GNOSIA (グノーシア)

You understand?

I don't think I do.

Figures.

This instant learning system is dated.

Can you get up?

Let me ask you about something.

Do you believe humanity should be eliminated?

Yeah, you definitely have amnesia.

Amnesia?

You'll have to forgive me. I'm sure that sounded strange.

Don't fret over it, though.

I'll explain as we go along.

For now, you only need to remember this.

There are three other crew members aboard,

and one of them isn't human.

The ship's an Interstellar Cruiser DQO.

You'll learn your way around soon enough.

We took off from Liu-An, and we are currently en route

to a planet in the Allacosia system.

Unfortunately, our arrival has been postponed

indefinitely.

W-- Why indefinitely?

We've encountered an issue.

And until or unless we resolve it,

we won't get clearance to dock on any planet.

Ready?

Thanks for waiting.

Hmm?

Hmm.

Ah! At last, the guest of honor.

Me?

Well done, Setsu.

And how's their memory?

Gone, I'm afraid.

No way.

So they don't know, like, anything?

That's gonna make this tough.

On the contrary.

Let's put them in cold sleep and be done with it.

What is...

Total amnesia at a time like this?

That's awfully suspicious.

Sure, but that seems like really obvious, though.

Indeed.

Faking it now would only draw more attention.

It's a death wish.

Well, that simply means

their intellect was lacking from the beginning.

They do say the Gnosia possess

the same level of intelligence as their infectees.

The Gnosia?

You're getting pretty aggressive with poor Yuri.

You do realize that makes you

the most suspicious one in the room?

Oh? Well,

you're free to suspect me all you like.

I'm sure all will reveal itself when the meeting begins.

Nah, we don't have any real evidence,

so there's no point in yapping about it.

Let's suck it up and vote right now, okay?

Vote on what?

Please hang on.

I truly don't know what's going on here.

What are we voting on? What are Gnosia?

Don't feign ignorance. It's embarrassing.

LeVi, you heard all of that, correct?

Yes. I am always listening.

Can you give us a few extra minutes

before the meeting begins?

The instant learning system wasn't functioning properly.

So we need to explain to Yuri what's happening.

Understood.

The situation is less than ideal.

I will delay the start of the meeting by five minutes.

- -

- - Coffee, anyone?

Here, use this.

Got it in Liu-An.

Ooh! Now there's a woman who knows what's up.

Attagirl, Setsy!

I told you, I'm not a woman.

All right, where should we start?

What would make the most sense?

Entirely your call.

Conversations held outside of our meetings

don't get recorded by the system.

You're free to ask us anything you'd like.

However, our time is in short supply.

Do try not to waste it with stupid questions, okay?

Well, what are your names, then?

I suppose that's as good a place as any to start.

Setsu.

They call me SQ.

Jina.

Racio.

And you are Yuri.

Okay,

-So my name is Yuri. -Mm.

In our escape from Liu-An,

we suffered an attack by the Gnosia...

during which I'm afraid you were badly injured.

So we had to put you in a medical pod, where you woke.

And the shock of it wiped your memory.

If you're not faking it, that is.

Milk or sugar, Yuri?

Just leave the milk here.

Wowee, get a load of Princess Leave-the-Bottle over here.

What else can we get you? A smooch from Prince Charming?

Mm.

Move on already.

We need to make sure they understand

how Gnosia infectees work.

Honestly, we're wasting time.

Oh, what are they?

A Gnosia infectee is someone

who's come into contact with Gnos.

We're not sure what Gnos is exactly,

but those who are infected

become enemies of humanity itself.

They attack humans with the intent to eliminate them.

If you've ever seen a zombie movie, it's like that.

They're infected with a virus and get all freaky-deaky.

Does that mean there could be one among us now?

Mm?

You slipped up pretty quick there.

So you think a Gnosia walks among us?

How very intuitive, especially with your amnesia.

Please. That's a perfectly reasonable conclusion

to draw from the information they have.

And besides, this isn't the time for accusations,

is it?

Hmph. I'll defer to you.

Though it only delays the inevitable.

Nice try, try-hard.

After our departure, the AI that manages the ship, LeVi,

detected a Gnosia on board.

Isn't that right?

Correct. I currently detect one Gnosia.

According to normal protocol,

upon the detection of Gnosia,

LeVi is to cease navigation and self-destruct immediately.

However, the current inhabitants of this vessel

are all refugees fleeing the incident on Liu-An.

So LeVi has agreed to postpone the self-destruct sequence

for the time being.

Under one condition, of course,

that we send the crew into cold sleep one by one.

Are you familiar with the werewolf game, Yuri?

-Werewolf? -Yes.

The setup is much like our situation in a nutshell.

Imagine a village that has been infiltrated

-by a wolf in human form. -

The villagers hold a meeting

to discuss who the werewolf could be,

and cast their votes.

The villager with the most votes is hanged.

If the villagers correctly identify

and hang the werewolf,

they win.

If the werewolf stays alive until the end,

the werewolf wins.

In our meetings, we will choose one of us

to send into cold sleep.

And if the Gnosia presence disappears, problem solved.

If not, we hold another meeting the next day

and choose someone else.

And so on, until the presence is gone.

It sounds so...

You'd think there'd be a more straightforward way

to go about this, wouldn't you?

It's the compromise we made with LeVi.

Aww. Still confused?

You look like a little lost puppy.

No, I get it now.

I'm just not sure how to vote.

Of course. You're only just meeting us.

You're not alone.

We all basically just met, too.

Doesn't matter. They say Gnosia will lie about anything

to throw suspicion on someone else.

So we don't need to be friends, right?

We should just go with our gut or whatever.

It is time.

Please begin the meeting.

Okay. Let's go.

Remember, these discussions will determine whether we survive.

First off, has anyone flagged any behavior as suspicious

or possibly characteristic of the Gnosia?

I mean, no. Hello.

We couldn't possibly.

All we know for certain is that someone here

isn't who they say they are.

But I know who I like for it.

It is hard to feel confident, don't you think?

They say that humans with a gender

are easily swayed by appearances.

It would seem that's true.

The choice is obvious.

That doesn't apply to me. And I still don't suspect Yuri.

Ah, leaping to their defense, eh?