01x08 - Operation

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Nice to meet you.

You must be Sanetomo Narita's son.

So this is Mido.

What's wrong?

That guy was there

when I opened up my Privilege.

STORY BY TAIGA MIYAKAWA

Okay, can you stay inside

and be on the lookout?

Roger.

Gobo, how are things on your end?

According to Shinozakin, there are

no suspicious people in sight.

We can communicate with the professor

using the Display Right

and Rika is with them as well,

so I'm sure that group will be safe.

So you're Mido? Right now,

there are two people with Privileges here.

If you behave, we'll only ask questions.

If you resist, we'll have to use t*rture.

What you want is information, right?

I don't mind giving it to you.

But first, you're going to have to tell me

about your situation.

-Fine

-I will tell him.

You keep an eye on his behavior.

I see.

You really are Sanetomo's son, I guess.

Not only are you blessed with good friends

and opportunities, but you're also lucky.

But how interesting

Your father hasn't told you anything, huh?

What are you talking about?

You don't know?

Your father was one of the smartest people

within the organization.

I accepted his offer without complaining

because I doubted that I could outwit him.

I must say though,

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

It's amazing that you made it this far.

However, it seems as though most of it

was thanks to that guy, Sudo.

Just as I thought,

that guy was incredibly smart.

You know Sudo-senpai?

I am the one who stabbed him to death.

President

Mido, give us

all the information that you have.

Sure, as long as you don't get violent.

First of all, is the conclusion

that we came to correct?

For the most part.

I'm amazed that you deduced that much.

What did we get wrong?

It's just a trivial detail.

The method you used to get your answer

is incorrect, but that doesn't matter.

So the Emperor

is in Chiyoda Ward, correct?

That is correct.

If you know his specific location,

tell us.

He's in the ridiculously tall

Emperor's Tower.

It's a typical place a kid like him

would choose as a home base.

-"A kid"?

-Yes.

The Emperor is a 12-year-old kid.

The Emperor is a child?

Right now, the Emperor's Tower

is surrounded by a bunch of corpses.

Corpses?

The Emperor used his special right to make

them into puppets, or more like zombies.

There are tens of thousands of them,

so it's impossible to approach the tower.

And because of his Concealment Right,

it's not visible from outside the ward.

I can faintly see it, though,

with my Right to See.

As I thought, the Emperor is becoming

more paranoid about his safety.

He may be a kid,

but he's still the Emperor.

His defense is impenetrable.

There are a total of 666 special rights.

And now, most of them are

in the Emperor's possession.

But we still have a chance of winning.

That is why I'm sharing this information.

After all, if you guys do the work for me,

I can take it easy.

Then I can inherit all of

the Emperor's special rights.

So he plans to steal all the special

rights, including the Right to Collect.

Remember how the mailboxes

and dead bodies disappeared?

He used the Right to Collect.

Although, it apparently takes two days

to collect a large number of dead bodies.

Compared to that, my Right of Inheritance

activates instantly at all times.

As long as he dies once, I can snatch away

his special rights even if he's revived.

That's one perk of keeping me alive.

You can keep me as a backup plan

when you need to incapacitate the Emperor.

Wouldn't you rather choose someone who is

reasonable like me, over the Emperor?

Don't worry,

we're not going to k*ll you right away.

More importantly, are you saying that

we can win with Sane's Privilege?

Sanetomo Narita was a very capable man.

He was able to predict what would happen

to the detention camp far into the future.

After the mass escape, they started

only using children as test subjects.

Then someone obtained the Right to Collect

and became the Emperor.

Knowing that would happen, Sanetomo stole

a Privilege that would be a trump card.

That Privilege was

an Exception-type Privilege,

the Parental Right.

Parental Right?

All you have to do is look at a minor

and declare who has custody over them.

Once you declare it,

that minor can no longer

disobey their "parent"

and that "parent" will take over

all of their Rights.

Just by looking at his face and claiming

to be his parent, you can win.

Wow! If that's true, that's amazing!

For real!

No, think about it

Why would the Emperor lure me in

when I can defeat him the moment we meet?

Mido is obviously

setting me up to fight the Emperor.

I bet there's something that he can gain

by making me meet the Emperor.

If I lose against the Emperor,

nothing will change in Mido's favor.

If I win, what will happen?

The Emperor won't be able to

use his special rights anymore.

Then all Mido has to do

is find a chance to k*ll the Emperor.

Once we get rid of the Majority Vote,

Mido will have more freedom.

He must be telling the truth.

I came here to have

a meaningful conversation.

I know very well that you lured me here

because you wanted information.

It's called give and take.

You can turn down my offer, but it's not

like you have any other options.

Now you know how to take down the Emperor.

Once you have him under control,

you can do whatever you like with him.

If you can subdue him without k*lling him,

I won't get his special rights.

All I'm asking for

is a chance to gain something.

Isn't this an awesome deal?

Okay, I'll take you up on that offer.

But only if you answer all our questions.

I just love how greedy you are.

Hurry up and get it over with.

You said that he's collecting dead bodies.

Does he turn all of them into puppets?

How would I know? Ask the Emperor.

Do you know what the Emperor looks like?

I don't.

Usually, only the researchers who

oversee the procedure know the details.

But those idiots were so ecstatic

that they held a party to debut him.

So I'm sure everyone saw him,

unless they didn't attend.

By attending that party,

they exposed their faces to him.

They should have known that

they would be his first targets.

Is it true that your goal is to annihilate

all of humanity, excluding yourself?

That is true.

After all, that is my ideal situation.

All right, are you done asking questions?

One last thing.

Gobo.

If we need you, we'll contact you

on that device using the Display Right.

You'd better answer.

You're quite bossy, aren't you?

Whatever, I'll play along.

Are you sure, Sane?

Soma created that device

using his Right to Manifest.

It comes with an ultra-miniature

remote-controlled b*mb inside.

We can track it using

Gobo's Display Right too.

If Mido goes against his word,

we'll b*mb him using that device.

Whoa, that's brutal.

Ever since the Majority Vote started,

I've k*lled many people.

I already know I'm going to Hell for it.

So I'll take responsibility

for all the dirty work.

All right, Mido has successfully

left the building. Inform Gobo, please.

All right.

-No, wait!

-What happened?

Iruga! When did he get here?

Thanks for the warm welcome,

Saneatsu Narita.

Why are you here?

Don't worry. I'm not here to fight you.

I haven't even seen Mido since then.

Really? He was here just a second ago.

Oh, really? What a coincidence.

I came here to deliver the Command Right

to Narita-chan.

The Command Right? Did you say "deliver"?

Where's the owner?

I already told you, remember?

The owner died.

All right, let me explain.

So that's the gist of it.

I see. I'll believe you for now.

That's what I call a leader!

He kept his Command Right by preserving

his commands in letters.

It makes sense.

I've decided to give you these envelopes

and put my hope in you.

This is my last chance to carry out

Teppei-chan's justice.

I want to see

what his justice will accomplish.

But in exchange,

if justice cannot be served

I will annihilate all of mankind

for sure this time.

I'm counting on you, Narita-chan.

All right, come over here, Narita-chan.

I want to talk to you alone.

I'll tell you the four simple commands

that I'm going to entrust you with.

-Sane.

-Yeah.

Don't worry. Let me go.

Really?

Those are the commands?

That's right.

Like I said, the commands will activate

just once, on whoever sees them first.

Make sure you use them wisely.

Bye.

He disappeared!

He probably used his Division Right

to divide the space around him.

-Can you call over Omi and Gobo?

-Huh?

I have a plan.

Are you serious?

The Emperor is putting a lot of energy

into his defense.

We have to assume that he has taken every

possible defensive measure, or we'll lose.

This is our only way to catch him

by surprise and win.

It's hard to trust Ren Iruga, but it's

a make-or-break situation either way.

The Emperor is luring me in, even though

there are other ways to get rid of me.

I think he simply wants to meet me.

So the Emperor's plan is to

meet me and satisfy his curiosity

before k*lling me.

But of course, that is risky.

I can use my Parental Right and my friends

to either k*ll or defeat the Emperor.

Which means the Emperor must have

a way to counteract that.

So basically, we can't win

just by using force.

Exactly.

I'm sure he has some kind of special right

that nullifies physical attacks.

It's safer to assume that he's prepared

to negate my Parental Right too.

So we won't rely on my Parental Right

to defeat him.

The four of us will take on

the most important role.

It hurts me to ask you guys

to do this but

I need you to put your lives on the line

and help me.

Roger that!

-All right.

-Okay.

You mean five people.

-Right?

-Saaya!

-You were listening?

-Don't leave me out, Saneatsu.

How could you keep me out of the loop

while you guys go and risk your lives?

Don't be ridiculous, Saaya.

There is no reason for you

to risk your life too.

That's not the point!

We promised each other

that we'd do this together.

That we'd take down the Emperor

no matter what.

No matter what happens along the road,

I want to go where you go

and fight with you.

Fine.

Thank you, Saneatsu!

We're only allowed to keep the laptop

until the end of today.

If there's another

Majority Vote tomorrow night,

worst-case scenario,

we might all be wiped out.

Tonight is our best shot.

We will take down the Emperor tonight!

So those are his puppets? How creepy.

And What in the world is that?

I'm sure Mido was

aware that the Emperor might have

a countermeasure for my Parental Right.

He knew from the start that we would have

no choice but to k*ll the Emperor.

So he's just using us

to his advantage, huh?

No matter what we do,

Mido will obtain the Right to Collect.

Then why don't we just blow up his device?

Like, for real.

We can't.

If Mido dies

and the Emperor collects his Right to See,

he'll be able to see our weapons

and plans.

That would be the end for us.

Plus, I promised not to do that.

Promised? Promised who?

So you're the leader?

I'm Saneatsu Narita. Nice to meet you.

We've got an update from Shinozakin.

"Found the Emperor's Tower.

It's located within Hibiya Park."

"It's taller than the Skytree."

"There are tens of thousands of puppets

roaming around Hibiya Park."

Tens of thousands? You're joking, right?

Calm down.

We expected there to be that many.

-Seriously?

-Let me explain our plan.

Our four volunteers will split up

and divert the attention of the puppets.

Make sure you hold onto these cellphones

so Gobo can contact you.

Once we order you to retreat,

your job is done.

You can go your separate ways from there

and do whatever you please.

Huh?

That's all?

Yes. You just need to act as a diversion.

But always prioritize your own safety.

-I was expecting something more dangerous.

-I'm so relieved.

That's all from me. Saaya, can you

show them to the break room please?

All right. This way, everyone.

Well then

Before we go into the details of the plan,

I want to mention something just in case.

I am officially naming our team "Sugini."

And as of now, our team will be disbanded.

-Huh? Disbanded?

-Please understand.

Is there anyone who disagrees

with this decision?

I refuse.

We're disbanding? Roger that.

Did you have to go that far?!

We will now create two new teams.

Team Saneatsu, which I will lead.

And Team Yagihashi.

Team Saneatsu will be made up of

me, Ryuta, Saaya, and Omi.

Everyone else will be in Team Yagihashi.

And we will now begin a joint operation.

Why are you making it

unnecessarily confusing?

Just shut up and follow his orders.

So what is this "joint operation"

you speak of?

We'll attack the Oi Thermal Power Station

and Shinagawa Thermal Power Station.

After temporarily stopping electricity,

we will infiltrate the Emperor's Tower.

Now let me explain the details

of this plan and each of your roles.

Gobo and Omi, can you please make sure

the cellphones are working?

We're seriously doing this?

Yes.

We'll succeed

and take down the Emperor no matter what.

Saneatsu is counting on me.

It's my chance to be helpful!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime mission!

I'm fired up now!

Let's get going, Roach-hiko.

"Roach-hiko"?

-Is that real?

-So that's

The Emperor's Tower.

-They're gathering around us.

-Don't worry.

I'll use my Visibility Right

to evade all the puppets.

It's so quiet.

But Mr. Shinozaki said that there are

tens of thousands of them in this city.

I guess they're only capable of

detecting those who approach them.

No wonder he can't use his army

of puppets to attack us.

But if the Emperor is so paranoid about

his safety, how is he okay with that?

The Emperor collects dead bodies

to make puppets, right?

Then what was he doing before he used

the Majority Vote to get all these bodies?

Was he all alone? But that can't be.

I was thinking about that too.

Mido actually gave us a hint.

The researchers at the detention camp.

Just as Mido had predicted, the first

Majority Vote took place within the camp.

The Emperor turned the researchers into

his puppets and went into hiding.

The Emperor then used these

researcher puppets to do his will.

I believe these first-generation puppets

are able to fulfill more complex orders.

Or more like, he made sure to keep puppets

who were able to fulfill complex orders.

Those puppets are running

the power station.

I see! I didn't even think about that.

Of course somebody has to be

managing the power station.

They must be operating

the water and broadcasting signals too.

These first-generation puppets might also

be working as the Emperor's aides.

-But only a few of them, I assume.

-A few?

Maintaining a lifeline isn't an easy task.

It must require a lot of puppets.

Since the Emperor himself is so powerful,

he probably only needs an attendant.

He really is a dependable guy, isn't he?

And I believe the puppets are exempt

from participating in the Majority Vote.

So we are able to confirm yet another

theory concerning the Majority Vote.

He can limit the extent of

the effects of the Majority Vote.

And that's exactly what he did

during the first day of the trial run.

It's 23:29!

It's time.

The laptop is scheduled to be

collected by the Emperor at 23:55.

DO YOU SEE THIS RIGHT NOW?

And the next Majority Vote

will be announced at 23:58.

There is a three-minute window.

RESULTING FROM THE MAJORITY VOTE

DEAD OR ALIVE?

Most likely, he uses that time to collect

items and review the question.

We have to utilize this window

of opportunity to catch him by surprise.

We'll shut down his electricity at 23:55

and charge into the tower.

The operation begins at

23:30.

Operation: Diversion

Operation: Power Station Raid

Begins now!