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I haven't eaten a thing today.
Well, I don't really move much,
so one meal a day is more than enough.
I don't really get fat either...
Or are you gonna say that you're a chubby chaser!?
I won't, so cool your head.
Okay?
Y-You put sleeping pills in that, didn't you?
You're gonna wait until I pass out to do all sorts of things...
How horrid!
Which eroge is that?!
I'll eat it myself if you don't want it.
Sry! Duhuhu.
Time to eat.
Delicious!
So, what did you want to talk about?
I don't usually care about rumors on @channel,
but there's talk about the final episode of Gunvarrel getting leaked.
Seriously?
It's already been four years since the broadcast,
so I don't know why they're so bothered about it.
It's even trending on Twipo.
So, I got interested in Yashio's Kimijima Report.
Kimijima Report, plz.
I don't really think your mother is related to the Kimijima Reports.
Hell, the whole thing looks like a big joke anyway.
But on this whole island, it's probably the only thing close to a clue about my mom.
The Kimijima Report says that some authorities
plan on using the magnetic field of a solar storm to destroy the world,
and that humanity is in great danger.
It's all stuff that's just not believable.
But a monopole fell from the sky, just like Airi said.
Kimijima Kou?
Where did you hear that name?
Now that I think about it, I haven't heard anything from Mizuka since then.
Behind the words passing by
The key of my closed heart is hidden
If setting your flag
Could save your smile
The late summer breeze
Turns into a midday squall
As we sync our wavelengths
I'm such a bad romantic
Can't even find
Any words with an edge
Still I aim for the blue sky
We can become one
As our dreams and confused tears
Draw us ever closer to the truth
That becomes our beloved
Magical keyword
For example, I tell you.
For example, right here, like this. Even just Gunvarrel's face...
You're still on about that? Just give up already.
Come on!
It's so hot again...
The flag has been set!
Why the school?
If we stayed at your place,
we might've been found out by the guys in the hangar.
The flags for Kimijima Report No. 3 have been downloaded successfully.
First: Discover Kimijima Report No. 2.
Second: Take a photo of Kandelia obovata and upload it to Iru-O.
Upload successfull!
Third: Focus on the geo-tag in the Chikura cave
for three days in a row from 1 PM to 4 PM.
Fourth: Pile up 36 geo-tagged rocks on the buried shrine archway
without letting any of the rocks that are already there fall down.
They're messing with us, right?
What a pain.
Call me when you're done.
I'll be at my place.
Don't be silly.
You're the one that said "Kimijima Report, plz."
Airi,
do you know the amount of people
who went after the Kimijima Reports?
Like, the number of people that did this challenge.
Umm... Zero.
Zero? Do you want me to lol myself to death?
Wait, come to think of it,
isn't it impossible to know whether or not somebody drops the rocks?
I'm watching.
Even if you did it in a place where I wasn't, it wouldn't count.
What if I asked you to overlook it?
Does that mean you're going to cheat, Brother?
An embarrassed loli!
How lewd!
Can't you do something, Kona?
You know, hack it or something?
Cheating, eh? I get it.
But hacking Iru-O is hardcore mode,
like hacking SERN and stealing their data.
So I guess there's no other choice...
Now it won't count.
Whoa, one second in and we're already getting this.
This isn't hard mode. It's full-fledged nightmare mode.
There are two of us, so we'll split the work.
Would you rather pile rocks here,
or spend three hours focusing on the cave's geo-tag?
I'm leaving both to you...
I'm telling you that we have to split.
Okay then... I'll do this.
Damn, it's cold!
Chikura cave
So this is it.
Chikura cave
Focus acknowledged.
Chikura cave
Did he really come out and stick a geo-tag in this place?
Seriously, what the hell is Kimijima Kou?
My master.
Hey, is it okay if I boot up Kill-Ballad?
If you turn on multitasking mode
Chikura cave
and keep it focused with my acknowledgment,
then there should be no problem.
Thanks.
Seems like she's out too.
Kai and Frau Bow don't have any motivation for this.
Where did all the excitement from back when we swore to build the GunPro-2 go?
Well, back then you were the only excited one.
Hmm? Kona?
You done?
This is too hardcore.
Three hours and not a single success.
This is like The Children's Limbo!
That's awful.
It was a Tengu! The work of a Tengu!
Well, now that I think of it, Airi wasn't watching,
so no matter how much you stacked, it wouldn't have counted.
Wha—?! You damned newfag! Lurk forever!
Yeah, sorry about that.
That aside, I just won against TAKANO_EYE, the top ranked player!
The cheater?
Oh man, I'm fired up!
I just annihilated the top ranked player!
You're not that kind of character.
Also, the ranking doesn't change if you just beat the top ranked player once.
I know that much.
Also, the cheat detection software was still installed.
What's up, Rosetta?
Starting check sequence.
Checking will take several minutes.
What does that mean?
This is so ambiguous that I'm about to blow a fuse.
Check Complete.
Virus detected. Count: 1.
Eh? What's happening?
I-I'll say it as it is.
I wanted to watch the battle with the cheat-detection software,
and I got infected with a virus.
A virus?
Outsmarting the developer,
and pushing in a virus like this...
Unforgivable.
Did TAKANO_EYE do it?
I don't know.
The opponent is a CPU now.
Since it's come to this, I'll contact my people in Tokyo,
and have them go directly to the cheater's home and confirm it.
Duhu, duhuhuhu.
This is yesterday's interview with EXOSKELETON.
Please say something!
Miss Senomiya!
What was the cause?
Good aft—
People have died!
Aren't you going to take responsibility?
Can you really say that Powered Suits are flawless?
Get a grip.
That's...
Give us an answer!
What is it?
What's happening?
Please give us an explanation!
You...
You're pretty as always.
Passionfruit bun?
You haven't eaten any recently.
I've been a bit busy lately.
Mizuka, have you spoken with Misa recently?
Why do you ask?
Well, Aki said that no matter how many emails she sends, Misa never replies to any of them.
So she just can't handle a phone call, as usual.
Well, I also wanted to ask Misa something.
I remember you told me once that Misa
knows something about Airi and Kimijima Kou.
You're not still...
W-What's wrong?
Stop it! Don't dig any deeper on Kimijima Kou!
Why?
Is there something bad about it?
No...
It's just that you shouldn't waste your energy on something so pointless.
Mizuka.
If I eat a passionfruit bun, will you tell me
whatever that you know about this?
Do what you want.
But the only thing eating one will get out of me
is a little tale about a guy that Misaki and I once knew.
That's all there is to it.
Kimijima Kou?
Yes.
The solar storm researcher that left records.
The one that died in Tanegashima on the day of the SS Anemone incident.
There's a possibility that he had information about Project Mars.
Could you try investigating it?
Understood.
So for them, there's no other option than fighting...
For robots, I mean.
Morning.
It's not "morning," you know.
You haven't seen Twipo yet, have you?
Frau Bow actually called to hold a Robotics Club meeting.
"I have something I want to show you, so come to the hanger," she said.
Kona did?
They arrived this morning. Four depth sensors with RGB cameras.
Are we going to use them on the GunPro-2?
That's impossible.
Even though it's remote controlled, what'd be the point?
K-Kill-Ballad's motion is just for battle,
so we can't use it for the Expo.
If we did, you would just ask who exactly we're fighting.
U-Umm, I'm not really sure what you're talking about...
What she most likely wants to say is that
we need to create motion that won't burden the huge robot's joints, right?
In other words, K-Karate Girl here should do it.
I should?
You're small, and you seem weak. In a sexual way.
You look like a villain.
A villain that would be defeated in 5 seconds by a hero of justice.
A panter, right? I totally get it.
I'd like to breathe all over Karate Girl and completely disinfect her!
Kona, quit it already.
Sry.
It'll be okay. There's nothing to be afraid of.
I think you just have to move around here.
Yeah, right here.
I get to peep on Karate Girl from all directions.
Peep?
For now, just try a kata.
Suparinpei, was it?
Suparinpei...
How is it? Are you able to see it?
Wow! That's amazing!
I-If I use this to make a motion set, I can include it in the system.
I'm getting kinda fired up.
Seriously though, do we have to do this now?
The blueprints for No. 2 aren't even done yet.
True enough.
Well, it just means that I'll be free this afternoon, I guess?
Oh, that was...
I'm heading to Tokyo!
Oh, really? When?
Tomorrow!
GunPro-2 is coming along nicely, so look forward to it, okay?
I will. It's up to you.
Oh yeah, I can see through your shirt because of the sweat.
Quite the pervert.
I wonder where he's going though.
Well, whatever.
All right! If it's this small...
Well?
You've set the flag!
With that we've cleared the first hurdle, huh?
And now...
How's it going?
I'll die. What kind of punishment game is this?
I did it for the past two days, so you can handle at least one day.
Brother, it's 4 PM, Three hours have passed!
Did we set the flag?
Yes, the flag has been set.
You worked hard, didn't you, Brother?
She praised me. Thanks.
Officer, it's him!
Now, the Kimijima Report No. 3 AR Annotation should be visible.
Probably...
Umm...
Found it! So this is it?
Kimijima Report No. 3 has been downloaded.
You can view it at any time.
Kimijima Report plz.
I doubt there'll be much useful information though.
"Project Atom: Even though it was formed within The Committee of 300,
"the Tavistock Institute was put in charge of the Human Domestication Project,
"the 114th approved plan.
"Specifically, direct interference with the sun in a high activity period,
"generation of an artificial corona, and more importantly, how to release a solar magnetic storm.
"It's something that can drastically change the Earth's environment.
"It is predicted to affect 5 billion people this time.
"It means that in order to realize this, they will start acting in 2015.
"That's not all.
"The manufacturers owned by The Committee of 300,
"by 2012, will probably have introduced all of the robotics research and development.
"American's U.S. Robocom.
"England's Liverpool Tech.
"Japan's EXOSKELETON."
W-What is this?
Like I said, it's all like this.
Japan's EXOSKELETON.
But, EXOSKELETON...
That's Misa's...
Just a little more and we would have made it.
Duhuhu. Keep that outfit, sport some crazy shades, and go outside during a heavy rain.
The scene would be royal.
Aren't you glad you took a taxi, Kona?
What is it?
I-I just got a message from my contact in Tokyo.
He said he went to the top three ranked player's houses.
And? How'd it go?
U-Umm...
What's wrong?
A-All three of them died in their homes.
And they were all accidental deaths.
What's more, that was half a year ago.
What's that supposed to mean?
For real? Then, who was TAKANO_EYE up until yesterday?
I don't know.
There's no evidence of the account being hacked, or any traces of cheating.
Then are you going to say it was a ghost who did it?
Kona.
C-Could this be connected to my mother's disappearance?
What if they were using Kill-Ballad to warn me about something...
Kai! Did you see it?
Gunvarrel... Gunvarrel!
A countdown until the solar storm, huh?
Those damn enthusiasts. Doing something so pointless.
What is it?
Have you seen the news?
No. Why?
There's been a leak.
KAMINAGI?
No, it's Gunvarrel's final episode.
Got it. I'll look into it.
You go to Tokyo immediately.
Yes, Sir.
The timing is too perfect.
It must be...
Kai?
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Aki!
This is wrong.
This isn't Gunvarrel.
The leaked footage is 4 minutes and 31 seconds long.
The robots heading for the orbital elevator,
paying no heed to friend or foe, went berserk, and fell into the furnace.
The lazer fired from the elevator pierced a sunspot.
It's the same.
The last boss, Anubis, perished in the solar storm.
But, at the same time, humanity was wiped out.
It's the same.
Rosetta used up all her strength,
and the main character, Genki,
muttered just before it was turned into a wasteland:
"The world has ended."
Gunvarrel... This isn't the Gunvarrel I know!
A solar storm, and the destruction of humanity...
It's the same thing Kimijima Kou said in the reports.
Master was murdered.
Stop it! Don't dig any deeper on Kimijima Kou!
All three of them died in their homes.
What if they were using Kill-Ballad to warn me about something...
Misa...
Forget everything.
Forget everything you know about Kimijima Kou.
The blinding light of childhood memories
Turns the scenery of my dream
Into monochrome as it lies forgotten
And vanishes from my eyes
But you've always been
Looking straight at the future
And you paid the price in tears
So we turn our hesitation
Into strength by the power
Of our connected hearts
Feel it! These overflowing emotions
For that someone in the sunset
I'll use what little courage I have
And overcome the rage of the wind
Because I want to protect you
Tune in next week too!
A m-model? I'm nervous...
Duhuhu...