Hitorikiri de mayou atashidake no michi de
Hateshinai umi eno mirai o itsumo matteita
Kawaru yume no iro wa marude ano hi no sora
Wasureteshimau niwa kireidane totemo
Tsuyokunaru to kimeta toki ni wakattano
Mune no oku ni ai wa afuresouyo
Itoshisa ga tomaranai koboreru namida uketomete
Deau tame ni mezametano
Dakishimeta omoide wa yurenagara kaze ni fukarete
Asu no blue wing ni umarekawaru
It looks like a regular garbage barge, as far as I can tell...
Idiot!
That's camouflage.
This is the headquarters for the Roberto crime family.
Where did you get the information?
From a rival organization. The Lun family.
For getting rid of the boss, Roberto LaRoca...
they're offering 5 million rima!
I'll give you 1 percent if we're successful.
Don't tell Rena and those guys.
What?!
You've accepted an assassination job without telling the office?!
Shh! It's a side job!
We can't get by on just our salaries.
I told you I'm giving you 50,000 rima, you penniless amnesiac.
Stop bitching and follow me!
Hey!
Hurry!
Be careful not to bump into anything. We can't make any noise.
Are you all right?
Please take your change... Please take your change...
This isn't the time for that sort of thing.
Shut up!
What was that?
Intruders! Intruders!
Get the boat outta here!
Gloria!
Damnit! Now I'm gonna kill everyone!
Die! Die! Die! Die!
Gloria!
What are you doing? Hurry...
Heaven Can Wait For Maia Mizuki
The tree planted by the water...
bears fruit when the time comes. Its leaves never whither.
It brings prosperity to all things where it grows.
A penny saved...
is my penny.
The quick draw gets the worm.
Haste makes sense, so hurry up and pay me.
All that glitters... is mine.
Grandpa!
Hey!
It's because... It's because...
Don't give me that "It's because..." shit.
I swear! Trying to kill yourself with someone else's body...
Why did I change places with Gloria?
It's this thing.
The moment we touched it...
a strange shock ran through us and we switched places.
It looks like it's just an ordinary vending machine.
Perhaps...
it's mutated.
It happens all the time.
Alligators in the sewer system becoming giant size.
Iguanas turning into strange monsters.
This thing started off as an ordinary vending machine, but then...
What?
Don't say such idiotic things with my face...
Don't be such a cry-baby with my face!
All we have to do is fix this thing...
so we can go back to the way it was before!
Fix it?
Who on earth could repair such an absurd vending machine?
The two of you switched bodies?
And that's why we want you to fix this thing.
Hold on a second. So then...
you're Gloria...
and you're Maia?
Yes. It's probably hard for you to believe right away.
I believe you, Maia.
Thank you.
But even so, a vending machine that switches people's identities...
Anyway, I'll see what I can do. You can treat me to dinner afterwards.
Yes! That settles it!
So, until then I'm you and you're me.
What? We're not telling Rena and the others that we switched bodies?
If she finds out about the sidejob, it's gonna cause trouble.
There's nothing to get excited about.
We just have to act the way the other person normally does.
But I...
Just accept it.
Because at this point, in some sense...
we are now one body and soul.
The tree planted by the water bears fruit when the time comes.
Its leaves never whither.
It brings prosperity to all things where it grows.
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Um...
Well, um... um...
There's something strange about those two today.
It seems the idiot has finally gone off the deep end.
Is there some connection?
Yesterday you two didn't show up at the office...
and today you're acting all weird...
There's nothing unusual. Look, I'm a wimp.
And see, I'm an idiot!
That's how we are, right?
And what about your voices?
Oh, that...
that's because I've got a bit of a cold.
I inhaled some helium.
It's as if...
It's as if Maia was Gloria and Gloria was Maia.
That's it! I know what it is!
You two have switched identities!
Branch manager.
Yes?
That's the dumbest thing I ever heard. Get me another cup.
Yes.
Tea, tea, tea...
In any case, get to work.
Yes.
Shizuka.
Finish that up and deliver it to wherever it's supposed to go.
I swear...
what are you doing accepting jobs that don't make any money.
I'm sorry...
Maia - Construction site Security
Gloria - Get People to Pay Rent
Yu - Construction site Security
How could this have happened?
Look, that woman's back again.
Boss!
As always we are honored to see you!
Boss? Honored to see me?
Last month's protection money.
Please... give me my store back.
Idiot! Your store's long since been sold off!
It's your fault for not paying the boss!
Forgive me...
Um...
We're sorry, boss!
We'll give him the usual roughing up!
- Come on!
- Help me...
Gloria...
Pigs in heat.
Uh... What is it?
Nothing.
You fell for it, you fool!
I'm not so easy to see through like you are.
Maybe I'm just imagining it...
but I'm sensing something horribly evil inside you.
What?
Something of a much lower order and extremely primitive as well.
Almost on the level of a fly or cockroach...
Yes... lt's just like Gloria.
What a horrible thing to say, Yu!
It's just your imagination!
Her stupidity is contagious. Don't come too close.
I'm gonna kill you!
Gather that junk over there and throw it away.
Yes.
I'm Maia. Maia the one with no memory.
Even if I kill her right here...
I won't remember a thing!
There's just no way I can be Gloria.
I gotta get my own body back somehow.
Don't push! Please, clear the road.
It's me!
It's me...
It's me. It's me!
Hey you.
You know her?
Sorry, but she ruined the crane.
What are you going to do about it?
You should pay for it.
Yeah. That's right!
I'm sorry. I'll give you this for now.
My money...
All right. Keep still there.
My!
My body...
Good grief. What's gotten into you?
In addition to your memory...
a few screws must have come loose in that head of yours.
In any case...
I'll take the remaining cost for the repairs out of next month's salary.
Why are you crying?
It... lt's nothing.
Now, now. In any case, that's that.
Maia, I want you to take the rest of the day off so you can recuperate.
And just so you know, tomorrow's a normal work day.
Injuries are no reason to miss work. Well, that's it for today.
We've got no choice. I'll borrow your room for the night.
But, where am I gonna? Where's your home, Gloria?
On my bike.
The stars are beautiful.
All the more beautiful when they're blurred by tears.
Hey...
There!
- Hey! - One! Two! One! Two!
Shit.
There aren't any valuables.
Oh... l'm hungry. Maybe I'll go get something to eat.
Goddamn pauper!
I'm hungry...
I'm in luck!
Oh, thanks...
For picking up the change I dropped.
Clyde...
Nothing!
Here.
Thanks.
Um... are you a guy?
No! Nothing!
I have to thank you somehow. Can I take you to dinner?
Oh, but...
I'm Yasuki Jonouchi. What's your name?
Maia... Maia Mizuki.
This is bad, Gloria.
You accepted a job and you never reported back to us.
So, did you get rid of Roberto? Or did you not get rid of him?
Looking at your face, I'd say you botched it up somehow.
I want you to pay us back in full the 5 million rima advance we gave you.
Advance?
Don't play stupid.
5 million in advance. 15 million when you completed the job.
It was a 20 million rima deal in all.
They're paying me 5 million rima!
I'll give you 1 percent if we're successful!
Not 1 percent. It was 0.25 percent.
You money-grubber.
Stepping on someone when they're already down.
You were disagreeable from the start.
Give us the 5 million back, now.
I don't know! I don't know anything!
Kill her.
Wait, please! There's a reason. A profound reason!
A vending machine buried in garbage caused you to switch identities.
Yes.
You're not Gloria, but a woman named Maia Mizuki.
Yes.
I see.
You understand then?
Kill her.
No!
Wait.
We can use her for bait.
Amnesia?
There was an accident 5 years ago.
I lost memory, and my parents, they were both...
Oh, you poor child.
Guy's really go for Maia's sob-story.
Well, now then...
I'm sorry.
I just met you, and here I am telling you all this.
But, somehow it doesn't feel like we just met.
Maia.
No... What am I saying? I have to go now.
Goodbye!
Maia!
Hey, why don't I take you home?
Yes!
It just might work.
I wonder who could be calling at this hour...
Hello, and thanks for calling...
We have one of your employees.
Who's this?
My grandfather.
The two of us lived together. Then last year he suddenly died.
So then, your relatives...
Loneliness was my friend...
Memories were my lover...
But... But... l...
I can't stand being alone anymore.
Maia...
Is it all right?
Hold on a sec.
Who is it?
Gloria, please help me!
I've been... No, I mean you've been captured by the man...
who hired you for the assassination.
If we don't do something, my spirit and your body are...
You can have it.
My body.
What?!
Starting today, I'm living my life as Maia Mizuki.
Wait. What are you...?
Oh, that's right.
I'll be careful, but if things turn out for the worst...
what do you want to name your child?
Gloria, what are you doing in my room?
Something good.
It's not good! Not good at all! That's my body!
Please don't take advantage of it!
I'm still... l'm still a...
Gloria? Gloria?
No!
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Huh? What are you doing?
We just met.
And I feel like I'm somehow sleeping with you out of pity.
Don't give me that shit!
I offer myself to you on a silver platter and you refuse?
Here I come!
How can you do this when someone's holding you hostage?
Do you have the money like you promised?
Which one of you young ladies is Maia Mizuki?
Gloria told me something interesting.
She said that she'd switched identities and that you were inside of her.
That's right. And the person inside this body...
is the real Gloria!
Maia, where are you?!
I'm here!
You really fixed it, didn't you!
It took some time to replace the parts.
Anyway, all we have to do now is turn on the switch.
Here we go...
Please take your change... Please take your change...
Wow! It's not even plugged in.
Please take your change... Please take your change...
It's just like the other time.
Good morning.
So?
- Like I said, the vending machine... - We switched identities!
- That may be true... - It wasn't my fault!
- Listen to me! - What should we do?!
In any case, don't all speak at once!
There's no way I can tell who's who.
I'll call the roll and you raise your hands. OK?
Gloria.
Yeah!
Shizuka.
Here.
Branch manager.
Here...
So that means... Maia's...
Here...
Disclaimer This story is fiction.
It has absolutely no relationship whatsoever...
to the actual Nereides members or their business.
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