July 14
I wonder if Yaomay got to talk to her mom.
Yaomay
I don't want to lose to you in your attempt to become your absolute self!
So I'll find my absolute self and come back here.
Hurry up!
Mom's waiting for us!
I know!
Wong Clinic
What are you doing?
Wait for me!
Hello.
Hey there!
You can knock, at least.
Yulong-kun, you're here too.
See ya, Miyuki!
How is my mother?
She really should take it easy.
But it's not like she would listen to me.
I'll prescribe her regular herbal medicine and cough suppressant.
Thank you for your time.
Shall we go home, Miyuki?
Okay.
Father, this is Miyuki.
Where are you?
At my place in Hong Kong.
Your place?
What is this nonsense?
Hurry up and come home.
I've been waiting for you.
My apologies.
The analysis of the Zirconian project is coming slower than expected.
I haven't been able to report in reliably.
No, I should have been more considerate.
You're an adult now.
I shouldn't treat you like a child anymore.
But at least allow me to set you up with a new residence.
After all, you're the precious heir to the Hebinuma Group, Haoran.
I am not Haoran.
Ah, I know just the place.
We'll go see it tomorrow.
Father—
Dinner is ready, sir.
Right.
I'll see you tomorrow, Haoran.
Miyuki-sama, may I have a word?
I apologize for not telling you about your father's symptoms.
Did he tell you not to?
No, it was my judgment.
Your father first started showing signs of dementia last year.
It will likely progress quickly from here on out.
I recommend that you swiftly put his affairs in order.
And swing.
I haven't golfed lately.
Huh? When was the last time I played?
Oh, welcome!
Is Kudo-san here?
I have an appointment for a viewing.
What?!
I'm terribly sorry!
Kudo is out of the office on other business.
I'll get in touch right away!
Oh no, I'll just come back then.
But...
Please, pay no mind.
Kudo: Making rounds Kujirai: Naam Caang Street
What's up, Miyuki?
My revenge is over.
Huh?
Dementia?! You didn't notice?
Well, I had a few doubts.
What?! Then why didn't you say anything?
Not to mention, he's getting you mixed up with his real son...
I know.
Come on, man...
If I'd known, I could have sped things up!
Did you keep this from me on purpose?
On purpose? Why on earth would I do that?
Yeah, I bet it was unintentional.
Miyuki... you're already getting swallowed up in this nostalgic Kowloon.
What are you going to do now?
I don't know.
Sure you do.
Now that revenge is out of the picture, all you're left with is...
regret.
Please pick up, Miyuki-chan.
Your call is being transferred to a voice—
Damn it!
Kowloon News
Hebinuma Group's Chairman To Retire
Perfectly Complete Food With all the nutrients you need
How can I sit still?
Doesn't work, eh?
Can't even delete stuff I made myself...
I'd be too embarrassed to admit that to anyone.
It hasn't responded to my instruction to abort.
It could have disappeared already, so how come?
Well, I have my guesses.
Let's see if I'm right.
Video call
Talk
Text
Xiaohei Snakeberry
Figured he wouldn't pick up.
Decline
Accept
Huh?
Hello—
I don't know who you are, but stop bothering Xiaohei-kun, you hear me?!
He's not going to listen to you!
And stop messing with Reko-pon too!
Yaomay-san...
It's fine! I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind!
This voice...
Is this Shell-chan, by any chance?
Huh?
Weasel-san entered the chat room Shell-san entered the chat room
Weasel-san? Why?!
It was good chocolate, no?
You're the worst!
You've known since we talked on the chat?!
You bet I have!
But no need to worry.
There's no need to kill Reko-pon anymore.
You must've heard the news about Hebinuma Group's chairman.
You can get the details from Xiaohei.
I don't believe you.
It's true! You've got to believe me!
There's been a change of plans.
The new target is Hajime Kudo.
What?
I'm in Kowloon right now, and now that I've seen it myself, I can tell...
This is a replica from Kudo's memory, isn't it?
How did you know that?!
The foods that are popular here are all from the year Kowloon got demolished.
Which means the reappearance of Kowloon
was triggered by someone who lived here back then.
More precisely, by the regrets of that someone.
Regrets...
There were others I suspected, but you really came through for me.
I led you on, and you gave me exactly what I needed.
Thank you! I'll call again.
Hey, I'm still talking to y—
It would all be faster if I could find Kudo, though.
Well then, shall I try Reko-pon next?
Not a lot of wear and tear, so I can do this for the minimum.
I appreciate it.
Yaomay and Xiaohei-kun...
They're moving forward to become their absolute selves.
I should too.
Reiko Kujirai-san, I presume?
Who might you be?
Yaomay-chan's chat pal, Yulong.
It's dangerous to go alone from here.
You want me to tag along?
She never mentioned having a friend like you.
Makes sense that you'd be wary.
I guess I'll have to be up-front.
I'm one of the developers of Generic Terra.
I have a bunch of information on this Kowloon too.
You have a lot of questions, right?
Let's be peaceful here.
Why don't we take a walk and trade info?
Very well.
I've seen that cat somewhere...
Freaky.
Is this a message from Hajime Kudo?
So you know.
I know that this place belongs to him, yeah.
Why is he threatening us?
He doesn't want us to know that B— Reiko Kujirai—bought drugs back here.
Most likely from Hebinuma Pharmaceutical.
Oh, the cold medicine that was discontinued.
Cold medicine?
What, you didn't know?
Well, any information related to it has been erased from the internet.
If you take a large dose of it, you'll experience strong hallucinations as a side effect.
Why was Reiko Kujirai taking it?
That I don't know.
I hear there were people who only wanted to get high, but lost their lives.
Hebinuma Pharmaceutical stopped its distribution,
but the packs that made it to the Second Kowloon remained at large.
In the end, they conducted the demolition of Kowloon to cover it up.
So that's what happened.
I wish that had been the end of it.
Soon after, there were sightings of the Second Kowloon on its grounds.
Generic Terra had been an empty shell,
but when it resonated with Kudo's regrets, it activated for the first time.
An empty shell? Generic Terra was?
Yup.
Generic Terra, which brings eternal life to humanity—
Turns out, it's a defective product that stores memories but can't output them.
We'd prepared vessels, but they were useless.
But upon receiving the report, the higher-ups refused to give up.
They believed this was a sign that Gene Terra could work.
The Hebinuma Group then got involved again in Kowloon to investigate.
Then establishing the Hebinuma Medical Center and offering free checkups there...
It was all to investigate us?
That's right.
As for other information you might not know...
Oh yeah. Time here flows the same way it does outside,
but the season stays summer, and it keeps repeating.
You didn't notice, did you?
Neither did Yaomay-chan.
Repeating the same summer?
Oh, there it is.
Oh wait, let me—
Put the money in.
Easy enough.
Wanna head back?
Yes.
But before that, I think I still need you to die, Reko-pon.
Hebinuma General Medical Center
Where is Miyuki Hebinuma?!
Pretty please?
My friend's been obsessed with Kowloon.
If Kudo's regret is about Reiko Kujirai...
Then when you, who are irreplaceable for him, are dead,
maybe he stops needing Kowloon, and it disappears, you know?
You are mistaken, Yulong-san.
I'm not the Reiko Kujirai you're referring to.
Even if what's inside might be a bit different,
you look just like her, so it's probably all the same to him.
Giving your life for the one you love... it's a dream come true for you too, right?
Is that even true?
Can you really be sure that this will save Kudo-san?
Besides, I don't exist for someone else.
I want to be myself.
That's why I want to decide it for myself.
How much I can do...
How I can save Kudo-san...
If I can do that, it will prove that I'm not a generic Reiko Kujirai,
but my absolute self!
Listen to you.
But do you realize it's a gamble?
Worst case, neither you nor Kudo will be saved.
As long as it's the path I chose, I won't regret it.
Isn't that how life is supposed to be?
You've got guts.
"I won't regret it," huh?
I guess I'll wait and see.
Peace and tranquility
As you say, there's no guarantee that Kowloon will disappear if you die.
As long as Kudo is handled, I don't care how it's done.
If you see your absolute self through, then I'll just go away.
I'm counting on you, Reko-pon.
I thought I was done for.
Wong Clinic
Miyuki-chan.
Gwen, there's something I never told you.
I was actually born here.
I see.
That explains why you let your guard down here.
I thought it was strange.
With that said, this is slightly different from the Kowloon I know.
Because this is Kudo-san's Kowloon.
NEW PRODUCT Hebinuma Pharmaceutical
Eyedrops
Remember how a three-year-old eye drop was being sold as a new product?
I see.
When I was small,
I was adopted by Hebinuma in exchange for my sick mother's treatment.
But that man went back on his word,
and my mother died in solitude.
Is that why you want revenge?
However... by coming in here,
I unconsciously made it impossible to carry out my wish.
Ironic, isn't it?
In the eyes of the man I want revenge on, I am now his real son.
My presence has become his salvation,
while I have lost my hometown, my mother...
so much of what I loved in vain.
I wish I had listened to you more.
Not just about the eye drops...
Seriously, you never really listen to me, Miyuki-chan.
So I'll say it again.
I will follow you no matter where you go, and I'll take you anywhere you want.
I promise.
A beacon always shines, doesn't it?
This world is Kudo-san's world.
But I am not Reiko Kujirai.
Why was I the only one who didn't replicate my counterpart?
What does Kudo-san plan to do here?
Is he going to leave eventually?
Or will he stay here forever?
Hey, what have you been doing?
Wh-What are you doing here?
A property we just signed has a water leak, so...
What?
Are you going to stay in this Kowloon?
Yeah.
Is that what you want?
Yeah.
I don't think that's right!
Because... Because...
You know, you were never like this in the summers before.
What?
You were just a symbol of Reiko Kujirai.
Why are you like this in this summer?
H-How should I know? I wish I did!
I was confused in the beginning, but we managed well.
Close, but not too close.
Never moving forward or backward.
Never beginning and never ending.
We've repeated Kowloon's summer like that, haven't we?
But since you appeared,
it feels like something is about to start, and something is about to end.
I'm troubled.
Oh, that's it.
I am troubled.
Reko-pon, you are strong.
But can everyone else be as strong as you are?
Can Kudo accept you the way you are?