Report 26: A Balcony Where the Sun Shined Brightest Part 2

Report #26: A Balcony Where the Sun Shined Brightest Part 2 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Hyper Police manga, and the fifth chapter of Volume 4.
==Plot==
Natsuki is confused by her father's appearance in the house. Forgetting they are not in modern Tokyo, she asks why he's home so early from his trip and how the house was repaired. Her father instead tells her to get a wash since she's muddy, and that dinner will be in twenty minutes. Her father asks who Batanen is and if he is joining the for dinner. Natsuki takes Batanen for a bath; treating him like a child, she bathes with him as he resists trying to take advantage of her, already worried she thinks less of him for his shrunken genitals. Natsuki tells Batanen they must stay together, believing the dome to be capable of luring people away with pleasant imagery. That night, Batanan finally wrestles himself free from Natsuki's bed, needing to use the restroom. He sees a young version of Natsuki of similar 'age' to him; she asks him to play with her.
Outside Natsuki is playing with a giant stuffed bear, which she calls "Batanen". She begins to suspect having forgotten something important to her, provoking an emotional outburst as electricity fires out the roof, destroying the house. Natsuki sees an old man walk towards the wreckage, using magical powers to rebuilt the whole house. The man runs back towards "Little Stonehenge", a magical site in the restricted zone in Arakawa. With poor eyesight, he mistakes her for Sakura, though Sakura's mother intervenes and apologises for her husband's senility, which leads him to use magic without knowing. She reverses the anomaly with a spell and Arakawa returns to its usual dilapidated self.
Sakura finds herself naked in a pond, having seen bathing with her illusionary husband and children. Seeing he father nearby, she becomes angry at his doing. He explains he only wanted to visit Sakura to see his grandchildren; Sakura's mother places him inside a box to stop him from wandering off and promises to visit later.
Batanen asks Natsuki how she was able to fight the dome's illusions. She explains that because she never knew her mother that much, the illusion wasn't convincing enough. Natsuki hides that her feelings for Batanen were also involved.
==Characters==
* Natsumi's father (illusion)
* Natsumi
* Batanen
* Natsuki's mother (illusion)
* Young Natsuki (illusion)
* Sakura's father
* Sakura's mother
==Sources==
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