" "What's wrong?" "Are you okay?" "It's death feedback." "Those queerats just now." "Didn't they look like humans from afar?" "It might really be affecting him now." "What's that?" "What?" "A blowdog?" "Are you crazy?" "No way they actually exist!" "28)}Nakisou na aoringo kakaeteru mune no oku 28)}Nakisou na aoringo kakaeteru mune no oku" "76)\blur4}泣きそうな 青リンゴ 抱えてる 胸の奥 76)\blur0.4}泣きそうな 青リンゴ 抱えてる 胸の奥" "I carry a green apple that wets my eyes" "I carry a green apple that wets my eyes 28)}Korogatte tsuyogatte" "28)}Korogatte tsuyogatte 76)\blur4}転がって 強がって" "76)\blur0.4}転がって 強がって 690)\blur4}I fall over yet pretend to be strong" "690)\blur0.4}I fall over yet pretend to be strong 28)}Kyuukutsu na sora niramu" "28)}Kyuukutsu na sora niramu 76)\blur4}窮屈な空睨む" "76)\blur0.4}窮屈な空睨む 690)\blur4}I glower at the sky and it seems to suffocate me" "690)\blur0.4}I glower at the sky and it seems to suffocate me 28)}Unmei ni juujun ni" "28)}Unmei ni juujun ni 76)\blur4}運命に 従順に" "76)\blur0.4}運命に 従順に 690)\blur4}Do I look like I'd wait quietly" "690)\blur0.4}Do I look like I'd wait quietly 28)}Jukusu no wo matsu mon ka" "28)}Jukusu no wo matsu mon ka 76)\blur4}熟すのを 待つもんか" "76)\blur0.4}熟すのを 待つもんか 690)\blur4}For destiny to ripen it?" "690)\blur0.4}For destiny to ripen it?" "28)}Sen no kaze 28)}Sen no kaze" "76)\blur4}千の風 76)\blur0.4}千の風" "690)\blur4}The winds 690)\blur0.4}The winds" "28)}Agaite sakende 28)}Agaite sakende" "76)\blur4}足掻いて 叫んで 76)\blur0.4}足掻いて 叫んで" "690)\blur4}I struggle and scream 690)\blur0.4}I struggle and scream" "28)}Fuke fuke 28)}Fuke fuke" "76)\blur4}吹け吹け 76)\blur0.4}吹け吹け" "690)\blur4}Blow and blow 690)\blur0.4}Blow and blow" "28)}Watashi wa shabondama 28)}Watashi wa shabondama" "76)\blur4}私はシャボン玉 76)\blur0.4}私はシャボン玉" "690)\blur4}I'm a soap bubble 690)\blur0.4}I'm a soap bubble" "28)}Soredemo shinjiteru 28)}Soredemo shinjiteru" "76)\blur4}それでも信じてる 76)\blur0.4}それでも信じてる" "690)\blur4}And still I have faith 690)\blur0.4}And still I have faith" "28)}Yokisenu arashi ni 28)}Yokisenu arashi ni" "76)\blur4}よきせぬ 嵐に 76)\blur0.4}よきせぬ 嵐に" "690)\blur4}In a sudden storm 690)\blur0.4}In a sudden storm" "28)}Joushou shite kakou shite 28)}Joushou shite kakou shite" "76)\blur4}上昇して 下降して 76)\blur0.4}上昇して 下降して" "690)\blur4}I rise and fall 690)\blur0.4}I rise and fall" "28)}Aragau shabondama 28)}Aragau shabondama" "76)\blur4}抗うシャボン玉 76)\blur0.4}抗うシャボン玉 soap bubble that I am soap bubble that I am" "28)}Soredemo ikiteku 28)}Soredemo ikiteku" "76)\blur4}それでも生きてく 76)\blur0.4}それでも生きてく" "690)\blur4}And still I live on 690)\blur0.4}And still I live on" "28)}Hajikeru shunkan niji hanate 28)}Hajikeru shunkan niji hanate" "76)\blur4}はじける瞬間 虹放て 76)\blur0.4}はじける瞬間 虹放て" "690)\blur4}I make a rainbow when I burst 690)\blur0.4}I make a rainbow when I burst" "They're coming!" "They're coming!" "They're coming!" "What now?" "We're helpless without our Canti!" "Run!" "Hurry!" "I'm trying!" "This way." "Hurry!" "No..." "We have no other choice." "Stop!" "198)}A Sweltering Night on the Run"