E9 - The Dream Demon of the Haunted Apartment Block

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SIGN    Class 3-2
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    I have to hide somewhere!
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    I have to wake up... I have to wake up soon!
[00:18] ---
    Or they'll...
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    Ryo?
[00:44] ---
    Wh-What do I do?
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    It found me...
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    Next time, I'm finished!
SIGN    October 8th
     Nocturnal Community Relations Division
SIGN    Storage #1
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    What the heck, where did it go?
     Where could it have gone?
SIGN    #9 "The Dream Demon of
     the Haunted Apartment Block"
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    Miyako, are you almost done?
[02:32] ---
    Yes, just give me a minute.
[02:34] ---
    So, what are you doing, Theo?
[02:38] ---
    Do you guys know what happened
     to that budget request I made?
[02:44] ---
    The one you met with the other sections about,
[02:46] ---
    and even got the bureau director's stamp on?
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    Yeah! The one that took me a whole week.
[02:52] ---
    Did you lose it during our
     last paperwork cleanup?
[02:57] ---
    No! I have to go through that
     whole stamp rally again?!
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    I'll help you look, Theo-san!
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    Thank you!
[03:07] ---
    You're such a great co-worker!
[03:09] ---
    Hold it.
[03:10] ---
    We have an urgent job.
[03:12] ---
    Look.
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    Urgent?
[03:16] ---
    From Koharu-san?
SIGN    Subject: Sakaki-kun, Urgent Request
     To: Sakaki Kyoichi
     From: Senda Reiji
     Aida Koharu-san from General Affairs has a kid who's involved in
    some kind of Another-related trouble. Please talk to her.
    It seems like her kid is having nightmares and can't sleep at night.
[03:17] ---
    Koharu-san?
[03:18] ---
    Yeah. She works here in our building.
[03:22] ---
    Her kid's having nightmares?
SIGN    Aida-san is working late tonight and will be at Café L’ambre at 19:00. I can't go because I've got a social function, so somebody go get the details and fill me in later.
[03:25] ---
    Wouldn't you usually go to a hospital for that?
[03:28] ---
    Senda-san sent it to us because he
     assumed that would be the wrong move.
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    So this is our priority for the day—
[03:34] ---
    No! That budget sheet is a priority!
[03:38] ---
    You understand, right?
[03:41] ---
    Miyako, want to go alone?
[03:45] ---
    Is it okay?
[03:46] ---
    I'll leave it to you.
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    Just don't do anything on your own.
[03:49] ---
    I'll give Aida-san a call,
    so you can go talk to her.
[03:53] ---
    Roger that.
[03:57] ---
    I'm on it. I'll do my best.
[04:05] ---
    We saw something like this before, right?
[04:08] ---
    Yeah.
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    It was worse in Nerima and Ota
     Wards than here, though.
[04:13] ---
    Oh, that's why...
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    If it's happened before,
     it's easier to deal with.
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    And it's about time for him to start gaining
     some confidence in his work, right?
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    If you're capable of being that considerate,
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    why did you boss him around
     like that during the Azazel thing?
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    I already said I feel bad about that.
[04:36] ---
    I underestimated him.
[04:38] ---
    I didn't think he'd refuse my apology.
[04:42] ---
    I feel like I'm in debt.
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    If you really feel that way...
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    Ow!
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    Then be a good senpai and pay him back.
[04:53] ---
    Sure thing.
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    So, how much have you heard?
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    It has to do with dreams, and involves
     our department. That's all I know.
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    I see.
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    I have two boys, you see.
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    The younger one's name is Ryo.
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    His school called and told me
     he keeps napping in class.
[05:26] (Flashback) ---
    I told you not to stay up all night, right?
[05:30] (Flashback) ---
    But I have these scary dreams...
[05:35] (Flashback) ---
    Like the haunted house you went to
     with your dad over summer break?
[05:39] (Flashback) ---
    I dunno.
[05:41] (Flashback) ---
    But there's this monster that chases me.
[05:44] (Flashback) ---
    And if it finds you three times, it eats you!
[05:48] (Flashback) ---
    It ate Acchan and Yo-kun!
[05:52] (Flashback) ---
    Those are your friends who've been
     absent with a cold for a long time, right?
[05:56] (Flashback) ---
    I'm next!
[05:58] (Flashback) ---
    It found me twice!
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    So two of his friends had the same
     dream and stopped coming to school.
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    Dreams...
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    I explained that being hurt in dreams
     doesn't hurt you in the real world.
[06:15] ---
    But several days later, Ryo didn't wake up...
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    And he still hasn't.
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    The hospital says they can't
     find anything wrong with him.
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    So that's why you haven't been to work lately.
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    Yes.
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    When I told Senda-san about it...
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    That's for us.
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    That's a job for Nocturnal
    Community Relations.
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    Not a normal doctor.
[06:48] (Flashback) ---
    I'll talk to my staff.
[06:51] (Flashback) ---
    They'll be in touch soon.
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    Until then, I'd forgotten that Nocturnal
     Community Relations handles this stuff...
[07:00] ---
    If I'd remembered sooner—
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    Understood.
[07:03] ---
    We'll do what we can.
[07:08] ---
    I see.
[07:09] ---
    So we start with gathering information.
[07:13] ---
    Yeah.
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    Any idea what Another it is, by the way?
[07:17] ---
    No, none yet.
[07:19] ---
    Log into A-Search and search for this.
[07:22] ---
    You may be able to narrow it down.
SIGN    Another Search System
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    Dreams...
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    "Dream demons"...
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    They give you nightmares, and
     swallow you up into nightmares...
[07:34] ---
    There're lots of different Anothers, huh?
[07:37] ---
    Evening, guys.
[07:38] ---
    Wait, you're still looking
     for that document?
[07:41] ---
    Yes.
[07:42] ---
    Jeez, what do you want?
[07:44] ---
    Where's Miyako-kun?
[07:46] ---
    Right here.
[07:47] ---
    There you are.
[07:49] ---
    I have a message for you.
[07:51] ---
    That party will be held again this year.
[07:56] ---
    But what does that mean?
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    Every year, we and the other wards take turns
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    temporarily transferring someone to
    the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office.
[08:04] ---
    Transferring?
[08:05] ---
    We work for one of the special wards.
[08:07] ---
    Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office
    employees are Tokyo city employees.
[08:09] ---
    We're completely different.
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    So every year, each ward sends one person
     to work with the city government for a while.
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    The goal is to build relationships between
     the wards and the city government.
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    And so... This year, it's your turn.
[08:23] ---
    But I've got that urgent job...
[08:26] ---
    Don't worry. Sharing that with
     them is part of what this is about.
[08:30] ---
    Also, it starts tomorrow.
[08:41] ---
    Miyako-san!
[08:44] ---
    Um...
[08:46] ---
    Shimizu, from Chiyoda Ward!
[08:48] ---
    We saw each other at Toyama Park.
[08:50] ---
    Oh, I remember!
[08:53] ---
    Wait, how do you remember my name?
[08:55] ---
    You're famous for a lot of
     reasons in our business.
[08:59] ---
    You've been really busy
     ever since then, I've heard!
[09:05] ---
    It's true. I've heard about
    you as well, Miyako-san.
[09:11] ---
    Hello.
[09:12] ---
    I'm Kanoichi Satoru, with the Tokyo Metropolitan
    Nocturnal Cultural and Environmental Department.
[09:18] ---
    Kanoichi? Are you related to Kanoichi Akane?
[09:22] ---
    Yes, she and I are cousins.
[09:26] ---
    Nice to meet you,
[09:28] ---
    Miyako Arata-san.
[09:33] ---
    Really? You're willing to help us?
[09:37] ---
    Yes. That's how this works.
SIGN    October 9th
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    If you think, from the look if it, that
     the Another can be eliminated,
[09:43] ---
    I'll deal with it.
[09:44] ---
    Eliminated?
[09:46] ---
    Your department has the same equipment, right?
[09:49] ---
    So this is a dream demon, right?
[09:53] ---
    The same one that showed up
     in Nerima Ward before.
[09:55] ---
    Before?
[09:56] ---
    It keeps happening.
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    A child goes into a building
     that nobody uses anymore,
[10:02] ---
    thanks to the decreasing population,
    and goes into a coma.
[10:07] ---
    There are tons of spots even in
     downtown Tokyo that are abandoned,
[10:10] ---
    due to land prices and stuff.
[10:13] ---
    The spots are always places
     where there used to be children,
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    like hospitals or elementary schools.
[10:26] ---
    Miyako-san?
[10:28] ---
    I was just wondering why
    the victims are always children.
[10:34] ---
    What's wrong?
[10:35] ---
    I've never thought about
     why Anothers do anything.
[10:41] ---
    Of course, we can use legends and
     traditions to guess at their motives.
[10:48] ---
    But we lack your ears.
[10:52] ---
    The Ears of Sand.
[10:54] ---
    An ability that allows you to
     communicate with Anothers.
[10:58] ---
    We don't have that.
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    And we don't think we need it, really.
[11:05] ---
    But if you're going to co-exist,
     isn't it better if you can communicate?
[11:08] ---
    If I can exterminate an Another, I will,
[11:12] ---
    and if I can't, I'll treat it as
     a form of natural disaster.
[11:15] ---
    Do you talk with rats or typhoons?
[11:18] ---
    Rats?
[11:21] ---
    The Anothers have always had reasons for
     what they've done in all the cases I've seen.
[11:24] ---
    A lot of them I couldn't
     accept or understand, but...
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    The Nocturnal Community
     Relations sections are, in theory,
[11:32] ---
    supposed to find a way to
     co-exist with Anothers.
[11:35] ---
    But we can't communicate with them.
[11:40] ---
    Well, I've been able to.
[11:44] ---
    Um...
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    Hey...
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    We're not going to get anywhere like this.
[11:52] ---
    Let's get going.
[11:54] ---
    You're going to talk to people
     involved in the case, right?
SIGN    October 9th
SIGN    JR Shinjuku Station
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    Can you tell us what you know, Kakeru-kun?
[12:06] ---
    Sure.
[12:08] ---
    It was a rumor in Ryo's class...
[12:11] (Flashback) ---
    I'm playing tag in my dreams!
[12:14] (Flashback) ---
    What?
[12:15] (Flashback) ---
    I've been caught twice.
[12:18] (Flashback) ---
    Next time, I'll win!
[12:19] (Flashback) ---
    What are you talking about?
     It's just a dream, right?
[12:22] (Flashback) ---
    But I gotta win, you know?
[12:26] ---
    After that, his friend
    stopped going to school.
[12:30] ---
    And the rumors started to spread.
[12:33] ---
    About how if you get caught
     three times, you don't wake up?
[12:37] ---
    My little brother said that
     before he went into a coma.
[12:40] (Flashback) ---
    It found me twice!
[12:44] (Flashback) ---
    Just like Acchan and Yo-kun!
[12:47] (Flashback) ---
    Are you dreaming about playing tag?
[12:50] (Flashback) ---
    Yo-kun said he started having dreams
     after Acchan stopped coming to school.
[12:53] (Flashback) ---
    He said he was having the same dreams.
[12:56] (Flashback) ---
    He said he'd dreamed about playing tag twice.
[13:00] (Flashback) ---
    And the next day he stopped
     coming to school, too.
[13:04] ---
    Right after that, Ryo went into a coma.
[13:08] ---
    How did Ryo-kun know it was the same dream?
[13:12] ---
    The game always starts
     in the same place, he said.
[13:16] (Flashback) ---
    It always... starts in the same place.
[13:20] (Flashback) ---
    The apartment block we used to play in.
[13:22] (Flashback) ---
    The Ghost Apartments.
[13:24] (Flashback) ---
    He made the rules.
[13:26] (Flashback) ---
    We all dream of that place!
[13:29] (Flashback) ---
    So it's the same!
[13:31] (Flashback) ---
    Which means... Which means
     the same thing will happen to me!
[13:35] (Flashback) ---
    It'll eat me!
[13:39] ---
    What's going to happen to him?
[13:44] ---
    Tell me about these Ghost Apartments.
[13:47] ---
    It's an old apartment
    complex near our school.
[13:50] ---
    Ryo used to play there with his friends.
[13:53] ---
    That matches what we know
     about the dream demon.
[13:56] ---
    It's the same case.
[13:58] ---
    Please... promise me you'll save my brother!
[14:02] ---
    Yeah, we're on it.
[14:05] ---
    Thank you!
[14:08] ---
    First, tell us where these apartments are.
[14:11] ---
    Okay!
[14:14] ---
    Here.
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    This is building 28, which is no longer used,
[14:17] ---
    and where they used to play.
[14:19] ---
    Yeah, this feels different from the others.
[14:24] ---
    Let's start by going inside.
[14:26] ---
    Why don't you show us what you can do?
[14:31] ---
    This was originally a Shinjuku Ward case.
[14:34] ---
    Why don't you investigate the building?
[14:38] ---
    We'll put up a barrier.
[14:42] ---
    If you're worried, I'll back you up.
[14:45] ---
    No, this is my job.
[14:48] ---
    Good. Thanks.
[14:50] ---
    Kanoichi-san, need some tape?
[14:54] ---
    No, I have my own methods.
[14:57] ---
    Wow...
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    Oh, Miyako-san.
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    Call me if something comes up.
[15:06] ---
    Okay, time to get to work.
[15:14] ---
    Nobody's here, huh?
[15:18] ---
    Did I just...
[15:27] ---
    It's better than the basement
    under Mount Hakone.
[15:36] ---
    Tag! Tag!
[15:38] ---
    Tag! Tag!
[15:39] ---
    Wait!
[15:43] ---
    Huh?
[15:47] ---
    It's not here.
[15:48] ---
    Tag! Tag!
[15:50] ---
    Let's play! Let's play!
[16:01] ---
    Don't disappear.
[16:03] ---
    This isn't tag. It's hide-and-seek.
[16:07] ---
    You can hear me?
[16:09] ---
    Yeah.
[16:10] ---
    Are you the one who kidnapped
     Ryo-kun and the other kids?
[16:13] ---
    I didn't kidnap them. I had them join me.
[16:16] ---
    Join me?
[16:18] ---
    Tag!
[16:19] ---
    Wait!
[16:20] ---
    Hey, we're not done talking yet!
[16:24] ---
    Wait, I said!
[16:27] ---
    That's not fair!
[16:28] ---
    Over here!
[16:29] ---
    Jeez!
[16:32] ---
    Listen to me!
[16:38] ---
    That's suspicious...
[16:41] ---
    Are you in here?
[16:42] ---
    Found you!
[16:43] ---
    This is a MegaTrive!
[16:46] ---
    I remember this!
[16:47] ---
    I'm not over there!
[16:49] ---
    I'm over here!
[16:54] ---
    I found you!
[16:57] ---
    Jeez.
[16:59] ---
    You're in here!
[17:00] ---
    In this world, nobody can see me.
     So I can't play with them.
[17:06] ---
    But I can do what I want in their dreams.
[17:10] ---
    We play three games.
     If I win three times, they're mine.
[17:14] ---
    Does that mean...
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    Since you can't get them
     to play with you in reality,
[17:20] ---
    you're having them play with you in dreams?
[17:24] ---
    There used to be lots of people
     here until a while ago.
[17:28] ---
    I wasn't lonely.
[17:30] ---
    I could always play.
[17:33] ---
    They're gone now, though.
[17:36] ---
    Everybody left. And I stayed here, alone.
[17:41] ---
    But then, kids came that I could play with.
[17:44] ---
    So I had them join me.
[17:46] ---
    Now I won't be lonely!
[17:49] ---
    I see...
[17:51] ---
    I understand how you feel.
[17:55] ---
    Lately I haven't been able
     to play with any of my friends.
[18:00] ---
    You're lonely?
[18:01] ---
    A little.
[18:03] ---
    So I promised I'd play with them soon.
[18:06] ---
    I'm jealous...
[18:07] ---
    Sometimes your friends
     have to go away for a while.
[18:11] ---
    But I think you're still connected to them.
[18:14] ---
    So don't force people to be your friends.
[18:16] ---
    Let's look for people who will play with you.
[18:19] ---
    At first, I will.
[18:26] ---
    I'm Arata.
[18:28] ---
    Ara... ta?
[18:29] ---
    If this place is lonely for you,
     go someplace with more people.
[18:34] ---
    I'll take you to a place with lots of kids.
[18:38] ---
    A place where I won't be lonely?
[18:42] ---
    Is there one? Can I go there?
[18:44] ---
    If you take me to a place where
     I won't be lonely, I'll give everyone back.
[18:48] ---
    But if you're lying, I'll trap you in a dream.
[18:52] ---
    Listen, there's no need to do that.
[18:56] ---
    We can talk, like this.
[18:57] ---
    So if you want to complain to me, you can.
[19:00] ---
    That's what it means to be friends.
[19:02] ---
    Am I wrong?
[19:05] ---
    You're right!
[19:07] ---
    Okay, let's get going, then!
[19:10] ---
    Okay!
[19:14] ---
    There you are!
[19:16] ---
    Miyako-san!
[19:19] ---
    We've been looking for you.
[19:21] ---
    Sorry.
[19:22] ---
    So, is this the Another?
[19:25] ---
    Yeah.
[19:27] ---
    It seems it was kidnapping
     children out of loneliness.
[19:34] ---
    Is this your friend?
[19:36] ---
    Then he's my friend, too.
[19:39] ---
    Okay, let's do it, then.
[19:48] ---
    Kanoichi-san?
[19:55] ---
    There, it's dealt with.
[20:03] ---
    Wow! One stomp with your foot!
[20:06] ---
    People who work at the Metropolitan
    Government Office really are amazing!
[20:08] ---
    That was nothing.
[20:10] ---
    It's dangerous if you're not used to it,
     though. So don't try and copy me.
[20:14] ---
    Were you okay, Miyako-san?
[20:18] ---
    What did you just do?
[20:21] ---
    I dealt with the Another.
[20:23] ---
    He said he'd release the children!
[20:26] ---
    You're a naïve idiot.
[20:29] ---
    Let's assume, hypothetically,
     that he released the children.
[20:34] ---
    What guarantee do we have
     that he wouldn't do it again?
[20:39] ---
    Well...
[20:40] ---
    What you're doing is the same
     as killing a criminal who confesses,
[20:46] ---
    and saying that you've gotten rid of crime.
[20:49] ---
    Anothers are things, not people.
[20:51] ---
    They're stories that have
     stopped midway, you could say.
[20:54] ---
    They repeat the same actions.
[20:57] ---
    Our only option is to eliminate them.
[20:59] ---
    Eliminate them?
[21:00] ---
    And I can't trust your interpreting.
[21:04] ---
    You're saying the Ears of Sand are a lie?
[21:06] ---
    No.
[21:07] ---
    I've heard a lot of stories.
[21:09] ---
    One, for instance, about a terrible
     Another that calls itself your friend.
[21:15] ---
    Which means there's even
     a chance that you're trying to trick us
[21:19] ---
    and bring chaos to society.
[21:23] ---
    Yes... as a servant of the god of
     chaos and deception, Huehuecóyotl.
[21:28] ---
    You know that he's the destroyer
    of civilization, after all.
[21:33] ---
    You're saying you can't trust me?!
[21:40] ---
    Seriously? You don't think people think that?
[21:44] ---
    You've never given it a second thought?
[21:46] ---
    I guess the people around
    you really do spoil you.
[21:50] ---
    What are you getting at?!
[21:52] ---
    You're not needed here.
[21:55] ---
    That's what I'm saying, Miyako Arata-san.
SIGN    #10 "White Cocoon and Blue Flames"