World's End Harem (終末のハーレム)

An inactive virus vaccine isn't feasible.

And I'm not getting anywhere with a weakened variant.

Damn it!

Give me one month.

Do I need to keep that promise?

Experiments on living creatures are difficult, so...

Ow...

S-Sorry! I was thinking!

I'm fine, but...

A m-m-m-man!

What was that about?

My signature?

Yes.

Here you go.

Thank you.

He's a pervert who attacks any woman he sees.

B-Bye!

Pervert?

That's rather rude.

You pinned a woman to the ground in the hallway back there, didn't you?

No! She...

Disgusting.

You won't be getting all this attention just because you're a man for long.

What does that mean?

Mizuhara-sama, can we speak?

Suou-san!

What do you mean you're not going to be my attendant anymore?

Mizuhara-sama...

You're...

Good, you're here.

I'll introduce you.

This is Katagiri Rea and Kuroda Maria.

Your new attendants.

What's going on here?

Mizuhara Reito, you are now famous worldwide,

and in a unique position compared to the rest of the Numbers.

Thus, we're giving you more than one attendant.

There's no rule saying you can only have one.

Kuroda Maria is a researcher.

Our technology director trusts her quite a bit.

She'll be useful in your research.

N-Nice to meet you.

Katagiri will relieve Suou and see to your needs.

She was a Citizen Relations Officer.

Citizen Relations Officer?

Her job was to interact with the people on behalf of UW, and keep them pacified.

She knows the outside world well.

If you want to know something, ask her.

I'll be going, then.

Suou-san!

Why did you make her leave?

If you like her that much, just mate with her.

I will not!

Don't get so mad!

As soon as the paperwork is finished, Suou Mira will no longer be your attendant.

But she may still stay with you as a mating candidate.

It's your fault she was forced to leave.

Her most important mission was to get you to mate with as many girls as possible.

She failed, so of course she lost the job.

If you don't like it, then why not go mate with someone?

And while I'll permit you to continue your research into a cure,

if you're not going to mate with anyone, your other freedoms will be restricted.

That's not fair!

Mira!

It's been a long time.

Yes.

You've lost weight.

Take care of Mizuhara-sama.

You don't need to worry about that man.

He's just a loser who only thinks of women as tools.

That's not who he is.

Goodbye.

Wait! Listen, Mira!

If you let your guard down around a man...

You're as beautiful as ever, aren't you? Like time's stopped.

Um, Kuroda-san?

Y-Y-Yes?

What is there where we're going?

It's called Keimon City. There is a hot spring.

A hot spring? Is that all?

Um... somebody important in the MK Virus research field.

Somebody important?

What are you doing?

Sorry!

I'll go change.

You should just go over there.

I'm not Mizuhara-san's attendant right now.

You've got a difficult personality, too, don't you?

I'm sorry, Kuroda-san.

No, I'm sorry.

I'm not used to men.

Is it okay if we try to be a little more casual?

We're close, age-wise.

Okay...

Kuroda-san, you said you study virology, right?

Yes.

I know a decent amount about the MK Virus, I think.

The MK Virus was artificially created!

How do you think it was born?

There are three theories on the origin of viruses.

The regressive hypothesis,

The escape hypothesis, and the virus-first hypothesis.

But we don't know yet.

And since we don't know, "how it was born" may not even be the right phrase to use.

It's possible that something that's existed for eons only just now came in contact with humanity.

In fact, in biology, viruses aren't even treated as living creatures...

She's suddenly much more talkative...

Is it possible that a human made it?

You've got an interesting theory.

Put on your clothes.

We might find some clues where we're going.

Wh-What do you mean?

Keimon City is where the first victim of the MK Virus in Japan appeared.

It's huge!

The lake's so big!

There's a group of students on a trip here.

But beyond that, we have the place to ourselves.

I heard we're having spiny lobster for dinner!

Let's go play ping-pong! Ping-pong!

Forget that. Let's hit the hot springs!

We're not here to play!

This place is pretty...

I wish Mahiru-chan could've come.

We can't let an outsider tag along.

Creating an environment that relaxes Reito is part of your job, right?

My job is to manage his daily life

and help him focus on viral research.

We disagree there, then.

Um...

That looks fun! Let me join in!

Knock it off!

I wish I could've gone into the open-air bath, too...

A holographic open-air bath!

This isn't bad either.

Why...?

It's fine. It's more fun if we all go in together.

There's no "Men's Bath" and "Women's Bath" these days.

I'll leave...

Hold on.

I'll wash your back as thanks for all the help you give me.

No, you're the one who's helping me all the time!

It's the other way around!

Then maybe I'll ask you for help, then.

Wash our backs.

It's so nice, having Reito-sama wash my back!

Okay, all clean.

Thank you!

G-Go ahead.

O-Okay...

She's like a different person.

Does her personality change when she's talking about the virus?

Sorry! Was it too hot?

I'll do the rest myself.

Go ahead.

Sit down.

She has such a pretty back.

Why not have him wash yours, too?

Not a chance.

Okay, I'm last, then.

It's finally over...

Not that.

My skin is sensitive. Will you wash me with your hands?

That feels so good. You're good at this.

I-I'll wash it off.

Not yet. Here, too.

You can do the legs, too, can't you?

Run your hands over every little bit.

And lastly this.

I'm leaving!

Do the rest yourself!

And I was so close, too.

It's been so long since I've seen Ms. Taniguchi.

I'm Katagiri Rea with UW's Japan branch.

This is...

I know.

We're here to talk about your husband...

I told you everything I could.

I saw your press conference.

Thank you.

But it's not my problem.

My husband's not coming back, even if you do make a cure.

Taniguchi-san, can you tell us what your husband

was doing just before he contracted the virus?