Psyren 71

I want next week's NOW.
Extra pages are meaningless if NOTHING HAPPENS!!

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top: PSYREN'S popularity is skyrocketing! The shocking 4th stage is coming at you with a massive 23 pages!

right: Mother earth, enveloped by darkness
left: Unleash it, that jet-black radiance.

CALL.71 - SOS
IWASHIRO TOSHIAKI

left white: Volume 6 hits stores next week, 6/4 (thurs)! / The young men (?) of Elmore Wood take the cover!

SUMMARY (below)
Ageha and Amamiya hear from Elmore the truth about the the day the world was destroyed. What's more, they also learn of the untimely death of Matsuri's team. Matsuri, Ian, and Kagetora sacrificed their lives to protect the survivors on that day...

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bold: Ageha and Amamiya learn of Matsuri's demise. Where are they heading now...?

-We'll be right back!
-Take your time

-This outside?
-Yeah.

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-On our 3rd anniversary of living inside the Root, Lan-san found for us

-A place where we could go when we wanted to see the open sky...

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-Rest assured, there are no enemies in the vicinity.

-No matter how dangerous the world's become, we still miss the sky
-That's why we all swore to one day go back to living above ground...!

-Some unknown entity right now encircles our planet, acting like a thin membrane. It is weakening the sun's rays

-And is giving the sky a mottled appearance, muddying it and making it hard to see...

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-Yes grandmother, but it's better than nothing.

-Mm.

---I get it...no matter how terrible this world may be,
-It's still unique and irreplaceable from their point of view.

-...and this...is their sky.

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-Ageha, I've been seeing a certain vision since several years ago

-At first, it starts as a dim light...then little by little, it grows larger...increasingly brighter...
-and eventually takes the shape of you and your companions who resist the WISE

-A light...?

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-Yes...by merit of our reunion after your disappearance so long ago,
-I was able to muster the resolve to reach a turning point.

-Today, Elmore Wood has openly attacked the WISE.
-I suppose you could call it our personal "Declaration of War"
-In order to reclaim the life we lost on the surface, we've finally emerged from underground

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-Ageha. There is something you and your friends came to do here in the future, is there not?

-I'm not asking you to join us with the fight against the WISE, but
-please feel free to stay with us as long as you like until you decide what's next. The children will certainly enjoy your company.

-Time to get cracking on a plan to crush the WISE!
-I believe it's wise to focus on anticipating how they'll respond now that they know of our existence

-Yeah, um, leave that complex stuff for later! It's time to eat! Let's chow down!!

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-War against the WISE...! Of course I want to pitch in...but, as I am now...

-it'll never work. I need a new program to ever hope to compete with the Star Commanders...

-Hey...wait...?

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-The reason me and Amamiya are fighting the WISE
-is because we want to prevent this future altogether...

-If we actually succeed in stopping Akagi Miroku's plans in the present, then...

-What happens to the future we're in right now?

-If a new future is created,
-then what will happen to the children
-that are standing in front of us this instant?

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-Yoshina

-Ah...right...

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-LET'S EAT!!

-Woah, I didn't think you'd have food like this!
-We're farming fish deeper down

-Let me know if anyone wants seconds on the salad, okay?

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-You guys went outside without me? No fair!
-Why didn't anyone say something!?

-It's your fault for sleeping like a rock when we were calling you!
-Oh come on! You know you've gotta use more effort than that to wake me up!

-Get your act together, you two!
van - i'm sleeeepy
fred - I'm sick of veggies!

-Haha, I see you're keeping everyone in line, Marie

-Mm! Marie is very much the mom of our family
-N-no I'm not!
granny: hohoho

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-Marie is working MUCH harder than usual today!!
-It's not surprising since she has a huge crush on you, Ageha!

-Right~?

-W-W-W-W-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, VAN-KUN!?
-huh...?

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-N..*AHEM* Go and eat your food quietly, Van!
-Ah!!

-Shao-kun, you've really got it rough now! But don't give up!
-...VAAAAAN, I wouldn't say another word if I were you....!!!

-Why? You've always had a huge crush on M---mghfhf
-UWAAAA DON'T LISTEN TO HIIiiiim!!
-Goodness gracious...

-Heh, things are getting interesting!
-NO, THEY'RE NOT.

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-If you need anything, just find me a room over, 'kay?
-Sure thing, thanks.

-All righty, g'night. See ya tomorrow!

-Yeah, 'night.

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---I'm having trouble falling asleep

-thought so

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-Once Kabuto's all healed up and he can move again,
-Let's go back to the starting point and search for the payphone

-If Hiryuu and Oboro are alive, then...I think we've got the best shot of finding them there

-You're right...they may have even left some kind of mark or message for us there

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-Say, I've been thinking...
-Nemesis Q is showing us this future in order to identify the cause of the world's destruction...

-Well, Nemesis Q's creator is obviously someone in this future...
flashback bubbles:
-Therefore I will program into Q the ability to kill
-collaborators who divulge information about the future...

bubble in middle of page: I had a chance before to hear that person's voice talking about it...

-But say we do fix the future...and completely prevent this destruction from happening...
-What will happen to that person? Will he or she disappear?

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-W-what the--!?

-NO WAY...!!

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-NEMESIS Q!?!

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-Impossible!? Since when has Nemesis Q ever shown up in the future!?

-Something's wrong with him...

-This is a race against time! I need to borrow your powers!
-My life is in immediate danger!

-The person's voice is perfectly clear---!!
-That voice...it's you...!!

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-The female operator on the phone! The one who gave the questionnaire when I first used the calling card!!
-It was you all along!?

-If I die, then everything will have been for naught!

-Come...to my location!!
-I'm off the coast of Kyuushuu's Kagoshima prefecture, on Mukurojima...!! Hurry, before they catch me!
(t/n - the island is fictitious. 鹿児島県沖夢喰島)
(edited for clarity)

White: Q's creator implores Ageha for help!? / Next time: The shocking twist of events!!

CALL.71/END

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