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Looking back, I guess I was just some rioter who smashed and burned everything in my tracks.

In the end, I'm not even sure what I was doing these last couple years.

In hindsight, I guess you were the one who really tried to figure it all out.

I don't actually want to figure anything out.

I'm not as ambitious as you're making me out to be.

As long as I don't go hungry and I get a place to call home, that's good enough for me.

But charging into somebody's house, dragging them out, and then beating them up, hurting them...

I may be an Infected, but to do all that just to get by? No way, not me.

I'm not one to talk about righteousness, but that just isn't right. I know it.

And that's why I left Reunion.

*Sigh*...

Anyway, I really mean it. It's a good thing you're still alive.

I'm gonna get going.

You're leaving already?

Yeah... I actually sneaked out of work.

This stuff...

How much do they cost...?

Don't worry about it.

They don't actually sell them out on the market. Just take them yourself, and don't let anybody know.

Right...

Hey, hold on...

Hm?

Here. Take a few of these sodas. I bottled them myself.

Thanks.

This is probably gonna be the last time we get to see each other.

You take care.

Yeah... You too.

Back already? That was quick.

Yeah, I guess.

I don't mind. You can talk to the Inspector more about it.

Well, hello, Officer Kam.

Hm?

Good morning... Mister Lin.

It must be tiring to be on duty so early.

Oh, you're the young man who visited Ah Hoi just now.

R-Right, that's me.

I don't know what happened between you, but Ah Hoi's a good man. Try not to make things too hard for him.

Well, I'll let you return to your duties now. Please excuse me.

Have a good day, Mister Lin...

Who's that old man...?

Don't worry about it. Let's go.

The short Savra glances around the area one last time.

The scars and destruction left behind by war are slowly beginning to heal.

As time goes on, these traces will become a part of Lungmen, as a part of its long history.

On its war-torn streets, the citizens of Lungmen keep toiling away, living one day to the next.

Done already?

Yep.

Don't worry. He has nothing to do with Reunion anymore.

The Kevin of Reunion is gone. He's Ah Hoi the soda guy.

Well, one less thing for me to worry about.

Kam!

Right here, Inspector Hoshiguma.

Close the file, and I'll leave the paperwork to you.

So... what's our conclusion for this case...?

He's just a normal Infected. Nothing special about him.

Anything else to keep in the files?

No need. Let's not look for trouble.

Understood... I'll get right to it.

As for you... Here, take this.

What's is it...?

It's our file on you.

So the L.G.D. investigated me?

I may not look it, but I'm an L.G.D.'s inspector. I've got to do my job.

To protect Lungmen's hard-earned peace, I need to investigate everything, and Rhodes Island is no exception.

But well, this right now is a private matter. It's got nothing to do with the L.G.D., and I'll pretend the report's contents never existed in the first place.

He's Ah Hoi, a Lungmen citizen, and you're Ethan, a Rhodes Island operator.

Let's leave it at that.

Thanks... Madame Oni.

Oh, and stop calling me that. It's not like we ever rubbed elbows or something.

Oh, my bad. Thank you, Officer Hoshiguma.

Uh, sorry, Inspector.

Right, do you have a way to get back to Rhodes Island?

Yeah, I'll head back with the branch office convoy next week.

Sounds good. Have a safe trip back, and tell the Doctor and Ch'en I said hello.

No problem.

Two weeks later...

Hm...

(I'll put it here.)

Huh? What's this? Soda?

I didn't know the cafeteria had any today.

Oh, I brought it here with me. Help yourselves.

Well, don't mind if I do!

Maybe you should mind a little, grabbing all the freebies the first opportunity you get.

Don't worry about it. Just a gift from a friend.

Right, it's just soda...

...from a friend of mine.