"please." "As you wish." "right?" "Mizuho-chan's treasured little girl..." "I am!" "Don't be so nervous." "700)}FROM THE NEW WORLD 97)}Episode Twelve" "165)}Weak Link" "I'm Asahina Tomiko." "I hear you're good friends with Satoru." "Satoru— and—" "I see." "Your eyes are just as wonderful as I'd imagined." "There is light in them." "Thank you." "you know?" "Why?" "That's because..." "I want you to eventually succeed me." "Surprised?" "though." "But..." "There is no way that I am fit for the role!" "That's exactly what Mizuho-chan said." "Do you know my mother?" "ever since she was born." "She has a knack for making others follow her." "She's doing an excellent job as librarian." "my position requires more than that." "My grades aren't very good..." "Your Cantus isn't all that is assessed in school." "There's the personality index as well." "Personality index?" "Yes." "That's what has always been demanded of leaders." "The personality index shows the mental stability of the person." "Can they remain themselves even when all takes an entirely unexpected turn?" "That's the most important quality of a leader." "And my score is high?" "wonderfully high." "Maybe the best in the history of the Academy." "But that's not all." "there was no permanent decline in your score.{this is a very vague expression and should be considered for editing}" "What are you referring to?" "The Tsukuba branch of the National Assembly Library—the false minoshiro." "You learned about mankind's bloodstained history from the false minoshiro." "You discovered how our society found peace and on what thin ice we tread." "we thoroughly examined you psychologically." "Your personality index stabilized surprisingly quickly after the initial shock." "The others found their return to normal far more arduous." "Did you plan it all from the beginning?" "Hardly." "We'd never take such a big risk." "All we knew was that you were planning some sort of violation of the rules during summer camp." "Who would've thought you would actually catch a fake minoshiro?" "Are those test results why I am here?" "No." "To be able to shoulder the fate of all the people as its highest leader one needs to have a broad mind and nerves of steel ." "You have those." "Why were we not disposed of?" "but the Board of Education's." "Their chief is Hiromi-chan." "She's always been worrying over nothing." "The Ethics Committee is the highest authority in the villages but we don't generally interfere with the Board of Education's decisions." "Your cases were an exception." "I asked them not to dispose of you." "Was it because of Satoru?" "No." "I would never let personal sentiments get in the way of such important matters." "You were the reason." "You are indispensable for the future of the villages." "Please don't think badly of Hiromi-chan and her people." "They're driven by a sort of paranoia." "Paranoia?" "Perhaps that was a bad choice of words." "I have the exact same fears too." "Fears of what?" "Isn't that obvious?" "There are only two things in this world we really have to fear." "Fiends and Karma Demons." "But Hiromi-chan and her people have never seen a real Fiend or Karma Demon." "That's why I'm always saying that they're simply driven by paranoia." "So you have actually..." "Yes." "I've seen them myself." "I might add." "Want to hear about it?" "Yes." "Records detail the exploits of close to 30 Fiends throughout the world." "All were boys except for two." "Let's call this boy K." "What does this remind you of?" "A corpse." "And this?" "An axe." "It's broken." "And this?" "A dog." "Beheaded." "The desire for destruction and bloodshed must have been deeply entrenched in his subconsciousness." "All his associations were violent." "He must be under great stress." "But he's a completely average student..." "This data doesn't allow much of a decision." "I really think we should do something." "Let's ask the Board of Education for directions." "As you wish." "But nobody paid much heed to his abnormality at the time." "Reason One:" "Already 80 years had passed since the last appearance of a Fiend." "Reason Two:" "K's mother was a rather outspoken member of the main village council." "Reason Three:" "No established mechanisms for such situations were in place at the time." "The combination of all these factors made it happen one day." "No one could raise a hand against the rampaging Fiend." "They were all bound by a powerful attack inhibition and their own death feedback." "Attacking a fellow human being wasn't possible." "Approximately one thousand died in Kamisu 66 that day." "All at the hands of K." "Do you want to know more?" "I'd like to know how K was stopped in the end." "Very well." "Fiends have no attack inhibition." "driven by their fear of being attacked." "Another theory is that Fiends become intoxicated by the endorphins in their brain and simply cannot stop their slaughter." "That's why the syndrome is also called "Fox in the Henhouse"." "Doctor!" "What's wrong?" "The boy!" "Asahina-kun." "331)\blur1\fscx400}Examination room" "Medicine..." "Do you think you're sick?" "I caught a cold." "huh?" "Let me look at your throat." "It looks inflamed and swollen." "Open your mouth again." "Bring him antibiotics." "Huh?" "Okay!" "This is cold medicine." "It works well with penicillin." "K blew off Dr. Tsuchida's head." "Then he himself died from the drug." "It took much patience before the villages grappled with the scars left by the Fiend." "Do you know what we did first?" "We eliminated all who showed the potential to be like K." "Potential..." "Eliminated?" "Please don't misunderstand me." "It wasn't revenge." "We were simply determined to avert the appearance of another Fiend." "But how did you eliminate them?" "At that time we used the queerats." "We commanded the most powerful warriors of loyal colonies to attack them." "but luckily also a complete success." "there was no guarantee that Fiends would never appear again." "So what did you do?" "The former Code of Ethics considered a child to be endowed with human rights 22 weeks after conception." "this was moved to their 17th birthday." "the Board of Education was given the power to order their disposal until their 17th birthday." "That's crazy..." "The method of disposal was likewise changed to something more polished." "Tainted Cats were selectively bred using Cantus from ordinary household cats." "Thanks to these thorough measures that we undertook to remove potential Fiends their appearances have since stopped." "another terrifying incident occurred." "It has barely been twenty years since then." "The potential risks of leaking Cantus were noted as early as the final years of the ancient civilization." "was overlooked and underestimated for a long time." "It was thought that such changes to the environment would pose humans and other animals no harm." "proved us wrong." "She was an only child who lived on a farm outside the village of Gold." "Her Cantus polluted everything around her." "The Board of Education and Ethics Committee sent specialists to investigate." "Their investigation showed that the "bad spill" of her Cantus could damage even human DNA." "It was a typical case of Hashimoto-Appelbaum syndrome." "Hashimoto-Appelbaum syndrome... they use their Cantus subconsciously." "they have no control whatsoever over the dangerous leakage of their Cantus." "This is what changing into a Karma Demon means." "A Karma Demon..." "Even now it pains me to remember." "Izumi-chan was a kind and gentle girl with every fiber of her being." "those are precisely the ones most in danger of becoming Karma Demons." "she herself proposed that she be disposed of." "Meanwhile—and we never told her this—her family and the farm workers had already mutated and died." "We told her it was medicine to stop the bad spill." "Only one of those pills was lethal." "We told her that taking one each day would cure her." "she figured it out." "It's okay." "Cry if you need to." "Why..." "Why is it so sad?" "I cannot answer that yet." "we need to give ourselves time to mourn so that we can accept and overcome it." "You needed a chance to shed tears." "Is this related to the memories that have been purged from our minds?" "it is." "I have no face." "though." "Please give me back my memories!" "We cannot do that." "We resolved to erase all traces of him because the incident was so shocking and visceral." "We were afraid that mere memories of the events would be traumatic destabilizing the minds of the villagers and bringing even greater tragedy upon us." "An insidious domino effect." "You might be able to endure it." "right?" "everyone would find out." "But..." "Please think about it." "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link." "We must give the most care and attention to the weakest ones." "The weakest ones?" "I was by no means joking." "At that point you would also be allowed to retrieve your lost memories." "There is no way I could ever replace you!" "I understand you well." "I used to be the same." "But one day there will be a time when you must do what needs to be done." "It's a task only you can shoulder." "Do you understand?" "Remember then what we must do to stop Fiends and Karma Demons from appearing again." "{\blur0.5\fs60\cH1B1B1C\an9\bord2\3cH838181}Don't look for me." "Mamoru" "Good morning." "Maria-chan!" "Mamoru..." "Mamoru...!" "Why would he?" "What happened?" "Don't tell anyone about this!" "No one!" "What should we do?" "Isn't that obvious?" "We have to look for him!" "Let's get Satoru and go." "But wouldn't it be suspicious if everyone from Group One suddenly skipped school?" "That's right." "Let's go to school for now." "right?" "Let's sneak out then." "though." "Let's think of our excuses afterwards." "This was the first proposal to regulate the ethics of human society." "Clause 39 set the new standard for ethics." "154)}Independent Observation" "You can leave the school grounds if necessary but please do so in your groups." "guys?" "Don't we have independent observation?" "That's why I'm asking where you're going." "I'm in Group One too." "Don't you always hang out with Group Two?" "But officially I'm in Group One." "Not to mention we used to be together for such a long time." "It's a mystery to me how this even happened." "right." "Sorry." "did we?" "You weren't there the last time we met." "We decided to research snowflakes." "Snowflakes?" "But that's for children." "We did that back in Friendship School." "It's no ordinary observation!" "We want to look into how Cantus can affect them." "We've already decided how to split the work." "Could you look behind the school?" "What am I supposed to do?" "First look at the snowflakes under a magnifying glass and draw their shape." "We'll need at least a hundred." "after you broadly categorize them by shape you choose a few and try to copy their pattern to another patch of snow." "But can snowflakes change their shape once they're frozen?" "that's the point!" "You're so sharp!" "right?" "So if we could change the shape of water crystals without melting them we could change other objects a lot more freely than we can right now!" "So you want me to check behind the school?" "please." "We're gonna split up to search too." "Okay." "You're so evil." "it was the best solution." "I'll be right back with some stuff!" "Do you have any ideas?" "Not really." "He just looked kinda down lately." "Did something happen?" "Well..." "It wasn't anything serious..." "There was an assignment he couldn't really work out." "It should've been easy for him." "it's all hopeless." "That's all?" "No." "I think the teacher gave him an earful." "I joked that they might send a Copycat after him but he went pale as death and took it really seriously." "We shouldn't have talked about the people who vanished from class..." "Huh?" "What?" "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link." "Huh?" "228)}ＵＴＷ 166)}Presents" "452.667)}SHINSEKAI 502.667)}YORI m 784 139 b 919 140 936 123 956 164 l 935 183 b 929 186 833 187 802 184 l 783 177)}m 788 129 b 819 150 939 163 984 166 l 983 199 b 917 191 812 190 785 175" "m 734 260 b 726 281 783 287 780 259 l 780 191 b 777 148 743 149 731 160)}m 632 189 b 698 227 733 262 820 317 l 861 274 b 796 231 733 171 678 147 m 614 426 l 818 428 820 484 756 482 757 537 610 537)}m 519 446 l 762 573 841 449 621 320" "228)}ＵＴＷ 166)}Presents" "452.667)}SHINSEKAI 502.667)}YORI" "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}あがいて 叫んで 76)\blur0.4}あがいて 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}わたしはしゃぼん玉 76)\blur0.4}わたしはしゃぼん玉" "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}予期せぬ 嵐に 76)\blur0.4}予期せぬ 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}あらがうしゃぼん玉 76)\blur0.4}あらがうしゃぼん玉 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}弾ける瞬間 虹、放て 76)\blur0.4}弾ける瞬間 虹、放て" "690)\blur4}I make a rainbow when I burst 690)\blur0.4}I make a rainbow when I burst" "358)}FROM THE NEW WORLD" "Where is he?" "!" "Where's Mamoru?" "!" "It must be a queerat." "What's it doing here?" "Hurry!" "We have to find Mamoru quickly!" "Is someone there?" "Satoru!" "Maria!"