No. 178 Kidnapped 囚われの身

Higoromo-cho | Abandoned Factory 2F

ウ01

Well, he’s awake.

What do we do now?

Don’t worry about it.

We’re not done yet.

Where am I?

What’s goin’ on here?

You don’t have to know. You're going right back in.

ウ02

×Tsukasa Okino

What are you doing to me?

You're just full of surprises…

How did you break out?

ウ03

×Tsukasa Okino

This place…

What is it, some kinda factory?

What time is it…?

…

ウ04

×Tsukasa Okino

Hey.

Keep quiet.

Unless you want another beating.

If you help us, this will be over soon.

ウ05

△The Attack→Tsukasa Okino

Okino…

You said you’d help us, right…?

Then you gotta do somethin’ before the attack hits!

Can't you save any of the others?

An Attack…? Wati, you mean…

Those things are the true foes of the Sentinels?

Exactly.

What I need to find is the reason for the attack.

So now we’re here.

Trying to find the key that controls the D-forces.

ウ06

×Tsukasa Okino

And these D-forces… That means the kaiju, right?

This key’s gonna let you control them?

ウ07

△D-Command→Tsukasa Okino

One person’s commanding these kaiju to come here, right?

One outta these fifteen people?

So you knew…

Yes. Fifteen children’s lives were manipulated…

…so that they would destroy the world.

They broadcast command signals from their body. Even if they don’t want to, or don’t even know.

Those signals create the kaiju, and then beckon them here.

Like the old guy was sayin’…

So… are there lots of keys?

No, just one.

Out of all fifteen…

Only one has the key that controls them.

ウ07

×Tsukasa Okino

So you need a key to command them…

Wait… Didn’t she say somethin’ about that?

The first person who had this key…

ウ09

△League of Darkness→Tsukasa Okino

That League of Darkness lady said somethin’ about this…

She said I was the one who had the key first.

But I dunno anything about that. I don’t remember anything, anyway…

Of course you don’t.

The control key is a code for a program.

You're one of those fifteen people.

Up until 2 month ago, the commands were coming from you.

Seriously...? It was me?

It used to be. Now, though…

Well, from what I hear, that had already changed by the time we caught you.

Now, another person’s got the the key.

And they're the one sending out the signal to start an apocalypse.

ウ10

×Tsukasa Okino

So all the kaiju attacks… That’s my fault…?

Remember, they haven't gotten here yet.

But…

Whatever you saw in there is going to come true soon enough.

ウ11

△Key→Tsukasa Okino

Okay, so… this key’s actually a program…

How do you even look for somethin’ like that?

Well, to you. it’ll look like a standard metal key.

At least, with in that station…

What do you mean?

I need to see who got the Control Key after you.

The idea was to just pull the data out of you…

But whatever happened is really bound up in your personal memories.

Which means you're the only one who can dig that information out.

That’s why you're in the chair, and I'm on the tech side.

I'm making it so you can find that key for me.

Hold on a sec.

You're tellin’ me that whole station’s…?

You've been in this chair this whole time.

That station…

…is an illusion created from your memories.

You gotta be kidding…

ウ12

×Tsukasa Okino

…I see now.

That’s how you broke out of the situation…

Even I'm there at the station.

You piggybacked on my access ID…

I guess that’d get you clear of control.

Well, I can fix that right now.

ウ13

×Tsukasa Okino

Okay… Now we’re all on the same page.

So. Let's jump back in.

H-Heym hold on!

Don’t squirm.

Trust me, you don’t want that tech coming off by force.

You might never wake up.

…

Find the key.

My apologies for hitting you.

But you need to take this seriously.

If you want to be free, help us. That’s your only option.

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