Southeast University

Southeast University (東南, Tonan) is a large college in which Reiko Tamura took a class on Altruism.

Description
It is a large building with wide rooms for large classes, such as the one Reiko sat in on.

Plot
Reiko contacts Shinichi Izumi by phone, requesting he meet her on the rooftop of Southeast University. Before they meet up, she listens to a lecture about altruism in animals and humans, and the impelling force of DNA in the phenomenon. She brings along her child and he lies sleeping in the seat beside her, where two other students fawn over him.

Outside, Shinichi wanders around the campus and interacts with the college students before making his way up to the roof. Once the lecture is finished Reiko carries her infant out by the back of his shirt, somewhat reminiscent of an animal carrying its child by the nape of its neck. The students that fawned over him comment on her method of carrying him.

She then exits the rooftop door holding her child properly, where Shinichi and Migi have been awaiting her. She comments on the difference in Shinichi now that Migi's cells are mixed within him, then states that she has not done anything to her child. Migi states that hiring the private investigator was risky, but she brushes off his concern.

Shinichi attempts to gather information on the new mayor and is told she doesn't know much. Instead, Reiko states that the parasites are growing as a species and realizing that simply killing whoever and whenever is risky for them so they are learning to coexist with humans, though she compares it to humans coexisting with livestock. She comments that it is humans who say that all life must coexist.

Angry, Shinichi says that he can't forgive their species, and Reiko's infant starts to fuss in her arms. She recalls hearing that Shinichi's mother is missing, and realizes with amusement that a parasite must have killed her. Shinichi's resultant rage impresses her, but she holds her child up in the air where he begins to cry, stopping Shinichi from attacking her by stating she would use the child as a shield.

The two students who had seen Reiko earlier then exit the rooftop access door and ask what they're doing. Reiko immediately turns around and leaves, contemplating her child's sensitivity to the atmosphere and telling him to be quiet, which makes him stop immediately. Shinichi charges out of the campus in a frustrated rage at Reiko's comments and actions towards her infant.

Trivia

 * The name Tonan (東南) is a generic name and simply means Southeast.