Active Raid

Want to rest somewhere for a bit?

Yeah, good idea.

Want a parfait?

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Look out!

Unit 8

So the Ueno incident

involved the same Willwear as the ones in Akasaka and Ochanomizu?

Yes.

The footprints and damage caused by strikes are the same.

A few minutes before,

security cameras near the scene recorded this footage.

It disappeared?

Optical camouflage?

Huh? Is that available for civilian use?

The base is an Aoki Electrical Industries XP5540.

It's available as an option.

Forensics analyzed footprints believed to belong to the Willwear

and found microscopic organisms.

These organisms are only found in a few locations in the city.

Where?

Here, in the Quicksand Zone.

That's... the Yamanote Immigrant District?

Which means the criminal is...

Would an illegal immigrant really own a Willwear?

So the suspect either deals with industrial waste or is taking advantage of the chaos?

On that note, we have a spy job for you!

Huh? For me?

Sorry, but given the location, we couldn't get permission...

In the future,

when something happens beyond the normal police's capacity,

they turn to the power of the ACTIVE project.

This is the story of Japan's ACTIVE, the Third Mobile Assault Unit.

File 8: The Stranger in the Wind

Are you sure

you should be following me, when Unit 8 hasn't received permission?

I have the afternoon off.

If I follow you in my free time, that's no one's business.

But...

Funasaka-san wants us to take turns backing you up every day.

I see.

Whoops...

There's still this much trash?

It's partly politics.

But many immigrants, both legal and illegal, moved in

before the government had decided on a policy.

It's a gray zone now, out of everyone's reach.

What's that?

They're made of empty cans.

That's a lot of work, for a place like this.

Are you the one who cleaned up this area?

I wasn't going to steal it...

I see.

You don't understand me.

I speak the language.

Just don't butt in.

Um, we had some questions...

They have their own lives down here, huh?

You don't work for the city government of Tokyo.

Who said you could take this trash?

What are your demands?

Our conditions are simple.

Hand over anything you find that's worth money.

And from now on, if you take anything, go through us.

Hey! You're going to properly dispose of it, right?

Who the hell are you?!

Stop it.

Weren't you on the Nippori team?

That's enough.

Tell me the name of your office.

Where is it?

What? They don't work for a gang?

And they're pretty nasty, too.

It was a long time ago.

Really? You made contact with the locals?

Yes, someone was indeed selling rubble through illegal channels.

They may be linked to the Kanto Shared Ownership Association.

Tomorrow, I'll talk to the people living here illegally.

But I didn't find any clues about the Willwear.

Well, there's no need to hurry on that.

As for your support tomorrow...

Huh? I'll be alone tomorrow?

Okay, understood.

Hey, boy...

You got the hookup?

Um, this side of the wall is Tokyo City.

Do you have a passport or an ID?

What are you talking about?

You're the guy, right? Hook me up!

Huh?

The thing from before!

What "thing"?

Wait! Let me talk to—

Ow...

Mister...

You can have these. Talk to me.

Those are mine!

I hate to be pushy, but you do have transport permits for these, right?

And be sure to dispose of—

Man, you're so cautious.

Well, we'll take care of the rest.

That's their truck.

Can you see it?

Yes, Haruka-kun will track it.

If they're dumping illegally, we'll arrest them later.

Thank you.

You bastard!

How many times do I have to say it?

To sell things in someone else's country, you've gotta pay the locals!

Stop it!

Who the hell are you?

You're going too far.

It's fine.

These guys don't even have a country!

Stop it!

You're protecting an illegal immigrant?

They don't want to be illegal.

Hey, that's enough.

Piss this guy off, and you'll have to deal with the gang that backs him.

No, I...

Fine!

You'd better pay up next time, Atin.

Why did you save me?

If something unfair is happening to someone, of course I'll help.

Where did you come from?

No, if you don't want to tell me—

Carupanuba.

That's where I'm from. Do you know it?

No, not really.

It's a small country to the south.

The country is poor, but peaceful.

Or it used to be.

Used to be?

Until it was taken over by a dictator who liked the geopolitical advantage

and money from running a country directly under the equator.

You ran?

Or I'd have died.

I see.

No, that's the wrong way.

This is the way I do it.

You're stubborn.

So are you.

I'm Sena. Sena Souichirou.

Sorry to say this after you helped me,

but I don't want you invading my privacy.

Would you leave?

Carupanuba...

That name makes things complicated.

Didn't that country make the Willwear involved in the Rudra incident?

It's a dictatorship,

but the Japanese government takes pains to stay on its good side.

They do?

You didn't know, Sena-san?

Sorry, the Garbage Disposal Times is all I read.

Geosynchronous Orbit Space Elevator

Orbital Ring Geosynchronous Satellite Station Low-Orbit Ring Low-Orbit Satellite Station

That's the plan for the space elevator, right?

The Takao Tower?

That demonstration is intended for the whole world!

And a rumor says it's been decided at a political level that,

once the demonstration ends, they'll build a more permanent one in Carupanuba.

Do you believe it? Or not?

I think I understand.

It's right below the equator, which makes building an elevator easy.

Once it's done, huge sums of money will be involved,

so the ruling party does all it can to keep them happy.

Even Governor Inagi can't do anything about it.

So, Sena-kun,

this Atin from Carupanuba is involved?

No, I'm not sure.

But...

We found someone who looked like a witness.

I was planning to look into it again later, but...

But first—

Wait, Sena-kun.

That Willwear has appeared in Gotanda.

Shinagawa Ward, East Gotanda, Second Street.

A vehicle was destroyed while in motion, causing injuries.

No sign of any suspect.

We believe it's the invisible Willwear.

Displaying footage.

Oh, dear...

He might have gotten away by now.

Atin!

Atin!

Need something?

Atin...

Oh, um... I was just seeing if you wanted to have lunch...

I bought some donuts.

They're in the parking lot there.

I'll get them now.

This is nice.

It's so clean.

That's enough to tell me I can trust you.

I'm sorry...

I'll get that.

Your family?

Forget that, sing!

Japanese sing at times like this, right?

Or dance naked?