The first dialogue held between humanity and Yaha-kui zaShunina
was held in front of the media.
Yaha-kui zaShunina said that he was a visitor from outside the universe,
what he called "the anisotropic,"
and promised to release the passengers held within Kado.
Then, when Yaha-kui zaShunina was asked about the reason for his visit,
he showed humanity the anisotropic devices known as Wam.
These devices were beyond human technology,
and offered the promise of infinite energy.
Rotowa
Gonno-san?
Gonno-san!
Wake up.
What day is today?
The 29th.
It's only been three days, huh?
You mean it's been three whole days!
There's too much to film, and not enough time.
It's like a festival.
A festival for humanity.
At noon today, if Yaha-kui zaShunina's statement is correct,
two of the passengers from the plane will be released.
The first two have been released!
We can see what appears to be a mother with her child!
Yes!
If this continues to go as planned, in 25 days,
all 251 passengers will be released!
That's one big problem getting solved, huh?
There's a lot left to go,
but now that two passengers are out, it feels like we're making progress.
He was accurate down to the second.
Can we trust this "anisotropic being" guy?
Does that thing even have the concept of lying?
That's...
Shindo!
Local Response Team Forward Base for Large Cube That Appeared on 7/25
My name is Asano. I'm an aide with
the Local Kado Response Team, working for the National Public Safety Committee.
I'm Shindo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Policy Bureau.
You idiot.
Shindo.
Ubuka-san.
Well done.
Now, we have a job for you.
The government has given the official orders.
Shindo Kojiro, official for the Ministry of Foreign Policy,
is excused from his current duties as of today,
and appointed as the special envoy from the Japanese government to the anisotropic.
Special envoy to the anisotropic?
We need the ability to make decisions at an unprecedented speed.
The special envoy is to be given equivalent decision-making powers
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to the prime minister in the national security, political, and economic fields.
We need your abilities, Shindo.
Let's make it Hanamori.
I think it'll be harder to deal with anisotropic issues
with a Japanese government title.
It would be easier to officially entrust these powers to Hanamori
and give me more freedom of movement.
Then you're going to continue as the negotiator for the anisotropic side?
Yes.
There are talented people here.
Yes, I understand.
Things will be more balanced if I'm on the anisotropic side.
All right, I'll confirm that.
I guess it's weird for me to be part of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, too.
Ubuka-san, can you fire me?
Got it.
I'll throw in a severance package.
Okay, Shindo-san, negotiator for the anisotropic side,
I'd like you to get started by
meeting with the government immediately.
Prime Minister's Residence
First Anisotropic Problem Response Planning Meeting
There are countless problems here,
but the Wam are the most pressing.
No fuel is needed. They generate no pollution.
A system capable of drawing infinite electricity from space.
It's an energy tap that can be affixed anywhere in the world.
Properly set up,
a single one of them could meet the entire world's energy supply.
That's terrifying.
Japan has presently been given 167 Wam.
Yaha-kui zaShunina is still within Kado,
performing a process called transformation.
He's taking out approximately ten Wam a day from the anisotropic.
First, I want to hear what the Japanese government is planning for the Wam.
The Unified Science Research Lab is presently
having a special team do a detailed investigation on it.
First, we need to learn more about what the Wam is.
I'd like to have access to that information, too.
Can I see it later?
Yes.
How are the people responding?
Public opinion is extremely confused as to how to deal with the Wam.
Should we build good relations and enjoy the benefits of the Wam?
Should we try to remove Kado from Haneda Airport using military force?
There are a lot of extreme opinions out there,
but the most common opinion is neutral: "I don't know," or "I can't say."
What about overseas?
The UN is presently holding a conference to discuss the Wam.
UN Security Council Meeting
The permanent members of the security council have made their demands clear.
Japan must give all Wam to the UN, and allow the UN to manage them.
An infinite energy source brought from outside the universe...
Only allowing one country access to these
could destroy the world's socioeconomic power balance!
The security council considers Japan's keeping the Wam to themselves a problem.
Our information indicates that they're considering sanctions.
Sanctions!
Prime Minister, the security council has a point.
If another country tried to monopolize the Wam, Japan would make the same demands.
Given the scale of their effect, don't you think the UN should control the Wam?
What does the anisotropic believe?
Can you hold off on that?
I'll confirm, but Yaha-kui zaShunina may not wish to see them turned over to the UN.
The bread, huh?
I'll mostly be at Haneda for a while.
Take care of things here.
Just don't work too hard, okay?
That'll be the toughest thing for Shindo, huh?
I'm just lucky I've been running on adrenaline for so long that I don't feel sleepy.
Shindo-san, hurry up!
We've got a lot to do!
I'm on my way!
See you.
This inspection was your idea.
Sorry.
Don't apologize, just do your job.
Okay, time to get to work.
Please understand your position and your importance.
I'm sorry.
The situation is changing by the second!
You need to understand exactly where we stand!
You and I are both representing our sides!
No, I mean, I'm one thing,
but you're the only representative for the anisotropic in the world.
But you...
I thought we were short on time?
The results of the latest opinion survey.
We should work with the UN and neighboring countries to deal with this. Yaha-kui zaShunina is hot. I live in the country, so I don't care. We should get closer to the anisotropic. We should get rid of Kado. We should drop a bomb on Kado. I like things as they are. I want to use the Wam. I love the patterns on the side of Kado.
The Japanese government is too slow.
A bomb on Kado?
It probably wouldn't work.
What's your opinion, Tsukai-san?
As someone who spoke with him directly,
I'd like to hear your honest feelings on the anisotropic being.
My impression was that Yaha-kui zaShunina
didn't seem to consider humanity his enemy.
It's unknown if he even possesses the concepts of good and evil.
But for now, there seems to be little intention to harm us.
However, even if he has no evil intentions of his own,
it's too early for humanity to have the Wam.
It's a wonderful thing, yes,
but used wrong, it could be a disaster.
I think we're better off without the Wam.
Even though it's a source of infinite energy?
Yes.
I thought the only ones who were purely against it were the oil-producing countries.
Why?
There are various opinions.
By the way, Tsukai-san...
What?
At the meeting three days ago...
Yes.
You burst out laughing, didn't you?
I did not.
You did.
I did not.
I have video.
Discord. Friction—
Fregonics is fine.
Nervousness and Relaxation
Fregonics is fine.
What is this?!
It was broadcast all over the country.
Delete it! I'm sending a delete request!
Why were you laughing?
It was because you were talking to the anisotropic being like he was normal!
It was funny!
Is that funny?
It is!
There's something funny about you!
National Institute for Integrated Sciences
Temporary Wam Research and Analysis Unit
The Wam consists of two objects linked in some fashion.
One functions as the positive pole, and the other as the negative.
Touch an electrode to both and it will begin to conduct.
It's very strange.
The appropriate voltage is emitted depending on the circuit.
So it's not a consistently high voltage?
You can use it to replace a battery or an entire power plant.
I have no idea how it works.
What's it composed of?
Macromolecules.
The closest equivalents we have are conductive plastics.
But the shape's the big thing...
The shape?
I used the NMR in Yokohama to look at one of them.
It comes up with six measurement results.
What does that mean?
Just what I said.
It looks like one object, but it has six shapes.
I don't understand.
Me, neither.
I hope I understand it before I die.
Mifune Lab
A huge amount of Wam would eliminate the need for an electrical infrastructure.
What about environmental problems or safety issues?
First, Wam emit no CO2.
They're clean energy.
But since they generate energy infinitely,
they will disrupt the atmosphere's heat supply and absorption balance.
So too much use of Wam could contribute to global warming in the future?
Anything's bad for you if used in excess.
In the end, it's up to humanity.
Doctor, I'm borrowing this!
zaShunina!
Shindo-san!
Good to see you.
Welcome back.
Hello again.
Where is he?
Over there.
Hey, zaShunina!
Welcome back, Shindo.
Here's your dinner.
Hey, can't you scan books directly?
Dinosaur Encyclopedia
I can.
I just need to control the ink on the surface.
Then why do you read them with your eyes?
Because that's the format they were made for.
I am simultaneously taking in the method, the speed, and the environment
for acquiring information.
I see.
Dinnertime!
What about supplies?
We have the bare minimum of supplies we need for survival.
So if we could get some entertainment, too,
something for kids and something for adults...
To be honest, it's mentally draining in here.
I want books, too.
Go to a bookstore yourself.
A bookstore?
No, never mind.
I'll bring you some.
If you're not going to eat your yogurt, give it to me, Shindo-san.
How goes the passenger release?
As of now, five have left Kado.
Excluding you, there are 246 left to go.
Hanamori, I have instructions for you.
As of today, you've been designated the Japanese government envoy to the anisotropic.
What's that?
You'll be given massive powers in certain fields, rivaling the prime minister's.
Not you?
No, it's you.
Don't be crazy! Rivaling the prime minister?
That would mean I rivaled the prime minister, right?!
I can't do it! Nuh-uh, no way!
Why do you always do the craziest stuff, Shindo-san?
I can't...
Gentle on the Stomach
Yogurt
do it.
Hanamori.
I think you can do it.
Shindo-san...
And so, this is now officially under the jurisdiction of the government.
Kado Release Order
Hanamori Shun
Why...
Why am I last?
Why, Shindo-san?!
Why do I have to be last?!
Shut up, special envoy!
Take better care of your envoys!
What is this?
Request Document UN Security Committee
International negotiations.
Human society's largest international organization,
the United Nations, has asked that all Wam be turned over to them.
I want to know the anisotropic's opinion on this.
If the Wam are given to the United Nations,
will they then be spread throughout all humanity?
Probably not.
Why?
Because the interests of each country are different.
Some want the Wam.
Some will be damaged by them.
These interests are colliding at the United Nations.
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council will probably win in the end.
What are the demands of those five countries?
The same as nuclear weapons.
Nonproliferation and strict control.
I know.
That's exactly the opposite of what you want.
Shindo,
over the past several days,
I have observed the things called "countries" and learned.
Countries?
They function well as a device for unifying the people's will.
They are also an appropriate method for functioning as a shelter to protect
human groups inside a geographic area.
In terms of maintaining societal safety, they are a highly advanced community.
But the idea has power beyond its definitions.
You could say it's out of control.
Countries are out of control?
Countries do not eat bread.
The Wam are not gifts to countries.
They are gifts to humanity.
But you can't exactly give people six billion Wam, can you?
Given the speed you're creating them at now, that's not realistic.
There is another way to promote the spread of Wam.
But for that, I need further cooperation from the Japanese government,
and their resolve.
Resolve?
The resolve...
to drop a bomb on this world.
Please give your votes, then.
Inuzuka-san!
Shindo!
Early this morning, the UN Security Council passed resolution 2246.
They're demanding the unconditional surrender of all Wam in Japan's possession
to the United Nations.
Article Seven of the UN Charter will be applied if we fail to comply.
Article Seven... "Actions to force compliance."
Financial restrictions,
travel prohibitions,
ending diplomatic resolution, and...
international military action.
If the Wam are given to the UN,
the permanent members of the security council will decide what's done with them.
They'll attempt to keep them from proliferating due to the danger they pose.
Humanity can't even handle nuclear weapons.
Even with the infinite energy offered by Wam, this pessimistic decision is the best we can do?
Yaha-kui zaShunina told us to share the bread!
That may be the ideal,
but realistically, on our own...
We can't overturn a UN security council decision!
Prime Minister, Yaha-kui zaShunina has a way around this.
Really?
However, it requires the resolve of Japan as well as you, Prime Minister.
Hello?
zaShunina, I want to discuss this matter with you.
I predicted this.
I have no issues here.
You said you need people.
Do you have a way to get them?
I have already found a person who seems to fit the criteria.
Our first candidate is...
We're with the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office.
Can you come with us immediately?
Doctor?
Dr. Shinawa Kanata?
Me?
Wam should be given to humanity,
and spread to all of them.
Huh?
I didn't understand anything...
We've confirmed the launch of a carrier strike force.
So it includes sanctions, huh?
Nanoka