Back to the Present.
Itsuki and Kiria smiled upon remembering the past after V brought it up again. If it hadn't been for his protection and their coordination, they would've been long dead.
That time, V asked them why they were at the Resistance, most of the new recruits answered quite poorly. As for Kiria and Itsuki, they responded by voicing out their goals and this made V lose his disappointment for the new recruits. After all, Kiria and Itsuki wanted a world where everyone would have their own plot of land and no one would run out of food. V was quite surprised hearing it from two children who came from a shelter that's not even the least bit struggling. Nonetheless, it was an exemplary answer, that's why V still remembers it until now.
