Chapter 131

Alongside Peace (1) (へいわとともに (1), Heiwatotomoni (1) ) is the first part of the 131st chapter of the Fumetsu no Anata e manga.

Summary
As soon as time resumes, Fushi takes to the skies in an effort to locate the strange boy who took Mimori and her brother with him. He turns into Joaan and tries to sniff him out, with success. Him and Bon soon find the boy at an apartment complex. As soon as he notices they're there, he walks up to Fushi. Fushi assumes that the boy is The Beholder, and he's indeed right.

The three of them go to a café to talk, where the former Beholder explains that he severed his body from the surface, and since he gave his ability to reconnect to it to Fushi, he can no longer do so. Thus, he decided to become a "terrestrial creature" whose body is set to forget who he used to be once he turns fifteen, in four years. He tells Fushi that he has achieved his goal and that there's nothing left to do, meaning he won't have to watch over Fushi anymore. Fushi is confused, arguing that he doesn't know how to create everything yet, to which the boy agrees. He also confirms that there were indeed Nokkers inside of Mimori. He explains that, while Fushi was able to defeat all the Nokkers he could perceive, he didn't eliminate those that grew smaller, eventually becoming too small for him to perceive. He explains that their number is already immeasurable and that they have infested the entire world, without anyone noticing a thing.

Fushi gets more and more upset as he learns all this, accusing the boy of telling him to just ignore the Nokkers. The boy argues that they could have easily killed all humans in the past centuries, but they did not. He concludes from this that the Nokkers have chosen coexistence and are no longer a major threat.

"The world is at peace. We lost."

Bon asks the boy if there is any way to spot Nokker-infested people, or if there is a way to only eliminate the Nokkers from a person's body, to both of which the answer is no. Fushi protests and yells at him that he should tell the Nokkers to leave these people's bodies, but he simply replies that there is nothing wrong about it. He leaves the café and Bon follows him, offering to walk him home.

While Fushi is sitting at the table alone and processing all the new information he just learnt, the man sitting behind Fushi reveals himself as Yuuki. He explains that he's been following Fushi since the day before and is willing to help him out.