Chapter 2

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* English

## Chapter Guide

**Fabricants** (人造人間 (じ ん ぞ う にん If ん) , *Jin'zōnin'gen'*?) is the 2nd Chapter of Daisuke Enoshima's manga series, *Fabricant 100*.

## Plot

An undisclosed incident caused by a presumably ghost who became known for kidnapping people in a specific lake is where Ashibi and Fabricant 100 are currently lingering at in a small boat. Ashibi suspects that the incidences in the vicinity are the work of a Fabricant, most likely a Fabricant with specialized lungs capable of settling in a lake for extended periods of time to conceal. Ashibi then scratched himself to lure the unidentified Fabricant they're attempting to entice out.

Noises from all over the lake are now clearer upon scratching, but they can't see it. The unidentified Fabricant then seized Ashibi and dived beneath the lake quickly, causing them to flee from Fabricant 100, who was still shaken by the unforeseen event. While underwater, Ashibi realized that the reason they can't see the Fabricant is because it stays depth while covering itself with an air bubble, where the bones of its recent preys are right beneath them. After a short distance away from the boat which Ashibi was in, they both rose to catch some air. The lakebed is littered with the unidentified Fabricant's prey, which astounds Ashibi and prompts him to inquire as to how many he has killed. The fabricant just nonchalantly responded that everything that he thought was wrong with his body on any given day, he would just kill somebody and take the parts he needed from them, similar to how living beings pick out clothes. While attempting to figure out how to pop the bubble, he thought of throwing his pen in the direction of Fabricant 100. If Fabricant 100 hits the water's surface with enought force, the shock wave would pop the bubble. To entice her, Ashibi composed a letter indicating he had grown 1cm, and with one hit, Ashibi and Fabricant not only popped out of the bubble but also returned to the surface.

After Fabricant 100 defeated the unidentified Fabricant, she and Ashibi went to retrieve all of the skeletons of the Fabricant's victims from the lakebed in order to properly bury them. The Fabricant simply stammered out his realizations while still clinging to life. When the Doctor, their creator, died, they were cursed to spend the rest of their lives till the day they die to hunt for answers they'll never know. Ashibi wondered why living freely in the water couldn't be enough for him to just live while the two were looking for the now-dead Fabricant. At that moment, a memory from the Doctor who's mad at Fabricant 100 had spawned in her mind for just a bit.

At the same time, Ashibi and Fabricant 100 were discovering a few fabricant corpses all over the place, making them wonder if there was an individual going around killing the fabricants as well. Ashibi is eager to use force if necessary to put an end to it.

## Character Appearance

**Fabricant #???**Deceased
**Ashibi Yao**
**Fabricant #100**
## Trivi a

* When viewed from above, anything enveloped by air underwater becomes invisible, resulting in a total inner reflection because the bubble's surface works as a mirror in the water, anything inside the bubble is unseen from the surface. Thats what the unnumbered Fabricant employs to camouflage its reflection to his target while waiting for them from beneath the water in order to attack boat riders after they had no chance of fleeing.

## Reference

1. ↑ *Fabricant 100* Manga: **Chapter 2** (pp. 2-7)
2. ↑ *Fabricant 100* Manga: **Chapter 2** (p. 7)
3. ↑ *Fabricant 100* Manga: **Chapter 2** (pp. 9-11)
4. ↑ *Fabricant 100* Manga: **Chapter 2** (pp. 12-15)
5. ↑ *Fabricant 100* Manga: **Chapter 2** (pp. 14-20)
6. ↑ *Fabricant 100* Manga: **Chapter 2** (pp. 20-24)
7. ↑ *Fabricant 100* Manga: **Chapter 2** (p. 25)