Silent Mobius -Side 1 Author: Kia Asamiya Translated By Daisuke Suzuki Edited by William Chow Introduction: Tokyo, an acid raining metropolis with excess population and ever hostile environment, was terrorized by the supernatural beings that began appearing around 2000, as the rest of the world was. Police designated such cases involving the beings as a creature trap/third type case. To counter such cases, new section, "Attacked Mystification Police Dept." or AMP was set up in 2023. And now it's 2036. (By the way, this's my interpretation of the introduction on the cover overleaf of the comic book side (volume) one.) AMP members, serving under Chief Rally Cheyenne, are all women possessing either paraphysical or parapsychological abilities. Rally herself is supposed to possess some, but right now she's simply busy trying to handle all the paperworks her brats file, as well as complaints from citizens against AMP.. Katsumi Liqueur is the daughter of the grand wizard who originally opened up the portal that allows the beings to come to this side of the world. Nami Yamigumo is the successor of Yamigumo family, that has been responsible for the support of this world from the underground by controlling all the spiritual rituals. Kiddy Phenil is half cyborg after her body was damaged extensively while chasing escaped megadine, a powerful replicant/android. Yuki Saiko is artificially created ESP, whose power is still in development stage. Lebia Mavelick is a netrunner, somebody with ability to physically access her mind inside the cyber brain world/computer network system. They're stationed at the station 65. The thing Katsumi is carrying in the content picture is the "Sword Emperor Grospoliner " she got from her father. Content of manga Chapter 1 "Cyber Psychic City" 008 Chapter 2 "Nami Yamigumo" 109 Chapter 3 "Kiddy Phenil" 167 Chapter 4 "Daily Life -or quieter days" 245 AMP Members Ka: Katsumi Liqueur Ki: Kiddy Phenil Le: Lebia Mavelick Na: Nami Yamigumo Ra: Chief Rally Cheyenne, Yu: Yuki Saiko Other Characters Nn: Nana Yamigumo Rl: Ralph Bowmers Ro: Roy Devise gr: Nami's grandfather br: Nami's brother Chapter 1 "Cyber Psychic City" It's raining as usual in this jungle of high rises. TV: from the evidences left at the scene, the murder case in the area D-23 appear to be a creature trap/third kind case ... Members of the AMP is getting ready to repot to the site as they overhear the news. Ki: Is that where we're going? Na: It seems to be. Le: Would you get going?! The spinner is all set. Yuki, what about chief? Yu: Oh, she should be back in about ten minutes. Rally is on the chopper heading back to the Station 65. The chopper passes by the public announcement airship making an announcement. : The acid rain warning has been cancelled now. When the chopper lands on the helipad, the top level of the staion, Lebia is up there to greet her boss. Le: Welcome back, chief! Ra: Katsumi and others? Le: They reported to the site 10 minutes ago. Ra: I see. They'll be OK, this time too, right? They start heading back to the office. Le: Perhaps. What about the Development Bureau? Ra: No good. They'll be sending the sample by tonight though. Le: Then it will be deployed soon. Ra: Might be. Le: Then we may not be needed anymore. Ra: You always worry too much. How can a mere machine seal off the enemy we're fighting against? We're the ones who knows the answer best, aren't we? And they enter the office. Yu: Oh, welcome back. Chief, a report came in from Katsumi-san, and please have a look through these papers. Ra: Those can wait, Yuki. A call comes in from Katsumi. Ka: This's Katsumi. We arrived at the site. Ra: hm. Ka: We'll begin the investigation. Please issue 2nd class news blackout. And please evacuate the civilians in 100 meter radius and ask the military for cooperation. Ra: OK. At the murder site, regular police investigators are looking through the area. There's a ooze of slime sticking all over. A victim's body is completely mingled. "It must be the beings. The victims are 45 years old weapon bureau worker Takaaki Nemoto and four others. " Rl: hm.. 13th case of creature trap in this months.. Ralph of the special investigation section glances at the room as other investigators are searching through the wreckage. Rl: (It wasn't that uncommon that the monsters kill people, but only the top class government officials are getting killed in couple of months.. Why?.. Since when was it that those kind of monsters settled into this town?...) He notices a girl (Nami) trotting into the room. Rl: Hey! You over there!! Stop!! The civilians are.. Kiddy grabs him by the collar of his coat, and lifts him. She swings open the badge. Ki: Oh that's not the way to talk to your colleague, is it? Rl: Y..you're.. Alright! Let me down! Kiddy chuckles a little as she glances at Ralph sigh with relief that his feet are on the ground. Ki: Alright this case is now under our jurisdiction. Why don't you guys get out? "Ralph-san, what're they?" Rl: Attacked-Mystification-Police Department. AMP for short. Anti supernatural special police. "They're?" Inside, Nami is concentrating to get the "feeling" of the room. Ki: How is it, Nami? Na: .... It's still around. Ki: Just as I thought. But Katsumi is late. What's holding her up?.. Behind her the corpses rise and start walking up.. Nami is pointing behind Kiddy but can't say a thing. Ki: ? What's wrong, Nami? Na: hihainf you/Behind you. Ki: I know! She wacks at the"zombies." One of them hit the wall right beside the door Ralph and his men are peeping. Ki: So, it's the reviver. The undeads surround the two. Ki: Looks like they wanna try our ability. Na: Typical of the lower beings. A stick spears through one of the undeads. Katsumi finally arrived at the scene. Ka: What do you two think you're doing?! Ki: Katsumi, you're late. Na: Katsumi-san! The blobs from the bodies of undead gathers and starts forming a shape. Ka: It's regenerating. Kiddy! Nami! We'll throw it into "the field" now! Get this thing to the next room!! So, Kiddy grabs a portion of still unsolidified blob and throws it around. Nami is standing right in front of the being, and attaches a talisman. The plate with Sanskrit inscription begins to burn the being. Ki: Hey, your talisman isn't too.. The being swings its "tail" and strike Kiddy. After she hits the wall, she completes the sentence she was trying to say. Ki: isn't too good... Na: Kiddy-san!! The being charges towards Nami, but she manages to dodge, and the creature enters the next room where Katsumi set up "the field." Ka: Well done! Ki: ! My arm isn't moving! Katsumi leaves the room and runs to the next room, carrying the key stone of "the field." Ka: Now, all I have left is the last touch-up.. She sets the key stone and start forming "the field." As the being struggles inside the field, the corner stones squeaks. Ka: It's trying to break the field?.. Didn't know it had that much power left.. You're such a bad looser... Katsumi starts setting up the magic circle within the field. As she keeps on chanting the spell, the creature tries to overpower the field that's detaining it. Ka: "In front of me Raphael. Behind me, Gabriel. On my right Michael. On my left, Uriel. Five shining stars surrounding my four side raise flare. Six shining stars shine in the light pillar. Ater malkt va geblar ve deduler lu aurlam amen." The monster blows up, but while it's body is "evaporating", the field's corner stones give away. Ka: Damn the field is gone.. I almost had him.. The being begins to counter attack. Its "power" beam almost hits Katsumi's head. Ka: Kiddy! The graviton!!! Ki: I know! She fires a ball of particle charged with gravity into the monster. The being is squashed by a mini gravity well that was shot into its body, and is no more. Ralph's man mumbles.. "Holy.." Shortly after, the girls of AMP are about to leave the site. Ka: See you guys later. Ki: Please take care of the rest of the mess. Ralph and another investigator watch them leave. "I've heard about them, but this's the first time I see them." Rl: Me too. I heard they can stick their noses into other cases too.. The spinner takes off. Back at the station, Katsumi is changing in the middle of the office. Yuki is already changed. Ka: Oh Lebia, are you on night shift today? Le: Yeah, has to go with chief. Ka: Is it about that "field" weapon? Yu: Looks like the regular force wants it too, against the beings. Ka: Damn it, can't they remember whose work it is that's letting them get away with just ordinary works? Yu: Probably they don't like the fact that we're all women. (chuckle) She senses a impulse going through her body. Yu: Katsumi-san, you'd better not go home tonight. Ka: What do you mean? Yu: It just that I had that kind of feeling.. Ka: Your "power" is telling you that? Yu: Yes. Ka: Thanks for the warning, but I'll go home. I wanna see this new (video) disk I bought today. Yu: I see. But please be careful. Ka: .. um right.... Yu: Then, good night. Ka: See ya. Yuki leaves and Katsumi sits down at the window side at the "lobby" of the office. Ka: hmm..(Once in awhile Yuki would say something really disturbing.. But in her case, it's out of kindness.) Le: Katsumi, where's Kiddy? Ka: She's doing adjustments. It'll probably take couple of hours. Le: I see. Anyway, how long are you gonna be in that clothes? Katsumi is still in her underwears. Ka: Oops. But then, who would be watching? Le: Right... The only thing is that either the door is jammed or Yuki left the door half open. There are some audiences(?) peeking in. "Wow.." Ka: (Oh how I hate this rain... When will it stop?..) It's still raining when Katsumi get back to her apartment. Just before entering her room, she sees some foggy cloud floating in the middle of hallway, but next instant, it's gone. Ka: ?... Maybe I'm too tired... Yuki is still walking around the town, when she feels the impulse again. Yu: !! Katsumi-san.... Back in the apartment, Katsumi is watching the new disk of Ultra-7 she just bought. The fog appears outside of the window, and this time, it takes a shape. It enters Katsumi's room by smashing all the windows. "The direct descendant of the grand wizard Gigelph Liqueur. Most suitable to be my host.." Ka: WHO ARE YOU?! Disuent, the being, makes a move towards Katsumi. So, she rushes out of the room, and jumps into her car. She speeds down the road.. Ka: (Can't be... Evil phantom.. the fusion of the dead souls and the spirits. the medium being! Why is it coming after me?! WHY?!!) The evil phantom is ahead of Katsumi and appears right in front of her pass. Ka: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Meanwhile, worried by the impulse, Yuki drops by Katsumi's place, Yu: Katsumi-san?.... And finds the room in utter destruction. Yu: Oh no... (Katsumi-san!! Have to tell the others!!) She runs to the nearest phone. Katsumi's car is spiked by a piece of pavement. The pavement around is totally cracked. Investigators are searching around.. "A part of pavement is is lifted up and stabbed the car.. We can't find the driver of the car." Bleeding from her side, Katsumi is staggering along a street. Disuent is watching her from above. In the office, Lebia answers the call from Yuki. Le: Katsumi is?! Yu: Yes, whatever it was, something happened to Katsumi-san!! I told her not to.. (weep!) Le: Chief! Ra: Lebia, summon everybody! We'll have to find and rescue Katsumi! Le: Rescue? But from where?.... Ra: It's certain Katsumi was attacked by the beings. We'll know where she is. They'll tell us. Le: ?.. Ra: And tell Kiddy and Nami to report to the office! Katsumi is still running. She's now in the deserted section of Tokyo that was once called Shinjuku. She enters one building.. The being blocks her way. Ka: Shoot! She leaves and goes into half destroyed Shinjuku Sumitomo Building which the top half is completely gone. Ka: (Why do I have to suffer like this?!) As if it read Katsumi's mind, the evil phantom talks into her head. "hhhhh That is because you are standing in our way. We never thought the mistake we made 29 years ago would result in the formation of an organization to stop our plan... Ka: What's the heck are you talking about?!!! Katsumi runs up the stairs. "You will know soon enough." She keeps on running. "No.. I will make you understand." Ka: !! (It's a trap! What a fool I am..) Disuent was waiting for Katsumi at the very top surviving floor. The stairs she came up collapses. And the floors around her goes down, too. Ka: Shoot! The being approaches Katsumi. "Be grateful that you were chosen by me." It tries to force itself into Katsumi, but can't. "So, I can not enter her body. At least she is descendant of witch." It lifts Katsumi up by its tentacles(?), and draws her neared. "Then, I shall incorporate you into my body. You must pay the price of your father's sin by your body and power. Enter my body." Katsumi struggles in vain. She grabs her pendant. Ka: Dad... The metal piece shines, and blows away the being's ectoplasma. "So she used her father's power.. mhhhh hahahahahah HAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Katsumi drops on the spot, unconscious. The plasma of the being covers her. In AMP Office, Yuki just finished putting on armor plates on boots. Le: Yuki, hurry!! Yu: YES!! (But so many things to put on...) She glances at the belt, and jacket. Le: Move it!! Yu: Y..YES!! She rushes out of the office, without buttoning the jacket, carrying the belt in her right hand. And elsewhere in the Station 65, Katsumi's boyfriend, Roy just came back from another dispatch. Ro: Looks like we're doing riot control everyday. "What else can we do? That's our job for now." Ro: Oh great. I'm 2 hours late.. Katsumi's gonna be mad.... ?! He sees Lebia run through the hall way. Ro: That's Lebia of AMP.. What's she in hurry for?..... Yuki is trying to catch up with Lebia. Yu: Wait! Lebia-san!! At the helipad, the spinner is standing by. Le: Hurry! Yu: Sorry!! They board the vehicle. Le: Let's go! Yu: Yes! (gasp, pant,) The spinner takes off. Rally is looking them go from the office. Ra: I'll look for Katsumi. Put up the shield in the room to block any interference. Na: Yes, Chief Rally. Ra: Kiddy, contact the Development Bureau to have the "field" weapon transported! Ki: Yes, ma'am. "Do Not Enter" Rally is in a meditation room, trying to sense the presence of Katsumi. Katsumi is still unconscious on a pillar left by the being. Lebia and Yuki finds Katsumi's battered car but no trace of her. Le: No doubt about it. It's Katsumi's car alright. Yu: Then, Katsumi-san is somewhere near here?! Le: Yeah.. Yu: I should've made her stay.. Le: ( It was second hand anyway, but scrapped three days after buying it.. Poor Katsumi.) Yuki, can't you find her with your "power"? Yu: No way. Mine isn't still strong enough. At least I have to be as strong as chief.. Le: Chief, eh? She sure is strange woman. Nobody knows too much of her past, and she's the first one who noticed the presence of the beings and formed AMP.. We don't have any clues... Please find Katsumi quickly, chief... Rally is still meditating. Ra: (That being. Does it think it can erase its presence completely? It's impossible except for the high beings beyond certain level. !!! D-35-201!) Nami! She's in D35-201!! Contact Lebia!! Na: Yes!!! Ra: (D-35.. that's..) Nami contacts the spinner. Na: We found Katsumi-san!! She's in Sector D-35-201!! Hurry! Le: But why is she in Sector D-35? Yu: Lebia-san... D-35 is.. Le: Yeah, it's the off-limit area. The spinner approaches the off-limit area. The security machines are hovering around the area... Yu: (! The Cerberus/security system!) Le: The Cerberus system isn't working?! It's not attacking against the intruder?! Yu: You knew that and entered the area?....... Le: ........ I had a confidence that I can dodge the system... Yuki? What's wrong? Yu: I just started to feel sick, nausea.. Le: The air is pretty heavy... Yu: !! Lebia-san, I found Katsumi-san! Le: What?! !!! The spinner approaches battered Shinjuku Sumitomo Building. Le: There she is!! Yu: Katsumi-san!! The spinner hovers right next to the pillar Katsumi is lying. Lebia steps out. Le: Katsumi!!! Yu: (What's that thing covering Katsumi-san?....) Le: Yuki, I'll move her to safer place! Help me!! In the office. Na: Chief!! They found Katsumi-san!! Ra: hm ...... Tell Lebia. Katsumi might be.. Na: ? Le: !!!!!!!!!!!!! Na: ?! Katsumi is up, but spreading strange aura. She tears away the pendant and throws it away. Ka: "hhhhhh Finally everything is mine.. this blood, this flesh, and this power!! HAHAHAHA!!! First, I'll finish you AMP off." Le: Katsumi!! What's wrong with you?!!!!!! Yuki is stopping Lebia. Yu: Lebia-san!! (Could it be that the being took over Katsumi-san's body?... Then that this sticking on her body is the being? Katsumi lifts huge chunks of block using "the power." Ka: "Die." The blocks fly towards Yuki and Lebia, but Kiddy gets there on time to knock the chunks down. Ki: Lebia, she's not Katsumi anymore. Le: Kiddy.. The flying machines of the Development Bureau hover behind them. Le: Chief.. Nami... Ka: "Splendid. All of the AMP is now here. Good thing I bothered to get into Cerberus System." Ra: And we won't have to bother go through the trouble of setting up and experiment for the "field" weapon. I never thought we would be able to try it out as soon as it's completed. Le: Chief! Are you going to use the weapon to Katsumi?! We still don't know its effect on human body! Ra: But we can't use graviton on Katsumi. This's only way. Le: That's true, but.. Rally picks up the radio, and contacts the flying machines. Ra: We'll use the "field" weapon. Begin the data sampling. Start rolling the camera! Le: CHIEF!! Ra: Don't worry. Katsumi will be alright. Ka: "Humans! Go ahead and try your pity weapon!! I will easily overpower it!!" Ra: Fire the "field" particles!! The "field" particles spread around Katsumi, forming a containment field. Ki: Chief, it's a success! Ra: We still don't know yet! Nami, what do you think? Na: Whether it's a success or not, the activity of the being is likely to be sealed off at this moment. Katsumi-san is probably controlled externally from the being sticking on her body. If so, this's the only chance we can remove the being. Ra: That is if the weapon is working properly. Ka: "How careless I was.. I never imagined I would confined this much.. Then.." Ra: !! Everybody stand back!! It's trying to break the "field"! The being blows away the "field," and now is in its original form. "Such a lucky fellows they are." Ra: So, it used the power released when it's going back to its original form and broke the "field." Na: Chief, look!! Katsumi-san is there!! Katsumi is inside the being's body. Ki: Katsumi! Na: It's drawing Katsumi-san's power there! The being shoots its tentacles around. Kiddy draws the graviton gun. Ra: Stop, Kiddy!! Katsumi might be affected, too!! Don't use the graviton! Ki: .. Ra: (Only if Katsumi gains consciousness..) The being starts firing around powers. A pillar near Lebia twists and blows away. Le: A distortion wave?! Watch out, Kiddy!! Kiddy picks up a chunk of block and throws it to the being. "It is no use." The being forms a shield and bumps the pillar block away. Rally and Nami notices something about the way the pillar landed. A Pillar near Kiddy twists and blows up. Yu: Kiddy-san!! Kiddy is buried underneath the debris. "Rally. Is this all the AMP's power? So depressing." Ra: And you merely has the power because of Katsumi. I am disappointed!! Na: (The pillar Kiddy-san threw and landed, and other pillars.. The way they're lined up.. Could it be?....) Ra: (You noticed, Nami?) Na: (Yes!) Ra: (We need to seal off its movement, even for 30 seconds.. Get working on it. You have 4 minutes!) Nami hurries away. Ra: Why did you go after Katsumi?! "Her father, Gigelph is unforgivable criminal for us, the resident of the spiritual world. Yet, those who posses his blood have incredible power. It is my duty to make that blood ours, and eliminate you AMP. That is why I needed her blood." Ki: What's the heck is this thing talking?... The being entangles Rally with its tentacles. Ki: Chief!! Ra: Don't worry! Meanwhile, Nami is still working on the pillars. "Now, you can not move, can you?" Nami stabs one with her dagger. Na: Phew.. one more to go.. Ra: That's the same with you. "!!" Ra: Now, Nami!! Nami stabs the last pillar with dagger. The pillars surrounding Disuent forms "the field." The tentacles outside the field gets chopped off. Rally is freed. Ki: Chief!! Ra: I'm OK. "So you formed a field by using the pillars. You wench.." Nami is trying hard... Ra: The best Nami can do is just few more seconds. Kiddy, take Katsumi out of that thing! Ki: ?! Ra: The being will probably use its entire force to break the field. There should be at least few moments that thing's attention will be distracted right after the being breaks "the field." The pillars begin to crack. Na: (Can't stand anymore...) The field gives away. Ra: Kiddy!! Ki: Yes! Kiddy makes a run towards the being, and punches into its "stomach," trying to reach Katsumi. The being notices, and blows Kiddy away. Yu: She didn't make it?! Yuki notices she stepped on something. Yu: (!! This's Katsumi-san's pendant!? Why is it here?...) Katsumi's eyes open up. Ra: No, it's not necessarily complete failure! Katsumi is awake now.. Ka: (Where am I? Inside the being?! I'm ingested?) "So, you woke up, little wench. But you have served your purposes, have your blood and flesh digested into my body." Katsumi tries to grab her pendant. Ka: !! The pendant is missing?! Where is it?..... "Rally, this is the end for you." It shoots out the tentacles again. Katsumi notices Yuki has her pendant. Ka: Yuki!! Yu: Katsumi-san?! Ka: (Yuki, throw that pendant to me!!) Ra: Yuki, throw it to her, hurry!! Yu: Yes!! The pendant lands inside Disuent "Cu..could that be?!" Ka: That's right! It's the plate with my father's thought implanted! Now I'll send you back where you came from! (Dad, rend me your power as grand wizard for me, just one more time.) "ST..stop!!" Ka: (Evil one, begone from this world!!) With a giant explosion, the being is forcibly sent back to the other world. The smoke of the explosion clears on the top floor of Shinjuku Sumitomo Building. Katsumi is sitting in the middle of the ground zero, with most of her clothes blown away.. Awhile later, the police chopper is approaching the building. Katsumi, is wearing the AMP cloak. Ka: When I was incorporated into the being, its thought flowed into my mind. I finally found out what my father did. It was because of my father that the beings began to come to this world, and turned it into world filled with terrors. My father, the grand wizard, Gigelph Liqueur. summoned those beings to this world. What I don't understand is why that act is "crime" to the beings, and what is the "mistake" they made 29 years ago.. Do you know anything about it, chief? Behind her, the chopper just landed. Ra: I .... Roy who hitchhiked on the chopper cuts in, running up to his girl friend.. Ro: Katsumi!! After I got off the work, went to your place, Ka: Roy.. Ro: and it's a mess, so I phoned the station. Ka: ROY!! Ro: !! Ka: If.. if you're late again. that's the end, alright? Ro: Katsumi.. don't be mad like that... what's wrong with ya?... Ka: baka... Ra: Why don't you stay with her for a while. Yu: Chief, we're all set to return. Ra: What happened to the tape of the field weapon? Yu: They've managed to retrieve it. Ra: I see. Rally starts heading towards the chopper. Lebia follows her. Ra: Lebia, they'll start targeting us from now on. Le: Yes! Ra: Now that we defeated a medium being, their target is focused on us. Le: Yes.. Ra: We, AMP has to have more combat experience. We can't loose this battle. -2036, Tokyo. This is where the story develops. As view of Tokyo goes into aerial view, into overview, a pattern of lights appears. It's the magic circle with David's star... "Oh how I hate this rain... When will it stop?.." " About Katsumi Liqueur (no it's not Kazumi, Katsumi) There were letters like "unitll you wrote in CH4 that she's the main character, I didn't know she was." I'm sorry! It's all my fault!! I'll make sure she'll be from now on. By the way, Katsumi is down right AV (audio visual equipment) mania, and spends most of her pays into equipments and softwares. So, at the end of every month, she has to borrow some from Lebia (to pay bills, of course..). Her favorite is Ultra-7 and has all episodes (it's really hard to find episode #13 because it was never aired). She was watching "The UFO Came" in CH4. And in CH1.... Though Katsumi's hair is convertible (?!) there were lots of letters saying they preferred the long one. But she doesn't look too bad with hairs fixed up, right? There will be big developments involving Katsumi! Katsumi's street clothes in CH5 was pretty popular. Thank god.. Her surname "Liqueur" obviously come from "liquor." She drinks, but usually end up KOed. Her voice in CD drama is Naoko Matsui. right on! " Chapter 2 "Nami Yamigumo" Nami is bathing in a pond.. Her sister brings libation. Na: Sister... Nn: Nami. Sit here.. By washing away your body with libation, the ceremony of purification is complete. Na: Yes.. As sake is poured on Nami's body, both Nami and her sister, Nana, has a look of concern... Afterwards, Nami is sitting in the yard. Her brother is behind her holding a razer.. br: Nami.. Na: Yes, please, brother.. He trims her hair up to shoulder.... And now she's sitting in front of her grandfather. gr: "Is the ceremony of purification done, Nami? Na: Yes, without hindrance. gr: hm.. Raise your face. Na: Yes.. gr: Nami, you know of the five spirits. Na: Yes, you mean of the kirin, the dragon, the tiger, the phoenix, and the turtle. gr: Hm, and among that, kirin is placed in the center, and is considered to be the sacred animal. Kirin is the head of the beast, and is placed on the peak of the animal kingdom. When it runs, it never step on live insects, or break live grass. Though it has a horn, it brings no harm. The dragon is considered the head of the animals that have scales. But what's roaming around the world today is completely different. Na: Y..es?.. Grandfather, why must you mention such thing? gr: Nami, I want you to remember about the kirin. About dragon, too. Na: Yes.. ...... gr: Our Yamigumo family has sacred treasures containing the spirits of those five animals. You're now eighteen. By the tradition of Yamigumo family, you will be entrusted with this sacred dagger. This dagger is the sign of the righteous successor of Yamigumo family. Use it keeping that in mind. Nami draws the dagger, and puts it back, striking the sheath, an oath that she'll keep the promise at any cost. Nami leaves home, and go down the stairs. Her grandfather, sister, and brother are looking at her go. Nn: Grandfather, have you told her about that? gr: Of course not. It'll be just like when you were tested. br: Will she be alright? gr: I can't tell. Even you two gave up the right to succeed the family, because of the severe ordeal. If she is to loose her life over this, she is not needed in this family. Yamigumo family has been responsible for the support of this world from the underground by controlling all the spiritual rituals. The successor of the family must have far superior than normal man, physically, intellectually, and mentally. For Nami, this trail on 18th birthday is just the first step to succeed Yamigumo family. Besides, that dagger will not release its power besides for those that it recognizes. I wonder if Nami will be able to handle the dagger.. Nn: Grandfather, what kind of task have you imposed on her? gr: hm... Meanwhile, Kiddy and Katsumi just showed up at work, arguing... Ki: Why can't you sleep quietly?!! Ka: Will you calm down, Kiddy?. Yu: Oh, good morning. Ki: If I knew this earlier, I wouldn't've let you stay in my home. Ka: What can I do? My house was trashed (In the previous episode, remember?) Le: Mhh.. What's wrong, Kiddy? Ki: Oh, Lebia you gotta listen. I let Katsumi stay until she find new house.. but it turns out she snores, gnash teeth, rolls around. Oh it's like a hell. Le: Oh didn't you know about it? It's pretty famous. Ki: WHAAAAT?!!!!!!!! Le: That's why it was such a big news when she found a boy friend/Roy. And even bigger news that they're still going steady. Ka: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr wonder if I should fire graviton at them?... Yu: Excuse me, Katsumi-san. Ka: Oh, what is it, Yuki? Yu: You're the only one who hasn't paid. Ka: Pay what? Yu: Don't you remember? I told you after work, we're going down to the pub "Okazaki" in Asagaya to throw a birthday party for Nami-san. Looks like Yuki-chan is the organizer.. At least she should do a good job of it, compared to.. say Katsumi.. Ka: Oh, yeah, right. There you go. She hands the party fee. Ka: But then, Nami herself hasn't come yet. Yu: Oh, she said she'll be late today. She said she has some business to attend at home. I don't know exactly what though. Ka: Hmm. Le: Katsumi, have you ever been to her home? Ka: No, why? Le: It's really weird. You know her home is a shrine. The shrine is located 300 meter underground. Ka: Three?! Then, does Nami has to walk up the stairs all the way from 300 meter underground to the surface?! Le: No way.. There's direct elevator up till 280 meter. From there, she has to walk through that underground mall, through the monster filled dungeon. She says there're protective seals put up along the way to the surface but.. What if the seals peel off? Ka: It's gonna be one fine walkway.. Kiddy is trying to get back to the topic before Yuki cut in. Ki: Hey what happened to the story of Katsumi's sleep?!!!!!!!! Under 300 meter the surface, Nami opens up the elevator door, and boards, to climb up to 280 meter underground mall. Her grandfather is telling his grand children what he did. br: The seal?! You removed the seals?! Nn: That is too much, grandfather!!! gr: It may be, but I want Nami to overcome the ordeal. That's why I put Nami under the care of AMP's Ms.Rally Cheyene when she was 15. To bring out Nami's power and strengthen it further. Whether if that decision was effective, or not. whether if she has enough power to be the righteous successor of Yamigumo family.. The elevator arrives at the upper end. The first thing Nami sees is the mouth of a lower being, trying to snap on her head. Na: !!!! Wh..why?! It can't be!! She starts running. Na: (Could it be that the seal is..!!..) A seal at a corner is removed. Na: (Just as I thought. But who did it?) A monster is coming after her. She splays purified water. Na: (I only have few more purified water for the self defence.. Have to get out of this underground mall/dungeon.. This's the nest of the lower beings.. I can't handle this many even if they are lower beings.. Damn it..) WHO BROKE THE SEALS?!!! She stops when she sees a giant shadow around the corner.. Na: Could it be.. ! wha.... DRAGON?!! haha.. ha This's getting.... to be like an RPG... The dragon throws flame at her. Nami runs to the nearest corner. Na: If it wasn't for this cloak, I could've been burned crisp. Take the rest of the holly water!!! The water hits the dragon's head. It starts to burn the beast's head, like an acid.. But the dragon starts blasting around, again. Na: No good!! (Have to run somewhere.. Damn it I feel like I've been running in loop..) ! There's a stairs! I can go up!! But the shutter is down, and there're some bugs walking around.. Na: Closed?! yew.. the shell bugs.. It seems she's not good at these kind of bugs.. She tries to step back, but notices a giant shadow behind her. The dragon fires a flame ball just as Nami starts running. She glances back at those bugs squeaking in the flame.. She keeps on running. Na: !! Dead end again?! She turns around to face the dragon.. Na: I suppose I can't get out of here alive unless I kill this thing.. She grips the dagger. Na: The spirits of four holy beasts, rend me power and come to find alongside me.. But the dagger is jammed. (Her chant in based on the belief that other four holy beasts guard the fourside, with kirin in center.) Na: Can't draw the dagger? The dragon begin to spark. Na: Shoot, the thunder?! The dragon discharges the bolt. Nami holds out the dagger, to form shield. The shield does protect her from the direct hit, but the sparks jumping around destroys things around her, burying her underneath debris. The jumping sparks also hit the dragon itself... Nami is lying still, just about to blackout. Na: ... That's carelss of me... ended up caught up with the jumping sparks.. Did the dragon die, or..... my mind is... She starts dreaming of her childhood, Nana's, her older sister, 18th birthday. Nami was playing with a ball in the front yard of her home/shrine. Nana crawled back home, bleeding.. Na: Si..sister! What happened?! You're bleeding!! Sister! SISTER!!! Nn: Nami.. I couldn't do it.. the right to succeed this family... gr: So, Nami is next... Nami, go home. Hurry. Na: Grandfather... Brother.. br: Nami, come on.. Na: But sister is.. gr: Nana, you failed.. So, Nami is the only one. Nn: Yes. grandfather. I'll return you this.. Her sister handed the dagger back to grandfather. Nami remembered having a glimpse of what Nana gave to grandfather. Na: Now I remember... This must be a test to succeed Yamigumo family... Then, grandfather must've removed the seals.... Now that I know I might as well calm down and think. sigh... Right. First I'll have to go back where I was. The route to the surface doesn't change even if the seals aren't there. She starts heading back the way she came. In the office, Katsumi and Lebia are wasting their time watching TV, eating snacks.. The TV specifically labled it's Katsumi's. A news is on. "The cause of the electric sparks that occurred earlier seems to be located in the closed off underground mall, and.." Ka: hmm.. Say, Lebia.. Could this be caused by a being? Le: Don't know... Rally notices the news, thinks for awhile, and leaves, without even warning the sloppiness of her brats.... Yu: Oh, Katsumi-san, has Nami-san showed up yet? Ka: Nope. Yu: She's not?! What should we do?!! We only have an hour till the party.. Back in the mall, Nami, on the way to the surface just killed another being. Na: One more level to the surface... (I getting tired.. I never thought the way up to the surface was this long... My head is getting dizzy... Whatever happened to that dragon.. Did it die?.... Can't be..) She peek from a corner. Then she starts running. Na: sigh.. Nothing's around.. Turn that corner and climb the stairs.. WHAT?!! The shell bugs appears from the corner she was headed to. Na: Why are so many shell bugs?! The bugs are swept away by something. It's the dragon, again. Na: So, it was ambushing... !! flames again!.. She manages to hide behind the corner she just turned. Then she notices that the shell bugs are hiding from the dragon there, too. She chuckles as she hears them "whimper".. The dragon starts using the thunder again. Nami starts running, to get the dragon's attention away from the bugs. Na: This way!! Come!!! The dragon fires flame. Na: !! That was clo.. Its claw grabs her and pins her on a wall. Na: (No way I'm gonna lose like this.) She attaches talisman to blow away the claws. The dragon fires thunder. Nami falls trying to avoid the sparks. She's on her feet again, holding the sacred dagger. Na: One more time. Four holy beast guarding the sides!!! Give me the power!! The dagger comes out of the sheath, and shines. A big bolt of light shoots out of the dagger and strikes the dragon. Nami recognizes the beast that came of the dagger. Na: ...Ki..kirin?!! WHAT?! The sacred beast pass through Nami's body and disappear.. Her grandfather senses the change in Nami. gr: So, kirin in the dagger recognized Nami.. Nami herself senses the change as well. She raises the dagger. Na: (I feel the power! I can sense it's coming from the dagger! So, this's the power of kirin entered my body.. Now, I can defeat the dragon!!) She swings down the dagger. The dagger literally slices the air, along with dragon, into half. Na: The air ripped?.. the sacred dagger's power?... The dragon's carcass drops in front of Nami. Na: sigh.. Grandfather, I did it... Shortly after, she's walking up the stairs up to the surface. She notices somebody waiting for her. Na: Chief!! Ra: Everybody is waiting for you. Let's go. Na: Yes... And at the pub "Okazaki".. Ka: WHAT?!!! That's it?!!! What does this mean, Yuki?!!! We didn't even had enough drink. Yu: But you had plenty to eat, didn't you?! Ki: ow shuddup.. Maybe if Katsumi was the organizer, the party could've been lots of alcohol and no food... It seems Kiddy can handle chopsticks, but Lebia can't, seeing that she is just using toothpick.. Rally is trying to pretend she doesn't know them... Le: But the way, where's Nami? Ki: Right there. Nami is sound asleep..... " About Nami Yamigumo In the early plan, her name was Nami Izumo. The most asked question about her was why she cut her hair. Since Nami is the only character with the tone on hair, she's notorious among assistants. (though it doesn't mean they don't like the character herself.) She wouldn't wear AMP uniform at all. One of the sources of Rally's headaches. It seemed it took quite awhile to even make her wear the cloak. Come to think about it, the characters of Silent Mobius are getting into more of comedic side... Voice in CD drama is Chieko Narimasa-san. Narimasa-san's voice is cute, but also has a tone of intellect, so she was so fit to do Nami's voice. In case of close up, 748 or 742. Usually in most cases, 738. In long shot, 760. Oh, I'm talking about the tone.. I love the setting that she's clean loving misophobia. She look better with bamboo bloom than with vacuum cleaner. " Chapter 3 "Kiddy Phenil" Kiddy is running. A wire flies around her. Her right arm is severed. She cries in pain, and kneels down. Now her left foot is slashed. A man holding the wire approaches her.... And she wakes up screaming. Katsumi crushes down the other side of the bed. She's still staying at Kiddy's place. Ka: Ouch... What's the heck with ya, Kiddy?.. Ki: sniff.. Ka: Kiddy.... What's wrong with ya?.... Kiddy is in tears... Ka: What's on Earth?... ? Ki: ?... Somebody throws up and the other is screaming... It must've been the last night's drink... "AAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!" Afterwards, Kiddy is taking a shower. Ki: Damn... Why did I had a dream like that?... I sort I forgot about that, but my body remembered that... THIS DAMN BODY!! She punches a section of the wall. She steps out of the shower. Ki: Katsumi.. Take the shower will ya? You stink. Katsumi is cleaning her head with towel. Ka: Whose fault was it?!! It must've been Kiddy who threw up. Ki: Hehehe... Sorry. Ka: Damn it.. She goes in. Ka: But what's the heck am I supposed to do?.. it's busted.... Kiddy punched out the shower control panel... Next day, Katsumi is taking a ride on Kiddy's car. (Her car was also scrapped, remember?) Ki: Katsumi, will you find new room? Ka: Haven't got time, you know?.. Ki: You got more than enough time to waste, with so few creature traps. Ka: No, we got cases besides the beings to handle! Ki: Oh, sure.. Ka: Like the replicants' rebellion in LA long ago. Ki: HAHAHA!! What're you talking about?!! Kiddy punches Katsumi to prevent any further violation of the copyright... Ka: S..so, there might be a case like that in Tokyo as well. you didn't have to punch me.. Ki: It's been already happening for a while. Yeah, for a while.... Ka: ?... What're you talking, making serious face? Giggle!! Ki: grrrrrr At any rate, find a new room in one week, OK? You got one week, ALRIGHT?! Ka: If I can find that easily, I wouldn't have so much trouble like this.. !!! Could it be that you don't like me? Ki: Of course I don't!! Ka: WHAT?!!! So, off they go to work.. At the Station 65, Katsumi think she remembers a man standing at the lobby. Ka: Didn't I see you before? Rl: ...... Ki: Oh yeah, you were the guy I lifted up in the creature trap the one before last case. Rl: hm. Yeah that's right. I'm Ralph Bowmers of Special Investigation. Ki: And what does this Ralph-san want? Me or Katsumi? Rl: First a gratitude that ever since AMP got rid of that medium being thing, nobody in government has been attack. And the other is you! YOU!! Ki: What? Rl: Since that time, I've been called on by my men as a miserable guy who was picked up and thrown away by a girl!!! Can an ordinary person lift me or throw around beings like that?!!! TELL ME!! You gotta have some sort of secret behind that power, don't ya?! Kiddy thrashes right into the wall beside Ralph. Ki: How can a normal human work in AMP?!! And walks away. Ki: DON'T YOU EVER SHOW YOUR UGLY FACE TO ME!! Rl: ch.. Ka: You belong to the worst category of men. Rl: Wha.. Ka: That's right. Showing up for that kind of dumb reason.. Anybody would be mad, even if it wasn't Kiddy. Rl: WHAT?! Ka: Or, could it be that you are interested in her? Rl: No way. Ka: Right on the bang, right? Rl: WILL YA CUT IT OUT?!! Ralph's celluar phone beeps. Rl: This's Ralph. Right.. OK, Sector B-39.. hm.. the murderer.. OK. I'll be right there. Ka: Going to work? Rl: Yeah. We finally cornered a guy we've been after for long time. You know "Wire"? Ka: The one that was on news few days ago? The one that cuts up people into pieces. I heard you guys let him get away 15 times. Rl: SHUDDUP!! We'll get him this time!! We'll stop him from making anymore human sashimi!! Kiddy walks back to Ralph. Ki: Can you tell me more about "The Wire"? Rl: ! Ka: Kiddy... Ki: Please.. Later, Kiddy is heading towards a spinner. Le: Wait up, Kiddy!! Ki: Lebia, tell Rally that I won't be doing any work of AMP until this thing is over. Le: What does that supposed to mean? Ki: ............ Don't worry about it!! Ka: Wa..wait, Kiddy!! Katsumi manages herself into the spinner. Le: Kiddy! The spinner takes off. Ka: Tell me, Kiddy. What is it with this "Wire" guy? Ki: .... If that "Wire" is who I was looking for, I won't let cops of the metropolitan police kill him. I am the one who will squash him. Ka: ....... At B-39, there's an explosion. Ralph crawls out of a building wreckage. Rl: Shoot.. The others?... The others' corpse are littered here and there.. It's like some anime that only one survives (that's what the artist commented underneath the panel!). Rl: Damn.. How can he wipe out police squad this easily.. Is he supposed to human?.. !! A figure in cloak approaches.. Rl: You're under arrest. The figure swings around a wire. The wire hit's Ralph's hand. "AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!" Two shadows appear on top of nearby building. Ki: kkkk... I found him.. Finally found him, Katsumi.. It's him alright. Slash away anything by thin wires implanted in the arm... Ka: Kiddy?... Ki: It's so fun.. IT'S SO MUCH FUN!! I am the one who will delete/kill him!! She jumps off the building. Ka: Kiddy!! Wai.. !!!!! Katsumi almost follows the suit, but have a second thought about it, seeing how high up from the ground she is.. Ka: Tha..that was so close.... Kiddy crush lands behind "Wire"... Ki: Hi.. Wire: !.. Ki: You made me laugh. The name sounds so much like you. The megadine (=replicant/android), warrant number 2035618!!! I've been waiting for this moment for so many years.. She charges in. "Wire" jumps and throws wire, but Kiddy simply pulls it. Ki: I'm sorry to tell you that my body isn't like what used to be! Don't think YOU CAN HACK ME UP WITH THIS KIND OF WIRE!!!! She smashes "Wire," and snaps off the wire she held onto. She's about to finish off "Wire." Ki: And all those pains I had to suffer will be. Ka: Kiddy!!! Ki: Katsumi?.. Katsumi came down the building on the spinner. Ka: ARE YOU OK?? Kiddy's attention is destructed for a moment. "Wire" strikes back. Ka: Kiddy!!! She charges in with spinner. "Wire" grabs the nose of spinner and almost breaks it away. Ka: WHAT?! She ejects the nose section, and the spinner crush lands. The nose cone blows up, as it hits the nearby building. It must've been the fuel tank. Ka: Got him?... Kiddy staggers towards her partner.. Ki: Katsumi.. Ka: Kiddy! !! Ki: The heck did you had to do that for?... She falls. Ka: Kiddy!! Ki: G... right arm isn't moving again.. Ka: But we got "Wire," Kiddy! Ki: Can't tell till we find his parts... Ka: !! Kiddy..... Re-enforcement is finally arriving. Ki: By the way, what happened to that inspector?.. Ka: He passed out there. Don't worry. He's got a little scratch on the arm. Ki: I see. sigh.. Ka: Kiddy... Ki: hahaha Katsumi, Lebia's gonna cry if she sees spinner like that.. She does. She kneels over the spinner. Le: Oh poor spinner.... Ki: ........ be quiet... Well, better have this body fixed up. Ka: ! Kiddy, are you sure you can go by yourself?! Maybe not. Who are you talking to, Katsumi?!! Kiddy falls.. Ki: Ka... Katsumiii... Later in the office. Ka: !! You mean he isn't dead yet?!! Ra: Very likely.. There weren't anything that even look like parts of a megadine... Ka: Can't be... hmmmmm Ra: Katsumi, don't tell Kiddy. Ka: Oh, yes! Yu: Besides, the old types would die when the time comes. Ka: But... Maybe that's better for Kiddy... At the hospital Kiddy is still in bed. Ki: !! I thought it's "no visitors." Rl: There weren't any signs like that. How's your body? Can you move? Ki: Not as much as I want.. Did you come here to laugh at me loosing against "Wire"? Rl: No way.. I just came because I was worried. If I do laugh, I'd be really the worst guy. Of course Kiddy don't know the conversation between Katsumi and him. Ki: What do you mean? Rl: No, just my story.. Ki: hmm. Rl: But why are you after "Wire" like that? It's kind of abnormal.. Ki: Yeah, maybe I'm a bit of paranoia... Rl: ? Ki: It was three years ago.. It happened before I joined AMP. I was still an inspector of the special investigation. Me and my partners cornered #2035618.. "Wire." He was the last surviving megadine that took refuge in Tokyo... She recalls the day... She heard a sound from the other side of the corner, so she stepped out. Ki: Don't move!!! !!! Ki: But what I saw there were all of my partners dead... And he was there laughing in the middle of puddle of blood, holding a wire in his hand.. And I was.... Kiddy froze at the sight. #2035618 swings his weapon at her.... Ki: That day, I died once. Actually I wanted to kill him with my own hand, but that's impossible.. He's already.. Rl: No, he's still alive. Ki: !! Lebia's customized spinner takes off from Station 65. Yuki looking from the office, notices it go. Yu: ? Wonder what's Lebia-san doing?.. Le: What about me? Lebia is standing right behind Yuki. Yu: HUH?!! But your spinner just flew awa.. Le: WHAAAAT???!!!!!!!!!!! The "stolen" spinner flies over a street of Tokyo.. Ki: You know where "Wire" is hiding out, right? Rl: Yeah, but it's gonna be hard to pick him from this crowd... Ki: We can spot him right away by the special spinner's sensor. He's different.. from human.. She's looking into the monitor.. Ralph is driving. Ki: He's not here.. Next, 300 meter to the right. Rl: OK.. In AMP office... Ka: Is it true that Kiddy sneaked out of the hospital?! Le: Yeah, using my spinner. Ki: Then she went out to kill "Wire"?.... Lebia is crying (again). Yuki is working on radio.. Yu: I've been trying to raise her, but she's not responding. Ki: But how did she find out that "Wire" is alive? Le: Don't know.. But I sure hope she wouldn't push too hard... Ralph and Kiddy are still at it. Ki: Next, 300 meter forward. The sensor picks up unusual body heat distribution. Ki: There he is!! Rl: What?!! Kiddy jumps off the spinner, ignoring Ralph. Rl: HEY!! Ki: WIREE!!! She lands in front of the android she's been chasing for so long.. Ki: Now, we'll finish this once for all!! "Wire" seem to be smiling.. Ki: Wh.. What's so funny?!! You're supposed to be megadine made by people to serve some purpose aren't ya?!! Why do you have to kill people?! WHY DO YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE JUST ON MURDER?! Wire: Because that's my purpose. I was made to kill. Kiddy charges in, but "Wire" throws her away. She crushes into nearby car. Ki: ow.. my body movements aren't smooth enough yet.. !! She seemed to lost the sight of "Wire" for a second, but notices him steal passer-by's air car "ARRGGHH! why am I so unfortunate?.." The car takes off. Ki: St.. STOP!!! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO RUN AWAY?!! I'M NOT LETTING YOU GO!!! She jumps with full force. Ki: HA!!!!!! She manages to land on the engine hood of the air car. She grabs the megadine. Ki: COME OUTSIDE!!!! Ralph on spinner has been following her all along.. Rl: BEHIND YA!!!! or front in this case?... Ki: ? They crush into the public announcement airship. Rl: Kiddy!!!! Kiddy gets up.. Ki: u.. ! Wire.. Where is he?....... She climbs up to the outside... "Wire" is standing on the top of the airship. Ki: h.. So this airship's gonna be the final battle ground.. It's starting to rain. In the office, Yuki is accessing into the computer network, as Katsumi and Lebia waits impatiently.. Ka: Well, Yuki? Yu: In a minute.. I'm accessing into the Nagata Heavy Industy's brain (main computer) directly. and, I'm not good at hitting keys.. Le: Megadine, Type CO-201. "Wire" is the type one generation before.. It can't get the life span extension treatment, so maybe.. Yu: I got it!! Three look at the display.. Le: This's....... On the airship, Kiddy is in rather bad shape, getting cornered.. Ralph lands the spinner, and starts walking on the airship. Rl: KIDDIIEE!! Where is she?.... The rain is getting heavier.. The automated announcement comes on. "The acidity in the rain is raising. Those of you outside..." He spots Kiddy and Wire break through the outer shell of the ship. Kiddy crush lands.. Ki: Shit.. the body is.. "Wire" is walking towards her with a pipe. He jabs it, but Ralph covers Kiddy. The pipe speared through his arm. Ki: RALPH!! Rl: I'm letting you become murderer... Ki: Ralph, leave me alone!! This's my.. Rl: Be quiet!! You're woman!! You aren't supposed to talk about kill or revenge!!! Ki: What do you know about me?!! I'll kill him!! I have to kill him!! Or else, I'll... "Wire" pulls out the pipe. Ralph passes out. "Wire" swings up the pipe again. Kiddy covers Ralph... She hears a sound of stabbing. Ki: (He got me.. I'm gonna die.. I won't make it.. ) She sees a pool of blood under her feet. Ki: (So much blood.. The rain and blood.. white blood.. ?! White blood?!) She looks up and finds "Wire" stabbed himself... Ki: Wire?... What.. what happened?... Le: Kiddy, he stopped functioning already. His life ended right now.. Lebia and others have come to the airship... Ki: But that's.... Le: We looked at the data bank of his manufacturer, the Nagata Heavy Industry, and it said today was the last day of his life span. Ki: why?..... Le: Your revenge is over, Kiddy.. Ki: But he can't do that. He can't kill himself like that... Then.. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!!! The acid rain is still pouring onto the town and the airship... Later in Station 65, Ralph enters a room. Rl: Kiddy, what is it that you wanna talk about? What is it without turning on the light... Kiddy?.. She's naked. Ki: Ralph, you wanted to know about my body, right? That's why you came to the Station 65, right? Rl: I..I don't care anymore.. Ki: No, I want you to see for my sake. By doing this, I might put something in my head to rest.. She sprays a chemical on her skin, which starts to melt away... Rl: Kiddy..... Under her artificial skin, her body is covered by the armor plates. Ki: This's my body.. 70% of it like this, just covered by special cream... 3 years ago, I was saved by the normal cyber coating after my body was slashed up.. But I changed it to the armor coat. Rl: Why? Ki: To get even power with "Wire" who cut my flesh body... And to kill him.. hhhh.. Funny, isn't it? This combat parts are originally developed from the know-hows of megadine.... To kill a megadine, I also became a megadine.... But I started to hate this body that's too different from normal women. After I've done it with my own will.. I didn't want accept this body.. Like my body isn't supposed to be like this.... To forget about it, I joined AMP.. But now that "Wire" is gone.. I.. I think I can accept this body now.. Rl: Kiddy.. Ki: Thanks, Ralph.. For going along with me today. Rl: Not at all... After she dressed up again, she goes back to the office.. Her buddies are waiting for her. Ka: Are you done, Kiddy? Ki: guys... Le: Let's go drink.. Ki: Right.. Le: Kiddy, don't think you can get out of this case just by 50 pages of explanation reports. Ki: .... Ka: hahaha! Wanna me to help ya? Ki: It's OK, I'll do it.. Ralph is still around. He sighs and starts walking putting his right arm on his head. Rl: OOUUCCHH!! He forgot that his right arm was sliced by wire and then stabbed by a pipe.. -And a week later.. Kiddy and Katsumi shows up to the Station 65 (looks like Katsumi hasn't found the new place yet). Ka: Oh there he is again. Ralph seem to be hiding something under his coat. Rl: Hi! Ki: So, what is it today? Rl: Well, I figured I can go along with you just once but from now on, too! He hands her bouquet of flowers.. " About Kiddy Phenil What a hard name to pronounce.. I was so surprised to find that there is a drug by the name of "phenil." All I did was to make the name just by feeling.... I'm always moved when girls send me letters saying "I want Kiddy to be really happy." Moriki-san, the mech designer, often tell me he wants to do inside structure of Kiddy, or heavy armed Kiddy. To the heck with it!! The origin of Kiddy's character design came from Sara of Vagrants (Asamiya's other work, published from Kadokawa-shoten as well.) I really liked Sara, and didn't want her to be left like that, so I put her in Silent's characters. So, I put #61. though the hair design went to Lebia.. Voice for her is Hiromi Tsuru-san!! I've been a fan of her since"Pelinu"! Chapter 4 "Daily Life -or quieter days." -Katsumi's case Ka: I finally moved to a new room. It's an antique 1980's style, a fad right now. Ki: oh, I see. sure, good for you.. The new apartment is really something like that might be around Shibuya.. Kiddy and Yuki storm the place. Ki: Wow, it sure look old.. It's so antique... Yu: a tatami?..... Ka: And now let's watch video with full volume.. She gets a complain from her neighbor right away. "BE QUIET!!!!!" It turns out the apartment have not only the outlook, but everything is of 1980, including inside... It's got no effective sound proofing.. -Yuki's case Yuki-chan owns a cafe as side job. Yu: In this time, we can do side works if we get OK. (As far as things goes in present time, 1990, police officers aren't allowed to have side jobs.) Yu: And it's underground. Of course it's open only on her off duty days. But it's essentially becoming the hang out of AMP. Ka: Hi! Yu: Oh no..... Lebia, Kiddy, and Katsumi storm the place, drinking, and making noises.. Yu: (er.. this isn't a pub, you know...) Thanks to them, other customers wouldn't come in. The brats sure got guts coming here to drink still in their uniform... -Kiddy's case... Ever since Chapter 3, she seem to have trouble trying not to giggle.. Heart marks are flying all over her.. Ki: giggle.. Ka: What the hell?.... Na: She's been acting like that these days... -Station 65's case (?!) Morning comes, and sun shines on the station. And evening comes and the lights turn on, as evening draws..... Ka: You're trying joke around, or what?... (It may have been a bit less monotones if the station was transformable..) -Nami's case Nami is an extreme misophobia. Na: I'll die if anything is left dirty... Lebia-san, would you put away the disks?! Le: er..hm.. right... Kiddy and Yuki are eating snacks.. Na: !!! You're leaving all those crumbs all over!!! Katsumi must've came back from outside, seeing that Nami is wiping her with wet cloth... -Lebia's case She comes in to show off her new toy. Le: Guys.. This's Dueghy, the support AI. "hello, hello." Everybody swarms around the "toy." "wow awesome." "It looks dumb." "Lebia, doesn't it transform into humanoid form?" "Hey, machine, do some tricks." "(Dueghy) .aa.. a..a " "Can it spin plates?" "And what does it support?" "Where's its face?" "Can't it fly?" "Or join with some other mech?" KABOOOOM!!! (Looks like all Lebia's toys don't get along too well with the rest of the AMP girls. the spinner, and this Dueghy... ) Le: sniff.. -Chief Rally's case. Chief Rally is always busy checking all the files her brats file, and handling complaints against AMP. As hard as she tries to get rid of the pile in front of her, the piles build up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, and up... Ra: Those idiots...... -Katsumi's case again Katsumi sleeps a lot. She's snoring in the office, using reports as pillow. She's sleeping in the spinner. Worried crew asks Lebia.. "What do we do with her? Le: Oh leave it alone. And even in the middle of work. "Where the heck did Katsumi go?!!" "She was here till a minute ago!!" Ka: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ "AARRGGHH!! The being!!" "Heeellp!!" "Yeeek!!" ..... But once she's in bed.. Ka: Damn.. can't go to sleep.. (She sound just like somebody I know....) -Nami Yamigumo & Katsumi Liqueur Forget about this piece. You won't get it unless you know some really antique anime. Besides, if you know that much, you probably can speak Japanese, so there's no point in me doing translation.... -Kareina/curry na(Graceful/of curry) story. Ka: WHAT?! Going to a curry restaurant? Seriously?! Katsumi isn't good at hot foods.. So, when everybody is ordering the strength of the curry spice.. Le: Five times for me. Yu: Then, I'll try twice. Ki: I want 30 times. Ka: ....... I... I want 0.001 times..... "Excuse me?.." preview of side 2 Chapter 5 "Katsumi Liqueur" This's the "sequel" to chapter 1, that left behind with the question of Katsumi's father's deed, and the beings' plan... Chapter 6 "Yuki Saiko" Yuki, the youngest of the AMP, is invited to a re-union with her friend of the days when she was in an "institution." What that institution did to her body, she doesn't want recall, but will when she meets the friend... Chapter 7 "Lebia Mavelick" When the members of AMP find out that their accounts are wiped out from the computer, they start investigation, and find a giant virus eating up the computer network. Tokyo will loose its function if the virus eats up the entire network.... Lebia enters the system and faces the virus that began have its own thoughts.. Chapter 8 "Daily Life -or quieter days 2" Again.