Original S ①

ii P u b ① i c G a r d e n

笠 R o m a n

iv A { もt e r ① m ③ ge ③

v How A Star ① ③ Born

vi Glitter Love

Angel Voice

1999 May. K. nasu

This was what | wrote when | was invited to make an anthology comic on the topic of
angels. However, the anthology wasn't text based and the other two were artists, so | was in
trouble. What is the meaning of a novel when over half of the book was pictures? Especially
when it`s q short novel. That`s how | came up with the irregular “Notes“ after my
doubtfulness. | remember that | was pretty satisfied with what | came up with, considering
that it was completed in q short amount of time. Although, it`s unpleasant to the eyes, it
brings back memories when | cut and pasted what | typed out from the word processor. ..If |
ever get a chance, | would like to make this into q real series of story too. | always think
about that when | look at the Black Barrel.

ー Kinoko Nasu ( 奈 須 きのこ )

The aircraft rose further up into the troposphere.
The sea of ashen clouds had vet to disappear.

Wings of iron soared through the vast, leaden skies

Loionoe
1 s
embarking on a dangerous mission to eliminate the common enemy of the Human Species.

At the end of the battle, all but one of the aircrafts that had participated in the mission were destroyed.
I guess I was lucky that this old piece of junk’s autopilot was flying it.
The Al-controlled plane was the only one that was unaffected by the influence of the enemy’s body temperature.

I continued to fly by myself.

The heartbeats resounding throughout the machine were, as one would expect, my own.

Topened the hangar with my gun at the ready.

The air flowing into the aircraft was freezing, burning my lungs.
With the plane`s internal air temperature reaching below zero, the coat I wore showed minimal effect against it.
The level of freezing cold was at a critical point, barely maintaining the survival of organic life.

This aircraft, which had only been intended for the transportation of flight-capable species, wasn`t equipped with
weaponry like sniping equipment.
If I wanted to fight in this war, I had to risk cutting my life short.

Tntense cold and rampaging winds,

The corpses ofmy comrades laid behind me, spinal fluid overflowing from their noses and ears.
As this was an old plane, there was no way of predicting how long it would continue to fly.
The state of affairs was so absolutely bleak that I felt like singing out loud.

With the Black Barrel that T modified for sniping at the ready, I did nothing but wait.
For the moment my enemy would come into the range of my scope.
For the very moment T could pull the trigger and be at ease.
Seven days had been piling up onto the in-flight clock.
Yet only seven days have passed.
My paralyzed brain felt that T could continue staying like this for another month, or maybe another year.
My body was constantly on the brink of death.

Twondered how much time had passed.

My consciousness,
My language,
My very self,
Just when I finished losing all of it — I recollected everything back.
My gun’s sight caught the “enemy”.
Without a moment`s hesitation I pulled the trigger.

My brain broke through its limits, and was scorched.

Just before T fell into unconsciousness,
Just one brief moment before white was painted over my consciousness. O / G O D O
I caught a glimpse of the enemy`s form.
How angel notes.
Beal;tiful. the metter of knight arms
rand over count 1999
type:other.
————Between a rift in the clouds, I saw an angel.
 Land of Steel [ Over Count 1999. |
A planet that died. A globe that reached its end. A world uninhabitable by living things.
This is the name of the present day`s world. It is not an official name, but a common name passed down amongst the humans who live in
the ruined land.
Like the name `Land of Steel” makes apparent, the majority of the continent is made up of cracked wastelands, covered by murky gray
clouds.
Food cannot be grown, and the carth`s atmosphere, previously suitable for animals, has been lost.
It was, to put it in the human species` vay of speaking - a drastic end of a century. But even after the mother planet died,the human
species was able to ive on with its developed civil technology.
Even the planet`s end that humanity once imagined couldn't bring an end to the human species.

Hundred A-Ray Subspecies [A-Rayl

Next generation primates created by the humanity that used up all of the planet`s resources.
Each possessing motifs from the living things that used to exist on the planet.
They were heavily modifed and enhanced in order to survive on the ruined planet.
Their evolutionary tree is diverse and have been broadiy classifed into a hundred species.
Classifcations numbered one through ten consist of only a single species, rather than a colony.
Some carry the genes ofhumans and have human-like characteristics, but as vou would expect, the vast majority have cvolved from a
fusion of various species and primates.

The Great War [Babel’s Talel

After the death of the planet, there was a warbetween the surviving remnants ofhumanity and the hundred A-Rays.
Humanity simply acted in order to survive,and the A-Rays acted in order to rule the world.
The various A-Rays were united into one hundred sub-specics by the Six Sisters; in the face ofthis threat, Humanity was pushed to the
brink of defeat. Near the end of the Great War Humanity created the Human Species and the Knights,and this development only led to
the further destruction ofthe planet that was already dead.
There was no victor in this war. A third party came flying in towards the end of the battle and both sides were almost annihilated.

Human Species |Linerl

Humanity in the Land of Steel.
The former Human Species were able to evolve alongside this world.
To be more precise, they are also included within the Hundred A-Rays.
They were able to adapt and live within the current environment, but despite that they are unable to exceed the limits of an ordinary
human`s abilities.
They are building a civilization in order to reform the old civilization. They are in a ceasefire with the Hundred A-Ray species.

Knights [Ether linerl

Those among the Human Species who possess biology with an cven strongcr acceptance of the drastically changcd cnvironment`s
influence. They wicld special weapons called Mystic Swords, and are an aggressive specics that can fight the A-Rays equally without any
support from the weapons of the old era. There are currently seventy-eight knights enlisted.

Mystic Sword [Knight Armsl

The name ofthe weapon that Knights carry.
Every Liner born of this word receives the influence of Grain. Babies born with a large amount of Grain inside ofthem at the time of birth
shape it as if it’s their bones as they mature, and when they reach adulthood, the Mystic Sword is birthed from their body. Because they
are created with the unanalyzed entity Grain, Mystic Swords are able to cause various phenomena, and their powers are strong enough to
be considered weapons.
Only a few humans are able to form a Mystic Sword,and only those who wicld a Mystic Sword capable of being used in a real battle are
enlisted as Knights.
Only one Mystic Sword exists for each Knight.

Grain IGrain “Ether”|

Cosmic dust.
It’s a name given to all harmful and unmeasurable particles which flooded from the planet after it ost its functions. Although it is
hazardous to humans, in rare cases, it can make unique changcs to thcir bodies leading some people to call this substance Ether.
The Hundred A-Ray Subspecies, Human Species, and Knights are all new species brought forth by the cffects of Grain. The energy
conversion rate of the Grain dispersed into the air is incredible and has resulted in a new level of warfare that was never before possible
on this planet.
In this battle between the A-Rays, who can take Grain into their bodies, and those who have crystallized Grain to forge Mystic Swords, all
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After I came home from work - I saw an angel holding a After several days passed, I went to the hospital.
guitar. “There is nothing wrong with your brain,” answered a fish-
faced doctor.
...It seems that I had finally gone insane.
Long, blonde, wavy hair and a pure white one-piece dress. Every day since then, after finishing work I wasted energy
A face that left behind hints of girlish youth and a ring of chasing away that angel. Eventually I caved and let her in.
light above her head. If this girl wasn't an angel, what in the “The sky, it’s dark.” The angel muttered looking out at the
world could she be? sky from the window.
The angel didn’t even know that. Figures. She didn’t seem to
"Good evening.“ The angel bowed with an awkward smile. be one of the artificial angels amongst the hundred A-Ray
Subspecies.
After rubbing my eyes, I walked inside. The angel kept
standing in the middle of the room holding the guitar, and “Hey. Where’d you come from? Tm guessing you’re not an
for some reason was looking at me excitedly. A-Ray from this side of The Rift.”
"What the hell are you?` “Pm not an A-Ray!”
"Ah, Tm an angel.“ She laughed with a sweet smile. “Then what are you?”
"I am the fantasies of this city`s people given form. That's
"I can see that. What I meant was, why are you in my room? why I'm so pretty. I'm glad that everyone has such pure
If you're here to sell yourselt you came to the wrong room. I hearts.` The angel twirled around happily, the edge of her
hate to break it to you but I am not earning enough to buy skirt wavering like a dress.
an angel. Now that she mentioned it, she certainly carried the visage
of a fantasy. Angels were too beautiful to pass through this
"Um, I'm not here to sell myself. What's the best way of Land of Steel. Her golden hair was so dazzling, yet
putting it? Td like to look after you." paradoxically reminiscent of poison. So that meant...she was
"I can do that myself, get out." an illusion only I could see?
"Hey, that`s not fair. I'll... I'll do anything you want!"
"So, do you want to explain what the manifestation of
Well, since she begged me to,Tended up letting her clean everyone`s fantasies is doing in my room?`
my room. “Well it's obvious that Tm here because yourre the guy who
The result: a scene far more gruesome than a tragedy. killed mel
“...Um, my cooking is perfect!” She got more mad at the fact that I didn't realise that more
The angel said, raising the tip of her finger up. than the fact that killed her.
"Yeah that`s great and all, but my body can't take in factory- “Did you come here to get revenge then?“
produced food. There`s way too much nutrition, I bet my She answered back, "What's revenge?`
blood vessels would burst open. Do you get what I'm
saying?" Eventually, the angel became quite handy compared to
The angel nodded her head in agreement. She seemed to before, slowly learning various things over time. She seemed
Human Species
to understand what cleaning actually meant now. The
understand that 'm similar to a Liner - not an A-Ray.
exception being anything related to guitars.
"I'm not improving with the guitar at [Link] playing it just
“So, what else can you do?
like what Tm imagining the sound to be, but what Tm
“I can play the guitar!”
thinking and what`s coming out are completely different.`
The girl said so happily, strumming the guitar in her hands.
I see, so she was interested in playing it? If that was the case
That blue guitar was one of the types that used electricity to
then it was clear that it was highly unlikely to go well.
produce sound. It wasn’t the kind of thing that could ever
"No shit. That guitar needs tuning you know."
suit something like that of an angel. Also she just plain
Yep. Screwed up from the beginning.
sucked.
“Thanks, but no thanks. Now it’s about time you left.”
The angel tilted her head and asked, “What`s tuning?*
1 took the angel by the hand and booted her out the window.

① グ O r i g i n a ① S i n
“The sky, it’s dark.” [Cloud Skyl
Cloud-covered sky. Numerous thick layers of clouds have hidden the Humans [Last-Seed|
sky since The Great War. It doesn’t mean the sky isn’t gray, it appears A Human Species that did not undergo any selective breeding. Neither did
that the real sky cannot be seen. their descendants.
Since they are unable to survive on this planet, it is said that they are on
Angels [No.20 Guardian Angel] the verge of extinction.
Artificial angels within the Hundred Subspecies of A-Rays. Ranked In order for humans to live/survive in the outside world, they need the
#20 of the 100, but in the aspect of destroying matter alone, they support of medicines or machines - if the air is inhaled unmedicated or
come close to the 10th-ranked-species. A colony that protects a single unprocessed, it will result in death. To make matters worse, factory-
A-Ray species. They possess the characteristics of the angels produced food cannot be eaten, the nutrients raise the physical abilities
originating from the Old World`s largest religion; a Human Species so much that it becomes poisonous to humans instead.
with a pair of avian wings. They are rare, but not valuable.
An aggressive species that uses the heavy particles that dispersed into
the atmosphere after the world’s end as a source of power by
absorbing them into their bodies.
A pair of feathered wings like that of a bird grow from the That`s right. In this world, being human is definitely
backs of humanoid bodied women. Despite their beautiful inconvenient.
modeling, those creatures are called angels. That must have been why the human beings of the old age
My job is to shoot twenty angels dead each day. So it had to dream up a lot of inventions. The result was the
honestly wasntt very surprising that ① was seen as an enemy creation of the A-Rays, and that led to the preparations for
amongst all beings known as angels. the Great War.

I came to this place a year ago, a rather unique city within Just like that, pure humans became the victims of natural
The Land of Steel. selection.
No plants can grow on the surface of this dead planet. Yet
every manner of gray-colored tree had grown all over the Since T`ve got another mouth to feed, Iincreased my
city, and even a withered grass field on top of a hill. On the workload. Man, that angel sure can eat. The materials
hill at the center of the city, there were two gigantic trees produced at the factories are free but there`s a limit, so Thad
concealing the sky. These trees even reached the sea of to increase my daily quota from twenty to thirty.
clouds and were named the world trees for their immense
size. ...How ironic is it to kill more angels to feed an angel?

I chose my job as an angel hunter. In this city, angels come “Working hard these days, arenrt you?”
flying down from the sky and attack people every day. They
are unintelligent creatures, resembling angels only in “I'm just relieving stress. Those targets actually look very
appearance. Although they do attack people, theyre only similar to what`s stressing me out, makes this job exciting.“
pests akin to wild dogs, doing little actual harm. But if we When I spilt out my complaints in desperation, the
left them alone, the city would be swarmed by angels, so the beastman tilted his head, lacking any sympathy.
city council had to hire hunters. I didn't know if the angels
had a set location they came down to, but I saw a lot of them “It’s good that you’re dedicated to your job. Watch your
in the forest on the outskirts of the city. back though, Tve heard there are some Knights inspecting
the forest. Apparently a guy with a Mystic Sword was
Pulling on the trigger of my rifle, I caught the impact with studying up on you.”
my Shoulder.
The naked angel fell down and hit the floor, having been “—What the hell!? Is an Aristotle coming this way?”
shot right in the forehead.
The forest fioor was littered with falling leaves and “I dunno. More importantly, they say our pay`s getting
countless angel corpses. lowered again this month. That`s a more realistic life or
death situation, isn’t it?”
Crossing the earth`s harsh terrain, Ireturned into the walls
that surrounded the city. “Yeah, that’s true. This is getting worse and worse, the
A beastman who was in charge of a different post was financial bureau wants us dead too?“
waving his hand as he approached me.
“Yo. How’s business?” “I've never done anything wrong though.”
“Nothing out of the ordinary. Three coppers per kill. If I Yeah right, this guy`s a prisoner who murdered over ffty
Human Species
consider the price of the bullet, I won’t even have a single
Liners .
copper for myself.”
The beastman sighed and looked over at the pile of angel
“That’s because you use a gun. If you’re a man, use your
corpses scattered across the forest.
body.”
“You think we can eat them?”
"I can’t do that Tm afraid. Unfortunately, Tm not that well
He mutters a bad idea.
built. I'll be poisoned by the open air unless Itake medicine.
“Forget it. You're probably asking for some divine
Tm just doing my best to stay alive.`
punishment. ”
“Oh is that so? That`s inconvenient. So is being human,
I shrugged my shoulders as I gave an obvious reply.
huh?`
“Yeah, sure is. Just part of being human.

/2 Public Garden

Aristotles | ONEI
Right life forms that appeared at the end ofthe end ofthe Great War. Unidentifiable existences.
Each Aristotle has a significantly different appearance and biology.
The origin oftheir name is unknown, but the name`s origin can be traced back to a philosopher from the old age.
Considering both Humanity and the hundred A-Ray Subspecics to be their enemies, they attacked indiscriminatcly, and often. As a result,
humanitys foundation was completcly destroyed, and the number of A-Rays was greatly diminished at the hands of the Aristotles.
After the Great War came to an end, their activitics were slowed down by the sea of clouds that covered the sky, but they still continue to
erase all ife forms on this planet.
Since then, the human species and the A-Rays have separated themselves on a grand scale from humanity, and have also become companions
under ceasefire until the climination oftheir common enemy, the Aristotles.
An angel caught me on my way home from work. Not the “Absolutely not. There isn’t any otherjob that a moron like me
freeloader, clearly an angel-type A-Ray. could do,and I don’t feel like being protected as a rare specics
either. So why are you still complaining about it? Those things
“Not very social these days, are you? I don’t think you’re stupid aren`t the same as you, so don't let it bother you. It’s ridiculous.”
enough to reject a beautiful woman like me.”
She said, marching me into a bar and thrusting a beer in front of "It does bother me! I couldn't care less about other guns for hire,
me. but it makes me sick that you of all people are killing angels every
...It's true, I don't think Tve spoken to her for about half a year. day. Well? What's your reason for hunting angels!?"
Tlet the dull conversation blossom before a heckler butted in. -That's because I'm twisted.
"You should be spending your time with an A-Ray rather than that
human-type over there." Its just a job, that's all. Like I said before, theres nothing
else I can do to put food on the table.”
1 thought so too, but she shut him up with a glare.
"I'm sorry. Were you offended?” I spat out an excuse without looking her in the eyes, but her cold
"Yeah, I don't feel good about it but he`s got a point. Why are you stare saw straight through my lie.
even spending time with someone like me? Don't the A-Rays
prefer strong species? If you think I can father a strong child, I'm "Whatever. You've quit thinking. That's why you don't feel any
sorry butTcant do that." pain. But you can't feel happiness either. Or even have fun
"Come on, one little exception wouldn't hurt, right? Besides, our thinking about better times. You must be living your everyday life
outward appearance is much more important. A-Ray species like a machine. That's why you need to rely on logical reasoning to
similar to angel-types are few and far between -- and you're also motivate yourself."
my type. So it's no problem really.” She reassured me as she
brought a glass of purple fizz to her lips. The angel talked down to me with a discontent expression on her
face.
She really did have the appearance of an angel - but her wings
were not for flying, Angel-type A-Rays could fly without them, and But what was so wrong with becoming a thoughtless machine? The
their “wings” were said to be used to collect the heavy particles idea that we were superior creatures just because we had the
surrounding them. It was rumored that her subspecies, the former capacity for emotion was the real fantasy.
protectors of The Six Sisters could match the Mystic Sword
wielding Knights in terms of fighting ability. “What’s with you today? It seems like you’re just trying to give me
In other words, one was capable of destruction on the level of a a hard time.”
nuclear bomb by themselves. “I am giving you a hard time. You`re barely talking to me.”
“A drunken angel isn’t a great look either, vou know?“
We kept drinking and by the time she was completely out of it, she “What do you mean? I have you know that m super popularin
asked me something strange. my hometown,even when Tm as drunk as this*
Answering `veah yeah`, I looked up at my empty glass. I was
"Hey, why do you use a gun?` planning on holding back tonight but Td reached the point of
“Well uhh.. Unlike A-Rays, humans arent able to use Grain, you passing out before her.
know? Our strength is limited too, so its only natural that we have
to rely on weapons. I mean, what other practical firearms could [ The angelasked one last question.
use Other than a gun?"
“Hey, why do you fight?”
"Huh. So that means humans are too weak to fight. So why do you That’s because... I don’t want to die.
fight despite that?" “Okay so, why don’t you want to die?”
"...Yeah, seems to be like that, doesn't it? Welllets see. If I Because... I'm almost certain that [ want to live.
remember correctly, my family were killed when I was just a little “Why do you want to live?
brat. I dug up a gun or two and started practicing my aim like That’s obvious.
crazy. Nothing but revenge on my mind." I kept on surviving because Td never experienced anything that
"What? I expected more than a typical story like that.” made life worth living not even once.
"Uh, yeah. Haha. It's boring, right?"
Yeah, that forced smile wasn't fooling anyone. Neither was that “...Is that so? Relying on a logical reason to live, you really are an
pathetic attempt at a laugh. Tve never been able to fake a laugh, immature creature.”
not even once.
“But how is that boring? You mentioned a family so they must be And just like that, she left first.
the same species right? I've never heard of any humans living
around here, except for you of course.” I guess there was no fixing it. The world’s within a post-
“I must have never told you, huh? [ was born and raised in apocalypse because of humans that lived by their instincts. Having
Westland. It’s on the other side of The Great Rift.” to rely on pessimistic reasoning’s the only punishment given to
“Did you say Westland + + - - - - !? The uh, the continent that the humans who were left behind.
was erased by The Black Aristotle の

She fell silent after that. It makes sense, I must have been around
⑫ or 13 when Westiand was burnt to the ground.
But that`s an old story from almost ⑦ years ago.

“Well anyway, Tm curious. You've given up that awful job, right?`

3/ R o m a n
Six Sisters [No. 1 Saving System of Farthl
Beings who reigned over the Hundred Subspecies of A-Rays at the Black Barrel [Longinus]
time of the Great War.
A black gun belonging to Gun God. Because it is made of a mineral
1t’s said that they possessed the outward appearance of the human that conflicts with Grain, it is quite possible to say that the Black
species itself, and that all six looked like witches straight out of a Barrel is the natural enemy of all life-forms that contain even a
fairy tale, wearing black hats and riding on broomsticks. Each one minuscule amount of Grain.
of them carried an ability that surpassed all Hundred A-Ray
However in this world where every remaining life-form has been
Subspecies. At the end of the Great War, the youngest sister
influenced by Grain, there isnt anyone left that can use, or even
`judgment“ was defeated by a Knight, but her death cry created a
touch it.
great rift in the center of the continent. The whereabouts of the
remaining five are unknown. It is the God-Slaying Gun, if the weapon's target contains a great
power, in other words—Grain, the bullet`s killing capacity will rise

Black Aristotle [Type:Jupiter] in proportion to the amount of Grain within.

... Now, with this gun, the value of a particular rare species has
An Aristotle that appeared in Westland. changed.
A black giant several dozens of kilometers in length. Its form was Only those life-forms that lacked the ability to evolve in response
extremely close to that ofa human being. to Grain, and are completely devoid of it, can touch the Black
In truth, it was a gathering of black photon gas which could Barrel without any consequences.
theoretically expand infinitely in size.
"The sky... it's red." [Blood Sky]
The mountain of gas contained an unidentifiable nucleus at its
core that was impossible to explain other than being a pseudo- The sky of this world. There is no blue sky above the sea of clouds,
sun. The body of photon gas seems to have been emitted from that a red sky spreads out as far as the eye can see.
object.
It isn't because the air is polluted. During the final years of The
Ofthe eight Aristotles, Type-Jupiter has erased the most life. Great War, a lone Aristotle came flying into the atmosphere -
Type-Pluto, whose blood stained the sky a crimson red.
It sent the western continent into an all out war and wiped them
out without a scar. …Although there are probably no such While Pluto was attempting to invade the atmosphere, it was
concepts like scars to this Aristotle. confronted by the Six Sisters who all attacked at once. Type-
Pluto`s blood completely enveloped the planet.
Later, after a battle with the Knights who were dispatched to the
west, it was bisected by Knight Edem’s Mystic Sword - Slash The gray clouds that conceal the sky are considered to be a
Emperor. The bisected Aristotle’s pseudo-sun rampaged, and the protective barrier that the Six Sisters placed - In this red sky, two
entire surface of the western continent was scorched. other Aristotles swim through the sea of blood like floating fish,
unable to access the planet itself.

The Crucifix [Type:Saturn] Heaven’s Corpse [Type-Venus]

Crucifix-like Aristotle. Total length reaching three-thousand An Aristotle estimated it to be a thousand meters long. It appeared
meters. after the Great War, flying within the sea of clouds. Its shape was
unable to be confirmed, nor could anyone report any exact
Its outer shell is composed of luminous minerals, and has no
features of its appearance.
pattern whatsoever.
It is a lifeform that has grown two wing-like appendages, and
The flying object sends down a deadly rain of light, with the visage
compared to other Aristotles, it is closer to the evolutionary tree
of the Holy Cross.
of this planet.
Each “raindrop” is a one-meter-long electromagnetic shock with
According to records, during the 83rd year of the new calendar, it
the shape of a cross, which explodes and scatters upon contact,
was shot down in an extermination operation carried out by the
annihilating all surrounding life forms.
Order of Knights and fell somewhere on the continent.
There are other variations of these crosses of light, which can
Originally, it was a life-form that fell onto the surface of the
perforate the carth`s surface, causing earthquakes that destroy the
planet, sinking its roots into the land, scattering the corpse’s ego,
very land where people live.
manifested as spores, eating away at the life on this planet.
Innumerable as they may be, perhaps these crucifixes stuck into
In short, it can be roughly described as a gigantic carnivorous
the earth mark the deaths of their victims, not unlike the
plant.
gravestones spread across the wasteland.
...Fortunately, it was put to sleep using the Black Barrel.
It is fittingly titled “The Flying Fortress", and it is thought to be
the leader of the Aristotles within the planetary sphere.
Slipping through the crowds in the loud city streets, I made it back One ofthose things was in a little city like this,in this deserted
to my room. The angel was still here, stubbornly still here. tower`s cheap apartment, shaped like an angcl, playing a guitar?
That`s not even funny. ... Why did this thing think that no living
It wouldn't be long before Winter came. The temperature was gonna
creature on this planet had the right to live? ①gucss this must be
shoot way below the freezing point, then it wouldn't be long before
some kind of punishment from God.
the town literally froze over.
`Are you seriousl? Youre a-?*
But it didn't matter, I'd lost the motivation to spend a second winter
jn this place. “Oh not at al that would actually be the ground of this city! The
entity containing my former self was shot down and it crash-landcd
"Um, dontt you think the city has been noisy recently?”
here. It died instantly. Trees grew from its body and humans started
The angel muttered as she overlooked the cityscape from the to live around it*
window.
The Angel goes on and on. This planet no longer had the power to
That large window larger than the angel, looked just like a church raise life. That's why greenery could not grow, but she was telling
window I once saw in a picture book. me we could grow it as long as the ground on which it was planted
was the top of a corpse instead of the planet!②
That angel with golden hair and pure white wings hung her head
with a sad look on her face. "In the beginning, I wasn't this type of existence. I ended up this
way by accident. What everyone calls the World Trees are actually
The background of the window behind her was faintly smoking like the wings of my former self. The leaves of the World Trees are
amirage. uhh... well in other words, the feathers of the wings, right? The
feathers that fluttered down took the shape of my former self. Type-
...Everything in this world is gray in color. Only this angel was
Venus was that kind of invasive lifeform —not the angels spread
beautiful, like a nightmare.
throughout this planet.”
The Angel kept looking down at the scene far down below.
“But you're still shaped like an angel!”
The city was overloaded with people trying to escape.
“That's because... I'm everyone's fantasy My former selfs body has
"Um, what is everybody doing?" died, but what seems to be something along the lines of an ego is
still alive. But my former self never had the concept of an ego. The
"It's a citywide evacuation. The neighboring area was destroyed by a species of this planet possesses an extraordinary ability to give form
three thousand meter Aristotle. Calculating its flight path, it should to intelligence.
pass by this city in three days."
My former self also had intelligence, but couldn’t
"Flying... above me?" use it; so I took shape using everyone as a model.
“It’s flying above all of our heads.
④ ノ A f t e r I m a g e s
Ttook the form of an angel because it was the
It might crash into the World Trecs. It doesnrt matter which closest image to my former self. Aristotles don't
direction it’s going, everything bencath it is going to be dcstroyed. have the ability to come to mutual understanding, but becoming an
TPs only natural that everyone’s running away * angel granted me the same thought patterns as everybody else. By
becoming an angel from a fantasy, I could become myself!"
Gazing vaguely at the ground, the angel mutters,
By becoming a fantasy, the angel managed to distance herself from
“Ah, so that’s why everyone is so desperate.” the beings known as Aristotles. By becoming something other than
herself, the strange girl was able to understand herself for the first
1 gave the angel a sideways glance as I started getting my stuff
time.
together; she was just standing there, a little taken aback. I shoved
the warm clothes, winter equipment, my personal air maker, and The girl was already nobody at all, just a realization of an angel
several guns into my bag. I decided to leave everything else behind. dreamt up by the people here.

"You too? You re really going?" `Are you happy with that?`

"I don't want to die, you know. But I'm not leaving right away. Once "Yes", The angel very happily nodded her head.
that commotion down there has died down, I'll get out of here by
myself." The girl was nowhere to be found.

The angels eyes were downcast with disappointment. Just because There was only an illusion.
she was always so cheerful for no reason, that was enough to make "—TI see. I guess angels can only cxist in my dreams."
her look so awfully lonely.
I recall the definition of the angel all ofa sudden.
"... This might be the last time, so please answer me. What in the
world are you?" That she had wings, and a halo, and she was beautiful, and finally,
she was nothing more than a dream—
The angellet out a carefree sigh.
After all, the things in my life that give me any small scrap of
All Tkmew was that she wasn’t a real angel, but I still didn't get it. happiness turned out to be nothing but delusions in the end.
That's why—— I wanted to know the truth, at least in the end. When I thought that, the angel disappointingly replied, "You're
The Angel replied, so simply. right.”

*
“I’m... what everyone calls an Aristotle.”

She stared at me with those eyes, as if to say, “You didn’t know?” "Iwish Lwas a real angel."

Aristotles. Beings that suddenly appeared on our planet and became She looked so much more angelic than a real angel, but complained
the enemy of every last lifeform, without exception. Immeasurable about something like that.
monsters whose biological structures, not to mention their methods
of communication were enigmatic in nature.
The gigantic crucifix disappeared deep into the sea of clouds that My blood that scattered across the fioor made a pool, dying the
had been stained with gray sunlight. angel's body red.
Its course had only been shifted slightly, but it began to vanish far "When you——shoved me out of the way?"
away into the distance while continuing to send its rain of judgment I didn't answer her question. I just stared at what was happening
down to the surface. outside.
It seemed that the battle was finally over. I saw the sky for the first time in my life, but I didn't expect the real
The plane carrying me kept on rising above the troposphere. Rising sky to be different from the one I read about in books.
slowly. On the side of the smoking plane was a large hole. "The sky... It's red.”
The wounded iron bird couldn't listen to orders anymore. Just like I repeated words that I heard somewhere before as my arm lost its
the dreams of all who had wings, it would keep flying until its body strength.
rotted away. The Black Barrel fell to the floor.
Sooner or later, it should pierce through the gray sea of clouds and `A black gun. T knew it you're the person who shot down The Bird."
into the stratosphere. My body wasntt strong enough to breathe "...Well, sort of. Thats what people think. But... I must have used up
there. But there was no need to worry about that. Because there was all of my luck back then. That's why I'm in this mess."
no guarantee that I'd be alive by the time I got there. "You're an idiot, you know. It's because you were protecting me."
TIlowered my sniper rifle and slumped against the wall. "Couldn't help myself. I wouldn't want a pretty girl like you dying in
The door ofthe hangarremained open. The frcezing air iowed in, front of my eyes."
just as it did back then. The view of the surface could be seen I gave her a pretentious one-liner. It was so silly, Tcouldnt stop
clearly. myself from cracking a smile.
A monochrome land, devoid of color. Even the distant sea was “That line’s so out-of-character!” The girl laughed with me.
colorless. This world was completely dead. But despite that, this We both laughed without looking at each other.
steel-colored world was still too precious to me. My vision started With small, weak, but gentle voices.
to blur. “You`ve changed. You weren’t this honest with your feelings before,
were you?”
Tsaw a scene just like this ⑤ years ago. ...l wonder if such a thing really existed. The angel that told me it
The enemy that tore through the clouds that day was the most was okay to be a fake, she must still be in my room waiting for me to
beautiful thing Td ever seen. come back.
Tshot down an angel-like creature, it had two wing-like appendages They say angels can heal the mind, but not the body.
and a vaguely humanoid form. After the comparatively tiny bullet “But, thats not true. I didn't change who lam because of somebody
pierced into its forehead, the angcl fell down from the heavens. else. I've always been like this. T only pretended to be cold, but Tm
Back then. During the moment I pulled the trigger, I locked eyes actually a nice guy deep down. Didn't you notice?”
with it through the scope. There wasn’t any mutual understanding. “Oh, really?”
That’s just how it was. “Yeah, really. I got used to being a hero back when I was just a kid.I
But since then,Tjust couldn’t stop dreaming about that thing was immature, maybe I still am. That's why you need to go already.
falling down into the sea of clouds. Right now, even with one wing, you should be able to land on the
ground. You don't need to go out with me.”
The angel riding with me woke up. One of her wings had been She stood and gave me a strangely stern look.
horribly plucked off. As a high ranking member of the A-Rays, she “Are you going to be okay with that? Being alone until the end?”
was sent out on this mission as usual. She jumped in with wounds “I told you. I want to look cool. I'm used to being a hero, you know.
all over her body.
Besides, [ want to be alone in the end. 一 一 Because until now Tve
She only dropped by to rest her wings, but no luck. The moment she been alone all ofthis time.”
opened the hangar door and got in, this plane was pierced with an
I think my clumsy forced smile went smoothly Probably the best
arrow of light after continuing to fly too close to The Cross.
one of my life.
The light pierced through the girls wing and the planes body,
“Well then, this is goodbye.”
snatching away even the plane`s Al and the girl`s consciousness.
Flapping her single wing, she flew away.
And now, a few minutes later.
She reminded me of the fish-like angels swimming through the red
The unconscious angel slowly woke up.
sea.
`Good morning`
When I spoke to her,she turned to look at the scene outside.
I stood up and sat in the cockpit.
Retreating into the distance, the thing called an Aristotle vanished.
Not knowing what I was doing myself, I tried to fix the broken
The angel was staring in awe. I informed her about the destruction autopilot.
that happened here, and about the mission`s success.
If T still had some luck left, I was sure things would end differently.
She only had the strength to crawl: as she drew closer herhand -
When I closed my eyes and slept, I heard a voice close to my ear.
slipped on something wet.
“Why did you fight?”
“That’s because... I don’t want to die.”
“Why don’t you want to die?”
⑤ H o w A
“That’s because... I want to live.”
“...Then, why did you want to live?”
Star I s B o r n
“That’s [Link] because——"
At the furthest limits of my memory.
Only that answer was different from before.
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On the day I tried to leave the city, I barely avoided getting caught "You're wrong...! It's the Aristotles who are at fault. They do not

by a military messenger. Someone must have heard the old story have any will. Isn't it a bad thing to erase life without having a

from five years ago and enlisted me in the mission. will?”

When I returned to retrieve the Black Barrel that I abandoned, the But there was no longer any notion of good or evil on this planet.

angel was also still left in that room.

"You're going to fight that thing?" The self-contradictory rule was to just live or die, it was as simple

"Seems like it. The Order of Knights are gathering too, so the as that.
military is definitely willing to fight. I've been told that we'll at That's why , because Tve lived 'til this point, I'm not going

least be able to alter The Cross`s flight path. If that's all there is to to roll over and die.
it, well, it's not like its impossible "It makes no difference. I don't have any kind of reason to fight
It s impossible. Everyone fails to understand the beings known as either. At this point, I'll never have one.
Aristotles. They are not creatures of this planet. There`s no way to Isn't this the most simple way of life?"
win!" The angel didn't answer me.
"There's no such thing as impossible.” “What are you going to do? While it may be true that you have the
"Is that so? They are incompatible with this planet's common same purpose, you and The Cross are different, right? Then your
sense. That s why the very concept of death doesn't exist for them. body will be destroyed along with this city, you know.
They won't stop until they've fulfilled their purpose.” You said you died instantly, but that`s in our way of putting it.
"A purpose? Every one of you has such a thing?" I don't think `death` as we know it on this planet applies to the
"Yes. We didn't decide that purpose ourselves, but we have one. life forms from other planets.
...This planet`s death was the result of the life that inhabited it. The truth is, you can already move, can't you?"
The planet itself was not pessimistic about its death. The angel looked down and shook her head.
Because the planet only contained a will; it didnt contain any "No, I can't. If I move, the outer shell of the wings will shatter. All
meaning. However, an exception had been made. of the leaves will fall from what everyone calls the World Trees. If
The Human Species was able to live on, even on the dead planets that happens, countless angels will flood the land from the sky.
land. The angel said, with a gloomy face.
Please,Twant you to cause the extinction of every life form that is ...She's right. The number of leaves on top of the two trees
still alive.” reaching the sea of clouds far exceeded the number of Human
Naturally, the only ones who were able to hear the planet's cry for Species in existence. The hundreds of millions of angels set free

help were other planets. Wwould cover the planet's surface in a blink of an eye.

ロ ー No. We were chosen as the absolute highest ranking species "But, you'll die if you don't!"

of each other planet that received this planet's will. "It's okay. Because I'm everyone, Tm nothing but a creation of

For example, the Aristotle known as Heaven`s Corpse... The thing their fantasies.”
that used to be me... was the most superior individual on Venus." "But that's just the knowledge given to you. You re different from

"W-What did you just say!?" us. We're just simple decorations to you. So it'd be better if you

Tlost my breath without realizing. Our enemies once stood at the just hurried up and took off already!”

top of each planets evolutionary trees with an alien common The angel sadly smiled and just shook her head like before.

sense? `Are you an idiot!?"

So the strongest life form of a planet is in other words the very "Tknow I am. But I can't help it.
planet itself. The Human Species, who had been surviving on this ー 一 rlove this place.”
planet were essentially dealing with the eight other planets. With teary eyes,the angel said so in satisfaction.
"——Yeah. Well, it doesn't look like we can win, huh? How could I argue with that?
"Yes." The angel nodded apologetically. "...I'see. Well, I guess it cant be helped."
"Besides, theyre the ones in the right. ...jeez. If we just accepted `“Yes“, she nodded and stared at me. Her sincere gaze was silently
the two-thousand year prophecy, wed have ended up still being asking me "What about you?"
the victims.”
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"I'm... going to die soon, you know. You're not going to be struck The Angel nodded in admiration.

with divine punishment. I think you could at least reward me with There was nothing more to talk about.

an answer." The time of the military gathering was drawing closer, so I started

As I carried my belongings on my back, I answered her. walking outside.

"Yeah. I understand. Listen, I have a confession to make. [ also “I've gotta head out. Go find someone with a better dream next

love this place, so much. time. You’ll become a real angel if you do that.”

It must have been——roughly from all the way back then, I'd been ー 一 Because the fantasies I dreamt up were all twisted in some

possessed by you." way.

"Eh?", the angel's eyes widened in astonishment. When I looked back at her one last time, the angel with a gentle
"U-Um... What do you mean?" expression answered me.

"Ever since then, Tve been in love with you. I just didn't realize “No. There is no such thing as a real angel. I'd rather stay as a fake
until now." one.”

As soon as I desperately threw out those words, the angels face lit The fantasy told me that she’d remain as a fantasy.

up, but she immediately hung her head. ls that so② Convinced, I left the room.

"But... I'm not human.”

Unfortunately, the angel had only just realized that fact.

...Jeez. Are you an idiot? Seriously.

“Well, let me tell you something. There’s only one human being in All that was left in the room was my older sister`s
this world and that’s me. So why the hell should that matter?”
guitar and the fake angel.
“Ah... you're right! ”

Gun God [GODOT]

... His other name. It was a popular name assigned to him after the mission “Fallen Bird“ where he shot down Type-Venus..

Some sarcastically called him a god imitator or pretender. A rare pure human. He excavated the Black Barrel from a sealed area,

it’s his favorite gun. Passed away during the intercept mission involving Type-Saturn.

Aristotles [Ultimate ONE]

Eight lifeforms that came from other planets.

In truth, they are the strongest lifeforms on their respective planets, and each possess the capability to cause the extinction of

all life on this planet on their own.

The name “Aristotle” was given by the people of this planet, since they have no concept of names.

Aristotles do not fight each other, they just fly around freely killing things.

Some Aristotles have learned the concept of “knowledge” from this planet’s life forms, or have even appeared before them.

After the annihilation of Type-Saturn, who received the order from this planet and conveyed it to the other planets, they entered

their final battle with the human race.

Character Material
From Character Material (2006)
 計 Litte Girl 談 ③
菖 Projection. lllusory Angel. o
She played the guitar, but she was pretty bad at it.
After appearing in Godot's apartment, she portrayed
herself as a maid... but in truth, she was @ good-for-nothing
rastoacer, Bascalh, she st S0t around ond ald oG
other than being a litle troublemaker. -
V/V had a special ability that gave her a subtle healing
effect, V/V's ultimate attack however, was to completely
eat up Godot's income.
Her hobby was appreciating the lives of those gathered
under the big trees.
As you'd expect, falling in love with a virtual existence isn't a
‘good idea; but as you'd also expect, virtual existences are
mnd-kallnw in'love.

City of the World Trees

Explanation

It was once a base built in order to monitor the corpse of

Type-Venus.
At the time, those assigned to the site felt as if they were
sent into exile. But whenit became clear that the corpse was
greening the ground, the base slowly developed into The
City of the World Trees.
During the military shooting operation involving
‘Types-Uranus & Neptune, the city's large trees will lose most
of their leaves.

Heaven’s Corpse (TYPE-VENUS)

Explanation 02

‘The Ultimate One of Venus.

It could be described as a carnivorous plant with an overall
length of about a thousand meters. It is said to have form
similar to a fish with pair of gigontic trees behind it, but
———

nobody has ever recorded it accurately because it was

hidden within the sea of clouds.
It came fiying into Earth siightly later than the other
invading Aristoteles and drifted among the sea of clouds for
along time. It was harmiess for a brief period until it finally
completed its search for an ideal seedbed and began
descending.
That true form roots into the earth and spreads millions, or
rather an indecipherable number of spores (angelic
predator terminals). It s an invasive creature that
resembles a forest plant, capable of growing from the
environment.
The Aristotle was parasitic in nature, 5o it had endedup
“absorbing" the concept of the Human Species.

SOUI‘CG/ notes. (Tsukihime Dokuhon compilatic

Source

Admirable and single-minded in nature, xxxxxxx had follen

in love with the idea of love itself, The command that had
been entered was "Prey upon everyone and every thing
on Earth, but the answer that they came to was "Love
‘everyone and every thing on Earth", | suppose that can't
be helped.
A, it became an incurable thing. Thy name to be loved.
 Explanation)

"The black gun that Godot used. It was o weapon crafted using
the true fifth element that causes the fifth imaginary element
to destroy itself. The Six Sisters called it a conceptual weapon
of "a natural lifespan.”
After Mihere were only a few "humans” left
from The © Abullet fired from this gun is a magical gunshot that inflicts a
wound bypassing any kind of ability value as long as the target
Godot was from an artificial paradise created by those humans operates on True Ether. Its akin to a cancer cell driven directly
who tried 1o survive the. into the body.
apocalypse, among other things.
One of the reasons why humans fell from the crown of creation
The paradise itself was promptly extinguished by The Black was their inability to deal with the Grain that filled the
Aristotle. However, a human who had undergone environmental otmosphere, which is fatal when inhaled. This new energy,
adaptation, Godot, had the misfortune of surviving as the last Grain, refused humanity and coused it to become the weakest
remaining human on Earth. living organisms on Earth. However, the Black Barrel was a
weapon that suddenly reversed this flow. It was highly versatile
However, even though he survived, he didn't have long to live. with every kind of option available via the exchanging of parts,
For Godot, life was now ke living on the moon. Without the help and it could even be used as a sniper rifle. Its unmodified form
of machines and medicines, he couldn't breathe properly, and was similar to @ rifle with @ curved stock.
had o choice but to eat poisonous food.
It was certainly quite bleak but since he had overcome many At the time of excavation, there were two guns, the original
near-death experiences, Godot accepted— or "resigned" himself ond the replica. Godot's favorite was the original.
to become more of a masochist than a pessimist, taking it easy
each day.
Once, out of a desire for revenge from the bottom of his heart, Source/ notes. (Tsukihime Dokuhon compilation)
he excavated the Black Barrel
from the sealed area of Atlasia, and participated in o military ‘The protagonist of a short story about angels within the
operation to stop the descent Lond of Steel. He is the weakest, but he has a special weapon
of Type-Venus. He withdrew from the war after that, and his that defeats the strong, he's definitely a person who fits the
location became a mystery definition of a protagonist. Later on, | decided to have this
There's a rumour that he got himself involved in o mission to style be inherited by Shiki from Tsukihime...
intercept Type-Saturn in @
certain city, and hy s considered to have died in action. —sort of, well, maybe not.
He was the weakest, but Godot was a sniper who could resist the
strongest poison.
 of thegtarget.
es and rapidly e
 Ado Edem I The strongest species of each planet, Uitimate Ones (Aristoties) wll appear frequently in
the TYPE MOON gomes from now on.
Also, as a side note; The "blue sky is seen through
the red sky” was Mr. PFALZs idea, who is
Knight that forms the Mystic Sword - Slash Emperor. The incharge of the design. Even I had neglected to use the “red sky"in this way: +* ウ
ht didn't stand out during the battle against the Hundred
ibspecies, however at the time the.
came fiying in, he rose to the centre stage.
cleaved "The Black Aristotle” Type-Jupiter in two

rom Tsukihime. Within the depths.

on's many walls and multiple doors,
chains stretch towards the
b, lfting from the throne requires
re are 78 doors that must o be passed to
he throne, these are also magical doors that no
Knight can break down.

Great Rift
ー The leader o the Hundred Subspecies
of A-Rays, the
sister of the Six Sisters, halved the world with a
i| ckin the land. The Six Sisters were not created
tentionally it is nothing but the result of the youngest
sister's death cry which gougedout the planet's surface as
she was kiled by a certain Knigh. In the Land of Steel,
“Magecraft” has been lost but rumour hos it that each of the
Six Sisters were Magicians.

Knights
The Human Species that has adapted and evolved to become
@ new humanity that can survive on the devastated earth,
and are more humanoid creatures compared to the rest of
the A-Rays. Liners each have an external organ from the
moment of birth, which will be materialised from Grain and
are generally named Mystic Swords, those which handle.
these swords are known as Knights.

Source/On the Land of Steel (Over Count 1999)

(Tsukihime Dokuhon Compilation)

Itis a story depicting the battle between the new humanity

and other planets.
The genre is psuedo-science fiction, it is a fairy tale that
depicts the battle between the new human race adapted to
the environment and the next-generation ecosystem species
created by humanity, the A-Rous.
The story takes place on the dead planet, where people are
happily fighting over who will be the next leader.
However, o mysterious creatures called the Aristotles came
from outer space as if telling them it was time for both of
 ORT
Introduction

Details unknown. Rumour has it that it is q mutant species

that suddenly fell into South America before the Christian
Era (AD, Anno Domini).

As q creature of aggressive nature, it takes pride in its

distinct extradimensional abilities. The previous fifth dead
apostle ancestor recklessly attempted to capture it and was
killed instantly. After that, it gained vampiric abilities, which
established its treatment as an ancestor.

An alien entity with an over-all length of forty meters. It's

covered with an outer skin that`s harder, more flexible, more
resistant to temperature differences, and sharper than any
other material on earth.

Besides the main bodU`s absurd attack values, it possesses d

special ability resembling a Reality Marble - The Crystal
Valley.

Character material *ORT" | 70

 ふ ーつ 談 穴 居 住 的 蜘 蜂 之箇
ーーー
看上去好像是班傲的「祥

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Cruystal Valle
This is the invasion of a repulsive, beautiful landscape.

Some magi and the Twenty-Seven Ancestors are capable of

controlling mental worlds known as "Reality Marbles“, but that
which ORT possesses is on a different level.

ORT is q "visitor from another planet”. Just by existing on earth,

the environment around him (?) changes towards the environmentQ/
he (?) once lived in. To put it simply, it is a falsification of the laws ™ ({7
of nature — q leakage of an otherworldlu order.

If human beings are a species that destroys the earth, ORT is an

"invader” that literally rewrites the earth into q different planet.
Well... luckily since ORT is q lazy Mr. (?) Spider, it doesn`t seem like
he (?) has any interest in harming the earth. Maube he (?)`s not
interested in — an invasion. He (?) accidentally came along on the
wrong time schedule, it is believed that he (?) has secluded himself
(?) within the Crystal Valley until the promised time. However, it is 基 本上 来 週
impossible for humans to comprehend ORT`s circumstances, the
W し 志 ⑧ ⑧
higher-ups of various organisations have been trying to deal with
葉 色 部 分⑤ 都 春 . 嵌
有
this kind of dangerous creature as soon as possible but have been 聾色糞鰭轟的住ー
counterattacked for poking their noses where they don`t belong.

emo
Explanation 02

The basic concept is "hopeless despair“ You could say that if this
was an RPG, ORT would be a hidden boss that is stronger than the
last boss. "What is this game balance? The developers clearly put
no thought into this!" No, no. You should know it is your fault for
messing with him(?).

ORT completely lacks the ability to learn the earth’s culture, but
by preying upon living creatures, it seems that he(?) can partiall
mimic abilities. 寿 先
V

(Because it is q mimicru, even if ORT talks in a human speech /

pattern, it is nothing but q repetition of something that was sail
in the past. Well, it`s up to the individual to find the romance in
that.) By the way, ORT considers the former fifth Dead Apostle
Ancestor to have had the deepest, most intense flavour out o \
every living being on Earth so far.

But as a side note, while ORT crystallising many trees simply by

moving around was my early visual image for Crystal Valley,
PFALZ's spider web idea for the Crystal Valley's river was amazing
so | went with that. Also, many of the designs | asked PFALZ to
create were based on the information in this book, which he
compiled in an amusing way. He`s like q rival, isn`t he!? A super
U.F.O. The strongest aggressive creature. It's an amazing design
from another dimension! Or rather something that not even Arc
can win against!! Someone better get Ultraman over here!

rce/ ?2??
Source

The Ultimate One of Mercury(?). Appears in the science-

fiction short story “Notes.“ as one of the Ultimate Ones`s
comrades......but by mistake he(?) arrived on Earth before
the others (about 5000 years), ahhh you stupid boy!

…To tell you the truth, ORT wasn`t one of the "Strongest
Species“ that received the distress call sent from Earth.

By the wau, Uou can't kill this thing with the Mystic Eyes of
Death Perception. Possessing no concept of death, there is
no other wau but to destroy ORT phusicallu.

71" | Character material roR T“*