Midnight Occult Civil Servants (真夜中のオカルト公務員)

Get up, Arata!

Ow!

Morning, Arata.

K-Kohaku?!

What?

I tried to copy the clothing worn by humans in this era.

Did I get this outfit wrong?

Should I find something more tailored for male tastes?

N-Nah, I don't care. Do what you want.

By the way, why are you here?

Is there a problem?

This is my room.

I don't get it.

Why can't I be in your room?

How come the cat's okay, but not me?

I'm Arata's friend.

I guess telling you that I want my privacy probably won't work.

You weren't like this before.

Hey, what was Seimei like?

You're asking me to remember old times?

That's a very human thing to request.

It doesn't make sense to tell you about yourself, though.

Don't blame me. How would I know?

If you forgot, then fine.

I'll tell you.

You're really telling me you came from a place beneath this country?

That's right.

I'll tell you more.

You're here.

And I came from a place that's basically the opposite side.

We live on a ball?

Wouldn't the people on the other side fall off?

The people on the other side wonder why you don't fall off.

You tell such interesting stories, Kohaku.

Tell me more.

Okay, how about that for the countries on the other side,

the stars are in different positions?

What? What does that mean?

He had a real thirst for knowledge.

You told somebody from the Heian period that the Earth is round?

You seemed so interested in the stars, though!

And...

Crap! Time to get to work!

Gotta go!

Always in such a hurry.

Storage #1

May 23rd Nocturnal Community Relations Section

Anything new with Huehuecóyotl?

No.

#4 "Fixed-Point Observation in Kabukicho"

I guess for now we can assume he's harmless.

Yeah.

And we can't go trying anything on a god of calamity.

He's less like a god and more like a NEET.

Who knows what goes through his head?

Well, Anothers are basically like typhoons.

It's a waste of time to try and figure out what a typhoon's thinking.

Typhoons, huh?

That's so funny!

You're a cat, but...

Shut up!

Ow!

Well, we'll just have to keep an eye on him.

Yeah.

And it's valuable data, too.

Morning.

Senda-san, good morning.

Good morning.

Theo-kun, Sakaki-kun, can you turn those in?

"Those"?

"Those," you know.

The things you turn in every year.

They're due tomorrow.

It's that time of the year already? That's fast.

Shinjuku Ward Special Cases Fixed-Point Observation.

Unsolved Missing Girl Cases in Tokyo

It's a pain in the ass, you know?

I do know. I've done it.

All right, we're heading outside today.

Fine, I guess.

Where are we going?

Just right over there.

Kabukicho Ichibangai

This is Kabukicho.

Yep.

We need to observe six Anothers that have permanent residency here

and report that there's no issues.

It's tradition for the Nocturnal Community Relations Section.

#2

Number two, Shojo.

#3

Number three, Minerva's Owl.

#4

Number four, Dryad.

#5

Number five, Mezu.

#6

Number six, Bultungin.

#7

Number seven, Azukiarai.

Huh? What about number one?

No record

Our job is to make sure they're doing well.

Okay, let's go, Miyako.

Right!

May 23rd Kabukicho Park

Let's get started.

Yeah.

I smell alcohol.

Drink! Drink!

We had a big catch today!

What's their problem?

You guys got a problem?

G-Gorillas?

Shojo.

Monkey Anothers from ancient China.

You're new, huh?

We're just having a nice drink.

You guys cops?

No. Shinjuku Ward civil servants.

He just answered us!

It's that Ears of Sand guy!

He's no different than any other human.

Ever since Gongen-san left,

we've always been drinking with the same group, and it's getting boring.

Gongen-san?

Here, lemme pour you one.

Uh, w-wait a second...

What, too good to drink our sake?

No...

Here.

Here! Gulp it down!

Okay...

Don't do it, idiot!

What's wrong?

Sorry, I'm still on the job.

Oh, that's no fun.

Sake

Work hard!

Don't put your lips on anything an Another offers you.

They were just being nice, though...

Anothers aren't "nice" or "not nice."

It's possible that they needed you to drink before they could consume you.

Consume me?

Eat you.

They just spend the whole year drinking there.

But we don't know for sure that they'll always be there.

Checking on them is part of our job.

But how did they know about the Ears of Sand?

May 23rd Kio Shrine Police Box

Wow, this is amazing!

My wallet is back!

Glad to hear it.

Now, just sign some paperwork to show you got it.

Okay!

Hey, Nakamura. Get the paperwork ready.

Yes, sir!

Haguro-san, got a minute?

Oh, Sakaki-kun.

Please sign here.

All right. It's a piece of cake!

Here and here.

They moved a little from before.

Nothing else to report.

Thanks.

All the time you spend on this really helps us out.

I'm stationed at a police box. It's my job.

Your kids have grown up, huh?

They grow up so fast.

They're a handful.

That's a good thing, having a family.

May 23rd Shinjuku Ward Kabukicho Abandoned Building

Can that Haguro-san guy see Anothers?

Yeah. I've never heard of him being able to talk to them like you, though.

Up here.

What is this sound?

Miyako, come inside.

What was that pervert?

He's not a pervert. He's an Another.

Number seven. Azukiarai.

He's harmless, but sometimes he changes locations, and it's a pain.

Nothing new there, so let's go.

We have four left to check today.

Hey, what happened to number one on the list?

There was nothing written there.