Are these all filled with books?
You want me to read to you?
"Here’s the smell of the blood still."
"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."
"Oh, oh, oh! What a sigh is there!"
"The heart is sorely charged..."
An almost charmingly monotonous way of reading, you have.
You're going to make Macbeth cry.
Is your name "Macbeth"?
It's the title of that book.
Do you not know Shakespeare either?
I was never encouraged to pursue artistic influence.
Yeah, sure.
But... in my childhood, Mum used to read books to me.
Yes... There was a statue of a prince erected in the city.
And a swallow was nearby...
"The Happy Prince," by Oscar Wilde.
"To those in despair, I give my ruby!"
"My Sapphire! My gold leaf!"
It's a story about the hypocrisy and self satisfaction...
...of humans that know not of true sorrow.
It's perfectly suited for you.
fuwari yoru wo kazoeteru
ふわり夜をかぞえてる
I've been carefully keeping track of the nights,
futari dake no himitsu no jumon
二人だけの秘密の呪文
it's a secret spell we keep between the two of us.
kowaresou na omoi nosete
壊れそうな思いのせて
Gather up all of your thoughts that are on the verge of breaking,
tonaeteku
唱えてく
and chant them out loud.
hora fuan ha itami no naka
ほら 不安は痛みの中
Watch carefully, anxiety lies amidst the pain,
hora shizuka ni tomoru ibuki
ほら 静かに灯る息吹
watch carefully, as our breaths softly change to flame.
#03 「Life, Death, and...」
You want to contact your mother?
She's probably worried.
You're going to be crushed.
Memories, attachment, regret.
If you're carrying around such worthless things, they'll eventually crush you.
Your mother is no different. Toss her aside.
Why would you...
Because it's dangerous.
You threw away your No. 6 ID...
...because it was dangerous.
The feelings you hold for someone are the same.
They imprison you, bind you, and trip you up.
That's why you say to toss them aside...?
Exactly.
Then what about you?
Me?
You risked danger in order to save me, right?
What you're saying and what you do are different.
You really have a terrible personality...
You saved my life, so I returned the favour.
That's all there was to it.
Ah, it's true.
You did grow taller than me.
Geez... Do something about that airhead of yours.
Did you tell Rat about me being in danger?
Thank you.
That's what this guy is for.
He has a number of sensors stored internally.
He can even walk around the city, to a certain extent.
He's a robot? Amazing... He seems so alive!
He was only keeping an eye on you on the side.
I've been searching this whole time...
...using this little guy to find No. 6's Achilles tendon.
Achilles tendon...
Rat, if you've been watching No. 6 this whole time,
have you noticed anything strange?
Strange?
For instance, something to do with a wasp or something similar...
Hey, hey, that's more in your field of study.
Hey, Shion. What's wrong?
Your hands...
What the hell is this?
Shion...
Hey! What's going on? Shion!
My neck...
Your neck?
That's...
Right there... Cut it out, please.
We don't have any anaesthetic...
I don't need it! Quickly!
There it is.
Hold on a second. I'll cut it out right away.
Shion! Hold it together, Shion.
Rat... That's enough.
Just kill me...
Screw that!
Don't cause someone all this trouble,
then die without a fight.
Shion, you get it, right? Your mother would cry.
Is it all right for you to cause your mother such sadness?
What would that girl do? That girl named Safu or whatever.
Have you already forgotten your promise to meet again two years from now?
Even though you're completely clueless...
Even though you don't know a thing about sex, books, or fighting...
...you're fine with not living? Shion!
Open your eyes!
That's it, my clever one. I'm proud of you.
Just what is happening over there?
You just wait, No. 6.
I'll cut out the source of your disease.
What's wrong? You look so depressed.
Are you not happy about studying abroad?
Is it about Shion?
It'll be fine. Two years will pass before you know it.
Grandma...
Plus I've made so many friends.
The Twilight House really is a wonderful place.
So, you go study, and don't worry about a thing!
No matter how far apart we are, we're connected by our feelings.
Water...
No way...
What the hell happened?
You're waking up for the first time in three days.
That imprint only affected your skin,
It wasn't brought on by vein swelling.
Good thing, right?
I... I don't want this. Why did this happen to me...
It's actually quite alluring, you know?
No! No!
Just think of it as a medal...
...a medal honouring your survival.
It's payment.
Yamase-san died, while I lived. This is payment for that fact.
Raise your head.
Stop staring at the floor and look at me!
Shion. Are you having regrets?
About what?
The fact that you survived.
Are you thinking that if you have to look like this, you'd be better off dead?
Answer me, Shion!
Rat, I want to go on living.
That's good enough. In this world, the winners are those who survive.
Don't go feeling guilty because of the fact that you're alive.
If you have that much time on your hands,
keep yourself alive, one day at a time, so you can remember those who died.
That's quite enough.
He said we should eat something.
Can you stomach anything?
What kind of soup is it?
"Macbeth Soup."
What's that?
Eyeball of newt, frog fingers, and bat wings, all boiled together in a pot.
If that's what's in it, I'll pass.
I'm only joking.
Relax and eat up.
It's delicious.
It's in the pupal stage.
Most likely a wasp...
You can tell?
I saw a wasp emerge from Yamase-san's neck.
A wasp that acts as a parasite within the human body, huh?
By the way, when exactly were you implanted with that egg?
I don't know.
It definitely implants its egg without its host noticing... then grows rapidly.
Then, after excreting some kind of substance, it tries to kill its host.
Rat?
Idiot! What are you doing? I'm completely soaked now, aren't I?
Well... I thought you'd gone hysterical or something.
Why would you even think that?
But... You just started laughing out of nowhere.
I was laughing because what you were saying was funny.
It's funny?
Come now, that thing was developed by No. 6.
There's a mysterious, man-eating wasp flying around a brand new city.
It's hilarious.
It's not something to laugh about. More people will die!
It's hilarious!
Let me tell you something about that city:
It won't accept anyone who doesn't comply with complete obedience.
That's what happened with you, right?
I swear my loyalty to an unchanging city.
It won't allow any foreign substance:
Those who disobey or contradict its philosophy.
The city was established with that intention.
But...
And you are one of those foreign substances, Shion.
I am...?
Quite.
You sheltered a VC, held suspicion of data manipulation...
...somewhere in your heart, you felt deceit.
That's why you were almost forced to disappear.
Right now, that city is trying to devour the populace with man-eating wasps.
Serves them right.
Then we have to do something!
It's impossible.
I survived.
I might have developed a resistance to the wasp's toxin.
If that's the case, we should be able to make a serum from my blood!
What an idiot. You think they'll believe you?
Then what should we do?
Let it be.
It's best to just watch that city destroy itself,
from the best seats in the house.
Rat!
Whoa, wait. Don't go throwing water on me again!
Do you think that the West Block is safe?
You're human too!
Even here, we might be killed by those parasitic wasps.
The people in the city don't think of you and me as being human like them.
We're in the garbage dump of the "holy city".
No. 6 has prospered by tossing out every bit of its pollution here.
Also, this is just my intuition, but I think those monsters...
...only choose their hosts from within those walls.
You never hear of people dying from them here.
In other words, wouldn't that be because there are no hosts... no prey?
That's...
On the other hand, there have been several reports of people suffering mysterious, "accidental" deaths within No. 6.
Our monster is quite the gourmet!
I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to torture you.
You were one of those people within the walls, weren't you?
All this talk about the inside and the outside doesn't make much sense to me.
Of course it doesn't.
Only because you never even tried to understand.
An entire populace that never doubt the information given to them.
An ignorant, arrogant, blessed populace.
But it's all so sad... here you are, having fallen from your place there,
and No. 6 won't give you the chance to crawl back up.
Rat.
Huh?
I want to know the truth.
What the truth is... and what's happening to the world I live in...
I want to know its true form.
It's amazing how you can give such embarrassing speeches.
Come with me.
Rat, where are we going?
A hotel.
A hotel?
That one's just a normal paper wasp.
Spring.
Huh?
If we wait until winter, the wasps will go into hibernation.
Even the parasitic wasp eggs that have been planted inside people...
...will probably pass through the winter without developing.
Then, if spring comes again, when they can grow and move around,
they'll all break free at once.
That sounds great! A total spring festival!
What's it called again?
That thing commemorating No. 6's founding?
The Holy Day.
The Holy Day!
Right in the middle of that festival, the man-eating wasps will eat their way out of those human bastards,
and the area will be enveloped with agonizing screams!
Now that's something worth seeing!
Rat.
What?
Why do you hate No. 6?
Why?
We're here.
Huh? This was a hotel?
It is, even now.
Dogs?
What is this place, a den of wild dogs?
Looks like I passed the interview, huh?
Welcome, my guests!
Put that dangerous thing away, Rat.
It's only because you have such a nice manner of greeting people.
Who is that?
Dogloan.
Where's the information I requested?
I'm sure you understand.
I'll need your payment first.
Who are the people in all of these rooms?
They're customers, of course!
I give these nestless birds a place to rest for cheap.
What about the dogs?
I'm renting them out for heating, keeps people from dying from the cold.
So that's where the name comes from...
Rat. While examining your request, I ran into many interesting things.
I'll have to ask you for a bit extra.
What do you think you're doing?!
It's my Mum.
[Living-Kitchen. Around 13,000. Latch Building. A thug, so no promises. Karan]
This is my Mum's writing!
Rat, did you contact my mother for me?
It wasn't me.
One of our little friends went there on a whim.
Thank you.
Wait, if we were able to contact my mother, then we could...
...we could notify everyone about the parasitic wasps!
Parasitic wasps?
That's it! We can contact the Hygiene Management Bureau...
...even if it takes time, if we have patience and convince them...
Uh... Yeah...
We even have a sample of the pupa.
And more than anything, I survived it.
If we can come up with some kind of plan before next spring...
No. 6 can be....
Shion!
If upon finding out the truth... you still intend to protect No. 6...
When that time comes, you too...
...will become my enemy.
kizutsuita toki ha
When I'm hurt,
傷ついたときは
sotto tsutsumikondekuretara ureshii
そっと包みこんでくれたらうれしい
just hold me gently in your arms.
koronde tatenai toki ha
転んで立てないときは
And if I've fallen and I can't get up,
sukoshi no yuuki wo kudasai
少しの勇気をください
give me a bit of your courage.
omoi ha zutto todokanai mama
思いはずっと届かないまま
My thoughts are never heard,
kyou mo tsumetai machi de hitori
今日も冷たい街でひとり
even today, as I wander alone through this cold city.
koko ga dokokamo omoidasenai
ココが何処かも思い出せない
I don't even remember where this place is.
owaranai yoru ni negai ha hitotsu
終わらない夜に願いはひとつ
In the endless night, I have but one wish,
"hoshi no nai sora ni kagayaku hikari wo"
"星のない空に輝く光を"
"That shining light in the starless sky."
modorenai basho ni suteta mono de sae
戻れない場所に捨てたものでさえ
Even the things we've left behind in places we can never return,
umarekawatte ashita wo kitto terashitekureru
生まれ変わって明日をきっと照らしてくれる
will be reborn and illuminate our tomorrow.
Rat, your real name is Eve?!
What do you mean? I'm one of your fans!
Friends?! It's ridiculous to think I'd be friends with someone so cruel and emotionless!
That's enough.
Shion, you and I are separate people.
Don't go trying to understand people who are separate from you.
This is the second time you've saved me.
He's mine.
You've lost this one, Rat!
You want revenge? On me?
Don't go trying to act all cool about it.
Surely you've got this far in life doing similar things.
「Demons and Saints」
Who do you think it is that pisses me off? In fact, you...
I want to know more about you.