Chapter 78

Message from Judge (メッセージ フロム ジャッチ ,  Messeeji Furomu Jacchi) is chapter 78 of the D.Gray-man manga written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino.

Summary
The Noah are in a strange place with lots of painting and a weird giant head. They comment that they feel familiar with the location even though they seldom came here. The Earl explains that the Noah's Ark they are in is the craddle of Mankind. He reminds them the great flood and the history of Noah. After Tyki notes that Akumas and humans come from the same place the Earl orders them to go back to work. Road on her side is beginning the download of the Ark.

On the exorcist side, Chomesuke pains to resist the Earl's message. All the akumas of Japan are rassembling in the capital. The Earl tells Tyki not to underestimate the exorcists. Upon this words, Tyki decides to send a level 3 akuma to the Asian Branch to make sure Allen Walker is dead.

The Earl thinks about the generals in Japan and he sends an army of akumas to eliminate them. In the Asian Branch, Allen's eye reacts.

Chapter Notes

 * In the room of the Noah's Ark, There is a piano surmounted by a huge human-like head in gears. The piano allows the earl to complete the download of the ark but the fonction of the head and the gears are unknown.
 * In the room there are also numerous painting depicting people. They might be the previous generations of the Noah family.