SPY x FAMILY (SPY×FAMILY)

■■■■'S MEMORIES II

Ow...

What...

Ma'am?

What happ...

Huh? Wha?

Hey, bring a stretcher over here!

Mama!

My daughter's still under there!

It's no use. We can't move it.

Now's not the time for that.

Hurry! Hurry! Just leave that!

Hey, kid! What're you doing?!

Hurry up and get to shelter!

The Ostanian army is coming!

Ostania?

But they said a war wouldn't happen.

■■■■! You're safe!

What in the world were you doing?!

Mom...

You're hurt.

Oh, yeah...

But I think I'm okay because of the helmet.

Oh, thank goodness.

We need to hurry home and gather our things.

We're going to my uncle's place in Kielberg.

Wait!

What... No! What about school?

And the festival's tomorrow.

Now's not the time for that!

You know that!

Though the Westalis troops are continuing their resistance,

Luwen in the east has fallen...

On the 18th, Prime Minister Adner held a press conference

Adults are liars.

They said a war wasn't gonna happen.

in response to the many civilian lives that were lost.

The important people even said we'd be able

to get along because of that something-or-other pact...

This is a most unforgivable act.

Even Dad said we should go around the festival together once he came back,

but he never came back.

No, I'm also a liar.

I told a lie, and he gave me the ten dalc.

Once Dad comes home, I need to tell him the truth.

I really have to tell him the truth.

Mom!

It's all right. Don't worry.

It'll be okay.

Mom... I want to go back to Luwen.

Dad might be home by now.

I wanna play with General and the others.

Yes!

I bet Mom would like to have this for dinner tonight.

We haven't been able to eat that much lately.

Air raid!

To the shelter! Hurry!

Hurry! Over here!

Come on, kid! Get in there!

Wait! I need to get home—

Come on! Hurry!

Ow! Don't push!

Go in further!

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

Shut up, you stupid brat!

Damn those Ostanian dogs!

Mama! Mama!

It stopped? Did it stop?

Hey, kid! Don't just open the door!

You idiot! Come back! It's still dangerous!

Mom! Mom!

Mom! Mom! Mom!

Our house... No...

No, please... Mom...

Mo—

How many years

did I spend living like a rat after that?

Everything I loved was stolen from me,

and all that remained in this world was everything I hated.

I had plenty of reasons to pick up a gun.

Lorand Spoofy.

From Luwen.

Are you really old enough to enlist?

Yes, sir. I'm eighteen, sir.

Unfortunately, my birth certificate was lost in a fire.

I'm lying, of course.

Hey, what should we do?

How many thousands—

tens of thousands— of corpses must pile up

before we'll see the dawn beyond the horizon?

Damn it! What's with this trap?!

Whoa, whoa, wait!

Please! Don't shoot me!

You're an Ostanian soldier, aren't you?

Eek! You're a Westalian soldier?!

Are you armed?

No! I don't have any weapons! I surrender!

I-I ran away!

I just couldn't deal with it.

But I got lost, and I've been wandering the mountains for two days.

Please! If you have some food, can you share it with me?

There's nothing more wasteful than giving food to a dead man.

Die.

Hey! No!

I don't wanna die without even dating a woman once!

What's with this guy?

I can at least spare a cigarette.

To my surprise, this enemy looked human to me.

So yeah, that university was doing some really interesting research.

They showed the test subjects footage of Person A getting slapped.

Huh? What are you talking about?

Does he understand the situation he's in?

Then their brains could empathize with the pain and express discomfort.

This means humans are born with a natural aversion to violence.

But then...

The next footage included the explanation that

"Person A was cheating, so his girlfriend slapped him," before they watched it.

And wouldn't you know it?

The brains of the test subjects showed pleasure!

Isn't that scary?

The human brain instantly changes just because

of the use of labels they don't even know are true or not.

Isn't that scary?

Though I don't know how true these statistics are.

What are you getting at?

Don't you think this is all stupid?

Simply put, this war between the East and the West is due to diplomacy failing.

Why the hell do we, the simple, common folk,

have to clean up after their damn mess of a failure?

They're conveniently making us hate each other, fight, and lose our lives.

This is the bleakest time in the world.

You Ostanians are the ones who started this war.

Well, we were told that it was you guys that started messing with us.

They even said the first bombing in Luwen was actually done by your side.

There are even rumors that they

asked another country to instigate the Ostanian army.

That's just convenient propaganda created by your side!

Yeah, I know that!

But there's no way for us foot soldiers to know the truth!

Back then, in that blast...

All of my friends... everyone died!

That's the truth!

You and me both, buddy.

No!

You're the evil ones!

You stole everything in my world!

Have you seen Ostanians carrying out misdeeds with your own eyes?

I have.

More times than I can count!

That's why I'm gonna make them suffer just the same.

I'm going to avenge everyone.

Eek! Are those the Eastern soldiers who were chasing me?!

They found out where we were because you shot your damn gun!

Damn it! They won't take me alive!

See ya!

I will thank you for the cigarette, though!

Damn it!

What...

What am I even doing?

So you're being sent to the rear lines due to an injury?

Must be nice. Man, I envy you, Lorand.