Do you have some good information or something?
Hey, hey. Don't be quiet when you're the one who called me out here.
It's not like I have a lot of time.
I'm giving this back.
Huh?
Why?
I...
Huh?
...won't have anything to do with you guys anymore.
Eh?
See you.
You'll regret it later!
I won't.
We'll see about that.
Take care of that now, 'kay?
Jeez...
It's troublesome.
You can't do anything about what's already happened.
Sakisaka-kun.
You're the biggest problem because you attacked them.
I told you not to do that.
But... at this rate...
What are we going to do now?
If we go out onto a field, someone will come after us...
And I thought we'd be safe if we stayed in town, but then people talk about us...
But we'll be fine even if something happens, right?
Why?
I'll be okay if I stay with master and everyone else!
Even so, we still need to be careful.
Yeah! Haseo will come running if we mail him too!
You came!
I...
You don't have to be embarrassed about it.
Well, it didn't quite feel like you came to save us, but..
I was happy that you came.
Hourensou means spinach, but Shino here is using it as an acronym where each part stands for a different word.
But still, HouRenSou, confirm twice.
Huh?
HouRenSou?
Hou(koku) = Report. Ren(raku) = Communicate. Sou(dan) = Discuss. Kakunin = Confirm.
Rreport, communicate, discuss, confirm.
Anyways, if something happens, let the others know. Okay?
Uh huh.
Yeah!
Do you understand, Haseo-kun?
Yeah... HouRenSou..
You need to confirm twice.
Hey hey, aren't there a lot of TaN guys around?
That's true.
Did something happen?
I wonder if something happened.
Eh?
That.
The rumors that the TaN are doing things to the Brigade...
...it might be true...
Seems like something about the Key of Twilight.
I wonder if they found some sort of clue.
Does it bother you?
That's not it.
It was after Haseo came, right?
That was when the Brigade became strange.
Do you really believe that it's Haseo's fault?
Again...
It's a guild that a weird guy made. There was probably something strange about it from the beginning.
That's why you left too, right?
I can't argue with you when you tell me that.
That's all?
Hey, it's me! It's me!
Oh, it's you.
Jeez, you sure weren't very subtle about this.
It wasn't even good enough for my training.
So, what do you want?
Information concerning a problematic item.
What's that?
Nothing really.
It seems to be an item that has connections to the Key of Twilight, but...
Well, in the end it's just a rumor.
Defeat...
...Ovan!
I know who has it.
You want to know don't you?
How much?
How about... this much.
50,000, huh.
If that was fake I won't forgive you!
Hey, hey... I heard that there was a PKer that only targeted the Brigade when I came here, but...
I heard about it too! They say that it was a member of our guild, but...
Seriously?!
We finally got a personal area under our control. It's just a rumor right?
Tawaraya-san should hurry up and disprove those theories.
Really.
But even so, why is it the Twilight Brigade? Even if they had the Key of Twilight...
Yeah!
What the hell.
That's fine, but moving too much in the open is...
It's not like you to worry.
How is it?
I fed the bait to the guys from the Brigade, but they're not really biting back.
I'll put more heat on them from my side.
By stabbing them.
Leave the mathematics up to us.
It's not like I'm really worrying about you.
Well, it doesn't matter.
As long as the fact that you're from the TaN isn't revealed, there won't be any obstacles in our way.
And if it already is?
What?!
They know?
There's no problem even if Ender's identity is known.
TaN is not the kind of guild that would be swayed just by something like that, is it?
That's true...
More importantly, what comes first is keeping the Brigade off-balance.
...as the navigators to the Key of Twilight.
Hey hey!
Huh?
Even if it's like this, Ovan doesn't do anything?
Yeah. He doesn't do anything.
Shino-san seems more like the guild master.
Huh... where did Haseo go?
Maybe he went to confirm that information from last time.
He could have taken us, too.
It's dangerous to go by yourself.
He doesn't understand HouRenSou.
He really doesn't talk with anyone.
That Haseo...
What are you doing?
I've been watching you for a while, but why are you standing there?
No...
You're in the way. Can you move?
Hey.
What?
Um... uh...
...never mind.
If you're lost, then how about starting from the places that you can go.
Eh?
I was the same way.
What am I doing? I'm a person who quit giving advice to new members...
This situation... were you predicting it?
What do you mean by "this situation"?
TaN's pressure.
Is this what you desired?
TaN's Naobi.
If you know him, can't you do something?
When it's like this, no matter what you say, it's too much.
Putting me aside, it's not good for Tabby or Haseo-kun since they just started.
The situation which would eventually have arisen, has happened now. That's all.
What does that mean?
It means that we're getting that much closer to the truth, right?
I'm going to be going back to work for a while.
Oh, you got yelled at because you kept slacking off didn't you?
It's very ambiguous.
I know.
I believe that I understand your work so...
While I'm not here...
It's okay to function as usual, right?
I'm leaving it up to you.
If we could find the whereabouts of the rest of the cores...
Where should we search?
The Lost Grounds.
The rest don't matter anymore.
With just the four of us?
Three.
What about me?
Wait for my message.
Hey, do you have a minute?
What's up?
I came to snatch away the item that you're holding so protectively.
"Snatch away" is a bit harsh.
Would you give it to me if I said "give it to me"?
What are you talking about?
Hey geezer. Don't hide it.
The game's up already.
Follow... me.
To be proclaiming "defeat Ovan" at that level...
To tell you the truth, I don't have it anymore.
What?!
I just wanted to teach a kid with no manners a lesson.
You should have told me earlier.
I know the PC who has it.
You wouldn't just tell me, would you?
I could tell you, but at least half of the Brigade has it.
There's more than one Virus Core?
Seems so. TaN has also acquired one.
What about the one that you had?
I gave it to Shino.
They're probably keeping it in the Brigade.
Aren't there any others?!
Well... I haven't heard any rumors about that, but it seems like there are as many as there are Lost Grounds.
As many as there are Lost Grounds... five.
No, there was one more just found so six.
All right! If you get any information, tell me!
Is that how you ask people for things?
I hate... lowering myself!
No manners.
This is an item that can't be used, huh.
Meow!
Hey.
Hmm?
What do you think about the thing from before?
You mean the thing that looked like a meteor shower?
Yeah.
If that's a monster that drops Virus Cores, then that means that we let it go, right?
I don't think it's that.
I've never heard of a monster that eats weapons.
That's why it could be connected to the item that can't be used, right?
No way.
Well... it's more like...
More like?
Aaah! You can tell by yourself? Just by feeling?
It was like, sinister... or...
I don't get it.
How do I put it!
Did something happen?
You wouldn't come here if nothing happened.
Really.
Talk.
Does this game... have a lot of bugs?
Did something happen?
Just now, the sound freaked out...
And the time before...
I guess it's not anything to worry about.
No, there's rumors of that floating around.
However...
At most, they're just rumors.
I see.
By the way, how have things been lately?
What?
There's more rumors concerning the Brigade than there are of weird glitches.
Well, if the weird person moves, then anyone would be interested, right?
Did you get summoned?
Hey.
Eh?
Later...
No, never mind.
Hey.
If you ever need me, you can always talk to me.
Anyways, I'll be going.
Haseo! You're late!
Yeah.
Everyone's here now.
We will be restarting the hunt for Virus Cores!
This time, we'll be focusing on the Lost Grounds.
Eh?!
Uh... nothing.
Hey, Shino-san, why the Lost Grounds?
All the Virus Cores that exist currently have all been found in the Lost Grounds.
Even the one that Shino-san has?
Y-Yeah.
But still... is it really okay at a time like this?
We don't know how long it will last.
Do you plan on waiting till the TaN are tired of us?
That's true.
The goal of Twilight Brigade is the pursuit of the Key of Twilight which may or may not exist.
That's right.
And... what should we do?
Sakisaka-kun, and Tabby... and also, Haseo-kun.
I'm counting on you.
What about you?
The maximum number that you can have in a party is three people.
I'll be waiting for word from Ovan.
Well then, how about we go.
I wonder how we should look for it.
It's an item that can't be used, right?
I wonder if Shino-san's on a date with her boyfriend.
Date?
As if! She was denying it last time too.
Quit making weird assumptions.
All right.
Did you believe me?
Not really.
It doesn't matter.
Maybe you're jealous.
Why me?
Because, Haseo, you don't look at Shino-san's face.
One cannot look at the face of the woman they have a crush on.
There's no treasure box, there's monsters!
How the hell are we supposed to look for it?!
Maybe it's just on the ground somewhere.
You know, it's not like it would be found that easily.
What's this?
Some kind of pattern?
No. There's no such pattern in this game.
I wonder what it is.
I see.
That's why, Tawaraya.
You need to get to the Key of Twilight before Ovan.
Leave it up to me.
Report.
Concerning the Brigade.
On the surface they appear to be calm, but underneath they are fairly concerned and moving quickly.
Haseo should be confirming the information that I gave him. He'll definitely catch it.
Tawaraya.
Could you leave for a minute?
Am I in the way?
There are some things where it's better for you not to know.
I see.
Only a little bit more time here too huh.
Are we going to abandon it?
Are the preparations going forward?
Yes.
But will Ovan really come?
Yeah. If it's for the Key of Twilight.
It's all one big gamble for that.
There is only one who can restrict...
That's not a problem.
What to do with Tawaraya after he's done?
Leave him alone.
Understood.
I will return to monitoring the Brigade.
This place is pretty big so it could be here somewhere!
What's wrong?
Huh?
It's a weird place, huh. I can't tell what it's here for.
Don't you feel that way?
Are you weird?
Huh?
You're hiding something, aren't you?
Huh?
Just don't betray us.
Over here! Over here!
What's this?
It's not a coincidence.
This is...
Don't be thinking too hard. There's other Lost Grounds.
That's true but..
Hey...
All right, let's move on. We need to seriously look for those Virus Cores.
Don't be so slow!
A-All right!
Hey!
Huh?
Meow?