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The AV-98, aka the Ingram.

6.02 tons. 8.02 metres high.

SCB powered. SCLM drive system.

Armed with a 37 millimetre revolver cannon and stun baton.

Designed specifically for the police to make an impression on the community...

to deter criminals and safeguard the public.

This is the Patrol Labour.

Yume wo sutenaide me wo sorasanaide

Futari no ai mo kumoru yo

Utsumuita kata wo dakishimeta keredo

Samishisa mune ni tsumotta

Yume wa kimi no buki no hazu da yo

Nee dakara kurushimi mo kirinukete itte

So never cry itsu mo kimi wo mitsumeteru yo

Fair na ikikata no kimi ga suki

So never cry itsu mo kimi no soba ni iru yo

Dakara mata asu e kakedashite

Attention, all mechanics:

Hen-house work will begin promptly at 1400 hours.

Bring your 104 equipment.

No-shows can expect to have all 405 privileges suspended.

It is said that Man cannot live by bread alone.

It is also said that mankind desires bread and circuses.

Although there is more to life than simply scrambling for food,

it's a natural necessity dating back to the dawn of Man.

There is no shame in it.

And since the police must be ready for any circumstance,

for us, good sustenance helps fulfil two sacred duties:

Maintaining body and soul in peak condition.

This allows us to stay highly focused on our mission.

Man ignores his culinary requirements only at great peril.

This report details that sad truth.

It is my intent here to record the terrors which struck Special Vehicles Second Section.

The police enforce Man's law, but Nature's law is far harsher.

It is the theme of Mankind's existence

for us to show that we are not above our baser instincts.

These events prove that.

But it all began simply enough...

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Hey, it's almost lunchtime, Noa.

What? Lunchtime already?

Get me won ton ramen and gyoza.

Won ton ramen and gyoza.

A large yakiniku bowl.

The number 5 noodle bowl.

Miso ramen and rice.

A large Chinese noodles.

Large noodles and won ton ramen.

Fried liver and a large rice.

Large curry rice, no pickles.

Stuffed green pepper and rice.

Noodles, miso ramen, rice, large Chinese noodles, another...

Huh?

Chinese noodles, large won ton ramen, fried noodles, large rice, curry rice.

I have this.

Homemade bento. How nice.

Miss Izumi, I made Inari. Do you want one?

Note: Inari are rice wrapped in fried tofu Miss Izumi, I made Inari. Do you want one?

Miss Izumi, I made Inari. Do you want one?

Thank you. I'll have one later.

Bowl of noodles, PLEASE!

A large butter-corn ramen and a side of rice.

Large Chinese bowl.

Fried beef and rice with garlic.

Same thing. Fried beef and rice, no garlic.

Katsudon, extra large.

Shrimp fried rice, side of ramen.

A large bowl of Chinese noodles.

Spicy ramen and gyoza rice.

Letter of Apology May 6, 1999 Unit: Special Vehicles Section 2, Division 2 Named: Ota, Isao (O13)

Letter of Apology

Letter of Apology (Goto) May 6, 1999 Unit: Special Vehicles Section 2, Division 2 Named: Ota, Isao (O13)

Letter of Apology (Goto) May 6, 1999 Unit: Special Vehicles Section 2, Division 2 Named: Ota, Isao (O1) Let's see...

Chinese noodles and a side of rice.

I'll have shrimp fried rice.

Shanghai Restaurant? This is Second Section, with our order.

Let's see, won ton ramen, gyoza, large yakiniku, and uh...

Hello?

Won ton ramen and gyoza? I remember the first two.

If you remember then get going!

I told you, a large yakiniku!

Now look here! The number 5 noodle bowl! Got it?!

Miso ramen and rice!

Large Chinese noodles!

Large noodles and won ton ramen!

Fried liver and a large rice.

Large curry rice, hold the pickles.

Stuffed green pepper and rice.

Bowl of noodles, PLEASE!

I had a large butter-corn ramen and side of rice, but change it to egg-drop soup, please.

I was the Chinese bowl, but now I want a large katsudon.

Fried beef and rice with garlic.

Same thing. Fried beef and rice, no garlic.

Change my large katsudon to tenshindon!

Change mine to shrimp fried rice and ramen.

I still want Chinese noodles.

Spicy ramen and gyoza rice.

Letter of Apology

Letter of Apology (Goto) May 12,1999 Unit: Special Vehicles Section 2, Division 2 Named: Ota, Isao (O13)

Once I decide, I never change my mind.

Same here.

This is Second Section, with today's order.

Two won ton ramens, gyoza, yakiniku, number 5 noodles, noodles,

miso ramen, rice, Chinese noodles, large noodles and won ton...

Shanghai

Shanghai ...egg-drop soup, large katsudon, two fried beef with rice, tenshindon,

...egg-drop soup, large katsudon, two fried beef with rice, tenshindon,

two shrimp bowls, large Chinese noodles, spicy ramen, gyoza rice,

half order of rice, and that's it. Thank you!

Tsutomu, I've told you before: No food until your work is done!

They're late.

Love You!

Shanghai restaurant?! What are you waiting for?!

Are you trying to kill us?

Look, we're doing our best.

You know, it's faster if you all order the same dish.

We order from you every day of the year!

If we didn't have some variety, we'd go nuts! Idiot!

Tsutomu!

If there's time to gab, there's time to scrub!

Hey, are you listening to me?

But the delivery never arrived.

Lunch hour ended, but no one returned to work.

It slowly became apparent that no delivery would EVER be coming.

There are limits to our patience!

He already left!

I told you... he's on his way!

You're young. A late lunch shan't kill you!

Stop whining and be patient! Idiot!

Attention, everyone!

Our delivery has just left the restaurant!

Just once, my friends, let us believe the Shanghai's claim!

We'll give them another 30 minutes... but no longer!

And if our food hasn't arrived by then, we'll take matters into our OWN hands!

All units, stand by.

And so, Second Section waited eagerly for their delivery.

And 30 minutes passed.

And then...

...another 30 minutes passed.

Still, there was no food.

I'm warning you, don't make me lose my temper!

That's odd. Tsutomu never arrived? Now I'm getting worried.

Who cares about you? What about our food?

But Tsutomu isn't...

I don't care about your problems!

YOU can bring the food!

But we shut off the burners after lunch. The grill is cold.

So you're refusing to fill our order?

Then we will never order from you again! Idiot!

What did you do that for? What shall we do now?

No one else is stupid enough to deliver out here!

Shut up! Don't confuse the issue!

1 TOLD you not to let Ota talk to him.

No you didn't.

Will you apologise?

Apologise?

Ah you, Shinshi! I'd rather die first!

You brought a lunch! How can you understand our suffering?

Let me go, you fools!

I can't stand it anymore!

They've been exploiting us!

Yes! Haven't the portions been getting smaller?

I'm starting to feel weak!

Gentlemen!

The negotiations have broken down.

The delivery... shan't be coming.

We are now on hostile terms with the Shanghai Restaurant!

If only we had accepted our fate and moved on.

But the Shanghai is the only restaurant near Second Section,

so our young heroes couldn't give up on it.

You pathetic wimps!

Youths ought to skip a meal now and then!

When I was your age, I worked so hard that I forgot to eat!

But Sir, things are different nowadays.

Shut up! You slackers could stand a little deprivation!

I'm going to HQ with Lieutenant Nagumo.

Stop your complaining and return to work! Got that?!

Goodbye, Sir!

A full belly can make a cruel master.

Can a healthy man truly understand his ailing comrades?

It is hunger which leads to mankind's greatest sorrows.

And so the run of bad luck began.

The convenience store was closed for renovation,

the fish wouldn't bite,

the rice had run out,

and the hens had stopped laying eggs.

The tomatoes, harvested just last week, were now gone.

The strain on the men approached the breaking point.

They began to despair.

Maybe you should apologise.

Shanghai Restaurant.

This is Ota, Special Vehicles.

You sound rather good for a starving man. What's up?

I retract my statement. Now will you deliver to us?

Huh? What are you trying to say?

I take back that I called you a COMPLETE IDIOT!

I'm sorry, Sir. Officer Ota is very, very sorry.

Well, okay. What's your order?

One moment please.

Won ton ramen and gyoza.

A large yakiniku bowl... make it medium rare.

The number 5 noodle bowl, no green peas... plus won ton ramen.

Miso ramen and large rice!

A large Chinese noodles!

Extra extra large noodles and won ton!

Fried liver and a large rice.

Large curry rice, hold the pickles, add a raw egg.

Stuffed green pepper, large rice, and a ramen.

Fried rice!

I had an egg-drop soup,

but make it a large butter-corn ramen and 3 bowls of rice.

I had the large Chinese bowl, but now I want the spicy bowl.

Fried beef and rice with garlic, and three eggs.

The same, but a large plate, and five eggs.

Large katsudon. No, make it tenshindon!

Shrimp fried rice, side of ramen.

A large bowl of Chinese noodles.

Spicy ramen and gyoza rice.

Letter of Apology May 13,1999 Unit: Special Vehicles Section 2, Division 2 Named: Ota, Isao (O13)

Letter of Apology

Letter of Apology (Goto) May 13,1999 Unit: Special Vehicles Section 2, Division 2 Named: Ota, Isao (O13)

Get me whatever.

What? You can't deliver? But you said-

Think about it! Tsutomu never came back!

And there are so many vicious stray dogs in your neighbourhood. Sorry!

Give me that!

You idiot! How dare you lead us on?

That was your plan, wasn't it, you fiend!

So you're afraid of dogs? How about if we ESCORT you?

Yes, sure. That would work.

We'll be right there!

We don't have to do this.

SHUT UP!

Unit 2, heading out to escort a Shanghai delivery!

Good luck!

Thanks a lot!

Bring us noodles!

Don't forget mine!

Are you sure this will be okay?

I fear the wrath of starving men.

Everyone shared Ota's outrage.

Not even the Lieutenant could have stopped things now.

And so, the doomed expedition set forth.

But it never returned.

Come in Unit 2! This is Car 1.

Where are you, Unit 2? Answer me, Ota!

Something's wrong...

We can't just leave them. We should go check.

Let's go, Noa.

Shige, mind the shop. If HQ calls...

Don't worry. I know what to say.

Hello, Special Ve...

Hey, Shige!

Shinshi? What happened?

The Lieutenant's coming to-

Ota's been...

You mustn't come!

Shinshi?

Won... ton... ramen!

Shinshi! Shinshi!

Shige?

Get ready! We're heading to the Shanghai Restaurant!

SURE VICTORY 2!

SURE VICTORY 2! SV2 mechanics: MOVE OUT!

But they never returned, either.

So finally, it was my turn.

What had happened to my teammates?

Now, I would share their dreadful fate.

Special Vehicles Section 2, Wiped Out! Yomiyomi Times

Mass Food Poisoning

Unprecedented Fiasco!

The truth is often surprisingly simple.

In retrospect, it's all due to our unique circumstances.

Every day, we place a huge order with the Shanghai restaurant.

Every day, the delivery man has a huge amount of work.

The delivery man was Tsutomu Uchiyama (22).

On this day, owner Hayao Sakimiya (51), gave a strong reprimand after trouble with SV2.

In revenge, Tsutomu simply rode off.

The owner, learning that Tsutomu had never arrived, finally located his missing cart.

The tragedy was that he didn't know where the food had gone.

Following Ota's call, the owner prepared new meals,

but there was no time to wash the contaminated dishes.

When Ota and Shinshi arrived, they began to eat.

The food poisoning struck, soon after.

Through sheer willpower, Officer Shinshi tried to call in a warning,

but since the Lieutenant had just left, it only led to further tragedy.

Shinshi? Shinshi?

The shop owner fled in terror.

Lieutenant Goto found his men unconscious from food poisoning, and removed them.

He called the base before heading to the hospital,

but the mechanics had already gone.

Let's go, team!

And so the second wave arrived.

They found the shop mysteriously empty, filled with hot food.

It was like finding the Marie Celeste, mysteriously abandoned.

And the scene that followed should be obvious.

Let's eat!

My won ton ramen!

That's my ramen!

Where's my liver and rice?

Delicious!

And thus was Special Vehicles, Second Section utterly defeated.

This is another shameful blot on Second Section's pitiful history.

Now you know the full story behind the Shanghai Delivery Case.

It's been three weeks.

The shop owner slunk back, and everyone made a full recovery.

If we can take one lesson from this disaster, it is this:

Never again can we be dependent on one restaurant.

Second Section must be ready to face the next culinary crisis.

This was merely a wake-up call, a warning to avoid future dietary disasters.

Miss Kumagami, what'll it be today?

Won ton ramen, please.

Oh, and hold the onions.

Mamoru, I've told you before: No food until your work is done!

Dakishimete Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

Yume ni hikizurare

Ore wa ase mamire no lonely

Hanashi aite no TV switch hipparu

Ashita ichinichi wa

Akogareta machi no gomi no naka

Hayaku main street no sawaritai no sa

Manazashi dake wa itsu demo

Ue wo muiteru tsumori

Tatta hitotsu no michi dakara

Dakishimete Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

This story is fiction... but in 10 years, who knows?

Cloaked in darkness, the black Griffin threatens to destroy our Self-Defence force ground troops.

I think its true purpose was to steal my precious Ingram.

While the Division 2 seems blissfully unaware,

rumour has it new Patlabor models are on the way.

What? Replacing the Ingrams? I couldn't imagine replacing my dear Alphonse!

Next Episode: "Griffin was Here!" Target, Locked on!

Next episode: Griffon was Here! Next Episode: "Griffin was Here!" Target, Locked on!

Next episode: Griffon was Here!