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#23, huh?
Doesn't look like any others are with him.
They spared me?
But why...?
Don't stop. Just keep walking.
Damn it, let go!
That bastard! I paid him a fortune for this!
Looks like ours are the real thing.
It looks a lot different up here than it does down there.
Yes, it looks so clean and orderly...
There's something creepy about it...
The farther in we go, the more dangerous it might be.
Maybe, but I know Cheza is in there.
We've been to all sorts of places, but...
But what?
I never felt like I don't belong as much as I do here.
Every hair in my coat is standing on end.
I've never felt this on edge before.
I sure didn't expect that.
Expect what?
To hear you whine.
My nerves have common sense, that's all.
If you're going to turn back, now's the time.
The more dangerous it is, the more psyched I get.
Huh? I'm back here again?
Geez... There's no scents at all in this place!
Liking things clean is one thing, but this is ridiculous!
I wonder if Hige already went back to rejoin the others?
Damn it... What the hell is wrong with me?
I thought we could get to Jaguara's keep if we headed for the center of the city,
but these streets are awfully convoluted.
Plus, everything looks the same.
It's as if someone is trying to make us lost.
There's something unnerving about this city.
It doesn't seem human at all.
Ma'am? Excuse me.
Yes?
Can we board a bus here that would take us to the keep?
No.
Where can we, then?
There aren't any buses like that, dear.
What about one that goes near there?
There's no keep here.
- C'mon, hurry! - Wait for me!
What's the deal with the people here?
Don't bother. The people here are all zombies.
Zombies?
All they do is pass the days without thinking, without feeling, and without questioning.
What do you want to know?
A few things. Like what's the truth behind this city that's nothing but one big facade.
Come with me.
To where?
What's the matter?
Looks like we'll get more answers out of this guy.
Hey, wait!
A bookstore?
Oh, I see... They might have a map of the city here.
Excuse me, do you have a map of the city?
You must be an outsider.
Don't worry about it. I used to be one, too.
Oh, I see.
Of course, that was a long time ago.
Right, so were you.
The thing is, the people of this city don't need maps.
Why not?
Because they're not interested in anything that doesn't have to do with their own lives.
Look, we're in this area around here.
And over here is Jaguara's keep, the heart of the city.
What's this mark?
That's where they say the crucible is, the thing that generates the city's energy.
Crucible?
The Moonlight Crucible.
Moonlight Crucible? What in the world is that?
Beats me. I haven't heard much about it.
Why is it that no one knows anything about their own city?
It's as if they didn't even think about what's going on around them.
Thinking doesn't get you anywhere. What's important is our daily lives.
Do you honestly believe that this life of yours will go on forever?
Why do you think it won't?
You say you've been outside, so you should know, right?
You should know what's happening to the world.
Yes, it was like a nightmare.
It's no dream. It's real.
If you two live here, you'll stop caring, too.
About anything.
I'll take that map.
Sure, but I think you're wasting your money.
Let's go.
The sooner you get used to living here, the happier you'll be.
He may say that, but he isn't completely used to it, either.
You're lucky.
Even looking from up here, I can't tell where anything is...
He made it! Thank goodness...
H-Hold it!
I smell something.
Tsume!
Kiba! Kiba, can you hear me?!
Oh, well, we're both heading for the same place.
No doubt about it... I smell flowers.
It's starting to look like it was a waste of money, all right.
The roads leading to the keep aren't marked at all on this.
Maybe that means that the only ones who can go...
...in and out of it are Nobles and those soldiers.
Blue?
I wonder how Cheza is...
You don't think something terrible is happening to her, do you?
I wonder where you wolves get that strong sense of affection for Cheza?
It's because of Paradise.
Hige and the others told me that Cheza is the guide to Paradise.
"Wolves will open the way to Paradise"... So the story was true.
When I'm with her, I feel like I really am a wolf.
Back when I was living in Kyrios, it never once occured to me that I was a wolf.
Kyrios?
It was a nice town where we all lived happily.
Do you want to go back?
It's not there anymore. It was all burned to the ground.
Oh.
I don't have anywhere to go back to, either.
I want to go to Paradise, too.
Another dead end. What's the matter with this city?
You lost, miss?
No.
What town are you from?
What do you mean?
You don't have to hide it. As long as you have an ID, we don't really care.
Just so long as you're not from Freeze City.
We're from Kyrios.
Kyrios?
That's strange. I could've sworn Kyrios has been gone for years.
Yeah, that was the first village we attacked after I joined up.
Attacked?
We burned it to the ground.
Why would you do such a thing...?
Because a pack had hidden there. A wolf pack.
It burned real good.
It's a wolf!
What?!
Son of a...
Don't get too worked up. Even if it got away, wolves can't get out of this city.
It wasn't wolves, Pops...
Hige? Hige, is that you?
Hige!
Blue?
What's the matter? Did someone hurt you?
You made it of there okay... I'm glad...
Where are the others?
I don't know, we got split up.
Oh.
I always believed that we'd see each other again,
but I never thought it would be in a place like this.
Now, if I could only meet Pops, I couldn't ask for anything more...
There's something I could tell him, though!
It was soldiers from here that attacked my old village and my family.
It wasn't wolves... Wolves didn't do it.
Hey... Will you leave this city with me?
We can't stay in a city like this forever.
But you got separated from the others, right? And what about Cheza?
Forget about 'em!
Let's go.
Hey, what's the matter with you?
What happened to you?!
They're watching again...
They've always been keeping an eye on me...!
They've been watching me... They've always been watching!
You're acting strange, Hige.
Hige!
We have to get out of this city!
It's the scent of a flower. It's close...
Darn it, I have no idea which way to go...
That's... All right!
I can finally go back down!
Faster... Even faster!
Hige, what's wrong?!
We have to run away from here, and fast!
Run? Run where?!
Anywhere! We should never have come to this city!
Wait a minute, Hige!
What good would running do?
What about Cheza? What about the others?
Are you going to abandon them and run away by yourself?!
It's too late!
It's too late for them!
It's... It's all...
It's all my fault.
Hige...
Toboe?
Toboe!
Come to me, wolf chosen by the flower...
Cheza, I'm coming...
Scent of a Trap
Next Time
Have you ever been lost? It seems like that's all I ever do in life.
I guess things will eventually work out.
"Go astray, go astray, my good wolves!"
"All the answers lie beneath the sand," as a little bird once told me.
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