This uncivilized sound...
What are you doing?
Huh? Um...
The compressor
makes a nice sound, doesn't it?
Whoa! You get it, too?
I know someone named Morita who's into trains.
Oh, are you...
Search complete!
Peace Party Naganuma
Oh!
I thought so! You're Naganuma-san!
Huh?
Good luck in the gubernatorial elections!
You take your work seriously. I like that!
Thank you! I'll do my best.
I'll be cheering you on!
From: Chief Yamabuki To: Hoshimiya Haruka An incident likely requires system analysis. Come in ASAP
Thank you.
Huh?
I'll do my best to represent the voices of the people.
I was looking forward to an abandoned train-line tour...
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File 7: Long Rail Life
Terao Kazuyoshi Office
Perp is currently heading west from Governor Terao's office,
on Shin Mejiro Avenue!
The governor was out of the office, and no property damage was done!
Stop right there!
Stop!
What's with that Willwear?
Retreat!
Target
Seriously?
We'll handle luring the perp, so please take care of him!
That's what we'd like to do, but...
Do we have the prefecture's go-ahead yet?
There's zero chance of that.
I'm getting a BS reason about how the prefecture's roads can't be destroyed.
God!
Sorry to be late!
Sorry, and on your day off, too.
No problem.
Wow, this looks a pain in the butt.
Target is currently en route toward the metropolitan government building at 2kph.
It appears the EM dome uses parts from an overseas arms manufacturer.
What's he after?
Punishing the governor.
Huh?
If nothing changes in the government, Tokyo is finished. The Democratic Liberal Party and the governor are traitors. Governor, become the victim of a lightning strike. Today is the day you'll be judged.
There was a post on a social network site about the attack.
Governor, become the victim of a lightning strike. Today is the day you'll be judged. I will neither run nor hide.
He seems pretty off the rails.
Why don't they just go to the metropolitan government building, and get it over with?
Yeah, that made me wonder, too.
Then we can wrap this up, and I can go see abandoned train lines!
Huh?
Um...
Just target me!
What moved you to take such dangerous action?
This is an act of terrorism, involving innocent civilians!
Poor governor...
First, corruption charges kill his popularity, and now this.
Not necessarily.
Huh?
He might be thinking he can turn it all around, if he plays his cards right.
Perpetrator Identified
So fast! Nice work, Madoka-chan!
I support the Peace Party's Naganuma-sensei Let's restore politics to what they should be!
The Peace Party...
The opposition candidate, huh?
Kobari Masataka, age forty, single.
Kobari?
At the moment, we're just gathering supporting evidence.
For now, let's contact HQ—
Naganuma-san!
We hear the person responsible is from your group of supporters!
Didn't you see any warning signs?
Ah...
You'll surely be expected to assume responsibility.
Please, not right now...
We have been unable to contact him for the past month or so.
We'll hold an official press conference later.
Please! Just one comment!
Governor!
The attacker has publicly stated that you are his target.
How do you intend to counter this threat?
Don't worry!
I have led this prefecture for seven and a half years!
As incompetent as I, Terao Kazuyoshi, may be, I refuse to be a burden on my constituents!
I will protect their peace and safety!
I find it hard to believe that he and Inagi-kun are responsible.
I'm not sure how much longer Kuroki-san and his crew can wait!
Huh?
If we frame it as traffic support for now, we won't need permission, right?
This street is currently blocked from use.
Wait at least, uh...
One hour until it's cleared!
He's waiting?
Will you really keep your promise?
There's no need for concern.
Go straight to the metropolitan government building, no matter what happens.
I have no choice!
Oscar VI!
Got it!
The target's headed to Shinjuku via the train tracks!
He hopes to reach the metropolitan government building from the track guardrails.
Let me handle this!
His biggest mistake was entering the tracks!
Haruka-chan's unusually fired up.
We have permission.
All Oscar units, return to exchange battery packs.
Cut it out, Oscar II!
Oscar II, I, and VI have returned!
Please let me down!
Hang on, I'll open the aft hatch.
Roger!
Thanks! I'll return it later.
Okay, no problem.
President?
Oh, sorry.
Something about that incident's bothering me, so I'm borrowing your computer.
Oh, the TV finally gave out?
It was pretty old.
What? He still hasn't been caught?
No.
There's some talk that he was against projection mapping.
That reconstruction event?
What are you doing?
Oh, sorry.
Do you wish to patch this program? Program Name: Liko app
Would you like to patch the software?
Isn't this the Liko modding tool that's distributed underground?
I borrowed it from a friend.
Installing
I heard it'd make her even more useful than before.
Update complete.
Liko's updated!
She's just freeware, anyway,
and it's your computer, after all. I don't see a problem.
Thank you.
It's just that I haven't found enough references for my paper topic.
And you want Liko to help you?
Yes, it's about the Fruit of Tragedy.
You're writing about that terrorist attack?
Um... It was about a decade ago, right?
Right. But I haven't found anything about the cult leader back then.
Ah...
Yeah, that might be hard to find.
Operation "Go with the Tracks!"
Will this work?
I support this plan.
It's logical and appropriate.
I'm impressed it was put together so quickly.
Data Transfer in Progress
Madoka-chan, please request permission.
How is it there, Kyoukai-san?
Proceeding with preparations, as requested.
All right! Just wait, perp!
I'm furious that I had to cancel my tour!
There's more to find?
Just a little something that might help when we apprehend the perp.
Permission granted!
Permission Granted
We have permission from all rail agencies.
Okay, now we just need to execute the plan!
All right! Let's stop this guy!
Oh!
Sorry to interject when you're all ready to go...
Huh?
But the governor has not given permission.
Huh? But this doesn't fall under his jurisdiction!
Permission Denied
Well, apparently, the new elevated tracks on Shinjuku Station's north side
belong to the prefecture.
Permission Denied
Huh?!
You've got to be kidding.
What's wrong with the governor?
He's the one being targeted!
Goal: 0 Crime
Everyone...
We are now prepared to apprehend the terrorist!
Is that
a missile?
No.
I'd foreseen the rise of numerous futuristic crimes,
and asked my alma mater, OIT,
or the Oshamanbe Institute of Technology, to develop this using my private funds.
It's a non-lethal, criminal-suppression rocket!
It is equipped with a unique anti-phase, high-voltage generator,
which enables it to neutralize that EM dome with little issue!
So that's his play...
He interfered with our work to regain his approval ratings.
Still, using that won't leave the perp unscathed.
Um, what are you looking at, Haruka-san?
A diorama of the very first Amarube railway bridge, which was part of the San'in Line.
Don't you just love the sturdy steel framework?
Look at the power and beauty of its form!
Let's not use this time for personal hobbies.
Do you notice anything?
Huh?
There's a father with a young daughter
in all of the dioramas.
Yes. This pair is the key
to cracking this case.
But Kobari is single and has no children.
I thought so.
That's it!
Continue the operation! We'll get to Shinjuku first!
Funasaka-san, contact the governor!
What?
The rocket can't be launched? What's going on?
It's aviation law.
It would violate aviation law article 99, section 2.
You won't get away with claiming ignorance.
We could, however, proceed with our operation without infringing on any laws.
Damn that Unit 8!
After so much preparation, why let Unit 8 take over?
I have determined that doing so
would better let us safeguard our citizens.
But, Governor, aren't you against Willwear use?
Well,
regardless of my personal opinions, civilian lives come first.
That is my civic duty, after all.
I guess politicians have to be this shameless to succeed.
Let's go over the operation.
Kyoukai-kun will soon finish
preparing the anti-phase, high-voltage generator.
Once we hook it to the Shinjuku Station rails
and activate its voltage, the repulsion will blow a hole in the target's EM dome.
Then we'll rush that point.
That role falls to me, obviously!
No, I can handle close-quarters combat.
Let me go.
Huh?
Haruka-chan?
No way!
Haruka-san, you're specialized for network and search operations.
Do you all know anything about signals and security devices?
Besides, there's one more important reason why I should go.
Is it something to do with the dioramas?
Oh, that'd be two reasons, then!
So can I count on you?
Yes!
Commencing preparation to equip Willwear.
Vitals, all green.
Lock.
Meti-structure, set Ibuki unit.
Here it comes! The Chiki 5500,
a cargo train for transporting long rails!
It's finally time to put an end to this.
Er... Huh?
Wow, I've never seen it before!
It really does pack a punch!
Was this the important reason?
Here comes the enemy.
Power on the anti-phase, high-voltage generator!
Forget it!
Switch the third crossover and the sixth scissors crossing.
Next, switch the second single cross
and the seventh scissors crossing.
Infiltrate the fourth switch system,
switch the double slip, DC, and Y-junction.
Going in!
Just as I expected.
Prepare backup operation!
There's nowhere left to go.
Will she really be all right by herself?
We have to trust her.
The original Amarube bridge was the best.
Huh?
What?
What is she talking about?
The way it reaches into the sky, without pretense...
And all those bare steel beams get to you.
What are you talking about?
Building a bridge in such a place is
like challenging nature itself, don't you think?
All that passion and expertise in one bridge!
It really tugs on your heartstrings!
Wait, he's actually listening?
I've never seen the original itself, of course,
but I was able to experience the feeling, thanks to a wonderful diorama.
Kobari-san,
it was your diorama.
He's the one who made it?
I like trains, buses,
extinguishers, and signals... All kinds of things made by people.
It's thanks to you, Kobari-san.
But why are you trying to run, even if it means destroying Shinjuku Station?
You love trains!
You're a kind man who also loves children.
Kobari-san,
records state that you're childless.
But you send a fixed monthly sum under a different name to a Filipino girl, don't you?
Huh?
I'm sorry, but it's my job to look around.
I learned the girl won't live long unless she gets an organ transplant in America.
She's your daughter,
isn't she?
I'll give you my full support for the organ transplant.
But you are not to speak a word of this,
other than about your relationship with Naganuma. That is my condition.
I have no daughter.
My goal is
to punish the governor!
That's all!
No, Oscar III!
Get away from him!
Get out!
Please get out!
I won't!
All right!
Oscar II!
Got it!
Okay, go!
Power on the generator!
I'm sorry.
Hey, that doesn't look good!
Oscar III!
Please remember the main Sekihoku Line's...
Shoubou Pass!
Remember the powerful DD51 trains that raced up the steep slope
with their twin engines!
Isn't that
just like you and your daughter?
Missing either one would mean failure!
You'd be overcome by the slopes of the pass!
You have to keep running together, hand-in-hand,
on that long rail known as life!
Please don't commit any more crimes.
Don't sever the link that holds the two engines together!
I want to help both you and your daughter.
That's why you need to tell us the whole truth
by turning yourself in!
He stopped.
I...
I just...
You are not to speak a word.
Kobari-san...
And here I thought you'd chosen your daughter over your hobby,
you loser.
Bye, Kobari-san.
Oh, no! I've lost control of the system!
What?
Huh?
At a time like this?
This is bad!
The Wear can't withstand this amount of output.
Oscar III!
Kobari-san?
I have no daughter...
I have no daughter!
Kobari-san...
Kobari-san!
Oh, no...
Who gave him
Logos's Willwear without permission?
Some have voiced approval of the governor's response to the most recent incident.
The governor's supporters are hopeful about the upcoming elections...
Funasaka-san.
About Kobari's Willwear...
A program enabling external control
was snuck into its system.
Do you think you can trace it to the mastermind?
It will be difficult.
I wish my council had investigative authority, as well.
I hear you.
As previously reported, Diet member Naganuma Daizou,
Saint IMS Hospital
of the Peace Party, who was planning to enter the upcoming gubernatorial race,
was found dead today, at 4:20 PM, in his room
at the Akasaka Diet dormitory.
The cause of death was acute cardiac arrest.
Some sources report it was a suicide,
but no link between him and the attack on the governor has been established.
Why would he commit suicide?
He'd turned down Kobari's request for help.
He'd received reports that their intermediary was operating an illegal organization.
But he felt responsible,
feeling that the decision had made Kobari reckless.
In the end, only the governor
gained anything from this.
I don't understand.
There are all these dots around this case that I can't connect.
I can't quite put a finger on it,
but I think there's a reason...
Several reasons, even.
Someone who was involved
is still hiding?
Haruka-san?
I couldn't do anything...
That's not true!
You gathered donations for Kobari-san's daughter's surgery.
But now, Kobari-san's wish
will never come true.
Sorry.
Let me stay like this a while.
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File 8: Ulti-maid-ronde
Whose? Madoka-san's?
Or is it Kyoukai-san's, of all people? Or maybe even Hinata-chan?
Or even... Could it be Shinmei Amu-chan?
Whose transformation scene would you like to see?
Next time, "Ulti-maid-ronde."
The answer to the question will arrive in 604,800 seconds!