

Surprised to see Nezumi and be rescued by him Shion headed to the West Block. Passing his mother in the car Shion was told he would not see her or anyone else again.

Spotting someone die and blamed for it, Shion was immediately transported to a correctional institute. Four years later Shion worked to monitor cleaning robots and kept in contact with his childhood friend Safu. Shion was evicted from his home and lost his elite status and the future that came with it for helping Nezumi who was an escaped convict. Curious, Shion asked Nezumi how he managed to subdue him. Shion was familiar with administering anesthetic and stitching injuries. Both gentle and caring Shion set about helping with Nezumi's gunshot wound. Having never seen gray eyes like Nezumi's before Shion answered his mother through the intercom that everything was fine. Rather than react with fear even when pinned against the wall Shion was in awe. When he was 12 Shion found Nezumi had entered through the window. Growing up as an elite with his mother in Chronos of the No.6 city, Shion was academically gifted and studied ecology. Cutting out moments from the lives of Nezumi and Shion that she hadn't been able to touch on before, she starts to unravel their secrets. This time, subsequent to the story that wrapped up in Volume 9, is the release of a wondrous "side story"! In response to the many sorrowed voices, the author Asano Atsuko proclaimed, "Then I'll write a supplementary story!" The author herself, recalling her love for the characters, is blazing with ambition at being able to give further life to Shion and Nezumi, who hold such complexity and unfathomable fascination. "Why did I open the window that night? If I had not, I'd never have needed to know what it is like to fight, starve, or suffer in anguish." Shion has been raised here as a high-ranking elite since the age of two, but on the night of his twelfth birthday his fate is turned upside-down when he meets a boy who calls himself Nezumi. 6, the city that embodies the highest ideals of humankind.
