The events unfolding in Heiwaima were entirely ignored by the population of Ikebukuro.
All of the participants to the experiment had, to a different degree, ties to the city, they all had friends there, for some of them it was their birthplace, the place they went to school, the place where they worked and belonged to.
Yet, what was happening to the people who were taken away from them was entirely unknown to the current residents of Ikebukuro.
They had no idea that at the very moment they were slowly waking up Kishitani Shingen was counting the deaths of the day, crossing the names of those who were killed, Slon, Vorona and Heiwajima Kasuka were three more people on the list of those who would never see Ikebukuro again and everyone was oblivious to this truth.
Celty woke up, as she always did without her head, since the day before she had the feeling something was missing in the city, when the sun rised that feeling of uneasiness didn't disappear, it went stronger as the usual warmth beside her wasn't there.
She tried to persuade herself that some emmergency had to come up but deep down she knew he would have called her and let her know he wouldn't come home.
She knew he would have been his usual self, proclaiming his love for her and that he could promise she should feel safe, that he would never ever cheat on his precious Celty, adding that even if he would prefer her refraining from it, he would not have any objection to her cheating on him, that all he wanted was her happiness and that if it was what could make her happy then he would glaldy comply.
Celty had always thought he was insane and she was sure she could never find someone else to love her like that headless as she was.
Usually she would put up with his crazy antics, occasionnaly punching him when it was becoming too much or when she was embarassed.
She never thought she would miss him so much.
At 10:00 am, as any other work day Tom was supposed to meet Shizuo.
The man wasn't one to be late so he started to worry after 15 minutes.
After half an hour he decided to go to their office and check if by any chance Shizuo wasn't there.
When he wasn't he had no other choice but to check at his appartment, apparently no one was there either.
He tried to call his phone number but no one was there to pick up.
He had no idea anymore and worry start to take over his mind, Shizuo wouldn't do such a thing if he had no good reason.
Tom's problem lied there, he had no idea about what this reason could be. That's at this very moment he thought about something. Orihara Izaya. He was the only one who could do such a thing to Shizuo.
Ignoring his work he rushed to Shibuya looking for the man.