And, what is that creature on your head?
He's my Steak!
I recognize Lag Seeing, one dingo, and that dingo's live bait.
Please descend these stairs from the tower.
Thank you very much, Mr. Gate Keeper!
Yuusari Central Nocturne Hood #13 Head Post Office Bee-Hive
The outside!
Niche!
This is the bridge that connects to Yuusari... Bifrost!
The bridge is just barely on the surface of the water.
And now that I look at it, the water's extremely deep.
Wait, Niche!
It looks like it'd be easy to fall off the edge, so let's walk down the middle.
Steak, too.
Say "Wait, Niche, my dingo!"
Say "It looks like it'd be easy to fall off the edge, so let's walk down the middle, Niche, my dingo!"
This again?
You're pretty stubborn, you know that, Niche?
Say "You're pretty stubborn, you know that, Niche, my-"
Enough!
I wouldn't have been able to do anything in Kyrie without you being there for me.
Thank you.
Lag?
Would you help me with my Bee interview examination?
As... Niche, my dingo?
As...
She put them on!
I, your dingo, Niche, will be Niche, your dingo!
We're off, Lag!
Steak!
Huh? Signal-san?
No. I am the gatekeeper on the Yuusari side, Signaless.
Twins?
I recognize Lag Seeing and his dingo. You may pass.
Hey, Lag!
Connor!
You came to pick me up?
I was worried about you because you were so late.
Huh? You look wet.
A little bit, heh...
Let's hurry and head to Central by carriage.
You delivered that letter girl safely, ri-
She's here!
Actually, she's now my dingo, so...
Lag...
What is this?
Steak!
Oh, so she was that girl!
The girl with the blood of Maka I'd heard rumors about...
Rumors?
Oh, well, there's a person at the Head Post Office who's into that sort of stuff.
I'm Connor. This is my dingo, Gus.
Nice to meet you again, Niche... Steak.
She's asleep?
The sky is slightly brighter.
The same as I saw in Gauche's heart when I was little.
I've really made it to Yuusari, haven't I?
Can you see it, Lag?
That's the city, Yuusari Central.
The capital of the Yuusari area is located in Central.
This is the main street, Nocturne Hood.
The Head Post Office you'll be taking the Bee examination at is up ahead.
Hey, Connor... Sylvette lives in this city, doesn't she?
Huh? Oh, right...
She's the same age as me, so she must be 12...
I wonder what kind of girl she's become?
I want to talk to her about that adventure.
I want to ask her about herself, and about Gauche in Akatsuki, trying his best to become Head Bee.
We'll go see her after your examination.
Okay, we're here.
That's the Head Post Office for all of Yuusari and Yodaka, but everyone calls it the Bee-Hive.
Lag, hey!
Wait up!
This is the Head Post Office, the Bee-Hive!
How do you do?!
I am Lag Seeing!
I have come from Cambel Litus to take the Bee interview examination!
Along with my dingo, Niche, and Steak!
Thank you very-
That's enough, Big-boxer Bros.
Big-boxer... what?
Cut me some slack here, Lag.
You're way too revved up.
Sorry.
But my Aunt always told me to at least introduce myself properly...
Connor Culh!
What was all that noise just now?
Sub-master!
I brought today's examinee, Lag Seeing, with me, however...
He's not used to things yet...
Lag Seeing?
Aria?
Sorry. I'm Lag Seeing.
I am the sub-master, Aria Link.
I will show you to the master's room.
But before that...
Put on your pants! On the double!
R-Right!
Your shirt, too.
Yes, ma'am!
Pardon me.
I have brought the boy, Lag Seeing.
Welcome to the Bee-Hive.
So we meet again, boy? Maka-girl?
T-The rare animal collector!
Why are you here?
You know him, Master?
A bit...
So you've noticed Niche's identity, haven't you?
But even if you've come all this way to get her, it's no use!
Niche is an important friend of mine, and my dingo!
I won't allow her to be bought and sold like some animal!
Wait... Master?
I am the Bee-Hive Master, Largo Lloyd.
I thought to use the Maka-girl as my dingo on business trips, but that looks to be a bit difficult now.
Oh, so that was it?
Aria.
Yes.
Go to this address at 17 bells.
Yuusari Central, Westend, Marble Blanket Apartments.
We will begin the Bee suitability interview examination there.
Right!
Let me introduce you two.
This is Macky Gee, age 17, and his dingo Resia.
Nice to meet you.
And this is 12 year old Lag Seeing and his dingo Niche.
And Steak!
It's a pleasure to meet you!
You two will do the suitability interview examination today.
What, just the two of us?
This season's examinations started on the tenth month, and currently all 22 people have failed.
It is no simple task.
That many?
Millerire, Trucal, your letters, if you please.
Please deliver this.
Thanks.
I don't want this one!
He looks way too incompetent!
Incompetent?
These girls are postal customers.
Instead of paying for stamps, they've agreed to help us in our examination.
To know whether you are suited to be a Bee,
it is important you deliver an actual letter that someone put their heart into writing.
And so, what does the exam consist of?
To deliver the letters you accepted to their destination.
That is the sole task.
West Yuusari Central
Raspberry Hill Town
The destination of these letters is Raspberry Hill. There is only one route.
The Gaichuu point is shown here.
Gaichuu?
So we have no choice but to go through the Gaichuu point to get there.
That is the case, yes...
Here are a number of shindanjuu and pieces of spirit amber.
Guns?
The only way to defeat a Gaichuu is to resonate heart from within their bodies.
So you also want to see how we can handle weapons.
I get it.
How long do we have to deliver them?
There is no set deadline.
It'd be simple enough to cover this distance in 5 bells...
Are these Gaichuu things really that tough?
In that case...
I'll take this one.
You choose one as well.
Um, I don't need one.
I have my own amber and gun.
Oh, I see.
The examination is extremely dangerous.
In order to ensure a minimal level of safety, it is possible that the proctor may halt the examination,
but do not forget that you will be delivering actual letters, and do you best to make it through to the end.
I pray for your safe return.
Commence delivery!
The destination is exactly the same.
But I sure lucked out.
She said that 22 people all failed.
The Bee examinations continue on until someone passes.
You grew up in Yodoka, right?
Otherwise it'd be unusual for someone like you to take the examination.
Actually I'm from a town on the outskirts of Yuusari.
I came here as a representative from my rural town, so I can't go back like a coward.
Well, let's face the test with all we've got!
Right!
I'll use a carriage.
What about you?
Since there's no set date, I'll walk.
Well then, take your time!
After I defeat all the Gaichuu, right?
Silver hair and sepia eyes?
Lag Seeing is the same as that person... An Albisian child.
Wasiolka, what is it?
Time for work already?
What a pain.
So that's the town on the address?
This is the start of the Gaichuu point.
No choice but to walk through here, I suppose.
It'll be tough to fight on ground where you can't get proper footing.
Not wasting any time, are you?
Whoa, it showed up quick too!
T-That's...
The Gaichuu, Glen Keith.
Being the exam proctor is such a pain.
Watch over him and make sure he doesn't die, Wasiolka.
Damn it!
How are you supposed to shoot one of these shindan things?
Resia!
Resia?
Resia!
Your dingo's already made a run for it.
This is exactly why we have to watch over these crappy examinees.
There's no way!
No way I can defeat that thing!
Mayor... Mommy!
A shindan?
Sorry!
Coming through!
What's that...
Niche!
Nails?
Niche!
Gaichuu have a weak point. The dingo helps the partner aim for the cracks in the joints.
Steak!
Lag, from above!
Steak!
There?
The bullet I shoot is a fragment of my heart.
Shindan, loaded!
Resonate, Red Needle!
What a ton of mud.
Huh? Niche? Steak?
Right here!
Who're you?!
Looks like the only way to beat it was from above.
I wonder if the other guy ran away?
Sheesh, I'm a mess.
The letter!
What is the meaning of this?
How dare you cover my precious letter with mud!
This isn't some joke, you know!
I'm really sorry!
Quite a difference from the one I received from Mr. Macky Gee earlier.
Ah, that was a nice bath!
Was it?
Anyway, you...
Now, now, Mrs. Morris.
This is the rin and stamp set as our gift of thanks.
We're very sorry, and we appreciate your cooperation.
May I look at the clean letter a moment?
Now then...
Oh, yes. I'm Zazie, the proctor for the Bee examination this time.
You... Try shooting this.
I read that your shindan can see the heart contained within objects in your file.
Here.
Right.
Make sure to hold back, okay?
Um... Right.
Just look at it...
What a mess.
Well, I thought something like this might happen.
What crappy handwriting.
This'll be a cinch to copy.
What a bunch of pointless crap!
I can't believe I'm delivering this...
It's a lie!
He's one of those Yodaka people!
He's lying!
Okay. Exam over.
Please return that shindanjuu immediately.
Train your heart and come try again!
But man, Lag, you were great!
You came this close to beating the all-time record.
Even that Jiggy Pepper guy took two days.
I took a week to get the Glen Keith to retreat.
Connor took a month going slowly, slowly...
Is that so?
The final decision will be made by the people at the top.
I can't guarantee it, but at this level you'll be hired as a full fledged Bee for sure.
Really?
You're a lot like the guy who holds the record for clearing it.
And the record-holder, Gauche Suede, isn't a Bee anymore, so in reality you're on top.
Gauche... is no longer a Bee?
Next: Seeing Sylvette Suede