Ministry of Foreign Affairs negotiator Shindo Kojiro was
absorbed into a huge structure along with a passenger plane
that suddenly appeared at Haneda Airport.
In order to rescue the passengers, the Japanese government
works together with theoretical physicist, Shinawa Kanata.
However, the task proves to be difficult because of the structure's powerful walls.
It was then that Shindo Kojiro and a mysterious figure
appeared on top of the giant structure.
Mankind...
A voice...
This isn't a normal sound.
It's like it just appeared in front of my eardrums.
I desire to establish communication of wills.
Wow! It's like it soaks into my brain!
I want to secure unification of wills.
Isn't he...
He's one of the passengers from the plane!
Shindo...
One of the negotiators from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
His name is Shindo Kojiro.
Shindo? The one from the Tokyo Protocol?
Shindo Kojiro, the tough negotiator?
Kado.
It is ready.
I wish to be spoken to.
Can you hear me?
Shindo?
I am Shindo Kojiro, an official with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Approximately 30 hours ago,
I was aboard a plane at the airport when I was absorbed by this massive object.
It appears the name of this huge object is "Kado."
It belongs to this man, Yaha-kui zaShunina.
Yaha-kui zaShunina claims to be a different order of being,
who came from a different universe.
This is the famous "Contact with the Unknown," huh?
He first desires to communicate with our country, Japan,
and the Japanese government.
Prime Minister.
Yeah.
He requests that
a method of communication with the government be established immediately.
I set a time.
Six seconds.
Too short.
One minute.
No. It's not enough at all.
He's negotiating?
One hour.
Two hours.
Three hours.
Yaha-kui zaShunina and I will come out again in three hours.
Please have a method prepared for us to communicate with the government.
Kado.
How about that?
95%.
That's plenty.
90 and 5 percent.
Wait.
I want to tell the people outside our situation.
I consent.
Lastly, I will tell you the status of the passenger plane and the passengers aboard.
251 passengers and crew are safe.
Yaha-kui zaShunina is providing us with water,
food, and the other necessities for life.
I can report that a bare minimum of safety has been secured.
In other words, those 251 people are hostages.
We will now establish a "Kado Government Response HQ"
within the official residence of the prime minister.
The decisions of this body
will carry the same force as decisions made by the full cabinet,
allowing it to respond rapidly to the Kado situation.
Which means we need a representative, too.
It will take the form of a government delegation, and we'll choose a negotiator.
Draw up a list immediately.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister's Secretariat
Sasauchi-san?
Foreign Affairs Bureau Chief of Police Sasauchi Naoki
Just as we expected, they've asked us to prepare negotiators.
They're going to negotiate with that thing?
Who do you think is appropriate for the job?
Shindo-san.
I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing that he's on the other side.
We need to pick someone who's a match for him.
She's coming back today, right?
I am Yaha-kui zaShunina
Tsukai!
I have a job for you.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Negotiator Tsukai Saraka
Right.
Novo
28 Hours Ago
Hey, Hanamori! Hanamori!
Hanamori!
Shindo-san...
I don't feel so good.
Sir, if you don't feel well, please set your seat back and rest.
Thanks...
Are you the captain?
Yes. I'm Hidaka, this plane's captain.
Captain Hidaka Yukio
Since the plane is in operation, I'm the person in charge right now.
But, this situation is so extraordinary
that I'm unable to even figure out what's going on.
Shindo-san.
I'm sorry, but can you help me handle this?
Of course.
First, I'll get you up to date.
Co-captain Shinohara Hidehiko
First, communications aren't working.
Communication with the outside is cut off.
Out of Service Area
Visibility is zero, too.
The lights aren't reflecting off anything, are they?
The plane's stopped, which implies that we're the touching the ground,
but who knows what's going on outside.
Is there anything else you know?
It seems there's air.
The air pressure is the same as Earth.
Is it poisonous?
It's already been ventilated into the aircraft.
The climate control system takes in air from the outside.
If it was poisonous, we'd all be dead.
I see.
Captain!
Is there really a surface?
Is this a dream?
What is this?
What am I looking at?
Something supernatural?
Some kind of unknown technology, beyond humanity's imagination?
Or maybe...
A real God?
Shindo-san?!
I'm coming down there!
Shindo-san!
Hang in there! Shindo-san! Are you okay?
What is this? What is this? What is this?!
Shindo-san!
My head's going to burst! It's going to burst!
Hey, you!
What did you do to Shindo-san?
Stop it, now!
Stop it! Please!
He's suffering!
Stop standing there and say something!
Say something!
Shindo-san?
I wonder...
Is he trying to find a way to communicate?
Sh-Shindo-san!
I...
I am Shindo Kojiro.
Who are you?
I am Yaha-kui zaShunina.
Yaha-kui zaShunina?
Yaha-ku... what?
This?
Kado.
I have just gained the bare minimum of information from this machine.
Now I have learned the fundamental method of communication.
Are my words reaching you, Shindo Kojiro?
They sure are, Yaha-kui zaShunina.
Shindo Kojiro, I, Yaha-kui zaShunina,
request your cooperation.
25 Hours Ago
Before I decide whether or not to help you,
I want you to hear our requests.
I wish to hear them.
First, I would like you to let all the passengers, all the people here, go outside.
An amount of time will be necessary.
How long?
111100—
I'm sorry.
Can you put that in seconds or hours?
Base 60.
2,483,136 seconds.
689.76 hours.
689 hours...
Um... 29 days?
No.
That will impede their survival.
Their lives must be maintained at all costs.
I understand how to maintain lives.
It is possible to provide metabolic fuel, "food."
Really?
For 30 days?
I accept.
And...
You should put on clothes.
It is possible.
We have two pieces of bread per passenger.
23 Hours Ago
Understood. Please wait a moment.
I'm sorry. We have no alcohol available.
Here you are.
I will now answer your questions and share information.
I, Yaha-kui zaShunina, and the boundary unit, Kado.
"Boundary unit, Kado"?
The source of all these, Novo.
10 Hours Ago
Shindo Kojiro.
Don't scare me, Yaha-kui zaShunina.
It was a misunderstanding.
I did not intend to surprise you.
I know.
Then we understand one another.
I will leave Kado in 10 hours.
I will tell the people outside what I told you.
That is why I have come here.
So we can leave in 29 days?
The world's going to change a lot during that time.
It's a shame I won't be able to see it myself.
You will.
Shindo Kojiro desires to leave with me.
But...
I still can't leave, can I?
Kado is presently doing the processing required
to transfer the people inside to the outside.
The speed of the operation depends on the subject's mass,
and it will take 29 days to process them all.
However, it will only require 2.74 hours to process you alone.
If that's how the system worked you should've told me sooner.
A fracture in our communication.
I apologize.
Shindo Kojiro.
I will advance this world.
And for that, I need to communicate with all of humanity.
The factor named Shindo Kojiro will accelerate that process.
This will be my second request.
I seek your help.
The gap between you and humanity is far too large.
To tell you the truth, standing in gaps like that is my job.
I'll go along with you and your "advance" of this world.
The fracture has disappeared.
Interaction with the outside world
can occur in 10 hours, 2 minutes, and 5 seconds.
Shindo Kojiro.
Call me Shindo.
Why?
A shortened name is a sign that you've become closer to someone, zaShunina.
I understand.
It has a meaning.
Shindo.
Yeah.
What's left...
Is there something else we can do about that outfit?
Present
And when the king saw this, he went out into the yard and talked to the dog.
Mankind.
Here he is!
You are currently attempting to decide as soon as possible if I am friend or foe.
But in all events, there is no such thing as a 100% probability.
You must continue to think:
am I a foe, a friend?
That is right.
To constantly think...
is the only right answer in the world.
Yaha-kui zaShunina is requesting a meeting with the Japanese government.
So we're finally going to meet the alien.
Does that mean that you're going to tell us about yourself?
I know what suits humanity.
Wam