Allen escapes from the city, while Johnny and Kanda chase after him. In the midst of the chase, Kanda feels another familiar presence. Meanwhile, Johnny digs out a golem from his bag. Kanda was surprised that Johnny would switch it on, since it would be able to communicate their whereabouts to the Order. (Kanda has kept his golem switched off ever since he joined Johnny in the search for Allen.) However, Johnny assures him that the golem is made by himself, and will not contact the Order. Johnny made the golem to track Allen. (He had slipped a tracking device in Allen's hair when he hugged Allen last chapter. And Timcanpy took it out of Allen's hair in the next few pages, when Allen is under a bridge, trying to suppress Neah.)
Allen tells himself to calm down because he is still alright. Wisely's words about Neah reawakening rings in Allen's mind as he tries to reassure himself. Allen looks at his left hand which is gripping on the ledge. He thinks that he will be okay as long as he is still able to use Crown Clown, and tries to activate Crown Clown in a bid to suppress Neah. He fails, and tries to stop himself from losing consciousness as he is reminded of Apocryphos and Link.
Neah (who really looks like Tyki) appears in his line of sight as he is close to losing consciousness. He asks Allen with tears in his eyes, "Neah. Don't you hate me?" (Not sure if the Neah thing is a typo or what Hoshino-sensei intended, though... On second thought, the person might be Mana instead of Neah, which would probably make more sense, since Allen looks rather shocked...)
Neah (or whoever it is) stretches his hand to touch Allen's face, and as he does, an eye appeared beneath him, and Neah/whoever it is turns into a doll and falls through the portal in the ground. Allen is about to fall in as well, when Johnny appears and shouts out for him. Allen is awakened from his trance-like state while Johnny's (flower-shaped) tracking golem slams into Timcanpy and stares at Timcanpy intently (and Timcanpy is sweating profusely at the staring). Kanda stabs Mugen into the portal, which then closes. He scolds Allen for not paying attention to his surroundings.
Johnny tries to run toward Allen, but falls down because his legs have become wobbly after all that running. Allen lies limply against the wall. Johnny wonders if the Noah is awakening. As Kanda is about to touch Allen, Allen stops him.
Allen scolds Kanda that Kanda really does not understand. Although Kanda is now living happily, what about Alma? Did they not gain freedom together? And yet why is Kanda still wearing the exorcist uniform? Why did he give up the freedom he had worked so hard to get?
Kanda grabs Allen by his collar, and tells him that even if it's Allen, he wouldn't tell him what happened after he left with Alma. The last moments he spent with Alma was something that belongs to himself only, something that Allen gave them, and the proof that Alma and Kanda are free.
Allen thinks about the moments Kanda and Alma shared when they were young and starts to cry for Alma. Kanda is shocked, and Johnny starts to cry as well. Kanda senses something, and Allen falls to the ground, hugging his stomach wound.
Kanda realises that it was the wound he gave Allen, and Johnny opens up Allen's shirt in an attempt to help him. Kanda senses something again, and is about to draw Mugen out when the presence disappears again.
Johnny realises that the feathers growing out of Allen's wound are innocence, and understands that Crown Clown was what kept Allen alive after he was stabbed by Kanda, rather than the regenerative powers of the Noah. He recalls that CC had protected Allen's wound from getting worse once, when Allen's heart was stabbed by Tyki. He wonders why Lvellie had kept this a secret from the rest of the Order. If they had known that CC was still protecting Allen even after the fourteenth was awakened, they would have done something about it. He decides to stop thinking about it for now, and to bring Allen to a place where he could rest before he continues with his rant.
On the other hand, Kanda thinks of the incident as the innocence restricting Allen in a strange manner. As they are about to leave, the akumas turn up after sensing Neah's presence. Kanda destroys the akuma, and they bring Allen to an inn. (Kanda sold the accessories on his uniform to pay the rent.)
Johnny tries to wake Allen up by shouting and talking about Cross's debts, but to no avail. He believes that Allen is currently battling with the fourteenth's memories. Kanda thinks back to what Alma told him about Allen. "That child is a Noah. In the worst situation, Allen Walker would cease to exist."
Johnny holds Allen's hand as he believes that Allen woud fight on and win. He tells Allen that this was the final destination (Allen waking up to Johnny and Kanda), and he would keep calling out to Allen to guide him.
Kanda thanks Johnny, and steps out of the inn. He asks the seemingly empty street how long he had been following them, Lvellie's lapdog.
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I actually read this yesterday, but the internet was full of fail and I couldn't log in until now 
I actually laughed when Johnny cried with Allen xD I've grown to like Johnny a lot xD
But it could very well be a shapeshifter? I just hope it's not apo-chan(if that apo actually can shapeshift though 
), the necklace was kind of apo-ish 
BUT it could also be that Hoshino is trolling us, and that it really is Link 
If he's an important factor to prevent Allen's awakening(hinted from Llevellie
NO! I'm gonna survive this month's wait! Hoshino deserves it, being the God that she is 
