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Have you seen my daughter?
She's in middle school!
Her name's Shinon Moriya!
Missing! Shinon Moriya (Age 14) Shinon Moriya has been missing since the end of June. Height, 150cm, slender build. Went missing while heading to Area 0 in street clothes (T-shirt, jeans, small black backpack) with a friend. Please contact if you have information Shino Moriya
Look, another disappearance.
She disappeared around here!
Things have been weird lately, huh?
Has anyone seen her?
What's going on?
Anything you know will help!
You still haven't found them?!
It's been a whole week!
We're looking into it.
We'll call you the minute we know more.
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Pick up already!
What's the RD Chief doing?!
Yuzu Missing people all over Kamitsubaki City Momiji Could be a kidnapper. Likes the attention? Yuzu What's wrong with the cops?! Chinchoge Another disappearance? Momiji They say mysterious girls appear where people go missing.
It looks like the vestiges of a vanquished Incomprehensible Region.
I can still smell blood.
Not again!
We'll never get anywhere if we have to wait on public information.
And we're in this picture!
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Momiji They say mysterious girls appear where people go missing.
You're fine. Can't even see your faces.
Fuji These girls just appeared out of nowhere!
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That's not the point!
Fuji These girls just appeared out of nowhere! Momiji Optical illusion, maybe?
With the RD disabled, we can't hide information once it's out there.
We should make the best of it.
You're right.
We weren't in time again.
It does make it clear how important she was for Kamitsubaki City defense.
She certainly protected this city, as she said.
The RD Chief really did...
I hope Kafu and Rime are okay.
Kafu!
You okay?!
We've been doing so much fighting, my legs are gonna give out.
Sorry I couldn't sing.
I mean, after what happened...
with the RD Chief...
And with her looking just like you at the time...
Just like me...
It actually made me think of Erry more than myself.
Look, it's natural that you'd be out of sorts.
But... with things being how they are,
it's even more important that I sing.
I don't want to see anyone else hurt like that.
I don't want anyone else to die.
But every time...
Kafu...
Calling Koko Rinne
Is this the command center?
I think so.
Searching...
Area 4
Area 5
Area 0
Area 2
Area 3
Area 1
What's all this?
I think it shows where Incomprehensible Regions spawn.
I remember the RD Chief mentioning that there was a place to check on that.
So she was always here.
You two were always close, huh?
I suppose.
It seems to be working, but the RD Chief was a part of the system,
so it might not work perfectly.
Better than nothing, though, right?
I'll try running it in the RD Chief's place.
I'll stay in the command center and contact you if a tesseractor appears.
So you can get some rest.
But what about you, Koko?
It's just watching a screen.
I probably can't fill her shoes, but...
please let me do what I can for now.
Koko...
Have you found Kugel yet?
No. Honestly, wish I knew where he'd gone...
But don't worry. I'll find him and get the whole story.
The whole story about what?
Well... I mean, it all happened so quickly.
Maybe it wasn't what it looked like.
It would be weird for Kugel to just lash out like that.
Koko was acting tough.
Of course she was.
If Agni had done something like that...
You'd be sad too?
Of course I would!
You're like family to me.
Yeah, right.
Family...
I've always been with Anemos.
I don't know if that makes him family...
but there certainly are some things only we understand.
Yes.
When the wants of a tesseractor and a witchling align,
they form something like a compact.
The core of a tesseractor and the heart of a witchling are joined by an invisible thread.
The fact that we can do that makes us "familiers."
It's a special case, for sure.
You're right.
But still... I wonder why.
Did Kugel really...
I don't want to believe he just betrayed us.
But this hit Kamitsubaki City where it hurts us most, for sure.
Our minds worked in different ways,
but she tried hard to help Kamitsubaki City,
and did her best to understand us.
It was a mistake to let Kugel escape us then.
Wasn't expecting him to be the traitor, either.
I'd have torn you two apart until nothing was left.
And I'd have turned you into fried fish, brat.
Dunno if I'd eat you with soy sauce after.
Better than a lizard meat hamburger.
It's true that we're a poor match for him, though.
Laplace, the fastest of us, might stand a chance,
but the rest of us would struggle to counter his long-range attacks.
Most importantly, he's an amalgamation of the sadness and hatred
felt by the people devoured by tesseractors.
We can assume he has the upper hand in a fight with any tesseractor.
He feels hatred for our very existence...
And perhaps his own as well.
What a pain in my ass.
We're all amalgamations of various emotions and desires.
Our abilities naturally stem from that.
Agni's are rage and violence.
Anemos's, loneliness and survival.
Hastur's, conquest and destruction.
And you are...
Laplace the rebel.
It happened to be Kugel this time,
but any one of us could turn traitor.
Either way, until we know Kugel's intentions,
the witchlings must not be left unguarded.
Agreed.
How long are you going to keep it to yourself?
We should tell Rime and the others already.
Kugel had probably been planning this for a while.
Yes. The attack from outside the third district didn't take it down,
so he decided to destroy the RD from the inside.
You knew about that?
Much as I hate the idea.
I don't intend to hide it forever.
But the girls are still reeling from the shock.
This is the worst possible time to do it.
Do what you want.
I'll tell Rime when I feel the time is right.
There's not much time left.
I know.
Enough seeds have been spread now.
All to achieve my own wish...
I'm almost sick of it now.
It's time to bring a true end to Kamitsubaki City.
Yes.
"Familiers"... family, my eye.
Why didn't I notice anything wrong with Kugel before it came to this?
He's always been...
I have no memories.
I didn't remember anything when I woke up.
Not who I was, or what I was doing there.
That was when I met Kugel.
Kugel led me to becoming a witchling.
We fought together.
We smiled together.
We were always together.
We became partners.
Koko!
Is it happening more often these days?
I'm sure it's connected to my lost memories.
What does the RD Chief say?
She doesn't know the cause yet.
It could be related to what's going on in the city too.
She's doing the best she can, of course.
Is it always the same?
Yes.
The people I care about being killed, one by one.
I fought with them,
and yet, I couldn't protect a single person.
I wanted to protect them. I felt like I had to.
That urgency won't go away.
Even though I'm sure they're all dead now.
What can I do to remember it all?
You shouldn't force yourself to remember.
Besides, look.
Here you are!
Thank you, sir!
Healthy appetite. That's important!
I can't worry too much with you eating like that.
It burns energy to worry, you know?
Have you had enough?
I don't actually need it.
My compact with you provides me with all the energy I need.
That's right.
Even without that, tesseractors typically eat humans.
You know that, right?
That's how I made my way before I met you, too.
I hate tesseractors, but I am one myself.
I had to do as they did to survive.
Makes me sick.
I suppose that's why I don't enjoy eating.
So I was always hungry.
What are you doing?
My feelings are what feeds you now, right?
I hope doing this will fill you up.
I love eating.
It doesn't just fill my stomach, but my heart, too.
I want you to get all filled up, and feel all kinds of happiness.
Because you taught me love, taught me love
The sorrow in my heart is unending, unending
I wish all things had equal value
Then there'd be no fighting or ugly ends
Your udon's getting soggy.
Rime?
I knew you'd be up. Sorry for barging in on you.
But you need to sleep tonight.
You haven't gotten any since it happened, right?
But the people of the city—
You're more important to me.
More important than the people, or anyone.
Sorry.
Boom!
Wh-What?
Stay with me tonight.
Sure.
Is this how my father felt?
You're heading out?
You were back?
I was here all day.
Oh.
I'm going to the base.
It started out as my father's lab.
It might have a hint about our current situation.
It's not safe to be out right now.
You're in no place to be worried about her.
I feel like I might run into her there.
The RD Chief?
She started as a simple AI made to support his research,
but he says she gained self-awareness,
and became a living computer made by Fragments.
Sounds like magic, right?
I'm heading out.
Look after Kafu.
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She's in middle school.
Her name is Shinon Moriya.
Have you seen my daughter?
No.
Please, my daughter...
Sorry, haven't seen her.
Mom! Look!
The kidnapper might be a witch!
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Momiji occult lolol Yuzu occult lololol Momiji With this many people it's believable that it's paranormal Chinchoge What about those girls they were talking about? The ones that came out of nowhere Ajisai I saw them too! Fuji Another video came out Yuzu Gotta be connected to the disappearances, right? Fuji Girls. Witches, maybe? Momiji Witches Soubi Witches kidnapping people Ajisai New crime scene info. One person yesterday, inside Area 0 Central Station.
Maybe that's why they haven't found her!
Maybe she got Shinon—
Don't be ridiculous!
My daughter is waiting for us to save her!
But that's why I'm...
Please, take this seriously.
Fine.
I'll look in my own way!
Sari!
Ajisai I saw them too! Fuji Another video came out Yuzu Gotta be connected to the disappearances, right? Fuji Girls. Witches, maybe? Momiji Witches Soubi Witches kidnapping people Ajisai New crime scene info. One person yesterday, inside Area 0 Central Station.
Wait for me, Shinon.
I swear I'll find you.
I think people have gone missing here too...
A train bound for the 5th district will be arriving on the 4th line. Please watch out.
Soubi Witches kidnapping people Ajisai New crime scene info. One person yesterday, inside Area 0 Central Station.
I'm looking for my sister.
I'm at the Area 0 Central Station.
If anyone has real information, please tell me.
Sally I'm at the Area 0 Central Station. If anyone has real information, please tell me.
What is... this?
A girl in middle school... and a girl in high school...
Missing! Sari Moriya (Age 17) Shinon Moriya (Age 14) Sari Moriya (older) and Shinon Moriya (younger) are missing. Sari went missing near Central Station in July. Height, 163cm, slender build. Went missing while wearing her school uniform. The younger has been missing since the end of June. Height, 150cm, slender build. Went missing while heading to Area 0 in street clothes (T-shirt, jeans, small black backpack) with a friend. Please contact if you have information Shino Moriya
There must be something. Something...
I’ve searched high and low, but no luck.
New information... anything will do.
Is this... my father's...
Just save Rime
Papa...
Area 4
Area 5
Area 0
Area 2
Area 3
Area 1
Purification complete over here.
Thanks. I've confirmed the destruction on the monitor here.
No other signs, so take a break.
Kugel
Kugel!
What? Kugel?
I'll call back later.
Kugel's at Central Station!
Wait a minute! Koko?!
Where are you, Kugel?!
Has anyone seen my daughters?
Please, my daughters...
Shinon... Sari...
No!
Sari? Sari!
What the...
Fuji Three people went missing at an Area 1 dept store last week. Sally I'm at the Area 0 Central Station. If anyone has real information, please tell me.
No!
It's not human! It's a witch!
Momiji Is this real footage? She totally got eaten, right?! Chinchoge Looks fake to me. Yuzu Too obvious lol Ajisai Did she say witch?! Is she serious?!
M-Mom...
Shinon...
Mom...
Sari!
Where... Where are you?!
I've got to go.
They're calling to me.
Sari. Shinon.
Yes... Mother will find you, I swear!
Where could he be?
An Incomprehensible Region?
Why...
Koko!
Why are you two here?
You said Kugel was here!
More importantly...
What's going on here?
There's no way to hide—
You okay?
Sekai.
I'm fine. That tesseractor...
It's only targeting girls.
Don't just stare at it. Let's go!
We'll just have to purify it.
Agni.
On it.
I swear I'll find you.
No matter where you are.
That again...
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Thank goodness.
No one was hurt, right?
Witches...
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