20th Century Boys Volume 4 : Love and Peace Chapter Forty-Two Underground Emperor - Page 175 - Sign: Ochanomizu Engineering School [1998] Student: You wanna know where Professor Shikishima's daughter is...? How would I know that? Chapter 42 : Underground Emperor Student: The whole family's gone... And it looks like I'll be able to graduate without Shikishima's class, so... I really don't care anymore. Oh... speaking of his daughter... - Page 176 - Student: Hehehe... I remember that. We were all over at a friend's house playing videogames a few months ago, and he had some adult magazines layin' around his room. And in the fashion/health section, there was a picture of a girl... hahaha... With her hand in front of her face like this... But we were shocked cause she looked just like Professor Shikishima's daughter. Kenji: How could you tell who she was if her face was covered? Student: Well, her mouth looked pretty much the same... But, no... the funny thing is... - Page 177 - Student: Well... Shikishima's class has a custom of staying at Natsumi beach for a weekend every year... And two years ago, his daughter came along too. The class was all guys, so having a girl in a bathing suit was like, "Damn!!" Even though you know you're not supposed to, we all took a look at her chest!! And that's how we knew. Kenji: What? Student: The girl in the magazine also had two moles on her chest, in exactly the same spots. Hahaha... Kenji: What was the magazine? Where did you stay? - Page 178 - Student: Nah nah, that was a long time ago... I don't know the name of the place, and we threw out the magazine... There are rumors that their family disappeared because of debts... So... we were all joking around, saying... Maybe his daughter is working to pay it off. Later. - Page 179 - [Present Day, 2000] Chapter 42 : Underground Emperor - Page 180 - Rena: Do you want to see... the moles...? Kenji: No. You ARE Shikishima's daughter... I know that much. You ever seen the rabbit holding the sign for this place? That's me. [I was going to try and call out to you whenever you left the building after work...] - Page 181 - [But you always had this man hanging over you, escorting you out.] [Who is that guy...?] Kenji: Your boyfriend...? Or one of "Friend"'s cronies...? Rena: Don't call him a crony, he's not evil. Kenji: Answer me honestly. Are you here of your own free will? Or do you want to get out, are you held as a prisoner? - Page 182 - Rena: Yes, I want to get out of here. Because I've seen your face on those police wanted posters. He told me too... that you're a terrorist who kills people... Just being in a room with such a terrible person... creeps me out. Kenji: They're deceiving you. You're being deceived. Rena: Stay away! I'll scream! Kenji: Open your eyes. Rena: BOSS!! SOMEBODY HE... - Page 183 - Rena: MMMMMMMPH!! Kenji: Be quiet!! I'm not going to hurt you!! Rena: MMMMMMM!! Kenji: Listen to what I have to say!! Rena: MMMMMMMMMPH!! Kenji: Now I think I know what the situation is!! First of all, you've become a believer of "Friend". And your father, who wants to get you back, has been taken prisoner... right?! But what "Friend" wants isn't your support at all!! "Friend"'s goal from the beginning has been your father!! - Page 184 - Kenji: They wanted your father, Professor Shikishima... the authority in robot construction!! They're only using you!! You're being deceived!! Rena: Maybe... You're right. I just feel... So tired... - Page 185 - Rena: He talks about the sake of the world... That we need money to save the world... But... I can't possibly believe that this job... is helping the world. Kenji: Let's escape... - Page 186 - Kenji: If you get out of this place, you won't be a hostage any longer. You won't be an obstacle to rescuing your father. Rena: I can't... I can't run. Kenji: Why not...?! Rena: Because I don't... Have anywhere to go back to... - Page 187 - Kenji: Just start back from step one. Forget about the past and start over... Rena: "Friend" told me. The world will end in December of 2000... The Underground Emperor Kenji... And his 9 demons... will be released. From the bottom of the earth... It will rise from the bottom of the earth. Kenji: It...? Rena: Roaring in the town with tall buildings... - Page 188 - Rena: It sleeps now... Waiting for the great awakening... In Kasumigaseki... Otcho: The girl...? - Page 189 - Kenji: I tried to get her to come, but she won't... But I know where it is now. Kasumigaseki. Otcho: You going there? Kenji: Yeah... I'm gonna go destroy it right now. Otcho: Kenji... You could die, you know. Kenji: Years ago... someone told me something. That if you play rock, you die at 27. Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison... Jimi Hendrix... - Page 190 - Kenji: So I figured, hell, I'll die at 27 too... But then my 28th birthday came and passed... I was disappointed... shit, I wasn't a rocker after all... But there are tons of grey-haired skeletons with canes out there still rocking hard. So I took that way of thinking that death was something cool... And tossed it. Otcho: Want me to remind you who it was that told you that? - Page 191 - Otcho: Me. 27 years was a lifetime ahead back then. Kenji: And the next thing you know, we're already past it. It's like, I ain't gonna go down that easy. Otcho: Hehehe... Shall we go? Kenji: Let's do it. - Page 192 - Man: That was spectacular. Rena: Did I say it the right way? Man: I'd give you Best Actress for it. (clap clap) "Friend" will be pleased. - Chapter 42 Owari -