Chapter 30

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Chapter 31

This is chapter 30 in the Heaven's Design Team manga series.

## Plot

Shimoda enters the Animal Department greeting everyone and a check-up on the progress of a request for “a nightmarish creature.” However, he finds only Meido sitting alone in the room. Since Kimura was heading up the project, Shimoda asked Meido about his whereabouts. Meido makes a gesture by pointing down toward the floor. Suddenly, a hand reaches out from underneath and grabs Shimoda by the leg, causing him to scream. The culprit reveals himself as Kimura. Kimura asks Meido what she thought of his performance. She replies that she liked it, and suggests that it could be improved if he utilized darkness. Shimoda questions if the two are collaborating. Kimura confirms it and apologizes to Shimoda for scaring him. But he wanted to get a genuine reaction as a reference for his design.

The three discuss nightmares while they chow down on some home-baked cookies that Shimoda brought along. Kimura asks Shimoda about what he might have a nightmare about. Shimoda suggests being chased by something with a blank expression on its face, like a doll or a clown. For Kimura, his nightmare would be to see food in front of him, and not be able to eat any of it. Because Shimoda's opinion sounded pretty good, Kimura decided to use that as a base for the project. He also explains how Meido has been helping him by asking what she likes. The more he incorporates, the closer he will get to make an animal that is truly a nightmare.

While Kimura was busy, Shimoda noticed that all the cookies have been eaten up. He starts cleaning up when a cookie appears out of nowhere and rolls off the table onto the floor. It moves into a sewer drain that suddenly appears out of nowhere. Suddenly, Kimura appears inside the sewer, wearing clown makeup and a rubber nose. Surprised, Shimoda wonders how Kimura got in there and then notices that he picked up the cookie. Before he could thank Kimura for his help, Kimura snatches his wrist, opens his mouth, revealing large serrated teeth, and lets out a roar, causing Shimoda to scream in terror. Meido proclaims how the reaction was excellent, pleasing Kimura. Getting to his feet, Shimoda asks Kimura whether it is necessary to test these ideas. Kimura replies that it is and recalls how they came up with the design for the turtle. To figure out how to make them breathe without ribs, he tried it on himself until he found a solution. Kimura advises Shimoda that he needs to accept reality.

At that moment, Meido points out a problem with Kimura's performance. Because most animals do not carry a bunch of stuff around, luring their prey with personal objects would not be practical. Kimura agrees and wonders if he should try using presents to entice instead. He tries again to lure Shimoda with a balloon. Shimoda refuses to come over because he is frightened by the intention. Kimura also notices that his viewpoint is really small. Meido has an idea of making the balloon into an eye. If the animal had an optical nerve that floats around, it would give it a 360° view of its surroundings. Kimura loves the Idea.

Several minutes later, Kimura paints a portrait that illustrates all the ideas he and Meido came up with. Using it as a reference, he gets down to designing his animal. What he comes up with is a type of deep-sea fish. He explains how it starts as an infant with its eyes extended outward from its body, acting as lures. When it reaches adulthood, the eyes reposition on its head, and it develops a dangly fake bait attachment on its chin. Upon luring its prey, it will bite down with its enormous jaws. To top it off, Kimura had incorporated the same mating ritual as Meido’s Atlantic football fish. Suddenly, Shimoda receives divine approval from God, and the Pacific Black Dragon is born.

Everyone, especially Meido, is pleased with the results, although Kimura wonders if he could add more. He then creates another version of his fish that looks even more frightening. The second version has a larger mouth that functions like a bear trap. Upon hearing all the other features Kimura added, Shimoda is skeptical whether it will work. Kimura states that he ultimately wanted to create an animal that filled its mouth with food. Meido is fully supportive of the design, so the three head over to Higuchi's Lab to test it out.

After a few tests, Higuchi explains that the prototype had trouble devouring its prey. Eventually, the prototype ended up dying of starvation with a mouthful of food, leaving Kimura horrified. Despite Higuchi’s comment that Kimura made it too greedy, God gives divine approval, and the Sloane’s Viperfish is born. Everyone is shocked at what had just happened, except for Meido, who was happy to have witnessed the whole experience. She is even pleased when the others give her Kimura's painting to hang in her bedroom.

## New Animals

* Pacific Black Dragon
* Sloane’s Viperfish