No. 179 Owner of the Key 鍵の所有者

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4:50 PM | 1985 | Kamazumi Station | Line No. 5 Platform

△All in My Head

Gotta be kidding me…

So all of this…

It’s all some big dream in my head?

This Kisaragi, and that Fuyusaka, and Wajima…

None of them are real?

△D-Command

So the world’s gonna end…

And it’s all ‘cause of these fifteen people.

‘Cause they're sendin’ out this command to the kaiju…

…If he’s right, I'm one of those people too…

△Key

So this key’s a program that’s calling the kaiju out.

Except I'm just gonna see it as a normal-ass key, I guess.

ア01 自動発生

I guess when you put it like that…

Maybe you've got a point.

I should slow down and think a little…

…What’s wrong?

…

×Tomi Kisaragi

What’s wrong?

I didn’t…

I didn’t cross a line, did I?

×Tomi Kisaragi

Hey…

Could you not ignore me?

ア02

△All In My Head→Tomi Kisaragi

You're not the real Kisaragi.

You're jut some ghost of her in my brain.

What are you talking about?

Is your head okay?

Did you eat something bad?

Don’t even talk to me.

Well look what we got here.

Ogata. Most punchable face in the city.

…

×Takemi Wajima

I think it’s about time we settle our shit.

…

What’s your problem? Forgot how to talk, dumbass?

Or maybe you just never had the balls to fight, coward.

×Takemi Wajima

Oh, it’s too late to apologize now…

Hey…

Stop it, you guys!

Who the hell’re you?

Stay out of this.

…Ngh…

Gahahaha!

He's had enough, okay!?

Heh… Ain’t that the saddest shit. Gotta have your girl rescue you.

Move it.

Listen up. No more warnings.

If you ever talk shit on Kuri High again…

You know what’s gonna happens.

…

Let's go.

I remember now…

This place… it’s what I remember from that day.

Are you okay?

She was here, too…

We had a big fight… Ended up splittin’ off…

×Tomi Kisaragi

Look, fighting wasn’t gonna prove anything.

Those guys aren't worth your time, okay?

Dammit… Already 5:20...

Third train’s already gone…

They're gonna shoe up any second now…

Wasted too much damn time.

△All In My Head→Takemi Wajima

Same dumbass look…

This asshole looks as real as he ever did…

The hell are you muttering about?

Hey!

Ugh, messed that up…

Report.

…

Not this time, from the looks of things.

…So put me back.

That’s how this goes, right?

You realize your life is at stake here.

I suggest you take this seriously.

Yeah, I know…

△Dissing Nigakuri→Takemi Wajima

You heard wrong.

You think I’d sneak around talkin’ shit behind your backs?

If I got somethin’ to say, I say it to your face, or just punch you.

What the hell…?

If I'm lyin’ here, then I’ll let you take a free swing at me.

All wanna know…

…is who you heard that rumor from.

Well, uh… that’d be…

…Hey, who the hell was it?

That’s gotta be Teru…

No, men, you were the one who said it!

Wasn’t me, man!

…Lemme know when you figure it out.

ア03

×Iori Fuyusaka

Ogata-kun.

…

ア04

×Iori Fuyusaka

What’s wrong?

…

ア05

×Iori Fuyusaka

Not here…

Who are you looking for?

ア06

△All In My Head→Iori Fuyusaka

I guess that means she came from my head too…?

?

I don’t really know Fuyusaka that well.

So maybe that’s it?

I just got her mixed up with the school nurse…?

ア07

△Tsukasa Okino→Iori Fuyusaka

Hey, Fuyusaka. Where’d Okino go?

Okino?

Who’s that?

…

…I get it.

He said he was gonna fix it. Guess this is what he meant.

ア08

Fancy meating you here.

Usami-chan!

ア09

Iori, your place isn't this way, right?

Where you going?

I've just got a thing over in Tsutsuji.

ア10

Kinda rare to see you with Ogata-kun.

…Yeah.

There's been a lot going on…

Oh really? Tell me!

I mean, I wouldn’t even know where to begin…

Ohhh, I see.

I never would’ve guessed.

Uh, no, it’s totally not that…

ア11

So this is totally unrelated…

But your parents are gonna worry, right? All those days in a row?

Yeah.

Especially my dad…

Oh yeah.

But you know…

Like we talked about?

Hehe.

Geez, what?

I haven't said anything yet.

Really…?

You're so bad, Usami-chan.

…What?

Ogata-kun, do you want to come talk with us?

…

What’s wrong with Ogata-kun?

I don’t even know. He's being super weird today.

ア09

!

Kurabe…

ア15

×Juro Kurabe

…

Hey, it’s you.

If I remember right…

You don’t take the train to school, do ya?

Guess I don’t. but who cares?

I can't still take the train if I want. It’s not a crime.

ア16

×Juro Kurabe

Nah… Somethin’ ain’t right here.

This how you get your kicks? Picking some random kid to bully?

…

ア17

△Key→Juro Kurabe

So. You got a key on you?

What kind of key?

The key to summon the kaiju.

Summoning kaiju, huh?

What, that weird…?

I don’t really have time to indulge those childish fantasies.

…Now that’s weird.

Last I heard, you were way into that shit…

…

…Well, what a shame.

Looks like my train’s here.

Which means this conversation is over.

I don’t think so.

ア18

ア19

ア20

Hey, that’s the wrong train!

5:01 PM | Tsutsuji-Bounded Express | Train Car

イ01

×Juro Kurabe

So you followed me.

Why’d you run?

Huh?

You're on the wrong trian, Nenji Ogata.

Doesn’t matter which one I take. Same damn thing happens anyway.

I always get taken out by the kaiju.

…Yeah, that about sums it up.

イ02

×Juro Kurabe

…You're not Kurabe.

…

…That’s just embarrassing.

I really need to hide my tracks better. I've been getting sloppy.

Never figured you’d come looking to take it back…

Who the hell are you…?

Uh…

He disappeared…

イ03

!

イ04

×Mysterious Man

That’s Minami behind you…

…And look what she's got.

I dunno how I know, but…

That’s the key. Gotta be.

Do you know anything about what kind of code this is?

Do you even know what you’ve been looking for?

イ05

×Mysterious Man

There's no point in digging this up.

You don’t even know what this key is…

…

イ06

△Key

I finally found it…

It’s her. Minami’s the one with the key.

イ07

△Key→Mysterious Man

I know the key’s a program that controls the kaiju.

And now I know Natsuno Minami’s got it.

If you know that, then why are you on their side?

You think you know what they're gonna do with it?

They can't save anyone.

Don’t trust them.

You know what they’ll do to her?

Do you have any idea what Natsuno Minami will go through?

イ08

×Mysterious Man

What, like I'm supposed to trust you instead?

I don’t know who you are.

I'm Juro Izumi.

A version of Juro Kurabe from another world.

What the hell…?

I've come to save you.

That’s why I'm here. To protect her control key.

イ09

×Juro Izumi

Fine.

Trust me or don’t, I don’t care.

Just forget about finding the key.

I can't do that.

That key’s gonna destroy the world, right?

If you let me handle this, you won't regret it.

But if they found out that Natsuno Minami has the key…

You think they’d be nice about getting it out of her?

…

…Got a point.

These sickos already kidnapped me and messed with my brain.

Minami might end up the same way…

They might break her. Leave her like Ryoko Shinonome.

Or they might just kill her.

She's a pawn in their game. Just another sacrifice.

…

…Think this through.

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