Chapter 141

Their Home (1) (かれらのいえ①, Kare-ra no Ie) is the first part of the 141st chapter of the Fumetsu no Anata e manga.

Summary
Fushi reflects back on his encounter with Nokker Izumi and Mizuha the other night and realizes Nokker Izumi was like a real human: she felt pain, cried, protected her daughter, and lied (about being fine to Mizuha). Fushi is sitting with Bonchien, Satoru, and Yuki and they comment Nokker Izumi really was loving and that it's hard to tell who their enemy is. Fushi asks if Bonchien's sure they would be better off without Nokkers and Bonchien tells him it's natural to have doubts and that he shouldn't regret not killing the Nokker inside Izumi's body. Not everything is logical and emotions are what make the world interesting.

Fushi looks off into the distance and tries to figure out who has a Nokker inside them. He asks Satoru is he can point any out and Satoru points to a man in the crowd. Bonchien asks if the Nokker is half-merged and Satoru corrects him by telling him it's fully-merged. Yuki asks what fully-merged means and Bonchien explains that it's when the human soul is long gone and the Nokker is living on in the body. There are also two other states: half-merged and carrier.

Suddenly, Bonchien calls out for Fushi to stop as he notices Fushi about to approach the man. Bonchien advises Fushi not to attack as there are a lot of people around, but Fushi insists the man's the enemy and he might be able to defeat him. Bonchien reminds him that Satoru told them there were far too many Nokkers already, even if Fushi were to wipe them out, they'd be better off considering alternatives beforehand. Yuki chimes in and suggests they find the Nokkers' boss and form a peace agreement with them, reminding Fushi about his heart-to-heart approach. Yuki suggests they go through Funa to find out more.

Suddenly Bonchien informs them that he wants to have a more serious conversation and suggests they go to the diner.

At the diner, Bonchien informs them that Fen, Nixon, and Izumi have returned. Fushi asks if they found out about what Nokker Mimori was talking about. Bonchien explains that on the day of their surveillance, Fen and Nixon followed Mimori who left her house after everyone had went to bed. She headed for a manhole and opened it up. She made her way to an underground space encased in metal that Fushi's roots can't penetrate. Nokker Mimori heads inside a room where Mizuha sits at the front on a throne like structure. Next to her are her grandfather and Nokker mother, the three surrounded by a crowd of people.

Mimori plops down her bag before Mizuha, and lifeless Fushi's body falls out. Mizuha holds his body and smiles. Fen and Nixon freak out when suddenly Izumi appears. She apparently found out before them and swore the two to secrecy to hide the fact that Mizuha is the leader of the religion controlling the Nokkers. Izumi thought that if Fushi and friends found out, it would lead to a bloodbath, which she didn't want. But since Mizuha's Nokker revealed itself to Fushi, there's no longer a need to hide the fact.

Fushi realizes Mimori was referring to Mizuha and determines he needs to separate the unaware Mizuha and her Nokker, who's controlling the religion. Yuki is shocked to learn that Mizuha was the last boss the whole time and tells Fushi he needs to be her hero like Hirotoshi was for Mimori. Izumi, however, interrupts and says they don't need to save Mizuha as it's too late for her; she chose coexistence with the Nokkers.

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