The trio visited the Public Library as their first destination in Arc Diable. The reactions they had to the interior of the building was very much varied. Yukina thought to herself that, aside from the usual and proper silence it had, the library was very much how such establishment should be: full of knowledge and well-aged.<br/><br/>On the other hand, it had properties that Rattus saw which reminded him of his own fate: experienced but irrelevant in today's age. But he knew that complaining about it was useless, so he decided to simply keep being busy and apply what he knows to the areas which it is called upon. It was something he has always done so in the past few decades of his life, and will continue to do so until something changes, which means he needs to learn and adapt to the more modern ways in order to be more effective.<br/><br/>Neo, in contrast to his two comrades, had no care about an establishment which he saw as a essential but joyless redundancy just in case that all computers in the world failed and information was needed to be searched using time-consuming methods again. The blonde man treasured books, but he had a deep disdain for people who praised books over the Internet when it comes to authenticity. He saw them as the equivalent of old people who are peeved at the more modern ways of doing something because they experienced the hardships of doing it in an older and more painstaking style, dismissing the newer ways as "unreliable" simply because it was easier. As such, he had slight disdain for books, because of people who preferred them and vehemently dismissed the Internet.<br/><br/>"This place is so fuckin' empty." Neo commented. "We're in a East Jesus of Nowhere town but t'ere ain't no peeps 'ere."<br/><br/>"I am not too surprised that it is empty, though." Yukina said.<br/><br/>"And why da fuck is dat?" Neo asked her.<br/><br/>"I only see a few people outside while we were walking to get here." she replied. "This town is not that too far away of a place, is it?"<br/><br/>"I get what Yukina is trying to imply." Rattus spoke up. "The town does not lend itself as a remote and rural place due to its facilities and size at first sight. Yet, the population seemingly behaves as if it avoid spending it's time outdoors, even at daylight."<br/><br/>"Onii-chan," she called Rattus out. "You said that the delivery trucks that bring your wares to other cities here in Louisiana do not want to pass this town. But it does not seem to be dangerous at all. It is a peaceful and silent town."<br/><br/>"Well, I think dat's the bloody fuckin' thing in dis shithole." Neo said suddenly. "It's silent as fuck. We passed by a nightclub 'ere and it has a notice posted the goddamn door. Ya' kno' what it said? 'Closed until further notice for authorities.'"<br/><br/>"What does it mean, Neo-san?" Yukina was curious.<br/><br/>"It means sumt'in' is fishy as fuck in 'ere, ya' goddamn retard." Neo retorted. "It doesn't give any fuckin' explanation at all. Just closed 'til further fucking notice from da piggies."<br/><br/>"It could mean that the nightclub is closing itself because of a legal mishap and will only resume business when everything has been cleared." Rattus said. "The nightclub's closing isn't indicative of anything in this town."<br/><br/>"Not just the damn nigh'club, man. How 'bout when Yukina 'ere said dat there ain't no bustle in this town?" Neo answered back. "Look. It's afternoon righ' now. We saw a nightclub. I also saw a cuppa of small cubicle farm buildin's in this town. And a community college. And yanno what I've seen?"<br/><br/>"There are only a few people walking outside the streets here. Is not that right?" Yukina interjected.<br/><br/>"Fuckin' exactly." Neo snapped his fingers at her when she told her observation. "This ain't no Baton Rouge or New Orleans kinda place, but it's damn large enuff ta' have people walkin' 'round a lot at dis time of da day. But no, I only saw seven mo'fuckahs outside, and one of them is curled like an asshole on a bench. Compared to otha' towns this size, we're in a fuckin' wasteland."<br/><br/>"And this library is empty, Rattus-san." Yukina said to the bespectacled man. "We simply cannot then say that such emptiness is because all the people are inside the buildings, could we?"<br/><br/>"Your explanations for the suspicious attitude of the transporting parties against this town seem plausible, but we have to investigate more about it." Rattus declared. "As for now, we cannot have a definitive conclusion for such behavior."<br/><br/>"But we have to start somewhere. Is not that the reason why we went in the public library?" Yukina questioned.<br/><br/>"Yeah. But now what?" Neo digs the question deeper.<br/><br/>"Does anyone have a suggestion, then?" Rattus threw back the question.<br/><br/>The three of them went silent, which made them realize that they didn't exactly know where to start researching at the public library. Neo, however, finally realized the buzzing sound of a computer cooling fan in there.<br/><br/>The blonde then said, "Yeah, let's fuckin' ask the librarian." Neo then went to the direction where the computer was located.<br/><br/>"Indeed." Rattus followed suit, and so did Yukina.<br/><br/>Neo finally took sight of a lady with a black and long hair seated in front of the active computer, and he approached her. "Hey yo." he tapped her shoulder. "You da head bookworm in charge 'ere?"