Tengoku Daimakyou (Heavenly Delusion)

- Quick. - Okay.

SAFE WATER

MORNING STAR GRAPH NEWSPAPER

Get your newspapers!

MOVIES

We can take two more resource collectors!

Let me join, will ya?

MUSIC SWAP SHOP - OPEN

GAGA by Peat Moth.

You found a rare one.

If it still plays, it's worth 400,000.

No way!

Oh, man! I really wanted to hear it!

Sis still isn't done yet?

MARU - KIRUKO

LOOK OUT, MONSTERS!

What have we here?

Crocodile Quest, right?

Why are you only using two people, when you could use four?

Not from around here, are ya?

If you're gonna play here, you better speak when spoken to.

Hi.

Ever had a girl you like turn out to be a guy? Can you imagine?

Can't say I've come across that--

What's that got to do with anything?

Don't just say "Hi." Insolent brat!

Hey.

Wasn't one whack enough?

What was the kick for? Say sorry!

Guess you're right.

Sorry.

Take it outside, will you? You're tearing the place up.

Ouch.

Oops, look at you now.

Why are you looking away in the middle of fight?

Is he stupid or what? Moron.

Wait, stop.

You brat!

What the hell is this guy?

- Sis? - Are you okay, Maru?

Whoa, why did you bulldoze in with no clue what's going on?

What if it was my fault?

We've been hanging out for ages.

I think I'd know if you were the type who looks for fights.

And anyway, who knows if he was about to call backup.

If you attack, you've got to get them all.

- Guess so. - It's not just "guess so."

Wait, your tooth!

Your tooth broke off.

Hey, let me see.

It'll grow back.

It won't grow back. It's an adult tooth!

Let's get out of here.

Let's get further away then sleep somewhere.

TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO

TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO

I was born the same year as the Great Disaster, apparently.

The first memories I have are from three or four years old.

I lived in a spacious room with other kids about my age.

I was cold and hungry,

but there were adults to take care of me, so it wasn't so bad.

I think I was about seven when the place closed down, I guess.

The adults took us all to different locations.

There were others like me,

without any relatives, I suppose.

We were all put in a separate group

and somehow survived on scraps for three years.

The adult who led our group, was killed over some sort of turf war.

We went with the killer,

and became part of their gang.

I was still working with them until recently.

Then Mikura turned up and took me in.

She was the one who taught me how to kill Hiruko.

DAY OF FATE

Did you think of Mikura as a woman?

Not really.

She was just the next person I had to listen to.

You don't fall in love easily, then?

What are you talking about?

Anyway, whenever she looked at me, she always had this coldness in her eyes.

She didn't really treat me like a human.

Can't you at least remember where the town is, or the name of it?

Until I started traveling with Mikura,

I didn't know how big Japan was.

I didn't even have any idea where I was in Japan.

My life has basically consisted of nothing but following adults around.

Don't be dramatic.

Especially if you're not offering any new information.

I've told you the story a thousand times. What did you expect?

Not the point. If you tell it over and over,

you might remember something, or notice something.

I read that somewhere.

Oh, yeah. Speaking of books, have you seen the next room?

There are so many books! Let's sell them.

I packed as many novels and comics as I could while you were sleeping.

I'm going to burn any books that seem useful after I've read them.

Knowledge has more value if you keep it to yourself.

Oh, got it.

MORNING STAR GRAPH NO. 336

Oh, that's a newspaper from the town.

Why don't you read it while waiting?

Aren't we going shopping together?

Your face will get us busted.

We'll be in a total mess if the guys from yesterday recognize you.

It's fine!

It's a bit swollen, but it's not busted.

Oh, boy.

Try to understand, okay?

I'm not saying your face is busted.

I'm saying your face will get us busted.

So, if Mikura taught you everything,

does that mean she has the Maru-Touch too?

No, she said only I could do it.

And that's why I need to go to Heaven.

By the way, the poster at your office said you could kill Man-eaters.

That was just advertising.

CHARGING SHOP

Where'd he disappear to? The stupid kid with the disheveled hair.

That brat doesn't bother me.

We should be focusing on the Ministry of Reconstruction.

You think they're nearby?

No idea. That rumor is always flying about.

Ministry of Reconstruction.

That rumor is still being passed around?

There's a group abducting people with the right skills and expertise

to get civilization back to how it was.

Are they going to come to Asakusa?

It's just a rumor, but they might.

Sis said that's just a fantasy that old people believe.

That's an alternative explanation.

Wait a sec.

Does this have something to do with all those disappearances?

Well, you guys have pretty special skills fixing all those electro-karts.

Better to act stupid if someone you don't know comes along.

How would you act stupid? Ran?

Oh, you're good at it.

I didn't do anything yet!

We've searched all over the place and he's not here. Must have left.

But what if he's still here?

We'll just grab him.

Iwata said he wants another round. One on one.

You wouldn't say that if you were there yesterday.

There were eight of us and he completely destroyed us.

He's like an explosive.

No way I want a second round.

My little Maru is strong, huh?

My Maru?

Why am I proud of him?

I'm just his bodyguard.

Once he finds what he's looking for, I'll be alone again.

What...

Maru?

Hey, Maru.

Ma-- Maru!