To Your Eternity (不滅のあなたへ)

A mysterious entity sent to this world...

Fushi, a being with eternal life.

The emotions, pain, and deaths of those he meets cause Fushi to grow,

and to acquire.

Fushi's travels continue.

I can only hope that his travels are to his own benefit.

Infatuation Reborn

Good.

Thanks.

It's still fresh!

Come get a look up close!

Hey.

What's that?

What's wrong?

Run!

Dad!

Hurry!

Hey, how long has it been since I came to this island?

Almost forty years.

What the hell have I been doing all these years?

You are tasked with preserving all of creation.

I get that.

But how long do I have to keep it up?

Let's say, when you're able to replicate that ocean, you're complete.

Is this not good enough?

You need awareness.

Awareness that it belongs to you.

It'll be another thousand years.

Are you lonely?

I'm bored.

Why not go back in the water and play with your buddies in the sea?

Quit it.

That was a horrible experience.

I can't even eat fish anymore.

That was another time I tried to fight back against it.

No...

What is your dream, Fushi?

Do what you want to do, like I did!

So I'm not going to see anyone anymore.

That was what I decided to do.

That I would live my life as a crab.

Fantastic.

I see that you're trying to obtain things that you couldn't in human form.

What the heck is this?!

Why?!

That species had no eyesight.

My memory after that becomes hazy.

I took on all sorts of forms.

The black thing tells me I traveled the ocean for about two years.

I've been buddies with this guy the whole time.

It's nice to me, even though I can't see well.

Once I quit being human, I didn't have to think too hard about anything.

I'd just picture the foods and scents that I liked,

and I'd occasionally have to be alert.

That was it.

But if this guy died, I'd be lonely again.

And just as I was thinking that...

It abandoned me.

The Nokkers are here.

I immediately remembered Pioran and the others again.

I remembered that I couldn't defeat my enemies, the Nokkers, by myself.

These exploding arrows are useful!

There are still more Nokkers!

Longer bows seem to work better with Uroy's body.

I'd suddenly be wracked with guilt.

I hated living my life on top of everyone's deaths.

At the same time, I didn't want to lose everyone, either.

The Nokkers kept coming.

I fought them, defeated them, and ate.

Forty years...

I wonder how everyone's doing.

Rean and Tonari must be pretty old now.

I'm sure they're fine.

Sorry to interrupt your sulking.

Not again. Where are they now?

They're already rampaging.

Off this island.

Why aren't they coming here?

Maybe they've given up on you.

Either they're trying to clear out everyone around you, or they're trying to lure you out.

Are you telling me they're attacking people?

Take me there!

It'll take you at least a month to get there.

Are you going to fall for their provocations?

People might die!

People are already dying. It's too late.

Damn it!

Worthless Nokkers!

Freaking cowards!

Try being smarter!

We're going. We're leaving the island.

All right.

I don't know if I can make it alone, though.

No, that's not my concern right now.

I've finally found you, Fushi.

Nice to meet you. I'm Hisame.

My grandmother, Hayase, was in your debt.

Grandmother? You're Hayase's grandchild?

Yes. I've been tasked with leading the Guardians, who are here to protect you.

So I came to—

Stop! How did you find...

I looked for you all over!

I came here eager to finally meet you.

Get away.

You kinda smell.

Are you washing yourself?

Wait, what brought that on?

I'm sorry. My mother taught me to do that.

Your mother? You mean Hayase's daughter?

What happened to Hayase?

She passed away before I was born.

Oh, really? She's dead, huh?

The way you say that...

It said in my grandmother's autobiography that you're a kind person who values life.

Does it say anywhere that she killed two people that I cared about?

Yes, it was an appropriate action.

Appropriate?

How old are you?

Nine.

You don't understand anything, then.

Poor kid...

The grown-ups have got you brainwashed.

It's a good thing not to know.

It means I get to have new surprises and moving experiences for the first time.

About what's right and wrong, about you, and about love...

Yeah, you're right.

Can I go now?

I have to be somewhere.

I'll go with you.

As a Guardian, I must protect you from the monsters.

You? A nine-year-old?

Don't come to me for help if it attacks you.

I know.

Suit yourself.

I will!

Hey! What is your deal? You're creeping me out.

Give me, like, five meters of space.

I apologize.

Come eat with us. It's delicious.

I'll pass. I have this.

What is that?

Nokker jerky.

Don't eat such a strange thing!

Have some of this, please.

No, thanks.

I'm going now.

Goodnight.

I've made some tea. Here.

There's a hole here. Shall I sew it up?

May I help?

Shall I scrub your back?

Good. I'm far enough away.

If I go to where the Nokkers are attacking, I might just attract even more of them.

But I might be able to help people if I make good use of Hisame's group.

Hisame...

She may be Hayase's granddaughter, but she doesn't seem like a threat.

No!

What?!

I'm sorry. I just wanted to sleep next to you.

This pain...

Let me see!

What a surprise.

So this is the Nokkers' idea of a clever plan.

He's been keeping it from me on purpose!

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to surprise you.

My hand just moved on its own.

Did you try to attack me?

"Guardians," my ass.

I'll cut it off.

Don't do that!

This Nokker was passed down from my grandmother to my mother,

and from my mother to me.

It's the very will of the Guardians!

Huh?

It lives by drinking my blood.

It does as I say.

There, there.

See? It's okay now.

You can speak with it?

No.

But it understands what I'm saying.

It understands who I am.

I am Hayase's reincarnation.

What?

My grandmother had told my mother that she would be born into my mother's womb.

I'm truly sorry.

I'll sleep over there.

Uh-huh...