Only four more minutes until the hour of reckoning. —None of them wanted to be born there, to be rejected by society. The deafening noise of the helicopters reverberates all around Gyoutou, with cameramen straddled on their sides, ready to report what will soon be live news. —They simply wanted to live. The Prohibited Zone—the last bastion for those not recognized as humans by “The Other Side” for some, “Civilized Society” for others—The biggest threat to Japan’s future plans of economic growth, is now surrounded. —To live a life free of judgment, free to make their own choices, free to be happy, or to despair. Today is the day. The day that they’ll all be evicted. The beginning of the end. Today, the 23rd of August, the “Law of Eviction of Japan’s Prohibited Zones” comes into effect. At 11 AM, thousands of police officers, SWAT teams, and special forces will storm and expel the criminals who live within. Not one of them will be left once the operation is finished. —All they wanted was to be treated like humans. The time has arrived. The end is nigh. The officers are storming in. The normal lives of Kaito and his friends are coming to an end.
