Chapter 10 (Beast Complex)

The Crow and the Kangaroo (カラスとカンガルー) is the tenth chapter of Beast Complex.

Synopsis
In District 0, a completely white town and without a single cloud in the sky, houses, roads, grocery stores, mailboxes, and even residents, everything is white in District 0.

On the way, Ebisu meets a ferret who asks him if he will attend the meeting and asks him to go with him, telling him that the night before a white bear was found dead in the 17th district and of course it was skinned. It is a suicide that a "radiant" like that leaves District 0.

Albino animals or that all of their fur is completely white are called "radiant" and although there are many that are partially white, the true "radiant" are much more difficult to find, such rare and valuable beasts are an easy target to kill.

Ebisu asks if the meeting is due to that murder and the ferret replies that it is possible, but since only the "radiant" live in the village, they are safe. On the way they run into Orion, a beautiful but unsympathetic kangaroo and ask him if he is also going to the meeting. In this meeting a lecture is given about the unique and precious that are "radiant" and how they should help each other, Ebisu asks the ferret who is that girl he called Orion and he reveals that she is very famous, Ebisu declares that he never had heard that name and the ferret reveals to him that it is a nickname that only some animals know, because that girl has spots on her crotch that resemble the constellation of Orion, Ebisu asks him how he knows that and the ferret reveals to him that it is because he and most of the men in town have seen it, because she sleeps with everyone just so she can stay in town.

That day, Ebisu went to a park where his whole body is covered with mud and soon after he is found by Orion who asks him what he does and claims that she remembers him from before, Ebisu introduces himself and asks her what she is doing in the park, Orion emphasizes that Ebisu is covered in mud and she tells him to leave her alone, claiming that she is fed up with the town, Orion comments that his movements are interesting and asks him if he is trying to be funny. Ebisu confirms his suspicions and agrees that Orion is just an empty woman as they had been told, but that she is still very beautiful. Orion asks if he also wants to see the orion, since she heard him talk about her at the meeting and says that although she is not a "radiant", the town council told her that if she slept with the men of the town, she could continue living in the town and although it is difficult, she has no other alternative, that is the rule of District 0. Ebisu thinks about how in the town, because the town is already white and dazzling, and because of the lighting they can see the stars in the night sky, thinking how beautiful Orion is, he decides that he does not want to see her spots and although he does not know why, he wants to be the only man who does not call her "Orion" and throws a handful of mud at her, wondering if he doesn't have spots on his crotch anyway anyway and that having more wouldn't change a thing, and as Ebisu laughs at his joke, Orion slaps him.

The next day, Orion works at her milk stand where she attends to a customer who seeks to take advantage of Orion's situation, but is interrupted by Ebisu who asks for a drink and although Orion tells him to leave, Ebisu tells her that he just wants a drink to get protein and get stronger, Ebisu says he came to apologize for what he did the day before and asks if she has a problem with him waiting for her shift to finish. That day, Ebisu and Orion walked until they were exhausted and Orion reveals that her spots were acquired, telling that her family has been "radiant" for generations, but for some reason she is the only one who developed spots on her crotch at age 12, her parents were scared they saw her and the adults of the town eventually found out. Ebisu asks her if she accept their demands like that and Orion replies that she cannot imagine leaving District 0, since all her life has been told that the outside world is terrifying, Ebisu claims that the town is much more terrifying and Orion replies that he cannot know since he has never left town, claiming that he is like everyone else, everyone in District 0 are cowards and weaklings. Ebisu alleges that he is not like the others, that he has decided not to see her spots until she decides to do so and Orion interrupts him and they see the constellation of Orion in the sky. Suddenly, Ebisu is put in a sack by a couple of cats, in the confusion Ebisu tries to free himself without success and asks Orion to flee, terrified she realizes that both had left District 0 without realizing it and wonders if perhaps this is the outside world, before the carnivores could take Ebisu, due to the difference in size, Orion defeats the feline that was holding him with a single kick, freeing Ebisu who that short period of time managed to see under her skirt and consequently its stains. After this experience, they both rejoice and that day, for the first time, they did not return to District 0, they were brave enough to venture to the outside world.

Capítulo 09 (Beast Complex)