How come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
How come I must know
the direction of relieving?
Deep in the night
Far off the light
Missing my headache
Visions of light
Sweeter delight
Kissin' my Loveache
Deep in the night
Far off the light
Missing my headache
Visions of light
Sweeter delight
Kissin' my Loveache
How come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
How come I must know
where the passion hides its feelings?
How come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
How come I must know
the direction of relieving?
A new skill?
Yeah, Tomato said he saw one.
The guy was toting around a monster and letting it...
...kill off the enemies to gain experience.
I haven't heard that. What kind of guy is he?
A small Wavemaster.
Don't you mean the guy the Crimson Knights are looking for?
What? Is that for real?
I have taken a look at the log files.
If I am to believe the logs...
...he's been here continuously for the past ten days.
No wonder you can't believe it.
I do not want to believe it.
Is there a possibility that the logs have been altered?
What need is there to do so? Who did it, and for what purpose?
I have no reason to doubt what the log files indicate.
In the first place, if they were going to make an alteration...
...wouldn't they hide this abnormality first and foremost?
Then, what?
The fact that he continues to stay here...
...no matter what condition he is in...
Why does he have to continue to stay here?
As I said, maybe there's a reason to find that out.
What is he doing, staying logged in for all this time?
Maybe he doesn't know what's going on at all, either.
I Have a feeling...
...you won 't find tHe answer just cHasing after a cHaracter on tHe 'net'.
Hey.
What happens if I dye her?
Tsukasa...
Yeah?
Something wonderful awaits you.
Like what?
You, I and that child...
...the three of us will never be threatened by anyone.
We will be able to live peacefully and happily...
...in a place where pain and worry do not exist.
You're lying. There's no such world.
Tsukasa... How can you say something so sad?
Do you not believe me?
Well, who are you?
You never show yourself to me. I just hear your voice.
How can I believe you?
You should know who I am...
...and the reason I do not appear before you.
Mother?
Have you got rocks in your head or what?
H-huh? Where's Bear?
The old man couldn't come.
Why?
I don't know. The mail I got from him read...
''I'm sorry, but tell her I have to cancel my promise to see her today.''
Drat. I wanted to ask him something, too.
Is it about Tsukasa?
Yeah.
There are rumors springing up everywhere.
So, you've heard them too?
There's no need to listen carefully...
...if he goes and does something so flashy.
I wonder what's up with him.
You haven't heard from him since?
Nope. Not at all.
Oh this again! This annoys me!
So that's what's going on...
Huh?
Sora? We're going after anything we can get our hands on.
Shall we meet up with him?
Wha? Are you serious?
Idiots love to climb up to high places.
Yoo-hoo!
You know, you can stop calling for me over and over.
It's getting really annoying.
Yeah, yeah.
Where are the Knights?
I'm not with them today. It's a little stifling to be with them all the time.
Then you didn't have to associate with them in the first place!
This lady over here understands.
What?
It's been said that information gathers where the Knights are.
Yup. From inside the net as well as outside.
Outside, too?
They're assisting the system administration.
Information the sys admin believes is necessary...
...goes out to the Crimson Knights as well.
Can I ask you something?
You can ask, though I won't necessarily answer you.
Do you think our much-talked about...
...Wavemaster got ahold of the Key of the Twilight?
Hmm.
No, not yet.
What do you base that on?
Instinct.
I see. Then I'm signing off.
What was that?
Let's go into a dungeon!
This is the pits.
That is all.
Thank you very much.
We appreciate your work.
Lady Subaru?
Yes?
Is something the matter?
That rogue does whatever he pleases.
The number of those that have seen him increases daily.
Can we leave him alone like this?
I don't think it is good to do so.
There is a need to do something about this immediately. However...
This may no longer be a problem that we can handle on our own.
I have a feeling that this is the case.
Lady Subaru!?
I have never doubted your loyalty as a knight.
However, there are things that cannot be solved with just loyalty.
How he...
...that Wavemaster-is behaving...
...is boggling the mind of even the Sys Admin.
Can we, who are ordinary players in the game, find a way to stop him?
I don't know.
I simply don't know. But surely there must be some way...
If Crim were here right now, I wonder what he would do?
You're being rude.
Hey. Looks like we need to talk with little Tsukasa.
Don't you think so?
We eliminate all characters who violate our regulations.
There is no need to listen to their excuses.
Can you? Can you eliminate him?
The Sys Admin has the power to do so.
That is, if he can go ahead and use those powers.
What is it you want to say?
That's what I'm telling you. You need to talk to little Tsukasa.
Let's capture him.
Tsukasa's not on his guard right now.
He's seen around everywhere, yet still does what he pleases.
He seems to be going around with...
...the monster that defeated you, Sir Knight.
Maybe it's going to his head.
Please continue.
Well first, make it harder for Tsukasa to move around.
How so?
A wanted notice.
Yeah, you can put a bounty on his head and turn it into an event.
But that's...
You don't want to do it?!
I can't do that.
You can, you can.
Then, eyewitness reports will come flocking in...
...which will allow you to determine his behavior pattern.
You'd then be able to come up with a strategy against him.
I'm sure you can do it.
I want to talk to little Tsukasa.
What good will it do to talk to someone like him?
You're too hard-headed.
And here I was letting you talk-
Silver Knight.
You want to talk to him because of the Key of the Twilight. Isn't that so?
Yeah!
I don't believe in its existence.
However, how he can exist in the way that he does...
You want to know.
And if you eliminate little Tsukasa, that answer will be lost forever.
It makes me worry so.
There you are! Jeez, I had such a tough time the other day!
I'm sorry. I apologize.
Huh? What? What's wrong?
Nothing important.
What's nothing important? In the first place, why are we meeting up here?
There are people watching in the usual courtyard.
This old man doesn't know what's going on anymore.
You say that, but-
Well, for starters, you want to go to a dungeon?
Sure...
The character name ''Tsukasa...'' It's really ambiguous, don't you think?
Whether it's a nick or for real, first name or last name, male or female.
It can be any of these.
Well, yeah.
And?
So, I might have found Tsukasa. Or I might have found someone else.
That's where... you know, somehow I'm not completely convinced.
Hey! I'm the one who isn't convinced by all of this!
Old man, what did you see in the outside world?
What I saw...
I'm asking you, what did you see?
What I saw was someone who was in a mysterious coma, lying in a bed.
Barely living off of machines and chemical fluids. It was a girl!
Lady Subaru.
Lady Subaru...
Are you all right?
Yes. I think so.
Lady Subaru...
I don't know about this.
You are the center of this group, Lady.
If you become uncertain...
If there's anything wrong, please don't hesitate to ask for help.
So that there are no further problems...
...I have asked the Sys Admin to put...
...access restrictions on him, this character called Tsukasa.
That was a rather final way of dealing with it but...
...I believe it was a wise decision.
You should not regret it, my lady.
No, Silver Knight, that's not it...
Please keep what I am about to say to yourself.
Of course.
Despite the access restrictions...
...he still continues to dwell here in The World.
He was unaffected by our actions.
Impossible!
Everything that happens around him is impossible.
Haven't you noticed that?
I'm sure there is a reason behind that as well.
This place differs from the other fields somehow.
You're right. Just one solitary building.
This is the only place that's built in his style.
That's why I think he'd come to somewhere like this.
Because this field and Tsukasa are...
...both considered strangers in this game?
Well, I don't know about all this complicated stuff.
What a great job you're doing.
I'm sorry about the other day.
The other day?
You took the time to call out to me, and I didn't go.
It's all right. I don't mind.
You know...
You wanna see?
Huh?
This child.
Oh yeah. But there's something I'd like to ask you first.
I can't tell you where I got a hold of this.
W-well, I was wondering about that, too.
But by any chance, are you a girl?
You know what I mean, right?
Are you, the player, a girl?
Not that it's any of your business but I'm a guy.
Why are you asking that?
You're strange.
What are you up to?
Why do you think I'm a girl?
Because I wanted to know how you were doing in real life.
So you just went and snooped around?
I'm sorry but we did just that.
You again.
I don't know what authority you had to do such a thing...
...but I applaud your hard work.
But it was all a waste...
...because what you discovered was all wrong.
I'm so disappointed.
He hates us. He absolutely, positively hates us now.
Well, there's nothing that we can do.
What do you think?
I don't think he was lying.
Which means?
Back to square one.
Stay still.
I can see that you understand how I feel.
I don't like this. I don't like it at all. What is this feeling?
You...
You're the Wavemaster that people have been talking about, aren't you?
So what if I am?
We have no grudge against you, but we will have you fight us.
Are you sure?
What?
Right now, I'm in a really bad mood.
You're ready to fight, I see.
Interesting.
I don't hold back when I fight idiots.
What is that?
Impossible!
Go around it! Don't fight this thing!
Yossan, heal us!
I'll end it about now.
No!
Yossan, heal us!
Come back!
That's enough! Come back!
Th-this is impossible!
Please, come back!
Don't run! Calm down!
Sto-
No!
Is that true?
Unfortunately.
Lady Subaru.
If he has started to use the monster's power against players now...
Don't say it.
In the end, Sora might have been right.
Despite the access restriction, he has stayed within the game...
...which means he is the only one outside of the rules.
I would like to talk to him myself.
The character called Tsukasa is now wanted under the name...
...of the Crimson Knights on all servers of this universe, The World.
Bind him.
What does this mean?
Preview
eien sagasu kimi wa utsurigi na yume mibito Searching for eternity, you are a frivolous dreamer
uwaki na yume ni sugari anata wa doko e yuku Holding fast to unreliable dreams, where are you going?
tasogare hiraku kagi wo sagashite tsuki no kage Searching for the key to open twilight,
todokanai mama naita watashi wa doko e yuku With the moon's shadow out of reach, I cry. Where am I going?
futari hitomi ni himitsu nakushite mo Even though secrets are lost in our eyes,
kasaneta ude wo hodoki wa shinai wa We will never break our embrace.
ichigatsu no aoi tsuki asa yake kakushite yo Pale January moon, hide the morning's glow.
owaru hazu no nai yoru ni yasashii yoake The gentle dawn of a night that should not end.