In the battle against the Nokkers attacking the head church of the Church of Bennett,
Fushi loses one vessel after another.
Fushi hones his senses and reclaims Pioran's vessel.
Don't let them take from you the fact that people have bet their lives on you.
Don't forget them!
Fushi begins to spend his days becoming stronger.
Resonance
The more I can make bigger things,
the more I can control entire spaces.
No point in just making a bunch of parts.
How are things in Bisseigh?
Forty-one dead.
The Guardians and the Uralis army, under Kahaku's command,
have defeated three Nokkers and are working on restoration.
Everyone's working hard.
I have to learn to build this ship, too.
In three months...
You want permission to protect us?
Yes, Princess.
How did you come to the conclusion
that they would be attacking the palace city of Renril?
Someone I know can communicate with the Nokkers.
Why didn't you bring them here?
Despite being an important individual, the Church of Bennett declared him a heretic.
I decided it was best to be careful.
Why would the Nokkers tell us in advance, anyway?
They could attack us without warning.
I don't understand, either.
I can only suppose they derive pleasure
from seeing us defend ourselves aggressively.
As though it's a game.
This place is about to become a war zone.
Please evacuate the people from the city and castle.
The Uralis army will then defeat the Nokkers.
You're telling us to vacate Renril and put your army here in its place?
This city is perfectly prepared for the Nokkers.
You mean the moat beyond the castle wall?
That won't protect you from the Nokkers.
I'm told that your father is ill and bedridden,
and your elder brother has not returned from battle.
So...
With all due respect,
if you've come to take control of my land, I will punish you.
I would never do such a thing!
You need awareness.
Awareness that it belongs to you.
Belongs to me?
What do I do with that knowledge?
Are you hungry?
Here. Eat up.
Guess we should take a break, huh?
Let's go look for something good to eat.
Man, this feels good.
The weather's nice, too.
Awesome.
Something smells good.
That way.
It's a town!
There's a town!
Get your money's worth here!
One of these, please.
Are these fruits?
I've never seen any of these things.
They all look so good.
Sir.
Would you like to buy that one?
Yes, of course. I'll buy it.
And this one and that one.
Thank you.
I need to break that habit.
Everyone needs to make a living.
Hay.
I think that's everything I wanted.
Poor people...
They must be starving.
Have these.
Hope you feel better.
You can have this.
Buy something nice.
You aren't fooling me!
I'm not falling for a rich man's games!
Wh-What's wrong with you?
I'm trying to help.
It must feel great, controlling people like that.
Control?
That wasn't my...
Your attention, please! Step right up and take a look!
Is it a new species?
Or is it human?
I've captured one of the fabled clay pot people from a faraway forest!
This pain...
It's from here.
Hey, you! You can't go peeking without permission.
You'd better pay for looking.
That girl's on the verge of death. Please give her treatment.
Say what?
Do you have a problem with my product?
Product?
She's a human!
She can't possibly be well, caged up in here.
Let her out right now.
That's none of your business.
You haven't even paid.
I'll give you money. As much as you want.
But in exchange, give those two to me.
You can't be serious!
You don't know what I had to go through to acquire them.
Why would I give them to you?
Get lost!
We don't have any intention of taking control.
A future in which you resist and survive
must be better than one where you might die.
I know how to resist!
I understand very well what you're saying.
However, I won't relinquish the castle.
Nor the town.
So you won't evacuate?
There is no place that's safe right now.
Renril will protect its own, by itself.
If you can accept that, we will receive you.
We'll fight the Nokkers and protect people together.
We will serve humbly and win your trust.
Come.
I'll take you home.
I'm sorry. I couldn't help him.
He's your brother, right?
I'm going to do everything I can.
Go on. Dig in.
It's good, isn't it?
It's a dish from Uralis.
By the way, what's your name?
Can you not speak?
I get it.
Your brother just died.
Of course you're feeling down.
Do you like animals?
Well? I can do all kinds of stuff.
These are donkeys.
There are chickens, too.
Oh, this one's a cat.
Do you know what a cat is?
'at.
Oh, you can speak?
Not "'at." It's "cat."
Cat.
'at.
Okay, then, why don't I call you "Eko" from now on?
She'll probably need a bath before she gets dressed.
Oh, you're gonna get it now!
Yup. Good, good.
You look nice.
It must feel great, controlling people like that.
There's something I need to do.
You can hang out here.
Control people?
Bullshit.
Did March save me so she could control me?
No, she didn't.
And Tonari?
She was desperate to save her friends.
So was Bon.
He saved countless people at the cost of his own existence.
Then what about me?
Eko?
What's wrong, Eko?
Did you fall?
What were you doing?
I see.
You were trying to fix it.
It's okay.
I can take care of it.
Why do I have this ability to feel other people's pain?
It's so I can help people.
I feel people's pain as though it's my own.
As though it was part of me to begin with.
It's coming from the clay pot.
Is this her emotion of worry? For me?
I see. You've been communicating with each other through this pot.
Thanks, Eko.
I'm all right.
I had it wrong all along.
When he said I could make things my own, he didn't mean I should have ownership.
He meant that everything I see and feel is me.
It's not to obtain things, it's to merge with them.
To become one.
I can do it.
Let's do it.
I'll run the forest plants all throughout the ship.
I still can't quite make more things from the tip of other things I've created.
But...
it's easy to make things from my own body.
That doesn't really mean I'm one with it,
but I think I can feel the state of the ship just a little better now.
Eko's running.
A leak?
I never noticed.
Focus.
The masts are waving.
There's wind coming in.
It's leaking rain.
The animals are nervous.
Do we really need to go see him just because we haven't been in contact for two weeks?
Are you not worried?
What if he's defied the warning and gotten killed fighting the Nokkers?
Was this forest always this big?
We should be at the ship by now...
Why is this here?
It's still fresh. Is this...
Bon. Kahaku.
Fushi! Where are you?
Up here.
Come up.
You're joking.
What happened here?
Wow...
Amazing.
Did you make your own little Earth or something, Fushi?
Have you been like that this whole time?
How have you been eating?
Not a problem.
See?
You made all this, didn't you?
Yeah. It's all connected.
The black one says it's all me for three kilometers.
That's magnificent!
Not yet.
I want to get deeper underground, but I can't go past rock.
Something smells like doo-doo.
Oh, that's probably me.
Wait, you've just been going there?!
Sorry. I'll make a new one.
A new what?
Dunno.
I'm down here.
Fushi!
Hey.
How did you move?
I make a new body for myself and focus on it.
That was my first time doing that with a human body, but it worked.
I'd say it didn't take more than five seconds.
Teleportation!
What about the Fushi up there?
Looks like I can go back to my original body as long as it's connected.
Have a seat.
Thanks.
What would you like to drink? Black tea? Green tea?
Black tea.
Green tea, please.
Dig in.
What are these?
They're spring rolls.
What's the matter?
There was a Nokker touching the end of me earlier.
What?!
A Nokker?!
Oh, I already killed it.
Fushi...
It's as if you're not human anymore.
What should I do now?
Should I stay here longer?
If you're satisfied, you could head to Renril.
I'm still busy with preparations.
Is it all right if I take Eko home before we go to Renril?
Eko?
Come out.
It's tasty.
Come eat.
Where did you pick her up?
In town.
Town?! How foul!
How did you meet her?
A circus tent, I think?
She was in pain, so I let her out.
I want to find her home, but we can't speak to each other.
She seems to use that thing to communicate.
A clay pot?
Is she one of the fabled clay pot people?!
The ones written about in Katsuyama's Travels and Ataruha's Record of Oddities?
I wonder if they're mentioned anywhere...
Here!
The clay pot people live in the caves in the north of the Ataruha continent!
That's pretty far.
Is she trying to say something?
I can decipher it if I become a clay pot person.
I see...
Your village was destroyed by the Nokkers.
Eko is on her own. She has nowhere to return to.
Are you telling me we're taking her with us?
But she won't be useful in any way.
I don't care if she's useful or not.
Fushi is the only one who can understand her.
She'd be miserable without him around.
Are you worried about something?
N-No.
You should come with us.
Is that all right?
Bye, everyone.
Live long lives.
I'll be returning to Uralis.
I plan on finding more allies in preparation for the Nokker attack in roughly half a year.
Allies?
Yeah.
Ideally, immortals like you.
What are you talking about?
There's no one who's immortal besides Fushi.
But just look at this strange girl, Eko.
It's worth searching.
Are you serious?
We aren't going to find someone that special so quickly.
That's why we need to get busy.
It's thirty days on horseback to Renril.
I'm reminding you not to let anyone find Fushi or learn that you're a Guardian.
Even if there's a town nearby being attacked by the Nokkers, ignore it.
We've given instructions to all lands connected to Renril on how to fight the Nokkers.
I'll look for immortals in Uralis.
I promise to bring them with me by the time the Nokkers attack Renril.
If you like them, Fushi, and they like you, they'll be our new friends.
New immortal friends...
The palace city of Renril.
Preview
Kai, Hairo, Messar.
New forces gather around Fushi to protect the palace city of Renril.
What do the words "immortal friends" mean?
Bon's schemes create more for Fushi to worry about.
The Value of Flesh