Reko-pon is right here!
Throwing out stuff like "depending on who sees it, you don't exist"...
But I can even touch her... just like this!
Isn't that right, Gwen-kun?!
Y-Yeah.
Just as you look exactly like Reiko-san, there are others like you here.
How do you know that?!
I was living in Kowloon right before it was demolished.
Some of my acquaintances from back then are still here.
People who should be living elsewhere right now.
So, I conducted an experiment.
"What will happen to the second version if the original enters this Kowloon?"
The second version disappeared.
Disappeared?
We don't see the second version of me because I am here.
He disappeared and no longer exists.
Did you see him?
Okay. I see.
Does Kudo-san know that too?
Yeah, he does.
So according to that rule,
the original and the second version can't exist at the same time in this Kowloon.
But in Reko-pon's case, Kujirai B... Reiko-san doesn't exist anymore!
That's true.
Reiko-san has already passed away.
So you won't disappear suddenly because the original shows up here.
But if Reiko-san were alive, you'd be the one who disappeared.
In fact, I saw a second version disappear right in front of my eyes.
People who disappear like that can't really...
We don't exist in this world.
Right, just like this Kowloon.
I'm not okay with that at all!
I'll go to Hong Kong and see for myself!
Huh?!
Gwen-kun's story isn't enough to convince me!
I'll ask around about Kowloon in Hong Kong!
So wait for me, Reko-pon.
I'm definitely not going to admit that Reko-pon doesn't exist!
Are you all right?
Huh? Oh.
I'm rather... confused about all of this.
Let me know if there's anything I can do.
Not that I understand everything that's going on here.
Oh, okay.
I'm sorry I've been hard on you.
You don't know anything, and Kudo-san seems to care about you, at least.
He cares about me?
Yeah. Not sure if it's the same feelings he had for Reiko-san, though.
Well, I'm going now. I'm hungry.
Yaomay-chan knows how to get in touch with me.
Huh?
Hey, Kujirai!
What's wrong? You by yourself?
Y-Yes. I had a plans with Yaomay, but they fell through.
Oh?
You wanna go for boiled dumplings, then?
I won mahjong, so it's on me.
Okay...
It's nothing short of creepy for something to exist when it shouldn't.
But when it's right here in front of me, where I can actually touch it...
I can taste that it's good.
Hmm?
I feel numbed to the creepiness, and I stop knowing what's certain.
I can see why Miyuki-chan wants to use this for revenge.
Hey, you've got a scallion on your mouth.
Huh? Did I get it?
Not there. Stay still.
Same appearance, same voice, same warmth.
Even though you know they don't exist, you can't help but get attached.
Faat
Tsumo!
Gosh, you're good at this!
Kujirai-chan wins yet again.
Are you serious?
I'm blessed with good luck.
That was my first All Green this year.
I thought you were cheating.
Oh, watch your mouth.
A prescription?
Are you sick?
For my insomnia.
Didn't I tell you?
First I'm hearing of it.
When did it start?
Since forever.
I always take sleeping pills after you fall asleep.
Hmm...
Okay! I'll show you a good time every night to tire you out,
so you'll fall asleep without pills!
But I'm having a good time now.
Then I'll make it even better!
Tsumo!
What's that mean?
I drew you with my luck, didn't I?
Well, I guess you couldn't have cheated to have me transferred here.
I told you, my luck is strong.
Since the weather is so nice out, why don't you go for a walk?
Close the curtains, Haoran.
Father, I am Miyuki.
That's what I called you.
Yulong. Any update?
Yes. About the original Reiko Kujirai...
So she was Dr. Wong's patient.
Prescription
Reiko Kujirai's cause of death was an overdose.
She took too many pills.
Right before she died, the doctor prescribed more pills than usual.
Looking at her medical record, her prescription was for strong sleeping pills,
but they wouldn't kill her unless she took tens of thousands of them.
He didn't cause her death.
But I'm not surprised that he feels responsible.
Then which pills caused it?
She lived in the Second Kowloon Walled City three years ago.
The name of the drug that killed her has been deleted from all the records.
I see.
If that's the case, then I have a strange connection with Reiko Kujirai.
Her loved ones must hate Hebinuma for this.
I bet.
Well, the one they should hate is your dad.
On top of that,
he picked the demolition of the Second Kowloon Walled City as your first job
to squash your birth data and you-know-what.
Yes, he's truly a detestable man.
It's empty?
Oh!
I love Lolita fashion.
In any case, this is too hot.
Not an outfit for this Kowloon.
Master
Yeah, yeah, I got it.
Master
Hello, this is Xiaohei.
I just entered Kowloon.
I'll start my investigation now.
Yes, of course. I'll report everything.
Master.
Don't underestimate me as a lonely old man.
It would be a bore to go straight home.
Hey, you wanna go to karaoke?
Oh, sure.
Is it true that I don't exist in this world?
Because I can smell and taste things.
In here, I am visible.
Is it possible that the delivery guy was the anomaly?
Yaomay... what if she can't see me or Kowloon when she comes back?
Oh, check it out.
The debris has been mostly cleared.
All that's left is to fill up that gaping hole.
Hmm?
What's wrong?
You've been awfully quiet.
A stomachache or something?
Kudo-san, do you remember what you told me?
Hmm?
You told me...
You told me not to go anywhere.
Right.
Why did you say that?
Why? I mean...
What about you?
Will you promise that you won't go anywhere?
I... don't know where I should go.
But...
If you'll be by my side, I won't need anything more.
Don't worry.
I will always be here.
Promise me... that you won't go anywhere.
Yes. I do.
I promise.
Even if this world is empty.
I ran away from home six months ago.
It was right after my plastic surgery,
so I looked for a place where no one knew me and ended up in Kowloon.
In Kowloon, I met Reko-pon.
She taught me about an absolute self.
I wish I'd worn those earrings.
Huh? Insufficient funds?!
But I topped it up yesterday!
Yaomay
Here we go.
Hello?
Gwen-kun, help me!
My money has disappeared!
I hate to tell you this,
but money earned in Kowloon seems to disappear outside.
Since Kowloon doesn't exist anymore...
You get it, right?
I see.
I'm fine!
Why don't you use my money for now?
Tell me your account number.
I'll send you money online.
Thank you!
Will this be enough?
Are you sure I can borrow this much?!
My former job paid outrageously well.
Feel free to use it.
Gwen
Gwen-kun sure is a mystery.
Well, I'll hear more about it when I get back.
Now, off to investigate Kowloon!
The Second Kowloon?
It was demolished three years ago, right?
What's the point of going somewhere like that?
I have no interest in urban legends like that.
Everyone says the same thing as Gwen-kun and the pizza guy.
Does it... truly not exist?
Don't tell me Kowloon and Reko-pon will be gone when I get back...
Young lady, what's the matter?
Kowloon! Kowloon is...!
Kowloon?
The name takes me back.
I used to live in the Second Kowloon, you know?
Really?!
You bet!
I was sad to see it go.
I lived there forever, you know?
Did you see it getting demolished?
Of course I did.
All the residents did.
Wh-What if I tell you it still exists, and people live there?
Huh? Are you into online urban legends?
My grandkid is also into that stuff.
Talking about the illusion of the Second Kowloon Walled City.
That place had a lot of rumors going on to begin with.
Some say it was demolished in a Hebinuma Group cover-up.
A Hebinuma cover-up?!
About what?
You never know who's listening, so I can't tell you.
If you want to know, ask those people on the internet.
Thank you!
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Nice to meet you, Shell.
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Are you one of those who can see the Second Kowloon?
Nice to meet you, Weasel.
I can see it.
I actually live in the Second Kowloon.
Not the ruin, but the actual Second Kowloon.
Weasel> I see
Can you see the Second Kowloon too?
Unfortunately, I can't.
But I know that the Second Kowloon Walled City exists again.
I've never met its residents before, so I'm shocked.
You can't see it, but you believe me?
If you're just here to enjoy rumors, I'm leaving.
I want to prove the existence of the Second Kowloon.
Yes! Me too!
I want to prove it for my dear friend.
But I don't know how.
The Second Kowloon was demolished three years ago.
That's a fact.
But I'm guessing that it was somehow recreated after that.
To prove its existence, we need to find out why it exists.
Why? I have no idea.
Does anything feel strange, living in Kowloon?
Strange...
It is strange for people who should be dead to be living just as they used to...
Weasel> It's okay, take your time
I'll tell you more, but I don't know if you'll believe me.
And why do you want to prove its existence?
For what reason? For what purpose?
For my dear friend.
My friend might not be able to exist outside of Kowloon.
I see. That sounds complicated.
Let's review.
Does this sum it up?
Weasel> - Dead people are living \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h in the current Kowloon as if they \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h never died. (Ex. Shell's Friend)
- Nobody around them seems to question this. - Some are duplicates of still-living people. - Both versions can't coexist. - When the original enters Kowloon, \h\h\hthe copy(?) is the one that disappears.
I suppose so.
Another friend of mine told me about this.
He's an outsider who can also see it.
He said he used to live in Kowloon, and he used to have a doppelgänger.
Am I an anomaly?
I can see that the demolition of the Second Kowloon really happened.
But I can't accept it.
Have you spoken to anyone else who can see it?
I have. I'm sure we can find more if we look.
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There's another person who seems to know the mystery of Kowloon.
And who is this?
My friend's coworker.
He was engaged to a woman who's now deceased but looked exactly like my friend.
This is so complicated.
I can't keep them straight.
But because there are other people who can see it,
it's too early to say that you are an anomaly.
Maybe it's Kowloon that's an anomaly.
I started living in Kowloon six months ago,
but until I heard this from my friend, everything was normal...
Wait.
Six months ago, I was discharged from the clinic and looking for a place to stay.
It was March.
It was still cold at night, so I wanted to find a place before sunset.
And I found the lights of Kowloon.
I hurried to enter Kowloon, and...
There is something strange about living in Kowloon!
It's always midsummer in Kowloon.
That's right.
The thing that felt strange the moment I left Kowloon...
There was an autumn sky above, and I didn't hear cicadas.
It's the same in town.
The only thing that hasn't changed is Gene Terra in the sky.
I've only worn summer clothes since coming to Kowloon.
Because every day is a hot summer day.
That may be an important key to proving the existence of Kowloon.
Anything else?
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Nothing right now...
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Oh! I heard this in town,
but do you know of a rumor that says a Hebinuma Group cover-up
was part of the reason for the demolition of the Second Kowloon?
I don't know what they're covering up, but this is what I've heard.
In Kowloon...
There's something like that in Kowloon?
I'll check it out when I return!
Oh, look at the time.
I'll stay in Hong Kong for the night and return to Kowloon first thing in the morning.
Do you think we could exchange contact information?
Sure.
I'll get back before Reko-pon goes to work and tell her.
And Gwen-kun too!
You dropped this.
Oh, thanks.
You can have it, if you like.
Reko-pon... Reko-pon...
New Message Yaomay> Reko-pon! I'm back! Can I see you now? Gwen-kun's here too!
Yaomay!
Where are you going?
To see Yaomay before going to work.
What time is it?
Six o'clock.
So early...
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