What? Still down seventeen percent?
Please! The connectors used in this area are from the 20's.
We can't do anything about that!
The infrastructure in the outlying are as is supposed to be like that.
The 28th area is better, because there's a common drain there.
The drains in the 32nd area are separated by corporation.
An abnormal condition is confirmed. Shall I fix it?
Yes, and hurry up.
We have three more places to work on.
I am beginning repair.
I asked the director of the interior areas,
and he said human beings aren't necessary underground.
I have to go underground in the middle of the night by myself.
Well, it's a rule, and you'll have to get over it.
Underground drains from before the quake need human control.
You owe your job to rules like that. You should appreciate them.
Later.
Geez! What a big mouth.
Hey, haven't you finished it yet, stupid?
The K3 parts are broken. Replacement is necessary.
Oh, great! What luck!
I didn't bring any old style parts with me!
Damn, everybody passes their troubles onto other people!
Screw this, I'm going to have a smoke now!
Don't scare me!
Good morning!
Good morning, Linna!
Did you hear that Ms. Hatori in sales got demoted?
No way! Why?
They found out that she's been giving kick backs to Genom.
I'm shocked. She seemed like a dedicated woman.
She's a female manager and the most successful for her age.
It's because of this company.
The people who were born in the 20th century are all thick headed.
Oh, the accounting boomer was looking for you a little while ago.
You made a mistake on your paperwork.
Oh, no!
She was around here a little while ago.
The missing boomer, right?
What's that?
Haven't you heard? The rumor about boomers disappearing?
It's happening in the outlying areas.
Really?
It's just a rumor.
If it was true, it would be on the news.
Look, the accounting boomer is back.
There are seven cases that are almost certain.
If some suspicious cases are included,
then the number rises to more than twenty in six months.
I added apple flavor to the tea.
There are no traces of human beings being attacked.
It means the boomers didn't transform into mad boomers.
Is someone stealing the boomers?
But then why is news censorship necessary?
Yes, Sir. It's still being investigated,
but the boomers that disappeared may have been destroyed on site.
Destroyed? It doesn't seem like anti-boomer terrorism.
Usually, the only pieces left at the site are very small,
so we can't tell exactly what happened there.
But there is a strong possibility that the boomers were smashed,
like they were put in a huge compactor or something.
Does it have anything to do with what I've been looking for?
According to the data on your screen,
thirteen out of the fifteen missing boomers have disappeared
within a one kilometer radius in the 28th area,
and all thirteen disappeared while fifteen meters underground.
The 28th area...
I checked the area against the pre-quake map.
The lab of a company called Bioscape was located in the area.
That's all the information up to the point of the disaster,
but the thing you've been looking for might be in this area.
It was a good idea to proceed with the news censorship, I guess.
Continue to...
Just a second!
Someone has hacked into the system!
I have to cancel your access to the data temporarily now.
I'll trace and catch the bastard!
Damn! I'm sorry, but I couldn't catch the hacker.
It's okay. Mice are everywhere these days.
That was close!
But I found out that what Sylia guessed was exactly right.
The boomers listed as missing concentrate in a certain area.
What concentrates?
Hey, hey, Nene-chan.
Might you have been using your PC for private purposes?
You're going to get in trouble for things like that.
No, I haven't! And don't call me ''chan''!
Our organization isn't a private company. It's supported by taxes,
so each individual has to have a proper sense of morality.
By the way...
Well, you were at that club called Hot Legs, weren't you?
Uhoh, again!
I thought you stayed there after the show was over.
Do you go there often?
Not that often.
But, Leon-pea, why were you there?
Don't use my name with ''pea''!
I thought there was a gloomy guy standing in the corner,
and I found out it was you, so I was surprised!
I went there, because Priss asked me to!
What?! Priss asked you to come?!
What's that?
Priss asked a guy? This is something!
Is that so?
But, Leon-pea, how long have you known her?
Well, I don't really know her, you see.
I didn't know that.
She didn't tell me anything!
I see. Priss did ask you.
Nene, are you a good friend of hers?
We're good enough friends to know each other's e-mail address.
Do you want to know hers?
I didn't intend to ask you for something like that.
Sorry, I won't tell you.
She told me that she doesn't want to be followed by weird fans,
and she'll only tell it to a few special people.
Especially, men.
Does she have a special man?!
You want to know her address just like I thought, don't you?
I said I didn't intend to ask for it!
But don't you think there's something wrong?
With what?
The television news.
There might actually be some boomers missing,
but what if someone's covering it up?
You're still talking about that?
The AD Police live feed was cut in the middle of an interesting scene.
I feel like they show us only what they want to show us.
You want to talk about the Knight Sabers, don't you?
What information we can or can't get might be controlled.
Are you the kind who connects everything to a conspiracy?
Hey, you, if we're late getting back to work,
the acting section chief will scold us again.
Wait!
Priss-chan!
What is it?
Priss, you know Leon who works at the same station I do, right?
Yeah.
He came to your live show, didn't he?
I didn't know you knew each other.
Not really, but what about it?
Well, I realized that you're a girl, Priss.
Do you need to call me about stupid things like that? Bye!
Geez.
Geez, she's not gentle at all!
No way! A man working for the AD Police?
That's right! I was so surprised.
Like since when, you know?
Isn't that a bad idea?
Why? Leon-chan's a nice guy.
That's not the point!
But he's the late bloomer type. Priss is like that too, you know.
The AD Police are a kind of enemy of the Knight Sabers, aren't they?
Is it a good idea for her to hide this?
He's the type who can't go for it with out someone pushing him.
Imagine what Sylia would say about them.
On top of that, Priss doesn't seem like she likes the AD Police.
But I wonder why?
I could really enjoy it, if they start an intimate relationship, so...
Hey, Nene, are you listening to me?
One, two, three, four...
Good. Go five meters lower.
I don't like working in places where the ground isn't stable.
No matter how hard we work, nothing built here will be stable.
What we're doing now is making the foundation's sub-foundation.
I wonder how long it'll be before the start of actual construction?
We used to say, don't go underground in the outlying areas.
What does that mean?
Every thing below a certain level was the ''Deep Underground''.
There were no records. Those places were beyond our control.
Some companies, and even the government, built secret facilities.
The area where we are now were crowded by many labs like this.
What do you mean by ''secret facilities''?
You know, P4 experimentation and things like that.
When we tunnel around here, we sometimes hit one of the facilities.
If you hit one, don't ever go in.
If you enter one without any preparation,
the ghost of a lab worker who was buried alive will appear!
Don't scare me like that, man!
But those rumored places are around here, right?
Oh, that one?
What the hell are you talking about?
You didn't know?
There's a rumor that boomers are under attack by something.
Well, why don't we let one boomer go into that right drain?
Listen. Start measuring the right drain.
Good. Go eighty meters deeper from there.
I thought I hated boomers, but
I might have been scared.
What is it?
Nothing.
I see.
Sylia, recently, you've been...
You looked as if you were impatient.
It's time for you to go to bed.
Yes, Ma'am.
Wait.
I will protect you.
Hey, what's the matter? What are you doing?
What? You can't go any farther?
Well, you may come back now.
Each algorithm has its own style that depends on the programmer.
And I can identify each algorithm by reading its style. Look.
Incredible, Nene-chan!
I haven't seen a special technique like this before!
Call me a genius!
I have a better opinion of you now, Nene-chan.
Excuse me, but I can't ignore you calling me ''chan''.
Would you stop doing that?
Oh, sorry. Then I'll call you Nene.
You should call me Miss Nene!
Well, Miss Nene, teach me about this one now.
Well, I guess.
Nene, I thought you came here to do some training.
Sure, after I finish this.
You can't go straight in this case, so...
I remember something, Sylia.
There's someone who might be a good partner for Priss.
One of my co-workers named Leon-chan. He's a nice guy.
He seems to be falling in love with Priss.
So I'm thinking of helping him!
Your co-worker? So he's an AD Police officer, isn't he?
What the hell are you thinking?!
Do you understand what our job is?!
Sylia...
If you don't know what you've been doing, you will be fired.
You're nothing but a drag on us.
Let's see...
Excuse me, but I have to leave for a short while.
Sure.
You're here early. Did you take a day off?
Yeah. I went somewhere on business, then came straight here.
What is it?
Nothing. I just came by.
Did I interfere with your work?
No.
Say, Priss...
Can I ask you something?
About what?
The AD Police.
I've been wondering why you hate them so much.
Did Nene tell you something?
No, not at all. I haven't heard anything from her.
She's good.
She did some thing she shouldn't have!
No, I'm the one wondering about it.
I just don't like their way of doing things.
When they have a mission as a pretext,
they don't care how horribly they hurt people.
I can't stand a grandstanding attitude like that.
Is that all?
Priss! Linna! A mad boomer has appeared.
How long do you intend to pout?! Let's go!
What's wrong, Nene?
Priss, Linna, hurry up and change!
Leave her alone.
I can do it! I can do it!
Run!
We did it! We got here first!
Unusual, isn't it?
What the hell is that?!
We don't have time to be impressed!
I wonder if we'll be able to control it until the tank gets here?
I guess that's impossible.
Geez! The same pattern as always.
Linna, wait until you're close enough!
This is the place. The 28th area.
Linna, behind you!
It's mine!
That idiot did it again!
Nene, don't attack it from the front!
I...
I'm not a drag on you!
I did it!
I told you!
Nene!
What?!
What the hell?!
What the hell is that?!
Hey, hey, hey! Guess what?!
Leon-chan was removed from the investigation of that huge thing!
Somekind of pressure was applied to him I guess, but it's strange!
It seems as if Genom is working in the shadows.
I can sense the strong smell of conspiracy.
First of all, where did that thing come from?
Could it possibly be a crime syndicate?
Next Bubblegum Crisis!