Naoki-kun, what are you doing here?
Where's Koriyama-san?
He told me to come here...
What happened?
I don't know. But a scary man started chasing after me...
Doctor, please look after Naoki-kun.
I'm going to go look for Koriyama-san.
It's okay, come on in.
Yukki, who is he?
A new friend maybe?
Have a seat.
I'm Sera. And you?
I'm Naoki.
- You want one? - I can't tell you the details, but
the boy's involved in a case we're working on right now, and he needs protection.
This is my mommy's favorite apple.
Mommy.
Does your mommy like rabbit apples too?
I don't have a mommy.
- Then you're just like me. - Eh?
I'm with the National Police Agency.
- What happened? - A murder. It's a gruesome one.
- Whaat? - Just come with me!
Huh? What is this? I'm in what you might say a bit of rush.
Why were you investigating the Lyden Group?
- No, I'm doing no such... - Stop lying!
I-it's true. It's true, it's true.
You were looking into Tsubaki Bunji too, weren't you?
Ah, no. I wasn't doing...
Stop it right there!
Sorry for scaring you. I'm Kurashiki.
I'm Kojima.
I'm Makihara.
Stop looking into Tsubaki any further.
You'll end up like us.
What?
They were playing here, and just fell asleep.
Yuichi-san.
I'm sorry about Naoki-kun, Mother.
No, that's fine, but are you okay?
I want to do what I can to protect him.
Please don't tell anyone that he's here.
All right.
But what do we do?
Remember how Lyden Group's drug issue 11 years ago ended ambivalently?
Tsubaki, who was still with us at the time, was complicit in that and quashed it.
I found that out and reported it to my boss.
As a result, I was sent out on loan for 10 years.
I found something suspicious about the flow of research grants between the Ministry and Lyden Group.
When I was about to blow the whistle, I was demoted.
I'm sure you know, but Tsubaki's post-retirement job is with Lyden Group.
Pretty much the same thing happened to me too.
Is that why you're telling me not to go any further?
This is our advice to you as your senpai.
You still have a future.
Do yourself a favor and back out right now.
You got that?
You even have the original of a redacted document...
In spite of what you say you're still investigating their recent activities.
"Cocoon"
That's the facility where Lyden Group is raising clones for organ transplants, isn't it?
Why were you looking into this kind of thing too?
It's insurance. If something should happen to us.
This insurance...
we may be able to use it.
If the existence of this facility becomes public knowledge,
it will be the focus of criticism from all over the world, and Lyden Group will be finished.
In other words, if we could only find out where Cocoon is,
we'll be able to bring Tsubaki down.
You've all been looking into Tsubaki because
you wanted to right the wrongdoings of Lyden Group and the Ministry, right?
Then won't you join me in cutting off the root of that mistake?
I have a senpai we can rely on at the National Police Agency too.
Now is our chance to crush Tsubaki.
Of course, I won't force you to do it.
There's also the possibility we'll be eliminated.
But...
I'm going to do it.
What do you think?
Let's do it.
This is the surveillance camera footage from the hotel Naoki-kun was staying at.
Endo.
It was probably Endo and his men that killed Koriyama-san too.
They think nothing of killing people.
Under normal circumstances, the police should be protecting him, but...
I guess we can't even depend on that police, huh?
Yes.
Until we have evidence of Lyden Group's involvement in organ trafficking,
we'll just have to protect him ourselves.
What's going on at this hour?
Kohiruimaki-san,
didn't you find something that the Lyden Group lost?
I'm talking about that boy.
Seeing that you're not denying it, I must be right.
We haven't said anything yet.
So Dr. Mogami's there too.
Is that bad?
Of course not.
I may have told you before, but
I have a not-so-distant relationship with Sawada-san at Lyden Group.
I was aware of the clone business.
In the midst of all this,
a succession of incidents involving Lyden Group and young boys occurred.
The boy who was in the accident died, but
the other boy has yet to be found.
That means someone is sheltering him.
And you're saying that's us?
Yes.
As far as I know, you guys are the only people
who would stand up head on to that Lyden Group.
So, what do you want?
Won't you let me see the boy?
I'd really like to see him... a genuine clone, if just for a minute.
What proof do I have that I can trust you?
If was was going to turn you in to Lyden Group, I would've done it already.
Besides...
being that even I found my way to you,
I think it's only a matter of time before Lyden Group finds its way to you too.
Why are you taking our side?
I'm not on anyone's side.
I just want to meet the clone.
The Awakening of the Goddess
Pandora's Fruit
Scientific Crime Investigation File
There's a bedroom and a bathroom as well. Please feel free to use it.
This is impressive. How much money does he have?
He said he has other vacation homes besides this one, right?
Yes.
Who else knows about this place?
Only a few of us.
Please rest assured.
Say, about how much are you getting from that guy?
I believe I'm getting more than a police inspector like yourself.
I'm sure you are.
So, how much money do you have in savings?
How ridiculous. That's rude.
Not that much, since I have 8 children.
Sorry.
I was curious about so many things, I was at a loss for words.
8 children?
Doctor, what's wrong?
I can't believe we're relying on him again.
Maybe he's actually a nice guy.
Even though he has a weird name.
I don't know about that.
But he only looks like a normal kid to me.
Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
What's with that hand?
Ah...this isn't
a real hand.
Let's walk for a while.
I was born without feet and hands.
So with the help of science, I got mechanical limbs.
Help of science? Like Sciencer?
Eh?
I heard that Sciencer saves the world with the help of science.
"Saves the world," huh?
Interesting.
I'm thinking of evolving humanity with the power of science.
Science has mighty power.
It has the ability to create new life.
You were born out of such science.
Eh? From science?
You are the new humanity. That's a wonderful thing.
Your mere existence is a miracle.
Miracle...
I alone can understand you. You and I are very much alike.
If there's anything you want, just tell me. I'll get it for you.
Can I really?
Of course. Go ahead and tell me.
A book full of mazes.
And Hideki's cape too.
Hideki's cape... what is that?
It's the cape Hideki wears in "Science Warrior Sciencer."
Sciencer?
What do you want to do with that cape?
I want to fly the sky.
If I could fly, I'd be able to go anywhere, right?
Well, I guess so.
If I have that cape, I can even go somewhere faraway.
I'll look into it and get it for you so that you can go anywhere.
It's a promise.
Thank you very much.
Am I going to live here?
Yes. Do you feel uneasy?
No, but it's such a splendid room.
But that was a huge BBQ set.
You mean barbecue.
How many people is Khan planning to BBQ with?
We took a quick look around, and it looks like there's no problem with security.
Naoki,
this place is super safe, so go ahead and chill out.
That's also what that oji-san...
- You mean Koriyama-san? - Yes.
That's right! Let's have a BBQ together soon.
You mean barbecue.
- BBQ? - Barbecue.
You can just eat meat. No need to eat any vegetables.
Come on, vegetables are important too.
Naoki-kun, can you tell us what happened?
What happened and where you were until you came here.
I was at the same place all along.
Because I wasn't allowed to go outside that place.
There, I lived a well-regulated life.
I woke up every morning at 7:00,
exercised at 7:30,
ate all my breakfast without leaving anything,
got my health checked without fail,
and studied every day.
Among the organs in your body,
there are those that can be of help to other people.
What are they?
Yoshiko-chan.
Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, small intestine, and eye balls.
Exactly.
My only pleasure was the movie time we got once a month.
That's like living in a prison.
What kind of things did you study?
All kinds of things. Like words and numbers.
We also learned about sounds and how to live.
What did you learn about how to live?
It was about the meaning of our life.
Meaning of life...
Unlike the children who live in the outside world, everyone here is special.
You were born for the sake of your mother and father,
and eventually, the day will come when you give your life to that father or mother.
That is a very fortunate thing.
That is why you must take very good care of your body.
But the outside world is full of dangers, right?
Then what do you need to do?
Okay, Naoki-kun.
I will try to never go out.
Exactly.
It's precisely because you all are the chosen ones
that you get to share your body and become one with your father and mother.
In order to welcome that blessed occasion, you must spare no effort.
Father, mother?
We were taught that we're copies
and we were born for the sake of our father and mother.
They're talking about the original.
So he knew he was a clone.
We always believed that what the teacher said was absolute.
But Haruto alone was different.
Who's Haruto?
The friend who ran away with me.
Straight ahead, straight ahead.
Naoki, Naoki.
Let's go exploring again tonight.
Huh?
Okay.
Sometimes I explored the storage room with Haruto.
Thanks to that, I got to know a little bit about the outside world.
So this is the ocean... Why is it blue?
I don't know, but it seems this blue continues on a long way.
Wow, so many creatures I've never seen. Isn't this amazing?
Yeah. I'd sure like to see them.
Naoki, wouldn't you like to go to the ocean with me?
That's not possible. We can't go outside, remember?
But wouldn't you like to see the ocean at least once?
Of course I do, but...
Then if we get out, would you go to the ocean with me?
Of course I'll go.
That's a promise.
But before that promise could be fulfilled,
the day for me to give my body to my father was approaching.
The reason you were born was for this day.
- Carry out your duty with honor. - I will.
Now then, everyone. Let's say our goodbye one at a time.
On the day before that day, there's a farewell party.
The time has come for you and your father to become one.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
I'll work hard so that some day, I can be of use to my father like Naoki-kun.
Thank you.
Congratulations. I bet you can't wait see what your father's like.
- I'll be rooting for you. - Thank you.
I'm envious of you for being able to be of help to your father.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
Haruto, I'll go do my best.
I know you'll miss him, but let's send him off with a smile, okay?
- Let's go. - Where?
To the ocean, of course.
- Ocean?! - Sh~...
We promised, didn't we? That we'd go see it together.
But that was...
We can't do it anymore after you go.
Don't worry. They won't know if we're back in time for roll call.
This is the first and last adventure for you and me.
Let's go.
It seems Haruto had been planning this for days.
He knew what time the trucks always came and what time they left.
And while the truck stopped somewhere,
we ran out.
There, machines were crushing trash.
- Machines were crushing trash? - Could it be a garbage disposal plant?
The trash looked hard.
Trash that looked hard? A scrap yard?
Did you see anything else?
I also saw a big woman.
A big woman?
What did she look like?
Uh~ She had her eyes closed.
Haruto, what do you think that is? It's looking this way, isn't it?
Huh? You're right. But aren't the eyes closed?
Had her eyes...
It's a mystery to me.
After that, a man we didn't know made us get in his car,
and that terrible thing happened to Haruto...
Until then, I knew the word "die", but
I had no idea what that was about.
I knew that giving my body to my father meant I was going to die, but
I thought that was a blessing.
But when I saw Haruto, I understood for the first time.
Haruto? Haruto! What's wrong?
You're bleeding.
Hey! Haruto!
That this is what it means to die.
I got scared of dying after that.
Did I go crazy?
You're not crazy.
Eh?
When it comes to being scared of dying, we're all the same.
Me, I want to live longer so I'm taking a bunch of supplements.
- Really? - Dying is scary.
It's even scarier when someone you love dies and disappears.
I think so too.
That's a natural feeling.
So don't think that you've gone crazy.
But I was born for my father,
and I have to die for my father.
There's no need for you to do that.
No one is born to die.
So Naoki-kun, it's okay for you to live life your own way too.
My own way?
We will protect you for sure.
Especially that onee-chan. She's incredibly strong.
She'll act as your shield.
I'd be more than happy to be Naoki-kun's shield.
You can put your mind at ease.
I can't believe how a 10-year old had such a tough life.
I can't forgive them for treating the children like that.
So, Chief...
where should we start?
In order to protect Naoki-kun,
we need to get evidence for Lyden Group's cloning operation.
Who is Naoki-kun's original, and where is Cocoon located?
Finding these two answers is our top priority.
Identification of the original and the location of Cocoon, huh?
Hasebe-san and Okuda-san,
look into the relay point of Lyden Group Japan Branch and Cocoon
where the trucks stopped by based on Naoki-kun's testimony.
Got it.
I'll try to get in touch with Iwasaki Kosuke,
the informant at Infa Transport that Koriyama-san talking about.
What about me?
Doctor, I'm going to ask you to analyze the chip that's embedded
in the back of Naoki-kun's hand. It may contain some valuable information...
Sorry. I'm late.
- Director! - Shibayama Sensei.
I heard from Kohiruimaki. I brought her here.
This is a first for me.
What's a first?
Coming all the way to deep in the mountains like this
to take out a chip.
But thank God, I can analyze it now.
I canceled a marriage meeting to come here,
so you'll have to give me special allowance.
- Was that your first marriage meeting? - That's sexual harassment.
It was my 27th.
Don't you pity her? Don't ask.
It's the man who didn't choose me who should be pitied.
Isn't that what's wrong with you?
I'm telling you, that's sexual harassment.
Just leave it at that.
Listen, guys.
I know nothing about this place or about that boy.
Do it thoroughly.
Thank you, sir!
The clone in question is probably being
sheltered by the Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office.
Those guys again, huh?
As I recall, clones have a chip embedded in them, right?
Yeah.
Is it possible to locate it by accessing that chip?
That's for individual identification and all it has is the original's information.
It's useless.
Wait a minute.
A powerful security is set up on that chip.
Anyway, you guys head over to Infa Transport.
Infa Transport?
It's impossible for Koriyama to find out that much on his own.
There's probably an informant within Infa Transport.
Should we get rid of him?
No, let the informant go free,
and wait for the Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office to contact him.
We can get rid of him after that.
Hello.
Is this Iwasaki Kosuke-san?
Yes.
I'm Kohiruimaki with the National Police Agency, Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office.
Can we talk in private?
All right.
I'd like you to come to the place I'm about to tell you .
Takigawa got into an accident here.
So, where is the actual scrap yard?
In this area, there are...
19 scrap yards.
I guess we'll just have use our legs.
Excuse me? The day will be over. We just have to narrow down the conditions.
You're starting to come down harder on me.
I do respect you somewhat, Hasebe-san.
You can leave that "somewhat" out.
I'm an honest person, you see. I'm an honest, good girl.
You're so immature.
- Excuse me? - Oh well, whatever.
Conditions, right? Conditions.
As I recall, Naoki said
"a big woman with her eyes closed."
- He certainly did say that, didn't he? - Yes.
A big woman.
Could it be a statue or something?
- Statue? - Yes.
I got 1 hit.
Look.
Her eyes are closed. This is it!
Seat belt.
- Seat belt? - Please fasten it.
Wait, wait, wait.
Wait, wait a minute, wait.
Wait, wait, wait!
What are you doing?
You started driving suddenly...
What the heck was that!
Noodle came out. Noodle came out of my nose!
Thanks.
You did well. You're a strong boy.
I'm not really.
Iwasaki-san, right?
Yes.
I couldn't believe it when I heard about it from Koriyama-san.
I thought there's no way
there could be a facility to raise children for organ transplant.
But as I started looking into it, that changed into conviction.
And so you talked to Koriyama-san?
Yes. But I can't believe what happened to Koriyama-san.
It wasn't your fault. It's all because of Lyden Group.
That boy is safe, isn't he?
Yes. We have him hidden in a safe place right now.
I'm glad to hear that.
So what was it that you wanted to ask me?
So this is the identity of the "big woman," huh?
For Naoki-kun who doesn't know anything,
she must've just looked like a big woman.
Which means this must be the relay point.
There's no doubt about it.
Just to be sure.
Huh? Did you lose your mind or something?
Like I said, you're too hard on me. Can't you find a nicer way to say it?
You should pray too, just to be sure.
I'm not praying. What are you talking about?
Clone?
Are you saying that those children are clones?
You didn't know?
No.
I see.
So that's what it is.
Their objective may not solely be organ transplants.
What do you mean?
I found out after looking into it too, but
the Japan Branch is sending a scientist to Cocoon once a month.
Scientist.
A brain specialist.
What is the name of that scientist?
The neurosurgeon...
It's a dead end again.
Is that Sera-chan's?
Yes. She let me borrow it.
What are you doing, Mogami-san?
Analyzing a microchip.
Analyzing?
Yes. Remember the small thing that was in your hand?
That has information in it,
and I'd like to see it somehow, but it's locked
so I'm trying to unlock it.
That sounds difficult.
Yours is difficult too, isn't it?
Yes. I'm having trouble finding the way out.
But isn't getting there the most fun part of a maze?
- Getting there? - Yes, because
you're sure to arrive at the exit sooner or later.
Sure to arrive...
Yes. Because there is no maze without a way out.
What does it mean to live life your own way?
I was born for my father's sake and was supposed to give by body to him.
But Kohiruimaki-san said, "it's okay to live life your own way."
I don't understand what that means.
What is Mogami-san's own way?
What are you living for?
The will is ready.
Just leave it there.
You finally woke up.
Where's the clone?
I guess you wouldn't spit it out so easily, huh?
Get it out of him politely.
Got it.
I'm the kind of person who can't leave a mystery unsolved.
Like when and where were humans born?
Why is the earth round?
Why is the ocean blue?
Oh... that's because
of the sun's light.
The sun's light contains all 7 colors of the rainbow, but
out of them all, only the blue light doesn't get absorbed by the water.
Only blue?
Yes. The other colors of light
are absorbed by the ocean water, but
only the blue light reflects off the surface of the ocean.
That's why the ocean looks blue.
You know everything, don't you?
Not at all. There are more things that I don't know.
It's just that I like to solve all kinds of mysteries.
That's why I became a scientist.
Scientist.
Yes, I love science.
Is science Mogami-san's own way?
To be honest, I guess that's about all I have.
But there are times I just can't deal with it too...
Like when?
Sorry, it's nothing.
You were asking about your own way?
That didn't answer your question...did it?
Sorry.
That's not true.
I envy you.
Because I have nothing.
Is it okay for me to be alive?
Because I was born for my father, but
now I'm scared of dying and I'm a wuss and I have nothing.
I'm useless.
So why should someone like me...
I'm sorry, Naoki-kun, for making you ask questions like that.
You did nothing wrong, Naoki-kun.
Of course it's okay for you to be alive.
I'm sorry, Naoki-kun.
I...
I'm sorry.
You're alive.
That's everything, and that's enough.
You have to live.
What's wrong?
Just now, there was an unauthorized access to
that clone's microchip.
The security virus has been automatically activated, and
the location information has come through.
Okay.
I'll have the people close by head over there.
You're still in a panic about a lot of things, aren't you?
But I'm here with you.
I guess having just me won't put your mind at ease.
But Kohhi and Hasedon and Okki are here for you too, so you can rest assured.
No way!
Oh, no. It's been completely taken over.
Got it.
We found out where the clone is.
We don't need him anymore.
I'll arrange for the cleaners so take care of it.
Hey, hey, hey!
Are you killing him too? He's with the police, you know.
- What happened? - Don't worry. I'll do something about it.
Here it is. This is the original's...
Oh no, the location data is being transmitted.
We're getting outta here!
This way.
Get down, get down.
Hide!
We're screwed. Hey, let's get outta here!
Hey, Naruse! Hey!
Senpai!
Senpai, are you okay?
Saegusa, why are you here?
I came to check out Infa Transport with my colleagues from the Ministry.
Looks like those guys fled from the back by car.
Eh?
This is Kurashiki-san with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
We're working together to investigate the illegal practices of Lyden Group.
Let's leave this to the police. We need to save Naoki-kun first.
Naoki-kun?
There's a place I need to head to in a hurry.
Naoki-kun!
The person you need to take on isn't me.
It's human desire itself.
It's because I'm the only only who can understand his loneliness.
I won't let them get away with it. I'll never let them get away with it.
Kohhi, Hasedon, Okki, please take care of Naoki-kun.
Don't you guys move!
Not all people are born with a mission.
Not everyone can find the meaning to live.
Even so, people will live on.