Tell me I don't understand anything, but
You always say those kinds of words, too
You find another way where we only pass each other by
And rush out into a world that's ending, you know?
Hello, hello, it's a New World!
Faster than light,
with monochromic speed
Hello, hello, it's a New World!
Farther than time,
I run through it; you're so far away
Twilight Moon
Blood pressure decreasing, pulse decreasing.
There appears to be no response to external stimuli.
Braindead.
You mean?
No, the brain is still functioning.
She's still logged in?
Will she return to normal?
We will do everything in our power.
But...
Why can't she log out?
Rena!
I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm dead.
I'm dead. I'm dead.
Please open your eyes.
I'm dead. I'm dead. Please open your eyes.
I'm dead. I'm dead.
No. You are not yet dead.
Open your eyes, Rena.
Rena's been... hospitalized?
Comatose.
Not to mention, for unknown reasons.
What do you mean by "cannot log out"?
I don't know.
But...
...Rena has to be somewhere within "The World".
I know it!
It's hard not to say that Rena's...
...disappearence in "The World" isn't...
...related to the real life Rena's coma.
That thing that looked like Rena is of concern as well.
It's too much of a coincidence.
It seems...
...there's something behind it all.
What if...
...we managed to find the missing Rena.
Will she regain consciousness in real life?
I think...
You're Shugo.
Why, are you here?
Before you say anything else, move your foot!
Sanjuro.
This is the area where Rena disappeared?
I checked the access logs.
Since Rena was killed in this area...
...she has not once logged out.
It's the truth.
So you've already investigated.
I'm impressed, CC Corporation Systems Administrator.
Rena... Where is she?
Who's there?
Rena!?
Lord Balmung!
My second kiss...
...was also stolen on the net.
And with a guy at that.
Why are you?
What do you mean "why"?
You're the one that ordered...
...me to investigate this area.
So. How was it?
Um... A bitter rotten lemon taste.
I wasn't talking about the kiss.
I meant the investigation.
Oh yes.
There are definite traces of a...
...gate having been forced open.
Rena...
...was teleported to somewhere else?
Teleported! Where!
Any kind of evidence was cleanly deleted.
So we don't know where?
You guys are administrators?
Administrating and investigating are two different things!
I toil daily to maintain order within "The World".
Is that so?
But, you have been searching for Rena.
It's not just for Rena.
What do you mean?
There have been numerous other users...
...that have fallen into a coma...
...while logged in...
...and are currently hospitalized.
In each case where the users fell into a coma...
...while in "The World" there were...
...no signs that they had logged out.
This is not your run of the mill trouble.
Someone with an evil intent...
...is trying to destroy this world.
Evil intent, huh?
I will not allow it!
Where's the idiot Kite?
It's Shugo.
Whoever, doesn't matter.
Shugo. Kite.
He's loitering around the...
..."Cursed Woodland Murderhouse".
What a low IQ.
Let's quit toying around and...
...just get rid of him, like BlackRose.
Rena.
Whatever!
Balmung of the Azure Sky is with them.
We can't do anything right now...
...it'll just decrease our resources.
Yeah.
Oh. They're back.
Twilight.
We can see that.
That's not it.
The same thing happened four years ago...
...it was called the "Twilight" Incident.
Many users met with injury...
...and "The World" was on the verge of destruction.
The ones that resolved the incident...
...were not CC Corporation...
...but a user's party.
I never heard of that incident!
It's not recorded in "The World".
CC Corporation erased all records.
There are no official records left.
But, it was a real incident.
The people central to its resolution were...
Kite and BlackRose.
That party was known as the...
...dot hackers.
"Dot hackers"?
I've heard of them.
The party that was said to have...
...solved the last mystery of "The World"!
That's what everyone knows.
But that's just a rumor.
How can you say that with such certainty?
Because Balmung and I...
...were members of the dot Hackers.
Well?
No good. I've lost them.
Same here.
Man! Where did they go?
A hideout, perhaps?
What's that?
It's one of those rare items.
It'll be difficult to sneak into one of those.
What then?
They have to pass through a...
...Chaos Gate if they're going to go somewhere.
So there's no need to go out of our way to find them.
The enemy...
...has been aware of Shugo from the start.
Me?
The enemy knows of the events from four years ago.
And the obstacle to achieving their...
...objectives would be Kite's Bracelet.
From here on, the enemy will be pursuing you.
Understand, Shugo?
Huh?
Are you stupid?
You don't have to say it that way!
I've never heard that story.
It's true.
The rabbit in the moon gives courage to travellers.
When the traveller is in trouble...
...it comes to save them!
Rena.
When Rena is in trouble...
...I'll be her rabbit.
Please open your eyes.
Rena.
A- Are you...
...the rabbit?
I am Aura.
Aura?!
Aura.
My broth...
...I mean Shugo said he'd met you.
That is correct.
Huh? I'm alive!
Yes.
But, I'm sure a monster got me.
Huh? That was inside the game though.
Huh?! I'll log out and sort things out in my head.
Huh? Why can't I log out?
Am I broken?
A suggestion.
When you were defeated by the monster.
An evil suggestion was placed upon you.
A suggestion that you were dead.
A suggestion?
Because of that influence...
...the real world you...
Died?
Not yet.
What you you mean, not yet?
Your life still hangs by a thread.
But, if it remains in this state for long...
T- that...
You are not the only one.
There are many others like you...
...who have had this suggestion...
...that they are dead.
Now they spend their time in this area.
T-this...
But, can't you do something?
Like how you gave Shugo that bracelet.
Please!
My existence here is but a shadowed one.
It was all I could do to awaken you.
What do I do to get rescued?
There is only one hope.
The rabbit?
Leave it to me...
...the Legendary Hero!
Rena! Wait for me!
Rena? Tres bien!
"Gusting Southern Nation Snows"!
Party members?
Shugo is the only one.
Hey, hey, hey. Let me do it.
I made an interesting monster.
Why is he alone?
If he's got companions they'd all just get smashed.
Is it that high levelled?
Don't ask something you already know.
All right, I'm leaving it to you.
Alright!
We have alot to do too.
Let's go!
What is Shugo doing in this area?
Probably... Not looking for a rare item.
He must be looking for Rena. Ah...
I-It's here!
W-What is that monster!
A Killer Snake? A Moonlighter?
I've never seen anything like that!
It's a merge of multiple monsters...
...a constructed monster!?
And now for the finish!
No!
You can't kill it! Sanjuro!
The enemy will come to kill me.
Then like Rena...
...I'll be teleported through the invisible gate.
Right?
Shugo.
If I find out what the gate connects to...
...I can save Rena!
I see! So that was the plan!
There must be a program coded in it...
...that opens the gate when the enemy is killed.
If I can analyze it, I will know where Rena is!
Shugo.
It seems. There's no fear of overkill.
Shugo!
Data Drain.
Weaken it so that we can capture it.
I know.
Data Drain!!
K-Komiyama!!
Data Drain!
Shugo, you don't have enough skill points!
Sanjuro and I will hold it off!
I'll help, too!
Mireille! Hotaru!
Help Shugo recover his Skill Points!
Okaaaay!
Wait!
You're not recovered yet!
But...
Ohka and the others.
Hurry.
Recover. Hurry.
Recovery complete!
OK!
All right!
Data?!
W-Who are they?
Cerulean...
Knights!
Formation Delta!
Stop! You mustn't kill it!
Delete!
Stop it! If you delete it then Rena...
Don't let your heart confuse you!
Operation complete.
Prepare to withdraw.
Kamui.
Unfair!
How is it unfair?
Not bad.
CC Corporation's getting serious as well.
Interesting.
Rena...
Kamui.
Balmung...
Kamui.
Balmung.
Kamui!
Are you trying to say you love me?
Those two...
Are they involved that way?
Dunno.
Why are you here?
Why are you interefering with us?
You just blew the plan...
...to find the missing people.
Your new love, don't you mean?
No!
There's no way Balmung would be Rena's lover!
I have a new love too.
Love?
Reki, you?
Love is blind, right?
One more thing...
...this incident has been...
...transferred to the jurisdiction of the Cerulean Knights.
It's a CC Corporation upper division decision.
The mail should arrive soon.
This incident...
...is going to be transferred to you?
If you have a problem take it to the higher-ups.
Lady Kamui...
Data maintenance is complete.
Withdraw.
I love you, Balmung.
As long as you don't get in my way.
What's with them?
They suddenly show up...
...and ruin my super-duper rescue plan.
The Cerulean Knights.
The CC Corporation's...
...counter-net terrorism force.
In other words...
...their job is to go around and unmask terrorists.
To unmask terrorists no matter what.
Then...
Rena...
It's not a part of their job.
To search for the missing people.
Lord Balmung!
They're your friends right.
Do something!
It's already...
Already?
Too late.
Why?
Because...
Because why?
Because...
The sword...
Cannot win against love!
S-Stop joking around!
Preview
I have secret information!
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Did you know, Shugo?
Preview
There used to be a...
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...group called the Crimson Knights in "The World".
That means that guy is...
The Solitary Knight
In the running children's frolicking voices
They want to chase the light and shadows
Watching the sun shine between the green leaves,
wondering if something is there.
From inside the hands picking, the emerald green flowers
change their body to the sky, the wind, the ground.
Laying in that opulent place that opened its eyes to that beauty,
Asking questions to the sky