Chapter 4: Pre-Contact Preparations

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"Location map of Minamitorishima Island."

UPDATE: Chapters 1, 2, and 3 have been edited with major changes and additions, including a new map—Please read the full details and look for the new map at the end of the chapter. I'll try to compensate for my four-month absence with this long chapter and Chapter 5 coming out next month.


SECRET

Metropolitan Police Department

Public Security Bureau

File number: REDACTED

Recording name: 20270109_01.WAV


VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTION 

Participants:

KK - Inspector KATSUMATA Keisuke

YS - Dr. YAMOMOTO Sotaro

PU - PERUZE Ubel

Abbreviations:

(UI) - Unintelligible

(RE) -  Repeated what the previous speaker said

(EN) - The speaker started using English

(JP) - The speaker started using Japanese


KK: (JP) Good morning. 

YS: (EN) (RE)

PU: It's already morning?

YS: Can't you tell?

PU: There are no windows. I can't see the skies.

YS: You have a digital clock in your room.

PU: That was a clock?

YS: It doesn't matter. Let me introduce myself. I am Doctor Sotaro Yamomoto. I will be translating a list of questions from Inspector Keisuke Katsumata. He leads the preliminary investigation by the Public Security Mobile Investigation Unit on the events of 2027 January 6 in Minamitorishima Island.

PU: I hope you'll be in a better mood today, Inspector Keisuke.

YS: I want to inform you that this interrogation is being recorded. The recording will be used as part of the investigation and as evidence in any legal proceedings arising from this interrogation. Do you understand?

PU: I cannot simply refuse, can I?

YS: What is your name and age?

PU: You already know, my friend.

YS: Yes. We want you to state them again. 

KK: (JP) Tell him to speak loudly and clearly.

YS: (EN) Speak loudly and clearly.

PU: Ubel. I am 24 years of age.

YS: What is your surname?

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