The Farthest Town
We're here!
In the end, being on the ground feels best.
If we go any further, we're going to run straight into their active range.
Let's get our maintenance done beforehand.
We can't afford to have any more problems with the System.
Clain.
Yessir!
While the men are off working, let's get dinner ready.
Let's go, Phryne!
I want to say something about our next destination.
This is probably the temple's...
Big Bro.
By the way, about that doppel...
Why can we still see her outside of the active range?
Geez, you're clumsy!
Give it to me!
No!
I'm trying hard to keep the peel in one long piece.
You sure care about the weirdest things.
Huh?
Hey, Sanko!
Are you there too, Nessa?
Come here and help us!
Phryne, swim with us!
You're going to swim?!
Ooh, she's quite the tomboy.
Y-You should do something about your urge to strip!
Clain's pervert radar is super strong.
As soon as he gets wind of this he'll-
Hey!
Hey, Sunda's calling everyone-
You really came, you pervert!
Pervert! Pervert!
No, I-I didn't... that's not-
Ow...
Pervert! Pervert!
S-Stop, it's cold!
That's a camera!
He's a voyeur!
Stop!
Clain.
Stop! Please, stop!
I can't believe he's taking pictures with such an antique digital camera.
Only perverts would be unwilling to forgive other perverts.
Why did that man have a camera?
Clain, are you still mad?
Where are those people going?
No idea.
They don't really have anywhere to go.
They're dead zone refugees.
Dead zone refugees?
Yeah.
They stopped receiving Fractale's blessings when the balloons fell and the radio waves no longer reached them.
They can't live on their own because they were totally reliant on Fractale.
They have to find a new active zone.
Even if Fractale throws them out, they can only hold on to it and wander about.
They're pitiful people with nowhere to go.
No way...
Nessa?
Stop.
Don't touch it with your dirty hands. I can't give you this!
There's food inside, isn't there?!
Don't hog it, old man.
That's...
Stealing is common among dead zone refugees.
They've already lost all consideration for others.
Don't do it!
Clain...
Stop!
Who the hell are you?!
There's something important to him in here.
What are you doing, Clain?!
The pilgrims are already irritated. You'll create troub-
Please calm down!
Huh?
Who are you?
Does it hurt?
But this superficial pain isn't what you should be feeling.
Let go... Ow!
What you should feel are the wounds in your heart.
The gashes that Fractale's betrayal has inflicted on your heart.
Dias.
It's been a while, Sunda.
Seems like you're doing fine, as usual.
You haven't changed much either.
You two know each other?
We are Alabaster.
We're part of the Lost Millennium movement and operate from the Hilda region.
We want to help and support those who were betrayed by Fractale.
There's a town that was forsaken by Fractale about one sector east of here.
Let's go there.
I'll provide you with some food and a warm bed.
Everything will be fine.
Believe in us.
Are you okay?
There he goes...
All the trouble of helping him for nothing.
This is why I don't like weirdos.
H-Hey!
Where did he go?
What a primitive antenna!
Why are you here?
It's not what you think!
I'm not angry with you for taking pictures.
Well, voyeurism is kind of bad, but Phryne strips without giving it much thought anyway.
Oh, but-
Why are you here?
Just answer my question.
I...
I want to be friends with you, sir!
Wow!
This is a treasure hoard!
A vacuum tube...
I've never seen one before!
This place is like an ancient ruin!
So, you're interested in antiques?
Yes!
Why?
They're all remnants of the past, every one of them useless.
I don't know, to be honest.
In the beginning... yeah, it's because there was a projector in my house, I guess.
I think my parents left it behind, but I kind of got into it.
My parents' doppels kept telling me to throw away useless stuff, but...
Whoa, this cell phone is from the 21st century!
Man, this feels so different from data.
It feels like it really exists here.
Like it's actually alive in this world.
Sounds like Lost Millennium thinking.
No, I'm not part of Lost Millennium!
Those terrorists...
Though I'm starting to think they might not be as bad as I thought.
You know nothing.
Huh?
Tonight's a new moon... perfect.
Come here around midnight.
I'll show you something special.
What?!
We're out of soup already?!
Of course. You weren't here during dinnertime.
Rules are important when living in a community! Rules!
I know.
I can go to those Alabaster people.
They said they'd be distributing food.
If you're going to follow Alabaster around, I'll kick you out of Danan!
Aren't they part of Lost Millennium too?
Aren't they your allies?
There are several different factions of Lost Millennium activists out there.
We're a lot smarter than-
Smarter?!
Come on, that Dias person seems more intellectual than Sunda no matter-
Make sure you eat some of the leftover stale bread to stay strong.
You're on night watch today!
Where are you going?
P-Please let me go.
I have somewhere I really want to go!
Even if it means skipping the night watch?
Remember that old man with the camera?
I promised him something.
Mr. Pervert, right?
No, he isn't that kind of person...
I think... maybe...
Since you are so interested in him...
I want to talk to him too!
It's kind of a man-to-man promise thing...
Sorry, but that means no girls.
Before I am a girl, I am an existence called Phryne.
Did he say you couldn't bring Phryne with you?
Hey!
Wait up!
Huh?
What are those lights?
Must be Alabaster.
Hey now, don't cut in line!
There's enough for everyone, so get in line!
Our vaccine station is ready.
People who were under Fractale's care have low immunity to alpha-type viruses.
Is that free too?
Of course.
To Lost Millennium, donay and monay are both nothing but numbers.
Thank you! Nobody has ever been so kind to me.
You're exaggerating.
I'm serious!
Mister, I'll make sure to repay this debt!
Go ahead.
Okay!
All right, line up now.
Wow, there sure are all kinds of people in Lost Millennium.
They even vaccinate people against infectious diseases.
I'm pretty impressed.
I like the people from Granitz more.
I-I'm not saying the people from Granitz are bad.
Well, they have some problems, but they are good people.
Are you saying Alabaster doesn't have problems?
But they don't, right?
I mean, look at how happy those people were.
What is it?
What's with you ?
You're such a sore loser!
You too!
A girl?
Sorry, uh...
Good evening, Mr. Pervert.
Excuse me.
Phryne, you can't just walk in!
Is she your girlfriend?
No!
Fair enough.
She can come too.
Thank you very much!
Phryne, come on.
All right.
You might've said you're Phryne before being a girl...
But you should at least be aware that you are a girl.
This is even more amazing up close.
It's a patchwork of a lot of things, just like Danan.
Soon.
I can show it to you soon.
Something more amazing than any other antique!
On the night of a full moon, the temple accesses the balloons.
The radio waves temporarily become stronger.
This antenna here has picked those up.
I see.
So this is what the city looked like before the balloon fell.
My dream is to bring this region inside the active zone once more.
The people living on this earth can't live without Fractale any longer.
So... instead of wandering in search of radio waves,
why can't we bring Fractale's blessings back to this land ourselves?
That's my...
Sir...
Not yet.
This isn't all I want to show you.
Go to the city, and with your own eyes you will see...
...the truth.
The truth?
How beautiful!
It's Fractale's scenery.
What can you see?
Stop messing with me! I can't see anything!
What's wrong with them?
What happened?
Clain!
Don't, Clain!
Look carefully!
This is...
Dias?
Why are the radio waves...
We're not done treating everyone yet.
Hey Mister, what is this?
Are you surprised?
The treatment I gave you guys was a simple surgical procedure to remove your terminals.
No way!
Then we can never return to Fractale...
What have you done?!
You said you'd repay your debt, right?
Then...
...fight with us.
Fight with us against Fractale.
Run!
Where?
You can't run anywhere now.
Even if you reach the active zone, you won't receive Fractale's blessings.
You have no terminal anymore.
Don't worry, we will save you.
Clain!
Clain...
Are you all right?
Looks like we've lost reception already.
Sir!
That antenna can only do so much.
But... did you see the truth?
Y-Yes. I think so.
Wait, you have to rest!
I know, we'll fly you with Danan to a place the radio waves can reach.
Fractale can treat you.
No thanks.
You're going to die!
That's okay.
Besides, no one would be sad if I died anyway.
I... think I'd be sad.
I've had friends with similar interests, but I never saw what they really looked like.
I've never talked to them face-to-face either.
That's why!
That's why...
Thank you.
But I can't leave my house behind.
Why not?
It's the same as collecting antiques.
You said it yourself.
Unlike data, it's something truly alive in this world.
Precious memories we left behind in the past.
It may be laughable, but I want to stay with them.
I want to keep searching for radio waves from where all my memories lie.
I see.
Clain.
You can have this.
W-Why me?
Clain?
Oh, photographs?
I stole them.
Stole?!
You really are a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Hey, these are the voyeur's!
Oh, they weren't as perverted as I thought.
This one is fairly old.
The baby's fingers are so small!
I know this baby.
Oh? Who is it?